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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to the Armchair GM Sports Network.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Welcome to another episode of the Ohl and sixty podcast.
I'm Restmania along with Colin Ward. If you can see
Colin laughing on our video feed, that's because he is
too fired up for something.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Uh, but we've got Ohl action to.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Discuss for you here after weekend number two got wrapped
up on Saturday or Sunday, jeez, days of the week.
Grease grade one, figure it out be better, which is
a tease for a segment coming up later on. But yeah,
it's a week number two in the books for the
Ontario Hockey League. Appreciate everybody tuning in wherever you're listening

(01:36):
from and of course in video form on the Armchair
GM Sports Network. Jeez, it's a rough start for me.
Holy crap, I feel like the Tigers in September. This
is terrible. Oh my my god. Seven and seventeen in September.
That's how I'm talking right now. That is that's tough.
But we got the tie break over Houston the trash Bangers,

(01:57):
so we're uh, we're good to go. At least pumped
about the Jays even though they division.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
Hey for only the second time in the last ten years.
So it's a big day's.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Ay, first time ever, Tigers and Jays in the playoffs
for the first time.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, we did have research this afternoon. I think that's
why we've had it out on the Blonde moments here
at the start Reas, just because we had a lot
of research today with the last time the Tigers and Jas.
It's a big day.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, big.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
It was a big day yesterday for sure for the
Jay or Sunday for the J's here we go, call
him welcome to join the party. Yeah, it's emotions are high.
I mean I haven't I've never saw it at home
before them win anything at home, I mean other than
a Game five against Texas, which was a big deal,
I guess, but pretty cool. It's pretty cool that the

(02:48):
Blue Jays are now the runners. They own the American
League East, not the Yankees who blew a seven and
a half game lead.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
So fair you guys did tie.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, but I mean win head to head, win head
to head. Don't wait, you're right, don't get walked the
ball at shortstop like Jeter Junior shows how bad Derek
Jeter was. If you can't if you're calling him Jeter Junior,
like Yankee fans, you're an old franchise. I thought, like
I thought there would be something there to roll with

(03:20):
the punches. But come on, you had hopes for that guy.
He's got ninth on the Jays. Would you even play infield?
Andrea Ya Menez, who bat at two to oh eight
and Andres ye Menez is a better player and more
effective player at the major league level than Anthony Volpi.

(03:40):
Jeter Junior shows how bad.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Hockey Yep, clip it.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
Go Jays run the Al East. I can't wait to
play Boston in the a l B s can't wait.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
All right, So we've we've got a number of topics
to discuss on this week's show, including the headlines from
around the Ontario Hockey League. That's something we start out with,
well pretty well since the show started. So you know,
there was a trade that went down. The the GOAJE
dropped the OGE part or the jump part I've been

(04:14):
saying for the last five years. Yeah, it's now the
go HL. I'm gonna call it that, the go HL.
That's my thing. I'm gonna call it that the go HL.
That's a cool go hockey league, the GOCHELL, the go
Cell two time podcast Showdown champion, the Ohl and sixty podcast.

(04:35):
Not a big deal, but works still got the banners.
Yeah yeah, we were just going through the motions. So yeah,
we've got a number of topics to discuss. I mean,
Sudbury and London, the two winless teams are gonna discuss them.
You can see it up there, Terry O'Reilly's banner up
to the rafters in Oshawa. They're gonna run out of
room on top of the Tribute Community Center. Maybe the

(04:57):
renovation will give them a little bit more room. That's
the rafters. Yeah, yeah, they're gonna run out of space
pretty quickly. But Players of the Week announced as well
on Monday. Spitfires a Wagon I think, so we're gonna
talk about that for sure. Uh. Kitchen Rangers gwelf Storm
announcing honor or, hall of fame or I don't want

(05:20):
to say ring of honor that's not really a thing,
but the Legends of the Storm exhibit for the level
of legacy for kitchener I liked that they didn't put
level of excellence like the j's got to come up
with your own thing. The level of legacy I love that's.

Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, that's and that's so Kitchener like, that's so like
the Rangers, I mean the organization. We talked about it
last week, like they just get it. And I mean,
gwelf dude, Legends of the Storm. But the problem is
Legends of the Storm. The only negative is if you
look it up on the internet, it comes to like
a book. You gotta look up the storm hockey level
Legends of the Storm.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
If you look up colin Ward, colin Ward googling things
to make sure everyone has it correct when they look. Yeah,
you see, just be better. There's a few things we're
gonna air out that, uh, people need to be better.
That's uh, that's pretty well, it's that's what that segment's
gonna be. And then September champions month of September, of course,

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coming to an end on Tuesday. Power rankings come out
a lot of movement, to be honest with you. Two
teams move up quite a bit and some teams move
down or stay down deservedly. So so we'll touch on
that when, uh, when we get down to it. But
colin let's let's start with the the g O j
h L or now the g O h L. I

(06:41):
I mean, it's a thing I don't like the logo
and the biggest things and why is Yeah, it's a
little boring. Yeah, I'll give you that, But why do
you have to I get your an OHL Development League,
but why do you have to put that in your logo?
Don't you still want to be your own identity as
a league. I don't know why you have to put
OHL Development League in there. That doesn't make any sense

(07:05):
to me.

Speaker 3 (07:05):
I wonder if there's a lot of funning from the
Ohl involved in that lot, the naming right easily could
be you're right, like if yeah, Like, if that's the case,
I see why, But yeah, no, I agree with you,
like if like I said, it kind of takes away
of what the greater in Tario Ontario Junior Hockey League
used to be, you know, like what the goage was.
I mean, you grow up going to Junior B games.

(07:26):
I mean I remember going to a couple of games
in Branford when the Alexanders were there or not the Alexanders,
the Golden Eagles for going to cal Caledonia and you know,
like you you go to games there and they were
really good. And you go to London Washington Nationals play
and like that winter Hawks, it go, yeah, Saint Thomas
Stars and like those, you know, it's independent of the league,

(07:49):
right and like, yeah, kind of takes away from it.
It kind of takes for sure. But I uh, I
gotta see what behind the scene, what went on behind
the scenes here though, first, Like I don't, like I said,
I don't really know, like if it's something, if it's
one of those situations where the Interior Hockey beaks behind
it in the funding one than I understand. But yeah,
I like the history of the league, right, and it

(08:09):
kind of takes away from that for sure. But yeah,
the new era, a new era, Like that's kind of
a statement, you know.

Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah, yeah, like you said, it's like a sponsor field trials,
you know, helping fund the goaj I gotta stop doing
that funding the go then, Okay, that makes sense, but no,
that's our that's our idiotic government in Ontario here with
Dougie Donut. But uh no, I'm I mean, yeah, when

(08:38):
I started watching these games, like I said, it was
like Gulterina Gardens, the the Cambridge winner Hawks were around
when they still wore visors. I am still going to
petition to bring that back. They should be wearing visors,
not cages or fish bowls. But uh, you know, and
then there'd be the Gwelfh Hurricanes that were around. Obviously
the Kitchener Dutchmen were a team which they're now the
Air Centennials, and it's you know, it is a different era,

(09:03):
which is which is nice, different era players. You know,
it's a different way of playing the game than when
I was going to games in Gault.

Speaker 3 (09:10):
But well the way Chase.

Speaker 2 (09:11):
Changed a ton in total in a whole yeah, like
at the old days. Yeah yeah, the del High, Ontario, right, yeah, yeah,
the goage is no more. You said you have four
traffic lights? One got four?

Speaker 3 (09:30):
Now three four, five?

Speaker 2 (09:33):
Oh holy crap. Oh yeah, it's a big city, metropolis
of Norfolk.

Speaker 3 (09:41):
Oh yeah, it's a capital. It's It's pretty funny though
when I when I post about whatever American actor scores
a goal the del High Ontario and you know, go
on and on about the Del High Ontario. It's funny
seeing the comments when I call this city. But it's
what it is the future capital of Norfolk County. Well
it is capitol of Norfolk County.

