OHL Kitchener Rangers

Bruins Re-Assign Randell to Rangers; Generals and Rangers Complete Deal for Melchiori

January 8, 2012 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


Kitchener Rangers Head Coach and General Manager Steve Spott announced that the Boston Bruins have re-assigned forward Tyler Randell from the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League to the Rangers and that the team has completed a trade with the Oshawa Generals.

"The arrival of Tyler was really not expected and not confirmed until the last 24 hours" stated Spott. "Tyler's arrival will provide the opportunity to immediately add a power forward with size to our line-up but at the same time put us in a position of having four overage players with the overage deadline only 48 hours away."

In the trade with the Generals the Rangers send Julian Melchiori to Oshawa and receive in exchange Oshawa's 4th round pick in the 2015 and 2016 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The move creates overage space to add Randell.

Kitchener originally obtained Melchiori's rights from Oshawa prior to the 2010-11 season for a 5th round pick in 2013.

Spott said this of Melchiori, "Julian has been a significant contributor to our organization and community during the past two seasons. Having to move him at the deadline is bitter-sweet but at the end of the day we could only have three overage players on January 9th. Julian only has a few months left of junior hockey before he will turn pro and the move to Oshawa will offer him and the Generals the opportunity to compete for the Eastern Conference title."

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