Sharks’ Prospect Sam Dickinson Ties London Knights’ Franchise Mark

It came in a losing cause on Sunday evening, but San Jose Sharks’ prospect and current London Knights’ defenceman Sam Dickinson set a personal mark and tied a franchise record in an 8-5 loss to the Windsor Spitfires. The offensively skilled defenceman had two assists in the game on both of Easton Cowan’s goals to give him 28 goals and 87 points in just 54 games this season for the Ontario Hockey League’s Knights.

With his 87th point, Dickinson tied a single-season franchise mark for points by a defenceman. His first assist tied him for second on that list with Nick Stajduhar who had 86 points for the Knights back in 1993-94 and with his second helper of the night, Dickinson tied Rick Corriveau (1990-91) and current Edmonton Oilers’ defenceman Evan Bouchard (2017-18) with 87 points in a single season for the Knights.

The Knights have three games remaining in their regular season against the Kitchener Rangers, Spitfires and Erie Otters, with the likelihood being that Dickinson will break the record and set a new franchise mark for the Knights to close out the season.

As for league-wide, Dickinson sits second behind only Zayne Parekh of the Saginaw Spirit who has 33 goals and 102 points in 59 games played this season when it comes to defensive scoring. At his pace, Dickinson would have 95 points through 59 games had he played the same number of contests as Parekh this season.

Dickinson was traded to the Knights to start his OHL career back on Aug. 30, 2022, from the Niagara IceDogs. Since then, he’s made a name for himself as an all-time great for the Knights with 55 goals and 180 points in 184 regular season games. He ranks 43rd on the team’s all-time list in points, tied with Connor McMichael and fifth amongst all-time Knights’ defensemen – behind only Stajduhar (183), Dennis Wideman (197), Bouchard (201) and Corriveau (251).

Dickinson was taken 11th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft by the Sharks and will be a major asset for that team as they continue to build around Macklin Celebrini moving forward.