By Chris Lucas
In Play Magazine
Richard Panik scores the game winner for the Spitfires as they beat the Otters 3-1 at home.
Erie scored the first one of the game as Greg McKegg put home the rebound on the power play. Eric Wellwood answered back with a goal of his own on a pass from Dale Mitchell. Spitfire Harry Young and Erie's Shawn Szydlowski then dropped the gloves. Young was given the decision of the fight.
Panik, of Windsor, scored the lone goal in the second period to give the Spits a 2-1 lead.
Mitchell capitalized on a rebound early in the third to add insurance to their lead and seal up the victory. The Windsor Spitfires doubled Erie in shots 50-24.
This has been the 23rd game in a row that the Spitfires have ended up with at least one point for their team.
The Spitfires will lose some of their team as they will have a few of their players leave for World Junior camps. This was their last game before leaving.
Tonight's In Play! Magazine player of the game goes to Dale Mitchell. Mitchell set-up Wellwood on the Spits first goal. He also scored the third goal to give the Spits a two goal lead and the win.
Mitchell explains his goal to In Play! “I just got the puck passed to me right on my stick and put it in the back of the net.”
Spitfires’ Special Notes
- The CHL’s #1 ranked team leads the OHL with a 26-3-0-4 record, good for 56 points
- Windsor is 20-0-0-3 in their past 23 games
- Forwards Eric Wellwood and Dale Mitchell each scored one goal and added one assist for the Spitfires in tonight’s win. Mitchell has now scored at least one goal in five of his past seven games.
- Goaltender Troy Passingham won his league leading 24th game of the season and is tied for the league lead with three shutouts. He is also ranked third in the OHL in goals against average with a 2.41 mark.
- Spitfire players currently occupy seven of the top ten spots in the OHL for plus/minus rating (1st Cundari +33, tied for 2nd Fowler +26, tied for 4th Henrique and Hall +25, 6th Wellwood +22, tied for 7th Young and Nemisz + 21)
- Four Spitfires are ranked in the top ten for the OHL Scoring Race (1st Hall – 58 points, 2nd - Henrique – 52 points, tied for 3rd – Nemisz – 48 points, tied for 10th – Fowler – 41 points)
- Forward Adam Henrique registered one assist tonight and recorded three notable milestones on the road this past weekend. On Saturday, in Windsor’s 9-5 win over Peterborough, he recorded his 100th career assist and 200th career point. On Sunday, in Windsor’s 5-4 loss, Henrique scored his 100th career goal.
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