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Preview: Rangers Host Owen Sound for CHLTV Game of the Week Tuesday

November 8, 2022 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


Kitchener, Ont. - The East Avenue Blue have won five of their last seven games and return to The Aud Tuesday to face the Owen Sound Attack in a game that has been selected as the CHLTV Game of the Week. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. in Kitchener and for the first time this season, the Rangers will be wearing their third jerseys, featuring the highly popular soldier crest.

Notable Links:

Tickets: Buy Online | (519) 578-1570

TV: Rogers TV cable 20 (Kitchener)

TV: Super Sports Pak cable 466 (Ontario)

Video Stream: OHL Live on CHL TV (Free)

Radio: 570 AM CKGL

Ticket Information:

Tickets to Rangers' home games are $21 for children and $25 for adults and can be purchased online now. Additionally, fans can purchase tickets via the phone by calling the Centre In The Square Box Office at (519) 578-1570. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Activa Box Office at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium at 400 East Ave. Kitchener, ON N2H 1Z6 or at the Centre In The Square Box Office at 101 Queen St N, Kitchener, ON N2H 6P7.

Head-to-head:

Owen Sound has won both of this season's meetings between the two clubs. However, Kitchener still holds the advantage over the Attack across the last five years posting a 20-13-2-1 record overall. Their best span was during that 2018-19 season when the Rangers recorded a 6-2-0-0 showing in eight games and won all four on home ice at The Aud. In the same five-season span, Kitchener owns a 11-6-1-0 record against Owen Sound on home-ice at The Aud.

Since these two clubs last met, Kitchener's record has drastically improved owning a 5-2-0-0 record in the last seven games. In that same time, Owen Sound owns a 3-3-2-0 mark in eight games since seeing Kitchener last.

Most recently, Owen Sound is coming off a 4-1 regulation loss at home to the London Knights. Kitchener is coming off a 1-0 regulation home win against the Saginaw Spirit. That win improves Kitchener to 4-3-0-0 on home ice this season.

Scouting the Rangers:

Goaltender Marco Costantini posted his first shutout of the season last game stopping all 18 shots he faced vs. the Saginaw Spirit. It was the Rangers' first shutout this season. Roman Schmidt (Tampa Bay Lightning) recorded his first goal of the season which was both the game-winning tally and only goal in the game. Carson Rehkopf recorded his 10th point of the year with a primary assist in that game.

Captain Francesco Pinelli (Los Angeles Kings) leads the team in points this season with nine goals and six assists in 11 games thus far. 2023 NHL Draft prospect Hunter Brzustewicz is coming off a 10-game point-streak, is second among all OHL defencemen in assists, and is tied for sixth among all OHL defencemen in points with 13 points (0G, 13A) in 12 games in his first year in the OHL.

Kitchener is in a three-way tie to lead all OHL teams for having the most first-time draft eligible skaters for the upcoming 2023 NHL Draft that will be held in Nashville this June 28-29. Matthew Andonovski, Hunter Brzustewicz, Cameron Mercer, Kyle Morey, Jackson Parsons, Carson Rehkopf, Blair Scott and Adam Zidlicky are eight first-time skaters eligible for the upcoming NHL Draft, making up 32-percent, or nearly one-third, of the current Rangers' roster.

Tomas Hamara (Ottawa Senators), Filip Mešár (Montréal Canadiens), Francesco Pinelli (Los Angeles Kings) and Roman Schmidt (Tampa Bay Lightning) are four Kitchener skaters that are both drafted, and signed, by their NHL clubs respectively.

Scouting the Attack:

Owen Sound forward Colby Barlow is a top prospect eligible for the upcoming NHL Draft in June and has earned an 'A' rating on NHL Central Scouting's Preliminary Players to Watch list, indicating a likely first-round candidate. Barlow has 14 points (7G, 7A) in 11 games this season.

The Attack have two skaters inside the OHL's top 20 scorers coming into Tuesday nights game. Both Deni Goure (9G, 9A) and Cedrick Guindon (5G, 13A) have recorded 18 points each and are tied for 14th overall with five other OHL skaters. Deni Goure also enters play on a four-game point streak with nine points (4G, 5A) in four games.

In net, Nick Chenard owns the best save percentage (.921) in the OHL and the second-best goals against average (2.43). He has also started in both games against Kitchener this season. Chenard has recorded the win in both of those starts posting 2.00 goals against average and 0.941 save percentage.

Cedrick Guindon (Montréal Canadiens), Servac Petrovsky (Minnesota Wild) and Kaleb Lawrence (Los Angeles Kings) are the three Owen Sound Attack skaters drafted by their NHL clubs respectively.

Broadcast Coverage:

Tuesday night's contest vs. the Owen Sound will be televised live throughout Kitchener and the Waterloo Region on Rogers TV, cable channel 20, and can be watched across the province of Ontario on the Super Sports Pak on channel 467 for cable subscribers. Jason Hagholm (play-by-play), Dan Polischuk (colour commentary) and Sean Furfaro (host) will call the game on television. The game will be streamed live online on OHL Live on CHL TV. Additionally, fans can listen to the game on the radio on CityNews 570 AM CKGL. Mike Farwell (play-by-play) and Chris Pope (colour commentary) will call the game on the radio. For more information on Kitchener Rangers broadcast coverage, click here.

CHL TV Game of the Week:

Tuesday's game has been tabbed as the CHL TV Game of the Week (CHLTV GOTW) marking the contest as the featured game of the week across all three Major Junior leagues in the CHL. As the CHL TV Game of the Week, Tuesday's game is free for fans to stream live anywhere in the world online. CHL TV is accessible on the CHL mobile app, in addition to Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire, and online at watch.chl.ca. Each year, CHL TV offers access to more than 2,000 regular-season games covering the CHL's three Member Leagues and 60 markets across Canada and the United States. Fans can download the free CHL app via the App Store and Google Play.

Kitchener Rangers Third Jerseys:

The crest on the front of the Rangers' third jersey was designed by the Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club in honour of the Canadian Forces and debuted 12 years ago in September of 2010. The design was derived from a recruiting poster that was used in England during WWI. This popular recruiting poster was inspired by "Lord Kitchener", the same individual that the City of Kitchener was subsequently named after. The poster's popularity led the United States to use this poster as the basis for the creation of their "I Want You - US Army" poster in their recruiting efforts on this side of the Atlantic.

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Next Up:

The Rangers are back on home-ice this Friday for the club's 17th-annual Remembrance Day Game. Over the years, the Rangers pay tribute to those who have been a part of the Canadian Forces by wearing commemorative jerseys. This year's edition is inspired by The Canadian Rangers. 2022 is the 75th anniversary of The Canadian Rangers, a sub-component of the Canadian Army Reserves who live and work in remote, isolated, and coastal communities across much of Canada. Fans can place bids to purchase the special jerseys through a silent auction before and during the game. Fans not attending the game can also head to RangersJersey.com for a chance to win one of the specialty jerseys in a jersey raffle. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the 78th Fraser Highlanders Fort Conestoga Garrison, Support Our Troops, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Poppy Fund through the Rangers Reach foundation.

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