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Rangers Fall to the Storm 5-1

November 19, 2019 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


Kitchener Rangers centre Greg Meireles
Kitchener Rangers centre Greg Meireles
(Kitchener Rangers)

Kitchener, ON: The Rangers (7-8-2-2) played host to their Midwest division rivals, the Guelph Storm (12-4-1-2), who came into the night riding an eight-game winning streak.

Riley Damiani was the lone goalscorer for the Rangers in a game that saw the Storm score three third period goals to win the contest 5-1.

Lucas Pfeil stopped 20 in the loss.

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Cam Hillis (8) opened up the scoring for the Storm at 12:37 when Pavel Gogolev went around the back of Lucas Pfeil's net before dishing in front to Guelph's captain. It was 1-0.

The first period wouldn't see any more action on the scoreboard. After 20 minutes, the Rangers led in shots, 8-5.

At 6:45 of the second period, Gogolev took a tripping penalty, Guelph's third penalty of the game at that point. On the powerplay, after a flurry of opportunities, Greg Meireles passed in front of the net to Jonathan Yantsis who then executed a perfect backhand pass to Riley Damiani who rifled home his 9th of the season to tie it up 1-1 at 8:17.

As time winded down in the second period, the Storm were mounting pressure in the Rangers' end. A shot from just in front of the blueline by Josh Wainman (4) went through traffic and beat Pfeil with 1.3 seconds remaining to make it 2-1.

After 40 minutes, the Rangers continued to lead in shots, 22-17.

Fedor Gordeev brought down Yantsis and took a holding penalty at 8:55. On the powerplay, a turnover led to Cedric Ralph (12) getting a partial breakaway on Pfeil and centreman capitalized shorthanded to make it 3-1.

Keegan Stevenson (9) added another for the Storm at 15:18 while they were on the powerplay. Stevenson tipped a shot by Gogolev into the net and that made it 4-1.

Gogolev capped off his three-point night at 17:29 when he beat Pfeil high, glove-side to make it 5-1 for the visitors.

Kitchener outshot Guelph 31-25.

The next home game for the Rangers is this Friday, November 22 at 7:30 pm versus the London Knights. The next road game is on Sunday, November 23rd at 7:05 pm versus the Peterborough Petes.

Tickets are available for all regular-season home games! Purchase yours in-person at The Aud or Centre in the Square Box Office, by phone (519) 578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977, or online.

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Kitchener Rangers centre Greg Meireles
Kitchener Rangers centre Greg Meireles
   



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