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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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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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Tom Morgan Courtice
Nina Romano Oshawa
Gayle Andrews Whitby
Penny Masters Oshawa
Jon Humphrey Whitby
Tammy Lee Hanlon Oshawa & Peterborough
Stephanie Gordon Whitby
Greg Lewis Newcastle & Courtice
Dean Yorke Oshawa
Mike Trevett Bowmanville
Karen Low Oshawa
Laura Carey Whitby
Tammy Segriff Oshawa
Carolyn Maugeri Ajax
Lisa Pearson Oshawa
AROUND THE OHL
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
PETERBOROUGH PETES EASTERN CONFERENCE
BARRIE COLTS
The Peterborough Petes have been playing some of there best hockey of late, going 5-4-1-0 in their last 10 games. Despite the run of strong play the Petes remain last in both the division and the conference with their special teams both sitting among the bottom of the league. Peterborough has gotten offence from Aiden Young as the centre has collected 19 points to lead the team this season.
The Barrie Colts are amongst the top teams in the Eastern Conference as they battle it out with the Niagara IceDogs for the top spot in both the division and the conference. Barrie has been one of the best teams this season at keeping the puck out of their net, allowing only 93 goals so far this season. Part of that success is in part to their penalty kill that has been operating at over 85%. The Colts have been able to continue their strong play despite the fact that they have two players away at the World Junior Championship.
Photo Credit: David Pickering
Photo Credit: Sam Hossack
AROUND THE OHL
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
WESTERN CONFERENCE OWEN SOUND ATTACK
The Owen Sound Attack have had a drop off since last season as they are now second last in the Midwest and are 3-7-0-0 in their last 10 games. The Attack have not had a lot go their way, but, they are a tough team to play and bring it on a night in and night out basis. A big part of their team is goaltender Carter George who is currently away playing for team Canada at the World Juniors.
FLINT FIREBIRDS
The Flint Firebirds have slowly been making their way up the standings in both the West Division and the Western Conference, with a 6-3-1-0 record in their last 10 games. Despite the climb in standings the Firebirds special teams have really hurt them so far. The powerplay ranks dead last in the OHL while the penalty kill sits at third worst. If they look to be a competitive team that is a clear spot they can look to bolster.
Photo Credit: Natalie Shaver
Photo Credit: Sam Buschbeck
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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22-13-2-1
Jacob Oster
Isaac Gravelle
Luca D’Amato
Fraser McDonell
Simon Wang
Anthony Figliomeni
Brooks Rogowski
Matthew Buckley
Harrison Franssen
Brady Smith
Luke Torrance
Luca Marrelli
Calum Ritchie
Tyler O’Toole
Dylan Roobroeck
Lucas Rodriguez
Tyler Graham
David Svozil
Shawn Costello
Colby Barlow
Lauri Sinivuori
Beckett Sennecke
Ethan Toms
Zackary Sandhu
Ben Danford
Owen Griffin
Noah Bender
Nathan Day 17-17-2-1
Blake Smith
Christopher Thibodeau
Jimmy Lombardi
Josh Colosimo
Jeremy Martin
Kaden Pitre
Hayden Reid
Matthew Mania
Karlis Flugins
Max Anderson
Connor Clattenburg
Jack D’Arcy
Artem Frolov
Matthew Wang
Alex Kostov
Rylan Fellinger
Cole Zurawski
Christian Colosimo
Nathan Aspinall
Nolan Collins
Evan Konyen
Urban Podrekar
PREVIEW GAME DAY
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
The Oshawa Generals return home to the Tribute Communities Centre looking to bounce back against the Flint Firebirds.
Oshawa is coming off a tough 7-4 loss after being up 4-1. The Generals remain in the top spot in the division but are just 5-4-1-0 over there last 10 games.
Flint is coming to town for their lone game in Oshawa of the season having dropped their last game in overtime to the Brampton Steelheads. The Firebirds have been making a push up the standings but their powerplay leaves much to be desired at 13.4%.
This is the second of the teams two meetings and it was the Flint Firebirds coming away with a 4-1 win in Flint.
It was all Flint, as they scored just 29 seconds into the game and added another in the first period.
To start the second period the Firebirds opened it to a 3-0 lead before Owen Griffin got one back, but before Oshawa could get anything going Flint added a fourth in the third period putting the game to rest.
