Friday, February 12, 2010
Windsor Spitfires Defeat Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4-2 in Sault Ste. Marie
Spitfires’ Game Notes
Courtesy Windsor Spitfires
- With tonight’s win, the CHL’s #3 ranked team has won their third straight game and they lead the OHL with 93 points on the strength of a 44-8-0-5 record and is undefeated against Sault Ste. Marie this season, winning all four matchups between the two teams
- Forward Taylor Hall extended his point streak to a league high 19 consecutive games OHL this season. Hall has also a improved on his league high assist streak, which is now at 16 games as he had one assist in tonight’s game. He has 11 goals and 23 assists for 34 points during his 19 game point streak. Hall is second overall in the OHL scoring race with 85 points in 48 games. Hall is also sixth in the OHL in goals scored with 34 and is third in the OHL with 51 assists. He is also tied for third in the OHL with a +36 plus-minus rating
- Forward Adam Henrique scored one goal and added one assist in tonight’s contest and was selected as the game’s first star. He is tied for eighth in the league with teammates Greg Nemisz and Justin Shugg at 31 goals and is ranked 13th in the OHL with 64 points in 44 games. Justin Shugg also scored the game winning goal tonight and is now tied for the league lead with eight game winning goals
- Goaltender Troy Passingham won his league leading 36th game tonight and was selected as the third star of the game, stopping 30 of 32 shots. He is ranked fourth in the OHL with a 2.57 goals against average and is also tied for fourth in the league with four shutouts. Passingham is also tied for tenth in the OHL with a .908 save percentage
- Defenseman Ryan Ellis registered one assist tonight, extending his point streak and assist streak to nine consecutive games and is tied for sixth with Spitfire teammate Cam Fowler amongst all OHL defensemen with 47 points in 39 games. He is also tenth in the OHL with a +32 plus-minus rating. Last night, Ellis enjoyed a three point game against the Kitchener Rangers and scored his 200th career point in the OHL.
- Five Spitfires are ranked in OHL’s top 20 scorers (Hall 2nd with 85 points, Henrique, Nemisz and Shugg tied for 13th with 63 points, Wellwood tied for 17th with 61 points)
- The Spitfires scored two powerplay goals in tonight’s game on five opportunities. Windsor leads the OHL in powerplay efficiency, operating at a 27.3% clip. They have scored at least one powerplay goal in 19 of their past 20 games and have scored two or more powerplay goals in each of their past seven games
- Windsor killed ten of its eleven penalties tonight and are ranked third in the league with a 84.9% penalty killing efficiency. They allowed one powerplay goal tonight, the first allowed by the team in six games and had killed 29 straight penalties prior to tonight, dating back to the Jan. 29th game against the London Knights.
- The Spitfires were also without Dale Mitchell due to injury and Zack Kassian due to suspension
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