
Ryan Pyette
Sports Writer at London Free Press
Writer at Ryan "Pucks" Pyette on the OHL
V-P of the Larry Mellott fan club
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lfpress.com | Ryan Pyette
Austin Elliott has a tournament-leading 1.65 goals against average and .942 save percentage through the three round-robin games. The defence in front of him has been outstanding and the OHL champs have surrendered a consistently palatable 29 shots in each of the contests. But the big problem is scoring. The Knights only have seven goals so far – including one by Sam O’Reilly in 3-on-3 overtime, an empty-netter by Easton Cowan against Rimouski and two Kasper Halttunen power-play tallies.
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lfpress.com | Ryan Pyette
PRIME GM: There’s no way around it. Willie Desjardins traded his way to the 2025 Memorial Cup final. The Medicine Hat Tigers GM and head coach already had phenom Gavin McKenna, fellow first-liner Ryder Ritchie and captain Oasiz Wiesblatt on the roster. But the Western League champs will be going for the title Sunday because of contributions from players who weren’t here for a long time. Goaltender Harrison Meneghin, who lost his father before the playoffs, has been their MVP.
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lfpress.com | Ryan Pyette
That was part of the message from Moncton Wildcats coach Gardiner MacDougall as he reflected Wednesday on the sudden loss that shook his team at the Memorial Cup earlier this week. Pat Buckley, the father-in-law of Quebec league champ GM Taylor MacDougall – who is Gardiner’s son – died of a heart attack in Rimouski ahead of the Wildcats-Medicine Hat game on Monday. “You never want that phone call,” Gardiner MacDougall said. “My son, as a general manager, this is the highlight of his career.
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thelondoner.ca | Ryan Pyette
Advertisement 1The national U Sports champion Western track and field team will provide 12 athletes to Canada’s 50-member athletics team for the FISU Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany July 21-27. • Article contentThe national U Sports champion Western track and field team will provide 12 athletes to Canada’s 50-member athletics team for the FISU Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany July 21-27.
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lfpress.com | Ryan Pyette
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