Photo Credit: The London Knights
Denver Barkey and Oliver Bonk love the sport of hockey. both Barkey and Bonk love to play for the London Knights, mainly due to their proud fan base, and that was made evident after demolishing the Oshawa Generals last night 8-1 in the first leg of the finals.
Barkey, fresh off a 100 point season scored a big goal last night and registered and assist. That goal was his fourth of the playoffs, and he’s just continuing to dominate competition.
For the season, Barkey netted 34 goals and registered 66 assists for 100 points. It is a goal he set for himself, so this is quite an honor. This season Barkey has become more of a dual threat, not only scoring wise, but his play away from the puck is far better than it has been in years past. He is what you call a complete player.
Barkey talked to me about some inspirations within the sport of hockey a few months ago, “My parents are a huge inspiration. My grandpa also inspired me. Kind of see the Pro when he played in the NHL. That was one of his dreams (For his Grandpa to make the NHL).”
Some don’t know that Barkey’s Grandpa played professional hockey. Randy Legge, Denver’s Grandpa, played for the New York Rangers, and wound up playing 12 games for the Rangers during his professional career. Legge was a right-handed defenseman, believe it or not, as he stood at 5’11. Of course, Barkey stands at 5’9, but he could fill out more as he is still only 19-years-old.
Oliver Bonk
Bonk is a Right-Handed defenseman that was still on the board in the first round with the Flyers on the clock to pick and they selected him with the 22nd overall pick. For all intensive purposes, Bonk has made Philadelphia really look good with this selection, as he is just on fire in the playoffs, especially with the main advantage. For his efforts, Bonk scored another Power Play goal last night, and he added another giving him six for the OHL Playoffs.
The Flyers finally have drafted a solid skating defenseman. They needed a solid skating defenseman, and this was one way to do it. There were weeks of speculation over who the Flyers would take with the 22nd pick, in particular. Bonk has a ton of skill that can stifle players at the blue line, and lead the Flyers of the ice the other way. He is a good skating Defenseman, and these type of Defensemen don’t come along very often.
Bonk is an asset with the man advantage, and from the heavens maybe, just maybe, he can be an influential asset in this area when he makes his NHL Debut in Philadelphia in the future. Bonk currently has six goals and four assists in 15 games played in the playoffs, but he is a whopping +12. I mean it can’t get any better than that.
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Bonk has a great pair of hands too. He stands at 6’2, and weighs 176 pounds. Bonk s a very confident and skilled puck handler, who effectively transitions the puck out of his zone and into his opponent’s zone. He is an able bodied playmaker who excels at finding and creating passing lanes, mainly due to his edge work. At times, Bonk plays a physical game, as he shuts down his opponents by taking the body and board battling.
