With 4 gamers chosen within the 2026 NHL Draft, the London Knights put an exclamation mark on a run that’s nearing six a long time.
At the very least one participant has been chosen from the Knights roster courting again to 1969. It’s a streak that reached 58 years when the Philadelphia Flyers known as the identify of Maksim Sokolovskii at quantity 27 general on June 26 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Sokolovskii was later joined by Jaxon Cowl who was additionally a first-round decide and was chosen by the Ottawa Senators thirty second general.
The Dallas Stars chosen Ryan Brown within the fifth spherical and simply two picks later Jacob Vandeven went to the Boston Bruins.
Vandeven is from Komoka, Ont., and joined fellow Komoka native Beckham Edwards (fifth spherical – Detroit) and Londoners Ryan Roobroeck (2nd spherical – Chicago) and Eric Frossard (fifth spherical – Anaheim) to ship a giant couple of days for space connections.
Former London Knight Ben Wilmott was chosen within the third spherical by the Stanley Cup runner-up within the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Wilmott was traded to the Barrie Colts proper earlier than the 2026 OHL Commerce Deadline and helped Barrie to a runner-up end within the Ontario Hockey League Championship Sequence towards the Kitchener Rangers.
Sokolovskii and Cowl had been two of seven OHLers drafted within the opening spherical.
Caleb Malhotra was the very best decide at third general. He joined the staff his father Manny Malhotra is now teaching.
Manny is a former member of the Guelph Storm.
Chase Reid (Seattle), Nikita Klepov (Anaheim), Ethan Belchetz (Utah) and Adam Novotny (Vancouver) had been the opposite first spherical picks.
London’s draft choice streak is the longest within the Ontario Hockey League.
The Ottawa Senators are subsequent at 24 years after having 4 of their gamers taken on the 2026 Draft.
The Knights additionally had 4 gamers chosen from their staff because the streak started in 1969.
Gilles Gilbert (Minnesota), Bert Wilson (New York Rangers), Man Delparte (Montreal) and Neil Nicholson (Oakland) had their names known as in a a lot completely different format that was held on the Queen Elizabeth Lodge in Montreal.
No gamers had been invited to the draft in 1969.
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