Tag: Toronto Maple Leafs
Chin brothers beat the odds as hockey stars in anti-Chinese era
An upcoming article highlights the Chin brothers’ extraordinary rise to hockey fame at the height of anti-Chinese discrimination in Canada. “We live in a different time,” writer Debbie Jiang commented on racism in sports. “The colour barrier wasn’t broken until Larry Kwong played for the New York Rangers in 1948.” Jiang said, although in present […]
Easton Cowan’s ‘insane’ 52-game point-scoring streak, in context
London Knights star Easton Cowan is on the verge of history, with his point-scoring streak now at 52 regular-season games â three shy of the OHL record of 55. He could break it next Thursday, in Peterborough, and LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette has put the stunning streak in context alongside other legendary scoring runs. 52 […]
Carter George nets a goalie goal as the Owen Sound Attack pound the Petes
It’s not often an empty-net goal is the play of the game, but then again it’s not often a goalie scores. With the Owen Sound Attack leading the Peterborough Petes 3-1 inside the Peterborough Memorial Arena Thursday night, Los Angeles Kings prospect Carter George made history. With the Petes’ net empty and the extra attacker […]
Sam McCue tucks two as the Owen Sound Attack top the Kitchener Rangers in OT
Sam McCue’s knucklepuck snapped the Kitchener Rangers’ winning streak at 10 games and sent a shockwave through the nearly 3,000 fans inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre for Hockey Fights Cancer night. The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect didn’t get all of the one-timer, but he got enough to net his first career game-winning goal […]
London Knights outshoot Soo Greyhounds 43-13, win seventh straight
SAULT STE. MARIE â Easton Cowan scored two goals to pace the London Knights to a 5-1 win over the Soo Greyhounds at the GFL Memorial Gardens on Wednesday night. Cowan entered the third period with his consecutive regular-season games point streak in question, but the Toronto Maple Leafs draft choice scored twice to extend […]
The Owen Sound Attack snap eight-game skid with 5-2 win over Sarnia
The Owen Sound Attack are back in the win column. Sam McCue netted a pair of goals while Tristan Delisle and Landen Hookey each recorded a couple of points as the Attack (4-8-2-2) snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating the Sarnia Sting (7-7-1-3), 5-2 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Wednesday night. “I […]
Easton Cowan channels Patrick Kane, lifts London Knights to overtime win
OWEN SOUND â Easton Cowan credits former London Knights star Patrick Kane for the celebration. After beating Carter George low-glove with 1:01 left in overtime, Cowan skated to centre ice, dropped to a knee, mimed making a heart shape, and punched right through. âPatty Kane. The Heartbreaker,â Cowan said. The Knights beat Owen Sound 2-1 […]
Easton Cowan ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ notches OT winner in Owen Sound
Easton Cowan credits former London Knight Patrick Kane for the celebration. After beating Carter George low glove with 1:01 left in overtime, Cowan skated to centre ice, dropped to a knee, mimed making a heart shape, and punched right through. “Patty Kane. The Heartbreaker,” Cowan said. The Knights beat Owen Sound 2-1 Sunday afternoon in […]
London hockey star Nazem Kadri reflects on racism, triumph in autobiography
Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thorntonâs beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronicled in Nazem Kadriâs book âDreamer: My Life On The Edgeâ.