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 […]
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. […]
The London Home Builders’ Association and the Tricar Group hosted their third annual co-ed charity soccer tournament on Friday at Tricar Field, raising an estimated $72,000 for the Health and Homelessness Fund for Change. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan. druttan@postmedia.com
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 London Knights play the Moncton Wildcats on Friday night with the winner off to the Memorial Cup final on Sunday.
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.
St. Mary’s Catholic high school in Woodstock and Arthur Voaden secondary school in St. Thomas played in TVRA high school baseball at Emslie field in St. Thomas on Thursday
If you look at the raw goaltending statistics, it’s shocking the London Knights have not already coasted straight into the Memorial Cup final.