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67's Skate to Victory over Rangers on Sunday at the Aud

February 25, 2018 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
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Kitchener Rangers Forward Connor Bunnaman
Kitchener Rangers Forward Connor Bunnaman
(Kitchener Rangers)

The Ottawa 67's (27-24-5-3) scored twice into an empty net in the final 1:30 of regulation to skate to a 5-2 win over the Kitchener Rangers (39-18-2-0) in front of 6,964 fans at The Aud on Sunday afternoon.

It was the second time in six days that the two teams faced off, the Rangers claiming a 3-2 win over the 67's in Ottawa on Family Day.

The Rangers remain marred by the injury and flu bug, but did see the return of imports Rickard Hugg and Adam Liška, as well as Logan Brown and Connor Hall to the lineup.

Sunday also marked the return of former Ranger Jacob Cascagnette to East Ave for the first time since being traded to the Mississauga Steelheads last January. He would tally a goal and an assist for the 67's in the win.

Givani Smith and Connor Bunnaman each scored power play goals in a losing effort for the Rangers, who saw a modest two-game win streak snapped.

Mario Culina (13-8-2-0) suffered just his second loss in a Rangers uniform, surrendering three goals on 24 shots.

Olivier Tremblay (22-13-3-2) earned the win, allowing two goals on 30 Rangers' shots.

A power play goal by Smith opened the game's scoring at 4:48 of the first period, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead from Logan Brown and Logan Stanley.

Just under three minutes later the game was tied, as Mitchell Hoelscher made it 1-1, from Tye Felhaber at 7:39.

Felhaber would tally a power play goal of his own to give the 67's their first lead, 2-1, at 10:53 from Graeme Clarke and Cascagnette.

Before the period was out it was once again a tie game as Kole Sherwood found Bunnaman with a beautiful pass, sending the game into the first intermission tied 2-2. Joseph Garreffa earned the second assist on the power play goal, which came at 13:30.

After the first period of play shots favoured Kitchener, 12-10.

The lone goal of the second period belonged to the visitors, as Kody Clark scored the game's third power play marker to give the 67's a 3-2 lead, from Noel Hofenmayer and Sasha Chmelevski at 16:12.

The Blueshirts led the shot clock 20-16 through 40 minutes of play.

The game remained 3-2 when the clock read 1:30 remaining and the Rangers pulled Culina in favour of an extra attacker. Instead of being able to tie things up, however, the 67's potted a pair of empty netters; one by Clark at 18:59, the other by Cascagnette at 19:41 to seal the 5-2 win for the visitors.

Final shots on goal were 30-26, Kitchener.

The Rangers were 2-for-4 on the power play, while the 67's were 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Jacob Cascagnette (OTT) (3), Givani Smith (KIT) (2), and Kody Clark (OTT) (1) were selected as the Three Stars of the Game.

Logan Stanley, Adam Mascherin, and Logan Brown each wore an "A" and skated as alternates to Rangers' captain Connor Bunnaman.

The Rangers continue their home stretch on Tuesday night when they take on the Sarnia Sting at 7pm in a make-up game from February 9 which was postponed due to weather. Fans with game tickets and Rangers Express tickets for February 9 will be accepted upon entry on Tuesday.

Regular season tickets to all Kitchener Rangers home games are $23.00 each for adults, $19.00 for children 12 and under including HST, and are available in person or by calling the Activa Box Office at The Aud, from Centre in the Square (519) 578-1570 -or- 1-800-265-8977, or by purchasing online.

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