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KINGSTON FRONTENACS gameday report<br />

THE BATTLE OF THE CONFERENCE LEADERS<br />

WESTERN LEADING OTTERS AND EASTERN LEADING FRONTENACS SET FOR FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCHUP<br />

With a league schedule that only sees interconference<br />

play twice each season, tonight’s matchup<br />

vs. Erie will give <strong>Frontenacs</strong> fans their only chance to<br />

see the Otters in <strong>Kingston</strong> this season. The two teams<br />

already met in Erie on October 23, a game that saw<br />

<strong>Kingston</strong> prevail in a 3-2 overtime win.<br />

While Erie is without Connor McDavid this season,<br />

the Otters haven’t missed a beat as the dominant team<br />

in the OHL. In 30 games this season, Erie has 26 wins,<br />

3 regulation losses, and a single overtime loss–to the<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong>. They arrive in <strong>Kingston</strong> on a 7 game win<br />

streak, with 9 wins and 1 loss in their past 10 games.<br />

While much has been said about the four <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

players currently on assignement with their national<br />

teams for for World Junior selection camps–Crouse,<br />

McKeown, and Watson for Canada and Lammikko for<br />

Findland–Erie isn’t without holes to fill in their roster<br />

with 3 players named to their respective national team<br />

selection camps. Dylan Strome, 5th in the OHL scoring,<br />

and Travis Dermott are both at the Team Canada<br />

selection camp in Toronto. Alex DeBrincat, 4th in the<br />

OHL scoring, has been named to the U.S. National Junior<br />

Team Preliminary Roster but with that camp not<br />

beginning until <strong>December</strong> 14, the Otters will still have<br />

his scoring power in their lineup tonight in <strong>Kingston</strong>.<br />

ROBERTSON: With his 3 goals last night vs. Sault Ste.<br />

Marie, Jason Robertson continues to pile up the points.<br />

Currently 6th in rookie scoring, the 16 year old rookie<br />

has 14 goals and 8 assists, for 22 points in 24 games.<br />

His 14 goals are good for 2nd in Goals Scored By A<br />

Rookie, behind only Mississauga Steelheads rookie Alexander<br />

Nylander, who has 21 so far this season. KF


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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GAMEDAY REPORT: KINGSTON VS. ERIE...........................................................3<br />

OHL CONFERENCE STANDINGS........................................................................7<br />

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

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

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

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

ERIE OTTERS 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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Three <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> are away at the Team Canada Selection Camp for the<br />

2016 World Juniors. We caught up with Lawson Crouse, Roland McKeown, and<br />

Spencer Watson before they made the trip to Toronto.<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 />

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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> 31 20 8 2 1 43 0.694 101 87 6-0-1-0 7-2-1-0 498<br />

2 Mississauga Steelheads 33 18 13 0 2 38 0.576 <strong>11</strong>5 95 3-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 438<br />