Speaker 2 (10:00):
Which he's back, but all right, goages no more. The
go is the future. It's now the Greater Ontario Hockey
League for the Junior B loop in well, essentially southwestern Ontario.
I think the most eastern teams probably Calidan, I believe. Yeah,

(10:20):
I could be wrong, but I think it is. I
think it is.

Speaker 3 (10:24):
Yeah. Yeah, I don't have a map up right now.

Speaker 2 (10:27):
So say geography, that's tough, tough for us.

Speaker 3 (10:29):
Yeah, Fowls brother had a map, then I would be
able to. But no, I h no, I'm not gonna
write you on that one. I'm pretty sure it is
too Yeah.

Speaker 2 (10:40):
Next headline to get to. There was a trade in
the Ontario Hockey League last week. It was between Kingston
and Sarnia. So that's Kingston sending Ben Pickell to the
Sarnia Sting in exchange for a tenth rounder in two
thousand and nine. Uh, Colin ward are what do you

(11:04):
make of this trade?

Speaker 3 (11:05):
I would say, like the trade for Sarnia, it brings
in character Ben Pickles a high character guy. Right. I
think that when you watch the game on Friday night
and here Sarny you talk about the talk about the trade,
you know they're excited. They've heard great things from Kingston.
I know Jimmy Gilchrist on the game. They're on the
weekend talking about the trade mentioned on the radio about

(11:26):
the character that Ben Pickle had. I mean, it's a
tough loss, but the numbers being what the numbers are
for the situations, right, And that's what happens in the
Inentil Hockey League each and every year, and it's tough
to see guys go. It's a hard trade to make
for sure, and you wish if he was nineteen years
old instead it's twenty, you wouldn't have had to make
the deal, right, So it's one of those things. For
Kingston it's tough. At least he gets something for him

(11:46):
and for Sarny, I mean high character for a young
team that's kind of the same, you know, like Sarny
is one of those teams where everyone similar, Like they
were one of those teams that you watched last season
and you see it this year. Guys are the same,
you know, like they have a lot of guys that
are very similar games, a lot of the same styles,
same tendencies and so on and so forth. So I

(12:08):
think that I think it's a good trade for Sarnia.
You get in character and you'll never say no to
character in the room. And also I have a I
have a thing for Brandon great friend of the show. Obviously,
Josh Brown reached out last Wednesday after he's got he's
trying to help with the Al's brother situation.

Speaker 4 (12:28):
He came up with the BC great all right.

Speaker 2 (12:33):
Yeah, like, I don't mind that one more. Joss Brown
mentioned Farwell's gonna be thrilled. Yeah, oh he's gonna love it.
Shout out to Mike.

Speaker 3 (12:44):
To Mike's great but oh yeah yeah, but yeah, I
know Josh came up with the thing, so BC, that's
not a bad one.

Speaker 2 (12:52):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (12:52):
I guess b CAP.

Speaker 3 (12:54):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (12:55):
Do we just continue with the O G the B CAP?

Speaker 3 (13:00):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (13:01):
What do we think?

Speaker 3 (13:01):
I'm in from the clouds?

Speaker 2 (13:02):
What do you think? From the cloud?

Speaker 4 (13:05):
I don't care whatever you guys want.

Speaker 2 (13:07):
Oh man, we got to put it to a vote,
all right, man, I think.

Speaker 3 (13:16):
Yes, yes, it is PC becap, what is it other flow?

Speaker 1 (13:23):
I have something that had to be better than our
Twitter has to be better than that.

Speaker 3 (13:29):
Oh I'm getting devoted to the fourth line now I'm
in Treeve. Yeah, big time coming. Hey, mondays, faint mondays.
I know we record on a Monday night here. Mondays
are famous for conditioning skates to start the week, so
any of the guys gates, yeah, listening to this. There
was a recovery day today on Tuesday, which is good.
That's why we released on recovery days. Don't want to

(13:50):
do the the cardio days, the harder days.

Speaker 2 (13:56):
Yeah, yeah, we'll be all right though. It's okay. Three
teams naming their captains in week number two of the
Ontario Hockey League season. Cameron Reid is the sixtieth captain
in Kitchener Rangers history. The Kingston front Nact named Jacob
at Taglia captain of their team for this upcoming seaton
for this season. It's not upcoming, it's here. And then

(14:17):
the Steelheads naming Mason Zebeski captain for their squad for
this season. So congratulations to all three of them. They're
gonna wear the sea. I love the Rangers revealed by
the way, for Cameron Reid, just the see the sea
looks still looks sharp for the Kitchener Rangers. It looks unreal.
So that was a nice way to announce it for
the kitchen Rangers.

Speaker 3 (14:39):
Yeah, I know, and you think about Cameron Reid right
like growing up in Elmer, London Knights fan. Nice nice
captain of the Rangers, right, So that's pretty just like
that's a complete three to sixty from what you would
think from a growing up a Knights fan. But Cameron
Reid's a great choice, heck of a player too, and
my all account's a really good person. So get ad

(15:00):
for the Rangers and the captaincy and getting him back
and I mean the Rangers tough one on a tough
one on Saturday and owen sound but getting everybody back
here and look for them to join Winsor as a
wagon soon.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
Yeah, absolutely, and I mean we might as well get
to it then, early Wagons. This is kind of a
continuation of our overreaction Tuesday from from last week's show,
and it's something we like to do throughout the entire
early part of the season. But the undefeated Ottawa sixty
sevens at three and oh have a plus ten goal
differential through those three games. Winsor Spitfires are five and

(15:35):
zero to start their season. They've only given up four
goals in five games, which is one of the reasons
why Costanzo was Goaltender of the Week. We'll get to
that in a few minutes and.

Speaker 3 (15:44):
The own sound attack.

Speaker 2 (15:45):
My surprise team four and OH to start their year
a plus six goal differential for them. They're the last
team to not give up a power play goal the
own sound attack. They are at one hundred percent on
the penalty call right now.

Speaker 3 (16:00):
Watch, hey your PK right, your best killer's got to
be your goalie. And they got three of them looking
that are capable of leading to success for that team.

Speaker 2 (16:09):
Yeah. I mean, this might be a stupid question to ask,
but of these three teams, winsor I think is is
the clear. Yeah, they're probably gonna keep some sort of
pace like this up. They're not gonna win sixty eight.
If they do, then I will jump, but clip it.

(16:34):
I see. Yeah, Hey, that's all right, that's all right,
Caesars Arena, We'll be okay.

Speaker 3 (16:40):
Yeah, the road to sixty eight NO from the Ohl.
This graphic is iconic on a social media Great works
by the Ohl social media team here having fun with
the sixty eight NO teams. That's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (16:52):
Yeah, Sony, like I said, Windsor is probably gonna keep
up a really good pace. Again, they're probably not gonna
win every game, but but probably I don't think they're
gonna win every game. That's that's very hard but almost impossible.
But Ottawa and Owen Sound, is it just a matter
of time for them calling before things come back down
to earth? Do you see one of these teams maybe

(17:12):
keeping up this pace for a little longer? Like what
do you think of Ottawa and Owen Sound start because
we're gonna get to Windsor in just a second here, Well.

Speaker 3 (17:20):
I agree with you. I had Owen Sound as my
team to watch in the West, as my underachieving team
in the Western Conference. I think Owing Sound, I mean,
with the capabilities of their goaltending alone, are a home
playoff series type team. No lower than five in the
Western Conference without a doubt. But yeah, I think wins

(17:41):
You're out of the three Ottawa. I mean, it's again,
it's an interest situation. Ottawa's had a lot of guys
play well here at the start of the season for them,
which I didn't really I didn't expect. But obviously with
the location it's kind of hard to see their training camp,
but they obviously had a good camp and that goes
with their coaching, right, Dave Cameron, you know what you're
gonna get from Dave Cameron. You know, this structure that
he has in the teams that he coaches other than

(18:03):
the World Junior team, with players playing power play in
that debacle. But I think that I think that with Ottawa,
at the end of the day, you know what you're
gonna get from Dave Cameron, structure wise, like it or
hit like it, not like it, whatever, you know what
you're gonna get from Dave Cameron. And I think that
that's why it's not really a surprise see ottawall have
the success they've had here early. But I would say

(18:26):
out of the three it was kind of the least
likely to see Ottawa have this success. I mean me personally,
I didn't have them making the playoffs and obviously only
two weeks into the season. But for the Ottawa sixty sevens,
I mean, you got to be loving life right now
from what you've had currently on the ice, with the
way they're playing, in the structure that they're playing with,
you got to be a loving life right now. If
you're the sixty sevens and your coaching staff and Dave Cameron,

(18:49):
who is the ultimate hands on coach, right you know,
they're tinkering things, you know, I mean every all twenty
teams in the league, you're tinkering with things. But I
think that with Ottawa you can see it in their
lineup right now. And I mean they have a lot
of guys over a chief, so it's been a good
start for them. But we'll see what they like in
the last in the next two weeks, right two first

(19:10):
month of the season.

