Category Archives: Tier 1 – Canada

Getting to Know – #10 Jake Henderson

Jake Henderson

Jake Henderson is in his second season with the Kitchener Rangers, but there are still quite a few things you may not know about him, including…

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Spitfires notebook: Logan Brown out at least another two weeks with wrist injury

Logan Brown

It was not the homecoming Windsor Spitfires centre Logan Brown had envisioned.

Although he was born in the United States, Brown spends most of his summers in the nation’s capital and has plenty of family in the area.

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Spitfires’ Logan Brown named Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week

Logan Brown

The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Ottawa Senators prospect Logan Brown of the Windsor Spitfires is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the week ending October 9 after recording two goals and six assists for eight points in three games with a plus-minus rating of plus-2.

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Blues pick Luke Opilka has surgery and will miss months for Rangers

Luke Opilka

A starting goaltender going under the knife is never what a team wants to hear.

But in this case, the Kitchener Rangers didn’t really have a choice. A doctor told the St. Louis Blues that goalie Luke Opilka needed surgery. The Blues told the Rangers they were doing it now, to help the player long term.

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30 Thoughts: Matthew Tkachuk’s draft stock ‘gaining momentum’

Matthew Tkachuk

Matthew Tkachuk is “gaining momentum,” as one executive put it, days after the London Knight bulled his way through the Memorial Cup. You know the NHL’s preoccupation with skilled power forwards, and he certainly qualifies.

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Matthew Tkachuk Named OHL Player of the Week

Matthew Tkachuk

The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 2016 NHL Draft prospect Matthew Tkachuk of the London Knights is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the playoff week ending May 8 recording six points in two games including three goals and three assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-2.

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London Knights’ Matthew Tkachuk Battling Adversity, Stealing The Show

Matthew Tkachuk

That was the sentiment from co-captain Christian Dvorak, as the London Knights’ Matthew Tkachuk was praised to no end by his teammates on Saturday evening.

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OHL Roundup: Matthew Tkachuk’s hat trick leads Knights past Otters in Game 1

Matthew Tkachuk

Matthew Tkachuk scored a hat trick and added an assist to lead the London Knights past the Erie Otters 7-4 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference final.

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MacInnis named Rangers MVP

Ryan MacInnis

Ryan MacInnis was the big winner yet again.

The Kitchener Rangers captain was named the Ontario Hockey League team’s most valuable player for the second consecutive season at the club’s year-end awards which were dished out Saturday night at the Aud.

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MacInnis and Van Ryn up for OHL awards

Ryan MacInnis

Kitchener Rangers Captain Ryan MacInnis is the team’s nominee for the Red Tilson Trophy (Most Outstanding Player of the Year).

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