Spitfires Host Knights Sunday Afternoon on Rogers Sportsnet
Catch national coverage of game three of the Rogers Ontario Hockey League Western Conference Championship Series between the OHL’s top ranked Windsor Spitfires and the London Knights live on Rogers Sportsnet. The puck drops at 4:00pm and is available at this time for Sportsnet East and Sportsnet Ontario viewers. The game can also be seen live on Sportsnet West at 2:00 pm and on Sportsnet Pacific at 1:00 pm.
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The game features top rated NHL prospect and World Junior Championships MVP John Tavares of the Knights. For the Spitfires, Team Canada gold medalist and top OHL scoring defenceman Ryan Ellis will try and counter the Knights’ attack.
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Head to Head: Windsor won the season series 5-1-0-0 with the Knights winning the final matchup of the regular season 4-3 in Windsor on March 8. The Spitfires finished first overall in the OHL this season with a 57-10-0-1 record for 115 points while the Knights were second overall with a 49-16-1-2 record for 101 points.
Top Scorers: Dale Mitchell (11-9-20) scored goals in seven straight playoff games and joins Taylor Hall (9-11-20) as the top playoff scorers this season. The Spitfires are the highest scoring club in the playoffs to date with Andrei Loktionov (4-15-19) and defenceman Ryan Ellis (6-11-17) also contributing on a regular basis. Veteran Phil Varone (8-8-16) is the Knights’ top scorer in the post-season with Nazem Kadri (8-7-15) and John Tavares (6-8-14) close behind. The defence tandem of Michael Del Zotto (2-12-14) and John Carlson (2-11-13) has also been piling up points in the playoffs.
In the Nets: Overager Andrew Engelage (6-1, 2.96 GAA, .897) has seen the bulk of the netminding duties for the Spitfires while Josh Unice (2-1, 3.15 GAA, .895 Sv. %) has also been called on to help. The Knights picked up Trevor Cann (8-1, 2.23 GAA, .927 Sv.%) from the Peterborough Petes during the season to ensure that they had a capable stopper for an extended playoff run.
Photo credit – Dave Pickford