Speaker 2 (19:12):
Yeah, absolutely, So let's stick with the Windsor spit Fires.
I had already mentioned their u their unbelievable stat to
start the year. In their first five games, I've only
allowed four goals.

Speaker 1 (19:21):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (19:22):
Spellacy has been reassigned to the Windsor spit Fires from
from the Hawks, so that's another boost for the spit Fires.
And we're gonna tie a couple of topics in because
Winsor Brantford Saturday night. Adam Yurchik has been reassigned by
the Saint Louis Blues to the Branford Bulldogs as well.
Spitfires are on a roll heading into Branford. I mean
Branford has blown out their last two home opponents in

(19:44):
Peterborough and Sudbury. They get Peterborough again Friday before welcoming
Winsor on Saturday to the TD Civic Center. So the
spit Fires five and oho to start the year. One
heck of a start for them. Bulldogs two zero to
one only had one game this past weekend. But uh,
this is our preview. Essentially, we picked these two teams

(20:04):
being the OCHL Championship Series, and it's nice that most
the pieces will be back. We know there's still a
few bodies banged up for the for the Branford Bulldogs,
but regardless, this is this could be a preview of
the Oil Championship Series.

Speaker 3 (20:18):
Oh absolutely it could be. I mean, both teams have
definitely looked good here at the start of the year
for what they've had to work with. Lineup wise, they're
well coached, two organizations in effect. Obviously they have a
pass of meaning in spirit in a spirited head to heads.
Even in the regular season, they've had some big ones.
So it should be fun on Saturday night for sure
from the TD Civic Center. I think that winsor the

(20:41):
excitement to have a full lineup for windsor for you
gotta be excited, right Like they've went a little longer
than Branford has with where guys are with spellacy right
up in the air, like with the injury he had
started camp. I think that Winsor. I mean, you got
to be excited for that opportunity on the road to
right you get away from your home arena. It's a

(21:03):
character tester right away for your club. I think it's
a great measuring stick game for both teams, and I
know a lot of eyes around the league will be
on that to see to see what's gonna what the
results gonna be.

Speaker 2 (21:16):
I'm excited. I mean, I'm rushing from a Junior B
game to catch this one at four o'clock in Bramford.
But yeah, I mean, if there's not thirty two hundred
fans in the building, I'll be a little little upset,
but I expect there to be again. Winsor only comes
once too, so that's another reason to go see the spitfires.
If you are a Branford resident or a Bulldogs fan,
is these Western Conference team, these high powered offenses, the tough,

(21:41):
strong defense. This is your only time to try and
see them unless you make the trip to Windsor, which
isn't always fun depending on what time of the year
you have to go to Windsor.

Speaker 3 (21:50):
So yeah, last year, I remember that, Oh.

Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, oh, yeah, the uh, the shorthanded Bulldogs, to say
the least. Yeah, found a way to get a point somehow.
But yeah, oh yeah that game. Yeah yeah, that's how
everyone's reaction is pretty well to it. So yeah, it's uh,
it's gonna be exciting for sure, and I'm I'm really
looking forward to it, so and I know everyone else
will be. This will be one of the most watched

(22:15):
games probably this weekend. If we had a game of
the week, this was probably gonna be it. So it's
gonna be exciting on on Saturday. Again, that's four o'clock
start at the t D Civic Center. So from teams
on a high right now to start the season, we
go to teams that aren't doing so hot and the

(22:36):
two teams that have not won a hockey game yet.
And we're talking about the Sudbury Wolves who are four
and one and the London Knights who are oh to two.

Speaker 3 (22:46):
Going for the lottery, the lottery.

Speaker 2 (22:48):
They're going for the lottery. Yeah, but again this is
kind of part of our reaction. The nature on the
board in terms of points. Sudbury's got that one overtime
shootout loss, Lenon's got a couple of them, so game
of inches, yay. But let's start with the Sudbury Wolves.

(23:10):
Call and we saw them on Saturday in Branford, and
schedule makers a little mean to the Sudbury Wolves to
start things off. You go Winnesday, Thursday, Sarnia Friday, and
in Branford's Saturday against the team. Like I mentioned, the
Branford Bulldogs played one game and it was that Saturday
game against the Sudbury Wolves. So again we might be
looking a little bit too far into it. Their first

(23:31):
three and three came very very early. But is there
any concern from what we watched. We know it was
a high powered Branford Bulldogs team getting most of the
guys back. But the Sudbury Wolves have scored seven goals
in five games and have given up twenty six, Which
it doesn't matter what part of the season it is.
That's a bad five game stretch.

Speaker 3 (23:52):
Well I might as well get to it right now.
From later on the Sudbury Wolves because they were one
of the teams that I had to be better and Wolves,
I've already started four goaltenders this year in the five games,
four goalies. Not a lot of teams start four goalies
in the season. They've done it in five games. Like
that's hard to do. And here it is prioritize goaltending.

(24:17):
Prioritize it. I understand the start of the year.

Speaker 2 (24:20):
It is what it is.

Speaker 3 (24:20):
You're gonna get guys adjusted. I know that one hundred percent.
But that's my point is they haven't had a solid
goaltender in between the Pips since Uka Peka Lukenan. They
really haven't. They don't prioritize it at all. You look
at their drafting, right, their highest goalies draft drafted his
own Leonard in the fourth round, sixty six overall. Okay,
I see that right. But like Finn Marshall, I will

(24:44):
say he played the He played the best game of
his OLAHL career on Sunday and a seven to or
Saturday on a seven to two loss. He played a
heck of a game last year. He probably gives up
ten in that game. He looked really sharp. He made
five great a stage in that game. The seven to
two losses not on the goal tender in that situation
for Finn Marshall at all.

Speaker 2 (25:02):
He played great.

Speaker 3 (25:04):
The losses on the club. I thought last week the
Sudbury Wolves in Niagara got outwork like crazy by the
Ice Dogs. I thought the Ice Dogs young players, that is,
guys making their home debuts outwork, veteran players that were
on that were in the Sudbury lineup. That's that's kind
of my approach to that. The Edgar first goal, when
you look at the ford check by Reed, the turnover

(25:26):
right like stuff like that, those are those are things
that are it's gonna happen. You're gonna turn the puck
over for sure, but prioritize goaltending. They had a horrible
trade deadline last year and we already discussed that. I
don't want to broken record with that, but prior they
had a bad deadline last year and instead of going

(25:47):
out and maybe maybe trading two picks for a guy
named Braden Glassfie from Brampton and who knows if they
were involved in that or not, I hope they were
because that would have been a better ad than a
potential future overrager in in Noah Roberts and the guy
that every single team knew was going to n C
Double A and Henry Muse, every team in the in

(26:09):
the Antario Hockey League knew. That's the stuff that needs
to be corrected in Sudbury and by last year their
the backle at the trade deadline and that's what that's
why we will see what the results are this year.
But prioritized goaltending they have had, they have not had
a goalie that you could say you one hundred percent

(26:32):
trust other. But since Uka Peca Lucanan, you can honestly said,
and we talked about this off air earlier, Reese Troy,
Tim Panda the last one that really like before Lucanan
that you could other like other than Nukapeca Lucanan, all
as Ease was there like.

