Friday November 13, 2015
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League, in association with the Canadian Hockey League, announced today that forward Jordan Kyrou of the Sarnia Sting and defenceman Darren Raddysh of the Erie Otters have been added to the Team OHL roster for the 2015 CHL Canada Russia Series.
Kyrou, a 17-year-old from Toronto, ON, is playing in his second OHL season with the Sting and is eligible for the 2016 NHL Draft. In 16 games so far this season he has a goal and seven assists for eight points after recording 36 points in 63 games last season. Kyrou was a member of Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team winning gold at the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.
Raddysh, a 19-year-old from Caledon, ON, is playing in his fourth OHL season with the Otters. So far this season the rearguard has a goal and nine assists for 10 points in 15 games for the Otters after posting a career-high 48 points in 60 games last season.
Both players will compete for Team OHL in Game 4 of the series on Monday November 16 in Windsor replacing Alex Peters of the Flint Firebirds and Anthony Cirelli of the Oshawa Generals who are unable to participate due to injury.
The schedule for the 2015 Canada Russia Series is as follows:
Game 1 – Monday, November 9 at Kelowna, BC
Team WHL 7 vs. Team Russia 3 – Game Summary
Game 2 – Tuesday, November 10 at Kamloops, BC
Team WHL 4 vs. Team Russia 2 – Game Summary
Game 3 – Thursday, November 12 at Owen Sound, ON
Team OHL 3 vs. Team Russia 0 – Game Summary
Game 4 – Monday, November 16 at Windsor, ON
OHL @ Russia, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (Sportsnet Ontario, West and Sportsnet ONE, TVA Sports 2)
Game 5 – Tuesday, November 17 at Rouyn-Noranda, QC
Russia @ QMJHL, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario and Pacific, TVA Sports 2)
Game 6 – Thursday, November 19 at Halifax, NS
QMJHL @ Russia, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. P T (Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports 2)
The 2015 Canada Russia series is supported by CHL associate sponsors, BMO Bank of Montreal, Cooper Tire, autoTRADER.ca and Sherwin-Williams. All games will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.
For more information including how to purchase tickets please visit http://canadarussia.chl.ca.
