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Utterly flabbergasted to learn of the passing of Don Cameron. My mentor, my hero, and the finest gentleman you'll ever want to meet. Sadness does not begin to describe my feelings. This is devastating.
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Happy 100th anniversary to this beauty! The Galt Arena Gardens in
@cityofcambridge
marks a century of history and memories today. An absolute gem.
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In a hundred years, when I finally retire from the
#OHL
, I'm still going to be telling people about the 2018-19 Guelph Storm, who came back from 3-0 and 3-1 series deficits to win
@OHLHockey
's Western Conference.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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The game may go on...but we’re all Broncos tonight. Here’s the start of Game Two tonight,
#OHLRangers
-Sting, in Kitchener.
#OHL
#HumboldtStrong
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One night before a game, Don fell and needed 14 stitches in his head. He still called the game. Here's a look at us during Game 6 of this spring's series versus the Soo. April 29, 2018. Godspeed, friend.
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Congratulations to
@AttackOHL
head athletic therapist and equipment manager, Andy Brown, who just won gold with Team Canada. One of the truly good guys in the game.
#OHL
#WJC2023
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Tonight marks the first
@OHLRangers
game that Don Cameron won't attend. But the organization has made sure he's here, in the concourse, on the ice, and in the Media Room (aka The Don Cameron Room). Classy, Kitchener Rangers. Pure class.
#OHL
#OHLRangers
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#OHLRangers
fans dropped $4462 in the donation buckets for the
#HumboldtBroncos
tonight. The
@OHLRangers
matched those donations (and rounded up). $9000 is headed from Kitchener to Humboldt.
#HumboldtStrong
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The Guelph Storm join the Peterborough Petes, Ottawa 67's and Windsor Spitfires (x2) as the only teams in
#OHL
history to come back from 3-0 down and win a playoff series.
#OHLPlayoffs
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No launch party. No finale party. No big events. And in the height of a pandemic. Yet still, Waterloo Region helped the
#Farwell4Hire
campaign soar to new heights, raising $160,588 this year. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for the support.
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Hey guys, remember that $45 you lost to me last night because I picked Jonathan Yantsis to score the 1st
@OHLRangers
goal? Well, we donated it today to
@MadisonLetizi
. She's selling Ice Cream for Breakfast at the Stanley Park Community Centre for the Make-a-Wish Foundation!
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There's no way you'll ever convince me that's an okay way to end a hockey game. Enough of the shootout already.
#WJC2017
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Mike Petizian in overtime wins it for the Kitchener Rangers.
Mike Petizian
Mike Petizian
Mike Petizian
The
#OHLRangers
overager didn't want his
@OHLHockey
career to end just yet.
4-3 final as the 7th-seeded Rangers upset the 2nd-seeded Knights in 7.
#OHLPlayoffs
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"I know you guys wanted Serena to win so I'm sorry." Bianca, to the crowd, at the
#USOpen
. You know you're Canadian when you apologize for winning a championship.
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Hard to believe it will be six years this June. But tonight, on his birthday, a wee toast to Don Cameron. Sometimes, after a tough
#OHLRangers
game, he'd say, "I think I'll have a single malt tonight. Two ounces." Cheers to you, Don.
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I don't care what anyone says, this will always be the very best image in all of sports. Nothing beats seeing a player hoist the Cup. Nothing.
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I think the Soo is pretty much the ideal junior hockey market. A big enough city, but one small enough that the hometown 'Hounds are THE sports team. And their arena is just about perfect for junior hockey, too. You be the judge after this arena tour.
#OHL
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Don't you just love it when the worst winter drive home of the season happens in mid-March? Yeah, me too. We kept 'er between the ditches, though!
#OHL
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We should be here for the home opener on Friday. But The Aud still looks great tonight, glowing red in support of Canada's one million live event workers who don't have work right now.
#LightUpLive
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Look, I'm a
#LeafsForever
fan. But I just can't understand the unwillingness to support
@OHLHockey
in the GTA. Mississauga has a very good team. Perfect junior hockey barn. Ample parking. Did I mention the
@OHLSteelheads
are a REALLY GOOD TEAM?! Go see 'em, Toronto! Knuckleheads.
