Rangers Rap

Fourth Line for Mac

Ryan MacLean joined Eric Ming and Zach Lorentz on the fourth trio at practice today.

Top line was Andrew Cresczenzi with Jason Akeson and Matt Tipoff

Second unit was Catenacci with Rieder and Landeskog

Third unit was Marcantuoni with Randell and Thomson.

Nine D on the ice, including Ben Fanelli for no-contact day.

Bank on TD

Cambridge's Taylor Doherty is the new captain of the Kingston Frontenacs.

Just back from NHL camp with San Jose.

The Storm has named overager Tyler Carroll as Guelph's new captain.

Rangers, of course, are in a holding pattern with the C while Skinner and Morin sort out their immediate futures.

Rangers add Hounds castoff

That's 18-year-old centre Ryan MacLean.

Two goals in 30 games last year. Reclamation project but younger brother of ex-Hound Brandon.

His dad scouts for the Rangers. Rangers say he'll play on Friday.

MacLean was in the house going over the team systems on Thursday morning.

Hello, Marty?

Keep an eye out for 6-foot-3 power forward David Pacan.

Cut from the University of Vermont for a conduct violation. He was the Catamounts top-scoring freshman last year. He's 19. Chicago NHL pick.

Ottawa kid. Used to play with Jason Akeson on the Cumberland Grads.

Might add nicely to the Rangers scoring punch up front.

IceDogs own his OHL rights. Late-round pick in 2007.

Hello, Marty? Spotter calling . . .

"He is where he is"

That's Toronto Maple Leafs vice-prez of hockey ops Dave Poulin.

More from Poulin on a certain Rangers property in Tuesday's Record.

Rieder Rattles Storm

By Jeff Hicks
Record staff
GUELPH
Tobias Rieder crossed over the blueline and blasted away.
His Kitchener Rangers were down by two in the third. Why not grip it and rip it?
The puck clanked off the cross-bar and rattled behind Guelph Storm goalie Brandon Foote to ignite a four-goal Rangers rally in Sunday’s 6-4 Ontario Hockey League win before 3,934 at the Sleeman Centre.
Rieder never saw his game-changing goal go in.
“I turned around and saw the ref,” said Rieder, an import winger from Germany.
“He points in the net and I start celebrating.”
And the Storm, who still led 4-3, went into an all-zones coma.
The building hadn’t been that lifeless since Guelph Mayor Karen Farbridge took the mic before the game and explained to the crowd how the three levels of government worked together to ante up the cash for the snazzy new video board at centre ice.
Rieder and Farbridge both Sominexed the joint.
Ten minutes after Rieder’s long bomb landed in the net, the Rangers led 6-4 thanks to two goals from Ryan Murphy and Matt Tipoff’s second of the game.
“There was a delayed penalty and I guess he was just trying to get the puck on net,” Murphy said of Rieder’s goal. “But it was a rocket.”
After the game, Foote still looked dazed from the turn of events.
He suspected Rieder’s shot glanced off the stick of a Guelph defender.
“It deflected off there and caught me off guard,” Foot said. “It’s hard to judge those, coming at you so hard and changing directions.”
The highly-rated Storm – let the firing watch on coach-GM Jason Brooks begin – had a miserable first weekend. Foote stole them a 3-2 home win over Owen Sound on Friday and were they were horrible in losing 8-1 on the Bayshore on Saturday.
Despite getting forward Taylor Beck back from NHL camp in Nashville, they blew it against the Rangers. They took bad penalties and handed Kitchener (two wins, no losses) three long two-man advantages.
The Rangers, who got centre Andrew Crescenzi back from Leafs camp, showed gumption in rallying from a 4-2 deficit after two.
“We talked about it after 40 minutes,” Rangers coach-GM Steve Spott said. “You can either roll over going into the third period or you can show some character.”
The Rangers, who host Erie on Friday, chose the latter.
jhicks@therecord.com


