Firebirds Drop 3-2 Decision at Home to Windsor Saturday
Published on January 23, 2016 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Flint Firebirds News Release
Flint, Mich. - The Spitfires recorded two second period goals en route to a 3-2 victory over the Flint Firebirds before 3,688 fans at the Dort Federal Event Center on Saturday night (http://flintfirebirds.com/article/windsor01232016) .
While behind Windsor's net and on the power play, Will Bitten dished the puck to Zach Grzelewski who found a crashing Nicholas Caamano in the slot before Caamano hit the post and banged home his own rebound to earn the Firebirds the 1-0 lead 2:47 into the first period.
The Firebirds remained in the lead until Aaron Luckhuk banked the puck off Flint's Matthew Menna from the left corner and into the net. The goal was originally called off but turned over after video review to give the Spitfires the tying tally.
With the game tied 1-1 after the first period of play, Bradley Latour scored on a rebound shot by Hayden McCool from the right circle for his 15^th of the season. While on the power play 55 seconds later, Mikhail Sergachev dished the puck from the nearside wall to Brendan Lemieux at the far circle who one-timed the puck into the back of the net for Windsor's eventual game-winning goal.
The Firebirds scored the lone goal in the final frame when Bitten picked up a shot from Mathieu Henderson, walked out front and found Ryan Moore backdoor. Moore kicked the puck to his stick and slid the puck on the ice into the cage to bring the Firebirds within one but could not complete the comeback before the final buzzer.
After making 10 saves, Menna was relieved by Brent Moran 2:50 into the second period and was perfect in net making 21 saves.
The Firebirds were 2-for-7 on the power play and the Spitfires scored one goal on three attempts with the man-advantage.
Saturday's contest began after the County of Essex, the City of Windsor and the Windsor Spitfires sent more than 65,000 bottles of water to the City of Flint on two semi-trucks prior to puck drop. The Flint Firebirds and the City of Flint are very thankful to everyone that took the time to donate to a good cause.
Next up for Flint, the Firebirds will travel to Kitchener, Ont. for the first time this season. Puck drop is set for 2 p.m. against the Rangers (31-8-4-0, 3rd Midwest Division) at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The game will be televised live state-wide throughout Michigan on Comcast channel 900 for Comcast Cable subscribers, on channel 20 in Kitchener for Rogers TV cable subscribers and across the province of Ontario on the OHL Action Pak on channel 455 for cable subscribers. In addition, Firebirds fans can catch the game in Mid-Michigan on 1330 WTRX Sports Radio and around the world online on the iHeartRadio app here (http://www.iheart.com/live/sports-xtra-1330-5506/) . Flint Firebirds radio broadcaster Dominic Hennig will have the call with pregame coverage beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Ontario Hockey League Stories from January 23, 2016
- Steelheads Fall 4-1 to Bulldogs - Brampton Steelheads
- Firebirds Drop 3-2 Decision at Home to Windsor Saturday - Flint Firebirds
- Bulldogs Batter Steelheads - Brantford Bulldogs
- Rangers Rebound with Win at the Bayshore - Kitchener Rangers
- Sarnia wins 6-5 - Sarnia Sting
- Attack Fall to Rangers in Divisional Battle - Owen Sound Attack
- IceDogs Come up Big in Victory over Erie - Niagara IceDogs
- Steelheads Blank IceDogs 5-0 - Brampton Steelheads
- Water for Flint Initiative Wraps with 65,000 Bottles Donated - Windsor Spitfires
- Firebirds Host Windsor Spitfires Saturday in Flint - Flint Firebirds
- Battalion Battle Past Bulldogs - Brantford Bulldogs
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