Spitfires Win 7-2 over Saginaw
WINDSOR, ON.
The Spitfires and Saginaw Spirit matched up Wednesday ahead of the American Thanksgiving break. The Spirit came into the matchup 5th in the Western Conference while the Spitfires sit second. The Spitfires were looking to avenge their loss against the Spirit back on November 9th by a score of 5-1. On Wednesday, the Spirit were missing their superstar in Misa and it showed as the Spitfires dominated the Spirit 7-2.
In the first period, the Spirit would dominate the shot clock, but Costanzo stood tall. On the scoreboard, it was all Spitfires. A three goal first period from Abraham, Protas and Outwater had the Spitfires up 3-0 on just 5 shots and that was it for goaltender Papineau. The Spitfires would trail 11-6 on the shot clock after 20 minutes but were up 3-0 after the frame.
In the second period, it started to get a bit chippy as the Spirit took numerous penalties, sending the Spitfires to the powerplay. Protas would score his 2nd of the night on the powerplay and put the Spitfires up 4-0 just over two minutes into the period. Less than five minutes later, Belchetz would come out of the penalty box and snipe his 8th goal of his rookie season. The Spitfires led 5-0 after 40 minutes and trailed 19-18 in shots.
In the third period, the Spitfires powerplay would continue to click as Liam Greentree scored to extend the lead to 6-0. The Spirit would pot two goals in a matter of a minute and make it a 6-2 game. But with time dwindling down the Spitfires would seal the deal as Abraham scored his 2nd of the night and the Spitfires skated to a 7-2 victory.
The Spitfires are back in action on the road as they head to Guelph on Friday for a 7:07pm puck drop followed by a contest in Owen Sound vs the Attack at 7:00pm on Saturday night.
