Category Archives: Tier 1 – Canada

Devils draft pick Connor Chatham to make debut with Spitfires

Connor Chatham

Acquired Sunday from the Flint Firebirds, Chatham will make his debut Thursday when the Spitfires face the Owen Sound Attack at the WFCU Centre.

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Rangers goalie Opilka cleared to return following ailment

Luke Opilka

Luke Opilka’s mystery illness has been diagnosed. Kind of.

“We’re fairly certain that he had mono at some point but he seems to have played right through it,” said Kitchener Rangers general manager Murray Hiebert. “It looks like if he did have mono, then that part is gone.”

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Spitfires Acquire Connor Chatham from Firebirds

Connor Chatham

The Windsor Spitfires have acquired Connor Chatham from the Flint Firebirds in exchange for Luke Kirwan, General Manager Warren Rychel announced Sunday.

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OHL roundup: Brown leads Spitfires to the win

Logan Brown

Logan Brown and Gabriel Vilardi scored in the shootout to lift the Windsor Spitfires to a 3-2 victory over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action.

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Henderson’s suspension is nearly done

Jake Henderson

“I’m very excited for the first game back,” he said. “I’m hoping it’s like my first game as a Ranger.”

That’d be the season opener where Henderson made quite the first impression at the Aud. The St. Louis native scored the team’s first goal of the campaign and added a second in a 5-4 overtime loss to Owen Sound.

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Marner and Tkachuk: Two Prospects, One Goal

Matthew Tkachuk

As two of the NHL’s top prospects, Mitch Marner and Matthew Tkachuk of the London Knights share the same childhood dream of playing pro hockey.

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Three Rangers in mix for world juniors

Luke Opilka

Top-line centre Ryan MacInnis and starting goalie Luke Opilka were both invited to USA Hockey’s selection camp Monday, while defenceman Dmitrii Sergeev has made Russia’s roster for the tournament, which runs Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Helsinki, Finland.

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MacInnis family tradition stays strong with Kitchener

Ryan MacInnis

Ryan MacInnis celebrated his milestone games last weekend in fine fashion.

MacInnis, 19 and in his third season with Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League, had one goal and three assists in wins against Sarnia and Sault Ste. Marie.

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Matthew Tkachuk talks team success, World Juniors

Matthew Tkachuk

This is a big year for USA Hockey at this tournament. There’s been a couple of tough finishes the past two years, so I really don’t know if they’re going to take a different approach or dynamic to creating this team headed to Finland.

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MacInnis scores OT winner, rookie Richardson makes 22 saves as Kitchener Rangers beat Owen Sound

Ryan MacInnis

Rookie goaltender Luke Richardson made 22 saves and Ryan MacInnis scored at the 3:26 mark of overtime as the Kitchener Rangers came away with a 2-1 win over the Owen Sound Attack in front of 3,198 fans at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Saturday night.

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