Speaker 2 (26:50):
Yeah. So so what we did earlier is we went
and looked at what what when When was the last
scholalie that played one hundred games for the for the
Sudbury Wolves. Get it out y there you go. Now,
lucan In was going to the NHL. He's only gonna
be here for one year. We knew that that that
was pretty obvious. But for the year, yeah, well yeah,

(27:16):
that that's exactly it. But like in terms of goaltenders
that played the most amount of games born two thousand
or later, that's Mitchell Weeks at ninety five games. The
next closest Nate Kachak at eighty eight. So then then
we went a little further. Okay, who's the last one
that played one hundred games in their Sudbury Wolves career?

(27:37):
And you have to scroll all the way back to
nineteen ninety born goaltender Alan Vaalacett, who played for the
Subbury Goals from six to two thousand and eleven. Yeah,
sick name by the way, had to get that in there,
but uh or sorry, sorry I screwed that up. He

(27:57):
is the further or he is the second most, the
next closest, or the most recent born in nineteen ninety nine,
jez Reese, get your math right. Nineteen ninety nine is
after you know, nineteen ninety good one. But that's Jacob
McGrath from twenty fifteen to twenty nineteen where he was
dealt at the deadline to the Nagarice Docks. That is

(28:18):
their last Subury Wolves goaltender to play one hundred games
in his Subury Wolves cut. And again, that doesn't I
wouldn't say it happens often for a lot of teams,
but there have been a lot of goaltenders who have
won a Subury Wolves jersey since then. It's it's been
a heavy dose of different guys coming. We saw Bisard

(28:39):
come over from the Q, one of the most awkward
goaltenders we've ever seen play the game of hockey. You know,
it just it just seems like it's a constant rotation
of just the next guy, next guy, next guy, next guy,
And it's like, okay, well, at some point you do
have to draft somebody fairly high to see if you
could have him around for four years.

Speaker 3 (29:02):
Yeah, maybe they have that now, but.

Speaker 2 (29:06):
When you have four goaltenders, your young guy is probably
the odd man out. So you know, it comes at
time I have to say, like, you know, Sudbury's not
going anywhere this year, started to break it to your
Sudbury fans, it's not going to happen. When do you say, hey, yeah,
we're we're going to start the young guy and give
him experience for the future when we're ready to win again.

(29:29):
I think that conversation is going to have to happen
around Christmas and into the trade deadline.

Speaker 3 (29:34):
Well you can't.

Speaker 2 (29:35):
You can't run four goalies, especially when three of them
are oh sixes. But you've got an O nine that
you drafted in the fourth round waiting to get his opportunity,
and if he's drafted in the fourth round, I would
hope you have high expectations and you would expect him
to be one of your goaltenders of the future. You know,
when do you make that happen? When do you make
Leonard you're number one? When do you put him in

(29:58):
on a regular basis? And again doesn't have to be regular,
put in fifty to fifty, But if you want him
to be your goaltender the next time you're ready to win,
he's got to play more than ten percent of the games.
You know, you would expect for him to And if
you got to make that decision, yeah.

Speaker 3 (30:15):
Yeah, like three zero six is and a No. Nine Yeah,
like you got you gotta make that decision soon, sooner
rather than later. And obviously you don't know what you
have until the fifteen twenty game mark anyway. But for Sudbury,
you hope they'll gets back healthy and you hope Walton
comes back ready to go because they need some help
right now for sure, because unlike London the team will

(30:37):
get you in a few minutes, Sudbury hasn't gotten those
guys in the lineup right, And that goes hand in
hand with it as well. I think you have a
different result in some of those games as well. You
think about the Sarnia game, right Like, there's games where
if you had those guys in the lineup, it's it
could be a different result you have. They have solid
players in prover Off looks good, Gone char looks good.

(30:58):
But those guys are Euro They're getting adjusted to the
game right like they have the pedigree for sure, but
they're getting adjusted to the game and ohl life. You
need your core back together here though, in Sudbury to
have the chance one hundred percent, I think their lineup
is better than what their record is right now in
my opinion, I really do. I think that if you
have a healthy lineup, other than their goaltending, I don't
trust their goaltending, and that's why I go to their goaltending.

(31:21):
I think with their lineup, it's a It's not a
team that's gonna win an HL championship. It's not a
team that's gonna have home iice advantage, but it's a
team that should be six to tenth in the conference.
I mean six is I could see as the ceiling
with a villain of healthy. He's a point of game
player Walton's a point of game player. I mean, it's

(31:41):
one of those teams though, Studbury, right, and it's been
like that for a while. When they're good, they have
four guys you know, that are point over pointed game
players that are contributing, right, But when they're not, there's
only two. And that's kind of what the Wolves have
been for the last little bit. But I think Studbury
could be okay if they get guys back and get
something figured out.

Speaker 2 (31:58):
I don't think they're good.

Speaker 3 (31:59):
Like I said, I don't think they're a team that
misses the playoffs, but I don't. But I also don't
think they're a team that gets home ice in the
first round either.

Speaker 2 (32:08):
Yeah, it's again, it's hard to You're right, there's two
big names that are missing out of the Wolves lineup.
So see, you know, take it with a grain of salt,
but you gotta get going, you gotta the guys have
to step up. They have five games.

Speaker 3 (32:25):
The next five games will be a tell tale for
their guys to see the adjustment period. You know, you'll
hope you see an adjustment period, right, But and then
after that you get guys in the lineup. You have
ten games to prove it, then you know what you are.
Then you know buyer seller. As you approach the deadline
and Christmas, that is in twenty games, then you kind
of approach that and you know what you have.

Speaker 2 (32:44):
You know what you are. Then next up the London
Knights two and two to start their season, only scored
seven goals in four games. Difference between them and Sudbury
is though the Knights have given up half the amount
of goals that the Wolves have. They've only give up thirteen,
which is pretty wild too. But I mean, we're probably

(33:06):
gonna overreact about the London Nights, I think, yeah, but
they're gonna figure it out, right, Oh.

Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yeah, remember I remember a few years ago they went
to the HL Final, right and they went on one
four them in Kitchener the the World's were ending in
our town and then London it was over. But yeah,
the Nights they'll figure it out. They have a loaded lineup.
I mean, the Sam Dickinson situation is what it is.
It's been on the wall for the last year about

(33:37):
him making San Jose. Their lineup is their lineup. I
think it's definitely good enough to be a top half
of a team of a league team. For sure. I mean,
you have potential goalie of the year in Medvedev who
already signed a contract in the National Hockey League as
a goalie, which is hard to do nowadays, like that,
as a goalie who's not a first round pick, sign
like that right away. So congrats Alexi on that. But

(34:01):
you have Jared Wooley, you have Henry Brestavitch, you have
Sam O'Reilly come back. You have a lot of pieces
here at potential. But they do have a lot of
guys that are making their debuts, right. They have a
lot of guys. They're top half of the lineup for
a lot of returning guys, but their bottom half are
a lot of new guys, right, So you're kind of
getting a little mix here, a little gel don't be
surprised to see Dale Hunter, who's been famous for this.

(34:23):
You might see a guy on each line with a
rookie this week coming into their games. I think they
win a game this week, for sure.

Speaker 2 (34:32):
I I really do.

Speaker 3 (34:34):
I think that this. I think the panic button does
not press for the lot of Knights until two weeks
from now, two shows from now. If they don't have
a win, well then it's panic time. But until then,
what's what's the worry about the London Knights. I mean,
the London Knights are gonna figure it out. They win this,
they win there, they win a game this weekend. They're
only two points out of first place. Probably, like it's early.

(34:54):
Like you win a game you're in last, you are.
You lose a game you're in last, You'll win a
game you're in first. That's just how it goes. Now
at the start of the year, the London Knights are
gonna be fine. You know, they're gonna be very skilled.
You know, they're going to have their imports come in
and be guys, they're gonna be fine the London Nights.

Speaker 2 (35:11):
So I agree.

Speaker 3 (35:13):
I think there's more panic on the Sudbury Wolves by
a large stretch over the London Nights. So the London
Nights there is no panic. I don't think there's any panic,
serious panic around the Interio Hockey League about the London
Nights either. I think it's all panic from media who
dream in the Midwest Division in while around the Interio
Hockey League in general, who dream of the lot of
Knights having a bad season and being in the draft lottery.

