The AudPod: Kitchener Rangers Podcast

We recorded this interview with Jack Pridham last summer, when the big question was whether he'd even come back to Kitchener. He told us he wanted to win. Spoiler: he did. Memorial Cup and everything. We're bringing this one back so you can hear the whole story fresh, knowing how it ends. Jack walks us through the NCAA rule change that sent him sprinting out of West Kelowna, the rookie lap at the...

Season Finale: OHL and Memorial Cup Champions Well the boys have done it! What a ride it has been! 22 games later they only lost 2 and came home with not one but both of the biggest prizes, OHL and Memorial Cup Champions. This is also the last AudPod of the season, although we won't be here weekly for the summer we do have a few things planned so stay tuned and subscribe so you don't miss out! Fol...

Memorial Cup Champions. Kitchener Rangers win the 2026 Memorial Cup. The Kitchener Rangers are Memorial Cup champions. The AudBalls watched it from the Aud with the whole community buzzing, and now they're here to break it all down in the final CarPod of the season. A 6-2 demolition of the Everett Silvertips in the Final, a double championship season complete, and Sam O'Reilly named Tournament MVP...

Instant Reactions to Game 3 vs. Chicoutimi We planned a short episode. Then Jordan Tourigny stomped on Christian Humphreys with his skate blade and the AudBalls had opinions. A lot of them. The Rangers won 3-2 and are going to the Memorial Cup Final, which should be the whole story, but Chicoutimi made sure it wasn't. Jack Pridham scored 21 seconds into the third to put Kitchener ahead for good, D...

Instant Reactions to Game 2 (Memorial Cup) vs. Everett  They told us the Silvertips would steamroll the Kitchener Rangers. They told us the WHL rep was the real threat. Well, the AudBalls are here to report that Everett did indeed get silver, because they got four goals less than Kitchener. Cameron Reid put up a four-point night, PridMoney potted two, and Christian Kirsch stopped 40 of those 42. T...

Memorial Cup Game 1 Instant Reactions vs. Kelowna The Rangers showed up to Prospera Place and immediately made themselves at home. Jason Hagholm joins the carpod as the AudBalls break down a dominant 5-0 shutout that was never really in doubt. Christian Kirsch was a wall, PridMoney had a goal and an assist as the First Star, and the Werewolf of London got on the board too. Also: we need to talk ab...

The Kitchener Rangers are OHL Champions and the AudBalls brought the Rogers TV Commentating crew along to celebrate. Dan Polischuk and Jason Hagholm join Justin and Andrew to break down all their favourite moments of the playoff run, hand out the OFFICIAL 3 Stars of the playoffs, and look ahead to the Memorial Cup in Kelowna. This is a trip down a very recent memory lane, and one championship is n...

Instant Reactions to Winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup CHAMPIONSHIP! The Coach formerly known as The Juice called it pre-season. Championship was the only measure of success this season. This team was phenomenal. The fans are phenomenal. The organization has deserved this after an 18 year drought. Winning feels good! Final CarPod! Follow us on ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠...

Instant Reactions to Round 4, Game 3 vs. the Barrie Colts Edwards' 4-Point Night Survives the Aitcheson Jump Scare (2OT) The game crawled through the first and second and then the third period just detonated. Six goals in under ten minutes, lead changes, Carson Campbell on the board (yes, the statue conversation is happening), and Dylan Edwards making it 3-2 with about 70 seconds left. And then Ka...

Instant Reactions to Game 2 vs. Barrie Colts The Rangers put up 59 shots. Fifty-nine. Ben Hrebik nearly stole the whole thing anyway, and a double minor late in the third gave Barrie enough runway to tie it with three seconds left on the clock. Then overtime happened. Kitchener launched 20 more shots at the Barrie net before Matthew Andonovski ended it at 18:03, calling it the biggest goal of his...

Instant Reactions to Game 1 vs. Barrie | OHL Championship Barrie came into the Aud less than 48 hours off a Game 7 home win, and the Rangers answered with a complete, composed 60 minutes. Andrew MacNiel, a defenseman who doesn't usually own the goal-scoring spotlight, put two past Hrebik and walked away as first star of the game. The penalty kill was a flawless 3-for-3. The powerplay? You can't di...

Series 3 Wrap-Up and Robertson Cup Final Preview The AudBalls are still picking their jaws up off the floor after the Barrie Colts clawed back from a 3-1 series deficit to stun the Brantford Bulldogs in Game 7 and punch their ticket to the Robertson Cup Final. Just when it seemed like Barrie might actually deserve some respect, they walked straight into the post-game press conference and proved ev...

