London Free Press
A collection of news and notes from across the Southwestern Ontario sports scene The Western men’s hockey team is one win away from its first Ontario university playoff series win in five years. Zach Power scored a decisive third-period tally and goaltender Matteo Drobac turned aside 27 shots in a tight 2-1 victory over the […]
London Free Press
For a new London business, the address could not be more historic. It’s the place where the city’s first entrepreneur set up shop. Located in the shadow of two giant downtown highrises, with two more planned that will set a height record for London, the new Vietnamese restaurant also stands ready to cash in on […]
London Free Press
Cam Allen’s impaired driving charge and his subsequent indefinite suspension drew a lot of attention in the Ontario Hockey League this week. So far, the star defenceman’s absence has not affected the London Knights on the ice. The Canadian Hockey League’s top-ranked team tuned out the distraction by throttling the Eastern Conference-leading Barrie Colts 8-4 […]
London Free Press
Cam Allen has been suspended indefinitely by the Ontario Hockey League. OHL officials announced on Tuesday they will conduct a review into the events of Feb. 8 that resulted in the 20-year-old London Knights defenceman being charged by London police with several offences, including impaired driving. Police say officers responded to a single-vehicle collision near […]
London Free Press
The first year of moving away from home is never easy. Dennis Ververgaert went through that homesick feeling in his first major junior hockey season with the London Knights in 1970-71. “I did some silly stuff,” said the Knights scoring legend, inducted with London teammate Dave Hutchison to the Don Brankley Hall of Fame before […]