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EASTERN CONFERENCE<br />

RANK TEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 PIM<br />

1 <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> 27 17 8 1 1 36 0.667 86 76 3-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 451<br />

2 Barrie Colts 25 16 9 0 0 32 0.640 90 65 0-2-0-0 7-3-0-0 403<br />

3 Ottawa 67’s 26 16 9 1 0 33 0.635 98 80 4-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 241<br />

4 Peterborough Petes 28 14 10 2 2 32 0.571 95 101 0-1-0-0 8-1-1-0 372<br />

5 Mississauga Steelheads 29 15 12 0 2 32 0.552 101 85 3-0-0-0 6-4-0-0 376<br />

6 Niagara IceDogs 26 13 11 2 0 28 0.538 87 80 0-1-0-0 5-4-1-0 387<br />

7 North Bay Battalion 24 12 10 1 1 26 0.542 80 78 3-0-0-0 6-4-0-0 278<br />

8 Oshawa Generals 28 10 14 2 2 24 0.429 83 97 0-3-0-1 1-7-0-2 299<br />

9 Hamilton Bulldogs 27 10 16 1 0 21 0.389 71 104 1-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 347<br />

10 Sudbury Wolves 27 5 19 3 0 13 0.241 66 130 0-10-3-0 0-8-2-0 408<br />

WESTERN CONFERENCE<br />

RANK TEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 PIM<br />

1 Erie Otters 27 23 3 1 0 47 0.870 125 76 4-0-0-0 9-1-0-0 237<br />

2 Windsor Spitfires 28 16 8 4 0 36 0.643 102 81 0-2-1-0 5-4-1-0 374<br />

3 Kitchener Rangers 26 20 3 3 0 43 0.827 100 62 2-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 281<br />

4 London Knights 24 18 4 1 1 38 0.792 128 67 4-0-0-0 8-2-0-0 369<br />

5 Sarnia Sting 25 13 10 2 0 28 0.560 79 69 0-3-0-0 4-5-1-0 341<br />

6 Flint Firebirds 26 13 11 1 1 28 0.538 81 86 1-0-0-0 7-2-1-0 329<br />

7 Owen Sound Attack 26 11 10 4 1 27 0.519 62 74 0-3-1-0 3-4-3-0 277<br />

8 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 26 10 13 3 0 23 0.442 78 99 1-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 229<br />

9 Saginaw Spirit 26 9 15 1 1 20 0.385 76 107 1-0-0-0 2-8-0-0 318<br />

10 Guelph Storm 25 2 22 1 0 5 0.100 42 113 0-9-0-0 1-9-0-0 387<br />

Conference Standings Reflect The Order In Which Teams Would Qualify For The Playoffs (1 St Thru 8 Th ).<br />

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE<br />

CONFERENCE STANDINGS<br />

As of <strong>December</strong> 4, <strong>2015</strong> // source: Ontario Hockey League


Turn to page 32 for more great action photos by<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> Official Photographer Billy Kimmerly<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

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OHL CONFERENCE STANDINGS........................................................................3<br />

PREGAME REPORT: KINGSTON VS. PETERBOROUGH.........................................7<br />

OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT.........................................................................16<br />

UPCOMING FRONTENACS HOME GAMES........................................................16<br />

STARTING LINEUPS........................................................................................17<br />

KINGSTON FRONTENACS PLAYER ROSTER......................................................18<br />

PETERBOROUGH PETES PLAYER ROSTER......................................................19<br />

OFFICIAL KINGSTON FRONTENACS TEAM ROSTER..........................................21<br />

THROUGH BILLY’S LENS.................................................................................32<br />

<strong>2015</strong>-16 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE.........................................................37<br />

OHL PLAYER LEADER STATS...........................................................................38<br />

The <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> roster includes a 6’5” Russian, who comes to <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

via Wichita Falls, Texas. Gord Hunter looks at rookie Konstantin Chernyuk.<br />

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Gord Hunter looks back at the birth of the Ontario Hockey League in <strong>Kingston</strong>,<br />

beginning with the <strong>Kingston</strong> Canadians of 1973-74.<br />

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Local boy Chad Duchesne’s road to the OHL is a full-circle route, from Inverary<br />

to <strong>Kingston</strong> by way of Mississauga, Ontario and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We<br />

caught up with the overage defenceman.<br />

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KINGSTON FRONTENACS<br />

GAMEDAY<br />

PUBLISHER & EDITOR: Justin Chenier<br />

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Gord Hunter, Justin Chenier<br />

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Adam Smith<br />

ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT: Chelsea McDermott<br />

PHOTOGRAPHER: Billy Kimmerly<br />

©<strong>2015</strong> KINGSTON FRONTENACS. GAMEDAY MAGAZINE is published by the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> Hockey Club and<br />

distributed, free of charge, at all <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> home games at Rogers K-Rock Centre. All rights reserved. Any<br />

reproduction, in whole or in part, without the prior permission of the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> Hockey Club is strictly prohibited.<br />

www.kingstonfrontenacs.com /kingstonfrontenacs @kingstonfronts @frontsingame<br />

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KINGSTON FRONTENACS pregame report<br />

EAST DIVISION REVALRY HEATS UP<br />

win last night in peterborough GIVES FRONTENACS 2-1 EDGE IN regular season series<br />

With the loss of the Belleville Bulls, it was only<br />

a matter of time before another Eastern Division<br />

team became a more heated rival with the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>.<br />

While the past few seasons have seen the<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> post impressive results against Oshawa—in<br />

their 68-game regular season last year,<br />

the Generals only lost 11 games last season, 6 of<br />

which were to the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>—the intensity of<br />

the rivalry with the Peterborough Petes has noticeably<br />

intensified.<br />

Looking back over the recent history of the rivalry,<br />

the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> are eager to settle the score.<br />

