GAME NIGHT February 26, 2017 - 4:00 PM VS 15th Anniversary Season Saginaw Spirit 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 goal 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.