Rangers 6 at Storm 4
First period:
1. Guelph, Beck 1 (Latta) 7:59 (pp)
2. Kitchener, Tipoff 1 (Akeson) 9:25
3. Kitchener, Doornbosch 1 (Landeskog, Lowry) 13:23
Penalties – Landeskog, Kit (elbowing) 7:21; Latta, Gue (hooking) 17:18
Second period:
4. Guelph, Latta 2 (Campbell, Carroll) 7:08
5. Guelph, Holland 2 (Beck, Campbell) 16:43 (pp)
6. Guelph, McNaughton 1 (Campbell, Menard) 17:58
Penalties — Latta, Gue (high-sticking) 4:54; Maggio, Gue (delay of game) 8:08; Pedan, Gue (high-sticking) 8:50; Sol, Kit (roughing) 11:27; Latta, Gue (cross-checking) 11:32; McEneny, Kit (tripping) 13:14; Lowry, Kit (checking from behind) 16:17; Campbell, Gue (tripping) 19:29; Carroll, Gue (hooking) 19:55; McNaughton, Gue, Randell, Kit (fighting) 20:00
Third period:
7. Kitchener, Rieder 2 (Crescenzi, Sol) 3:24
8. Kitchener, Murphy 1 (Rieder, Doornbosch) 8:16 (2pp)
9. Kitchener, Tipoff 2 (Melchiori, Murphy) 9:31
10. Kitchener, Murphy 2 (Doornbosch, Thomson) 13:04 (pp)

Penalties – Landeskog, Kit (interference) :55; Holland, Gue (hooking) 6:26; Carroll, Gue (cross-checking) 6:32; Crescenzi, Kit (cross-checking) 10:32; Pedan, Gue (interference) 12:53; Tipoff, Kit (fighting, holding ), Campbell, Gue (fighting) 19:42

Shots on goal:
Kit 8-12-15 35
Gue 11-14-10 35

Goaltenders: Mike Morrison, Kit, Brandon Foote, Gue.
Power plays: Kit (2-9), Gue (2-7)
Referees: Sean Reid, Scott Oakman
Linesmen: Dustin McCrank, Ryan Park
Attendance: 3,934

Comeback!

Rangers 6 at Storm 4

First period:

1. Guelph, Beck 1 (Latta) 7:59 (pp)

2. Kitchener, Tipoff 1 (Akeson) 9:25

3. Kitchener, Doornbosch 1 (Landeskog, Lowry) 13:23

Penalties – Landeskog, Kit (elbowing) 7:21; Latta, Gue (hooking) 17:18

Second period:

4. Guelph, Latta 2 (Campbell, Carroll) 7:08

5. Guelph, Holland 2 (Beck, Campbell) 16:43 (pp)

6. Guelph, McNaughton 1 (Campbell, Menard) 17:58

Penalties — Latta, Gue (high-sticking) 4:54; Maggio, Gue (delay of game) 8:08; Pedan, Gue (high-sticking) 8:50; Sol, Kit (roughing) 11:27; Latta, Gue (cross-checking) 11:32; McEneny, Kit (tripping) 13:14; Lowry, Kit (checking from behind) 16:17; Campbell, Gue (tripping) 19:29; Carroll, Gue (hooking) 19:55; McNaughton, Gue, Randell, Kit (fighting) 20:00

Third period:

7. Kitchener, Rieder 2 (Crescenzi, Sol) 3:24

8. Kitchener, Murphy 1 (Rieder, Doornbosch) 8:16 (2pp)

9. Kitchener, Tipoff 2 (Melchiori, Murphy) 9:31

10. Kitchener, Murphy 2 (Doornbosch, Thomson) 13:04 (pp)

 

Penalties – Landeskog, Kit (interference) :55; Holland, Gue (hooking) 6:26; Carroll, Gue (cross-checking) 6:32; Crescenzi, Kit (cross-checking) 10:32; Pedan, Gue (interference) 12:53; Tipoff, Kit (fighting, holding ), Campbell, Gue (fighting) 19:42

 

Shots on goal:

Kit 8-12-15 35

Gue 11-14-10 35

 

Goaltenders: Mike Morrison, Kit, Brandon Foote, Gue.

Power plays: Kit (2-9), Gue (2-7)

Referees: Sean Reid, Scott Oakman

Linesmen: Dustin McCrank, Ryan Park

Attendance: 3,934

 

Storm strike for 3 in second

Rangers power-play is sputtering.

Holland, Beck, McNaughton. 4-2 for Guelph after two.

McNaughton fought Randell at period's end.

Rangers start the third on a two-man.

And I thought the Aud dashers . . .

...grabbed ahold of pucks and wouldn't let them go.

The Sleestack Pit dashers had more puck time than Eric Ming in that period.

Matt Tipoff and Jamie Doornbosch have the Rangers out 2-1.

Taylor Beck for Guelph.

Nothing like an appearance by the Mayor . . .

...to suck the life out of a building. Pretty dull start.

Thanks for Guelph Mayor Karen Farbridge for that explanation of the three levels of government working together to fund the new scoreclock.

Smelling salts, please.