3 Barrie Colts 28 17 <strong>11</strong> 0 0 34 0.607 102 81 0-2-0-0 5-5-0-0 469<br />

4 Niagara IceDogs 29 16 <strong>11</strong> 2 0 34 0.586 97 86 3-0-0-0 6-3-1-0 428<br />

5 Peterborough Petes 31 15 12 2 2 34 0.548 104 <strong>11</strong>4 0-2-0-0 7-3-0-0 406<br />

6 Ottawa 67’s 31 16 14 1 0 33 0.532 109 103 0-5-0-0 4-6-0-0 277<br />

7 North Bay Battalion 28 13 12 1 2 29 0.518 92 96 1-0-0-1 5-4-0-1 329<br />

8 Oshawa Generals 31 <strong>11</strong> 15 3 2 27 0.435 97 <strong>11</strong>0 0-1-0-0 2-6-1-1 357<br />

9 Hamilton Bulldogs 29 <strong>11</strong> 16 2 0 24 0.414 85 <strong>11</strong>5 2-0-1-0 5-4-1-0 382<br />

10 Sudbury Wolves 30 5 22 3 0 13 0.217 73 148 0-13-3-0 0-8-2-0 455<br />

WESTERN CONFERENCE<br />

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

1 Erie Otters 30 26 3 1 0 53 0.883 135 79 7-0-0-0 9-1-0-0 269<br />

2 Windsor Spitfires 31 17 9 5 0 39 0.629 109 91 1-0-1-0 3-5-2-0 392<br />

3 London Knights 29 23 4 1 1 48 0.828 160 76 9-0-0-0 9-1-0-0 425<br />

4 Kitchener Rangers 28 22 3 3 0 47 0.839 <strong>11</strong>6 66 4-0-0-0 8-2-0-0 324<br />

5 Sarnia Sting 29 16 <strong>11</strong> 2 0 34 0.586 94 81 0-1-0-0 6-4-0-0 391<br />

6 Flint Firebirds 29 13 13 1 2 29 0.500 87 98 0-2-0-1 5-4-0-1 371<br />

7 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 30 13 14 3 0 29 0.483 93 <strong>11</strong>2 0-1-0-0 5-5-0-0 260<br />

8 Owen Sound Attack 28 <strong>11</strong> <strong>11</strong> 4 2 28 0.500 65 88 0-4-1-1 2-5-2-1 309<br />

9 Saginaw Spirit 29 <strong>11</strong> 16 1 1 24 0.414 90 <strong>11</strong>5 0-1-0-0 3-7-0-0 363<br />

10 Guelph Storm 28 2 25 1 0 5 0.089 51 134 0-12-0-0 0-10-0-0 436<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> 12, <strong>2015</strong> // source: Ontario Hockey League


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How do you turn a devastating injury<br />

to a promising Finnish import into a 6’5”<br />

Russian rookie defenseman? Darren<br />

Keily and the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> staff pulled it<br />

off and they did it without much time or<br />

preparation.<br />

After playing all 68 games for <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

last season, promising defenseman<br />

Jarkko Parikka tore his Achilles tendon in<br />

a practice prior to the start of the playoffs.<br />

The injury was described as traumatic<br />

but the training staff held out hope that<br />

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

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

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

was not responding as well as had been<br />

expected. Following some discussions<br />

the parties came to a mutual decision<br />

and Parikko was released. Unfortunately<br />

by the time they reached that conclusion,<br />

the <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 because no<br />

matter how much you look at the scouting<br />

reports, you’re always more comfortable<br />

if you see the boys play before you draft<br />

them,” said Keily. “Since we thought we<br />

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

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

to depend on our scouts and advisors.”<br />

Those advisors had discovered<br />

Konstantin Chernyuk, a lanky Russian<br />

defenseman playing tier two junior hockey<br />

in Wichita Falls, Texas. The native of St.<br />

Petersburg, Russia had a good foundation<br />

of skills and as the saying goes in hockey<br />

circles, you can’t teach size.<br />

Coach Paul McFarland praised Keily<br />

and the hockey operations staff. “Doug<br />

and Darren worked hard on digging up<br />

information and finding the right player,”<br />

said McFarland. “Konstantin is a player<br />

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

every day. We like big defensemen and<br />

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

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 with<br />

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

and I knew it was going to be hard,”<br />

said Chernyuk. “Coach told me it was<br />

going to be much faster and I didn’t<br />

really understand the tactics but now I’m<br />

starting to know what the players will do<br />

and how they will play.”<br />

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

Russian was still looking for his first point<br />

but in a game against Peterborough he did<br />

manage to acquit himself well in an OHL<br />

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

who at 17 and 175 pounds isn’t yet the<br />

imposing rearguard he will eventually<br />

develop into, took on Petes’ rookie Ian<br />

McKinnon and managed to land a few<br />

bombs before the linesmen stepped in to<br />

break up the scrap. Neither player was<br />

injured and Chernyuk received a rousing<br />

ovation from the crowd and a generous<br />

greeting from his teammates when he<br />

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eturned to the bench five minutes later.<br />

Although Chernyuk wasn’t chosen<br />

based solely on his size or his physical<br />

game Coach McFarland sees tremendous<br />

all around potential for his rookie blueliner.<br />

“Like any young guy he becomes more<br />

and more comfortable with all parts<br />

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

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

can contribute including the physical<br />

game but we’re impressed that he’s come<br />

in and gotten better each and every day.<br />

Over time you’re going to see there’s a big<br />

upside to his offensive game.”<br />

While Keily and the management team<br />

are happy with Chernyuk’s continued<br />

improvement, they are also focused on<br />

Konstantin as he transitions to life as a<br />

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

it’s a new county a new everything,” said<br />

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

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

all our new and returning players. He’s<br />

got a bright future if he can keep trending<br />

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“The year before, we had travelled to<br />