While the first round playoff series loss in 2014<br />

still stings, the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> had a dominant season<br />

in 2014-15 winning 5 of 6 matchups against<br />

the Petes. Looking a little further back, over the<br />

past 5 seasons the rivalry is a little more even,<br />

although slightly in <strong>Kingston</strong>’s favour winning 15<br />

games to Peterborough’s 13 against each other.<br />

The <strong>Frontenacs</strong> currently sit in 1st place in<br />

the East Division with 36 points. With 32 points,<br />

Peterborough is in a 4th place tie with Mississauga.<br />

To show how close the Eastern Conference is<br />

this season—the top 8 teams are only separated<br />

by 12 points with the top 5 teams within 4 points<br />

of each other.<br />

Until this week’s home-and-home series, the<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> and Petes have faced each other<br />

twice this season, each with a win. With the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>’<br />

win last night in Peterborough, look for<br />

an intense game tonight as the Petes try to even<br />

things up while the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> look to add wins<br />

and the 2 points that come with each win. KF<br />

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How do you turn a devastating<br />

injury to a promising Finnish<br />

import into a 6’5” Russian rookie<br />

defenseman? Darren Keily and the<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> staff pulled it off and<br />

they did it without much time or<br />

preparation.<br />

After playing all 68 games for<br />

<strong>Kingston</strong> last season, promising<br />

defenseman Jarkko Parikka tore his<br />

Achilles tendon in a practice prior to<br />

the start of the playoffs. The injury<br />

was described as traumatic but the<br />

training staff held out hope that he<br />

might be able to return in the fall.<br />

After talking to Jarkko, his family and<br />

his agent in June, Keily said that the<br />

injury was not responding as well as<br />

had been expected. Following some<br />

discussions the parties came to a<br />

mutual decision and Parikko was<br />

released. Unfortunately by the time<br />

they reached that conclusion, the<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> were well behind in terms<br />

of scouting the <strong>2015</strong> import class.<br />

“Normally I’m at the U18’s<br />

because no matter how much you<br />

look at the scouting reports, you’re<br />

always more comfortable if you see<br />

the boys play before you draft them,”<br />

said Keily. “Since we thought we had<br />

our imports (Lamikko and Parikka) I<br />

didn’t attend the U18’s last spring so<br />

I had to depend on our scouts and<br />

advisors.”<br />

Those advisors had discovered<br />

Konstantin Chernyuk, a lanky<br />

Russian defenseman playing tier two<br />

junior hockey in Wichita Falls, Texas.<br />

The native of St. Petersburg, Russia<br />

had a good foundation of skills and<br />

as the saying goes in hockey circles,<br />

you can’t teach size.<br />

Coach Paul McFarland praised<br />

Keily and the hockey operations staff.<br />

“Doug and Darren worked hard on<br />

digging up information and finding<br />

the right player,” said McFarland.<br />

“Konstantin is a player that’s come<br />

in and gotten better each and every<br />

day. We like big defensemen and<br />

he’s got great feet and moves the<br />

puck well.”<br />

For his part Konstantin feels he’s<br />

adjusting to the speed and high skill<br />

level of the OHL. “The first game<br />

with the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> wasn’t that good<br />

for me and I knew it was going to be<br />

hard,” said Chernyuk. “Coach told<br />

me it was going to be much faster<br />

and I didn’t really understand the<br />

tactics but now I’m starting to know<br />

what the players will do and how they<br />

will play.”<br />

By the end of October, the young<br />

Russian was still looking for his<br />

first point but in a game against<br />

Peterborough he did manage to<br />

acquit himself well in an OHL rite of<br />

passage – his first fight. Chernyuk,<br />

who at 17 and 175 pounds isn’t<br />

yet the imposing rearguard he will<br />

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eventually develop into, took on Petes’<br />

rookie Ian McKinnon and managed<br />

to land a few bombs before the<br />

linesmen stepped in to break up the<br />

scrap. Neither player was injured and<br />

Chernyuk received a rousing ovation<br />

from the crowd and a generous<br />

greeting from his teammates when<br />

he returned to the bench five minutes<br />

later.<br />

Although Chernyuk wasn’t<br />

chosen based solely on his size or<br />

his physical game Coach McFarland<br />

sees tremendous all around potential<br />

for his rookie blueliner. “Like any<br />

young guy he becomes more and<br />

more comfortable with all parts of<br />

the game the more he plays,” said<br />

McFarland. “Konstantin will be a guy<br />

who can contribute including the<br />

physical game but we’re impressed<br />

that he’s come in and gotten better<br />

each and every day. Over time you’re<br />

going to see there’s a big upside to<br />

his offensive game.”<br />

While Keily and the management<br />

team are happy with Chernyuk’s<br />

continued improvement, they are<br />

also focused on Konstantin as he<br />

transitions to life as a teenager in<br />

Canada. “It’s a new league it’s a new<br />

county a new everything,” said Keily.<br />

“We’re committed to being there for<br />

him and supporting him – like we are<br />

for all our new and returning players.<br />

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future uncertain, Chernyuk and<br />

