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Find Out Where Your Favourite OHL Grads Are Playing
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Jan 7
The 2007-08 Kitchener Rangers finished atop the Ontario Hockey League during the regular season with 110 points, earning them the Hamilton Spectator Trophy. The Rangers finished 28 points ahead of Midwest Division rival, the London Knights. The Rangers bulldozed the Plymouth Whalers, Sarnia Sting and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, losing just one game to the Hounds, enroute to a Robertson Cup showdown with the Belleville Bulls. The Bulls took the Rangers to seven games but Kitchener came out victorious.Justin Azevedo was awarded the Eddie Powers Trophy as the OHL’s top scorer with 124 points on 43 goals and 81 assists in 67 games. Azevedo was also awarded the Red Tilson Trophy as the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League. Other major award winners included goaltender Josh Unice winning the Dinty Moore Trophy and Nick Spaling winning the William Hanley Trophy.
Kitchener hosted the Memorial Cup and, despite finishing the round robin with one win and two losses, the Rangers made it to the final game against the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL. Spokane won the game 4-1 to become Memorial Cup champions. Belleville finished the round robin with two wins and loss but Kitchener had their way with the Bulls in the semi-final game, winning 9-0. The Gatineau Olympiques were the representative from the QMJHL. The infamous dropping of the Memorial Cup incident occurred when the Chiefs were receiving the trophy after beating the Rangers.
Of the players that played at least one game with the Rangers during the 2007-08 season, including those that were traded away before the playoffs, 26 are still actively playing in 2011-12. A remarkable seven each are in the NHL and AHL. Eight are taking advantage of the CHL scholarship program and are playing for teams in the CIS. Two are in the ECHL, one is in Switzerland and one is still a member of the Kitchener Rangers. Coach Peter DeBoer is now the head coach of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils.
Here’s where the 26 are playing (as of Jan. 7, 12):
Player Current Team League Akeson, Jason Adirondack Phantoms AHL Azevedo, Justin Manchester Monarchs AHL Barbieri, Myles York CIS Boedker, Mikkel Phoenix Coyotes NHL Bortuzzo, Robert Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Catenacci, Michael Kitchener Rangers OHL Clarkson, Doug Nipissing CIS Dostoinov, Alexi Lausanne Swiss-B Duco, Mike Chicago Wolves AHL Dzielski, Alex Alaska Aces ECHL Halischuk, Matt Nashville Predators NHL Kadri, Nazem Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Kelly, Dan Albany Devils AHL Mascioli, Mike Laurier CIS Mashinter, Brandon Worcester Sharks AHL Mason, Steve Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Parks, Mavric PEI CIS Pepe, Matt UBC CIS Schram, Josh Brock CIS Shutron, Ben UNB CIS Spaling, Nick Nashville Predators NHL Tarasuk, Steven Ontario Reign ECHL Timmins, Scott San Antonio Rampage AHL Unice, Josh Western CIS Varone, Phil Rochester Americans AHL Weber, Yannick Montreal Canadiens NHL Tagged as: 2007-08, justin azevedo, kitchener rangers, nazem kadri, nick spaling, Ontario Hockey League, robertson cup, steve masonComments Off -
News Flash: Former Bull, P.K. Subban to Make NHL Debut
Filed under National Teams, NHL (National Hockey League)Feb 12
Subban as a member of Team Canada at the World Junior Championships.
Former Belleville Bull, Team Canada World Junior Alumnus and current Hamilton Bulldog, P.K. Subban, has been called up to the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens as the Habs deal with injuries heading into the Olympic break. Subban represented Team Canada in the 2010 AHL All-Star Classic versus Team Planet USA.
In other news…
Jeff Carter and Steve Mason have been put on alert as possible replacements on Team Canada for the 2010 Olympics in case of an injury emergency. Carter is a member of the Philadelphia Flyers and a Sault Ste. Marie Greyhound grad. Mason plays between the pipes for the Columbus Blue Jackets and is a former London Knight and Kitchener Ranger.