Speaker 2 (35:35):
But that's not the case. Yeah, another headline to get
to the Oshwad Generals. Like I mentioned, they're gonna have
to make some room in the banners or in the
rafters for the amount of banners that they're hanging up there.
Because Terry O'Reilly's number seventeen went up to the rafters
at the Tribute Community Center on Saturday Sunday. Sunday eighth
number to be retired by the Oushwad Generals.

Speaker 3 (35:57):
I can't believe so long.

Speaker 4 (36:00):
I've got a true take a while trivia question for
you guys. Who's the last player to ever wear seventeen
for Oshawa? Oh?

Speaker 2 (36:06):
Man Layton, No, it's not him, Is it Laighton More?

Speaker 4 (36:10):
Nope?

Speaker 2 (36:10):
Dang did it just happened?

Speaker 4 (36:12):
It was last season?

Speaker 3 (36:13):
Oh Torrance?

Speaker 4 (36:15):
Luke Torrance?

Speaker 3 (36:16):
Yeah, yeah, Luke Torrens so veteran for the Generals. Yeah.
Like Terry O'Reilly, I mean, what a career he had.
I mean, we hear stories about him. Obviously we weren't
born when he played in the NHL, but we hear
a lot of stories about him in the way, I mean,
the way he played go after anybody, right, the famous

(36:37):
quota don't have time to bleed with the Boston Bruins.
I know my dad's gonna like that one, being a
Bruins fan, Reed Duffy, the Bruins fans are gonna love
that one. In Oshawa for sure, along with Bobby Or
they've had some great Ruins.

Speaker 2 (36:47):
In But well, here you go, two hundred and ninety
eight penalty minutes in three seasons with the Oshawa Generals
four points in one hundred and fifty four games to
ninety eight. That's wild.

Speaker 3 (37:02):
He got drafted. He got drafted before the Leafs won
the Cup, and he was done before the Leafs want
won a Cup or after. But for Boston fans, they're
gonna love that comment.

Speaker 2 (37:14):
For the Leafs.

Speaker 3 (37:15):
But Terry O'Reilly, I mean, don't have time to bleed.
Don Cherry's a dream player to have other than Bobby Or.
He'll he'll do anything to win, right, Terry O'Reilly. That's
one thing that you think when you look up Terry
O'Reilly and you see his and when you see his
highlights on the ESPN Classics and when you look it
up on YouTube and stuff, that guy did anything that

(37:35):
I did anything and more to win, and no one
wanted to win more than him. I think that's pretty cool.
And the Oshawa Generals are who have had an historic
alumni association. I mean they're alumni is second to none
in the Aterio Hockey League. Really, it's like it's impressive.
So Terry o'reiley absolutely deserves to be up there. It's
a great speech that he had, and I think that
it's gonna be a it's gonna be pretty cool to

(37:58):
see who's next for the Ashwa general. See, it's a
tough it's a tough Rafters to get into. For the
amount of guys they have, it's tough to get your
number up there for sure.

Speaker 1 (38:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (38:07):
Yeah, like and that that makes you think. And and
again we're gonna be a little selfish here and talk
about the Detroit Red Wings, But the amount of time
that took for Federalf to get his number to the Rafters,
that's gonna happen this season in the Red Wings centennial here.
And I know there was a little the off for
sheet and all that crap, and then say, well, okay,
you got to learn to look past that because it's
you know, that organization. Then in the Detroit Red Wings,

(38:31):
it takes a lot to get your number retired, you know,
Gordy how Steve Eiserman, Terry Sachak, Nick Litchtrum, obviously Federoff,
now Red Kelly. You know it's it's not the Yankees.
We're not retiring one hundred numbers and putting it out
in center field. So it's a prestigious honor to have
your number retired by the Detroit Red Wings and by
the Aushawa generals because eight names like, yeah, that sounds like,

(38:57):
but it really isn't.

Speaker 4 (38:59):
Yeah, have a list, but I do have the break.

Speaker 3 (39:01):
Maybe out of the break, I could tell.

Speaker 1 (39:03):
Harry O'Riley was also the guy if you remember the
infamous Rangers and Bruins brawl with Mike Milbury.

Speaker 4 (39:08):
He was also Mike Milbury eating the guy with his own.

Speaker 3 (39:11):
Shoe that was climbing. Har Riley was in that too, So,
as I say, I could tell you too of the numbers.

Speaker 2 (39:20):
Four and eighty eight, Bobby or Linders, Eric Lindross Tavares, Tavaris, Yeah,
Jack Moore, Jack Moore, man, what a beauty. It came
to an Jackfish game this.

Speaker 4 (39:37):
Year, Big big, big, big Jack more guy.

Speaker 1 (39:40):
But it's Bobby or Red, Bobby or Red Tilston, Dave
Anderchuck Tony Tanty, Marks of Ward, Eric Lindross and John Tavares.

Speaker 3 (39:50):
Wow savvy, I mean Andrew Chuck, I mean yeah, like wow,
you after him? Yeah, you gotta have to be a to.

Speaker 4 (40:00):
Be up there in most player awards named after Red Tilson.

Speaker 3 (40:05):
Yep, yeah, yeah, like that's that's cool. Props to the
generals too for making it hard. I know they have
a lot of names, but it's just hard. Exactly, No, yeah, absolutely,
Like what is so if you play three seasons in
the Antario Hockey Let's say, cause if you're really good,
you're playing three seasons, maybe just two? How many? What

(40:27):
is the accomplishment nowadays to get your jersey retired in
the OHL? If you're playing two seasons, you get to
have two one hundred point seasons. In my opinion, I
get you with a chance to win a championship. Yeah,
like you would think that potentially Hockey Hall of Fame
has to be on there.

Speaker 2 (40:43):
I don't think it does.

Speaker 3 (40:45):
Yeah, Color Halse the exception to that.

Speaker 2 (40:47):
You win two Memorial Cups, Yeah, you're gonna have your
number retired if you were a point per game guy,
that makes sense. Yeah, Like, if you're really good and
you're projected to be a top five pick in the NHL,
and you're gonna go to the NHL that year after
you were drafted that that fall. Yeah, mcdavidred percent. He

(41:07):
played three hells hell of the seasons. Like mm hmm, yeah,
that that makes sense. It's weird, like you have to
have the discussion, should they wait until after their hockey
career is over or while they're still playing McDavid, I
think while he's still playing, Yeah, you could do that.
That's an easy one. Patrick Drew dot Yeah, those are

(41:29):
those are pretty easy ones.

Speaker 3 (41:31):
But I think.

Speaker 2 (41:33):
I think there's also a little there is a little
something to be had about the argument maybe they should
wait till they're playing careers over see how they do
at the next level because their hockey career, yes, it
technically doesn't start in the Ontario Hockey League. They've been
playing hockey since four years old and and trying to
work their way up to the OHL and then the NHL.
But I don't know, I think that could not be

(41:55):
a stipulation. But you think of some of the teams
that don't have any numbers retired, and I think for
US three specifically Bulldogs don't have any numbers were tired
right now. The ice Dogs don't have any number. Numbers
were tired right now. No, Niagara the first names that
come to mine or the Hamilton's, uh for sure?

Speaker 3 (42:13):
Yeah, yeah was there?

Speaker 2 (42:18):
Agazino was there for Haggy now has two cups? Or
does he have three? Three? Three? Yeah, he's got three?
Is that it? You have to say?

Speaker 3 (42:28):
How years in Niagara was for Haggy?

Speaker 1 (42:31):
Was in the career?

Speaker 3 (42:32):
Yeah, it was the whole career four years? Yeah, yeah,
so he had some big seasons.

Speaker 2 (42:38):
It's interesting to think about, like I think, I think
in the grand scheme of things, of the of the
of the franchise, a kill Thomas wouldn't be a bad number.
We'll see how he does in the pro ranks. But
he had one hell of a of an ohl career.
You know. In Brantford, I say, Nick Lartis wouldn't be

(42:59):
a bad idea one Bramford.

Speaker 3 (43:01):
Bramford is gonna be the first, the first Branford will
be the first person that's recognized. Is gonna be Michael
Annlawer in Matt Turk. It has to be it like before, Yeah,
but numbers, Yeah, but Michael Anlower brought hockey to Branford
after forty years, Like Mick Lanblower is not the owner

(43:22):
of the Bulldogs. I don't know if they ever go
to Branford.