United States to play a tournament in<br />

Scranton and they spoke to my dad<br />

after the tournament and said they<br />

wanted me to come and play for them,”<br />

he recalled. With his Russian hockey<br />

future uncertain, Chernyuk and his<br />

family decided he should make the<br />

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

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

Knights, the University of Maine came<br />

calling. Then the Bloomington Thunder<br />

of the USHL (the American equivalent<br />

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

span of time his career had taken an<br />

upward and decidedly American<br />

trajectory. The following year, after<br />

realizing that Scranton’s U18 team<br />

didn’t provide enough of a challenge<br />

Chernyuk moved to Wichita Falls, Texas<br />

to play with a tier-two junior squad<br />

in the Lone Star State. Meanwhile,<br />

Bloomington had expressed interest<br />

in the Russian youngster but they<br />

were also very clear that they were<br />

going for a championship and would<br />

be focused on older players. His best<br />

option seemed to be the NCAA route<br />

so he signed a letter of commitment<br />

to attend Maine and play for the<br />

prestigious Black Bears in Division 1.<br />

That’s when the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> entered<br />

the picture and after again discussing<br />

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

jump to the OHL seemed to make the<br />

most sense. “Me and my dad started<br />

talking about where should I go, what’s<br />

our next step. Go to the USHL go to<br />

Maine or go to Canada to play for the<br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong>,” he said. “We decided<br />

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hockey is better, the scouting is better<br />

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

made the decision pretty quickly.”<br />

Both Keily and McFarland are<br />

thrilled to have Konstantin in <strong>Kingston</strong>.<br />

His six foot five inch frame and<br />

matching reach gives the <strong>Frontenacs</strong>’<br />

defensive corps something they haven’t<br />

had since Erik Gudbranson departed<br />

for the NHL in the fall of 20<strong>11</strong>. While<br />

this young Russian has a long way<br />

to go to match the contributions that<br />

Gudbranson made to the team, the<br />

continuing improvement Chernyuk<br />

has shown with each game is a sign of<br />

good things to come. “A lot of times it<br />

takes until Christmas for new players to<br />

start to feel confident in what they can<br />

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

starting to show that confidence.”<br />

Chernyuk admits he’s especially<br />

looking forward to Christmas this year<br />

not just to reach another benchmark of<br />

performance or to celebrate the holiday<br />

but because his parents are coming for<br />

an extended visit. “My mom and dad<br />

are coming in <strong>December</strong> and they’ll<br />

stay and see a few games in the New<br />

Year,” he said with a smile. “I really<br />

miss my family and my friends that<br />

I grew up with and I miss my mom’s<br />

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

that my mom would always cook for<br />

me.”<br />

With home cooking on the horizon<br />

and a boundless potential, Chernyuk’s<br />

hockey future which only last year<br />

appeared to be south of the 49th<br />

parallel is now shining brightly with a<br />

decidedly Black and Gold glow. KF<br />

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LISTEN TO JIM GILCHRIST LIVE INSIDE<br />

ROGERS K-ROCK CENTRE ON 90.1 FM<br />

LISTEN TO THE KINGSTON FRONTENACS, AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD, ON 88.7 MYFM<br />

ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE<br />

OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT<br />

HOME GAME 14 KINGSTON FRONTENACS VS. ERIE OTTERS ROGERS K-ROCK CENTRE<br />

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, <strong>2015</strong> 7:00 P.M.<br />

