The Kitchener Jr Rangers MD Red team took full advantage of the powerplay with a commanding 8 to 1 win over the Brantford 99ers Sunday afternoon.
Four different Rangers found the back of the net with the man advantage in the game. Logan Duke had the first from Josh McDonald. Chad Morris scored from Jacob Reid-Brant and Caleb Cumming and then Reid Brant had his own goal from Cumming and Connor Coughlin. Evan Peori had the final powerplay goal from Matt Gallant.
In what turned out to be a spirited game, the Rangers were relentless on loose pucks and took full advantage of every mistake that mas made by their counterparts.
Cumming led the way offensively for the Rangers having back to back multi point games this weekend. On top of his 4 assists he had a nice goal from Gallant and Stephen Peppas in the second period. Coughlin opened the scoring for the Rangers from Kodi Blackshaw and Reid-Brant. Reid-Brant scored from McDonald and Cumming. Denver Heiman scored from Peppas.
Aiden Radatus continued to get the win in net for the Rangers. Radatus was tested early and often as the Rangers found their groove and traded penalties with the 99ers. In close, Radatus made 20 saves in total including some nice kick saves and steered pucks out of harms way to give his team time to get composed.
Jake Fisher and Quinten Earle were work horses for the Rangers. Both players led the way with their back checking and defensive responsibilities. Toby Pryce and Noah Park brought their steady calm presence on the back end and moved the puck with ease, including multiple regroups which fueled the Rangers offence.
All in all, the Rangers played a solid game but as always, the coaches have identified areas to clean up and more items to work on for practice. Next weekend the Rangers will face their rivals in Waterloo and head out to Sarnia for a pair of road games.
Go Rangers!