Josh Brown

Cambridge

Record Reporter at The Waterloo Region Record

Josh Brown is an award winning sports reporter for the Waterloo Region Record whose work has been recognized nationally and provincially.

Articles

Rangers’ long game with Adam Valentini pays off

2 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

The Kitchener Rangers have made their first off-season signing, and it’s a big one. The Ontario Hockey League team inked centre Adam Valentini on Thursday in a move that was a long time coming. The Blueshirts acquired Valentini’s rights from the Mississauga Steelheads this past September, knowing that last year’s first round pick (13th overall) was going to spend the entire season with the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League.
Three Waterloo Region roads among worst in Ontario: CAA rankings

2 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

Ira Needles Boulevard is moving up, and not in a good way. The road, which runs through Kitchener and Waterloo, was ranked as the second worst in Ontario’s western region — which includes Brant, Huron, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth County and Waterloo Region — in the annual list of patchy pathways put out by the Canadian Automobile Association. It’s the third year in a row that the bumbling boulevard has cracked the list after ranking fourth worst in each of the past two years.
Three Waterloo Region roads among worst in Ontario: CAA rankings

2 days ago | cambridgetimes.ca | Josh Brown

Ira Needles Boulevard is moving up, and not in a good way. The road, which runs through Kitchener and Waterloo, was ranked as the second worst in Ontario’s western region — which includes Brant, Huron, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth County and Waterloo Region — in the annual list of patchy pathways put out by the Canadian Automobile Association. It’s the third year in a row that the bumbling boulevard has cracked the list after ranking fourth worst in each of the past two years.
Ex-Kitchener Rangers d-man chasing Olympic dream with Italy

3 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

Dylan Di Perna has Olympic aspirations. The former Kitchener Rangers defenceman is hoping to latch on with the Italian men’s hockey team at next February’s Winter Games in Northern Italy. “It’s not exactly the same level of hockey (as Canada), but in terms of pride and playing for my heritage, it would mean a great deal for me,” said the 29-year-old.
‘His religion is people’

3 days ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

Bill Carter doesn’t volunteer for the recognition. “Doing this kind of work is fun,” said the 88-year-old Waterloo resident. “You’re not suffering at all. It’s really rewarding. “You don’t need to have people give you prizes. The real prize is seeing things work and the hundreds of people that you’ve made a difference for.”And what a difference Carter has made.
Rangers among teams completing OHL-mandated consent training

1 week ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

The Kitchener Rangers have complied with the Ontario Hockey League’s mandatory gender-based violence and consent training since the league’s Onside Program was launched nine years ago. Some other teams in the OHL have not, according to a story published by the CBC earlier this week. The story said some franchises have not received the annual two-hour training by member groups of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC), and pointed to the London Knights as one example.
Neapolitan-style pizza coming to Cambridge’s Gaslight district

1 week ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

The pizza is coming. The delivery of Pizzeria Motola in Cambridge’s hip Gaslight district has just taken longer than anticipated. Italian pizza maker Giuliano Motola hopes to have his restaurant serving authentic Neapolitan pies open in the coming weeks. He planned a launch around Labour Day 2024 but ran into a few snags while renovating his space. “The most important thing right now is the vent for the pizza oven,” he said.
Kitchener Rangers weighing options on Slovak import Tomas Pobezal

1 week ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

Slovak centre Tomas Pobezal wants to play in the Canadian Hockey League next season. Whether that’s with the Kitchener Rangers — the club that owns his CHL rights — or another team remains to be seen. “We’re just kind of in the course of deciding what we’re going to do,” said Rangers general manager Mike McKenzie. “He does want to come over to the CHL.
Elite centre Adam Valentini eyeing Kitchener Rangers

1 week ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

Adam Valentini is getting closer to becoming a member of the Kitchener Rangers. His agent, Darren Ferris, said the highly touted 17-year-old centre is planning to meet with the Ontario Hockey League club in the coming months to talk about a deal. “It’s still in the process,” said Ferris, who represents a bevy of high-profile NHL players, including Mitch Marner. Ferris and his Quartexx Management associate, Dylan Liptrap, are meeting with the Rangers “and hope to solidify everything.
Kitchener trumpeter Tom Moffett living dream with Arkells

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Josh Brown

When Kitchener’s Tom Moffett first picked up a trumpet in middle school, he just went through the motions. “I had braces and just kind of pretended to play,” he said, with a chuckle. It was a different story by the time he reached Grand River Collegiate Institute. An older student named Nicolai Koegler loaned him a CD by jazz legend Freddie Hubbard called “Ready for Freddie” and things took off. “That just changed my life,” said Moffett, 37. “I had never heard anything like it before.