GAME NIGHT

February 26, 2017 - 4:00 PM

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15th Anniversary Season vs. Flint Firebirds Game Notes

February 26, 2017 4:00 PM EST, Dow Event Center, Saginaw, MI

Saginaw Spirit 22 - 28 - 7 - 2 (53 pts) L2 Flint Firebirds 29 - 24 - 1 - 4 (63 pts) L1 Team Game: 60 15 - 10 - 4 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 59 18 - 9 - 1 - 1 (Home) Home Game: 30 7 - 18 - 3 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 28 11 - 15 - 0 - 3 (Road) PP: 16.4% (17th) / PK: 77.7% (19th) OT: (0-7) SO: (2-2) GF / GA: 179 / 223 PP: 13.9% (18th) / PK: 81.0% (9th) OT: (6-1) SO: (2-4) GF / GA: 194 / 202

# Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV% # Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV% 20 Brendan Bonello ‘17 20 3 10 2 4.75 .850 33 Garrett Forrest 28 12 12 3 3.37 .891 35 Evan Cormier (NJ) ‘16 42 19 16 7 3.30 .897 50 Connor Hicks 32 16 11 2 3.16 .884

# P Player (NHL or Draft) GP G A PTS +/- PIM # P Player (NHL or Draft) GP G A PTS +/- PIM 5 D Marcus Crawford 51 5 29 34 -1 32 2 D Alex Peters (OA) 58 7 23 30 +17 59 7 LW Kyle Bollers ‘17 55 1 2 3 -19 20 4 D Hakon Nilsen 37 2 1 3 +1 14 9 C Brady Gilmour ‘17 56 24 20 44 -4 2 5 D Jalen Smereck (FA - ARZ 55 7 32 39 +6 60 C (OA) 11 Kris Bennett 58 21 23 44 -5 62 ‘16) 14 RW D.J. Busdeker ‘18 35 7 7 14 -2 14 6 D Samuel Duchesne ‘17 35 0 2 2 -11 32 15 C Matthew Kreis 56 10 17 27 +9 6 7 LW Maurizio Colella 55 14 18 32 +2 25 18 C Max Grondin ‘18 59 5 3 8 -20 30 21 D Hayden Davis ‘17 58 3 9 12 -14 68 9 LW Jack Phibbs ‘17 46 1 5 6 E 4 24 D Brock Hill ‘17 41 0 2 2 -11 26 10 LW Nicholas Caamano 57 29 26 55 -8 59 (DAL) ‘16 29 RW Hayden Hodgson (OA) 58 32 28 60 -7 55 11 D Dennis Busby ‘18 52 2 12 14 +4 20 42 D C.J. Garcia (OA) 55 5 12 17 -27 28 49 RW Cole Coskey ‘17 57 9 19 28 +4 30 12 RW Jake Durham ‘17 56 9 5 14 -1 36 D 55 D Keaton Middleton (TOR) 55 3 14 17 +10 35 15 Fedor Gordeev ‘17 54 3 9 12 E 41 ‘16 16 D Michal Steinocher ‘18 35 1 0 1 -11 19 56 D Markus Niemelainen 50 1 5 6 -7 38 17 C Everett Clark (OA) 55 13 19 32 -4 51 (EDM) ‘16 71 D Filip Hronek (DET) ‘16 50 12 40 52 +15 52 18 RW C.J. Clarke ‘17 46 8 10 18 -9 15 77 LW Jesse Barwell 54 6 10 16 -11 8 24 D Mathieu Henderson (OA) 58 10 38 48 -1 30 91 LW Gianluca Fuoco ‘17 45 2 0 2 -15 14 26 LW Ryan Littlejohn ‘18 32 0 2 2 -2 18 93 LW Mike Davies 31 4 1 5 -10 26 40 C Ryan Moore 58 34 42 76 +8 47 96 C Damien Giroux ‘18 44 7 15 22 -3 19 44 LW Luke Kirwan 31 14 8 22 -2 10 53 C Ty Dellandrea ‘18 47 11 8 19 -9 20 73 LW Jacob Collins 54 1 1 2 -5 18 92 RW Kole Sherwood (FA–CBJ 50 29 39 68 +11 49 ‘15) 93 C Hunter Holmes 57 5 8 13 -1 10

