Tag: OHL playoffs
OHL FINALS: More than a championship may await Windsor Spitfires players
WINDSOR – There is an opportunity for more than just an Ontario Hockey League title for the Windsor Spitfires. A title is the team’s main focus heading into Friday’s Game 4 of the league final against the Hamilton Bulldogs. Game time is 7 p.m. at the WFCU Centre in Windsor. Windsor carries a 2-1 lead […]
OHL FINALS: High-octane Windsor wins Game 3, grabs 2-1 series lead
The Windsor Spitfires are providing an offensive challenge the Hamilton Bulldogs have yet to face this season.
London Knights post-mortem: Balanced attack, killer instinct are biggest needs
The Knights need to fix their offence and regain a killer instinct.
After early playoff exit, shocked Knights grads look to what’s next
Antonio Stranges was still in shock over a season-ending loss – but feeling grateful for his time as a Knight. “I’m proud of what I’ve done in this uniform,” the 20-year-old forward and team playoff scoring leader said Thursday. “And I wouldn’t be in this position without the Hunters and the staff here. They set […]
Kitchener Rangers upset hobbled London Knights in Game 7 OT thriller
The London Knights started the playoffs celebrating the long-awaited return of one of the best goaltenders in junior hockey. They ended it regretting not being able to score more on Kitchener’s net tandem of Pavel Cajan and rookie Jackson Parsons. The Czech veteran made 51 saves and relentless Mike Petizian zapped a rebound past Brett […]
Knights-Rangers: Game 7 looms, with or without London’s top scorer
KITCHENER – Nothing about this Ontario Hockey League season has been easy or comfortable. Why should the first round of the playoffs be any different? The London Knights and Kitchener Rangers are heading to Game 7 heaven – or hell – Wednesday at Budweiser Gardens after Kitchener staved off elimination with a 5-2 victory before […]
OHL admits to missed call in London Knights-Kitchener Rangers Game 5
The Kitchener Rangers were right. The Ontario Hockey League admitted Tuesday it shouldn’t have overturned Mike Petizian’s second-period goal for a distinct kicking motion when it was clearly directed into the net with his stick in London’s 5-3, Game 5 victory Sunday at Budweiser Gardens. That would have pulled the Rangers to within a goal […]
PYETTE: When push comes to shove, OHL’s video review needs to improve
One of the best games in the Ontario Hockey League’s playoffs so far was ruined by video review Sunday in London. The league was still into its investigative stages Monday, going deeper than the Kitchener Rangers’ outrage over one disallowed goal in the London Knights’ controversial 5-3, Game 5 victory at Budweiser Gardens. But in […]
Game 4: Rookie Kitchener goalie stymies Knights in 52-save stunner
KITCHENER – The London Knights have a Jackson Parsons problem. The rookie Kitchener Rangers goaltender stopped a mind-boggling 52 shots in his first playoff start and outdueled London counterpart Brett Brochu in a series-tying 3-2 Game 4 victory before 3,644 Tuesday at the Memorial Auditorium. The 17-year-old from Embrun, near Ottawa, got the nod in […]
London Knights: Brett Brochu, big guns blazing in Game 3 victory
The biggest stars are starting to shine brighter for the London Knights.