Knight Shift

An exclusive London Knights podcast with Mike Stubbs & Kyle Grimard.

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Mid-season awards, trades and a battle for #1 -...
With the help of Knights fans Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard run down some mid-season award winners on the London roster and then look ahead to the battle for top spot in the Ontario Hockey League on Jan. 10 between the Knights and the Windsor Spitfires. Kasper Halttunen and Jesse Nurmi talk about their success at the World Junior Hockey Championship and Kyle and Mike run through some of the trades made leading up to the deadline in 2025.
39 min
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The trade deadline is coming up fast - Episode ...
The Ontario Hockey League trade deadline provides the deciding point for teams on their respective seasons. Who is in and who is out? Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs take a look at what we know so far and who is expected to be in the race when January 10 comes and goes. They also talk about London captain Denver Barkey and his 11 points in 3 games and revisit the World Junior Hockey Championship one final time.
25 min
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Canada out at the World Juniors, London's 77-12...
The London Knights have closed out 2024 and already begun 2025. Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard talk about their 77-12-1-2 record over the last calendar year, discuss Canada's performance at the 2025 World Junior Hockey Championship, set up the Knights and the IceDogs on Jan. 3 and send out some good vibes with Corey Perry and Danny Syvret's recounting of the 2005 Gold medal win for Canada at the WJC in Grand Forks, N. D.
47 min
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Hitting halfway in 2024-25, the World Juniors a...
The London Knights are 28-6 at the halfway mark of the 2024-25 OHL regular season. London is getting set for what feels like their annual home and home with Sarnia that hasn't been all that annual of late. Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard discuss a 4-1 win in Flint, set up the Sarnia games and talk World Junior Hockey Championship and just how big a New Year's Eve win would be for Canada. Danny Syvret and Corey Perry also relive the round robin from the 2005 World Junior tournament as it reaches its 20th anniversary.
32 min
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A London World Junior Preview - Episode 178 - K...
As the World Junior Hockey Championship gets going Mike Stubbs takes us through all of the London and London Knights connections at the tournament. Mike also checks out London connections at the Spengler Cup taking place in Switzerland. Mike looks back at the 20th anniversary of Canada's gold medal victory at the 2005 World Junior tournament with the help of Danny Syvret and Corey Perry and hears from Frank Caprice who was the first London Knight to win World Junior gold in 1982.
26 min
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London vs Sarnia preview, Easton Cowan's hat tr...
Final podcast before the holidays! London vs Sarnia preview, Easton Cowan's hat trick and Knights GM Mark Hunter on the trade deadline.
19 min
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Cam Allen is coming to town as the Knights stay...
The biggest trade of the 2024-25 season so far has been made between the London Knights and the Guelph Storm. The Knights have acquired defenceman Cam Allen for Noah Jenken and draft picks. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs discuss the trade, preview the game against the Erie Otters and look back over how London managed to win two out of three games to remain in top spot in the overall OHL standings. Also, Larry Brubacher joins the pod to talk about winning the jackpot at Canada Liufe Place by shooting a puck through a tiny space from centre ice.
43 min
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End of one streak, injury to Easton Cowan and a...
The London Knights will go into the Ontario Hockey League record books with the 5th longest winning streak in history. Their first loss in 20 games came against Oshawa and while Easton Cowan extended his point streak to 56 games he also left the game early and did not return. Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard talk about those two things, relive some Teddy Bear Toss memories from a record-setting night at Canada Life Place and speak with the newest Knight, Andoni Fimis.
37 min
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World Junior talk, awards week for the Knights ...
The London Knights cleaned up in the OHL's latest weekly and monthly awards winning nearly all of them. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs recap the winners and go into some World Junior talk about Canada's selection camp roster which features four Knights. Frontenacs play-by-play voice Jim Gilchrist joins Mike and Jim Van Horne to talk about the longest goal streak and point streak in OHL history and Mike and Kyle preview the next games for the Knights.
38 min
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18 wins in a row and is Sam Dickinson the best ...
The London Knights wrapped up a three-win road trip to get into some rare air in terms of Ontario Hockey League winning streaks. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs talk about the streak, world junior implications, Sam Dickinson, Blake Montgomery and hear a story from London forward Will Nicholl that illustrates something that makes the Knights as competitive as they are each year.
35 min
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A trade, a suspension and a three-game road tri...
The London Knights are headed east. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs look ahead to the road trip, talk about the injuries to Denver Barkey and Easton Cowan, the suspensions to Kasper Halttunen and Ryder Boulton, the trade of Blake Arrowsmith to Niagara and Game 1 of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge.
39 min
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"Aggressive expansion", Barkey and Cowan miss t...
