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Rangers Explode with Five-Goal Second Period in Win over Wolves

December 16, 2016 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


The Kitchener Rangers gave their fans an early Christmas present in their final home game before the holiday break on Friday night.

Kitchener (19-10-1-1) reignited its power play by going 3-for-5 en route to a convincing 8-3 win over the Sudbury Wolves (14-17-2-0) in front of 7,082 fans at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

The Rangers led 2-0 after one period of play and 2-1 shortly into the middle frame, but broke the game open with five unanswered goals in the second period. The five second period goals tied a season high by the club, which was previously set the last time the Rangers and Wolves met back on October 2^nd in Sudbury.

The regular season series between the Eastern and Western Conference opponents is now complete, with the Rangers having outscored the Wolves 17-6 in the two games.

Luke Opilka (4-4-0-0) earned the win in goal for the Rangers, needing just 13 saves for the victory.

Zack Bowman (8-11-1-0) started for the Wolves, who arrived just 1h 06 prior to puck drop due to getting caught in traffic coming from Mississauga. Bowman surrendered seven goals on 34 shots through the first 40 minutes of play and took the loss. Jake McGrath stood in for the final frame and allowed one goal on eight shots.

Adam Mascherin led the way offensively for the Blueshirts, potting a five-point night with a pair of goals and three assists.

Joseph Garreffa was also highly effective for the home side, tallying two goals and adding an assist to help guide the Rangers to the win.

Jake Henderson, Darby Llewellyn, Dylan Seitz and Nick McHugh (SH) were the other goal scorers for the Rangers, who scored half of their eight goals on the night while on special teams. For McHugh, it was his eighth goal of the season - and fourth shorthanded.

The Rangers opened the scoring on the power play, as Seitz tallied his seventh of the season on a back door tip-in from Giovanni Vallati. Mascherin picked up the second assist on the goal at 8:53 of the first period to give Kitchener a 1-0 lead. Before the period was out Garreffa would make it 2-0, after commanding the play in the corner then wiring a shot top corner over the left shoulder of Bowman. Riley Damiani and Frank Hora earned the assists on the goal, which came at 14:55 and rounded out first period scoring.


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