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Another playoff sellout in Kitchener. What I love about this fan base is that they don't need the sound system to tell them when to chant and cheer. Several spontaneous "Go Rangers Go" chants in the first period today. This is what I call electric.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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I’m RT’ing myself. The
@OHLRangers
didn’t just match fans’ donations, they doubled them. $4462 from the fans, $9000 from the team, a total of $13, 462 en route to Humboldt.
#OHLRangers
fans dropped $4462 in the donation buckets for the
#HumboldtBroncos
tonight. The
@OHLRangers
matched those donations (and rounded up). $9000 is headed from Kitchener to Humboldt.
#HumboldtStrong
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"If hockey doesn’t work out, farming will be next."
"I'm a hate-to-lose guy."
Love this.
Elmira's Brady Martin is going to go in the 1st round of this week's
#OHL
draft. High in the 1st round.
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BREAKING: for the second time this season, I've arrived in an
#OHL
Media Room serving pierogis. And you wonder why the Soo ranks so high on Media Room rankings? I might hang 'em up at the end of this season. It can't possibly get better.
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Walking this morning in Kitchener's Victoria Park and I run into a guy wearing a
@LondonKnights
tuque! In Kitchener's signature park, right in the heart of the city!! This place is going to hell. I might move to Ayr.
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For those not watching the Spirit-Storm game, here's Ivan Prosvetov swinging for the fences. And almost certainly earning a five-game suspension.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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Did we mention the 7500 lbs of potatoes donated to
@HOFKW
at last night’s
@OHLRangers
game (matched by Zehrs), plus more than $8000 in cash (to buy more spuds), for a total of 40,000 lbs of potatoes donated? Boarding the bus today and saw this small part of that. I yam so proud.
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Pretty sure the entire nation just erupted in applause with you, Humboldt. The first goal of the 2018-19 SJHL season. So fitting.
#HumboldtStrong
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You can now officially remove the "interim" from Mike McKenzie's title. McKenzie has been announced as the
@OHLRangers
new head coach and will hold the dual portfolio of Coach/GM.
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The Guelph Storm have traded 19 draft picks and three players for a title run in the West while the Niagara Ice Dogs have traded 17 draft picks and three players for a run in the East. Holy moly.
#OHL
#OHLTradeDeadline
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A week ago, we were $25,000 shy of our goal. I figured I had enough work booked to earn $15k. Turns out I got just over $17k...and you came through with the rest, another $13,000 to push us over the top. Thank you for not letting me fail.
#Farwell4Hire
#curecf
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Francesco Pinelli gets the Teddy Bear tally on a Tuesday night in Kitchener. 1-0 KIT over Guelph.
#OHL
#OHLRangers
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Years ago, when I first started working with Don, I started the hashtag
#DonCameronisms
to capture the wonderful way Don turned many a phrase. Read it today. I just did. It's beautiful.
#TheLegend
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Arrangements have been finalized for our friend Don Cameron. Fittingly, a public visitation will be held Thursday at The Aud. We'll see you there.
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The 1982 Memorial Cup champs were celebrated today in Kitchener. Fourteen players went on to the
#NHL
, a combined six Stanley Cups were won, and two players are in the NHL Hall of Fame. This team has to be in the conversation as one of the best junior teams ever.
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I could say lots about working in
@OHLHockey
, from long hours, to time away from family, to dark bus rides on snowy nights. But I wouldn't trade it for anything, especially with colleagues like
@stubbs980
and
@JCVH60
. They left something behind tonight for
#Farwell4Hire
.
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Sheer will from Luke Ellinas, who earns a determined partial breakaway 5:38 into overtime and wins it for the
#OHLRangers
, 4-3 over Erie. Kitchener takes the series 4-2, with three of the wins coming in OT. What a series.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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Even though they've both graduated from
@OHLHockey
, these former
@OHLRangers
are still teammates in the fight against
#CysticFibrosis
. Great seeing you,
@reid_valade
and
@notesy95
! Thank you for the support.
