Game Day, Game 10, Firebirds at Rangers - 7 p.m.
Published on October 24, 2025 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Flint Firebirds News Release
GAME 10 - Firebirds at Rangers
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Kitchener, Ontario
7 p.m.
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LAST TIME OUT: Alex Kostov scored twice, Mason Vaccari made 39 saves and the Firebirds beat the Saginaw Spirit in a shootout, 4-3, on Sunday evening at the Dow Event Center. Kostov and Chris Thibodeau both scored during the shootout, lifting the Firebirds to their fourth consecutive win.
NEW YORK'S NEWEST SKYSCRAPER: The New York Rangers announced on Thursday that they have signed Firebirds captain Nathan Aspinall to a three-year, entry-level NHL contract. Aspinall was selected by the Rangers in the fifth round of the 2024 NHL Draft and thus far this season has six goals and four assists in six games played. The 6'7 forward appeared in one preseason game for the Rangers before joining the Firebirds, where he has recorded a point in every game he's played this season.
BLANKED ' EM: The Firebirds and Rangers met in Flint on October 8, a game the Birds won, 3-0. Mason Vaccari made 20 saves on 20 shots in that game, the first of back-to-back shutouts for Vaccari that eventually earned him Goaltender of the Week honors.
STREAKING: Flint enters Friday's game having won four in a row, its longest winning streak of the young season. One more win would equal the longest winning streak of the 2024-25 season; the Firebirds won five in a row twice last year. Flint has outscored its opponents, 15-7, during the streak, which began with the 3-0 shutout win over Kitchener on October 8.
BACK AT THE AUD: The Firebirds return to the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on Friday, the location of the end of their 2024-25 season. Flint fell to the Rangers in Game 5 of its OHL Playoff series on April 4. Flint went 1-0-0-1 in Kitchener in the regular season and 0-3 in the playoffs last year.
ODDS AND ENDS: Both Nathan Aspinall and Alex Kostov ride active six-game point streaks into Friday's game...the Firebirds play three games in three days this week. Flint is at home against Erie on Saturday and at home against Owen Sound on Sunday...the Firebirds are now 2-1 in games that go past regulation and 1-0 in shootouts...Ryland Cunningham scored his first OHL goal on Sunday in Saginaw.
UP NEXT: The Firebirds head back home to take on the Erie Otters on Saturday night. Puck drop at the Dort Financial Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Ontario Hockey League Stories from October 24, 2025
- Erliden Makes 35 Saves as Otters Fall in Saginaw - Erie Otters
- Birds Fall to Rangers, 4-1 - Flint Firebirds
- Guelph Storm's Rookie Jaakko Wycisk Living up to Pre-Season Hype - Guelph Storm
- Fronts Fall to Storm in First Game of the Weekend - Kingston Frontenacs
- Hanrahan's First OHL Goal Helps Guide Spirit Past Otters, 5-3, on Friday - Saginaw Spirit
- Attack Fall, 4-3, in Shootout with Spitfires - Owen Sound Attack
- Rangers Score Three Unanswered to Power Past Firebirds - Kitchener Rangers
- Birds Fall to Rangers, 4-1 - Flint Firebirds
- Knights Defeat 67's In Overtime - London Knights
- Storm Double up Kingston Friday - Guelph Storm
- Erliden Makes 35 Saves as Otters Fall in Saginaw - Erie Otters
- Leenders Denies 38 in Bulldogs 3-1 Win in Sarnia - Brantford Bulldogs
- Soto the OT Hero as Petes Win in Sault Ste. Marie - Peterborough Petes
- OHL Statement: Flint Firebirds at Saginaw Spirit, October 19, 2025 - Saginaw Spirit
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- Generals Acquire Oshawa Native Charlie Hilton - Oshawa Generals
- OHL Appoints Tracy Robert as Manager of Culture and Community - OHL
- Hounds Acquire Picks from Oshawa - Soo Greyhounds
- Spitfires Blank 67's Behind Woodall's Two Goals and Rookie Shutout - Windsor Spitfires
- Bulldogs Host Blue Jays Watch Party on Saturday at Td Rinkside Lounge - Brantford Bulldogs
- Kitchener Open Three-In-Three Weekend at Home to Flint - Kitchener Rangers
- Frontenacs Travel to Guelph to Kick off Weekend Trip - Kingston Frontenacs
- Game Day - October 24 - KGN at GUE - Guelph Storm
- Game Preview: Saginaw Spirit vs. Erie Otters - Saginaw Spirit
- Attack Announce 4-Year Renewal with Molson Coors Beverage Company - Owen Sound Attack
- 2025/2026 Storm Watch Network Unveiled - Guelph Storm
- Official Storm Watch Party - Thursday, October 30 vs. Erie Otters - Guelph Storm
- Game Day, Game 10, Firebirds at Rangers - 7 p.m. - Flint Firebirds
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