Tag: Ontario Hockey League
PYETTE: Five keys as London-Kitchener renew OHL playoffs rivalry
Veteran LFP hockey writer Ryan Pyette has five key things to follow as the London Knights and Kitchener Rangers meet in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
London-area bruiser pumped for first-round showdown with Knights
Long before Navrin Mutter became a premier OHL power forward, he was perfecting kick flips and stair tricks with his three older brothers at the skate park.
Young Attack squad primed for playoff push
It’s playoff time, but the Owen Sound Attack are hoping not much will change. That’s the plan. When the Attack ride into Flint Friday for Game 1 of their first-round best-of-seven series it will mark the start of the team’s fourth playoff round – unofficially. Mired in an eight-game losing streak in February the Attack […]
Barlow bursts into Attack record books with OT winner
Summer can wait because these Scenic City skaters have something special brewing. They’re not the favourites to win the west. They may not even be a trendy sleeper pick. But there’s an ember here waiting for a strong wind and a tinderbox. On Saturday, nearly 3,000 at the Bayshore saw how quickly this young Owen […]
In playoff preview, London Knights edge Kitchener Rangers in bruising game
The Knights ended their six-game losing skid.
Guindon breaks rookie goal scoring record in 4-1 win over Colts
Cedrick Guindon is breaking Owen Sound rookie-record marks set years before he was even born. Set back when the Attack were still called the Platers. Back when the sticks had some heft to them. Back when visors looked like welding shields. With two goals in Wednesday night’s 4-1 win over the Barrie Colts, Guindon passed […]
Heated Midwest tilt between Attack and Rangers sets up a grand finale
The players don’t like each other. “We’re going to give it to them next game. We’re going to outscore them. We’re going to outplay them. We’re going to outmuscle them,” Attack winger Nick Porco said. The coaches don’t like each other. “Him and his other four coaches don’t shut up on the bench. I don’t […]
Attack avoid season sweep with win over Knights
Nobody beats the Owen Sound Attack nine times in a row and gets away with it. The Scenic City Skaters had one last chance to exorcise their green-and-yellow demons Friday night in London or face a 10-game season-series sweep. Nick Porco’s two-goal third period ensured the Attack enjoyed the last laugh. The speedy Porco scored […]
Attack wrapping up busy scouting season ahead of this month’s OHL draft
Hundreds of Ontario Hockey League executives, coaches and scouts attended the OHL Cup recently to watch 20 of the best triple-A teams in Ontario play in Toronto. It’s one of the last prime scouting opportunities as talent evaluators prepare for the OHL Priority Selection later this month. It’s at the draft where teams can set […]
Showtime Spitfires win 10th-straight in Owen Sound
They’re the best in the west and it took less than three minutes Saturday night to prove the point. The Windsor Spitfires scored three quick goals in the final three minutes of the second period to take a commanding 5-2 lead over the Owen Sound Attack en route to a 6-3 win at the Bayshore. […]