London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

[frontsfan67]

This is going to sound real stupid but I seriously don’t know- when did the Bud turn into Canada Life Place?

 

[ArielNederland]

This is going to sound real stupid but I seriously don’t know- when did the Bud turn into Canada Life Place?

October officially

 

[Geff]

This is going to sound real stupid but I seriously don’t know- when did the Bud turn into Canada Life Place?

Early/mid October it was official.

Free press story
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/qa-why-canada-life-snagged-london-arena-naming-rights

 

[cruickshankd]

Well looks like our streak is done. Stupid. We should not lose to a team like OS. George is fantastic, but COME ON

Owen Sound has kinda had your number this year...have not won a game but a point in all 3 meetings...really good for " a team like OS" in a rebuild with many many 16 and 17 year olds playing a huge part

 

[zman77]

LONDON FREE PRESS ARTICLE:
Elliott improved to 8-0 in the Knights net and is 11-0 combined with his time in Saskatoon this fall. He denied four of five Attack shooters after not really facing them before in a shootout situation. “It is a bit different,” he said. “You play in the Dub (Western Hockey League) and I’ve played all those teams for years so I know what they’re going to bring. I try to watch as much video as I can and it’s the same game of hockey you play your whole life.” . . . The London coaching staff presented ex-Knight Alec Leonard with his 2024 OHL championship ring before the game. The overage defenceman is injured and didn’t suit up for the Attack in their first Canada Life Place visit. He is expected back in the lineup after the Christmas break . . . The London Nationals bounced back from an 11-2 loss to Chatham Wednesday with a 5-3 win in Sarnia. Knights prospect Eddie Hickson scored his 10th goal of the season and the 16-year-old leads the club with 25 points in 21 games . . . Sam Dickinson extended his personal point streak to 12 games . . . The Knights outshot the Attack 18-4 in the third period . . . London overage forward Landon Sim returned to the lineup and was at his physical best. He used boxing as a training exercise in the summer and it showed in a spirited punchup with Owen Sound d-man James Petrovski. “That was a sick fight,” Bonk said. “Lots of props to Landon for dropping them there.” . . . This was Sim’s first game back after serving a five-game suspension for calling a Soo Greyhounds opponent a ‘Mennonite.’ “It was bizarre and we were around him trying to support him,” Bonk said. “He was always around the team. There was no separation – division – between him and us and we were always there for him.”

Easton Cowan points streak hits 53 games, London Knights win 13th straight

If the London Knights stay in first place in the Ontario Hockey League the rest of the way, they will never forget the game that got them there.

lfpress.com

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

That was a game, that despite outplaying OS all game, we should have lost. The hockey gods have smiled upon us and granted us good fortune.

….. Does anyone have a good looking goat to sacrifice?

The team that can pull victory from the clutches of defeat is something special but how can OS get up this morning and move on, that’s a heartbreaker!

 

[Otto]

Kind of a chincy call on the instigator, but it looked like a shoulder to shoulder hit also.

 

[TheOrangePylon]

Kind of a chincy call on the instigator, but it looked like a shoulder to shoulder hit also.

I agree with both statements. It was funny though. They showed Sim and Petrovski having a very civil conversation in the box after, I believe I read Petrovski saying I wasn’t coming to fight you and Sim saying sorry I thought you were coming to jump me. From Sims perspective, I understand why he thought that. Just threw a big hit and all of a sudden a guy turns straight at you, but Sim definitely dropped the gloves first.

 

[Otto]

Owen Sound has kinda had your number this year...have not won a game but a point in all 3 meetings...really good for " a team like OS" in a rebuild with many many 16 and 17 year olds playing a huge part

Carter George... that's the difference.

That was some horrible play by the rest of the team in the last 2 minutes. George can't do it all.

 

[Hendy]

Just some random thoughts...
Carter George will be one of Canada's goalies at the World Juniors. He's good.
Barkey and Cowen know him from World Junior camp and came over to him for a tap after the game.
You never leave a junior game early. Especially a Knights game.

 

[Ken Yates]

Hunter tried switching lines in third without success. Third set of Dman were lost at times. Halts played well and agree his game as got much better.

 

[Fergus31]

I agree with both statements. It was funny though. They showed Sim and Petrovski having a very civil conversation in the box after, I believe I read Petrovski saying I wasn’t coming to fight you and Sim saying sorry I thought you were coming to jump me. From Sims perspective, I understand why he thought that. Just threw a big hit and all of a sudden a guy turns straight at you, but Sim definitely dropped the gloves first.

Good catch. Thought the instigating penalty was unfair. Very classy of Petrovski.

I think the Attack have done well adding young pieces along the way (Roy, Bedkowski, Delisle). They could be a force next year with George in his D+2 season.

Knights have stuff to correct. Terrible breakout led to OS second goal. But it’s junior hockey. Mistakes are made.

 

[sbpointer]

This is going to sound real stupid but I seriously don’t know- when did the Bud turn into Canada Life Place?

Kingston is still winning the best building name though.
How can you not have a fun time at Slush Puppy Place?

 

[frontsfan67]

Kingston is still winning the best building name though.
How can you not have a fun time at Slush Puppy Place?

I know right! I like sharing the name with other chl teams too lol

 

[cruickshankd]

Carter George... that's the difference.

That was some horrible play by the rest of the team in the last 2 minutes. George can't do it all.

Still don't think you are getting it...for Owen Sound to take the HIGH powered Knights to extra time 3 games in a row...at this stage of their development...is a big time WIN for the team...future is going to be bright...the tying goal was as lucky as it gets, no denying

 

[Otto]

Still don't think you are getting it...for Owen Sound to take the HIGH powered Knights to extra time 3 games in a row...at this stage of their development...is a big time WIN for the team...future is going to be bright...the tying goal was as lucky as it gets, no denying

I get it. But without George all three are different games.