his family decided he should make<br />

the jump to North America. After a<br />

year with the U16 Wilkes-Barre/<br />

Scranton Knights, the University<br />

of Maine came calling. Then<br />

the Bloomington Thunder of the<br />

USHL (the American equivalent<br />

of the CHL) drafted him. In a very<br />

short span of time his career had<br />

taken an upward and decidedly<br />

American trajectory. The following<br />

year, after realizing that Scranton’s<br />

U18 team didn’t provide enough<br />

of a challenge Chernyuk moved<br />

to Wichita Falls, Texas to play<br />

with a tier-two junior squad in<br />

the Lone Star State. Meanwhile,<br />

Bloomington had expressed<br />

interest in the Russian youngster<br />

but they were also very clear that<br />

they were going for a championship<br />

and would be focused on older<br />

players. His best option seemed<br />

to be the NCAA route so he signed<br />

a letter of commitment to attend<br />

Maine and play for the prestigious<br />

Black Bears in Division 1. That’s<br />

when the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> entered the<br />

picture and after again discussing<br />

the best options with his father, a<br />

jump to the OHL seemed to make<br />

the most sense. “Me and my dad<br />

started talking about where should<br />

I go, what’s our next step. Go to the<br />

USHL go to Maine or go to Canada<br />

to play for the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>,” he<br />

said. “We decided we have to go<br />

to Canada because the hockey is<br />

better, the scouting is better and<br />

it’s the main route to the NHL. We<br />

made the decision pretty quickly.”<br />

Both Keily and McFarland<br />

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are thrilled to have Konstantin in<br />

<strong>Kingston</strong>. His six foot five inch<br />

frame and matching reach gives<br />

the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>’ defensive corps<br />

something they haven’t had since<br />

Erik Gudbranson departed for the<br />

NHL in the fall of 2011. While this<br />

young Russian has a long way to<br />

go to match the contributions that<br />

Gudbranson made to the team,<br />

the continuing improvement<br />

Chernyuk has shown with each<br />

game is a sign of good things to<br />

come. “A lot of times it takes<br />

until Christmas for new players to<br />

start to feel confident in what they<br />

can do,” said Keily. “Konstantin<br />

is already starting to show that<br />

confidence.”<br />

Chernyuk admits he’s<br />

especially looking forward to<br />

Christmas this year not just to<br />

reach another benchmark of<br />

performance or to celebrate the<br />

holiday but because his parents<br />

are coming for an extended visit.<br />

“My mom and dad are coming in<br />

<strong>December</strong> and they’ll stay and see<br />

a few games in the New Year,” he<br />

said with a smile. “I really miss my<br />

family and my friends that I grew<br />

up with and I miss my mom’s<br />

Russian borscht. It’s my favourite<br />

meal that my mom would always<br />

cook for me.”<br />

With home cooking on the<br />

horizon and a boundless potential,<br />

Chernyuk’s hockey future which<br />

only last year appeared to be<br />

south of the 49th parallel is now<br />

shining brightly with a decidedly<br />

Black and Gold glow. KF<br />

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LISTEN TO JIM GILCHRIST LIVE INSIDE<br />

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ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE<br />

OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT<br />

HOME GAME 11 KINGSTON FRONTENACS VS. PETERBOROUGH PETES ROGERS K-ROCK CENTRE<br />

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, <strong>2015</strong> 7:00 P.M. INVISTA NIGHT KINGSTON, ONTARIO<br />

GOALS - KINGSTON FRONTENACS<br />

PER TIME GOAL SCORER ASSISTS KINGSTON PLAYERS ON ICE PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS ON ICE<br />

GOALS - SARNIA STING<br />

PER TIME GOAL SCORER ASSISTS PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS ON ICE KINGSTON PLAYERS ON ICE<br />

PENALTIES - KINGSTON FRONTENACS<br />

PER TIME PLAYER MINS INFRACTION<br />

PENALTIES - PETERBOROUGH PETES<br />

PER TIME PLAYER MINS INFRACTION<br />

THE NEXT<br />

FOUR HOME GAMES<br />

DEC 11 VS SOO GREYHOUNDS<br />

DEC 12 VS ERIE OTTERS<br />

DEC 18 VS HAMILTON BULLDOGS<br />

DEC 29 VS OTTAWA 67’S<br />

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9 RYAN VERBEEK<br />

11 ZACK DORVAL<br />

13 KONSTANTIN CHERNYUK<br />

15 SAM FIELD<br />

17 JARED STEEGE<br />

19 JASON ROBERTSON<br />

20 ROLAND MCKEOWN<br />

21 RYAN CRANFORD<br />

23 ROBBIE BURT<br />

24 GRAEME BROWN<br />

26 TED NICHOL<br />

27 CODY CARON<br />

37 STEPHEN DESROCHER<br />

55 AUSTIN GRZENIA<br />

67 LAWSON CROUSE<br />

81 CONOR MCGLYNN<br />

82 JUHO LAMMIKKO<br />

96 SPENCER WATSON<br />

40 LUCAS PERESSINI<br />

60 JEREMY HELVIG<br />

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3 CAMERON LIZOTTE<br />

4 MATTHEW TIMMS<br />

5 DOMINIK MASIN<br />

6 KYLE JENKINS<br />

7 NICK GRIMA<br />

9 ADAM MCPHAIL<br />

10 ERIC CORNEL<br />

11 ZACH GALLANT<br />

12 C.J. CLARKE<br />

14 EDDIE SCHULZ<br />

15 NICK ISSACSON<br />

16 STEVEN LORENTZ<br />

17 GREG BETZOLD<br />

18 ADAM TIMLECK<br />

19 JOSH MAGUIRE<br />

20 DANIEL NIKANDROV<br />

21 JONATHAN ANG<br />

22 IAN MCKINNON<br />

23 HUNTER GARLENT<br />

26 JOSH COYLE<br />

27 MATT SPENCER<br />

28 LOGAN DENOBLE<br />

30 DYLAN WELLS<br />

33 MATTHEW MANCINA


KINGSTON FRONTENACS<br />

PLAYER ROSTER<br />

FORWARDS<br />

NO. PLAYER POSITION HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN NHL STATUS<br />