KINGSTON, ONTARIO<br />

GOALS - KINGSTON FRONTENACS<br />

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

GOALS - ERIE OTTERS<br />

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

PENALTIES - KINGSTON FRONTENACS<br />

PER TIME PLAYER MINS INFRACTION<br />

PENALTIES - ERIE OTTERS<br />

PER TIME PLAYER MINS INFRACTION<br />

THE NEXT<br />

FOUR HOME GAMES<br />

DEC 18 VS HAMILTON BULLDOGS<br />

DEC 29 VS OTTAWA 67’S<br />

JAN 01 VS PETERBOROUGH PETES<br />

JAN 08 VS OSHAWA GENERALS<br />

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3 WARREN FOEGELE<br />

5 LIAM MURRAY<br />

6 JACOB PAQUETTE<br />

7 NATHAN BILLITIER<br />

9 RYAN VERBEEK<br />

<strong>11</strong> 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 />

22 JAKOB BRAHANEY<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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4 TAYLOR EGAN<br />

6 JORDAN SAMBROOK<br />

7 CHRISTIAN GIRHINY<br />

8 JAKOB MAYENSCHEIN<br />

9 KYLE MAKSIMOVICH<br />

10 SHAUN BILY<br />

12 ALEX DEBRINCAT<br />

13 BRETT NEUMANN<br />

14 ERIK CERNAK<br />

15 KYLE PETTIT<br />

17 TAYLOR RADDYSH<br />

19 DYLAN STROME<br />

21 PATRICK FELLOWS<br />

24 DARREN RADDYSH<br />

25 TJ FERGUS<br />

27 JAKE MARCHMENT<br />

29 NICK BETZ<br />

36 RILEY MACRAE<br />

43 VANYA LODNIA<br />

44 TRAVIS DERMOTT<br />

20 JAKE LAWR<br />

31 DEVIN WILLIAMS


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 />

<strong>11</strong> 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.<strong>11</strong> 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.<strong>11</strong> 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.<strong>11</strong> 179 lbs. MAY 31, 1995 INVERARY, ON<br />

