The London Knights and Kitchener Rangers meet on Sunday afternoon in Game 2 of their OHL Western Conference final playoff series at Canada Life Place in London. Follow below for to-the-minute updates by LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette
Just four days in, a judge has declared a mistrial and ordered a new jury be selected at the sexual assault trial of five players from Canada’s championship-winning 2018 world junior hockey team. While the decision may have caused the trial to slightly wobble, it hasn’t derailed it. A new jury panel had already assembled […]
London and Kitchener seem to meet every spring in the playoffs and it’s safe to say the two teams generally hate each other
LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette is breaking down the OHL Western Conference final series between the London Knights and the Kitchener Rangers. Here are five things to follow: Rest or rust? The Knights had a big layoff between the Owen Sound sweep and the start of the Erie series. It took London a half-game or so […]
Sam Dickinson had the best offensive season by a London Knights defenceman in franchise history. That 29-goal, 91-point performance in just 55 regular-season games earned him the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the OHL’s top defenceman Thursday. He followed Rick Green (1975-76), Brad Marsh/Rob Ramage (1977-78), Bob Halkidis (1984-85), John Erskine (1999-2000), Danny Syvret (2004-05) and […]
The sexual assault trial of five former Team Canada junior hockey players won’t be back before the jury until Friday.
This is Landon Sim’s annual rite of spring. The London Knights veteran forward is gearing up to face the Kitchener Rangers in the playoffs for a fourth straight year. He knows what to expect: tempers boiling over, increased levels of trash talk, ref-bashing, organizational angst and – if history holds true – some league intervention […]
Evidence was to begin Wednesday morning at the high-profile trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 gold-winning world junior hockey team, who are charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged 2018 incident at a downtown London hotel. LFP reporter Jonathan Juha has live coverage below:
Taylor Elgersma will never forget his first visit to a National Football League stadium.
First was former New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod. “Not guilty,” he said twice, once after hearing the charge of sexual assault and again after hearing his second charge of sexual assault as a party to the offence. Ready for his trial. He sat down. Next was former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart. “Not guilty.” […]
Remember what happened the last time Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens went to the Stanley Cup playoffs? The Habs went on a surprise run to the final before losing to Tampa Bay. Four years and a quick rebuild later, the 25-year-old Londoner has qualified again – along with memorable ex-Knights Christian Dvorak and Josh […]
Denver Barkey wouldn’t let the Knights get rattled. When Kasper Halttunen’s goal early in overtime was reversed for an offside entry after a marathon video review, the London captain made sure his teammates stayed focused. A few minutes later, Sam O’Reilly completed the sweep of the Otters with a tally 6:49 into the extra session […]