3 WARREN FOEGELE LEFT WING 6.01 185 lbs. APR 1, 1996 MARKHAM, ON CAROLINA HURRICANES<br />

9 RYAN VERBEEK LEFT WING 6.00 196 lbs. JUN 2, 1996 KINGSTON, ON<br />

11 ZACK DORVAL CENTRE 6.00 180 lbs. APR 20, 1998 HEARST, ON<br />

15 SAM FIELD RIGHT WING 6.01 184 lbs. FEB 4, 1998 TENAFLY, NJ<br />

17 JARED STEEGE CENTRE 5.11 198 lbs. JAN 7, 1996 COBDEN, ON<br />

19 JASON ROBERTSON LEFT WING 6.02 182 lbs. JUL 22, 1999 NORTHVILLE, MI<br />

21 RYAN CRANFORD RIGHT WING 6.00 190 lbs. APR 9, 1998 EMBRUN, ON<br />

23 ROBBIE BURT RIGHT WING 6.00 209 lbs. MAY 29, 1999 HILLSBURGH, ON<br />

26 TED NICHOL CENTRE 5.10 191 lbs. JAN 4, 1997 LISTOWEL, ON<br />

27 CODY CARON RIGHT WING 6.02 186 lbs. MAY 28, 1996 SAULT STE. MARIE, ON<br />

55 AUSTIN GRZENIA RIGHT WING 5.11 170 lbs. MAY 21, 1998 MACOMB, MI<br />

67 LAWSON CROUSE LEFT WING 6.03 212 lbs. JUN 23, 1997 MT. BRYDGES, ON FLORIDA PANTHERS<br />

81 CONOR MCGLYNN CENTRE 6.02 209 lbs. JUN 19, 1995 OAKVILLE, ON<br />

92 JUHO LAMMIKKO LEFT WING 6.02 207 lbs. Jan 29, 1996 NOORMARKKU, FINLAND FLORIDA PANTHERS<br />

96 SPENCER WATSON RIGHT WING 5.09 170 lbs. APR 25, 1996 LONDON, ON LOS ANGELES KINGS<br />

DEFENCE<br />

NO. PLAYER SHOOTS HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN NHL STATUS<br />

4 CHAD DUCHESNE LEFT 5.11 179 lbs. MAY 31, 1995 INVERARY, ON<br />

6 JACOB PAQUETTE LEFT 6.02 198 lbs. MAY 26, 1999 OTTAWA, ON<br />

7 NATHAN BILLITIER LEFT 5.11 183 lbs. MAY 20, 1996 SPENCERPORT, NY<br />

13 KONSTANTIN CHERNYUK LEFT 6.05 175 lbs. FEB 13, 1998 ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA<br />

20 ROLAND MCKEOWN RIGHT 6.01 195 lbs. JAN 20, 1996 LISTOWEL, ON CAROLINA HURRICANES<br />

24 GRAEME BROWN LEFT 6.00 195 lbs. MAY 16, 1996 GANANOQUE, ON<br />

37 STEPHEN DESROCHER LEFT 6.04 198 lbs. JAN 26, 1996 TORONTO, ON TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS<br />

GOALTENDERS<br />

NO. PLAYER CATCHES HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN NHL STATUS<br />

40 LUCAS PERESSINI LEFT 6.02 188 lbs. MAR 9, 1995 NOBLETON, ON<br />

60 JEREMY HELVIG LEFT 6.02 198 lbs. MAY 25, 1997 MARKHAM, ON<br />

HOCKEY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT and STAFF<br />

GENERAL MANAGER................................................... DOUG GILMOUR<br />

HEAD COACH...........................................................PAUL MCFARLAND<br />

ASSISTANT COACH..................................................... JASON SUPRYKA<br />

EQUIPMENT MANAGER..................................................... CHRIS COOK<br />

ASSISTANT EQUIPMENT MANAGER................................KEVIN WALKER<br />

ASSISTANT GM...................................................................DARREN KEILY<br />

ASSISTANT COACH........................................................... JOHN GOODWIN<br />

ATHLETIC THERAPIST........................................................RYAN BENNETT<br />

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC THERAPIST...................................... CHRIS WILSON<br />

GOALTENDING COACHES.................DAVID FRANCO and MARCO FRANCO


PETERBOROUGH PETES<br />

PLAYER ROSTER<br />

FORWARDS<br />

NO. PLAYER POSITION HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN NHL STATUS<br />

