Category Archives: Tier 1 – Canada

Paterson, MacInnis, Llewellyn up for hardware at tonight’s OHL awards

Ryan MacInnis

Centre Ryan MacInnis is Kitchener’s finalist for the Red Tilson Trophy for Most Outstanding Player of the Year. The Arizona Coyotes signee had 25 goals and 37 assists in 67 games this past season and was recognized by the Rangers as the team’s Most Valuable Player.

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NHL prospects face difficult decisions

Matthew Tkachuk

Tkachuk and Werenski’s draft classmate, Mitch Marner, who came second in OHL scoring this season as a member of the Knights, “are trying to persuade” the Wolverine to jump ship, according to Werenski.

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Tkachuk Commits to Knights

Matthew Tkachuk

General Manager Basil McRae announced today that the London Knights 4th round (64th overall) pick in the 2013 OHL Priority Selection, Matthew Tkachuk, has committed to and entered into an Ontario Hockey League Standard Player’s Agreement with the London Knights.

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Keith Tkachuk’s son Matthew commits to London Knights. Here’s why that’s big news

Matthew Tkachuk

It’s big news, then, that Tkachuk officially committed to the OHL’s London Knights Friday. Not only can he shift the OHL’s power balance, but the decision was a bit of a shock considering how many ties Tkachuk had to the U.S. college system.

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Golden boy comes north

Matthew Tkachuk

The London Knights began to build their team for the next Ontario Hockey League season, setting a pretty big building block in place.

The Knights announced American winger Matthew Tkachuk will play for them during 2015-16.

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Top scorer MacInnis named Rangers’ MVP

Ryan MacInnis

Ryan MacInnis continued his strong finish to the season by picking up three awards at the Kitchener Rangers’ year-end banquet.

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NHL draft spotlight will soon shine on Spits centre Logan Brown

Logan Brown

Today, the debate continues to be between Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel for the No. 1 spot at the 2015 NHL Draft.

Before long, the attention and conversation will turn to Brown and others looking at the 2016 NHL Draft in Buffalo.

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OHL Roundup: MacInnis leads Rangers with three points in 8-1 win over Knights

Ryan MacInnis

Ryan MacInnis scored twice and added an assist to power the Kitchener Rangers to an 8-1 win over the London Knights in Ontario Hockey League action Thursday night.

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Dakota Mermis adds Memorial Cup experience to Oshawa Generals

Dakota Mermis

Memorial Cups weren’t on the radar at all for Dakota Mermis when he began his hockey journey in the fall of 2012, let alone the thought of trying to win one in Oshawa.

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Rookie centre Logan Brown worth the heavy price for Spitfires

Logan Brown

The Windsor Spitfires sacrificed a lot to acquire Logan Brown. So far, the rookie centre has been worth the investment.

The Spitfires gave up six draft picks before the start of the season to pry Brown from the Niagara IceDogs, who drafted the 16-year-old from Chesterfield, Mo., sixth overall in the 2014 Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft.

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