Kitchener Rangers host Brantford Bulldogs in Friday’s home opener

The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on April 16, 2025. (Dan Lauckner/CTV News)

The Kitchener Rangers return to centre ice Friday night for their first home game of the 2025-2026 season.

The Rangers will face off against the Brantford Bulldogs at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium and marks the first of two matchups between the teams this season.

According to the Rangers organization, Kitchener has played Brantford 14 times since 2020, in which they posted a record of 7-5-2-0. The Rangers scored a total of 33 goals while only allowing in 25.

Kitchener has 21 returning players this season, along with newbies Avry Anstis, Weston Cameron, Evan Nicholson, Alex Forrest, Jacob Xu and goalie Mason Hriczov. Another goalie, Christian Kirsch from Basel, Switzerland, will also making his debut.

The Bulldogs, meanwhile, also have six rookies on their roster: Jeremy Freeman, Layne Gallacher, Caleb Malhotra, David Buchman, Gavin Christie and goalie Maksim Corovic.

Puck drop is at 7 p.m.

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Following Friday night’s game, the Rangers leave on their first road trip of the season. The team heads to Erie to play the Otters on Saturday, Sept. 20.

CTV Kitchener will be reporting live from the Aud. Watch Alexandra Pinto on CTV News at 5 and CTV News at 6.

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