9 ADAM MCPHAIL RIGHT WING 6.01 195 lbs. 7-APR-97 SAULT STE. MARIE, ON<br />

10 ERIC CORNEL RIGHT WING 6.02 195 lbs. 11-APR-96 KEMPTVILLE, ON BUFFALO SABRES<br />

11 ZACH GALLANT CENTRE 6.01 184 lbs. 6-MAR-99 OAKVILLE, ON<br />

12 C.J. CLARKE RIGHT WING 6.00 201 lbs. 8-FEB-99 MISSISSAUGA, ON<br />

14 EDDIE SCHULZ CENTRE 6.01 182 lbs. 19-APR-98 ERIN, ON<br />

15 NICK ISAACSON LW 6.02 180 lbs. 11-AUG-99 TORONTO, ON<br />

16 STEVEN LORENTZ CENTRE 6.03 191 lbs. 13-APR-96 WATERLOO, ON CAROLINA HURRICANES<br />

17 GREG BETZOLD LEFT WING 6.02 217 lbs. 11-MAR-95 CINCINNATI, OH<br />

18 ADAM TIMLECK RIGHT WING 5.09 158 lbs. 26-FEB-98 TORONTO, ON<br />

19 JOSH MAGUIRE LEFT WING 5.11 191 lbs. 30-JUN-96 COBOURG, ON<br />

20 DANIEL NIKANDROV CENTRE 6.02 190 lbs. 3-FEB-95 RICHMOND HILL, ON SARNIA STING<br />

21 JONATHAN ANG CENTRE 5.11 160 lbs. 31-JAN-98 MARKHAM, ON<br />

22 IAN MCKINNON CENTRE 6.01 172 lbs. 5-MAR-98 WHITBY, ON<br />

23 HUNTER GARLENT CENTRE 5.09 182 lbs. 4-FEB-95 THOROLD, ON<br />

26 JOSH COYLE CENTRE 6.04 216 lbs. 27-JUL-97 LONDON, ON<br />

28 LOGAN DENOBLE CENTRE 5.1 189 lbs. 15-OCT-97 PETERBOROUGH, ON<br />

DEFENCE<br />

NO. PLAYER SHOOTS HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN NHL STATUS<br />

2 COLE FRASER R 6.02 191 lbs. 23-AUG-99 CARLETON PLACE, ON<br />

3 CAMERON LIZOTTE L 6.02 197 lbs. 24-AUG-97 FALCONBRIDGE, ON<br />

4 MATTHEW TIMMS LEFT 5.01 176 lbs. 12-MAY-98 WATERDOWN, ON<br />

5 DOMINIK MASIN LEFT 6.03 198 lbs. 1-FEB-96 MESTEC KRALOVE, CZECH. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING<br />

6 KYLE JENKINS LEFT 6.01 171 lbs. 22-APR-96 BRAMPTON, ON CAROLINA HURRICANES<br />

7 NICK GRIMA RIGHT 5.11 188 lbs. 7-MAR-99 TORONTO, ON<br />

25 MATT WATSON RIGHT 5.01 173 lbs. 25-APR-96 LONDON, ON<br />

27 MATT SPENCER RIGHT 6.01 207 lbs. 24-MAR-97 OAKVILLE, ON TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING<br />

GOALTENDERS<br />

NO. PLAYER CATCHES HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN NHL STATUS<br />

30 DYLAN WELLS LEFT 6.02 182 lbs. 3-JAN-98 ST. CATHARINES, ON<br />

33 MATTHEW MANCINA LEFT 6.02 209 lbs. 29-APR-96 TECUMSEH, ON<br />

HOCKEY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND STAFF<br />

GENERAL MANAGER ............................................................MIKE OAK<br />

ASSISTANT COACH................................................... ANDREW VERNER<br />

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH......................... ROBERT FRANCZ<br />

ASSISTANT TRAINER...................................................TERRY BOWSER<br />

HEAD COACH.......................................................................... JODY HULL<br />

ASSISTANT COACH...............................................................JAKE GRIMES<br />

HEAD TRAINER..................................................................BRIAN MILLER<br />

ASSISTANT TRAINER........................................................... LARRY SMITH<br />

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4<br />

6 JACOB PAQUETTE<br />

6<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: INVERARY, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 31, 1995<br />

HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 179 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: TRADE FROM MISSISSAUGA<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

66 1 11 12 0 63<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: OTTAWA, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 26, 1995<br />

HEIGHT: 6’02” WEIGHT: 198 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

26 5 7 12 -- 38<br />

9 RYAN VERBEEK<br />

POSITION: 9CENTRE<br />

HOMETOWN: KINGSTON, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JUNE 2, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 196 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH WINDSOR<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

47 7 12 19 -3 28<br />

13 KONSTANTIN CHERNYUK<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: ST. PETERSBURG , RUSSIA<br />

BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 13, 1998<br />

HEIGHT: 6’4” WEIGHT: 175 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: CHL IMPORT DRAFT<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

51 5 11 16 +10 42<br />

3 WARREN FOEGELE<br />

3<br />

POSITION: LEFT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: MARKHAM, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: APRIL 1, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’01” WEIGHT: 185 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

34 5 11 16 -3 26<br />

7 NATHAN BILLITIER<br />

7<br />

11 ZACK DORVAL<br />

11<br />

15 SAM FIELD<br />

15<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: SPENCERPORT, NEW YORK<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 20, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 183 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH NORTH BAY<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

30 0 5 5 -4 2<br />

POSITION: CENTRE<br />

HOMETOWN: HEARST, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 20, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 180 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

56 3 3 6 -13 72<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: TENAFLY, NEW JERSEY<br />

BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 4, 1998<br />

HEIGHT: 6’01” WEIGHT: 184 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

57 2 0 2 -11 19<br />

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17 JARED STEEGE<br />

17<br />

20 ROLAND MCKEOWN<br />

20<br />

23 ROBBIE BURT<br />

23<br />

26 TED NICHOL<br />

26<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: COBDEN, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 7, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 198 lbs.<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH NORTH BAY<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

67 11 12 23 -1 34<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: LISTOWEL, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 20, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’01” WEIGHT: 195 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

65 7 25 32 +1 57<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: HILLSBURGH, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 29, 1999<br />

HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 209 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

64 26 27 53 -- 93<br />

POSITION: CENTRE<br />

HOMETOWN: LISTOWEL, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 4, 1997<br />

HEIGHT: 5’10” WEIGHT: 191 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

59 1 4 5 -13 10<br />

19 JASON ROBERTSON<br />

19<br />

21 RYAN CRANFORD<br />

21<br />

24 GRAEME BROWN<br />

24<br />

POSITION: LEFT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN<br />

BIRTHDATE: JULY 22, 1999<br />

HEIGHT: 6’02” WEIGHT: 192 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

62 28 33 61 -- 14<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: EMBRUN, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: APRIL 9, 1998<br />