Speaker 2 (43:26):
Probably not. It's a lot the city of Hamilton's pretty
crappy to the hockey team, So I don't think it
would have mattered who was owning the team.

Speaker 3 (43:34):
Yeah, valid, I just think that. I think Michael Anlower
has to be the first person that's recognized. And I
think with Matt Turk what he's done there. Obviously, Nick
Larkins with the seventy goal season is huge, but he
missed Steve Steve Stal but Steos is a Hamilton guy.
He has two ohlcham But that's where you have to
make That's where you have to make the difference.

Speaker 2 (43:56):
Is does it matter if it's Hamilton or Branford or
is it the Bulldog organization altogether?

Speaker 3 (44:01):
I think it does now. I think it does now.
It matters because they're not going back. You know, like.

Speaker 4 (44:08):
You you wouldn't recognize Logan Morrison an Arbor Jack Eye.

Speaker 2 (44:12):
Well that's a good barbur No, because he played half
a season. I don't think that.

Speaker 3 (44:17):
No, I agree with that. If you're gonna do Arbor
Jackie do make McTavish like Isaac Nurse.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
Yeah, true career there, right, Yeah, No, it's a good point, Brandon, Yeah, no,
it's it's a tough to it's a tough discussion, right yeah.

Speaker 3 (44:38):
No, like they say, like for them, it's interesting, Like
I mean, it's definitely interesting. Obviously be wanting a builder
up there. I mean London as Pete James, like longtime reporter.
I think, I mean with Don Cameron and Kitchener, I
think absoluer Branford has to be done. Mark it down

(45:01):
an effect Mike land Lauer, but I just think that
those I just think that that the impact that he's
had in Branford is huge. I mean, if you talk
about if you talk about Niagara, I know it wasn't
a good ending. You know, probably not gonna happen a
long time. What the Burg family bringing junior hockey to Niagara.

Speaker 2 (45:26):
Yeah, I think it's different. There was no championship, valid,
I think that's a big part of it. Yeah, conference championship.

Speaker 4 (45:38):
But I think this needs to be its own show discussion.

Speaker 2 (45:42):
I yeah, I agree. That's actually that's actually the top
two topics after our break lets on social media Rangers
are doing man. We should have a special retired numbers
special that'd be fun well that we could live. We'll
do live. We'll do that live one day.

Speaker 3 (45:58):
We could go on for hours about retirements, like every
single team, we can name someone right now that should
have the jersey retired in Belder for sure, like two
for each. Yeah, we could.

Speaker 2 (46:08):
Shut it out, absolutely absolutely. Yeah, that might be a
good idea for a live show one day. So we'll
keep keep your eyes posted. That might be something coming
up in the future. So before we do hit the
brake though, let's let's get to the players of the
week in the Ontario Hockey League and we're gonna start
with the player of the Week, Ethan Zada. He returns
from Tampa Bay Lightning camp and helps the Ice Dogs

(46:31):
sweep Michigan two games, three goals to assist for a
total of five points, also a plus six for the
Niagara Ice Dogs. That included a shutout of the Flint
Firebirds and a shootout win over the Saganaw Spirit which
seemed like everybody was gonna score except one Spirit and
the Ice Dogs prevailed in the shootout to the goaltender

(46:54):
of the Week in the Ontario Hockey League. It's Joey
Costanzo from the Winsor Spit Fires, a man who started
his career in Niagara. But he played two games. He
was two and zero point five goals against, average, nine
to eighty save percentage including a donut and forty eight
saves for mister Costanzo, So congratulations to him. Colin Ward,

(47:15):
we saw, we witnessed this in person. Caleb Malcultra Rookie
of the Week. He had five points in the Bulldog's
only game this week, was also a plus four, but
a line to definitely watch out for this season for
any fans around the Ontario Hockey League. Cooper Dennis, Kale
Malhotra and Aiden O'Donnell. All three of those guys, it's

(47:38):
hard to see them being split up anytime soon. So
if you get a chance when the Bulldogs are in
town or you want to make the trip to Branford,
that's a line to circle on your score sheet. So
eligible line, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, pretty much, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (47:52):
You're aft eligible line. They're they're yeah, they're clicking for
sure right now.

Speaker 2 (47:57):
Yeah. And then the prospect of the week Alex Forrest
from the Cambridge RedHawks, of course being coached by former
NHL or Todd Bertuzzi. He had a bole and four
assists in two games for the Cambridge RedHawks in the
Greater Ontario Hockey League. I got to see this guy
play with Saint Catharines as a sixteen before getting drafted,

(48:17):
and he might have been sixteen at the time, but
he uh, he was part of the reason and Saint
Catherines was a wagon. It's not just because of Forest,
but he was all over the Branford Titans in round
number two last year. Forrest was very dominant in the
in the Greater Ontario at that time. I can say
it at the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs and
and Forrest was a big part of why Saint Catherines

(48:38):
went all the way to the finals. And you know
they lost to Chatham, but but Forrest was a really
big piece for Saint Catharines in that in that playoff run.
So so congratulations to him. He's uh, he's humming to
to start his uh, to start his go career. He's
been really good for Cambridge. I shouldn't say started his career.
Career started last year, but to start his season he's
been he's been really good. So okay, that's where we

(49:01):
hit the brake when it's a little bit late in
the show. But oh well, who cares, we need some water.
We'll be all right. But the Wold Storm Kitchen or
Rangers are going to show off some history a little
bit more than they currently are. We'll get to that
coming up. Being better is a big topic of discussion
in the next segment, and then all the power rankings

(49:22):
are out, so we'll discuss that too. That's coming up
next here on the Ohl and sixty podcast.

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Speaker 2 (51:31):
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I'mries Domini. Thanks so much for tuning into our third
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We'll move on next topic of discussion, the Golf Storm
unveiling the Legends of the Storm exhibit essentially celebrate another
year hockey in the Royal City in the twenty fifth
anniversary of the Sleeman Center. Hey, that building does not

(52:15):
look twenty five years old. The model attached to it
looks seventy five years old. But other than that, the
arena looks pretty damn good. That ribbon, it's amazing. What
a ribbon does to to an arena, the fact that
you can light that thing up with ads like a goal, animation,
like penalty, whatever the case might be. So you know,

(52:35):
essentially this will this will show tribute to the Gwelph
builtmore Mad Hatters what a name name of course?

Speaker 3 (52:47):
And the Storm what's up? What if you're gonna do
one of those games this year instead of the jockstraps?

Speaker 2 (52:53):
Oh, the jocks drop uniforms. So that man that gets
that's part of this story. So uh and the so
I mentioned all those teams, the Matt Hatters played Storm
and the many players to don these jerseys over the years.
So does that include donning the jockstrap jersey? I'd mean

(53:13):
Jetluchenko was back for that, I think I think so, yeah,
I think he was, so I'm sure he'll be in
there one day. But uh, yeah, this is pretty cool
with the names, you know, thinking of guys that were
that were on the ice. Of course, Uh, Todd Bertuzzi
was there. You think of the Guelf stormline that the
Detroit Red Wings had Colin Not to say that all

(53:33):
three of those guys are gonna be there, but the
Robbie fabric p suitor, uh, Tyler Bertuzzi, all of those
guys there. Uh yeah, yeah, yeah it was yeah, Gary Roberts,
Jeff O'Neill, of course Ryan Callahan. So this is gonna
be pretty cool. I mean, if you think off the ice,
Larry Malott's gotta be number one, I would think, or

(53:56):
close to it. Yeah, the great former radio voice of
the of the gwell Storm. But you know, I think
every team's got to have something like this, you know,
I know, uh'd be awesome if Branford could Kitchener We're
gonna get to in just a second. London's got theirs,
uh their hall of Fame. You know, Niagara you've got
the Saint Catherine Sports Hall of Fame. But if he

(54:18):
had some sort of ice dogs thing once they hit
like twenty years or something, that'd be that'd be pretty sweet.
But you know, this is cool. This is this is
cool that the gold Storm are gonna do it. There's
not a ton of room in the Sleeman Center. I
know they're gonna do some renods, but this is gonna
be a really nice addition and and a really nice
spot to visit if they get the Memorial Cup.

