Spits Defeat Sarnia for Second Straight Game
By Chris Lucas
Eric Wellwood potted two goals as Windsor defeated Sarnia 4-1.
Sarnia started the game off with a goal from Brent Sullivan to take an early lead. But Ryan Ellis answered with a rifle from the point to tie the game up. After that, it was all Windsor. Harry Young took a shot from the point, that was deflected by Wellwood to give Windsor the lead going into the second.
Windsor continued to dominate throughout the second, but could not manage to increase the score.
It was a close game going into the third, but that all changed when Wellwood roofed his second of the game. Immediately following, Adam Wallace scored his fourth goal of the year to finish off the Sting.
Even though Sarnia's record isn't the greatest this year, they're still a pretty good club. Today Windsor showed how dominate they are and can be as they were in control for the majority of the game.
Today's In Play! Magazine player of the game was given to Wellwood. Wellwood scored his 23rd and 24th goals of the season, and also the game winning goal, to help the Spits beat Sarnia for the second straight game.
Wellwood tells In Play! his thoughts on today's game. “We played much better than yesterday. We played with a lot more energy.”
Spitfires’ Game Notes
- The CHL’s #1 ranked team leads the OHL with 72 points, on the strength of a 34-5-0-4 record
- The Spitfires today acquired right-winger Zack Kassian from the Peterborough Petes, in exchange for sending left-winger Austin Watson as well as Windsor’s second round picks in the 2012 and 2014 OHL Priority Selections to the Petes
- Forward Eric Wellwood scored two goals in today’s game, including the game winner and has scored 6 goals and 11 points in the Spitfires’ five January games
- Goaltender Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 of 23 shots in today’s game and has now won both of his starts with the Spitfires since being acquired from Belleville last week
- Forward Dale Mitchell was held pointless today and has his seven game point streak snapped
- Forward Taylor Hall registered one assist in today’s contest and is in the midst of a nine game point streak, scoring three goals and eight points in three games since returning from the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championships. He is now tied for first in the OHL Scoring Race with 67 points in 37 games
- Three Spitfire forwards are ranked in the OHL’s top ten of the league’s scoring race (1st Hall – 67 points, tied for 6th Henrique – 56 points, tied for 10th Nemisz – 51 points)
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