5 LIAM MURRAY LEFT 6.02 210 lbs. JUNE 28, 1997 ORLEANS, ON<br />

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

7 NATHAN BILLITIER LEFT 5.<strong>11</strong> 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 />

22 JAKOB BRAHANEY LEFT 6.01 171 lbs. MAR 26, 1999 HASTINGS, ON<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


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

7 CHRISTIAN GIRHINY LEFT WING 5.<strong>11</strong> 147 lbs. AUG 21, 1998 THOROLD, ON<br />

8 JAKOB MAYENSCHEIN CENTRE 5.<strong>11</strong> 175 lbs. APR 1, 1997 LANDSHUT, GERMANY<br />

9 KYLE MAKSIMOVICH LEFT WING 5.09 174 lbs. MAR 10, 1998 HAMILTON, ON<br />

10 SHAUN BILY CENTRE 5.10 185 lbs. FEB 22, 1998 DOYLESTOWN, PA<br />

12 ALEX DEBRINCAT RIGHT WING 5.07 160 lbs. DEC 18, 1997 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI<br />

13 BRETT NEUMANN CENTRE 5.09 165 lbs. FEB 15, 1999 TORONTO, ON<br />

15 KYLE PETTIT CENTRE 6.04 195 lbs. JAN 19, 1996 KOMOKA, ON<br />

17 TAYLOR RADDYSH RIGHT WING 6.02 202 lbs. FEB 18, 1998 CALEDON, ON<br />

19 DYLAN STROME CENTRE 6.03 194 lbs. MAR 7, 1997 MISSISSAUGA, ON<br />

21 PATRICK FELLOWS LEFT WING 6.03 200 lbs. JUN 17, 1997 MISSISSAUGA, ON<br />

27 JAKE MARCHMENT CENTRE 6.04 220 lbs. MAY 20, 1995 COURTICE, ON<br />

29 NICK BETZ RIGHT WING 6.05 226 lbs. JUL 18, 1995 MOUNT CLEMENS, MI<br />

36 RILEY MACRAE LEFT WING 6.01 191 lbs. MAR 28, 1998 DUNDAS, ON<br />

43 VANYA LODNIA CENTRE 5.09 171 lbs. AUG 31, 1999 NOVI, MI<br />

DEFENCE<br />

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

2 MITCHELL BYRNE LEFT 6.00 192 lbs. MAR 4, 1998 BRAMPTON, ON<br />

4 TAYLOR EGAN LEFT 6.00 184 lbs. JUN 9, 1998 CARP, ON<br />

6 JORDAN SAMBROOK RIGHT 6.02 186 lbs. APR <strong>11</strong>, 1998 MARKHAM, ON<br />

14 ERIK CERNAK RIGHT 6.03 217 lbs. MAY 28, 1997 KOSICE, SLOVAKIA<br />

24 DARREN RADDYSH RIGHT 6.00 192 lbs. FEB 28, 1996 CALEDON, ON<br />

25 TJ FERGUS LEFT 5.<strong>11</strong> 168 lbs. MAR 25, 1997 OAKVILLE, ON<br />

44 TRAVIS DERMOTT LEFT 5.<strong>11</strong> 207 lbs. DEC 22, 1996 NEWMARKET, ON<br />

GOALTENDERS<br />

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

20 JAKE LAWR LEFT 6.03 187 lbs. MAY 19, 1998 CALEDON, ON<br />

31 DEVIN WILLIAMS LEFT 6.00 174 lbs. OCT 30, 1995 SAGINAW, MI<br />

HOCKEY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND STAFF<br />

GENERAL MANAGER ......................................................DAVE BROWN<br />

ASSISTANT COACH........................................................... VINCE LAISE<br />

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER...................................ANDREW KUPNIEWSKI<br />

HEAD COACH................................................................KRIS KNOBLAUCH<br />

ASSISTANT COACH..................................................................B.J. ADAMS<br />

EQUIPMENT MANAGER.................................................. STEVE TUHOLSKI<br />

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4 CHAD DUCHESNE<br />

4<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: INVERARY, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 31, 1995<br />

HEIGHT: 5’<strong>11</strong>” WEIGHT: 179 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: TRADE FROM MISSISSAUGA<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

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

66 1 <strong>11</strong> 12 0 63<br />

5 LIAM MURRAY<br />

POSITION: 5DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: ORLEANS, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JUNE 28, 1997<br />

HEIGHT: 6’02” WEIGHT: 210 LBS.<br />

ACQUIRED: TRADE WITH WINDSOR<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

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

63 3 6 9 -8 99<br />

7 NATHAN BILLITIER<br />

7<br />

<strong>11</strong> ZACK DORVAL<br />

<strong>11</strong><br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: SPENCERPORT, NEW YORK<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 20, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 5’<strong>11</strong>” 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 />

3 WARREN FOEGELE<br />

3<br />

6 JACOB PAQUETTE<br />

6<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 <strong>11</strong> 16 -3 26<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 <strong>11</strong> 16 +10 42<br />

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15 SAM FIELD<br />

15<br />

19 JASON ROBERTSON<br />

19<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 -<strong>11</strong> 19<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 />

21 RYAN CRANFORD<br />

21<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 />

17 JARED STEEGE<br />

17<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: COBDEN, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 7, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 5’<strong>11</strong>” WEIGHT: 198 lbs.<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH NORTH BAY<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

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

67 <strong>11</strong> 12 23 -1 34<br />

20 ROLAND MCKEOWN<br />

20<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 />

22 JAKOB BRAHANEY<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: HASTINGS, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MARCH 22, 1999<br />

HEIGHT: 6’1” WEIGHT: 171 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

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

36 8 23 31 -- 12<br />

23 ROBBIE BURT<br />

23<br />

24 GRAEME BROWN<br />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

24<br />

POSITION: DEFENCE<br />

HOMETOWN: HILLSBURGH, ONTARIO<br />

HOMETOWN: GANANOQUE, ONTARIO<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 29, 1999<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 16, 1996<br />

HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 209 LBS.<br />

HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 195 LBS.<br />

AQUIRED: OHL PRIORITY SELECTION<br />

AQUIRED: TRADE WITH WINDSOR<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

2014-15 SEASON STATISTICS<br />

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

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

64 26 27 53 -- 93 65 2 6 8 -19 82<br />

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37 STEPHEN DESROCHER<br />

37<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 />

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 />

POSITION: RIGHT WING<br />

HOMETOWN: MACOMB, MICHIGAN<br />

BIRTHDATE: MAY 21, 1998<br />

HEIGHT: 5’<strong>11</strong>” 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 />

67 LAWSON CROUSE<br />

67<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 />

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 />

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 />

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82 JUHO LAMMIKKO<br />

67<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 />

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 />

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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 />