HEIGHT: 6’00” WEIGHT: 190 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

55 6 10 16 -- 40<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: GANANOQUE, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 16, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 195 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH WINDSOR<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

65 2 6 8 -19 82<br />

27 CODY CARON<br />

27<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 28, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’02” WEIGHT: 186 lbs.<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH NIAGARA<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

64 1 3 4 -12 102<br />

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37 STEPHEN DESROCHER<br />

37<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: TORONTO, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 26, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’04” WEIGHT: 198 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: TRADE WITH OSHAWA GENERALS<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

66 10 13 23 +33 41<br />

55 AUSTIN GRZENIA<br />

55<br />

67 LAWSON CROUSE<br />

67<br />

82 JUHO LAMMIKKO<br />

67<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: MACOMB, MICHIGAN<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 21, 1998<br />

HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 170 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

20 7 15 22 -- 14<br />

POSITION: LEFT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: MT. BRIDGES, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JUNE 23, 1997<br />

HEIGHT: 6’3” WEIGHT: 212 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

56 29 22 51 +10 70<br />

POSITION: LEFT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: Noormarkku , Finland<br />

BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 29, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’2” WEIGHT: 207 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: CHL IMPORT DRAFT<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

64 18 26 44 +23 36<br />

40 LUCAS PERESSINI<br />

40<br />

POSITION: GOALTENDER<br />

HOMETOWN: NOBELTON, ON<br />

BIRTHDATE: MARCH 9, 1995<br />

HEIGHT: 6’2” WEIGHT: 188 lbs.<br />

ACQUIRED: TRADE FROM SAGINAW SPIRIT<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP GA Min SVS GAA SAV% W L SO<br />

59 132 3,413 1,564 2.32 .922 30 20 5<br />

60 JEREMY HELVIG<br />

60<br />

POSITION: GOALTENDER<br />

HOMETOWN: MARKHAM, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 25, 1997<br />

HEIGHT: 6’02” WEIGHT: 198 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP GA Min SVS GAA SAV% W L SO<br />

14 53 699 330 4.55 .862 2 8 0<br />

81 CONOR MCGLYNN<br />

POSITION: CENTRE<br />

HOMETOWN: OAKVILLE, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JUNE 19, 1995<br />

HEIGHT: 6’2” WEIGHT: 209 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

67 22 16 38 +12 81<br />

96 SPENCER WATSON<br />

96<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: LONDON, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: APRIL 25, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 5’09” WEIGHT: 170 lbs.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

GP G A PTS +/- PIM<br />

41 20 28 48 +10 10<br />

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AND ELECTRICIANS UNIONS<br />

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PAUL MCFARLAND<br />

ROLE: HEAD COACH<br />

HOMETOWN: BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO<br />

Paul McFarland joined the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> for the 2014-15 season after two<br />

seasons as Assistant Coach with the Oshawa Generals. He spent four seasons<br />

as a player in the OHL, beginning with the Kitchener Rangers in 2002-2003,<br />

and winning an OHL Championship and Memorial Cup in 2003. He finished<br />

his OHL playing career as Team Captain for the Windsor Spitfires during the<br />

2004-2005 season.<br />

JASON SUPRYKA<br />

ROLE: ASSISTANT COACH<br />

HOMETOWN: BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO<br />

Jason Supryka brings a wealth of experience in at the OHL level, having served as<br />

Assistant Coach with the Belleville Bulls for eight seasons, and as Head Coach of<br />

the Trenton Jr. A Hockey Club for two seasons. Jason is a graduate of Rochester<br />

Institute of Technology, where he attended on a hockey scholarship. He is a native<br />

of Belleville, Ontario and was drafted by the Guelph Platers in the 6th round of the<br />

OHL Priority Selection in 1987.<br />

.<br />

DARREN KEILY<br />

ROLE: ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER / DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS<br />

HOMETOWN: MEADFORD, ONTARIO<br />

Darren Keily enters his 20th season in the OHL. Prior to his seven seasons with<br />

the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong>, he spent eight years with legendary OHL coach Bert<br />

Templeton in Barrie and Sudbury, before moving on to a role as Assistant Coach<br />

and Assistant GM in Peterborough, where he spent five years and won an OHL<br />

Championship in 2005-06.<br />

JOHN GOODWIN<br />

ROLE: ASSISTANT COACH<br />

HOMETOWN: WHITBY, ONTARIO<br />

As a member of the Soo Greyhounds, John Goodwin lead the league in scoring in the<br />

1980-81 season and in turn won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy and the William<br />

Hanley Trophy as the most sportsmanlike player. After his OHL career, Goodwin<br />

played five full seasons in the American Hockey League . From 1997 to 2000 he was<br />

Head Coach of the Oshawa Generals. He was Assistant Coach with the North Bay<br />

Batallion before joining the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> for the 2014-15 season.<br />

DOUG GILMOUR<br />

ROLE: GENERAL MANAGER<br />

HOMETOWN: KINGSTON, ONTARIO<br />

Doug Gilmour is a hockey icon, especially in Ontario and his hometown of<br />

<strong>Kingston</strong>. Gilmour played in 1,474 career NHL games in Calgary, Toronto, New<br />

Jersey, Chicago, Buffalo and Montreal, scoring 450 goals, 964 assists for 1,414<br />

career points and 1 Stanley Cup Championship. He was inducted into the<br />

Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011. Gilmour coached the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> for two and a half<br />

seasons, before assuming the role of General Manager for the 2011-12 season.<br />

RYAN BENNETT / ATHLETIC THERAPIST<br />

Ryan Bennett spent eigth season as Athletic Therapist with the Belleville Bulls<br />

prior to joining the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> for the <strong>2015</strong>-16 season. He is a graduate of<br />

Brock University and Sheridan College and has formerly worked with the Toronto<br />

Roadrunners, Hamilton Bulldogs, and Erie Otters.<br />

CHRIS COOK / EQUIPEMENT MANAGER<br />

Chris Cook joins the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> after having spent 12 seasons as an<br />

Equipment Manager with the Ottawa Senators. He has also worked as Assistant<br />

Equipment Manager with the Carleton University Ravens Football Program. He is<br />

a graduate of Algonquin College’s Recreation Facilities Management program.


