London Knights 2019-20 Season Thread (Part 8)

[Matt93]

 

[dmead]

Knights made the announcement official in an email to Season Ticket Holders around 4 pm.

Any word on how the draft positions are to be determined?

 

[the man22]

Knights made the announcement official in an email to Season Ticket Holders around 4 pm.

Any word on how the draft positions are to be determined?

Standings as they sit now.

Order of selection.
1. NB 2 NIA 3. SAR 4. SSM 5. KGN 6. HAM 7. MISS 8. ER 9. BAR 10. OS 11. SBY 12. GUE 13. OSH 14. WSR 15. PBO 16. FLT 17. KIT 18. SAG 19. LDN 20. OTT

 

[dmead]

Standings as they sit now.

Order of selection.
1. NB 2 NIA 3. SAR 4. SSM 5. KGN 6. HAM 7. MISS 8. ER 9. BAR 10. OS 11. SBY 12. GUE 13. OSH 14. WSR 15. PBO 16. FLT 17. KIT 18. SAG 19. LDN 20. OTT

Thanks. That's the way it should be.

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

Prospect Pipeline: OHL Rating 29-43
2020 OHL Draft Ranking: February’s Top-150

29	Nicholas Moldenhauer	RW	Toronto Titans
30	Devin Mauro	C	Soo Greyhounds
31	Brody Crane*	C	Buffalo Jr. Sabres 16U
32	Aidan Castle	RW	Toronto Jr. Canadiens
33	Ryan McGuire	LW	Burlington Eagles
34	Jonathan Melee	LW	Rockland Nationals
35	Matthew DiMarsico	RW	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
36	Matthew Poitras	LW	Whitby Wildcats
37	Matthew Jovanovic	D	Toronto Marlboros
38	Vinny Borgesi*	D	South Kent Academy
39	Thomas Sirman	D	Toronto Jr. Canadiens
40	Andrew LeBlanc	C	Southern Tier Admirals
41	Spencer Sova	D	Honeybaked 15U
42	Aaron Andrade	RW	Toronto Titans
43	Gavin Hayes	RW	Compuware 15U

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[nelli27]

There's a top 200 list of prospects on the 2020 OHL Draft thread. Knights with 3 picks in the top 25.

 

[KnightsWatch]

It's interesting to think the Knights had the second best record in the OHL and our record against the best team is 2-0. Could've been a very fun playoff run!!!

 

[TheCoach]

Be nice if David Goyette fell to london

David Goyette at eliteprospects.com

 

[dmead]

One of the unfortunate things about the regular season ending this way is that I desparately wanted to see Sarnia post 40 losses. It would be fitting for Hatcher to go out with a nice round number.

 

[Buttsy]

Way back in 1919 there is an asterisk for that season as the Stanley Cup Final was suspended due to the Spanish Flu Epidemic. I think we will have a new asterisk for the 2020 Championships across all leagues. Players will have been shut down to long and they would almost need a mini training camp and there just isn’t time for it. Really at this point it’s simply delaying the inevitable IMO. Also if they rush back to soon all the isolation work that’s been accomplished potentially would be lost. To risky......

 

[zman77]

OHL cancels rest of regular season, confirms draft and playoff hopes

“It takes drastic measures with what’s happened here,” London GM Mark Hunter said. “It’s the sacrificing of seasons and we still don’t know what’s going to happen with the playoffs yet. We’ll have to sit back and watch what happens and where it goes with this virus.”
All Knights players have returned to their hometowns except Estonian defenceman Kirill Steklov, who’s en route. The team brass wants them to stay safe, but also keep active in case they are recalled for playoff duty.
“Hunker down, be careful what you do and stay in your house as much as possible,” Hunter said. “There’s not many places to exercise. They’re all closed down, too, but they need to do stuff. You can’t just sit in the house all the time. They need to shoot pucks in the back or the basement.”
London goalie Brett Brochu finished the OHL season with a 2.40 goals against average to win the league’s Dinty Moore Trophy as the rookie netminder with the lowest GAA. Connor McMichael fell three short of the 50-goal milestone and overage ironman centre Jason Willms finished his four-year major junior career (the first three-and-a-half with Barrie) having played in 264 straight regular-season games, never missing one in his tenure.
Now, the wait continues to see if he and everyone else will enjoy a postseason and a shot at the Memorial Cup.
By: Ryan Pyette
COVID-19: OHL cancels rest of regular season, confirms draft and playoff hopes

