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• We service all makes and models
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• Our warranties will be clearly explained to you and will be honoured at every location, coast to coast
• Our promise is our sincere commitment to your satisfaction
• If the product is defective, the manufacturer’s warranty applied. If none is specified, we offer a one-year warranty on must installed products
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• A minimum labour warranty of 100 days/5500 km* applies to parts installed unless otherwise stated
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ETIQUETTE HOCKEY
While we score goals on the ice, our goal off the ice is to make sure all of #GensNation has the best game experience possible! We’ve made a list of some important reminders for all fans to keep in mind so that everyone’s night out is a special one.
1. WAIT FOR THE WHISTLE TO ENTER AND EXIT SEATING AREA
A lot can happen in a split second of hockey action – and we don’t want anyone to miss anything. Fans who move from their seat during play can block the view of an entire section of fans. Please wait until a whistle blows to make any move to and from your seats.
QUICK TIP - There will always be extended stoppages following the first whistle after the 14:00 & 6:00 minute marks of a period (unless there is an icing, goal, or the start of a power play – just listen for the buzzer!)
2. BE MINDFUL OF THOSE AROUND YOU
Trust us, we know the games will have you at the edge of your seat, but if you lean too far forward, you’ll block the view of those around you. There isn’t a bad seat in the building, so sit back and enjoy the game!
3. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PUCK
Things move quickly at our games, including flying sticks and pucks. Keep your eye on the puck at all times to avoid any potential injuries!
4. NON-SMOKING FACILITY
The Tribute Communities Centre is a non-smoking, no re-entry facility. Smoking of any kind, including e-cigarettes, on TCC property, is prohibited.
5. HOCKEY IS FOR EVERYONE
We don’t expect everyone to be best friends with the Petes’ fans – some things just don’t mix. But, we do think it’s pretty cool they’re coming to our building to enjoy the same great game we love. Please be aware of those sitting around you, including children and let the play on the ice do the talking. Abusive and inappropriate language will NOT be tolerated.
6. HAVE FUN
Get loud, cheer, and let your favourite team on the ice know you’re behind them – Afterall, hockey is the best sport out there.
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AROUND THE OHL
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
EASTERN CONFERENCE
NIAGARA ICEDOGS
PETERBOROUGH PETES
The Peterborough Petes had an interesting trade deadline bringing in over age forward Brady Stonehouse, while moving on from former Generals fan favourite Ryder McIntyre. The Petes have been playing a lot better of late going 4-5-1-0 in their last 10 games. A big problem that the Petes have been facing is their lack of scoring and ability to get it done on the powerplay as they are currently firing at a little over 14%.
The Niagara IceDogs have made a tremendous leap this year as they are riding high sitting first not only in their division but first place in the Eastern Conference picking up points in their last three games. Niagara was quiet at the trade deadline and that may have been the best move they could have made as their young core led by Kevin He and Ryan Roobroeck have seemingly figured it out.
Photo Credit: David Pickering
Photo Credit: Natalie Shaver
AROUND THE OHL
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
WESTERN CONFERENCE LONDON KNIGHTS
The London Knights are back to being the juggernaut that they have been as they sit first in the Ontario Hockey League. The Knights were also quiet at the deadline but active before hand signing NCAA player Blake Montgomery who has slid into the London Knights lineup seamlessly so far. With a handful of players making their way back from the World Juniors look for them to potentially kick things into another gear.
WINDSOR SPITFIRES
The Windsor Spitfires made a few small trades at the deadline bolstering up their young core in the hopes on a playoff push. The Spitfires have turned the script on its head this season having made the first overall selection in the OHL Draft last year, and now they sit second place in the league. Strong play from captain Liam Greentree and impressive rookie campaign from Ethan Belchetz has been crucial to their success.
Photo Credit: Natalie Shaver
Photo Credit: London Knights
ETHAN TOMS:
FROM SETBACK TO SUCCESS
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
Just a couple days after the shocking incident involving former NHL player Adam Johnson, Ethan Toms came face to face with the blade of a skate.
After two players got tangled in the neutral zone, Toms skated in before the player from Peterborough went down with his skate coming up catching the General in the face.
With the timing of it all, how could one not think the worst?
“We had a ceremony that night for Adam Johnson,” said the young forward. “So, the first thing I thought of was that and that’s why I panicked so much.”
The concern was shared by Head Athletic Therapist Shawn Winters.
“The Adam Johnson stuff just happened a couple of days before,” said Winters. “So obviously the big thing was just trying to get Ethan to calm down and then control the bleeding.”
The high emotions carried on as Ethan’s parents were at the game that night.
“They got me on the ambulance, and I remember my parents were down,” Toms shared. “They came down and they saw me, and they were just crying.”
But getting the injured Oshawa General to the ambulance was just the start.
“He had a facial laceration which was about six or seven inches long,” stated the athletic therapist. “A third of that was directly through the cheek. The back two thirds of it sliced a muscle that he had to get surgically repaired, and it also nicked a facial artery. So that’s why the bleeding was a little crazy. So, then in total he had, I think it was something like 142 stitches.”
