London Knights News & Stories

Trades continue to be the talk of the OHL as the holidays approach. Lauren Kelly has everything you need to know in the latest Stock Watch.

The Vancouver Canucks’ check in at No. 20 on the Elite Prospects Prospect Pool Rankings

After back-to-back Stanley Cup finals losses, could a prospect or two change their fate?

Our scouting team breaks down the Lightning's pool, one with several players who could make the jump soon.

The always-intriguing CHL Import Draft is in the book, and this one was particularly interesting with new rules and some twists.

In this week's roundup, Hadi Kalakeche looks at Luca Del Belluz, Roman Kantserov, Ilya Protas, and more.

Mitch Brown highlights the biggest names on the move from the NCAA's ruling on CHL players, updated throughout the season.

This week's Roundup highlights incredible performances from Macklin Celebrini, Beckett Sennecke, Blake Montgomery, and more.

Nick Lardis can't stop scoring goals, Dmitri Buchelnikov's breakout season continues, and more in this week's Rinkside Roundup.

In this week's Rinkside Roundup, Sebastian High looks at a top 2027 prospect, Sam Dickinson's hat trick, and more.

Learn everything you need to know going into the 2024-25 OHL season with this comprehensive preview.

Noah Chadwick, Beckett Sennecke, and Easton Cowan highlight this year's list of players who improved the most in the 2023-24 CHL seasons.

David St-Louis and Lassi Alanen compare the top defencemen available in the 2024 NHL Draft.

Sam Dickinson's talent is undeniable, but does he have the feel for the game necessary to be a top defenceman in the NHL?

The Saginaw Spirit have a Memorial Cup title after completing the script against the London Knights.

The Saginaw Spirit are the 2024 Memorial Cup Champions. Lauren Kelly brings you the three stars from a dramatic 4-3 title game victory against the London Knights.

The Saginaw Spirit's fourth line came up in a big way tonight, sending them to the Memorial Cup Championship game with a 7-1 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors.

Sean Shapiro and Lauren Kelly tee up the 2024 Memorial Cup semifinal from Saginaw.

The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect scored at the right moment in a 4-2 win against the Saginaw Spirit. Lauren Kelly brings you the three stars.

The London Knights locked in a trip to at least the semifinal with a 5-4 victory. Lauren Kelly brings you the three stars of the night, plus much more.

The OHL champions made a statement with a 4-0 victory against Drummondville in Game 2 of the Memorial Cup.

The OHL Champions are one of the favourites in the Memorial Cup, and part of that optimism comes from the play of two Flyers prospects from the 2023 NHL Draft.

The Saginaw Spirit open the Memorial Cup at home and feel like they have unfinished business.

There's a new CHL Power Rankings right in time for the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL playoffs.

Logan Mailloux was drafted 31st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 2021. This selection was made with the full knowledge of his past transgressions. Four years later, Mailloux has played his...

Cam Robinson has an eye toward the future while he outlines a fistful of youngsters who are showing clear signs of things to come.

Lauren Kelly takes you around the OHL with the most recent update of OHL Stock Watch.

Mitch Brown, Greg Balloch, and Lauren Kelly team up to break down this year's best offerings in CHL free agency with scouting reports, tools grades, and player rankings.

The EP Rinkside panel have updated their CHL Power Rankings for the month of January, and there's a new No. 1.

The OHL Stock Watch highlights the play of just about everyone on the London Knights, Calum Ritchie, Zayne Parekh, Colby Barlow, and Ethan Miedema.

The EP Rinkside team has ranked the 10 best teams in the CHL.

The latest Scout's Notebook looks at the play of Dalibor Dvorský, Filip Mešár, Eduard Šalé, and Kasper Halttunen.

Easton Cowan was the surprise of the 2023 NHL Draft, but the Maple Leafs made the right choice.

The OHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Liam Greentree, Carson Rehkopf, the Sudbury Wolves' entire first line, Owen Beck, Sam Dickinson, and Anthony Cristoforo.

The November OHL Stock Watch highlights the performances of Luke Misa, Hunter Brzustewicz, Anthony Romani, 2024 NHL Draft-eligible goalies, Easton Cowan, and Jack Van Volsen.

Matthew Tkachuk was always going to be a star. This Draft Retrospective looks at all the signs from his draft year and those that followed.

Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen break down everything you need to know about the CHL Import Draft.

The Next Great Superstar series continues this week and we’re heading west. This time Cam Robinson examines the case of Evan Bouchard.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, Daniel Gee, Lauren Kelly, and Greg Balloch team up to break down the top free agent options in the CHL this season.

Mitch Brown takes a look at a wild week in the CHL where picks and prospects were dealt at an alarming pace.

Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown empties the notebook from the Draft Retrospective series, looking at lessons learned and offering insight on players that didn't quite warrant a full article.

