The London Knights are bringing home their third Memorial Cup and the team is planning a celebration with the community on Monday night.
LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette is covering Sunday night’s Memorial Cup final in Rimouski, Que. between the London Knights and the Medicine Hat Tigers. Follow along below for live updates.
Sunday’s Memorial Cup final marks the end of Bryan Crawford’s first year as Ontario Hockey League commissioner after 45 years of David Branch. He spoke with LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette in Rimouski, Que. LFP: The Knights keep winning, which is great for London. Is that dominance great for the OHL? Crawford: They’re a model for […]
RIMOUSKI, Que – Memorial Cup final mulligans are rare. The London Knights will never forget surrendering Josh Bloom’s goal in the last half-minute of the championship game a year ago in Saginaw. That left a considerable scar. But the OHL champs can make sure it doesn’t define a three-year window of major junior hockey dominance. […]
RIMOUSKI, Que – Landon Sim can’t wait for his do-over. The rough-and-tumble London Knights forward was ejected in the first period of last year’s Memorial Cup final for a checking to the head major penalty against Saginaw’s Zayne Parekh. The Spirit scored a power-play goal on it and Sim has never forgotten having to watch […]
A Free Press reader says there is no sense of priority at any level of Canadian governments.
The London Knights play the Moncton Wildcats on Friday night with the winner off to the Memorial Cup final on Sunday.
Carter Hart said he believes if anyone had been offside with the woman in Canadian world junior hockey teammate Michael McLeod’s hotel room, he would have said something, done something or simply left.
The coach of the winning team often says their goaltender was their best player or, at worst, kept it close through a bad first period.
Trial of five players from Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team, charged with sexual assault, continues on Thursday