Once it was all stitched up the journey back to the ice was on.
“It’s a pretty important face muscle.” said Winters. “We had to make sure that the muscle that got cut was functioning and working well again. He did have surgery on it, so it was attacked, but we just had to make sure it was strong.”
After that it was back to the ice!
“I remember being kind of nervous,” voiced Toms. “I don’t know, I just remember being very nervous and excited as well though because I had been off for so long. It was kind of a mix of excitement and nerves.”
From there Ethan was back suiting up for the Generals.
“When I first came back, it took me a game or two to kind of stop like thinking about it,” he said. “After that, I was fine!”
Toms has not looked back and shows no sign of fear in his game as this season the Gens forward has picked up career highs in points and goals having played less than half the number of games.
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PREVIEW GAME DAY
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
The Oshawa Generals Return to the Tribute Communities Centre to play the second half of a home-and-home with the Ottawa 67’s.
Oshawa got key contributions from a couple new faces as Andrew Gibson scored the game winner for his first goal as a General, while Noah Powell picked up an assist on the play for his first point in the OHL.
The Generals are first place in the East Division and second in the Eastern Conference sitting only one point behind the Niagara IceDogs. Oshawa has been getting closer to the team they want to be as they have seen a slight uptick in special teams while going 6-3-1-0 in their last 10 games.
Ottawa comes to town struggling of late and having traded the team’s top defenceman, Henry Mews, things will not get easier. The 67’s are looking to avoid missing the playoffs currently five points clear of the North Bay Battalion.
The last time these two teams hit the ice was Friday night and it was the Gens getting a goal in the final minute to give them a 3-2 win over the 67’s.
Oshawa got things started when Beckett Sennecke got his first of the game on the powerplay before Ottawa tied it up at 1-1. Sennecke would get another in the second period giving the Generals a 2-1 lead going into the third period.
Things were very quiet in the final frame until the final two minutes when the 67’s captain Luca Pinelli fired a shot from the point to tie the game at 2-2.
But with just 48 seconds to go Powell won a battle in the corner and it was Lauri Sinivuori finding Gibson who hammered it home making it 3-2 Gens.
RECAP LAST GAME
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH
WRITTEN BY: ALEX CHAMPAGNE
The Oshawa Generals travelled to the Nation’s Capital to face the Ottawa 67’s in the opening game of a weekend home-and-home series. Fresh off an impressive 7-0 shutout victory over the Flint Firebirds, the Generals aimed to carry their momentum into this matchup and they did, securing a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa 67’s.
The Gens’ lineup featured two new additions. Defenseman Andrew Gibson, acquired from the Soo Greyhounds earlier this week, made his debut, while forward Noah Powell, brought in from Ohio State University earlier in the day, took his place on right wing.
Oshawa Generals forward Beckett Sennecke got the game rolling midway through the first period, netting a power-play goal off a feed from Calum Ritchie, marking his 27th goal of the season. Ottawa’s Filip Ekberg answered back with just 20 seconds left in the period, sending the teams into intermission tied 1-1.
The second period offered limited action, but Sennecke once again scored his second goal of the night with five minutes remaining. His 28th goal of the season set a new career high and gave the Generals a 2-1 lead heading into the final frame.
The final frame remained scoreless until the 67’s captain, Luca Pinelli, tied the game with a power-play goal with just 1:21 left on the clock. Overtime seemed inevitable, but 30 seconds later, and with under a minute to play, Andrew Gibson delivered the game-winner. Off a setup from Lauri Sinivuori and Noah Powell, Gibson found the back of the net, marking his first goal as a General and Powell’s first OHL point. The play secured a thrilling 3-2 regulation win for the Generals.
The Oshawa Generals return to the ice this Sunday to wrap up their home-and-home series against the 67’s.
MID-SEASON RECAP
WRITTEN BY: BRAEDEN CARITO
Coming off the best season that the Oshawa Generals have had since 2015, making it all the way to the OHL Championship Series, they were faced with some big shake ups in the offseason.
With Minnesota Wild prospect prospect Rasmus Kumpulainen returning home to play after a season where he put up 28 goals and 28 assists for Oshawa, and New York Rangers prospect Dylan Roobroeck joining the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL, the OHL’s most storied franchise turned to a different direction. They made the blockbuster move to bring in former Attack captain Colby Barlow to put on the front end.
Not only was it Barlow who cracked the roster, they brought in import players David Svozil and Lauri Sinivuori. Also cracking the roster was Tyler O’Toole, Brooks Rogowski, and Isaac Gravelle as the backup goaltender.
Going 20-11-2-1 in the first half of the season, the Gens faced adversity multiple times- starting the season without key players as they were away at NHL training camps and head coach Steve O’Rourke being dismissed from his role after 30 games, to name a couple. But with all of the challenges they faced, they managed to stick to their winning ways of last season.
Not only did they go above .600 in the first half of the season, they hold one of the league’s top power play units with a 25.6% success rate. Contributing to the offensive success saw top prospects in Beckett Sennecke, Calum Ritchie, Luca Marrelli and many more play some of the best hockey in their career.
