GAME NIGHT January 7, 2017-7:05 PM VS 15th Anniversary Season
Saginaw Spirit vs. Erie Otters Game Notes January 7, 2017 7:05 PM EST, Dow Event Center, Saginaw, MI Saginaw Spirit 14-16 - 5-2 (35 pts) W1 Erie Otters 26-8 - 2-1 (55 pts) W2 Team Game: 38 10-6 - 3-0 (Home) Team Game: 38 18-0 - 1-1 (Home) Home Game: 20 4-10 - 2-2 (Road) Road Game: 15 8-8 - 1-0 (Road) PP: 14.1% (18th) / PK: 77.4% (18th) OT: (0-5) SO: (2-2) GF / GA: 108 / 129 PP: 24.1% (3rd) / PK: 83.8% (7th) OT: (2-2) SO: (1-1) GF / GA: 162 / 105 # Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV% 20 Brendan Bonello 17 11 2 5 1 4.16.865 35 Evan Cormier (NJ) 16 27 12 9 6 3.13.906 # Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV% 30 Joseph Murdaca 4 1 1 0 2.57.915 33 Troy Timpano 27 24 3 0 2.37.911 # P Player (NHL or Draft) GP G A PTS +/- PIM # P Player (NHL or Draft) GP G A PTS +/- PIM 5 D Marcus Crawford 29 3 12 15 +6 18 2 D Mitchell Byrne 33 1 2 3 +12 17 6 D Robert Proner 17 23 2 1 3-6 18 3 D Ryan Martin 17 32 0 1 1 E 0 7 LW Kyle Bollers 17 34 1 1 2-4 10 5 D Aidan Timmermans 18 1 0 0 0 E 0 9 C Brady Gilmour 17 34 11 12 23-2 0 6 D Jordan Sambrook (DET) 32 7 10 17 +12 35 11 C Kris Bennett (OA) 37 9 15 24-6 44 15 14 RW D.J. Busdeker 18 13 3 1 4-1 6 15 C Matthew Kreis 34 4 9 13 +4 2 18 C Max Grondin 18 37 2 2 4-3 18 24 D Brock Hill 17 29 0 2 2-6 18 25 RW Kirill Maksimov 17 36 5 10 15 +8 24 27 RW Mitchell Stephens (TBL) 15 22 11 17 28 +13 14 29 RW Hayden Hodgson (OA) 36 20 17 37-8 39 42 D C.J. Garcia (OA) 37 4 8 12-4 20 49 RW Cole Coskey 17 36 5 13 18 +5 18 55 D Keaton Middleton (TOR) 16 56 D Markus Niemelainen (EDM) 16 33 1 8 9 +9 27 28 0 2 2-3 26 71 D Filip Hronek (DET) 16 28 5 20 25 +3 22 77 LW Jesse Barwell 35 6 5 11-9 4 91 LW Gianluca Fuoco 17 25 1 0 1-2 10 93 LW Mike Davies 14 3 0 3-3 6 96 C Damien Giroux 18 28 6 7 13-4 17 7 LW Christian Girhiny 37 7 8 15 +3 14 8 C Carson Edwardson 17 22 1 0 1 E 32 9 LW Kyle Maksimovich 37 10 32 42 +18 14 12 RW Alex DeBrincat (CHI) 16 33 32 34 66 +33 24 14 D Erik Cernak (LA) 15 20 0 6 6 +11 28 15 C Kyle Pettit (VAN) 14 (OA) 35 16 18 34 +8 14 17 RW Taylor Raddysh (TB) 16 28 23 38 61 +37 17 19 C Dylan Strome (ARZ) 15 7 5 11 16 +4 4 21 LW Patrick Fellows 37 7 9 16 +2 21 22 D Josh Wainman 17 27 0 6 6-2 2 24 D Darren Raddysh (OA) 31 11 29 40 +26 29 25 D TJ Fergus 37 1 17 18 +32 42 26 C Allan McShane 18 32 7 16 23 +10 2 27 RW Ivan Lodnia 17 36 16 22 38 +14 10 37 C Warren Foegele (OA) 30 13 22 35 +7 22 (CAR) 14 39 C Gera Poddubnyi 17 36 6 7 13 E 4 46 RW Cade Robinson 18 22 0 1 1-6 6 General Manager Head Coach Associate Coach Assistant Coach / Assistant GM Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Pronunciation Guide # Name Pronunciation 5 Marcus Crawford Craw-ferd 6 Robert Proner Pro-nurr 7 Kyle Bollers Bowl-lurs 9 Brady Gilmour Gill-more 11 Kris Bennett Ben-nitt 14 D.J. Busdeker Bus-DECKER 15 Matthew Kreis KRICE 18 Maxim Grodin Grawn-den 20 Brandan Bonello Buh-NELL-ph 24 Brock Hill Hill 25 Kirill Maksimov Max-sim-mov 27 Mitchell Stephens Steve-enns 29 Hayden Hodgson Hodge-son Tonight s Officials Referee Dave Drinkill (2nd season) Spencer Carbery (1st season) Chris Lazary John Kisil Jared Martlock, Jeremy Spencer # Name Pronunciation 42 C.J Garcia Gar-see-uh 49 Cole Coskey Koss-Key 55 Keaton Middleton Midd-al-tin 56 Markus Niemelainen NEE-mel-LINE-nin 67 Chet Phillips FILL-ups 71 Filip Hronek Roe-nick 77 Jesse Barwell Bar-well 91 Gianluca Fuoco Foo-OH-koh 93 Mike Davies Day-vees 96 Damien Giroux Jurr-roo Genera Manager Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Pronunciation