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 />

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 20<strong>11</strong>. Gilmour coached the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> for two and a half<br />

seasons, before assuming the role of General Manager for the 20<strong>11</strong>-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.<br />

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A trio of <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> are off to<br />

Team Canada’s Selection Camp in Toronto<br />

for the 2016 IIHF World Juniors. While forward<br />

Lawson Crouse, as a member of last<br />

year’s gold medal winning team, looks to be<br />

a lock for this year’s team, Roland McKeown<br />

and Spencer Watson will both have to<br />

prove themselves at the selection camp.<br />

We caught up with three players just before<br />

they left for Toronto earlier this week.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Lawson, you were a member<br />

of the gold medal winning Team Canada last<br />

January. Can you tell us about that experience?<br />

Lawson Crouse: It was obviously a<br />

lot of fun playing in Toronto and Montreal<br />

in front of the home crowd. It was a great<br />

experience. We’re looking to bounce back<br />

this year and I’m looking forward to a great<br />

camp.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Roland, this was the first<br />

year you received the invite to the selection<br />

camp. What was the experience like getting<br />

the phone call asking you to come to camp?<br />

Roland McKeown: Obviously it’s a<br />

great honour, but that’s the small step. The<br />

big step is making that team. That’s my goal<br />

heading into camp, that’s my mindset.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Spencer Watson, you’ve had<br />

a lot of success with the <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong><br />

and on the international stage with<br />

Team Canada at the Ivan Hlinka and as a<br />

member of Team OHL for the recent Canada<br />

Russia Series. Do you think some of that<br />

success is what’s giving the scouting staff<br />

at Hockey Canada reason to keep an eye<br />

out for you?<br />

Spencer Watson: Yes. Any time<br />

you can play well in front of Team Canada<br />

scouts and personnel is huge. I felt like I<br />

played really well in the two (Canada Russia<br />

Series) games and I feel like that kind of<br />

helped my chances to get to the camp. Now<br />

it’s just one more step to make that team.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Spencer, how do you mentally<br />

prepare for a selection camp process?<br />

Spencer Watson: You just have to<br />

know that it’s a short period of time to show<br />

your stuff so you can’t really grip your stick<br />

too tightly. You just have to go out there and<br />

play your game. You’re there for a reason<br />

and they like what you bring to the team.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Roland, you lead the team<br />

as our captain. What experiences are you<br />

hoping to take away from playing with the<br />

best in the country and for that matter the<br />

highest calibre junior hockey players in the<br />

world?<br />

Roland McKeown: There’s lots to<br />

learn. That’s a once in a lifetime experience.<br />

I’ll certainly be learning on the go and<br />

I’ll bring back whatever I can to the team<br />

here. That’s what I’m looking to do.<br />

<strong>GameDay</strong>: Lawson, you are teammates<br />

and friends with Finnish forward Juho Lammikko,<br />

who happens to be heading to the<br />

Finnish selection process. And you’re both<br />

Florida Panther prospects. What happens<br />

when a teammate becomes an opponent?<br />

Lawson Crouse: I think that would<br />

be a lot of fun, but at the end of the day<br />

we’re both out there to win. It’s going to be a<br />

good game if we’re both there. We’re going<br />

to have to put that friendship aside. KF<br />

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Some 42 years ago the Ontario<br />

