Mike Farwell

So here we sit on the eve of the Ontario Hockey League finals. After posting a record 53 regular season wins, and then storming through the playoffs with a 12-1 record to date, is it any wonder that the Rangers are one of the teams vying for championship? The ride of the 2007-08 season has been nothing short of remarkable.

And still I approach tomorrow’s game with mixed feelings. Having watched this remarkable run from the press box alongside my Rogers TV partner Mike Torchia, you can’t help but feel an attachment to it. I’m not suggesting we played any role in the record- setting season but we have no doubt been there every step of the way. As it turns out, though, tomorrow’s game could be the final Rogers TV broadcast of the season.

Every now and again, the “big guys” (Peter Loubardias and Sam Cosentino) from our parent network, Rogers SportsNet, will come to Kitchener to call a game. They’ve selected Game 3 of this series, which falls on Sunday in Kitchener. Mike Torchia and I don’t call the road games for Rogers, so if this series is a sweep for either team, it will end next Tuesday in Belleville. And that means it’s conceivable that tomorrow’s game could be our last broadcast of the season, as SportsNet also broadcasts every game during the Memorial Cup tournament. I’ll try not to think about that too much as we drop the puck for what should be a very exciting series.

I guess all good things really do come to an end.