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Chad Duchesne is one of three overage<br />

players on the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong><br />

roster this season. For the native of the<br />

hamlet of Inverary–a couple of kilometres<br />

north of the <strong>Kingston</strong> and South<br />

Frontenac boundary–the route the Rogers<br />

K-Rock Centre went straight through<br />

Mississauga and Sioux Fall, South Dakota.<br />

We caught up with the 20 year old<br />

defenceman after practice earlier this<br />

week.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Thanks for taking the<br />

time to chat with us.<br />

Chad Duchesne: Thanks for having<br />

me.<br />

GD: You’ve had a bit of an interesting<br />

path in coming to the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>.<br />

First being drafted into the OHL by the<br />

Mississauga Steelheads in 2011 but you<br />

ended up playing with the Voyageurs<br />

for two seasons, before heading down<br />

to the USHL, playing for the Sioux Falls<br />

Stampede. What was the shift like from<br />

the OJHL to the USHL?<br />

CD: When I played Junior A I was<br />

younger, 16 and 17 years old, so it was<br />

little harder (than midget). When it went<br />

to the USHL it was more like playing in<br />

the OHL so that was obviously a big step<br />

up. When I came to the OHL I was 19 so<br />

it may have been a little easier of a transition<br />

for me than some of the younger<br />

guys. It still something I had to adapt to.<br />

GD: It was only one season down in<br />

South Dakota before you made your way<br />

back home. What prompted the decision<br />

to want to come back to the OHL<br />

and specifically to <strong>Kingston</strong>?<br />

WF: I had a change in heart in where<br />

I wanted to play. I was supposed to go<br />

to a Division 1 NCAA school but decided<br />

I wanted to come to the OHL. It’s considered<br />

the best league to play in and I<br />

definitely wanted that challenge.<br />

GD: Can you tell us a bit about your<br />

experience in being traded from Mississauga<br />

and coming to the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>?<br />

WF: I spoke to the management in<br />

Mississauga, the OHL team that held<br />

my rights, throughout the summer (of<br />

2014) about coming to play at home.<br />

It was a longer process–it took pretty<br />

much all summer and I really didn’t<br />

know where I’d end up playing. At the<br />

time my agent was Darcy Tucker and he<br />

has a pretty good relationship with Doug<br />

Gilmour and they were able to make it<br />

happen. I’m pretty happy about it.<br />

GD: As you mentioned, you are a local<br />

face, born and raised in Inverary. Do<br />

you find there is additional pressure in<br />

playing in front of a home crowd?<br />

WF: Maybe a little bit. I have lots<br />

of family and friends who come to the<br />

games and they’re here to watch me.<br />

I grew up watching the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> so<br />

more than anything it’s pretty cool!<br />

GD: Being one of the team’s three<br />

overage players, this is your final year<br />

in the OHL. What are you hoping to<br />

achieve in your last year with the team?<br />

WF: It’s your last year so you want to<br />

go as far as possible in the playoffs. I’m<br />

just going to do everything I can to make<br />

that happen. KF<br />

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Some 42 years ago the Ontario<br />

Hockey Association granted <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

a franchise and started a five-decade<br />

love affair between the Limestone City<br />

and its junior hockey team.<br />

The origin of the <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

Canadians is somewhat confusing. In<br />

the late 60’s and early 70’s the Montreal<br />

Junior Canadians was a powerhouse<br />

team in what was then called Major<br />

Junior Hockey under the banner of the<br />

Ontario Hockey Association.<br />

In 1972, in an effort to avoid legal<br />

action from the newly formed Quebec<br />

Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)<br />

the Junior Canadians were allowed to<br />

suspend team operations for a year in<br />

order to make the transition from the<br />

OHA into the QMJHL. In the “Q”, a new<br />

team emerged dubbed the Montreal<br />

Bleu, Blanc et Rouge. Most of the<br />

Junior Canadians moved with them<br />

and that opened the door for <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

to begin operations the following year.<br />

The brand new <strong>Kingston</strong> franchise<br />

was born and began play in the 1973-<br />

1974 season using the “Canadians”<br />

moniker and the colours of their<br />

Montreal namesakes, but the team<br />

had no other connection to the Junior<br />

Canadians. In essence the <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

Canadians were an expansion<br />

franchise with new ownership and<br />

new players. They experienced all<br />

the growing pains associated with<br />

their rookie status in that first season,<br />

managing just 20 wins and finishing<br />

well out of playoff contention.<br />

In season two with promising<br />

youngsters like future Stanley Cup<br />

winner Ken Linesman and future<br />

NHLers Tony McKegney and Mike<br />

Crombeen, they took the eventual<br />

Memorial Cup Champion Toronto<br />

Marlboroughs to an 8th and deciding<br />

game.<br />

Those were the days when each<br />

playoff series was decided by the<br />

first team to reach 9 points. In that<br />

final game with the teams tied at 8<br />

points each and the game tied 1-1,<br />

sniper Mark Napier wristed a shot<br />

by the Canadian’s goaltender but the<br />

puck appeared to hit the post. Michel<br />

Blais, a defensemen for that <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

