Sam Dickinson’s dominant year on the London Knights blue line has earned him national recognition.
Hockey jerseys out, grad gowns in. London’s downtown arena, home to the national champion London Knights junior hockey team, will become convocation central for not just one, but both of London’s post-secondary schools for the first time starting Monday. Thousands of graduates from Western University and Fanshawe College, and their guests, will converge on the […]
When the gate flies open at Canada Life Place this weekend for the Professional Bull Riders London Classic, two riders won’t just be competing for points, they’ll be riding in front of their hometown crowd.
The London Knights are bringing home their third Memorial Cup and the team is planning a celebration with the community on Monday night.
RIMOUSKI, QUE. – Easton Cowan fell ill the first time he faced Medicine Hat in the Memorial Cup round-robin tilt last week. “It was brutal,” said the London Knights forward, who rebounded to co-lead the tournament in scoring and was named MVP after a 4-1 victory over the Tigers in the championship final before 4,512 […]
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 […]
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.