The Gennies have been able to find many positives through 34 games of the 2024-25 season, including sitting atop the East Division, and second in the Eastern Conference just three points behind the Niagara IceDogs.
Although the Eastern Conference has been a very talented group of teams all season, Oshawa has found ways to succeed and strive against some of the OHL’s top teams.
The start of the 2024-25 season held a lot of unknowns for 17-year-old Isaac Gravelle. After a stellar outing at the teams’ training camp in August, he finally got the call following a trade that sent goaltender Noah Bender to the Flint Firebirds on Oct. 28th.
In the eight games that Gravelle has been in between he pipes for Oshawa, he holds an impressive 6-1-1 record, picking up wins against teams such as London and Ottawa. His 3.79 goals against average goes to show that he stays ready for any time an opportunity may occur.
Should the Generals prepare for a solid second half of the season, being able to rely on a goaltender like Gravelle is crucial when it comes to depth and stability in big games.
ISAAC GRAVELLE CALUM RITCHIE
After netting his first career NHL goal with the Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie has proven on all stages why he was a no-brainer on draft nights, both in the OHL in 2021 and in the NHL in 2023. Tied for a team-high 17 plus-minus this season, Ritchie has shown that he is a key factor to the team’s offensive success on both ends of the ice.
Coming off an impressive 28-goal and 52-assist season, it would be tough for any player to top that. Ritchie has found his role within the roster, on the powerplay more specifically. With ten power play assists, his efficiency and sense of open ice within the special teams unit is just one of the many skills he is proficient in.
Ritchie, who has become a fan-favourite in Oshawa proved his top notch talent on the international stage as he earned himself a spot on the Canadian roster, including a nod as one of the team’s alternate captains for the World Junior Championships. After spending his Boxing Day and Christmas break in capital territory, an all-out effort from Ritchie is a necessity for the Gens in the second half of their campaign.
PUCKS IN-GAME
Every single Oshawa Generals home game is YOUR chance to bring home a piece of history. All 34 home games will feature unique warmup pucks specific to that night’s home game! While everyone rushes to the glass hoping their favourite player tosses one over, you can head to the back of section 112, or the Generals store inside Gate 1, after the warmup and grab your own puck fresh off the ice for just $10 dollars!
That not enough? Well, we’ve got more!
Authentic goal pucks are back again for the 2024-2025 season! After every single Oshawa Generals home goal, save for special player milestones, those pucks will be taken out of play and into the Generals team store available for purchase at the next home game. Each puck comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, inside a protective case. Want someone specific? Then don’t wait, cause these pucks don’t last long and are only available on a first come, first served basis.
BIRTHDAYS PLAYER
JANUARY
ISAAC GRAVELLE JANUARY 18, 2007
SHAWN COSTELLO JANUARY 20, 2007
BECKETT SENNECKE JANUARY 28, 2006
ETHAN TOMS JANUARY 19, 2006
CALUM RITCHIE JANUARY 21, 2005
WANT TO SEE YOUR NAME ON THE BOARD?
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REFLECTING ON THE GENERALS’ FIFTH MEMORIAL CUP
WRITTEN BY: TOMAS MORGAN
10 seasons ago, the Oshawa Generals won their fifth Memorial Cup. A team led by forward Michael Dal Colle, Cole Cassels and Tobias Lindberg finished 2nd in the regular season OHL standings behind the Soo Greyhounds. Just beneath the Generals in 3rd were Connor McDavid and the Erie Otters, who the Generals beat in their quest for the J. Ross Robertson Cup.
After beating the Otters in five games to clinch the OHL title, they went on to the Memorial Cup hosted by the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. The two other teams that won their respective leagues that year were the Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) and Kelowna Rockets (WHL).
The Generals went a perfect 3-0 in the round-robin, securing all six points and advancing directly to the championship game, where they played the Kelowna Rockets. The Rockets team featured current super-star, highest-paid NHLer Leon Draisaitl, and all-star defenceman Josh Morrissey.
But Oshawa took care of business thanks to undrafted training camp invitee Anthony Cirelli. Cirelli netted both Generals’ goals in the 2-1 overtime win to clinch the Memorial Cup.
Goaltender Ken Appleby saved 37 of 38 shots on goal and made several big saves in the win, including a breakaway save on Leon Draisaitl.
Draisaitl led the tournament in points, but he could not get his team over the finish line. Tobias Lindberg and Michael Dal Colle led the Generals in points, each registering five.
Ten years later, the Generals have the firepower and are hungry for another.
With NHL first-round picks Calum Ritchie, Beckett Sennecke, Colby Barlow, and Ben Danford leading the way, the Generals are among the favourites to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup. If they make the OHL finals, they will likely play the London Knights again, a favourite in the Western Conference, who they lost to just last season.
With the 2024 playoff run behind them and most of the Generals’ veterans returning, they are primed for a long playoff run and, hopefully, a trip to the 2025 Memorial Cup in Rimouski.
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MATT BEACHIN
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