team was on the ice for what many<br />

<strong>Kingston</strong>ians still remember as a<br />

“phantom” goal.<br />

“I watched the shot hit the post,”<br />

recalled Blais. “It definitely didn’t go in,<br />

Napier didn’t even raise his hands, but<br />

the goal judge put the light on and they<br />

ended up calling it a goal. We should<br />

have won that game and then who<br />

knows what would have happened.”<br />

For many hockey fans in the<br />

Limestone City, that watershed moment<br />

when the upstart sophomore franchise<br />

took the vaunted Marlboroughs to<br />

the very edge of defeat stands as a<br />

turning point. The Canadians would<br />

go on to make the playoffs for the<br />

next seven seasons in a row. Along<br />

the way the franchise would celebrate<br />

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many achievements. They had scoring<br />

champions (Tim Salmon in 1984) and<br />

the first OHL goalie to score a goal<br />

(Chris Clifford).<br />

An eight-game stint by a then 16<br />

year-old Paul Coffey would even give<br />

the team a tenuous connection to the<br />

Hockey Hall of Fame when the Oilers<br />

and Penguins superstar was later<br />

inducted as part of the Hall’s 2004<br />

class of players.<br />

Sadly, the Canadians would never<br />

reach a Memorial Cup and after a<br />

mid-year change in ownership during<br />

the 1987-1988 season–a season that<br />

finished with an ignominious OHLrecord<br />

losing streak of 28 games–the<br />

<strong>Kingston</strong> Canadians became a part of<br />

hockey history.<br />

The following year the team was<br />

renamed The Raiders but would only<br />

last only a single season before local<br />

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in the years since, the connection to<br />

the community was reignited as The<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> and has continued to grow<br />

under the current ownership group led<br />

by the Springer family.<br />

In 2008 the team moved from<br />

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to their current home in the Rogers<br />

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Way. With local boy and NHL Hall of<br />

Famer Doug Gilmour at the helm and<br />

second-year coach Paul McFarland<br />

behind the bench, the team is looking<br />

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the <strong>2015</strong>-2016 season.<br />

Returning stars like NHL first<br />

round pick Lawson Crouse, 2014 OHL<br />

Goaltender of the year Lucas Peressini,<br />

team captain Roland McKeweon,<br />

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like Robbie Burt, Ryan Cranford and<br />

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This solid line-up is off to a promising<br />

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TOP SCORER<br />

RANK PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM<br />

1 Alex DeBrincat Erie Otters 26 32 21 53 10<br />

2 Dylan Strome Erie Otters 23 16 35 51 8<br />

3 Christian Dvorak London Knights 22 22 28 50 10<br />

4 Mitchell Marner London Knights 22 15 32 47 34<br />

5 Matthew Tkachuk London Knights 24 12 35 47 30<br />

6 Alexander Nylander Miss. Steelheads 29 19 24 43 6<br />

7 Taylor Raddysh Erie Otters 27 12 31 43 10<br />

8 Kevin Labanc Barrie Colts 25 12 28 40 21<br />

9 Travis Konecny Ottawa 67’s 25 6 34 40 4<br />

10 Ryan MacInnis Kitchener Rangers 25 19 17 36 21<br />

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE<br />

PLAYER LEADER STATS<br />

TOP DEFENCEMEN<br />

RANK PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM<br />

1 Travis Dermott Erie Otters 27 2 23 25 28<br />

2 Vince Dunn Niagara IceDogs 26 8 16 24 24<br />

3 Roland McKeown <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> 27 6 18 24 31<br />

4 Rasmus Andersson Barrie Colts 23 3 17 20 22<br />

5 Olli Juolevi London Knights 24 3 17 20 4<br />

6 Jalen Chatfield Windsor Spitfires 28 6 13 19 35<br />

7 Vili Saarijärvi Flint Firebirds 26 5 14 19 10<br />

8 Mikhail Sergachev Windsor Spitfires 28 9 9 18 18<br />

9 Santino Centorame Owen Sound Attack 26 7 11 18 26<br />

10 Mathieu Henderson Flint Firebirds 26 5 13 18 10<br />

TOP GOALTENDERS<br />

RANK PLAYER TEAM GP MIN SA SVS GA SO GAA SAV% W L OTL SOL<br />

1 Devin Williams Erie Otters 22 1212 571 523 48 0 2.38 0.916 18 1 1 0<br />

2 Mackenzie Blackwood Barrie Colts 23 1353 773 719 54 2 2.39 0.930 16 7 0 0<br />

3 Leo Lazarev Ottawa 67’s 17 965 460 421 39 2 2.43 0.915 11 5 0 0<br />

4 Lucas Peressini <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> 20 1187 613 564 49 1 2.48 0.920 12 6 1 1<br />

5 Luke Opilka Kitchener Rangers 20 1207 591 541 50 1 2.49 0.915 15 3 2 0<br />

6 Justin Fazio Sarnia Sting 22 1323 585 529 56 3 2.54 0.904 12 9 1 0<br />

7 Tyler Parsons London Knights 20 1198 586 535 51 2 2.55 0.913 15 3 1 1<br />

8 Michael McNiven Owen Sound Attack 23 1292 657 601 56 1 2.60 0.915 9 8 4 1<br />

9 Matthew Mancina Peterborough Petes 16 967 527 484 43 1 2.67 0.918 8 6 1 1<br />

10 Jack Flinn Mississauga Steelheads 28 1646 868 794 74 4 2.70 0.915 15 11 0 1<br />

As of <strong>December</strong> 4, <strong>2015</strong> // Source: Ontario Hockey League

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