Tag: OHL
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 steamroll the Erie Otters to cap off perfect week
It’s not often that a player scores his first-career hat trick and only manages to be named the third star of the game. That’s the type of afternoon it was for Owen Sound on Sunday as they rolled to an 8-3 win over the Erie Otters inside the Baysore. It was an all-you-can-eat point buffet […]
Trenten Bennett makes 35 saves, Attack hold on to beat Sudbury
Elliot Arnett’s second-career Ontario Hockey League goal couldn’t have come at a better time. With the Sudbury Wolves pressing and throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the Owen Sound Attack, trying to evaporate a one-goal lead, Arnett sent a bullet into the top of the net to give the home team some breathing room. […]
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 […]