London Knights 2023-2024 Season Thread (Part 6)

[Buttsy]

Another key win boys ...... 10 Wins Down, 6 Wins to Go. Playoffs are flying by it seems?

If my math is correct Dale has 162 OHL playoff wins. Brian Kilrea has 194. I'm assuming Kilrea is the leader

Hats off to Killer that's frickin amazing .....

 

[rve24]

Yeah, that did not look offside. Oh well. Maybe it was.

Bonk’s positioning is so good. Pleasure to watch.

I thought right away it's was offside ( if it's the Bonk goal ) when reviewed but admittedly under the weather (didn't even use my seat grrrrr)
Regardless ya gotta play thru it. They had a good chunk of the PP left to score.

 

[Buttsy]

What it also tells me that there is no way you want to get into a run and gun offensive battle with the Spirit.

Oh oh you have recognized our achillies heel. Statistically by far our weakest category this year when compared across the league. We were number two overall in Goals Scored .... unlike Total Points, Goals Allowed, Power Play %, Penalty Kill %, hell even Penalty Minutes!

 

[rve24]

I'm a bit behind on PVR on the couch lol but limited Sagnasty to 11 SOG after 2 periods.........Well done. And a great job by the players.
Team play wins ( last year Petes good example.....buy into a system....implement n execute)

 

[ArielNederland]

London set a new franchise record with their 10th straight playoff win. 2005 team won 9 on a row

 

[Otto]

London set a new franchise record with their 10th straight playoff win. 2005 team won 9 on a row

10 straight win to start the playoffs. The 2016 team won 17 straight including the Memorial Cup

 

[crowncarrier]

Fourth time is the key ..... LOL.

I'm on 17 now and I'm losing it....I don't see it. I got my 14 year old son to watch and he sees the same thing I do. If someone has video of it going in I really want to see it. I feel like Mr Pitt.

 

[Rubbers29]

Had to be someone other than Cowan on the offside then

According to the team Julien was offside

 

[nelli27]

O'Reilly and McCue much better on faceoffs today, 9/12 and 6/10 respectively.
George; Gazizov +2
Dionicio - 2
PP: 1/4 (LDN)
PP: 1/3 (Sag)

 

[Fastpace]

According to the team Julien was offside

Now that makes more sense, thanks

 

[TheOrangePylon]

How does Dionicio get away with abuse of officials 2 games in a row? Game 1 throwing his broken stick at the ref and then today after the Bonk waved off goal, when the ref was talking to the time keeper and he came out of the box, he 2 handed the glass right beside the refs head. Another foot and he hits the ref, I’ve seen less get called for abuse of official.

 

[zman77]

DEFENSIVE DEPTH: The Knights are getting it done defensively without blue-line stalwart Jackson Edward, who missed his second straight game for personal reasons. Dale Hunter doesn’t know yet if the Bruins pick will be available Monday.
Fellow veteran d-man Alec Leonard is being evaluated but won’t play for the foreseeable future after suffering a serious-looking leg injury from crashing into the boards Friday. That means big minutes for Oliver Bonk, Isaiah George and Sam Dickinson meshed in with three rookies.
“We’ll have to deal with it,” Bonk, the Flyers first-rounder, said. “There’s nothing else we can do and we can’t whine about it. Hopefully, we get some of our guys back soon.”
Rookie Jared Woolley saw more action, first-year Henry Brzustewicz moved from forward to his natural blue-line spot and Ilderton’s Noah Jenken suited up for his first game since the Junior B Strathroy Rockets were eliminated a month ago. The forwards and Simpson are a big part of it, too.
“They got some opportunities and when they did, (London goaltender Michael) Simpson was big,” Knights head coach Dale Hunter said. “It’s not truly a man-to-man (approach). It’s a squeeze-down and then fan out after. A few teams in the National Hockey League use it and everybody has a different system.

https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/live-round-3-game-2-london-knights-vs-saginaw-spirit.

 

[LDN]

Fantastic opportunity for Wooley to show his stuff to the scouts, for Brz to establish himself and Jenken to get into the lineup. Our D is in good shape for years.

