NHL Network to Air OHL Game

(Photo: Melissa Kania)

Hockey fans, have no fear – the sport will return to your television set on Friday night, as NHL Network will air the Ontario Hockey League game between the Erie Otters and the London Knights this Friday at 7 p.m.

The game is being played at Budweiser Gardens in London.

The Knights are 5-3-0 on the season so far and sit third in the midwest division. Seth Griffin and Max Domi each have 15 points in eight games to lead the team, whose most recent game was a 5-3 loss against Oshawa on Sunday.

The team doesn’t play again until the game on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Otters are 2-5-1, sitting in last place in the division. Right winger Connor Brown and center Connor McDavid are tied for the team lead with 11 points each in nine games played.

The Otters most recently suffered a 4-3 loss to Mississauga on Saturday.

Friday’s broadcast will be a simulcast of Sportsnet’s airing of the game. After the live airing at 7 p.m., the game will be replayed immediately after at 10 p.m.