It’s not that the Kingston Frontenacs are going to be short-handed, but a couple of weeks into the Ontario Hockey League season, they have two open spots on their organizational depth chart. Theoretically, anyway.
It’s not a crisis for the Frontenacs, who are 2-1-0-1 going into the month of October and their game against the Oshawa Generals on Friday night at Slush Puppie Place. It is, however, something that Kingston GM Kory Cooper is monitoring closely.
This past off-season, in an attempt to adjust to the new realities of junior hockey after the NCAA opened up eligibility to former major-junior players, the CHL changed its rules regarding import players — previously CHL teams were allowed to carry two imports, but for the 2025-26 season going forward, a roster can have three non-North