As part of my role as team statistician for the Sudbury Wolves, my job description includes the preparation of weekly media notes, featuring various tidbits of information regarding upcoming games.

While these notes have generally been confined to circulating among media types and club officials, it seemed likely that fans of the local OHL team might also have an interest in the odds and ends that I might come across on a weekly basis.

There is no getting around the fact that the past quarter century has not seen the Sudbury Wolves enjoy much in the way of success opposite the London Knights. One has to look no further than the recent 4-1 setback in London that extended the current Sudbury losing skid in that particular venue to 14 games as "The Pack" prepare to complete the home and home Friday before welcoming an out of province opponent to town on Sunday.

And yes, it is true that in the past 24 meetings of the teams back in northern Ontario, the Wolves have prevailed but on three occasions. More encouraging, however, is the fact that not only have two of those three victories come in the past four years, but both have been somewhat convinving affairs.

On November 24th (2023), the Wolves managed to split their nine goal output evenly over three periods of play, bouncing the Knights 9-2 in a contest that still feel three goals shy of matching the most ever Sudbury goals, at home, versus a London team (12-1 win in October of 1995).

Three years ago, it was the likes of Quentin Musty (3G/2A) and David Goyette (G/3A) leading the way as the locals drubbed the visiting perennial powerhouse. On November 21st of 2025, the Wolves doubled the Knights 6-3 as six different players lit the lamp for the homeside: Daniel Berehowsky; Artem Gonchar; Nathan Villeneuve; Kierson Walton; Chase Coughlan; Gavin Ewles – with Memorial Cup MVP-to-be (with Kitchener) Sam O’Reilly countering with a pair for the Knights.

If the Wolves were to make it back to back wins at home versus London this Friday, it would still leave the team nine wins shy of equalling their longest stretch of home success against the Knights. From March 17th (1978) through to December 1st (1981), the locals racked up 12 straight wins over the Green & Gold.

For the second straight year, CHL inter-league play finds the Wolves engaged in a home and home series with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Sudbury swept the series last year, kicking things off with a 5-3 triumph in the Nickel City on January 18th.

The team rode a quick start to victory, jumping out to a 3-0 lead (Rowan Henderson; Blake Clayton; Luca Blonda), withstanding a two-goal counter from Lars Steiner before sealing the fate of the northern Quebec crew with third period snipes from Jan Chovan and Blake Clayton.

Exactly one week later, the Wolves overcame a 3-1 third period deficit, forcing overtime thanks to tallies from Adam Nemec and Rowan Henderson and racking up the win 1:41 into period four when Henderson netted his second goal of the game.

Of the eight times that the Wolves went to overtime last year, half resulted in victories for Sudbury with the teams playing three on three hockey, with the team also walking off with the “W” on home ice on both times a shootout was needed.