It’s a rare Wednesday night game at Canada Life Place as the Guelph Storm visit the London Knights. The Knights have reached the quarter mark of the Ontario Hockey League season with an 11-4-1-1 record but still sit six points behind the Storm for first place in the Midwest Division. “We’re just thinking of it like a playoff game,” Knights assistant coach Rick Steadman said. “You’re going to go out, they are a great team, they play hard and they’ve got a lot of good players. You want to put your best foot forward and play a hard game and make them earn everything they get. We want to play a playoff style, play good defence, get our chances and try to score some goals.” While it is far from a must-win game this early in the season, Knights players know they do not want to fall eight points behind a Storm team that added another high-end defenceman in a trade earlier this week. “It’s a really big game and we know they’re a really good team,” Knights forward Cohen Bidgood said. “They’ve loaded up this year, but I think we’re really good and we’re really excited for it. We’re excited for the challenge and we know we have a really good team here too. So it should be a good game.” The Knights are set to unveil new throwback uniforms Wednesday night and will recognize veterans from Parkwood Hospital during a Remembrance Day ceremony before puck drop. The club says a limited number of tickets remain available. Sokolovskii returns to practice in non-contact jersey Maxim Sokolovskii received a huge ovation from his teammates when he took the ice for practice Tuesday morning. The 6-foot-8 Russian defenceman has appeared in just one game for the London Knights this season. He suffered a lower-body injury in a 7-4 victory over the Owen Sound Attack on Sept. 25. The Philadelphia Flyers’ 2026 first-round pick drew attention in that game after delivering a heavy hit on an Attack player before immediately fighting Julian Brown in response to the check. Knights general manager Mark Hunter told CTV News he expects Sokolovskii will be a couple of weeks away from returning to game action, unless he is able to quickly regain strength and muscle in his injured leg. Former Knight Easton Cowan greets hundreds of fans at Sports Card Expo The lineup to meet former London Knight Easton Cowan stretched through the Toronto Sports Card Expo, with a queue wrapping around one area and extending down an aisle on the event’s opening day in Mississauga. Cowan spent part of the day signing autographs and posing for photos with Toronto Maple Leafs fans. “I remember being a young guy trying to meet the Leafs too, so I’m super excited to meet the fans,” he told CTV News backstage. Cowan scored his seventh goal of the season and added an assist Tuesday night in Toronto’s 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. The Mt. Brydges, Ont., native is averaging nearly 16 minutes of ice time per game in his second NHL season. He has seven goals through 20 games after scoring 11 during his entire rookie campaign. “Obviously being my second year, you feel a bit more comfortable and you know the guys a bit better,” Cowan said. “I think you just start to learn a lot about the game and lifestyle. So just trying to adapt and get better every day, but the vibes are high.”