General Manager Dave Drinkill (2nd season) General Manager George Burnett Head Coach Spencer Carbery (1st season) Head Coach Ryan Oulahen Associate Coach Chris Lazary Assoiciate Coach Eric Wellwood Assistant Coach / Assistant GM John Kisil Assistant Coach / Video Coach Scott MacDonald Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Jared Martlock, Jeremy Spencer Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Mike Hildenbrand, Alex Covers Pronunciation Guide Pronunciation Guide # Name Pronunciation # Name Pronunciation # Name Pronunciation # Name Pronunciation 5 Marcus Crawford Craw-ferd 49 Cole Coskey Koss-Key 2 Alex Peters Pete-urs 26 Ryan Littlejohn Little-john 7 Kyle Bollers Bowl-lurs 55 Keaton Middleton Midd-al-tin 4 Hakon Nilsen Nill-sen 40 Ryan Moore Moore 9 Brady Gilmour Gill-more 56 Markus Niemelainen NEE-mel-LINE-nin 5 Jalen Smereck Sm-air-ick 44 Luke Kirwan Kerr-win 11 Kris Bennett Ben-nitt 71 Filip Hronek Roe-nick 6 Samuel Duchesne Doo-shane 53 Ty Dellandrea Dell-an-dree-uh 14 D.J. Busdeker Bus-DECKER 77 Jesse Barwell Bar-well 7 Maurizio Colella Cole-el-uh 73 Jacob Collins Coll-ins 15 Matthew Kreis KRICE 91 Gianluca Fuoco Foo-OH-koh 9 Jack Phibbs Fibbs 92 Kole Sherwood Shure-wood 18 Maxim Grodin Grawn-den 93 Mike Davies Day-vees 10 Nick Caamamo Cuh-man-oh 93 Hunter Holmes Holmes 20 Brandan Bonello Buh-NELL-ph 96 Damien Giroux Jurr-roo 11 Dennis Busby Bus-bee 21 Hayden Davis Day-vis 12 Jake Durham Dur-ham 24 Brock Hill Hill 15 Fedor Gordeev Gore-deev 29 Hayden Hodgson Hodge-son 16 Michal Steinocher St-eye-nah-kerr 35 Evan Cormier Core-ME-eh 17 Everett Clark Clark

42 C.J Garcia Gar-see-uh 18 C.J. Clarke Clark 24 Mathieu Henderson Hen-dur-son Tonight’s Officials Referees Linesmen Today’s OHL Schedule (All times are EST) London @ Guelph 2:00 Hamilton @ Kingston 2:00 Sudbury @ Mississauga 2:00 Niagara @ Ottawa 2:00 Erie @ Owen Sound 2:00 Sarnia @ Windsor 2:05 North Bay @ Sault Ste. Marie 2:07 Flint @ Saginaw 4:00 Peterborough @ Oshawa 6:05 Saginaw Spirit: Media Notes Sunday, February 26th: OHL Regular Season Game Saginaw Spirit (22-28-7-2), 53 pts., 9th Western Conference vs. Flint Firebirds (29-24-1-4), 63 pts., 7th Western Conference 4:00 PM - Dow Event Center, Saginaw, MI Broadcast Info: TV: OHL Action Pak (Province Wide) Radio: FM Talk & Sports WSGW 100.5 FM (Saginaw), Sports Xtra WTRX 1330 AM (Flint) 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. Flint February 17, 2017 4-1 W @ Dow Event Center: – The Saginaw Spirit faced off against the Flint Firebirds to continue the Coors Light I-75 Divide Cup series. After a strong start with three goals in the opening period, the Spirit held on for the rest of the game for a 4-1 victory. It only took three minutes for the Spirit to strike first. D.J. Busdeker scored his fifth of the season on a tip of a Filip Hronek shot. Brady Gilmour gathered the puck at the left circle, and made a pass to Hronek who stood at the blue line. Hronek took a wrist shot, which deflected off of Busdeker’s stick in front of the crease for the goal. At 10:42 the Firebirds struck back. A turnover in the Flint zone began the rush as Maurizio Colella found Ryan Moore in the neutral zone. Moore pushed the puck into the Saginaw zone as Kole Sherwood streaked towards the net. Moore made a nifty pass through two defenders to Sherwood, who scored his 28th goal after a quick move on Evan Cormier. Exactly four minutes later, the Spirit took back the lead when Filip Hronek collected his 10th goal of the year. Kris Bennett accrued the puck behind the Flint net and skated towards the blue line. Once he got there he dropped the puck off for Hronek, who took a wrist shot from the left point. Flint goaltender Garrett Forrest was screened by two players, and could not locate the puck until it was in the net. 30 seconds later, Saginaw added its third goal of the period to give them a 3-1 lead. Keaton Middleton shot the puck into the Flint zone. Hayden Hodgson chased it down to the right board, made a slick move past a defender. The puck followed him to the trapezoid area where he made a no-look pass to a streaking Kris Bennett who tallied his 19th goal of the season. Saginaw led Flint in shots on goal, 21-9. No goals were scored in the second period, but there were plenty of power plays to go around. Five penalties were committed, but three went against the Spirit. However, the Spirit held their own and left the Firebirds scoreless in each man-advantage. Unfortunately, the Firebirds also held the Spirit scoreless keeping the score 3-1 heading into the final period. Flint led Saginaw in shots on goal, 14-5. Only one goal was scored in the third period, and it belonged to the Spirit. With less than three minutes to go in the game, the Firebirds pulled their goalie for an extra man. Just 18 seconds later, at 17:41 D.J. Busdeker added his second goal of the game with the empty-netter to give the Spirit the 4-1 victory. Saginaw led Flint in shots on goal, 38-28 and took the game by a final of 4-1. With the victory, the Spirit are now seven points back of the Flint Firebirds for the eighth and final playoff spot.