The London Knights started and ended three games in three days with shootout victories and in the middle held off the Spirit in Saginaw. London has now won 15 straight games and they won the 15th without some key players in the lineup. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs talk about the latest wins and injuries to Easton Cowan and Denver Barkey with the help of Dylan Hunter, Sam Dickinson, Blake Montgomery, Kasper Halttunen and Oliver Bonk and also look at Elliott Friedman's report about an approval for "aggressive expansion" in the Ontario Hockey League.
34 min
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Knights win battle of 1 vs 2 and Cowan extends ...
The London Knights came away from Kitchener with a 3-1 win on Nov. 19. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs break down the game with the help of Alexei Medvedev and Sam Dickinson and talk about the improbable goal that extended Easton Cowan's point streak to 52 games and hear from Cowan and Knights head coach Dale Hunter. London Associate G.M. Rob Simpson explains the Knights import situation including Gleb Semenov's status and North Bay Battalion Head Coach Ryan Oulahen discusses the CHL USA Prospects Challenge on Nov. 26 at Canada Life Place.. Oulahen is an assistant coach for Team CHL.
37 min
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If you need some good news... the London Knight...
26 min
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The aftermath of the Landon Sim suspension, nex...
On the latest episode of the Knight Shift Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard examine the aftermath of the Landon Sim suspension, talk to Edmonton Oilers prospect Sam O"Reilly and preview games against the Sarnia Sting and the Guelph Storm.
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Blake Montgomery's debut, more about NCAA rulin...
Blake Montgomery is officially a Knight and we sat down with him for Episode 167 of the Knight Shift. We also got thoughts on the NCAA decision from Knights Governor Trevor Whiffen. We also go over a change Evan Van Gorp made at breakfast that saw hum get five points in a crazy game between London and the Storm, Noah read's first two goals and Easton Cowan finding a way to keep his regular season point streak going.
35 min
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Previewing a big NCAA decision and games ahead ...
The NCAA is about to vote on whether to allow Canadian Hockey League players to play NCAA hockey. Mike Stubbs, Kyle Grimard and Jim van Horne explore the story and preview games against Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay. They also talk about Isaiah George making his NHL debut and get you caught up on the Under-17s.
36 min
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Cowan's streak continues in two close wins - Ep...
London Knights forward Easton Cowan now has at least one point in 46 regular season games and the Knights have won six straight and nine of ten. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs hear from Cowan and talk about the latest London victories and Michael Simpson's first professional win.
19 min
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Former Knight Cody Morgan, Olli Maatta trade, S...
An award, a trade and a former London Knight highlight episode 164 of the Knight Shift as Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard hear from Cody Morgan on last year's perfect season with the University of New Brunswick, discuss the Olli Maatta trade and his time in London and also examine Sam Dickinson's impact with the Knights this season.
34 min
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A three-win weekend, looking at Easton Cowan's ...
The London Knights had themselves a weekend as they earned wins ver Brantford, Saginaw and Sarnia in less than 48 hours. After an OT thriller against the Bulldogs London returned to the site of the 2024 Memorial Cup tournament for the first time and then got a boost from the Knights fan club in a win over the Sting in Sarnia.
35 min
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Big preview of a three in three against Brantfo...
The London Knights play their first "three-in-three" and Mike Stubbs and Kyle Grimard zero in on all three games. The radio voice of the Sarnia Sting, Leigh Cunningham joins the show and so does the voice of the Brantford Bulldogs, Reed Duthie. Kyle and Mike also talk about former Knights Bryce Montgomery and Ruslan Gazizov.
32 min
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A 1-1 weekend and Austin Elliott's debut - Epis...
After a loss to Saginaw and a win over Erie Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs talk about what made the difference in each game, Auston Elliott already living up to his nickname, the line combinations against the Otters and Kasper Halttunen's situation in San Jose.
23 min
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Captains and overage decisions and aquisitions ...
The London Knights have named the 53rd captain in franchise history and a five-player leadership group. They have also gone from five potential overage players in the summer to three. Mike Stubbs talks with London associate general manager, the entire Knights leadership group and the newest Knight, Austin Elliott.
20 min
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Big comeback W against Barrie and another again...
The London Knights put on a third period show against one of the best rosters in the OHL and then came back to Canada Life Place less than 24 hours later to win again. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs hear from Sam Dickinson, Evan Van Gorp, Easton Cowan, P.J. Fagan and Jesse Nurmi as they recap it all and then go through some of the former Knights beginning their seasons in the American Hockey League and the ECHL.
31 min
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OT win in Owen Sound and setting up games with ...
Denver Barkey, Easton Cowan and Oliver Bonk made their season debuts and Sam O'Reilly scored the overtime winner from Jacob Julien as the London Knights edged the Attack in Owen Sound on Oct. 9.
39 min