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Spitfires to face off against the Saginaw Spirt in Round 2.

Game 2 will be hosted at the WFCU Centre; the date for Game 2 and the dates for the entire series will be announced tomorrow. 

windsorspitfires.com staff reports

He's had a big season for the Spitfires, leading the team in goals. But he took things to a whole new level on Tuesday.

Tom Kuhnhackl's team-leading fifth goal of the playoffs came with just 2:48 to play, as Windsor clipped Erie, 5-4, ending a hard-fought series in seven games.

The Spits led 4-2 heading into the final 20 minutes. But, as they did all series, the Otters stormed back, tying the game at 4-4 on goals by Greg McKegg and Tyler Hostetter. 

The winner started with a harmless looking Alexander Khokhlachev shot from the top of the right circle that Otter goalie Ramis Sadikov had a hard time controlling. It ended up landing at Kuhnhackl's feet.

And his swipe gave it just enough steam to get over the line.

It was Kuhnhackl's second goal of the night. KoKo, Ryan Ellis and Taylor Carnevale had the others.

Jack Campbell made 25 saves - many again spectacular - in goal for the Spits. Sadikov stopped 42.

The Spitfires open their Western Conference semi-final series with the Saginaw Spirit on Friday night.

#4 Windsor vs. #5 Erie – OHL Western Conference Quarter-Final Series (Round One), 2011 OHL Playoffs

Game 1                Thursday, March 24^th – Erie at Windsor, 7:05 pm (Erie 2-1)

Game 2                Saturday, March 26^th – Windsor at Erie, 7 pm (Windsor 4-3, 2OT)

Game 3                Monday, March 28^th – Erie at Windsor, 7:05 pm (Windsor 6-2)

Game 4                Wednesday, March 30^th – Windsor at Erie, 7 pm (Windsor 7-4)

Game 5                Friday, April 1^st – Erie at Windsor, 7:05 pm (Erie 6-5, OT)

Game 6                Sunday, April 3^rd – Windsor at Erie, 4:30 pm (Erie 6-5, OT)

Game 7                Tuesday, April 5^th – Erie at Windsor, 7:05 pm (Windsor 5-4)

Windsor wins the series 4-3

SCORING
FIRST PERIODERI Holden, (3) (Cazzola, McKegg), 1:46

WSR Khokhlachev, (4) (Ellis, Kuhnhackl), 3:06

WSR Kuhnhackl, (4) (Carrick), 9:33

SECOND PERIODERI McKegg, (3) (Cazzola, Hostetter), 5:59

WSR Ellis, (4) (Carnevale, Johnston), 12:30 (PP)

WSR Carnevale, (4) (Rychel, Ebert), 15:48

THIRD PERIODERI McKegg, (4) (Szydlowski), 1:05

ERI Hostetter, (2) (Cazzola, Szydlowski), 8:23

WSR Kuhnhackl, (5) (Khokhlachev, Brown), 17:12

SHOTSWINDSOR: 19 - 15 - 13 = 47

ERIE: 11 - 10 - 8 = 29

PPSWINDSOR: 1-FOR-3

ERIE: 0-FOR-2

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