Spitfire Season Accomplishments
- Windsor recorded its second best regular season point total in team history with 106 points on the strength of a 50-12-1-5 record. This was the third 100+ point season enjoyed by the Spitfire in franchise history and the 50 wins also ties this year’s team with the 1987-1988 Compuware Spitfires for the second best win total in team history. Windsor also became the second team in OHL history to post consecutive 50 win seasons, as the team won 57 games last campaign, joining the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 London Knights as the only teams in league history to accomplish this feat.
- Windsor won the OHL’s Western Conference regular season title and the league’s West Division title for the second consecutive year.
- Six Spitfire players scored 30 goals this season (Taylor Hall - 40, Justin Shugg - 39, Adam Henrique – 38, Greg Nemisz – 34, Eric Wellwood – 31 and Scott Timmins – 30) which eclipsed the mark set by the 87-88 Compuware Spitfires team, who had five thirty goal scorers.
- Spitfire forward Taylor Hall registered a 100+ point season, finishing with 106 points and he became the first Spits player to do so since Kyle Wellwood (brother of Eric Wellwood) enjoyed a 100 point season for Windsor in the 2002-2003 season.
- Windsor’s 331 goals scored this season made this the team’s third most prolific team goal scoring season in Spits history and their 203 goals allowed was the second lowest total posted in franchise history.
- The Spitfires posted the third best home record in the league this season with a 29-0-3-2 mark.
- Windsor had the second best road record in the OHL this season at 21-9-1-3.
- The Spitfires had the second best power play in the league this season, operating at a 25.3% clip and the third best penalty killing mark in the OHL at 84.8%
Spitfires’ Individual Accomplishments
- Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin of the Plymouth Whalers finished the season tied for the OHL lead with 106 points. Hall became the first Spitfire to lead the OHL in scoring since Peter Sarno’s 121 point season in 1997-1998. Hall also led the league in assists with 66, was ranked second in the OHL in plus-minus rating with a +46, was tied for second in the league with 4 shorthanded goals and was seventh in the OHL with 40 goals.
- Five Spitfires were ranked in the OHL’s top ten for plus-minus rating, led by Hall’s +46, with Mark Cundari finishing third at +45, Ryan Ellis sixth with a +39 and Adam Henrique as well as Cam Fowler being tied for eighth at +38. Eric Wellwood finished just outside of the top ten as he was ranked 11th with a +36.
- Taylor Hall, Justin Shugg and Adam Henrique finished in the league’s top 15 for goals scored this season with Hall’s finishing seventh in the OHL with 40 goals, Shugg tied for ninth with 39 goals and Henrique tied for 12th with 38 goals.
- Three Spitfires finished in the OHL’s top 20 scorers as Hall was tied for first with 106 points, Shugg was tied for 16th with 79 points and Henrique was 20th with 77 points.
- Three Spitfire rearguards were ranked in the league’s top ten amongst all OHL defencemen in scoring, led by Ryan Ellis’ 61 points which ranked him fourth in this category. Spits defencemen Cam Fowler finished seventh with 55 points while Mark Cundari ended up being tied for eighth with 54 points
- Troy Passingham won 35 games in goal for the Spitfires this season and was ranked second amongst all OHL goaltenders in wins.
- Windsor and Barrie both sent a league high five players to participate in the 2010 OHL All-Star Classic in Kingston. Spitfires Taylor Hall, Ryan Ellis, Cam Fowler, Adam Henrique and Eric Wellwood represented the Western Conference in the game. Spitfire forward Greg Nemisz was selected to the team as well but was unable to participate due to injury. Spitfire Head Coach Bob Boughner, Associate Coach Bob Jones, Assistant Coach D.J Smith, Athletic Therapist Joey Garland and Equipment Manager Tyson Tatomir also worked behind the bench for this event.
- Windsor had a CHL-high four players (Taylor Hall, Ryan Ellis, Adam Henrique and Greg Nemisz) on Team Canada’s world junior squad which won the silver medal in the 2010 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Saskatchewan. Cam Fowler of the Spitfires participated on Team USA and won the gold medal in this competition.
- Windsor had five players participate in the 2009 Subway Super Series with Spits Taylor Hall, Ryan Ellis, Adam Henrique and Greg Nemisz playing in both games as part of Team OHL hosted in Barrie and in Windsor. Taylor Hall was selected as the most valuable player of the game hosted in Windsor with Spitfires Head Coach Bob Boughner serving as an Assistant Coach for Team OHL. Mark Cundari played in the game hosted in Barrie.
- Taylor Hall and Cam Fowler participated in the 2010 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game hosted in Windsor as part of Team Cherry. Hall was selected as the game’s most valuable player. Spitfires Head Coach Bob Boughner, Athletic Therapist Joey Garland and Equipment Manager Joey Garland were behind the bench, working for Team Orr.
