Playoff Recap: Kitchener Rangers Win 2026 Wayne Gretzky Trophy
A thrilling come-from-behind victory saw Kitchener dispatch Windsor in game five to advance to the OHL final.
The Wayne Gretzky Trophy is heading back to Kitchener for the first time in 18 years. The Rangers came into game five nervous, but grew into the game and dominated by the end of it, and came out victorious. They'll now await the winner of Brantford and Barrie as their opponents for the final, looking to win their first J.
Ross Robertson Cup since 2008. Here's all the action from a crazy game five. Windsor (4) - Kitchener (5) (OT) Christian Kirsch made 29 saves, including eight in OT, as his Rangers won game five.
(Photo: Natalie Shaver/OHL Images) It was a rocking night at the Aud. Though, it didn't always seem like it was going to be that way. Windsor started the game off hot, with Anthony Cristoforo scoring just past the midway mark of the opening frame.
They'd double that lead just 15 seconds later through Cole Davis. Two minutes later, it would be three, through Wyatt Kennedy's first of the postseason. At that point, it seemed as though the visitors were going to drag the series back to their barn, but that was when the hosts begun to turn it around.