Tag: London Lightning

The London Lightning’s start-of-season winning streak has reached double digits. The Bolts fought back late in a roller-coaster ride with Sudbury, eventually outlasting the Five 108-105 Thursday night at Budweiser Gardens. There was nothing comfortable about it. The Nickel City visitors led by six at the break and were in the driver’s seat late before […]

The London Lightning are 9-0 largely because of their bench.

The London Lightning are still rolling. The Bolts improved to 9-0 with a 109-95 victory over the Syracuse Stallions before an announced crowd of 1,551 Saturday night at Budweiser Gardens. London is off to one of its best starts in franchise history. The 2012-13 squad roared out to an 11-0 start on its way to […]

‘Overall I feel very grateful for the opportunity to be here and to have done this.’

Three weeks in, the London Lightning are the class of the National Basketball League of Canada. The Bolts improved to 6-0 with a 117-92 pasting of the Sudbury Five Saturday at Budweiser Gardens. That gives them convincing wins over all three of their fellow NBLC franchises – K-W, Windsor and Sudbury already. They’ve also got […]

The first meeting between the London Lightning and K-W Titans this season was decided by a single bucket. Since then, it’s been a little more tilted in London’s favour. London improved to 5-0 by beating the Titans for the third time already, 111-93 Wednesday at Budweiser Gardens. Unlike last Saturday in their home opener, the […]

The London Lightning topped the Lansing Pharaohs 104-90 in professional basketball action at Budweiser Gardens on Sunday afternoon. LFP photojournalist Mike Hensen was there and captured the action:

The National Basketball League of Canada chanced upon a promising and opportune partnership just when things looked their worst. When the Moncton Magic and Halifax Hurricanes folded last year and the St. John’s Edge couldn’t find a place to play, that left the Island Storm in P.E.I. as the only team in the Atlantic Division. […]