2004/05 Archives

Rangers Alumni Now NHL Picks

Ranger Alumni Michael Blundon was selected in the 2nd Round of the NHL 2005 entry draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. He has also been invited to Team Canada's 2006 National Junior Team development camp in Whistler, BC. Hockey Canada's news release has full details on the invitation.

Former Rangers player Mark Fraser started the 2004/05 campaign with the Gloucester Rangers CJHL squad before moving to the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL in October.

Check out what Fred Sherwin from Orleans Online has to say about the two star prospects.

Shutron Joins Men's U18 Junior World Cup Team

Former Rangers player Ben Shutron was recently named to the National Men's Under 18 team that will be competing in the U18 Jr World Cup to be held in the Czech Republic August 9th- 14th . Full details are available from the Kingston Frontenacs website.

Rangers Represented at Under 17's

Both players have been drafted into the OHL. Stephen was selected in the 6th round by the Belleville Bulls, and Corey was drafted in the 8th round by the Oshawa Generals.

Gloucester Rangers Tournament @ Winterlude

Another successful Winterlude tournament has just wrapped up thanks to the hard work and dedication of the tournament organizing committee and team volunteers. Congratulations to all participating teams. Kudos to both the Minor Bantam 'A' and Major Bantam 'A' Ranger teams for winning their respective divisions. The Major Atom 'A', Minor Peewee 'A' and Minor Midget 'A' Ranger team all made it to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to Gloucester Rangers Major Midget 'AA'!

They clinched 1st place and represented the ODMHA at the Ontario Regional Midget 'AAA' Championships in North York March 28th to April 3, 2005. Way to go Rangers! Take a look at a couple of photos of our championship team. Picture 1 | Picture 2

Minor Midget 'A' Bring Home the Hardware

The Gloucester Rangers Minor Midget A team returned from the Humberview Huskies tournament with the Silver Medal. The tournament took place January 14th-16th. Nice job lads, and congratulations! Winning team photo is available here.

Gloucester Rangers Minor Pee Wee 'AA' Host Ukrainian Squad

The Gloucester Ranger Minor Pee Wee AA team were proud to host 16 players from the Sokol Kiev (Kiev Falcons) in the Ukraine during the Bell Capital Tournament. Read more about the experience! 

Moscow Silver Sharks Hosted by Major Atom 'AA'

On December 26, nineteen ten year olds from the Moscow Silver Sharks took a 30 hour trip to play in the Bell Capital Cup. Hosted by the Major Atom 'AA' Rangers, the Moscow Silver Sharks toured Parliament Hill, the Museum of Civilization and were guests at the Russian Embassy. The two teams played a mini-tourney at the Sensplex and also shared practices and scrimmages. Many of the Rangers and Sharks continue to share emails. The Rangers have been invited to visit Moscow in March of 2006. View a team picture of the Moscow Sharks!

Blunden Named Top Prospect

The Canadian Hockey League announced this afternoon that Erie Otters forward Mike Blunden has been selected to participate in the CHL Top Prospects game being held January 19th in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The game will showcase 40 of the CHL's top players that are eligible for selection in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. The players were selected by the National Hockey League's 30 teams.

More than 340 players have suited up in the CHL Top Prospects Game and gone on to be selected in the NHL Entry Draft, including all 40 players who played in the game last year. In its history the game has featured five players who were the first overall picks in the NHL Entry Draft - Chris Phillips (1996), Joe Thornton (1997), Vincent Lecavalier (1998), Rick Nash (2002) and Marc-Andre Fleury (2003).

A total of 16 OHL players are scheduled to take part in the game. Congratulations to former Ranger Michael Blunden!

Minor and Major Midget 'AA' All Star Games

The 2004/05 Minor and Major Midget 'AA' All Star games were played on January 22nd. Both games were played at Armstrong Arena. Congratulations to the Rangers players who were selected by Junior scouts to this showcase event:

Minor Midget: Corey Cowick, Travis Cullen (alternate)

Major Midget: Scott Ashton, Kevin Crepin, Danny King, Kevin Arruda, Andrew Dillworth, Kale Charlebois, Stephen Blunden, Connor Barrett, Chris Wardlaw (alternate)

Armstrong "Crush Space" now available to spectators for games!

Thanks to the efforts of Kenneth Gorman, a parent from the Major Midget A team, all spectators attending games played at Armstrong arena will no longer be crammed into the small lobby.

After feeling like a packed sardine every time he attended his son's game at Armstrong Mr. Gorman wrote to the city, then enlisted the help of Councilor Michel Bellemare to have the "Crush Space" opened at Armstrong arena. December 21st was the first night that the Rangers, their family and the visiting teams reaped the benefits when a bigger lobby was available to warm up in. ]

Mouthguards Mandatory For 2004/05 Season In an effort to safeguard players from concussions and other potential injuries, mouthguards will be mandatory for all players beginning this season. Effective August 21st, this also includes goalies.

ODMHA Code of Discipline

The ODMHA has released its revised 2004/2005 Code of Discipline.

New Executive Board Members Elected (June 2004)

At the AGM on May 4th, Helen Banning was unanimously elected to the post of President, taking over for Louanne Clitsome. Louanne has been an integral part of the Rangers over the course of the past 9 years, and her dedication is most appreciated by players, parents and Executive Board colleagues.

Also re-elected was Elizabeth Blunden, returning as Vice-Chair, Administration.

NHL Draft Former Gloucester Ranger Grant Clitsome was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets on June 27th in the NHL Draft. Grant, son of former Gloucester Rangers President Louanne Clitsome, was the 271st overall pick (9th round). Congratulations Grant!