Late in the season the Generals showed up in Kitchener and while on national television Dan Turple stole the show, he notched first star in a 3-2 road victory in Kitchener.  Turple's heroics continued in the playoffs where the Generals drew the eventual Eastern champion: Mississauga IceDogs in the opening round.  The Generals and Turple hardly made things easy for the heavily-favoured IceDogs, Turple's playoff haul included a shutout and an overtime victory to prolong the series in game #6, it wasn't enough as the IceDogs prevailed in 7 games.

He's probably the only 6'6" player in the OHL to have a 6'6" defender looking out for him.  Turple is relatively mild-mannered in his crease when intruders crowd his space, his weakness could be his puck handling abilities and speed in getting behind the net.  His dominant play inside the crease more than makes up for those shortcomings.  He covers his angles well, and for a big guys moves, and scrambles well.  Often times he forces shots wide as opposed to stopping them just by taking up such a big portion of the net.

Turple started the season with the Generals, but their desire to showcase and trade fellow 19-year-old Ryan Gibb ultimately hurt Turple's confidence and led to his trade to the Rangers.  But that did not come without a price.  The Rangers had to cough up their own number one goalie: Carlo DiRienzo who had one extra year left of junior eligability and 2nd year Rangers' defender: Devereaux Heshmatpour.  The Generals did not want to part with their prized netminder until the Rangers' upped the ante to a point where their offer could no longer be ignored.

Turple has 4 career regular season shutouts to go along with a lone playoff shutout in 7 starts.  His 20-7-3 record and .922 GAA with the Oshawa Generals were the primary reason that the Atlanta Thrashers drafted him in the 6th round of the 2004 NHL draft.