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OHL Kitchener Rangers

Rangers Host Highway-7 Rival Guelph Tuesday

October 25, 2022 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


Kitchener, Ont. - The Rangers are home to the Guelph Storm at The Aud Tuesday night to complete the home-and-home series with the highway-seven rivals. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. in the only game on the OHL schedule Tuesday.

Tickets: Buy Online | (519) 578-1570

TV: Rogers TV cable 20 (Kitchener)

TV: Super Sports Pak cable 463 (Ontario)

Video Stream: OHL Live on CHL TV

Radio: 570 AM CKGL

Ticket Information:

Tickets to the 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.

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Head-to-head:

Kitchener and Guelph have played each other 27 times over the last three seasons. In those 27 games, Kitchener holds the overall advantage with a 14-10-2-1 record. 13 of those were played at The Aud, the venue for tonight's matchup. Spanning back to the 2018-19 regular season, Kitchener owns a 3-4-1-0 record at home to Guelph. In their last meeting at The Aud, Kitchener earned a 3-2 regulation victory over Guelph. Simon Motew scored the game-winning goal on the power-play, with the Rangers again coming from behind to win the contest, similarly to this past Saturday night's game in Guelph.

Most recently, these two teams faced off against each other on Saturday night. An entertaining back-and-forth affair saw Kitchener score two unanswered goals to force overtime. A breakaway save by Parsons allowed Filip Mešár (Montréal Canadiens) to be sent on a breakaway of his own undressing the Guelph netminder to win it 4-3 for Kitchener on the road in front of 4,143 fans at the Sleeman Centre. (Watch Highlights Here)

Kitchener enters play Tuesday with the league's fifth-best power-play converting as 23.5% while Guelph enters play at 17th converting at 14.5%. The Rangers kept the Guelph power-play at bay Saturday killing off eight of nine Storm power-play opportunities.

Scouting the Rangers:

Defenceman Hunter Brzustewicz leads the Rangers in points and extended his point-streak to an impressive seven games from the Rangers' blueline recording his 10th assist in eight games this season. Joseph Serpa has a three-game point-streak with five points (4G, 1A) in his last three games. The dynamic forward line of Pinelli-Mešár-Rehkopf continues to dazzle with 11 points in two games since its construction.

Since coming to Kitchener, Filip Mešár (Montréal Canadiens) has his first career goal and first career game-winning goal. Filip is averaging a three-points-per-game pace early on in his Rangers tenure with six points (3G, 3A) in two games.

Goaltender Marco Costantini has been solid in his first three starts for the East Avenue Blue owning a 2-1-0-0 record with a 2.36 goals against average and 0.929 save percentage. His .913 save percentage overall this season is good for 8th overall amongst all goalies this season. Jackson Parsons made 33 saves on 36 shots Saturday en-route to the Rangers' 4-3 overtime road victory over Guelph.

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 Storm:

Defender Michael Buchinger (St. Louis Blues) had an impressive showing last game recording three points (1G, 2A) and playing a part in all three of Guelph's goals. Buchinger has nine points (2G, 7A) in nine games thus far for Guelph making him the 6th highest scoring defenceman in the league. Sasha Pastujov who was highlighted in the preview prior to Saturday's contest recorded two goals, raising his point totals to seven points (5G, 2A) in six games.

Forward Danny Zhilkin (Winnipeg Jets) enters Tuesday night's contest second in team points (5G, 3A) and tied with Sasha for the lead in goals. Zhilkin was second on Guelph's roster last season with 55 points (23G, 32A) in 66 games in his second OHL season. Cam Allen was the third overall pick in the 2021 OHL entry draft and is eligible for the 2023 NHL entry draft in Nashville. Cam is entering his second season for the Storm after finishing second amongst Storm defenders with a plus-13 rating and 37 points (13G, 24A) in 65 games.

Michael Buchinger (St. Louis Blues), Jake Karabela (Washington Capitals), Sasha Pastujov (Anaheim Ducks), Matthew Poitras (Boston Bruins) and Danny Zhilkin (Winnipeg Jets) are the skaters on the Guelph Storm roster that have been drafted by their NHL teams respectively.

Broadcast Coverage:

Tuesday night's contest vs. the Guelph Storm will be televised live throughout Guelph, 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 463 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.

Next up:

The Rangers will play their second-straight home game at The Aud this Friday night when the club hosts the Erie Otters for the Rangers' Halloween Game. Get spooky at The Aud. Wear your best costume, grab some candy and participate in many fun and games. Puck drop is set to 7:30 p.m and great seats are still available.

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