Early in the season these seven games have stood out above the rest.

Cam Robinson looks ahead eight years to 2030 to project what the top players from the upcoming draft class will look like and the impact they will make as established NHLers.

The latest installment in the Scout's Notebook series looks at three small-role prospects who could immediately outperform their draft position as they move up in the hockey world.

Despite his mid-round selection, Dallas Stars prospect Antonio Stranges has started to receive mainstream hockey attention. Mitch Brown has a deeper look at his heel-to-heel skating style and why it's been so effective for him.

The Elite Prospects team has ranked 64 players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with their second board of the season.

Mitch Brown looks the recent scoring runs of Sudbury forwards Kocha Delic and David Goyette, as well Isaiah George's impressive play and Beau Jelsma's consistent impact.

While Evan Bouchard hasn't turned his junior game flaws into strengths at the NHL level, he's developed them to the point where they aren't costing him on a regular basis. Bouchard is the subject of today's Rookie Mid-Term.

EP's OHL scout Lauren Kelly takes a look at five under-the-radar 2004-born players from the O after the first month of play.

The Nashville Predators boast the No. 10-ranked prospect pool in the NHL according to our team of scouts at Elite Prospects. They're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool countdown.

David St-Louis breaks down the film to illustrate why St. Louis Blues center Robert Thomas is trending in the direction of a turnaround season in 2021-22.

The issues with hockey culture were on full display as the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft reached a close. Ryan Lambert shares his thoughts on the Logan Mailloux draft pick.

The Cleveland Monsters have been limited to three games in March. Patrick Williams reports on how that schedule is about to change for top prospect Liam Foudy and the Monsters.

For more than a decade, there was never any doubt about Nashville’s goaltending. It was Pekka Rinne’s net — full stop. As Rinne’s illustrious career winds down, though, questions concerning...

Not only did the Dallas Stars make it within two wins of the Stanley Cup. They did so without sacrificing any real draft capital or top-flight prospects in the process....

Just when it seemed like the San Jose Sharks prospect pool was starting to run shallow, they went and out cleaned up at the 2020 NHL Draft. Yes, it’s still...

At first glance, the Washington Capitals landing No. 24 on a prospect pool ranking seems high. At EliteProspects, we initially felt the same. This Capitals prospect pool might have the...

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman authored a statement about this time a month ago detailing the new direction that the franchise was charting, departing from their stated goal of...

One never wants to find themselves on the opposite end of an amateur scouting evaluation made by Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen, but that’s precisely the position we’ve...

No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

The CHL has a unique appeal compared to the NHL. Lower-quality hockey, no doubt, but there’s no replacing the insane swings in player and team quality from year to year....

We’re less than two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which means it’s time for yet another draft ranking. After the EliteProspects team published their final ranking and...

In the pursuit for better CHL data, I’ve manually inputted event data in a spreadsheet for over 1200 games – including 900 in the past two seasons. For the most...

We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...

The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...

The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...

With the conclusion of the 2020 CHL Import Draft today, at least one such event occurred on schedule without a hitch. In June, no less. It’s a complicated process, so...

We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...

It was no surprise when the New Jersey Devils announced that they’d dealt pending unrestricted free agent defenceman Sami Vatanen. The only questions were ‘where’ and ‘at what cost?’ Soon...

It seems like just yesterday that the stars of today and even tomorrow crossed the stage in Dallas, donning their new team’s colours for the first time as a just...

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — From beating Team USA on opening night, to a 6-0 loss to Russia in the preliminary round and forgetting to take his helmet off during their...

This week on The Pipeline Show it’s the full preview of the 2020 World Junior Championship with in-depth analysis of the five main contenders with some fearless predictions thrown in...

After a heartbreaking championship loss to the Finns in the 2019 WJC, the United States are looking for a better result this year in the Czech Republic. Boasting a deep...

The 2019 World Junior Hockey Championships was a tournament to forget for the host Canadians, who failed to medal on home soil, losing an overtime match to Finland in the...

If you’ve watched the Windsor Spitfires lately, you may have noticed someone zipping up and down the ice with ease. That player is none other than Jean-Luc Foudy, a potential...

This week on The Pipeline Show we get an update on the CHL’s Canada-Russia Series, and then we’ll dive into the reasons why the OHL’s London Knights have been able...

It’s a great year to watch the OHL for prospects entering the 2020 NHL Draft. With a few players slated to go early in the first round, there’s a good...

Ask, and you shall receive. It’s just that simple. Brendan Perlini made clear his desire for a fresh start, and on Monday saw Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman grant...

This week on The Pipeline Show we take a closer look at the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, the Canada West conference of U Sports and...

Brother combinations aren’t rare in the NHL. We’ve seen plenty of them. Quinn and Jack Hughes are a recent example. Then there’s the Staals, Sedins, etc. before them. In 2017,...