#Farwell4Hire
#curecf
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Ty Hollett scored for Kitchener in the final minute of the game, which wins chicken nuggets for the fans from a local restaurant. Hollett proceeds to celebrate with the "chicken wing" and gets a 10-minute misconduct. That's funny.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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Petes had lost nine in a row and they come into London and end the Knights' 14-game heater. Holy moly.
Braydon McCallum plays Heartbreaker in London 💔
The
#NHLDraft
-eligible forward ends the Knights' winning streak at 14 games and steals the extra point for the
@PetesOHLhockey
🎥
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I could tell stories all night about
@GabeLandeskog92
, his arrival into
@OHLHockey
and his performance as
@OHLRangers
captain. The bottom line is, we all knew this was coming. We knew it.
#StanleyCup
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This is why I'm happy that we only come to Oshawa once a year.
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Probably a good time to remind you that this guy was signed as a free agent, undrafted into the
#OHL
.
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The results are in!
Your generous support of our 10th annual
#Farwell4Hire
fundraising campaign has helped us raise more than $200,000 for
#CysticFibrosis
research in 2023, bringing our overall total to more than $1.2-million. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude.
#curecf
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Somebody needs to tell the fans in Sarnia that the Sting need to score a goal before they throw the bears on the ice. Tristan Malboeuf made a glorious glove save, the red light went on (oops), and the bears came down. 3-0 Kitchener but, this. Haven't seen it happen before.
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I'm always thinking of my friend Don Cameron during the
#OHL
season. After a tough loss, Don liked to say, "as bad as these kids feel now, they're going to wake up tomorrow morning and see that the sun came up again." Indeed, today, the sun came up. So, here's my sunny thought...
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Gotta give some love to the training staff, who were first on-scene to stabilize Tucker at the rink. That was a ton of blood and speaks to the expertise of the men and women who work the benches in the
#OHL
.
This is simply fantastic news. Let's hope for a speedy recovery.
Tucker’s surgery was a success. He is stable and safe in hospital.
The road to recovery begins.
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Perhaps lost in all this talk about emotion is Joe Garreffa, just named the
#OHL
's player of the week. One goal, seven assists in four games. Call him a forward, call him a defenceman, or just call him reliable.
#OHLRangers
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21 seasons in the AHL for Hasty, who's also worked more than 1000 games in
@OHLHockey
.
Shoutout to linesman Kevin Hastings who worked his final AHL game today. Nice gesture from the Marlies players post-game.
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Classy
#OHLRangers
helmet decals honouring Don Cameron will be worn THIS FRIDAY and through the season.
#OHLRangers
vs
@ottawa67s
/ 7:30pm
Tickets available:
🎟️: , The Aud / Centre in the Square, 1-800-265-8977
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Welcome to Hamilton! Like Oshawa, this is a rink that makes your question your life choices on the walk to the press box. What is it with
@OHLHockey
's Eastern Conference, anyway. So glad I work in the West...
#OHL
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Mitch Martin and Reid Valade add 3rd period goals for the
#OHLRangers
and Kitchener cruises to a 5-1 win over Windsor, taking the series 4-0. The Rangers become the first 8th seed in
@OHLHockey
history to sweep a top seed.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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It's been 176 days since my last
@OHLRangers
broadcast. I am SO ready for tonight! Hope you are, too.
#OHL
#OHLRangers
#OHLOpeningWeek
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The
#OHLRangers
are Midwest Division champs for the first time since 2008, defeating the Sarnia Sting 5-2. Rickard Hugg and Nick McHugh with 3rd period goals. Shots 47-29 KIT.
#OHL
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Kitchener led Windsor 1-0 heading to the 3rd period tonight, and then? Eight more goals were scored as the
#OHLRangers
double the Spitfires 6-3. Kitchener takes a 3-0 lead in the series.
#OHL
#OHLPlayoffs
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One of my favourite photos of Don Cameron, holding the stick used by former
@OHLRangers
D Cody Sol. Don loved this team. He loved this city. He loved the work done by the
@hofwatreg
. Please remember your donations for the House of Friendship today in Don's memory.
