Posts About "Max Jones"
Ducks' Young Forwards Battling Mounting Expectations
November 25th, 2019 The Anaheim Ducks began the season with four young forwards on the roster; Max Jones, Troy Terry, Sam Steel, and Maxime Comtois. Expectations were set high as the quartet was tasked with transitioning the Ducks offense from incompetence to... well... something better than what it was under former head coach Randy...
Ducks Youngsters Not Scoring, Still Contributing
October 17th, 2019 With their strong end to last season and the eager anticipation of the preseason, it was easy to develop sky-high expectations for the Anaheim Ducks’ up-and-coming group of Troy Terry, Sam Steel, Max Comtois, Max Jones, and Isac Lundestrom. I am also guilty of expecting immediate success rather than incremental development. Those...
Ducks Are Done, but Plenty Left to Watch For
March 5th, 2019 For a team like the Anaheim Ducks who, along with its fans, are used to regular playoff appearances, this is going to be a tough month to stay excited. Unfortunately, the NHL Draft Lottery is more than three months from now but that doesn’t mean there aren’t critical storylines for the final weeks of the Ducks season....
Knights' Trades Leave Big Holes, Bigger Questions
January 10th, 2018 The London Knights have a strong history of creating a competitive on-ice product and have since the Hunters took over in 2000 from then owner Doug Tarry Jr. In 2004-05, the team went 59-7-2-0 and set a franchise record with 120 points on their way to winning the OHL Championship followed by the Memorial Cup. In fact, the team has won...
3 Keys to a London Knights Turnaround
October 16th, 2017 Say what you will about the London Knights and their organization, but they have a history of winning and being a force in the Ontario Hockey League. Which is part of the reason why fans of the organization and players within it are having a hard time grasping the start they’ve had to the 2017-18 season. For starters, the Knights...
Robert Thomas: Looking for Accountability Among Knights
October 3rd, 2017 Five games into the OHL season, the London Knights are still waiting to hear whether or not they’ll get some of their players back from NHL teams. The most notable of these players are Jesper Bratt (New Jersey), Sam Miletic (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton), Alex Formenton (Ottawa) and Victor Mete (Montreal). With those names still out of the...
Veterans, Alumni Headline Day 1 of Knights Training Camp
August 29th, 2017 With hockey season fast approaching, the London Knights got back to the grind on Tuesday for the start of their 2017-18 training camp. Coming off a short playoff, in which they defeated the eventual Memorial Cup winning Windsor Spitfires in seven games only to lose to the OHL Champion Erie Otters in another seven-game series, the...
Knights Trio Commit to London
August 9th, 2017 There are just 44 days until the London Knights take to the ice at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, to open up their 2017-18 OHL campaign. But on Wednesday, the team and media gathered on the concourse of their home arena as the Knights unveiled three additions to their roster ahead of the new season. Radio play-by-play voice,...
Anaheim Ducks Top 4 Prospects 2017
July 12th, 2017 While veterans Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, and Ryan Kesler are the primary faces of the Anaheim Ducks, the team also has some younger players who have taken on major roles. Rickard Rakell, age 24, led the club in goals in 2016-17 with 33. The 26-year-old Jakob Silfverberg added 23. Nick Ritchie is only 21 and has become a key player....
Ducks' Rasmussen Signing a Roadblock to Youngsters?
July 10th, 2017 On Friday, the Anaheim Ducks announced the signing of center Dennis Rasmussen, formerly of the Chicago Blackhawks, to a one-year contract worth $725,000. https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/883392327066173441 Rasmussen, formerly of the Chicago Blackhawks, represents a serviceable depth addition down the middle for Anaheim. With...
Max Jones on Spitfires' Shenanigans: "We Don't Care..."
March 28th, 2017 On Sunday afternoon, the London Knights and Windsor Spitfires met for the second game in what has turned out to be a heated Western Conference rivalry series. Both teams have come out hard throwing around their bodies and getting into the tough areas. But on Sunday, things took another step towards becoming one of the more...
Knights' Lack of Discipline Proving Costly
March 26th, 2017 There were shades of their 2009 playoff run when the London Knights opened their defence of the OHL’s J. Ross Robertson Cup heading into overtime against the Windsor Spitfires. The Knights led the game one two separate occasions, but seemed to lose track of the puck in their own end during the second and third periods allowing the...
OHL Cracking Down on Illegal Hits
February 28th, 2017 There have been four suspensions handed out in the Ontario Hockey League in the last three weeks-- none of them less than eight games in length. The league is clearly sending a message that the safety of its players is of paramount importance. After Gustav Nyquist's questionable six-game suspension for his vicious high-stick on Jared...
