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2025 - 2026 London Knights Season Thread, Part V

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With the ever changing landscape with ncaa, if your an overager playing juniors that’s not good!
Right because guys like Jack Pridham, who take an extra year before college, are totally not good and players you don't want on your team. Guys like Zocco are are new class of OA teams should be targeting. Guys who had decent to strong 19 year old seasons but have commitments to lower end programs. Offer them a chacne to play a year in the CHL. Possibly raise their stock. Catch the eye of a blue blood program.
 
Development camp roster that is happening this weekend
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SKED TIME: The Knights will need a strong first half in 2026-27.
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They face a schedule, which was released this week, that features front-loaded home games. The club opens with six of its first eight games at Canada Life Place and has a stretch of six straight home games from Nov. 27 to Dec. 11.
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“Some of it is building availability in our rink and some is on the other rinks,” Simpson said. “That’s usually what happens when they’re trying to fit everybody in.
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“You always want to get off to a good start and this year it’s going to be even more important because you go on the road after a block where you’re at home a lot.”
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One of the trade-offs is London only faces two three-in-three weekends – one of the lowest stretches of three games in three days in club history.
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“It’s a good thing,” Simpson said. “That third game is very tough on your team. It’s hard, especially if you have younger players on your team and there is travel involved.
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“It’s a lot of demand on them. Any time you can stay away from those, it’s going to be easier on your players and your hockey club is going to play better having some breaks.”
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Another quirk is the Knights and defending Memorial Cup champion Kitchener will have all six of their meetings played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. The assumption is the rivalry will attract big crowds anyway and the brief travel and necessity for some mid-week clashes on every team’s schedule makes this a natural fit.
 
Speaking of schedules. Bummed there is only one Saturday game :(. I try to make a couple a year but am about 3 hours away so makes it hard when games aren’t on a Saturday. What’s up with that anyway? Traditional scheduling puts most home games on Fridays?
 

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