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

OHL Scoring for Defencemen

1	D	2			Hoefenmayer, Noel	OTT	58	26	56	82	52	37	8	30	0	0	211	8	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	1.41	0.64
2	D	28			Merkley, Ryan	LDN	60	15	61	76	20	48	8	35	0	1	175	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0.0	1.27	0.80
3	D	20			Chisholm, Declan	PBO	59	13	56	69	17	33	6	28	0	0	160	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	50.0	1.17	0.56
4	D	33			Lyle, Brady	OS	62	22	43	65	25	28	10	15	0	0	258	1	0	2	0	6	3	6	0	50.0	0	0	0.0	1.05	0.45
5	D	27			McCourt, Riley	FLNT	63	18	44	62	-4	44	6	19	0	1	211	4	2	6	0	2	1	2	0	50.0	0	0	0.0	0.98	0.70
6	D	72			Regula, Alec	LDN	56	27	33	60	39	55	15	11	2	1	171	4	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	4	40.0	1.07	0.98
7	D	48			Harley, Thomas	MISS	59	18	39	57	8	33	9	18	0	0	182

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[zman77]

OHL Best Goals Against Average (GAA)

1	30		*	Brochu, Brett	LDN	42	2271	1124	1033	91	2	2.40	0.919	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
2	30			Andree, Cedrick	OTT	43	2529	1209	1107	102	4	2.42	0.916	32	9	0	1	3	4	5	11	16	0.688
3	35			Daws, Nico	GUE	38	2254	1228	1135	93	5	2.48	0.924	23	8	3	3	4	7	8	15	23	0.652
4	29			Jones, Hunter	PBO	49	2833	1500	1370	130	4	2.75	0.913	31	14	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	0.000
5	68			Ingham, Jacob	KIT	46	2739	1636	1501	135	2	2.96	0.917	33	8	4	1	3	4	2	9	11	0.818
6	1			Guzda, Mack	OS	51	3061	1616	1454	162	2	3.18	0.900	24	20	4	3	2	5	6	6	12	0.5

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[DrummondIsGod]

Be nice if David Goyette fell to london

David Goyette at eliteprospects.com

Terrific player. I'll take his teammate Vinny Borgesi too. Super talented D. Give me the two Honeybaked teammates Nazar and Namestnikov with our top 2 picks though. Those two dominated the Ontario tourneys they were in. Next US player on my wishlist is Devin Kaplan from New Jersey. Leaving out McGroarty as I expect either Hamilton or the NTDP.

 

[DrummondIsGod]

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[PhlyerPhanatic31]

Give me the two Honeybaked teammates Nazar and Namestnikov with our top 2 picks though. Those two dominated the Ontario tourneys they were in..

We have the same wish list

 

[LDN]

When is the draft?

 

[dmead]

When is the draft?

I do believe April 4th.

 

[TheCoach]

Well deserved! Looking forward to seeing what he does next season

 

[nelli27]

This year's D was one of the best in memory. I mean in the way they limited scoring chances, very stingy. They will be missed as will Foudy who had taken his game to the next level. I'll miss his speed, and PK skills.
Mark is making a strong push to bring Vlasic on board for next season.

 

[dmead]

Highly doubt playoffs will happen. Too bad as I had just started to develop an emotional investment in this team.

Next year we could conceivably lose up to 8 players. Wilms, Phillips, and Myskiw for sure. Regula, Merkley, McMichael, Foudy and Gruden are highly likely. That's a lot of talent to replace. Vlasic would be a good start.

 

[Snippit]

I'd rather them cancel playoffs than do some hollow single game knockout tournament with no fans or something like that.

Next year is probably a re-tool year. Especially if McMichael is gone.

Gun for 2021-22:

F: Evangelista, Stranges, Rolofs, McCue
D: Steklov, Montgomery, Roger, Keane, Mailloux
G: Brochu, Onuska

Hopefully they get Gilmartin to report. Truscott would be nice too.

 

[TheCoach]

I'd rather them cancel playoffs than do some hollow single game knockout tournament with no fans or something like that.

Next year is probably a re-tool year. Especially if McMichael is gone.

Gun for 2021-22:

F: Evangelista, Stranges, Rolofs, McCue
D: Steklov, Montgomery, Roger, Keane, Mailloux
G: Brochu, Onuska

If McMichael returns I'd trade him.
Especially if the Hounds drafted Ty Nelson. That's who I'd target for McMichael if the hounds are going for the mem cup