Guide # Name Pronunciation 30 Joseph Murdaca Murr-DAK-uh 33 Troy Timpano Tim-PAN-OH 2 Mitchell Byrne Burn 3 Ryan Martin Marr-tin 6 Jordan Sambrook Sam-brooke 7 Christian Girhiny Grr-knee 8 Carson Edwardson Ed-ward-sin 9 Kyle Maksimovich Mack-sim-uh-vich 12 Alex DeBrincat Duh-BRINK-it 13 Brett Neumann New-man 14 Erik Cernak Sir-nack 15 Kyle Pettit Pet-it 17 Taylor Raddysh Radd-ish 19 Dylan Strome Strowm Linesmen Dave Brown Kris Knoblauch B.J. Adams Wes Wolfe Steve Tuholski, Andrew Kupniewski # Name Pronunciation 21 Patrick Fellows Fell-ohs 22 Josh Wainman Wayne-man 24 Darren Raddysh Radd-ish 25 TJ Fergus Fur-guss 26 Allan McShane Mick-shane 27 Ivan Lodnia Lod-NEE-uh 33 Troy Timpano Tim-pan-no 37 Warren Foegele FOH-gull 39 Gera Poddubnyi GAIR-uh poh- DUB-nee 46 Cade Robinson Rob-in-son Today s OHL Schedule (All times are EST) Kingston @ Ottawa 2:00 Guelph @ Flint 7:00 Niagara @ Hamilton 7:00 North Bay @ Peterborough 7:05 Erie @ Saginaw 7:05 Sudbury @ Sarnia 7:05 Sault Ste. Marie @ Barrie 7:30 Windsor @ Owen Sound 7:30
Saginaw Spirit: Media Notes Saturday, January 7th: OHL Regular Season Game Saginaw Spirit (14-16-5-2), 35 pts., 9th Western Conference vs. Erie Otters (26-8-2-1), 55 pts., 3rd Western Conference 7:05 PM - Dow Event Center, Saginaw, MI Broadcast Info: TV: OHL Action Pak (Province Wide) Radio: FM Talk & Sports WSGW 100.5 FM (Saginaw), Fox Sports Radio 1330 AM (Erie) Mobile: OHL Live, FM Talk 100.5 App, TuneIn Radio Web Stream: OHL Live Press Box Wifi: Spirit GDO Password: Zf3!6BcL Last Time Out vs. Erie November 18, 2016 8-3 W @ The Dow Event Center: The Saginaw Spirit and the Erie Otters battled at The Dow Event Center for Saginaw Valley State University Night. The Spirit took control from the very onset. Eight goals later, the Spirit dismantled the Otters, 8-3. The Spirit set the tone for the game just 92 seconds into the game with a goal from Matthew Kreis. Kreis scored his second goal of the year with a backhand shot from in front of the net thanks to slick pass from Kirill Maksimov that went between two defenders. Saginaw also began the game with stout defense on the Otters high-flying offense. Erie didn t get its first shot on goal until there was 11:49 left in the period. Jesse Barwell continued the scoring at 14:11 with his fourth goal of the season on the power play off of a rebound from a Marcus Crawford shot. Just two minutes later, Brady Gilmour sniped his sixth goal into the back of the net over Troy Timpano s left glove. A flurry of shots from Erie gave them the advantage in shots on goal, 10-8. The scoring continued for the Spirit in the second period which produced five more goals. 70 seconds into the period, Kirill Maksimov scored his third goal of the 2016-17 campaign. At 9:53, Proner scored from the blue line with a wrist shot that went through six bodies until it found the back of the net. 82 seconds later, Damien Giroux scored with a tip-in from in front of the net. Two minutes later, Hayden Hodgson scored his sixth goal of the season from the top of the left circle. At 18:23, Max Grondin scored his first career OHL goal off of a rebound. Taylor Raddysh scored his 19 th goal of the season, and Allan McShane scored his fifth goal to give the Otters two goals for the period. Erie led Saginaw in shots on goal, 14-9. With all of the scoring done throughout the first two periods, there wasn t any energy left from the two teams. The Spirit and Otters could only muster one goal combined. At 3:32, Taylor Raddysh scored his league-leading 20 th goal