Windsor Spitfires in 7!

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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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Otters Win OT Shocker

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Anthony Luciani's fourth goal of the night came four minutes into overtime, as the Erie Otters escaped the WFCU Centre with a 6-5 win in Game Five of their opening round series with the Windsor Spitfires on Friday night.

Early in the third period, the overage winger had given his club what looked like a commanding 5-2 lead. But goals by Kerby Rychel (1), Jake Carrick (4) and Ryan Ellis (3) tied the game at 5-5 with a little more than three minutes to play.

Luciani shocked a crowd of 5,945, picking Ellis' pocket as he veered out from behind his net before beating Jack Campbell (25 saves) at 4:03 of the extra session. 

The Otters built a 4-1 lead in the second period with a power play goals on three consecutive Windsor penalties.

Ramis Sadikov made 50 saves in goal for Erie, who now return home to host Game Six at the Tullio Arena (Sunday, 4:30).

Adrian Robertson (1) and Alexander Khokhlachev (3) had the other goals for Windsor. 
Phil Varone had a goal and four assists for the Otters.

Windsor leads the best of seven series three games to two and can clinch the series with a win on Sunday. 

#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

*Game 7              Tuesday, April 5^th – Erie at Windsor, 7:05 pm

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Alexander Khokhlachev – The Windsor Spitfires Player of the Week

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The coaching staff wanted to spend more time in the offensive end last week.

KoKo seems to have heard the message loudest.

Alexander Khokhlachev is the Windsor Spitfires Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday January 30th.

Khokhlachev (5G, +4) scored in a 5-4 shootout loss to Plymouth on Thursday night, before exploding for four goals in a 7-1 win over the Rangers in Kitchener the following night.

The 17-year-old, 5'10", 172-pound centre from Moscow has been outstanding in his first year in the OHL, with 28 goals and 31 assists. Incredibly, Khokhlachev has played all but one game this season.

Those numbers rank him second in goals and points among rookies, behind only countryman Nail Yakupov (35G, 70pts).

Khokhlachev has been in the Top-20 in overall league scoring for the majority of the season.

He's currently 19th.

Next up for the Spitfires is a date with Justin Shugg, Marc Cantin and the CHL's #2 ranked team, the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors.

2010-2011 Windsor Spitfires’ Players of the Week
Alexander Khokhlachev – Jan. 24 – Jan. 30, 2011
Ryan Ellis – Jan. 17 – Jan. 23, 2011
Jake Carrick – Jan. 10 – Jan. 16, 2011
Kenny Ryan – Jan. 3 – Jan. 9, 2011
Saverio Posa – Dec. 27, 2010 – Jan. 2, 2011
Craig Duininck – Dec. 13 – Dec. 19, 2010
*Nick Ebert – Dec. 6 – Dec. 12, 2010
Troy Passingham – Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, 2010
Eric Locke – Nov. 22 – Nov. 28, 2010
Ryan Ellis – Nov. 15 – Nov. 21, 2010
Tom Kuhnhackl – Nov. 8 – Nov. 14, 2010
Tom Kuhnhackl – Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, 2010
Jack Campbell – Oct. 25 – Oct. 31, 2010
Tom Kuhnhackl – Oct. 18 – Oct. 24, 2010
Eric Locke – Oct. 11 – Oct. 17, 2010
Zack Kassian – Oct. 4 – Oct. 11, 2010
Kyle Tarini – Sep. 27 – Oct. 3, 2010
Alexander Khokhlachev – Sep. 21 – Sep. 27, 2010

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