Tag: OHL
Knights captain Luke Evangelista joins Predators farm club for playoff run
Luke Evangelista’s playoffs are not over. The London Knights captain was assigned to the Milwaukee Admirals for the rest of their Calder Cup playoff run, Nashville Predators GM David Poile announced Wednesday. The OHL goals leader scored 55 times and his 111 points topped David Legwand’s mark for most points by a Preds draft pick […]
Young London Knights roster has a lot to learn in Game 7 showdown
The Knights were banking on Game 7 as a franchise launching point. The club, which usually rides its veterans, faced Kitchener Wednesday at Budweiser Gardens with one of its youngest rosters in 11 years. Back then, future captain Chris Tierney and the Rupert twins lost a tough first-round matchup with Owen Sound, who ended up […]
GAME 5: Rangers pout over no-goal as London Knights grab 3-2 series lead
Brett Brochu isn’t buying Kitchener’s outrage that a disallowed second-period goal should have been permitted to stand on Sunday. Fireplug forward Mike Petizian thought he put the Rangers within one in what turned into a tight 5-3 Game 5 London win before 7,340 Sunday at Budweiser Gardens, but the tally was eventually overturned by video […]
Scoreboard, April 30
It was a tough night for the Toronto Blue Jays as they opened a three-game set against the Astros with an 11-7 loss on Friday.
Full throttle, empty seats: OHL battles fans’ COVID wariness in Round 1
Few playoff battles in junior hockey generate the buzz and atmosphere of London-Kitchener. So while attendance is down across the board in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League’s delayed postseason, rows of empty seats through the opening week of action are most noticeable and jarring at Budweiser Gardens and the venerable Memorial Auditorium. […]