 

[dino200022]

Woolley was unheralded out there today. Kid was playing Jr B not that long ago and now he is helping shut down a team full of firepower in a conference final game. Good on him and Bursty.

Biggest snub in the stars tonight had to be Sim. Kid is just built for the playoffs, was not on the scoresheet but played one hell of a game in all facets.

 

[tjziel]

If we somehow manage to get past Saginaw. Oshawa looks legit. They have the scoring depth, physicality, goaltending and defensive depth to match us. Would be an interesting but scary matchup. I couldn’t take 2 years in a row falling just short lol.

 

[Fastpace]

Woolley was unheralded out there today. Kid was playing Jr B not that long ago and now he is helping shut down a team full of firepower in a conference final game. Good on him and Bursty.

Biggest snub in the stars tonight had to be Sim. Kid is just built for the playoffs, was not on the scoresheet but played one hell of a game in all facets.

Yes, Woolley played extremely good today, I saw things in him that tells me he's going to be a rock for this team. It was really important not to overwork him during the season, bring him on slowly where he can get comfortable and confidence. He did a really good job, very promising for the future. Did not see as much of Henry Brzustewicz, he did not do any noticeable errors and he too is starting to look comfortable out there. I am hoping to see Jackson Edward back soon, they are going to need him big time still

 

[rve24]

Delete

 

[Wifi]

Pat maroons son at development camp
View attachment 860489

Was this mini camp open to the public? I'm surprised to see that Jacob Monks showed up. Still need to sign him but from what I heard he was a last cut from the USA u17 team. He could be that sleeper pick everyone wanted that is probably a 1st round talent.

 

[Hendy]

If we somehow manage to get past Saginaw. Oshawa looks legit. They have the scoring depth, physicality, goaltending and defensive depth to match us. Would be an interesting but scary matchup. I couldn’t take 2 years in a row falling just short lol.

Late in the eason I recall Oshawa being in the #1 spot of the OHL rankings and thinking they would be middle of the pack if they were in the Western Conference...it didn't make sense. However, they do have a good one in Oster. He used to play for Guelph and he loves playing the Knights.

 

[Fastpace]

This is an unbelievable run this team is on right now, a new territory for a junior team, 10 in a row to start a playoff run, to say we had our doubt at the start of the season. We don't know these kids, we don't know how they act among themselves in the dressing room or outside the rink, we don't know what they like or don't like, who's grumpy and who is not, what we know is they are a darn good hockey club. London should be proud and happy to have the best hockey heads in junior hockey. oh ya! "Go Knights Go" Even an old fart like me, never seen the likes of this, and yes do gets excited seeing this team on this outstanding successful run

 

[Otto]

This is an unbelievable run this team is on right now, a new territory for a junior team, 10 in a row to start a playoff run, to say we had our doubt at the start of the season. We don't know these kids, we don't know how they act among themselves in the dressing room or outside the rink, we don't know what they like or don't like, who's grumpy and who is not, what we know is they are a darn good hockey club. London should be proud and happy to have the best hockey heads in junior hockey. oh ya! "Go Knights Go" Even an old fart like me, never seen the likes of this, and yes do gets exited seeing this team on this outstanding successful run

It's not a new territory, Ottawa had 14 in a row not that long ago

 

[Fastpace]

It's not a new territory, Ottawa had 14 in a row not that long ago

For 16 to 21 year old players, at this very moment, it is.

 

[LDN]

For 16 to 21 year old players, at this very moment, it is.

They have faced difficult teams, they have been consistently good so far. The games in Saginaw will be tough though

 

[LDN]

Was the dev camp open to the public? If not who looked good?

I gotta think up front Hawery, Arrowsmith, Gerber, Van Bommel, Mews, Cover all have a good chance of playing games for the big club next year, on D Mitchell, Fagen, Jenken(obviously),Begin would all get a shot at some games

We are at the minimum loosing 4 forwards, 2 D and 1 G from this current roster

 

[Ken Yates]

Simpson very reliable. Woolley played well. Love Edward but were taking less penalties. Being short on D is hard but Woolley and Brz getting this experience will help us down the road. Gaz still not where he was before injury..probably similar to Marner still not able to make same movements. If they are breaking up leafs..Habs are open to taking Marner.