The London Knights have won the 2025 Ontario Hockey League Championship. As a result, they are off to the 2025 Memorial Cup in Rimouski, Quebec. The Knights defeated the Oshawa Generals four games to one in the OHL Final best out of seven series on Thursday, and in the process won the J. Ross Robertson Cup.
We already know the two teams representing the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League at the Memorial Cup. They are the host team, Rimouski Oceanic, and the Moncton Wildcats. The QMJHL finalist Wildcats qualified when the Oceanic qualified for the QMJHL Final.
The Knights leading scorer in the OHL playoffs was right winger Easton Cowan of Mount Brydges, Ontario. In 17 games, he had 13 goals and 26 assists for 39 points. Cowan was also an impressive +25 in the OHL Playoffs. The only other player with a higher plus/minus was Knights defenseman Oliver Bonk of Ottawa, Ontario, who was +28. Cowan was the Maple Leafs’s first round pick, 28th overall, in the 2023 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Bonk was the Philadelphia Flyers’s first round pick, 23rd overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
In London’s win on Thursday, Cowan and Sam O’Reilly of Toronto each had one goal and one assist for two points. Sam Dickinson of Toronto and Jacob Julien of London, each had two assists. The other Canadian goal scorer on the Knights was Landon Sim of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. O’Reilly is a draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers, Dickinson, a defenseman, was drafted by the San Jose Sharks, Julien was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets, and Sim was drafted by the St. Louis Blues.
The Knights had the best record in the OHL in the regular season. They had a record of 55 wins, 11 regulation losses and two losses in extra time for 112 points. In addition to beating the Generals, the Knights swept the Owen Sound Attack, Erie Otters and Kitchener Rangers in the OHL Playoffs.
This is the sixth OHL Championship for London. They previously won in 2005, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2024.
