Tag: NHL draft
Trio of Owen Sound Attack prospects invited to OHL top prospects game
A goalie, a defenceman and a forward. The Owen Sound Attack are well covered when it comes to coveted prospects with a trio of them invited to the Ontario Hockey League’s inaugural Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game. Matthew Koprowski, David Bedkowski and Harry Nansi will take to the ice on Jan. 15 in Brantford […]
OHL Q+A: Expansion options, London Knights streaks, world juniors picks
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London Knights score 10 (yes, 10) in Ottawa, roll to 18th straight victory
The London Knights were missing high-scoring Easton Cowan and Kasper Halttunen during their eastern Ontario swing. They still buried 21 goals in three games. The defending OHL champs blew out Ottawa 10-3 for their 18th consecutive win before 3,223 Sunday at TD Place. Sam Dickinson (two goals, five points), Denver Barkey (one goal, five points) […]
London Knights (without Eastown Cowan) whip last-place Peterborough
Forget his age and rookie status. Aleksei Medvedev has been one of the most consistent goaltenders in the Ontario Hockey League this season. The 17-year-old Knight turned aside 31 shots â including 18 in the third period â for his first major junior shutout to backstop London to its 16th straight win, 6-0 over the […]
Prospects Challenge: CHL 6, U.S. national team 1
The inaugural game of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge quickly turned into a recruitment brochure for major junior hockey. The collection of Canadian Hockey League NHL draft blue-chippers took control with a three-goal second period in a 6-1 waxing of the United States under-18 team before 4,769 Tuesday at Canada Life Place in London. âObviously, […]
OHL Q+A: London Knights success, NCAA scholarships, small-market fears
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Q+A: CHL boss Dan MacKenzie on big NCAA changes, Canada vs. U.S. prospects
The first game in the new CHL USA Prospects Challenge will be played in London Tuesday night. LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette spoke with Canadian Hockey League president Dan MacKenzie about the innovative two-game series, the recent NCAA decision to let major junior players join U.S. college teams without penalty and the state of the game […]
Sam McCue tucks two as the Owen Sound Attack top the Kitchener Rangers in OT
Sam McCue’s knucklepuck snapped the Kitchener Rangers’ winning streak at 10 games and sent a shockwave through the nearly 3,000 fans inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre for Hockey Fights Cancer night. The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect didn’t get all of the one-timer, but he got enough to net his first career game-winning goal […]
OHL Q+A: NCAA threat, red-hot Kitchener Rangers, Czechia star’s arrival
OHL reporter Ryan Pyette is taking questions from fans and colleagues about whatâs happening on the ice, in the general managersâ suites and in the league office throughout the season. Have a question? Put it in the comment section below or email us at lfpnewsletters@postmedia.com Q: There was a recent meeting of 57 Canadian Hockey […]
OHL Q+A: Jett Luchanko, surging Windsor Spitfires, Michael Misa
Ryan Pyette is taking questions from fans and colleagues about whatâs happening on the ice, in the general managersâ suites and in the league office throughout the season.