RYCHEL'S PAIR BREAKS SAGINAW’S SPIRIT

Kerby Rychel's second goal of the game proved to be the winner, as the Windsor Spitfires knocked off another powerful Western Conference club on Thurday night, in a 3-2 win over Saginaw.

Alexander Khokhlachev assisted on both of Rychel's goals and Jack Campbell was outstanding again in goal, making 29 saves in the win.

The Spits fell behind 2-0 early, as John McFarland capitalized on two different turnovers.

The lead held up after 20 minutes, but Rychel got the Spits on the board on the PP at 6:34 of the second, on a nifty three-way passing play with Khokhlachev and Adrian Robertson. 

The Spits tied the game in the first minute of the third period, on Brady Vail's first of the season.

That set the stage for Rychel's dramatic winner at 16:30.

SUMMARY

SCORING
FIRST PERIOD
SAG McFarland (2) (Fine) 3:29
SAG McFarland (3) 5:51

SECOND PERIODWIN Rychel (3) (KoKo, Robertson) 6:34

THIRD PERIODWIN Vail (1) (Maletta, Clarke) 0:54WIN Rychel (4) (KoKo, MacQueen) 16:30
SHOTS
WINDSOR 12 - 10 - 13 = 35
SAGINAW 8 - 12 - 11 = 31
PPS
WINDSOR 1-FOR-7
SAGINAW 0-FOR-3

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Kerby Rychel Named Tecumseh & South Walkerville Vision Centres Player of the Week

(Windsor) The Windsor Spitfires announced today that forward Kerby Rycel is the Tecumseh & South Walkerville Vision Centres Player of the Week for the week ending September 25^th after scoring two goals for six points in three games including the game winning goal in Windsor’s 2-0 win over the Sarnia Sting on Sunday afternoon at the WFCU Centre.

Kerby Rychel - Player of the Week.
Photo by Joe Lemire / In Play! Magazine

Rychel, a 16-year-old native of Tecumseh, ON, is playing his second OHL season with the Spitfires after recording 21 points in 62 games last season.

Kerby is currently third in the OHL in scoring behind only Barrie's Tanner Pearson (5G, 3A) and Colin Behenna (1G, 6A).

Kerby is the season's first recipient of the Tecumseh & South Walkerville Player of the Week honours. 

SEPT 22ND versus Guelph: 2 assists

SEPT 23RD at Kitchener: 1 goal, 1 assist

SEPT 25TH versus Sarnia: GWG and 1 assist

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SPITS SMOTHER STING IN 2-0 WIN

The Spitfires had a game plan to shut down Nail Yakupov and the Sting and executed it to perfection on Sunday afternoon.

Kerby Rychel and Alexander Khokhlachev took care of the offense, with a goal and an assist each, and Jack Campbell was outstanding in net, making 28 saves for the shutout in a 2-0 win over Sarnia.

It was Windsor's first win of the year, after two disappointing losses to Guelph and Kitchener.

The Spits got on the board on the power play in the first, as Rychel tipped home a KoKo wrister from the right circle, to make it 1-0 Spits. The two combined again with the man advantage in the second. Rychel spotted KoKo at the right post from behind the net and fed him a perfect pass to put the Spitfires up 2-0.

It was all the offense they would need, as Jack Campbell stymied the high-powered Sting offense time and time again.

The Spits are back at it Thursday night, when they host the Saginaw Spirit at the WFCU Centre at 7:05.

SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD

WIN Rychel (Khokhlachev, Robertson) 14:55 PP

SECOND PERIOD

WIN Khokhlachev (Rychel, Ebert) 9:23 PP

THIRD PERIOD

No Scoring

SHOTS

WINDSOR 11 - 9 - 7 = 27

SARNIA 9 - 8 - 11 = 28

PPS

WINDSOR 2-FOR-4

SARNIA 0-FOR-4

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Spits Shattered In Third By Rangers

(Windsor) Tobias Rieder scored with 91 seconds to play, spoiling a solid Spits effort in a 4-3 Rangers win Friday night at the Aud in Kitchener.

The game featured the return of Tom Kuhnhackl, who was injured in the third period after an awkward looking collision with Kitchener defenceman Jon Jaspers.

Kuhnhackl had to be helped from the ice and did not return.

Michael Clarke, Zack MacQueen and Kerby Rychel scored for the Spitfires (0-2-0-0). Rychel's powerplay goal put Windsor up 3-2 early in the second period.

The Spits looked to be in control early in the third period, until a pane of glass shattered next to the Spits bench, causing a near 30-minute delay.

When play resumed, Curtis Meighan tied the game near the midway mark with his first of the year.

Rieder's winner came on a two-on-two rush chance immediately after a scoring chance by Windsor's Brenden McCann.

John Cullen took the loss in goal for Windsor, making 29 saves.

SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD

KIT Pedersen (1) (Meighan, McEneny) 2:00

KIT Thomson (1) (McEneny, Catenacci) 10:25 PPG

WIN MacQueen (3) (Rychel, Kuhnhackl) 14:58 PPG

SECOND PERIOD

WIN Clarke (2) (Maletta, Ebert) 2:19

WIN Rychel (1) 4:21 PPG

THIRD PERIOD

KIT Meighan (1) (Hasson, Gilbert) 9:46

KIT Reider (1) (Catenacci, Thomson) 18:29

SHOTS

WINDSOR 8 - 19  - 12 = 39

KITCHENER 14 - 9 - 10 = 33

PPS

WINDSOR 2-FOR-8

KITCHENER 1-FOR-7

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