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The Rangers swept Barrie 4-0 in the finals to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup . Christian Humphreys tipped in the game-winner in the third period of Game 4 and Sam O'Reilly (who won playoff MVP) added an empty netter to seal the 4-2 win . The Rangers finished the postseason with a 16-2 record which is absolutely dominant. Their last title was 2008-18 years ago to the day actually .

O'Reilly had 28 points (17 goals, 11 assists) in 18 playoff games . That's why he got the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award. Also, O'Reilly and blueliner Jared Woolley became just the second and third players in 1980 to win three straight OHL championships . That's wild. Kitchener now heads to the Memorial Cup in Kelowna starting May 22 . Does anyone think they can win the whole thing?

The full tournament schedule and field is finally set on the CHL site here https://chl.ca/article/tournament-field-set-for-2026-memorial-cup-presented-by-kubota-with-opening-game-scheduled-for-friday-may-22/ if anyone wants to check out the timings for the round robin. Does anyone think they can win the whole thing?

Rangers won the title and the city just won't calm down, fans stood in the rain until 2am to welcome them home. Now they're doing a whole rally before the team heads to kelowna. The golden keys are playing the mayor is gonna talk. whole team gets introduced one last time. Sam o'reilly won playoff mvp, 28 points in 18 games. Bro was just everywhere and the coach is finnish? first european coach to win an ohl title. that's pretty cool.

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When can we start to become concerned about the league and the product on the ice?

Any decent player is bolting to the NCAA.

How do you fix this?

More import players and lower the draft year by one year?

https://windsorstar.com/sports/never-in-my-wildest-dreams-did-spitfires-gm-bowler-see-belchetz-bolting-club-to-play-in-ncaa-for-spartans

/u/kwmiers28 highlighted an interview Jeff Marek had with Matt Andonovski which has actually been part of a larger series of interviews and features on the Kitchener Rangers that is worthwhile highlighting.

It seems Jeff visited the Aud earlier this spring and took the opportunity to do some more in depth interviews that give a great glimpse into the players in a way that you don't normally see in most hockey media. They've been filtering out slowly over the past several weeks, and there might be a couple more still coming (Bilecki's is new for me), but the whole series is really worthwhile to watch.

• Live From Kitchener with Rangers GM Mike McKenzie
• Built by Community, Defined by Culture: Kitchener Rangers Hockey
• Jack Pridham Interview: Michigan Goal, OHL Path & Chicago Blackhawks Future
• Cam Reid on the Kitchener Rangers, Being Drafted by Nashville & NHL Aspirations
• Sam O’Reilly on Memorial Cup Win, OHL Journey & Trade to Tampa Bay Lightning
• Matthew Andonovski on Ottawa Senators Draft Call, Kitchener Rangers Culture & His Wild Season
• Feeding the Kitchener Rangers with Alexander Bilecki