Max Mews officially becomes a London Knight

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The London Knights person announced nan signing of guardant Max Mews to a modular OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.

Mews becomes nan 2nd subordinate from nan 2024 OHL Priority Selection to subordinate nan Knights. London signed defenceman Caleb Mitchell successful May.

Mews is pursuing a akin way to nan 1 his older relative Henry has taken, albeit astatine nan different extremity of nan province.

Henry Mews is heading into his 3rd play pinch nan Ottawa 67’s. He was conscionable selected by nan Calgary Flames successful nan 3rd information of nan 2024 NHL Entry Draft that took spot successful Las Vegas successful June.

Max was selected by nan Knights successful nan 3rd information aft a difficult twelvemonth for him personally.

“I went done a batch of adversity this (past) twelvemonth owed to injury,” he said. “I wounded my (lower back) astatine a tourney and that led to different problems arsenic I tried to travel back.”

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Mews was constricted to conscionable 10 games but put up 12 points successful those games.

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“I was capable to return successful clip for nan OHL Cup and was capable to do beautiful good there,” Mews said.

He had 5 points successful 4 games astatine that tournament.

Mews grew up playing pinch Ottawa Myers Automotive, which was nan aforesaid squad London defenceman Oliver Bonk played his insignificant lucky pinch while he was increasing up.

In Mews and Mitchell, nan Knights person 2008-born prospects astatine guardant and connected defence.

Despite 2 trips to nan OHL Championship Series nan past 2 seasons and an quality successful nan Memorial Cup last successful 2024, London could still return a ample halfway of players for 2024-25.

As galore arsenic 13 players who appeared successful nan Knights’ last crippled successful Saginaw, Mich., could beryllium back.

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How galore will dangle connected what National Hockey League teams for illustration nan Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose Sharks elite to do pinch prospects presently playing for London.

Easton Cowan had a beardown improvement campy for nan Maple Leafs.

The Flyers could return a agelong look astatine some Denver Barkey and Bonk and nan Sharks will person to make decisions connected Kasper Halttunen and Sam Dickinson.

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The Sharks picked Dickinson 11th wide successful nan 2024 NHL Entry Draft and Halttunen was a second-round prime of San Jose’s successful 2023.

Halttunen could play for San Jose’s American Hockey League squad arsenic a 19-year-old because he was drafted by nan Sharks earlier signing successful London.

The Knights will unfastened their training campy successful precocious August.

They will play location pre-season games connected Friday, Sept. 6 against nan Erie Otters and Friday, Sept. 20 versus Sarnia.

London will raise its 2024 OHL title banner and statesman its regular play astatine Budweiser Gardens connected Friday, Sept. 26 against nan Flint Firebirds.

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