Volume 17 | February 6th 2019 WELCOME TO SPIRIT WEEKLY Spirit Weekly presented by Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants. Visit our Website GAME RECAP: @ Guelph The Saginaw Spirit allowed seven unanswered goals Wednesday at the Sleeman Centre in a 8-2 loss to the Guelph Storm. It’s the first time the Spirit have drop back-to-back losses in nearly two months as Guelph shortens the gap for third and fourth place in the Western Conference standings to three points. Ryan McLeod and Cole Perfetti collected a goal in the fourth of a five-game road swing. Box Score Video Highlights GAME RECAP: @ Flint The Saginaw Spirit avoid a three-game losing skid after Friday’s 4-2 win over in-state rival, Flint Firebirds, at the Dort Federal Event Center. In the seventh of an eight-game regular-season series, it’s the sixth straight win and fourth in Flint this year for the Spirit, who have already captured the Coors Light I-75 Divide Cup in the previous meeting back on January 2. Box Score Video Highlights GAME RECAP: vs Flint The Saginaw Spirit erased a two-goal deficit in the first period Saturday to rally past the Flint Firebirds, 6-4, in front of a record-setting crowd of 5,622 at The Dow Event Center. The comeback affair extended the Spirit’s point streak to 16 games against their in-state rival dating back to the 2016-17 season. Box Score Video Highlights UPCOMING SPIRIT GAMES Thursday Feb 7th @ Windsor Spitfires 7:05pm Saturday Feb 9th v s London Knights 7:05pm Watch: OHL Action Pak, w w w .OHLLive.com Listen: WSGW-FM 100.5, Watch: OHL Action Pak, w w w .OHLLive.com w w w .fmtalk1005.com, iHeartRadio app, Listen: WSGW-FM 100.5, WSGW-FM app w w w .fmtalk1005.com, iHeartRadio app, WSGW-FM app Nexteer Spirit Player Of The Week Nexteer Automotive presents "Player of the Week": Saginaw Spirit Forward #26 Camaryn Baber. The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario native had a 4 point weekend, recording 2 Goals and 2 Assists bringing his season point total to 11 points (5 Goals, 6 Assists) Feature: After being traded by eventual OHL champion, Reilly Webb hopes for deep playoff run in Saginaw It’s one of those moments where hockey fans always remember where they were. On May 13, 2018, Hamilton faithful watched the impossible as their Bulldogs completed the improbable upset of juggernaut Sault Ste. Marie to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup. The FirstOntario Centre was packed by the thousands. Reilly Webb was not one of them. The Saginaw Spirit defenseman and Detroit Red Wings prospect began the 2017-18 season as rearguard for a Hamilton Bulldogs team that was primed — and as it turned out destined — to make a run at an Ontario Hockey League championship. However, he missed out on the celebration after being traded to Saginaw midseason. Read More Buffalo Wild Wings Watch Party Saginaw Spirit @ Windsor Spitfires— Thursday, February 7th —7:05PM The Saginaw Spirit will once again partner with one of the most popular sports bar-chain restaurants in all of North America to provide access to their team like never before. The Buffalo Wild Wings location in Saginaw, which has already established itself as one of the “go- to” locations to watch live sports in the Great Lakes Bay Region, will continue to show the live television broadcasts of all 34 Spirit away games against Ontario Hockey League opponents during the upcoming season on their massive collection of state-of-the-art High-Definition televisions and projectors. SPIRIT PROMOTIONS 90 Minute Power Play: Saturday, February 9th : Budweiser Red Room The Saginaw Spirit are proud to introduce in conjunction w ith The Dow Event Center and SMG, the new “90 minute Pow er Play” prior to each regular season Spirit game at The Dow Event Center. Fans are invited to enjoy the 90 minute Pow er Play in the Budw eiser Red Room or in the Dow Hockey Corner behind section 23 in the concourse of the arena. Budw eiser Red Room Availability can be found at Read More Saginaw Spirit Fan Survey: Fan Survey: The Saginaw Spirit are conducting their annual fan survey and we want you to tell us what YOU think! Click the link below to take a quick survey before February 10, 2019 for a chance to win one of these great prizes. Eagle’s Nest Suite for 15 people with pizza and pop for a 2019 Playoff game Two nights stay and $100 food credit at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort $100 Harvey’s Gift Card Team Autographed Jersey Click Here for Story CLICK HERE TO TAKE SURVEY Saginaw Spirit: February 9th 5th Annual Talk Today, Hope for Tomorrow Mental Health Awareness Game presented by McLaren Ray Region Budweiser Red Room Doors open: 5:30PM Main Doors to Arena open: 6:00PM Puck drops: 7:05PM Professionals from area mental health agencies will be on hand when the doors open at 5:30PM to discuss referral sources that can provide immediate help for people who need assistance. By visiting the vendors and completing the special passport, you have an opportunity to win an autographed Saginaw Spirit jersey! Buy your tickets online and support mental health services at the same time! $5 of every ticket purchased at the link below will be donated back to support McLaren Bay Region Behavioral Health services. Visit the link below and enter the username and password to get your tickets today: Online: https://www.saginawspirit.net/groupsales Username: Mclaren Password: Spirit Call: 989-497-7747 Visit: 5789 State Street Saginaw, MI Saginaw Spirit Teacher Appreciation Nomination The Saginaw Spirit Hockey Club would once again like to honor one of your teachers at our Annual Spirited Teacher game sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company on Friday, February 15th, 2019. Please have your students vote for the teacher they feel is most deserving of the award. The teacher who receives the most votes will be honored during an on-ice ceremony at the Spirit game on February 15th. CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE YOUR TEACHER! Saginaw Spirit Merchandise Show off your Spirit by visiting the Saginaw Spirit Official Merchandise CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT! SPIRIT IN THE COMMUNITY Saginaw Spirit Merchandise Covenant Hospital Visit: Saginaw Spirit players Owen Tippett, Justin Murray, Brady Gilmour, and Reagan O'Grady visited the Covenant Children's Hospital on February 5th. The players visited several children and brought gifts of Spirit hats and smiles all around. 12th Annual Shocks and Saves Game: The Saginaw Spirit has proudly partnered with Pulse3 Foundation and Mobile Medical Response for the past 12 years to host the annual Shocks and Saves® Charity Game held at The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, MI. This event funds Pulse3 Foundation’s AED Grant Program which annually awards Automated External Defibrillators and provides free training to local non-profit organizations throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region and Thumb. Since 2008, this event has raised over $650,000, allowing the placement of 220 AED’s throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region and Thumb. In that time, those AED’s have saved a total of 11 lives of people experiencing cardiac arrest in the community. READ MORE Saginaw Spirit Hockey Club | 989-497-7747 | [email protected] | saginawspirit.com This Spirit Weekly was presented by Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants, a leading Michigan accounting firm. Yeo & Yeo provides forward-thinking, comprehensive solutions in accounting, audit, tax, technology and business consulting. STAY CONNECTED ​ ​ ​.