Speaker 3 (54:37):
Yeah, no, it's a it's it's good. I mean two
men cup teams with with bids looking to uh looking
to update in the arenas in in a historic way,
you could say. And I think that this is a
good occasion. I mean, we know who the next group
is gonna be Drew Dout. He's gonna be the top
of that list. But I think that well, great players
and you know Gary Roberts, like, it's exciting to see Tabertzy.

(54:59):
That's cool. It's gonna be neat to see uh golf.
I mean, maybe Tom McCollum would be on there. Yeah,
I have a glove Storm hockey car to Tommy McCollum. Man,
he's had he had success.

Speaker 2 (55:10):
For the Storm. Oh yeah, like and then he was
the bright future of the Red Wings and then that
didn't work out. Yeah, but yikes, like.

Speaker 3 (55:19):
So many Yeah, yeah, no, that's pretty cool. That's neat
for sure.

Speaker 2 (55:27):
And then let's let's head up the road to kitchener
the Level of Legacy, And they've already got their first
two inductees. Pete de Boor and Brian Bellows will be
the first two into the Level of Legacy for the
Kitchen Rangers organization. So you know this includes banner installations,
video tributes, commemorative plaques. Essentially, there's a legacy committee that

(55:49):
will oversee future nominations to essentially ensure fairness for for
anyone to be honored this way in the Kitchen Rangers organization.
Pete de boor His in shrinement ceremony will be on
November seventh, and then Brian Bellows His will take place
on January ninth of twenty twenty six. So Pete Daboor,
I mean, that's a pretty good name to go in

(56:11):
first two Ohl Championships Memorial Cup. I means the most
successful GM and coach in Rangers history. So that's pretty
nice start for the Kitchen Rangers. The number of names
that are hanging from the rafters, Pete de Boer, I
would say, is a good first one for this for
this level of legacy.

Speaker 3 (56:31):
Yeah, I know absolutely, both guys Brian Bellows and Pete
de bore two staples in that Rangers organization at a
massive part of their success in building what the Rangers
are in their times there. I agree, one hundred percent,
two great guys to start it off here for the
Kitchen Rangers. I mean, it's a tough list to crack right,
it's hard to crack that right away. Yeah, great organization

(56:52):
like Kitchener. So congrats to those two gentlemen. That's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (56:56):
Yeh. All right, let's get to our probably favorite segment
early on this season of the Ohl and sixty podcast.
Be better, anyone out there, be better. We don't call
people out by name, but you know, be better. Just
just be better. We've already gone over Sudbury, so we're

(57:18):
not gonna worry about them. But that was a tough
looking arena in Kingston, both in their home opener and
this past week. Yeah, and they wanted a memorial Cup. No,
there's you know, there's a lot of things building wise,
logistics wise, location of the arena that go into into

(57:41):
getting awarded a memorial cup. Having fans show up, it's
a big part of it. And whether that's a Front
and Act fault, whether it's the City of Kingston, whether
you know, whoever's issue this is, it's got to be resolved.
The Front Nacts are or have too much history. The
City of Kingston has too much hockey history for that
building to be that empty for all. An opener for sure,

(58:01):
and then for the Sue Greyhounds coming to town. What's
going on. You've had a lot of this was you
were behind this one.

Speaker 3 (58:09):
They've had a lot of success there too, like team wise,
I mean obviously not winning like championships, but they've had
good players there. I mean they've had first overall picks there,
They've had first round picks there. Like, they've had good
players there, They've had talent. I think that obviously the
arena of the parking situation, I've vote in the cost
of it is something you can go to Ottawa for
less price if you're a front ENNACKX fan, right, Like

(58:31):
that's just the way.

Speaker 2 (58:32):
That's just the way it is there in Kingston. But
I think that I believe that was a senns game too.
That message we got that was going to a sales game,
not even a sixty sevens game.

Speaker 3 (58:42):
Yeah, Like it's like I just think with Kingston, it's
a really nice arena. I love the arena there. They
have a really good spot, cooler cool spot too. There's
no parking there. I like, I can't figure that out.
Like the parking situation there is very hard and that's
uh hefty price as well to park there for ohl market.

(59:03):
So it's it's unfortunate, for sure, a great arena. I
wish they would just do a little bit more with
the school, maybe deal with Queens a little more, like
obviously Queens being at the other side of the city
isn't ideal. But at the same point, like University town,
you have to you have to do that, you have
to have a good relationship with the university. So maybe
Kingston could could do that. But I'm more concerned about

(59:25):
the Kingston Front next attendance and I am Branpton and
teams that are also like that have also been a
focal point of attendance around the league, and I'm more
I'm more nervous about Kingston just because yes, it's happened,
it's been a thing for a long time. But at
the end of the day, we gotta, like we gotta
do better here, Like we have to do more with

(59:47):
the community, Like we have to let more people be
able to experience a front next game for everyone and
anything that starts with the university. But hopefully, uh, hopefully
that improves time. I want to see that building fall.
I've never saw it full. They have a sweet goal.
They looks like it sounds like, but they have a
sweet it's a great spot. I just hope that you know,

(01:00:08):
they can figure it out there. Yeah. Yeah, that's the thing.

Speaker 2 (01:00:12):
And we were talking about this beforehand, that you know, Brampton,
you're not going to Brampton expecting to sell out every night.
If no, if people thought that was gonna happen, whether
you're with the Brampton Steelheads organization or not, I mean,
you got just got to go look at the history
in Mississauga and how many sellouts they've had. You weren't

(01:00:33):
going to increase the chances of having one by moving
to Brampton or eight minutes up the road. So so
that that's not really part of this discussion. This is
more a market that's established in the Ontario Hockey League
for a number of years that you know, has had
not a ton of playoff success in the last ten years.

(01:00:54):
But you're right, called they've had great players, Like, yes,
you shipped off Jason Robertson at the trade deadline, but yeah,
Adam for most of his OHL career, Shane Wright was
a number one overall pick to case in front nacts
like you know a number of the number of players
have gone through King Yeah, like it's they've had a number,
and you've got arguably a top five broadcaster and NHL

(01:01:15):
history there in Jimmy Girl Chris. Now, there aren't a
ton of people going to games that's going on in
their ears when when they're when they're at the game.
Some people, I'm sure do, But yeah, I mean it
could be. You want to listen to Jimmy g at
home for sure. Absolutely could be. But I mean, yeah,
you would. You would think that we would see a
ton more butts and seats in that building. It's I've

(01:01:37):
never been. I can't speak on the experience of being
in the building. I can just go based off of
what you're telling me, Colin Ward, and that is outrageous
to park for an OHL game, especially when you think
about the Kitchen Rangers. It's free. When the spitfires, it's free.
Uh brain for bulldogs, it's free. Even at the parking
garage up the street. It's paid parking throughout the day
and I think at some point into the night. But

(01:01:59):
if there's bull then it's it's free. They free it up.
They want people to come to downtown, they want people
to spend money elsewhere then then on parking. So that's
a huge concern. Because twenty five dollars twenty twenty five
dollars for parking. Maybe you don't go for a drink
before the before the game, or go for an app
before the game, or whatever the case might be. You

(01:02:19):
don't go to a I don't know, choch key shop
or something before it, Like I don't know, like you
know that that's twenty five dollars.

Speaker 3 (01:02:31):
You know, it doesn't seem like a lot, but in
the area, Yeah, there you go.

Speaker 2 (01:02:37):
So I hope, yeah, I hope they can figure it
out whether it's like and you mentioned Queens's you know,
all the way across town. But there's like some sort
of sort of shovel shuttle service where you get a
student discount for your ticket and you pay like I
don't know, five bucks to take a shuttle there and
back from the from the university. That'd be awesome, I'd go,

(01:02:58):
that'd be sweet. Are you kidding me? Like, if I
wasn't part of the Ice Dog's organization, was I was
in school, you for sure I'd be at at least
two three games a month just just because the OHL
is awesome. But you know, it is what it is.
But yeah, I mean, I don't know I don't know
who has to be better there wardy, somebody's got to
be a little bit better to try and get butts
and seats there.

