Tag: Memorial Cup
OHL playoffs: Our second-round preview
The Ontario Hockey League playoffs march on to the second round with a few would-be contenders eliminated and other expected top teams heating up.
OHL playoffs: London Knights set to face bitter rivals in second round
If you were hoping for a London-Saginaw rematch, forget it. The first-place Knights will face No. 5 seed Erie in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. The Otters dispatched the defending Memorial Cup champion Spirit in five games thanks to a series-clinching 6-3 victory Saturday at the Dow Event Center. The series […]
Jr. B playoffs: London Nationals drop Game 1 in St. Marys
The London Nationals swept away defending Sutherland Cup champion Listowel in the first round of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs. Last year’s Cup finalists, however, are already proving a much more difficult test. The first-place St. Marys Lincolns jumped out to a four-goal lead in a Western Conference semifinal series-opening 4-2 victory over […]
OHL playoffs: London Knights ready for hostile Owen Sound in Game 3
Unsurprisingly, London and Owen Sound are leading the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in penalty minutes so far.
Mountaintop or flop? No. 1 London Knights aim high as playoffs start
It’s either mountaintop or flop for the London Knights. The players themselves have created such stakes. They welcome that level of pressure.