Tag: Ontario Hockey League
Owen Sound Attack camp breaks with the Bears looking forward to a clean slate
The words “clean slate” and “fresh start” were bandied about the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre like a mantra this week. It’s likely the same at 19 other Ontario Hockey League rinks where training camps are underway, but few of those teams will have gone through as much an off-season upheaval as the Scenic City […]
PHOTOS: London Knights hit the ice as training camp begins
It may seem like only yesterday when the London Knights suffered a heartbreaking loss in the Memorial Cup final in early June, but the team opened its training camp for the 2024-25 season on Thursday at Budweiser Gardens in London. Photos by Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com
Q+A: London Knights GM Mark Hunter on net battle, Easton Cowan’s future
London Knights GM Mark Hunter spoke with The Free Press ahead of the team’s training camp, which starts Thursday.
Attack captain Colby Barlow to skip training camp in Owen Sound
The captain isn’t coming — at least not yet. Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray said Colby Barlow informed the team a few days before training camp that he’s decided to stay and prepare in the Toronto area before the Winnipeg Jets meet for camp next month. The Jets selected Barlow in the first round […]
It’s a fresh start for the Bears at the Bayshore as camp opens
There’s new and then there is brand-spanking-new, and for most of those at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Monday, it was the latter. Three new coaches, two new imports (one currently in Owen Sound and the other dealing with paperwork), and a boatload of rookies trying to make the team were in town […]
Attack hope to turn the page with the start of training camp Monday
“Who the (redacted) is Bruce McDonald?” The language used by Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray in his earliest scouting report of the team’s newest player isn’t fit to be published in a newspaper, but even after redacting the offending word — which starts with an ‘F’ — his message of shock is thoroughly conveyed. […]
Hockey trailblazer Taya Currie on her OHL draft memories, NCAA career so far
A trailblazing goalie who made history as the first female player drafted to the Ontario Hockey League is eager to get back on the ice after a knee injury forced her to miss her freshman NCAA season.
London Knights blue-liner Sam Dickinson signs NHL deal with San Jose
The San Jose Sharks have signed London Knights defenceman Sam Dickinson to a three-year entry-level contract. The club has now locked up its two first-round picks chosen in the NHL draft a couple of weeks ago at Vegas. First overall selection Macklin Celebrini signed with the team last Saturday and Dickinson was the 11th player […]
Andy Brown hopes to create more Hockey Canada memories at the World Juniors this year
There are those “where were you when moments” for Hockey Canada fans and fans of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. Like in 2023 when Conor Bedard scored a sensational overtime goal against Slovakia to push Canada into the semifinals, and two games later, when Dylan Guenther scored in overtime against Czechia to win gold […]
Attack hope to develop the two youngsters taken in CHL Import Draft
Two European hockey players are expected to call Owen Sound home for the next few years after being selected by the Attack in the 2024 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Wednesday. Owen Sound selected a defender from Germany and a winger from Russia in the draft, both players were born in 2007, and both […]