OHL Kitchener Rangers

Rangers Defeat Mid-West Rivals 6-2

December 10, 2010 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


Matia Marcantuoni scored two goals en-route to the Kitchener Rangers 6-2 victory over the Owen Sound Attack. Tonight's win places the Rangers in a tie with the Attack for second place in the OHL's Western Conference.

Ryan Lopes put Kitchener up 1-0 by 10:29 of the first period after scoring his first goal as a Rangers player, his second of the season. Less than a minute later, Tobias Rieder buried a pass from the corner, past Attack netminder Jordan Binnington to make it 2-0 Rangers. Owen Sound's Brayden Rose replied with his first goal of the year just 37-seconds after Rieder, to make it a one goal game. Matia Marcantuoni restored the Rangers two goal lead after he scored off a one-timer at the 13:45 mark. Kitchener out-shot Owen Sound 12-8 in the period.

Gabriel Landeskog scored right off a face-off in the Attack's zone at 3:38 of the second to put the Rangers up 4-1. Marcantuoni scored his second of the game to increase Kitchener's lead 5-1 by the 8:25 mark. The Rangers had a 19-11 shooting edge over the Attack in the period.

Owen Sound's Ben Dubois put away a rebound to make it a 5-2 hockey game at the 1:25 mark of the third period. Jamie Doornbosch scored with a shot from the point at 15:23 to increase the Rangers lead 6-2.

Kitchener outshot Owen Sound 43-33 in the game.

Notes: Murphy, Marcantuoni, Catenacci and Landeskog tallied three points each in the win.

The Rangers travel to Owen Sound on Sunday, December 12th for a 2:00pm game versus the Attack. They return to home ice on Friday, December 17th to host the Guelph Storm. Game time is 7:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased by phone at 519-578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977, via the internet at www.theaud.ca, in person at the Aud Box Office or Centre in the Square Box Office.

Check out the Kitchener Rangers Statistics



Ontario Hockey League Stories from December 10, 2010


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central