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As good a trainer and equipment manager as this guy is, he's an even better human. Guys like Danny are the guys we call "salt of the Earth." One of the best people I've ever met.
The best in the biz 🐐
Join us in congratulating Dan Lebold on his 2000th
#OHL
game tonight. Thank you for everything you do Dan!
Head to the Aud next Friday, January 13th as we celebrate his achievement in a special pre-game ceremony.
#OHLRangers
|
#60YearsOfRangers
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This isn't a hockey arena, it's a cathedral. Church starts at 6:35 on
@CityNewsKIT
.
#OHLRangers
#OHL
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It was a special night at the Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener as a large group showed up to support
@OHLHoundPower
's Luc Brzustowski, who grew up blocks from The Aud. Cheering on the local kid even when he plays for another team is one of the things that make the game special.
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Remember when Saginaw traded Josh Bloom to North Bay for a fortune in 2023 and then got him back as a free agent for nothing in 2024?
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Been through a ton with this guy, and he's gotten us there safely -- and home again -- every time. He also loves the players like they were his own kids. The road won't be the same without him. But this is an all-time send-off. Love ya, Moose!
The man, the myth, the moose, and the legend gets the nod for the lineup read tonight for his last regular season road trip! Mike “Moose” has driven the bus for the
#OHLRangers
for the last seven seasons, making this his last. 🥹
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The Las Vegas Golden Knights are headed to the Stanley Cup. In my lifetime, I've never seen the
#Leafs
in a final. Hockey sucks.
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A career year with 52 goals gets you this kind of attention. Congrats, Carson!
🚨 MAJOR RAZOR ALERT 🚨
The
#SeaKraken
have signed second-round draft pick
@CarsonRehkopf
to a three-year, entry-level contract ($950k AAV).
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I'll admit, I'm a little old school when it comes to sports broadcasting. But the rules are simple:
1) Wear a tie
2) Do not, under any circumstances, ever...cheer.
It's a press box, not the upper bowl.
Hope the guy beside us in Niagara bought a ticket. So bush.
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Don't ever say you've seen everything in junior hockey. The
#OHLRangers
, down 6-2, score two power play goals and two short-handed goals to tie Hamilton before Riley Damiani registers the winner with 3:53 to play. Kitchener wins 7-6. Shots 39-31 KIT.
#OHL
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Love this. Well done, fellas.
Ottawa 67's help fill sandbags in Constance Bay. Head coach André Tourigny says players were excited about pitching in to help prepare for floods in Ottawa.
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Working in
#OHL
media is hard, especially when you have to eat in Kitchener...
Yes, that's sarcasm. Unreal Media Room meal tonight at The Memorial Auditorium, courtesy of Village Caterer. (don't lie, you love this)
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#OHL
hot take: it's showing its age, the stuffed wolf is in need of a re-stuffing, and the climb to the press box is terrifying...but the Sudbury Arena is one of the best barns on the circuit.
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The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium is about to host its 61st season of
#OHLRangers
hockey. Pinch me.
Your pregame starts at 6:35 on
@CityNewsKIT
!
#OHL
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8 years. 9 campaigns. About 300 days. More than 1000 odd jobs. And with more than $186,000 raised this May, ONE COMMUNITY has raised more than ONE MILLION DOLLARS in the fight against
#cysticfibrosis
. You're a beautiful place, Waterloo Region.
#Farwell4Hire
#curecf
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Ok, hockey folks, honest question. How in h-e-double-hockey-sticks does
@HockeyCanada
get away with this? Dropping the hammer on players as young as six because they also play with an "outlaw" team? Should we just let kids...you know, play?
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Givani Smith scores twice in the 3rd and the
#OHLRangers
roll to a 6-2, series-clinching win in Sarnia. Kitchener takes the series 4-2 and awaits the winner of Soo-Owen Sound in the Western Conference Final. First ticket to the final four since 2012 for the
#OHLRangers
.
