OK, so we screwed up our geography. The Road to the Memorial Cup doesn't run through Kitchener, but rather a couple thousand miles to the west. In Spokane, to be exact.
Well, figuratively anyway. And this afternoon, in what could very well be a junior hockey classic, the road will end in gold for the Kitchener Rangers or Spokane Chiefs.
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If, as they say, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, nobody has bothered to tell Mikkel Boedker.
On the cusp of realizing his NHL dream, Boedker's journey has taken him from Denmark to Sweden and now Canada where, under popular head coach/GM Peter DeBoer, he broke out with a stellar rookie season with the OHL's Kitchener Rangers.
So, boys and girls, let's talk about what we've learned so far in the OHL championship between the Kitchener Rangers and the Belleville Bulls?
Lesson #1, never count a team down 3-0 in a series out completely. Secondly, it isn't exactly Brian Burke and Kevin Lowe, but these two teams really can't stand one another. Oh, finally— and, pay attention, this is an important one — OHL jerseys are asbestos-free.
The hockey gods weren't looking too kindly on Kitchener Rangers fans last week.
When news came out that Steve Mason, a Columbus Blue Jackets prospect and hotshot Rangers goaltender, was going under the knife for a knee issue, you could hear the collective groan coming from fans and management.
It's a luxury few Junior hockey teams can boast, especially when they've got a guaranteed dance at the Memorial Cup.
Quality goaltending— a terrific platoon tandem at that — is what will lead the Kitchener Rangers to the promised land of junior supremacy.