Season Series: Tonight the Spirit and the Flint Firebirds faceoff for the seventh of eight meetings in the Coors Light I-75 Divide Cup Series. Flint has won four out of the six meetings this season and can clinch the cup with a win tonight.

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 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 4th round, 97th overall

Brandon Saad LW 2011 Chicago Blackhawks 2nd round, 43rd overall

Vincent Trocheck C 2011 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 1st round, 30th overall

Detroit Red Wings 6th round overall, 182th Jan Mursak C 2006 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 STANDINGS Sat Nov 26 Vs Kitchener 4-1 L Sun Nov 27 Vs Guelph 4-2 W Sat Dec 3 Vs Niagara 5-1 W EASTERN CONFERENCE

Sun Dec 4 Vs Windsor 3-2 OTL TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM

Thu Dec 8 Vs Sarnia 3-0 W X– Peterborough 58 35 18 2 3 75 .647 201 189 608

Wed Dec 14 Vs Flint 3-1 W Mississauga 59 27 19 6 7 67 .568 209 200 797 Sat Dec 17 Vs Sarnia 6-0 L X– Oshawa 58 34 19 3 2 73 .629 198 181 766

Wed Dec 28 Vs Windsor 4-3 OTL Hamilton 58 29 23 4 2 64 .552 209 192 671

Thu Dec 29 Vs Sault Ste. Ma- 4-3 L Kingston 58 27 22 5 4 63 .543 144 171 553 rie Sudbury 58 23 28 7 0 53 .457 181 227 865 Fri Jan 6 Vs Sarnia 3-2 SO W Ottawa 58 22 30 5 1 50 .431 191 243 616 Sat Jan 7 Vs Erie 4-2 W North Bay 58 22 32 3 1 48 .414 167 218 643 Tue Jan 10 Vs Flint 11-2 L Niagara 58 19 29 6 4 48 .414 172 226 753 Sat Jan 14 Vs London 4-3 L Barrie 59 15 37 6 1 37 .314 167 258 794 Thu Jan 26 Vs Hamilton 6-5 W

Sat Jan 28 Vs Windsor 3-2 W

Wed Feb 1 Vs Sault Ste Marie 5-2 L WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM Sat Feb 4 Vs London 4-1 W X- Erie 58 44 11 2 1 91 .784 272 153 567 Fri Feb 17 Vs Flint 4-1 W X- Sault Ste. Marie 58 40 15 2 1 83 .716 244 188 565 Sat Feb 18 Vs Kitchener 5-4 OTL Sat Feb 25 Vs North Bay 3-2 L X-London 58 39 12 3 4 85 .733 243 164 723

Sun Feb 26 Vs Flint X- Owen Sound 58 40 15 1 2 83 .716 237 144 576 Fri Mar 3 Vs Oshawa X- Windsor 58 36 14 5 3 80 .690 199 151 644 Sat Mar 4 Vs Sudbury Kitchener 59 32 23 2 2 68 .576 216 216 653 Wed Mar 15 Vs Sault Ste Marie Flint 58 29 24 1 4 63 .543 194 202 651 Sat Mar 18 Vs Windsor Sarnia 59 27 26 5 1 60 .508 226 239 684 Saginaw 59 22 28 7 2 53 .449 179 223 594 Guelph 57 20 32 3 2 45 .395 171 235 742

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