Kitchener, Ontario.– An outstanding 16 previous Kitchener Rangers have ties to NHL Opening-Day Rosters, 13 of which are players and also three are on the bench as trainers.
There are 2 former Kitchener Rangers skaters on each of the Anaheim Ducks, Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues and also one former Ranger on six other NHL groups: Buffalo, Calgary, Colorado, Dallas, Detroit as well as Winnipeg:
John Gibson (Anaheim Ducks).
John Moore (Anaheim Ducks).
Jeff Skinner (Buffalo Sabres).
Nazem Kadri (Calgary Blazes).
Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche).
Radek Faksa (Dallas Stars).
Dominik Kubalik (Detroit Red Wings).
Jacob Ingham (Los Angeles Kings).
Mike Hoffman (Montreal Canadiens).
Arber Xhekaj (Montreal Canadiens).
Robert Bortuzzo (St. Louis Blues).
Logan Brown (St. Louis Blues).
Logan Stanley (Winnipeg Jets).
Three previous Kitchener Rangers instructors will certainly be on the bench this season:.
Peter DeBoer (Dallas Stars).
Steve Spott (Dallas Stars).
Mike Van Ryn (Toronto Maple Leafs).
In addition, 5 even more previous Kitchener Rangers have a high opportunity to see time in the NHL this season:.
Josh Leivo (St. Louis Blues).
Givani Smith (Detroit Red Wings).
Donovan Sebrango (Detroit Red Wings).
Michael Vukojevic (New Jersey Devils).
Riley Damiani (Dallas Stars).
The Kitchener Rangers return house to The Aud for a set of video games this weekened beginning Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.