Photos by Dave Anton
In Play Magazine
Team OHL had a lot of help from Plymouth goalie Matt Hackett in defeating Team Russia 5-2.
It didn't take long for the Spitfire line to impress their home crowd as Adam Henrique banged home a rebound to open the scoring for the OHL All-Stars. Greg Nemisz and Taylor Hall were given the assists on the only goal of the period.
In the second period, the OHL All-Stars continued raising the score as Ottawa's Tyler Toffoli tapped the puck just past Russia goaltender Alexander Zalivin. This put Russia behind 2-0.
The OHL All-Stars would take two penalties giving Russia a five-on-three power play and give them the chance to put the puck in the net and make it a one goal game. But Hackett turned away several difficult shots to keep the lead where it was.
Taylor Hall-OHL Select
Team OHL was not satisfied with a two goal lead as Hall put a nice move on Zalivin and scored on the power play to lift the deficit to three goals. This would send the OHL All-Stars to the dressing room with all the momentum.The third period showed a frustrated team as Russia tried to get the hitting game going. But it just led to some hard hitting from Team OHL, and a short-handed goal scored by London Knights Nazem Kadri as he showed his quick speed to put the puck in the net. This would leave the fans confident that they would wrap up the win, until Kirill Petrov put Russia on the board followed by another quick goal by Maxim Kitsyn to make it a close game. However Peterborough's Zack Kassian scored to end all hopes of a comeback.
Team Russia Select
This was the second game between Russia and the OHL All-Stars and in both games; a Windsor Spitfire has scored the game winning goal. The Spits have played well in both games for Team OHL and have contributed a lot to the team. Tonight they had a combined four points in the win.Tonight’s Subway Super Series In Play! Magazine player of the game had to go to the hometown hero Taylor Hall. Hall scored the game winner on the power play and had two points in the game.
Hall tells In Play!, “I'm a pretty competitive guy and I want to do good when I'm on the ice.”
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