Tag: Ontario Hockey League
SPORTS BRIEFS: George top shootout goalie
GEORGE TOP SHOOTOUT GOALIE The Ontario Hockey League released the results of its coaches’ poll Tuesday and the Owen Sound Attack’s rookie goaltender topped the list in the Western Conference in two categories. Twenty-six coaches polled said Carter George was the best goaltender in the shootout. He also got the nod from the coaches for […]
Spirit take stranglehold in series, spoil George’s stellar night in net
Ten years ago, seven-year-old Carter George watched his favourite team, the Los Angeles Kings, come all the way back from being down 3-0 in a first-round playoff series to the San Jose Sharks. The Kings went on to win the Stanley Cup. “It’s possible,” he offered Monday night after the Saginaw Spirt took a 3-0 […]
London Knights look to limit turnovers as playoff series shifts to Flint
The Flint Firebirds were the top team in shot attempts during the final month of the Ontario Hockey League regular season.
Series shifts to Scenic City with Attack down 2-0 to Spirit
Special teams and goaltending. That’s always the talking point as the weather warms up and the hockey games start to feel weighty and of greater importance. The Saginaw Spirit had both in spades Saturday night as the Memorial Cup hosts skated to a 5-2 win over Owen Sound to take a 2-0 series lead in […]
Beck and Bloom stay hot as Spirit win Game 1 over Attack
For a moment or two, the Owen Sound Attack looked like they believed they could win Thursday night in Saginaw. They didn’t. The Memorial Cup hosts and 50-win Spirit eventually scored four unanswered goals and took Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series by a score of 6-4 inside the Dow Event Center. But […]
The LFP Podcast, ep. 166: Can the London Knights win their third Memorial Cup?
Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette on the eve of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs and examined a key question: Are the London Knights good enough to win the Memorial Cup this spring?
PYETTE: The London Knights playoff leader? It’ll be Michael Simpson
He knocked out the London Knights last year. Now, he has to backstop them to the top.
OHL PLAYOFFS: All you need to know about the first-round matchups
The Memorial Cup tournament is heading south of the border for the first time in 26 years, set for May 24-June 2 in Saginaw, Michigan.
Attack look to spoil the party in playoff series against Memorial Cup host Saginaw
The Owen Sound Attack have a date with the hosts of the big party in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal. Owen Sound (29-30-6-3) clinched seventh place Saturday night but woke up Sunday morning with either London or Saginaw as possible first-round playoff opponents. Michael Simpson notched a shutout for the Knights in a 3-0 victory […]
Attack lose OT heartbreaker, 30 win streak ends in Owen Sound
It’s the end of an era. Owen Sound lost a heartbreaker to the Guelph Storm 7-6 in overtime in the team’s regular-season finale Saturday at the Bayshore. The loss snapped the team’s 30-win epoch. A mile marker achieved every year since Owen Sound won it all in 2010-11. A streak some believed would last until […]