Tag: NHL
Fist bumps turn to fisticuffs in homecoming for Meaford’s Jake Murray
Why do so many good hockey players come from small towns? Think about it: Bobby Orr is from Parry Sound. Claude Giroux from Hearst. Wendel Clark from Kelvington, Saskatchewan. The Sutter Brothers from Viking, Alberta. Carey Price from Anahim Lake in British Columbia. Even internationally, there are hall-of-fame talents mined from tiny towns. Nicklas Lidstrom […]
Owen Sound Attack trade skill for scary on Halloween
Dale DeGray said he was tired of watching his forwards get run into the ground by bigger, fiercer opposition. “I’m a little bit uncomfortable with how much our forwards get (expletive) pounded,” he said. So, in a Midwest Division swap, DeGray shipped off creative winger Michael Dec to the Erie Otters for bruising power forward […]
London Knights ride fast start to 6-1 win over Petes
Caleb Mitchell’s first Ontario Hockey League goal happened in familiar haunts. The London rookie defenceman, who grew up 20 minutes from Peterborough in nearby Omemee, hit paydirt in the opening period of the Knights’ 6-1 victory over the Petes before 3,700 Thursday at the Memorial Centre. The 17-year-old’s early tally stood up as the game […]
Braidy Wassilyn eyes NHL first-round future through London Knights
The new Knights forward has come to the right place.
Tristan Delisle takes the Sarnia Sting to school
About 2,600 students skipped class to take in the Owen Sound Attack’s first-ever School Day game on Wednesday morning. But not to worry, third-year centre Tristan Delisle put on a clinic as the Owen Sound Attack beat up on the Sarnia Sting and won 7-3 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Delisle’s natural hat […]