Tag: NHL draft
Attack lose to Spirit in shootout, drop sixth-straight game
In a game that featured nearly everything hockey has to offer, the defending Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit got lucky last. Sebastien Gervais lost the puck on what proved to be the shootout-winning goal — in the eighth round of the skills contest — but it slid under Carter George and into the net to […]
London Knights earn 4-1 road win over Saginaw Spirit
The London Knights gained a measure of Memorial Cup revenge on Saturday night with a road win over the Saginaw Spirit, the defending national junior hockey champions who prevailed during a visit to Canada Life Place one week ago. The Knights improved their record this season to 7-4Â with a 4-1 victory at Dow Event […]
Nesbitt’s first hat-trick hands Attack fourth-straight loss
Jack Nesbitt is playing with a little extra motivation. For the NHL Draft-eligible centre, that little added spark helped produce his first Ontario Hockey League hat-trick performance on Thursday in a 7-5 win over the Owen Sound Attack before a crowd of 4,788 at the WFCU Centre. “I think he knew,” Nesbitt said of overage […]
Sport notes: Sam O’Reilly; Jade Kovacevic; Shaedon Sharpe
A collection of news and notes from across the Southwestern Ontario sports scene NO KNIGHTS: The 22-player roster for the CHL USA prospects challenge game being held at Canada Life Place in London doesnât have a Londoner or a Knight on it. The contest, slated for Nov. 26, will feature first-time NHL-draft eligible stars from […]
Goalie Austin Elliott brings winning ways to London Knights
Austin Elliott, who joined the London Knights this week, is expected to see action in net when the Knights play two games on the weekend
London hockey star Nazem Kadri reflects on racism, triumph in autobiography
Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thorntonâs beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronicled in Nazem Kadriâs book âDreamer: My Life On The Edgeâ.
Easton Cowan on his London Knights return: ‘Good to see the boys’
The band is finally back together.
Attack drop season opener to Storm, 6-4
Two youthful teams with new head coaches and high hopes for the future met Friday night at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph to mark the start of the 2024-25 Ontario Hockey League season. The Guelph Storm came out on top, 6-4, over the Owen Sound Attack — in large part thanks to a four-goal first […]
Attack veterans embrace expanded roles ahead of new season
It’s just over 72 hours until the Owen Sound Attack play their first regular season game of the 2024-25 season and James Petrovski’s knuckles are bloodied and raw. With four seconds left in the Attack’s last preseason game, Petrovski, typically a reserved if not quiet presence on the ice, rained a barrage of fists and […]
Excitement and uncertainty in Attackland as regular season nears
Dale DeGray’s whiteboard is still empty. Every season DeGray will write notes on a whiteboard in his office to act as decision-making lodestars for the long Ontario Hockey Season. The notes guard against impulse and emotion taking hold of the ship’s wheel and swerving into waters unknown. Last year, a note on DeGray’s whiteboard said […]