London Knights

Based in London, Ontario, Canada, the London Knights major-junior ice hockey team plays in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League. The team was founded in 1965 and plays their home games at the John Labatt Centre. Former National Hockey League player Dale Hunter serves as the head coach of the Knights, sharing ownership of the team with brother Mark Hunter, who is also the general manager of the team, and Basil McRae.http://www.londonknights.com/page/team-hockey-operations

Since the team's inception, the Knights, and London Nationals as they were formerly known, have won the Memorial Cup as the Champions of the Canadian Hockey League once, in 2005, as well as the J. Ross Robertson Cup once, that same year. Additionally, they've won the Wayne Gretzky Trophy as the Western Conference Champions three times, the Hamilton Spectator Trophy, as the team with the most points in the regular season, four times, the Emms Trophy, as the Emms Division Champions, twice, the Bumbacco Trophy, as the West Division Champions, once and the Holody Trophy, as the Midwest Division Champions, five times.http://media.ontariohockeyleague.com/media/index.php?step=2&sub=9&id=3116

While the London team dates back to the 1950s, the franchise joined the Ontario Hockey Association in 1965 to play at the junior A level. They remained there, playing as the London Nationals, until 1968 when they became the London Knights. While they had a new name, the Knights stayed in the OHA until 1980, at which time the Knights and other major-junior members of the OHA separated to make up the Ontario Hockey League.http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/london-knights-6618.html

Throughout the years, numerous Knights players went on to enjoy a career in the National Hockey League including Brendan Shanahan, Dino Ciccarelli, Patrick Kane, Corey Perry, Kyle Quincey, Tim Taylor and Steve Mason, among many others.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=6618