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

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

affair between the Limestone City and its<br />

junior hockey team.<br />

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

is somewhat confusing. In the late 60’s<br />

and early 70’s the Montreal Junior<br />

Canadians was a powerhouse team<br />

in what was then called Major Junior<br />

Hockey under the banner of the Ontario<br />

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 Junior<br />

Canadians moved with them and that<br />

opened the door for <strong>Kingston</strong> to begin<br />

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 franchise<br />

with new ownership and new players.<br />

They experienced all the growing pains<br />

associated with their rookie status in that<br />

first season, managing just 20 wins and<br />

finishing well out of playoff contention.<br />

In season two with promising<br />

youngsters like future Stanley Cup<br />

winner Ken Linesman and future NHLers<br />

Tony McKegney and Mike Crombeen,<br />

they took the eventual Memorial Cup<br />

Champion Toronto Marlboroughs to an<br />

8th and deciding game.<br />

Those were the days when each<br />

playoff series was decided by the first<br />

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

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

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

Napier wristed a shot by the Canadian’s<br />

goaltender but the puck appeared to hit<br />

the post. Michel Blais, a defensemen for<br />

that <strong>Kingston</strong> team was on the ice for<br />

what many <strong>Kingston</strong>ians still remember<br />

as a “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 Limestone<br />

City, that watershed moment when the<br />

upstart sophomore franchise took the<br />

vaunted Marlboroughs to the very edge<br />

of defeat stands as a turning point. The<br />

Canadians would go on to make the<br />

playoffs for the next seven seasons in a<br />

row. Along the way the franchise would<br />

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celebrate many achievements. They<br />

had scoring champions (Tim Salmon in<br />

1984) and the first OHL goalie to score a<br />

goal (Chris Clifford).<br />

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

Paul Coffey would even give the team<br />

a tenuous connection to the Hockey Hall<br />

of Fame when the Oilers and Penguins<br />

superstar was later inducted as part of<br />

the Hall’s 2004 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 />

hockey stalwart Wren Blair led another<br />

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change in ownership and a change in<br />

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The team rocketed from last place<br />

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looked back. While the team’s on-ice<br />

achievements have been up and down<br />

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 the<br />

aging <strong>Kingston</strong> Memorial Centre to their<br />

current home in the Rogers K-Rock<br />

Centre at 1 The Tragically Hip Way.<br />

With local boy and NHL Hall of Famer<br />

Doug Gilmour at the helm and secondyear<br />

coach Paul McFarland behind the<br />

bench, the team is looking good as they<br />

make their way through the <strong>2015</strong>-2016<br />

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, sniper<br />

Spencer Watson and Juho Lamikko will<br />

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Burt, Ryan Cranford and Russian import<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 ROOKIES<br />

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

1 Alexander Nylander Miss. Steelheads 33 21 28 49 6<br />

2 Boris Katchouk Soo Greyhounds 28 <strong>11</strong> 15 26 19<br />

3 Max Jones London Knights 25 12 <strong>11</strong> 23 47<br />

4 Dmitry Sokolov Sudbury Wolves 30 12 <strong>11</strong> 23 9<br />

5 Olli Juolevi London Knights 28 4 19 23 6<br />

6 Jason Robertson <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> 24 14 8 22 2<br />

7 Domenic Commisso Oshawa Generals 30 9 12 21 14<br />

8 Cam Dineen North Bay Battalion 28 3 18 21 8<br />

9 Alan Lyszczarczyk Sudbury Wolves 29 6 14 20 14<br />

10 Markus Niemelainen Saginaw Spirit 30 1 19 20 8<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 25 1397 649 598 51 1 2.19 0.921 21 1 1 0<br />

2 Mackenzie Blackwood Barrie Colts 24 1373 791 737 54 2 2.36 0.932 16 7 0 0<br />

3 Luke Opilka Kitchener Rangers 22 1327 643 590 53 1 2.40 0.918 17 3 2 0<br />

4 Tyler Parsons London Knights 24 1417 698 640 58 2 2.46 0.917 19 3 1 1<br />

5 Lucas Peressini <strong>Kingston</strong> <strong>Frontenacs</strong> 23 1367 691 634 57 1 2.50 0.918 14 6 2 1<br />

6 Justin Fazio Sarnia Sting 25 1503 664 600 64 3 2.56 0.904 14 10 1 0<br />

7 Leo Lazarev Ottawa 67’s 20 <strong>11</strong>44 549 499 50 2 2.62 0.909 <strong>11</strong> 8 0 0<br />

8 Jack Flinn Mississauga Steelheads 32 1888 993 910 83 4 2.64 0.916 17 12 0 1<br />

9 Matthew Mancina Peterborough Petes 19 <strong>11</strong>47 625 574 51 1 2.67 0.918 9 8 1 1<br />

10 Michael McNiven Owen Sound Attack 26 1477 749 680 69 1 2.80 0.908 9 10 4 2<br />

As of <strong>December</strong> 12, <strong>2015</strong> // Source: Ontario Hockey League

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