In Play Magazine
The top two teams in the OHL collided tonight as the Barrie Colts defeated the Windsor Spitfires by a score of 4-2.
The game jumped off into the Spits hands as Zack Kassian tipped in Taylor Halls shot to give the Spits an early lead. Outstanding goaltending play kept this game at 1-0 Windsor going into the second.
Kassian got the fans screaming with an open ice hit followed by him dropping the gloves. However, Dalton Prout would silence the crowd with a precise shot from the point that went top corner and tied this game up.
Greg Nemisz would score early in the third on the power play to give Windsor the lead once again. But Kyle Clifford answered back with a back-hander passed Troy Passingham. As time ticked down, Windsor had all momentum until Alexander Burmistrov put the puck through Passingham's five-hole while being short-handed. Luke Pither would then bury the empty-netter to secure the win on the road for the Colts.
Kassian, who is a LaSalle native, made his debut with the Spitfires tonight and he was impressive. Starting off with a goal off of Hall's shot on his very first shift. Then throwing an exploding hit and not only dropping the gloves, pummeling Matt Stanisz in a fight making this packed crowd all fired up. This gave him In Play! Magazine's player of the game.
Kassian's performance tonight not only fired up his teams bench, but it also sent Barrie a message for the next time they play.
Kassian tells In Play! what he thinks about the hit. “They can take the hit anyway they want, I'm not going to change the way I play.”
Spitfires’ Game Notes
- The CHL’s #1 ranked Spitfires lose to the CHL’s #3 ranked Colts at the WFCU Centre
- With the loss, Windsor snaps a four game winning streak at home
- Right-winger Zack Kassian scored in his first game for the Spitfires and was ejected from the game after being assessed a game misconduct for charging in the second period
- Forward Taylor Hall, the reigning CHL and OHL Player of the Week, registered one assist in tonight’s contest and has recorded at least one point in each of his past nine games. He has regained the top spot in the OHL’s Scoring Race with 68 points in 38 games
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