Instant Reactions to Game 5 vs. Windsor Spitfires WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS. The AudBalls are back after one of the wilder games of this run. The Spitfires went up 3-0 in the first, Windsor's boogeyman Luke Ellinas started the comeback, and Dylan Edwards put it away in overtime. The Wayne Gretzky Trophy is in the building and nobody is touching it. The Rangers are going to the Robertson Cup Fin...

Instant Reactions to Game 4 vs. Windsor The day off worked. The Rangers came into Windsor and handled the Spitfires 6-3 with a four-goal lead that never felt in danger, even if the broadcast nearly put you to sleep. Windsor was handed seven power plays and scored on exactly none of them. Kitchener answered back with two shorthanded goals. Two. Luca Romano was the first star, Carson Campbell got th...

Instant Reactions to Game 3 vs. Windsor Yeah, Windsor wasn't getting swept. We knew that. Two dumb penalties to start the game made things way harder than they needed to be, and the Spitfires made Kitchener pay almost immediately. The Rangers still outshot them 23 to 17, Arquette was good, and the sky is not falling. Series is still very much alive. On to Game 4. Follow us on ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠...

Instant Reactions to Game 2 vs. Windsor Can we not just have an easy game? The AudBalls are back after another one that had no business being as stressful as it was. Windsor scored first, again, but the Rangers answered in the second with Sam O'Reilly's 12th goal in 11 games and Jack Pridham's shorty to go up 2-0 in the series. Then came 30 minutes of chippy, heated, borderline chaotic hockey with...

Instant Reactions to Game 1 vs. Windsor The Rangers took a wild one in overtime and the AudBalls are fully unhinged about it. Pridham with his first of the playoffs (called it), Bilecki adding to his highlight reel, Dylan Edwards doing Dylan Edwards things with another tip, and Christian Humphreys quietly putting up three assists like it was nothing. But when Windsor tied it up and OT loomed, you...

Kitchener Rangers vs. Windsor Spitfires, Western Conference Final Preview Round 2 is done and the Soo is on the bus. The Rangers, reigning Midwest Division champs and West Conference winners, are back in the Western Conference Final for the second straight year. Standing in the way is the Windsor Spitfires, West Division winners who just swept Flint without breaking a sweat. This is two top seeds,...

Instant Reactions to Round 2, Game 5 vs. the Soo Greyhounds Game, Set, Match: Rangers. The Rangers may have allowed an early goal, but after that it was all Rangers. Cameron Arquette continued the depth scoring trend, while Jared Woolley scored his first and Sam O'Reilly risked his peanuts to ice it. The Aud was rocking like the best barn in junior hockey and the fans let the officials hear it for...

Instant Reactions to Round 2, Game 4 vs. the Soo Greyhounds The Rangers drop a disappointing Game 4 on the road in the Soo. The AudBalls break down a third period collapse, the missed opportunities to close out the Hounds in the second, and a lack of intensity once Kitchener fell behind. And of course, the AudPod got a taste of what it's like to need a goal late when you're facing Carter George. S...

Instant Reactions to Round 2, Game 3 vs. the Soo Greyhounds Hlacar had a score to settle from Game 2, Bilecki might just be the best passer on this team, and Dylan Edwards had a casual hat trick that the announcers apparently forgot to mention. The AudBalls are back after another absolutely electric game, the refs are making up rules, and the Kitchener Rangers stay undefeated and take a 3-0 series...

Round 2, Game 2 Instant Reactions vs. the Soo Greyhounds Well if this isn't the best hockey you're watching right now, we need to know what is. The AudBalls are back after a 13-goal slugfest that had everything: Sam O'Reilly completing the hat trick (plus two empty netters for good measure), Dylan Edwards potting the game winner, and Jared Woolley taking out the trash. Soo players chickened out of...

Round 2, Game 1 Instant Reactions vs. the Soo Greyhounds The AudBalls called it, and Haeden Ellis delivered. Two goals, a first star nod, and a performance that had the Aud rocking on a Friday night. Justin and Andrew break down Ellis stepping into the spotlight, Alexander Bilecki quietly racking up two assists, and what was a genuinely great goaltending battle between Christian Kirsch and Carter...

Round 1 is in the books. Round 2 is on deck. The AudBalls close the book on the Saginaw series and look ahead to what's coming: the Soo Greyhounds are headed to Kitchener for Round 2 after knocking off the London Knights in five games. Sure, London losing is always a good time, but losing in five instead of seven? Couldn't have given us a little more rest? Doesn't matter now. The boys get into eve...

Instant Reactions to Game 4 vs. Saginaw, Series Sweep Justin is serving a one-game suspension, so Andrew brings in Babs to handle the instant reaction duties. The AudBalls break down a 5-1 sweep-clinching win that had a violent, chippy tone throughout, highlighted by a dangerous hit on Pridham and an emotional kneeing call on Hlacar-izard. Dylan Edwards finally breaks through with two first-period...