Kitchener Rangers

Kitchener Memorial Auditorium

The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team, governed by a 40-person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers.

he roots of the Kitchener Rangers are traced back to the 1947-48 hockey season when the franchise was formed as the Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters. In 1960 the "Biltmores" as they were often called became the Guelph Royals. At the end of the 1962-63 season, a local business entrepreneur named Eugene George was approached by the New York Rangers about moving the team to Kitchener in hopes of building a more stable junior environment.
The team moved into the Kitchener Auditorium for the start of the 1963-64 season, which had previously been home to the Kitchener Greenshirts and the Kitchener Canucks. The Rangers were successful promoting the team in the community, drawing high attendance despite a poor first season. By 1968 the Rangers were a first place team that had reached the league finals twice.

Retired numbers
# 3 Scott Stevens
# 4 Al MacInnis
# 6 Paul Coffey
# 7 Bill Barber
# 19 Larry Robinson
# 21 Jim McGeachie
# 22 Gary Crosby

• from 1947 to 1960: Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters
• from 1960 to 1963: Guelph Royals
• from 1963 to present: Kitchener Rangers

• 2007-2008: OHL
• 2002-2003: OHL
• 2002-2003: Memorial Cup
• 1981-1982: OHL
• 1981-1982: Memorial Cup
• 1980-1981: OHL

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