of the year. Both of Raddysh s goals were on the power play, and both of his goals were assisted by Ivan Lodnia and Darren Raddysh. Erie led Saginaw in shots on goal for the period, 12-4. The eight goals scored by the Spirit was a season-high, as the knocked off the Canadian Hockey League s #2 ranked team, 8-3. Season Series: Tonight the Saginaw Spirit and Erie Otters meet for the third of four meetings this season. The teams have split the first two games of the series with both teams winning at home. SPIRIT NHL ALUMNI NAME POS DRAFT YR NHL Team Chris Thorburn RW 2001 Buffalo Sabres 2nd round, 50th overall Paul Bissonnette LW 2003 Pittsburgh Penguins 4th round, 121th overall T.J. Brodie D 2008 Calgary Flames 4th round, 114th overall Dalton Prout D 2010 Columbus Blue Jackets 6th round, 154th overall Jamie Oleksiak D 2011 Dallas Stars 1st round, 14th overall Jordan Szwarz RW 2009 Arizona Coyotes 4th round, 97th overall Brandon Saad LW 2011 Chicago Blackhawks 2nd round, 43rd overall Vincent Trocheck C 2011 Florida Panthers 3rd round, 64th overall Ben Chiarot D 2009 Atlanta/Winnipeg 4th round, 120th overall Michael Sgarbossa C Undrafted Anaheim (NHL) / San Diego (AHL) Cody Bass C 2005 Ottawa Senators 4th round, 95th overall Tom Pyatt C 2005 New York Rangers 4th round, 107th overall Matt Corrente D 2006 New Jersey Devils 1st round, 30th overall Jan Mursak C 2006 Detroit Red Wings 6th round overall, 182th overall Ryan O Marra RW 2005 New York Islanders 1st round, 15th overall Chris Breen D Undrafted Calgary Flames (2013-14) Geoff Platt LW Undrafted Columbus Blue Jackets (2005-2007) John McFarland RW 2010 Florida Panthers (2015)
2016-17 Home Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Sat. Sep 24 Vs Guelph 2-1 L Sat Oct 1 Vs Ottawa 6-3 L Sat Oct 15 Vs Mississauga 3-2 OTL Sat Oct 22 Vs Kingston 3-2 W Sat Nov 5 Vs Barrie 4-2 W Sat Nov 12 Vs Peterborough 7-4 W Wed Nov 16 Vs Sault Ste Marie 5-3 L Fri Nov 18 Vs Erie 8-3 W Sat Nov 19 Vs Owen Sound 4-2 W Sat Nov 26 Vs Kitchener 4-1 L Sun Nov 27 Vs Guelph 4-2 W Sat Dec 3 Vs Niagara 5-1 W Sun Dec 4 Vs Windsor 3-2 OTL Thu Dec 8 Vs Sarnia 3-0 W Wed Dec 14 Vs Flint 3-1 W Sat Dec 17 Vs Sarnia 6-0 L Wed Dec 28 Vs Windsor 4-3 OTL Thu Dec 29 Vs Sault Ste. Marie 4-3 L Fri Jan 6 Vs Sarnia 3-2 SOW Sat Jan 7 Vs Erie Tue Jan 10 Vs Flint Sat Jan 14 Vs London Thu Jan 26 Vs Hamilton Sat Jan 28 Vs Windsor Wed Feb 1 Vs Sault Ste Marie Sat Feb 4 Vs London Fri Feb 17 Vs Flint Sat Feb 18 Vs Kitchener Sat Feb 25 Vs North Bay Sun Feb 26 Vs Flint Fri Mar 3 Vs Oshawa Sat Mar 4 Vs Sudbury Wed Mar 15 Vs Sault Ste Marie Sat Mar 18 Vs Windsor EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM Oshawa 38 22 12 2 2 48.632 127 118 516 Sudbury 38 16 18 4 0 36.474 113 145 580 Peterborough 38 21 13 1 3 46.605 133 126 428 Hamilton 38 18 15 3 2 41.539 135 127 472 Kingston 37 17 14 5 1 40.541 93 108 354 Ottawa 38 16 17 5 0 37.487 128 146 399 Mississauga 38 14 16 5 3 36.474 131 148 550 North Bay 37 15 19 3 0 33.446 110 138 402 Niagara 38 12 19 4 3 31.408 111 146 544 Barrie 37 12 21 3 1 28.378 102 149 462 WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM Sault Ste. Marie 39 28 9 2 0 58.744 160 119 408 London 37 26 6 2 3 57.770 160 103 483 Erie 37 26 8 2 1 55.743 162 105 346 Windsor 37 25 7 4 1 55.743 127 91 454 Owen Sound 38 24 13 1 0 49.645 134 95 399 Kitchener 37 22 12 2 1 47.635 148 129 457 Sarnia 39 17 16 5 1 40.513 136 146 432 Flint 38 18 17 1 2 39.513 113 130 423 Saginaw 37 14 16 5 2 35.473 108 129 378 Guelph 38 14 20 2 2 32.421 119 152 560 www.saginawspirit.com