Monday November 16, 2015

Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League, in association with the Canadian Hockey League, announced today that forward Aaron Luchuk of the Windsor Spitfires has been added to the Team OHL roster for the 2015 CHL Canada Russia Series.

An 18-year-old from Kingston, ON, Luchuk is playing in his second full OHL season with the Spitfires after being a fourth round pick by the club in the 2013 OHL Priority Selection.  In 21 games so far this season Luchuk already has a career-high 13 goals while adding six assists for 19 points.  On Sunday night he scored the overtime winner lifting the Spitfires to a 3-2 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

Luchuk will compete for Team OHL on home ice tonight against Team Russia in Game 4 of the CHL Canada Russia Series in Windsor.  He replaces teammate Logan Brown who is 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.