Speaker 3 (01:03:19):
Yeah, I especially it was easier to attend a game.
I wish it was just more I guess smoother, a
smoother transition going to a game there.

Speaker 2 (01:03:27):
I wish it was easier and then might be better.
And this isn't directed at anybody in the OHL at
least early on this year. We'll we'll give you the
benefit of the doubt first year that Branford was in Branford.
But uh, let's let's stop calling Branford Brampton. You know, like,
come on, Branford's been in Branford longer than Brampton's been

(01:03:50):
in Brampton. What how are people still mixing this up.
There's been a few podcasts out there that have interviewed
a few players from the Branford Bowl Dogs, and there's
been some Branford Brampton slip ups. Come on, it's getting old. Now,
let's let's figure it out. This is your number three
in the Civic Center. We have plans to build a

(01:04:12):
new arena with shovels in the ground by as early
as this fall. Come on, let's let's be better. Let's
let's not get those two mixed up.

Speaker 4 (01:04:21):
Is it like Hamilton starting, Man, I know you guys
love that one too. The Hamilton that was tough.

Speaker 3 (01:04:30):
That still happens. That still happens a lot. BC, that
still happens a lot.

Speaker 2 (01:04:35):
But well, so, I don't think we need the Twitter
poll that was that was pretty uh nonchalant BC. So
I think we've made our decision. It's BC. I don't
think we need a Twitter poll now, thank god Brandon
was not for that. But uh put a picture of
the cap on there. Yeah, man, be cap.

Speaker 3 (01:04:57):
Photo on here or something.

Speaker 2 (01:04:59):
B now speaking, dang, I just did becap again.

Speaker 3 (01:05:02):
I gotta get used to it.

Speaker 2 (01:05:03):
But we'll be all right.

Speaker 4 (01:05:06):
I'm just the voice of God on your show.

Speaker 2 (01:05:07):
That's a fine for me. It's like, it's like, yeah,
that's it.

Speaker 3 (01:05:14):
It's like I fegar what movie it was, but I
who it was now, but I had maybe off air,
I'll remember it. But what I wanted to say, But yeah, no,
it's I like that term.

Speaker 2 (01:05:23):
BC. Yeah, BC, it is. We figured one thing out
on this show. Another thing we'll figure out. I don't
know if we're gonna figure it out or not. But
the power rank is the last thing we have to
go through before before we wrap things up. In quite
a bit of movement this week in the Ontario Hockey League,
the Attack sixty seven's climbing the climbing the ladder. And again,

(01:05:46):
if you're watching us on YouTube, you can see this
on your screen, but for anyone listening to us in
audio form, this is what things look like. Number sixteen.
They Brampton Steelheads do not move. The Peterborough Pizza at
fifteen they don't move either. Segan A Spear drop five spots.
They're fourteenth. Gwelf Storm drop two they're thirteenth. The Oshawa
Generals move up one spot to number twelve. The winless

(01:06:09):
London Nights minus six spots to number eleven. Part of
Overreaction Tuesday here on the Ohl and sixty podcast. Mean
wording it that way. Barry Colts down four spots to
number ten. North Bay Battalion down two spots to number nine.
Ottawa sixty sevens there you go, plus nine. They are
now on the top.

Speaker 3 (01:06:27):
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:06:29):
Yeah, they're undefeated, so they're number eight. Good for them.
Sue Greyhound's move up fairly decent Chunk two. They're up
three spots to number seven, Kingston Front n Acts up
two spots to number six, Owen Sound Attack up nine
spots as well. They're number five. Kitchener down to to
number four, Niagara up one to number three after they

(01:06:50):
swept Michigan Bulldogs up one to number two, and then
the winsor Spitfires do not move. They are the number
one team in the OHL Power rankings. You know what,
I I think this is the first time that I've
fully agreed with this list. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty close

(01:07:11):
to it. This is pretty spot on. Shout out to
the OHL for this one. This is very spot on. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:07:18):
No, I agree with you on this one too. Like
I think that like Ottawa wont sound, if you have
another week you move into the top five for sure.
Obviously on one sound a five. But for Autawa standpoint,
I think, if you have another good week, yeah, absolutely
moving to the top five and join those two other
undefeated teams if they remain undefeated.

Speaker 2 (01:07:32):
But no, I agree.

Speaker 3 (01:07:34):
I think I think it's looking how it should.

Speaker 2 (01:07:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:07:39):
Obviously in a month is when the debates start, and
that'll be uh, that'll be fun in the middle of
the pack because in another month, the top three teams,
you know, like last year it was London then everybody else.
This year, like this year, it's gonna be interesting. The
top three teams are gonna be an actual debate. It's
gonna be closer at the start of the year. So
it's exciting to see where things go.

Speaker 4 (01:07:59):
Yeah yeah, Windsory. I think Windsor plays two and three
this week.

Speaker 2 (01:08:04):
Yeah yeah, yeah, Thursday Saturday. Branford goes back to back
as well. They go Friday and and Saturday, both at home.
So that's two games in less.

Speaker 4 (01:08:15):
Than twenty four hours Branford's and Niagara next Thursday too.

Speaker 2 (01:08:19):
Yeah. Man, I can't make that one. I love ten
minutes from the arena. I'm not even gonna be there.

Speaker 4 (01:08:25):
So are we going to be number one by then?

Speaker 5 (01:08:27):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:08:28):
Uh, I don't know. Maybe Windsor goes on free fall.

Speaker 4 (01:08:34):
I'm not gonna put we in there. I'm I'm very nonpartisan.

Speaker 2 (01:08:40):
Good answer.

Speaker 4 (01:08:43):
Nobody knows what we meant.

Speaker 2 (01:08:45):
Yeah we what? No, we love it? Uh yeah. So
those are the power rankings after week number two in
the Ontario Hockey League concludes, and oh it's just week
number three coming up. This week. Everyone, We have appreciate
it as always for you, for you tuning in on
the Ohl and sixty podcast. Yeah it's we're again. We're

(01:09:06):
just getting started. Just week number three. We've got a
ton more coming up for you, another exciting week of
of OHL action. For you again, if if you have
some time to tune in, no bias whatsoever, tune in
to Windsor and Branford on Saturday four o'clock started to
TD Civic Center. That's gonna be a dog fight. That

(01:09:26):
is going to be a really fun game to watch.
And and if you do have some time, even it's
if it's for five minutes, I think that's gonna be
the game of the week. And I don't think it's close.
So that's could be a preview of the OHL Finals.
At least we think it is with with our preseason predictions.
So Windsor Branford, four o'clock on Saturday. As to everybody
tuning in via video or audio, thank you for listening.

(01:09:50):
We always really appreciate it, especially shout out to the
to the ogs. We hadn't done it yet, which is
pretty bad of us. We're pretty bad hosts for doing this.
Maddie Rowe Uh out West always appreciate the listen from
him and interactions on social Mediawitz always as well. Get

(01:10:11):
the messages on Twitter and and we have some good chats.
So shout out to Maddie and the brad for for
always tuning and for everyone else as well. If you
want to interact with us, for sure, our Twitter handles
are are on your screen right now. Although Collins doesn't
have an act so that's a fine.

Speaker 3 (01:10:27):
But well, I never I've actually never even changed it.
I mean, if you look up my name, it'll pop up. No,
I mean like as in, like when you tag someone
you have to put at and then the name. Oh yeah, honestly,
I'm hey. I was told just put in the just
put in the name of my Twitter.

Speaker 2 (01:10:45):
So I did. Oh so it's BC's fault, it's fult
it's on me. It's on me.

Speaker 3 (01:10:51):
I didn't think that. I didn't think it was a
big deal.

Speaker 2 (01:10:54):
No, nont know. I'm just yanking your chain. You're good,
but uh, we appreciate the listen every single week, Thanks
so much. Enjoy all the action this this uh this
week and this weekend around the Ontario Hockey League for
Colin Ward, I'm Reese Dumani, we will chat again in
seven days.

Speaker 1 (01:11:11):

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