VS

February 26, 2017 - 4:00 PM

GAME NIGHT

15th Anniversary Season

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%

20 Brendan Bonello ‘17 20 3 10 2 4.75 .850

35 Evan Cormier (NJ) ‘16 42 19 16 7 3.30 .897

33 Garrett Forrest 28 12 12 3 3.37 .891 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

# Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV%

5 D Marcus Crawford 51 5 29 34 -1 32

7 LW Kyle Bollers ‘17 55 1 2 3 -19 20

9 C Brady Gilmour ‘17 56 24 20 44 -4 2 11 C Kris Bennett (OA) 58 21 23 44 -5 62

14 RW D.J. Busdeker ‘18 35 7 7 14 -2 14 15 C Matthew Kreis 56 10 17 27 +9 6

18 C Max Grondin ‘18 59 5 3 8 -20 30 21 D Hayden Davis ‘17 58 3 9 12 -14 68

24 D Brock Hill ‘17 41 0 2 2 -11 26 29 RW Hayden Hodgson (OA) 58 32 28 60 -7 55

42 D C.J. Garcia (OA) 55 5 12 17 -27 28 49 RW Cole Coskey ‘17 57 9 19 28 +4 30

55 D Keaton Middleton (TOR)

‘16

55 3 14 17 +10 35

56 D Markus Niemelainen (EDM) ‘16

50 1 5 6 -7 38

71 D Filip Hronek (DET) ‘16 50 12 40 52 +15 52

77 LW Jesse Barwell 54 6 10 16 -11 8

91 LW Gianluca Fuoco ‘17 45 2 0 2 -15 14

93 LW Mike Davies 31 4 1 5 -10 26

96 C Damien Giroux ‘18 44 7 15 22 -3 19

2 D Alex Peters (OA) 58 7 23 30 +17 59

4 D Hakon Nilsen 37 2 1 3 +1 14

5 D Jalen Smereck (FA - ARZ

‘16)

55 7 32 39 +6 60

6 D Samuel Duchesne ‘17 35 0 2 2 -11 32

7 LW Maurizio Colella 55 14 18 32 +2 25

9 LW Jack Phibbs ‘17 46 1 5 6 E 4

10 LW Nicholas Caamano (DAL) ‘16

57 29 26 55 -8 59

11 D Dennis Busby ‘18 52 2 12 14 +4 20

12 RW Jake Durham ‘17 56 9 5 14 -1 36

15 D Fedor Gordeev ‘17 54 3 9 12 E 41

16 D Michal Steinocher ‘18 35 1 0 1 -11 19

17 C Everett Clark (OA) 55 13 19 32 -4 51

18 RW C.J. Clarke ‘17 46 8 10 18 -9 15

24 D Mathieu Henderson (OA) 58 10 38 48 -1 30

26 LW Ryan Littlejohn ‘18 32 0 2 2 -2 18

40 C Ryan Moore 58 34 42 76 +8 47

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

‘15) 50 29 39 68 +11 49

93 C Hunter Holmes 57 5 8 13 -1 10

General Manager Dave Drinkill (2nd season)

Head Coach Spencer Carbery (1st season)

Associate Coach Chris Lazary

Assistant Coach / Assistant GM John Kisil

Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Jared Martlock, Jeremy Spencer

General Manager George Burnett

Head Coach Ryan Oulahen

Assoiciate Coach Eric Wellwood

Assistant Coach / Video Coach Scott MacDonald

Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Mike Hildenbrand, Alex Covers

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

Pronunciation Guide Pronunciation Guide # Name Pronunciation

5 Marcus Crawford Craw-ferd

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 21 Hayden Davis Day-vis

24 Brock Hill Hill 29 Hayden Hodgson Hodge-son 35 Evan Cormier Core-ME-eh

42 C.J Garcia Gar-see-uh

# Name Pronunciation

49 Cole Coskey Koss-Key

55 Keaton Middleton Midd-al-tin

56 Markus Niemelainen NEE-mel-LINE-nin

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

# Name Pronunciation

2 Alex Peters Pete-urs

4 Hakon Nilsen Nill-sen

5 Jalen Smereck Sm-air-ick

6 Samuel Duchesne Doo-shane

7 Maurizio Colella Cole-el-uh

9 Jack Phibbs Fibbs

10 Nick Caamamo Cuh-man-oh

11 Dennis Busby Bus-bee

12 Jake Durham Dur-ham

15 Fedor Gordeev Gore-deev

16 Michal Steinocher St-eye-nah-kerr

17 Everett Clark Clark

18 C.J. Clarke Clark

24 Mathieu Henderson Hen-dur-son

# Name Pronunciation

26 Ryan Littlejohn Little-john

40 Ryan Moore Moore

44 Luke Kirwan Kerr-win

53 Ty Dellandrea Dell-an-dree-uh

73 Jacob Collins Coll-ins

92 Kole Sherwood Shure-wood

93 Hunter Holmes Holmes

Saginaw Spirit vs. Flint Firebirds

Game 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. Flint has won four out of the six meetings this season and can clinch the cup with a win tonight.

Saginaw Spirit: Media Notes

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

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM

X- Erie 58 44 11 2 1 91 .784 272 153 567

X- Sault Ste. Marie 58 40 15 2 1 83 .716 244 188 565

X-London 58 39 12 3 4 85 .733 243 164 723

X- Owen Sound 58 40 15 1 2 83 .716 237 144 576

X- Windsor 58 36 14 5 3 80 .690 199 151 644

Kitchener 59 32 23 2 2 68 .576 216 216 653

Flint 58 29 24 1 4 63 .543 194 202 651

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

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM

X– Peterborough 58 35 18 2 3 75 .647 201 189 608

Mississauga 59 27 19 6 7 67 .568 209 200 797

X– Oshawa 58 34 19 3 2 73 .629 198 181 766

Hamilton 58 29 23 4 2 64 .552 209 192 671

Kingston 58 27 22 5 4 63 .543 144 171 553

Sudbury 58 23 28 7 0 53 .457 181 227 865

Ottawa 58 22 30 5 1 50 .431 191 243 616

North Bay 58 22 32 3 1 48 .414 167 218 643

Niagara 58 19 29 6 4 48 .414 172 226 753

Barrie 59 15 37 6 1 37 .314 167 258 794

STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

www.saginawspirit.com

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. Ma-rie

4-3 L

Fri Jan 6 Vs Sarnia 3-2 SO W

Sat Jan 7 Vs Erie 4-2 W

Tue Jan 10 Vs Flint 11-2 L

Sat Jan 14 Vs London 4-3 L

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

Sat Feb 4 Vs London 4-1 W

Fri Feb 17 Vs Flint 4-1 W

Sat Feb 18 Vs Kitchener 5-4 OTL

Sat Feb 25 Vs North Bay 3-2 L

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

X = Clinched Playoff Spot