Knights Lose to Rangers, Angry Fans Sound Off on NBA Lockout

Yes, the Knights were in Kitchener last night to play against the Rangers. It was an exciting game, with the Knights taking the lead early. Kitchener however, took a 4-1 lead and held that until the latter part of the 2nd period when the Knights started to come back into the game. This game would eventually go into a shootout, but the Rangers won the game 5-4. With the loss, the Knights are now 11-3 on the season. Here's the recap. Also too, I read an interesting article about the NBA lockout and read some ANGRY posts from the fans. I decided to also chime in with my own. Here it is:

"As a Raptors fan since 2001, I’ve seen some great and horrible moments from the team. However, I’m really tempted to write the league off for good. It’s obvious that BOTH sides are greedy and care nothing for us fans or they would have already settled. If they cancel more games, then the league should be PERMANENTLY TERMINATED! Sorry to sound harsh, but we must see results. That’s all, and you have a good night."

Yes, I'm angry about the situation. I'm sick and tired of hearing both sides say, "We're deeply sorry for our fans and that this has inconvenienced them." Really? THEN SETTLE FOR MUCH SMALLER SALARIES AND GIVE US MUCH LOWER TICKET AND CONCESSION PRICES, YOU IDIOTS! I'm sorry for yelling there folks, but I need to speak my mind. Let me tell you people something...if they cancel the entire season, I'm DEFINITELY giving up on the league entirely! So that's that. I hope you enjoyed my short rant. Catch you all later.

Oh, by the way, here's the link to the article about the fan anger. Enjoy!

Knights Cruise Past Bulls

Last night, the London Knights played against former teammate Jake Worrad and his new team, the Belleville Bulls at the John Labatt Centre. This game was no contest at all, as the Knights rolled to a 4-0 victory. Goals were scored by: Dane Fox, Josh Anderson, Seth Griffith, and Matt Rupert. Belleville did outshoot the Knights 31-30, but to no avail. Jake Worrad, however, did get a good shot attempt at London goaltender Michael Houser late in the 3rd period. The play was described by AM 1290 CJBK play-by-play voice Mike Stubbs as Worrad "spinning" during the shot. All in all, a great game and one that makes the team 10-2 on the year. NO other team has won this many contests as of yet! Here's the recap. Until next time, take care.

Knights Stomp over Majors, Jets-Leafs go to exciting Shootout

Wow, were last night's games great or what! First I listened to the Knights game as the team was in Missasauga to take on the St. Michael's Majors. This one seemed to be a close match as it was a match of the top two teams in the entire Canadian Hockey League (Knights are #1 and Majors are #2). Early on, the game seemed to live up to the billing as the Knights ended the first period up 2-1. From then on however, it was all Knights as they went on to win 6-3 to go 9-2 on the season. The other game I followed was an NHL one. The Toronto Maple Leafs were at home in the Air Canada Centre to take on the newest Canadian team, the Winnipeg Jets who had just beaten the Pittsburgh Penguins at home 2-1 for their first victory on the year. After the Knights game, I moseyed on over to the TV set and turned on the Leafs-Jets game. To my surprise, the Jets were ahead of the Leafs 3-1 after 2 periods! The Jets seemed as though they were going to win another one, but Toronto had other plans in the third period. They tied it up with Phil Kessel scoring once to go into overtime with a 3-3 score. Overtime solved nothing, but both teams had their chances with the Leafs doing most of the buzzing around the Winnipeg net. So, they went to a shootout where the Leafs won on a goal by Joffrey Lupal. So, that's that. Here is the recap for the Leafs-Jets game, and here's the recap for the Knights victory. Next up for the Knights is a home game at the John Labatt Centre on Friday night at 7:30 PM against the Belleville Bulls who now have former teammate Jake Worrad. See you then!

Knights Skin Otters in Tough Victory

MAN, what a crazy game! A little bit of everything was in store last night for us Knights fans as the London Knights played against the Erie Otters at the John Labatt Centre. First off, the Knights first goal came NINE SECONDS after the first face-off! Seth Griffith got the goal and the Knights were ahead 1-0. At the 7 minute mark of the 1st period, Jared Knight put London up by two with a goal of his own and it looked as though the Knights were going to blow the contest wide open. The Otters, however were scrappy right to the end and wouldn't go away. After team captain Jarred Tinordi received a penalty for checking an Otter to the head, Erie got their first goal of the game at the 13:41 mark of the 1st. Conner Brown scored to make it 2-1. In the 2nd period, Erie continued their comeback with 2 more goals to take the lead, 3-2. The goals were scored by Sondre Olden and Chris Marchese. It seemed as though the Knights had blown it: the Otters were storming Michael Houser with scoring chances and the team looked less energized than they had been early on in the 1st period. The Knights however were not out: at 9:45 of the 2nd, the goals and the energy came back. Vladislav Namestnikov scored at that point to tie it 3-3 and the team still had 2 more goals to go in that period. Seth Griffith scored his 2nd goal of the game and Bo Horvat helped out at well. This made the score 5-3 in favour of the Knights. The entire game was like this: a giant tug-of-war between the teams, the AM 1290 CJBK radio commentators remarked. Those men were Mike Stubbs (play-by-play) and Jim Van Horne (analyst). Erie still had one more burst of firepower left however. Marchese scored his second goal of the game at 9:08 of the 3rd period to make the score 5-4 and it didn't look good for the Knights as Erie seemed to again have more life in their steps. However, Namestnikov ended the party with HIS 2nd goal of the night to end it at 6-4. That was at 19:28 of the 3rd. The game even included fighting: Erie's Johnny McGuire and London's Jared Tinordi both went off at 16:07 of the 1st period for scrapping with each other. Another fight happened in the 3rd period as Matt Rupert of the Knights and Brett Cook of the Otters both went off at 11:38 for the encounter. To make a tight game even tighter, the final shots on goal count was London 43, Erie 41! With this wild win, London is now 7-1 on the year and await the Guelph Storm who come into the JLC tonight at 7 PM. Here's the game recap. That's all for now. Take care everybody.