Get ready for the Komoka Kings 2024-2025 Season by Paul Mylemans
The Komoka Kings are busy preparing for the new 2024- 2025 season. The 2023-2024 season got off to a very slow start, but by the end of the season, the team was showing good results. The Kings played well in the playoffs vs. the first-place London Nationals but came short of going past the first round. The 2024-2025 season starts with some big changes. The Greater Ontario Hockey League (GOJHL) has changed from 3 divisions for its 23 teams, which saw every team going into the first round of the Sutherland Cup playoffs, to a 2-division alignment. The top 8 teams in each division will be in the playoffs to determine a league champion. This will make every game more meaningful and more important for each team. For the Kings, this will mean regular season new home and away games against the Kitchener-Waterloo Siskins, Elmira Sugar Kings, Stratford Warriors, and the 2024 Sutherland Cup Champions Listowel Cyclones. The GOJHL has hit the hockey news quite a bit over the past months, with a number of its marquee players moving on to bigger things, such as moving up to the OHL ranks or NCAA. Former Kings alumni Easton Cowan was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the NHL draft. Former Kings forward Ryan McAllister, who had a very exciting season with the NCAA Division 1 Western Michigan Broncos, is now in the Florida Panthers organization playing in the ECHL. Another big change is the team’s visual identity, inspired by the original 1967 edition Los Angeles Kings logo. In keeping with tradition, the font chosen for “Kings” is a regal, vintage style that evokes the vision of royalty. The crown, a symbol of Komoka Kings hockey since the very first game in 2017, changes colour from black and white to purple and gold. While the team is still being assembled in preparation for the regular season, there will be several returnees from last year and new local players and some from greater distances (e.g. PEI, Sudbury, etc.). All of these players are eager to show what they can do and want to impress the coaches, fans, and the scouts so that they can follow in the same path as Cowan and McAllister.
Roop Chanderdat, President & GM, has added Brian McAllister as an Assistant Coach. He will work under the direction of Head Coach, Rumun Ndur, who will be returning for his second season at the helm. Brian, who is the father of former Kings Ryan McAllister, brings considerable experience in coaching and teaching young hockey players. Last season Brian was named the Head Coach for the London Nationals in mid-season and led them to the Conference Championship. The Kings look forward to a strong season in 2024-2025 and are worthy of their new look! The Kings’ regular home games are on Saturdays at the Komoka Wellness Centre, with a 7:15 p.m. puck drop. The 2024-2025 regular season opener is Saturday, September 14. The Komoka-Kilworth Optimists will host a pregame bar and BBQ. The Optimists will also open the food concession booth and bar for all the Kings’ home games.
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