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Mavric Parks has been a big reason why.
The overage goalie was at it again Saturday night, stopping 43 shots in a 5-2 win.
Jordan Szwarz had a pair of goals and John McFarland had a goal and an assist, as Saginaw (23-7-3-1) extended its lead over the Spitfires in the Western Division to seven points.
Craig Duininck had both goals as Windsor (21-12-0-1) had its six-game winning streak snapped.
The game looked to be out of reach when Justin Kea made it 3-0 Saginaw, at the 9:05 mark of the second period. But Duininck got Windsor on the board just 18 seconds later, storming his way to the net and banging home a Derek Lanoue rebound to make it 3-1.
Duininck cut the lead to one with his fourth goal of the season, on the power play, less than four minutes into the third period.
The Spitfires dominated the next 10-plus minutes but couldn't beat Parks, who made several outstanding saves to preserve the lead.
Windsor's comeback was thwarted on a brilliant individual effort by Szwarz with four minutes to play.
Saginaw's captain cleanly beat Stephen Johnston on a faceoff to the left of Troy Passingham by flipping the puck past him, before quickly snapping a shot home to make it 4-2.
The Spitfires got a late power play and pulled Passingham for a 6-on-4 advantage, but couldn't get any closer.
Szwarz iced the game with an empty-net goal with 55 seconds to play.
NOTES
All three of Saginaw's wins over Windsor this season have been by a 5-2 score...The Spitfires out-shot Saginaw 31-12 in the final 40 minutes...The Spitfires went 1-for-7 on the power play. Saginaw was 0-for-1. Windsor has now killed 29 of its last 31 penalties...The Spits wrap up the first half of the season in fourth place in the Western Conference...The team now has a 10-day break for the holidays, before visiting the Kitchener Rangers, on December 29th.
SHOTS ON GOAL
WINDSOR 45, SAGINAW 25
SCORING
FIRST PERIOD
SAG Trocheck, (15) (McFarland), 6:25
SECOND PERIOD
SAG McFarland, (7) (O'Connor, Chiarot), 1:06 (SH)
SAG Kea, (2) (Huether, Chiarot), 9:05
WSR Duininck, (3) (Lanoue, Khokhlachev), 9:23
THIRD PERIOD
WSR Duininck, (4) (Johnston, Ryan), 3:50 (PP)
SAG Szwarz, (12) , 16:03
SAG Szwarz, (13) (Underwood), 19:05 (EN/SH)
