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Kingston, ON – <\/strong>The Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club and General Manager Kory Cooper have announced the signing of Shane Roche to an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Frontenacs selected Roche with the 39th overall pick in the second round of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection. The 6’3”, 174lbs defenceman spent the 2025-26 season with the Toronto Marlboros U16 AAA program, playing in 31 games and collecting 5 goals and 8 assists for 13 points. Hailing from Markham, ON, he and his teammates would go on to play four games in the 2026 OHL Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Shane is a big-bodied presence who can do a bit of everything on the blueline,” <\/i>said Frontenacs General Manager Kory Cooper. <\/b>“He’s a left-shot defender with great feet that covers a lot of ice and possesses a good active stick when defending. He can make a good first pass and transition the puck effectively.\u00a0We’re excited to have him continue his development here in Kingston. We’re happy to welcome Shane and the Roche family into the Frontenacs organization.”<\/strong><\/em><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Roche joins Logan Prud’homme and Roman Vanacker as the third member of the 2026 Frontenacs draft class to sign his OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. Shane will wear number 83 for Kingston.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s so exciting,” <\/strong><\/em>said Roche.\u00a0“I’ve worked my entire hockey career for this moment. I just can’t wait to get started and do everything I can to help the team succeed.”<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stay tuned to Kingston Frontenacs social media channels for updates on training camp as they become available. Season Ticket Memberships are on sale now \u2013 don\u2019t miss your chance to secure your seats early and be locked in for 34 Frontenacs\u2019 home games and take advantage of perks and benefits only available to Season Ticket Members!\u00a0Click here for more information<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For media inquiries, contact:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abbey Johnson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Manager of Communications and Fan Experience<\/span><\/p>\n

Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club<\/span><\/p>\n

(613) 328-6787<\/span><\/p>\n

ajohnson@kingstonfrontenacs.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kingston, ON – The Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club and General Manager Kory Cooper have announced the signing of Shane Roche to an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The Frontenacs selected Roche with the 39th overall pick in the second round of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection. The 6’3”, 174lbs defenceman spent the 2025-26 season with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":212974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[532],"tags":[{"term_id":628,"name":"Shane Roche","slug":"shane-roche","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":628,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw","term_order":"4"}],"class_list":["post-212964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-shane-roche","category-532","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/07\/03095203\/Roche-Signing-1920x1080-1.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212964"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212977,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212964\/revisions\/212977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":212914,"date":"2026-07-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/?p=212914"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:00:00","slug":"roman-vanacker-signs-ohl-scholarship-and-development-agreement-with-the-frontenacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/article\/roman-vanacker-signs-ohl-scholarship-and-development-agreement-with-the-frontenacs","title":{"rendered":"Roman Vanacker signs OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the Frontenacs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kingston, ON – <\/strong>The Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club and General Manager Kory Cooper are pleased to announce the signing of Roman Vanacker to an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Frontenacs used the 23rd<\/sup> overall pick in the second round to select Roman in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection. Vanacker spent the 2025-26 season with the Brantford Titans U16 AAA program, playing in 30 games and collecting 30 goals and 40 assists for 70 points. The 5’9”, 177 lbs. forward from Delhi, ON would go on to add an additional 2 goals and 4 assists at the 2026 OHL Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Roman is a versatile player that can slot in anywhere in our forward group,” <\/i>said Frontenacs General Manager Kory Cooper.<\/b>\u00a0“He has a relentless compete level and is a high-character teammate who puts the team first. Offensively, he\u2019s an equally strong playmaker and goal scorer, but his overall 200-foot game has very good details for a young player. Roman possesses all the qualities that we look for in a player and we’re happy to welcome him and his family to the organization.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vanacker joins Logan Prud’homme as the second member of the 2026 Frontenacs draft class to sign his OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. Vanacker will wear number 71 when he suits up for the Frontenacs.<\/span><\/p>\n

“To hear my name called by the Frontenacs at the first in-person draft since 2000 was an honour,”<\/strong><\/em> said Vanacker.\u00a0“Kingston is a great city and all of the people that I’ve met in the organization so far have been fantastic. Kingston is the perfect place to play and I’m just so excited to start my next chapter.”<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stay tuned to Kingston Frontenacs social media channels for updates on training camp as they become available. Season Ticket Memberships are on sale now \u2013 don\u2019t miss your chance to secure your seats early and be locked in for 34 Frontenacs\u2019 home games and take advantage of perks and benefits only available to Season Ticket Members!\u00a0Click here for more information<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For media inquiries, contact:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abbey Johnson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Manager of Communications and Fan Experience<\/span><\/p>\n

Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club<\/span><\/p>\n

(613) 328-6787<\/span><\/p>\n

ajohnson@kingstonfrontenacs.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kingston, ON – The Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club and General Manager Kory Cooper are pleased to announce the signing of Roman Vanacker to an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The Frontenacs used the 23rd overall pick in the second round to select Roman in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection. Vanacker spent the 2025-26 season with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":212971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[532],"tags":[{"term_id":627,"name":"Roman Vanacker","slug":"roman-vanacker","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":627,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3"}],"class_list":["post-212914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-roman-vanacker","category-532","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/06\/02093344\/Vanacker-Signing-1920x1080-1.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212973,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212914\/revisions\/212973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":212957,"date":"2026-06-30T09:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/?p=212957"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:22:10","slug":"frontenacs-passing-on-2026-chl-import-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/article\/frontenacs-passing-on-2026-chl-import-draft","title":{"rendered":"Frontenacs passing on 2026 CHL Import Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kingston, ON \u2013<\/strong> The Kingston Frontenacs will be passing on the 2026 CHL Import Draft that is set for 11AM this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Frontenacs went into the draft holding picks No. 104, No. 150 and No. 165. Selections No. 104 and No. 165 were acquired from the Flint Firebirds as part of a pick swap completed prior to the 2026 OHL Priority Selection. Due to having two import forwards already on the roster in Tomas Pobezal and Alex Misiak and the rights to defenceman Adam Goljer, the club has made the choice to pass on all selections this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite holding just two active picks, the CHL Import Draft has become an important avenue for the Frontenacs to bolster their roster and build sustained success. In the last two seasons, Kingston has benefitted greatly from the contributions of several high impact import players, including Slovakian forwards Tomas Pobezal and Alex Misiak, Finnish forward Tuomas Uronen and defenceman Emil Pieniniemi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although just here for one season, Uronen and Pieniniemi played pivotal roles in the club’s resurgence and playoff success; also representing Finland at the 2025 World Juniors and capturing a silver medal. This past season, Pobezal and Misiak have continued that tradition, bringing skill, international experience and offensive production to the black and gold. <\/span><\/p>\n

All eyes are on Slovakian defenceman Adam Goljer to see if he’ll come over to Kingston this season after being selected in the 2025 CHL Import Draft. The recent second round selection of the LA Kings in the 2026 NHL Draft would be a highly touted addition to the Frontenacs blueline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kingston, ON \u2013 The Kingston Frontenacs will be passing on the 2026 CHL Import Draft that is set for 11AM this morning.\u00a0 The Frontenacs went into the draft holding picks No. 104, No. 150 and No. 165. Selections No. 104 and No. 165 were acquired from the Flint Firebirds as part of a pick swap…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":212961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[532],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-212957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-532","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/06\/30101823\/CHLImport-26-Cover-1920x1080-1-1.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212957"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212962,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212957\/revisions\/212962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":212951,"date":"2026-06-28T23:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/?p=212951"},"modified":"2026-06-30T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:19:06","slug":"kingston-frontenacs-send-eight-players-to-2026-nhl-development-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-frontenacs\/article\/kingston-frontenacs-send-eight-players-to-2026-nhl-development-camps","title":{"rendered":"Kingston Frontenacs send Nine Players to 2026 NHL Development Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kingston, ON \u2013<\/strong> Following the conclusion of the 2026 NHL Draft in Buffalo, eight members of the Kingston Frontenacs organization are headed to NHL Development Camps across the NHL this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Goljer (Los Angeles), Andr\u00e9 Mondoux (New York Rangers) and Matthew Minchak (Vegas) who were recently selected in the 2026 NHL Draft this past weekend will attend their respective club\u2019s development camps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gavin Betts (Tampa Bay), Nolan Buttar (Los Angeles), Alex McLean (Pittsburgh) and Vann Williamson (Vegas) have earned themselves free agent invites after strong showings this past season. <\/span><\/p>\n

Below is a complete list of Kingston Frontenacs at 2026 NHL Development Camps:<\/span><\/p>\n