RECAP LAST GAME
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3RD
WRITTEN BY: TOMAS MORGAN
The Oshawa Generals returned to the ice tonight and faced off against the Kingston Frontenacs. Coming into the contest, the Generals have beaten Kingston in five of their previous six games this season and would look to continue that trend on the road tonight.
Colby Barlow got Oshawa off to a hot start, scoring just 17 seconds into the game. A mishap in Kingston’s defensive zone led to Owen Griffin feeding Barlow, who got a lucky bounce off the Kingston defender’s stick and into the back of the net.
Oshawa had their first powerplay just five minutes later. Sennecke sent a cross-seam pass to Matthew Buckley, who made no mistake on the one-timer, 2-0.
Kingston scored a late-period goal to narrow the lead to one heading into intermission.
The second period started similarly to the first, with an Oshawa goal just 45 seconds in. A Luca D’Amato shot took a favourable rebound off the goalies’ pads and onto Owen Griffin’s tape, who snuck the puck under the bar, 3-1.
At the end of a Kingston powerplay, Sennecke was sprung out of the penalty box and dangled the opposition’s netminder to extend the lead to three. The Frontenacs Jacob Battaglia scored less than a minute later to make it 4-2.
The rest of the period was a stalemate until the Frontenacs scored a shorthanded goal with just 44 seconds left. The Generals once again went to the locker room up one after 40 minutes of play.
Kingston scored 2 minutes into the third period, tying the game 4-4. The Frontenacs took the lead on a goal from Ben Pickell with nine minutes left in the game, 5-4.
Oshawa pulled Jacob Oster late for the extra attacker but could not convert with the extra man. Kingston’s Cedrick Guindon and Matthew Soto potted empty net goals. Oshawa lost 7-4 and are now 5-2 against Kingston this season.
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.
Jacob Oster picked up right where he left off last season. Posting a .902 save percentage in 24 games through the first half of the season, the reigning OHL Goaltender of the Year has transferred his success over to 2024-25. With a 14–9-1 record and a 3.04 goals against average, Oster is at the forefront of the crease for a reason.
Watching his superstitious game-day routine, it is clear Oster has a burning desire to win. As he briefly mentioned at the SDPN (Steve Dangle Podcast Network) live recording in Oshawa, ON in October, his biggest goal this season is to lead the team to the Mastercard Memorial Cup in Rimouski, QC come June. He told the panel, “I feel it, and I know this team is more than capable of achieving just that.”.
Being ranked sixth in all-time wins for the franchise and the 13th best goaltender statistically in the OHL, any goal this team has is possible because of Oster. His success in the second half of the season will be crucial for the Gens’ success in securing potential home-ice advantage for what the organization hopes will be a ‘long playoff run’.
JACOB OSTER BECKETT SENNECKE
If you saw Beckett Sennecke’s reaction when he was selected third-overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, you wouldn’t have the same reaction looking at his first half of the 2024-25 OHL campaign - in fact, you wouldn’t be shocked at all.
Sennecke has really solidified himself as one of hockey’s rising stars, leading the Gens in goals (23), points (48), power play assists (12), insurance goals (4), and first goals in the game (3). He is on pace to crush his career-high in goals from last season with 27. In fact, Sennecke has nearly the same number of goals in half the amount of games this year. With numerous highlight goals reaching viewers all over North America on nationally televised networks, he has put himself on watch by hockey fans from all over.
Not only has Sennecke had a breakout season in 2024-25, he also received an invite to Team Canada’s training camp at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Ottawa, ON. He is a deal-breaking piece to the Oshawa roster and his success is a must if they hope to close out the regular season on a high-note.
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?
Are you or someone special celebrating your birthday with the Oshawa Generals? We’ve got the perfect way to celebrate! Request a birthday shoutout on our centre-ice videoboard. For a request to be guaranteed, it must be submitted 48-hours BEFORE scheduled puck drop. This means if a game is scheduled for a Friday night at 7:05 p.m., your birthday request needs to be submitted by Wednesday at 7:05 for it to be guaranteed.
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HOME AWAY FROM HOME
WRITTEN BY: CARTER SMITH
The Oshawa Generals have had players from near and far come and play for them over the team’s 87-year existence.
This year is no different. The 2024/25 Generals have players from overseas while others grew up just around the corner.
With this wide range let’s take a deeper look at who has travelled the farthest to be on the team this year.
ANAGRAMS GENS
CREATED BY: TOMAS MORGAN
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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
Call 905-433-0900 Ext. 2233 or Email mbeachin@oshawagenerals.com