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This is what 9962 teddy bears look like, landing on the ice after the
@OHLRangers
first goal. Well done, fans!
#OHL
Francesco Pinelli gets the Teddy Bear tally on a Tuesday night in Kitchener. 1-0 KIT over Guelph.
#OHL
#OHLRangers
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Former
@OHLRangers
Gabriel Landeskog and Nazen Kadri are Stanley Cup champions. Wild. I mean, Avs.
#StanleyCup
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Dave Snyder of Alma offered an extra $100 to
#Farwell4Hire
if I posted this picture. I've always said, anything for our charity. So, here ya go. I think I should have asked for more, though...
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If the
#OHL
doesn't want fighting in the game, then just ban fighting entirely. I wouldn't love it but I'd understand the direction. You can't allow fighting, though, and then decide four days later that the players who engaged in a fight should be suspended. I mean, come on.
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The soundtrack to my youth and one of the reasons I wanted to be a broadcaster. Thanks for making the games so exciting, Bob.
Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90
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You can have all the arguments you want about the most difficult trophy to win but nothing, anywhere or in any sport, beats the celebratory raising of the Stanley Cup. And Kitchener's
@nichague14
is raising it tonight.
#StanleyCup
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#OHLRangers
G Jacob Ingham's 45-save shutout tonight follows a 6-1 win Saturday and 4-0 win last Tuesday. Ingham has stopped 108 of the last 109 shots he's faced. There's a bit of Wow Factor in those numbers.
#OHL
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Maybe my favourite photo of the night, as captured by
@tomjgalloway14
. Goodnight from the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.
#OHL
#OHLRangers
#TheLegend
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The Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds with the most improbable win you’ll ever see, scoring a short-handed goal with 0.9 seconds to play and beating the
#OHLRangers
3-2 in Game One of the West final. Wow. Just wow.
#OHL
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Big life update from former Owen Sound Attack forward. It takes guts to share this, and it will no doubt help others. Bravo, Kurtis.
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I wrote a thing about the 41-0 hockey game played between 8-year olds in Kitchener and Cambridge. Maybe you'd like to read it.
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Cam Mercer scores the Teddy Bear goal in Kitchener as the
#OHLRangers
draw even with Guelph at 1-1. Gotta love it when the fur flies. There have been more than 180,000 bears donated by fans in Kitchener over the past 27 years.
#OHL
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Inclusivity is a hallmark of special needs hockey. That
@HockeyCanada
would ban from playing kids who require assisted devices and equipment is beyond the pale. Simply inexcusable.
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Spoke to a really smart man this morning who told me he has two rules in life:
1) Work hard
2) Treat people well
I'm in. Let's go have a Friday.
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Sorry, Hamilton, but I hope the Bulldogs never come back. Your city leaders never cared about them anyway.
#FridaysWithFarwell
#OHLPodcast
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When the guy who keeps you safe all winter invites you to have a beer in the summer, you say yes! Here's to all the hard-working, dedicated hockey bus drivers, especially our boy Mike "Moose" Reeves in Kitchener.
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Something tells me
@GabeLandeskog92
would approve...
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Michael Vukojevic picks up three assists and Mario Culina makes 24 saves as the
#OHLRangers
blank the Hounds 3-0. First time all season the Soo has been shutout. Hounds lead the series 2-1.
#OHL
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The last, lonely car in the parking lot after last night's
@OHLRangers
game. And when I returned to it, it had already been brushed off! Checked with
@_ChrisPope
and
@BrownRecord
but neither was responsible for the good deed (figures). So, to my Good Snow Samaritan ... THANK YOU!
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Time to appeal again for a change to our language. Instead of granting "exceptional player status," let's try granting "early entry" to
@OHLHockey
. There's enough pressure at 15 without having the label of "exceptional." Small change, big difference.
The OHF is proud to announce Exceptional Player Status for Michael Misa
He joins the likes of John Tavares (2005), Aaron Ekblad (2011), Connor McDavid (2012), Sean Day (2013) and Shane Wright (2019).
➡️ Full news release:
@OHLHockey
@GTHLHockey
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