OHL Saginaw Spirit

Spirit Beat Rival Whalers 4-3

January 12, 2011 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Saginaw Spirit News Release


The Saginaw Spirit beat the Plymouth Whalers 4-3 in regulation Wednesday night at The Dow Event Center. Defenseman Peter Hermenegildo earned first star honors with a goal and two assists. The Spirit lead the OHL Western Conference and move within one point of the league leading Mississauga St. Michael's Majors with 60 points and 28-8-3-1 record.

The Spirit scored the lone goal of the first period, with winger Jordan Szwarz notching a power play marker at 9:29 in the period from center Ivan Telegin and defenseman Peter Hermenegildo. The second period would see Hermenegildo score from the blueline to make it 2-0 Saginaw, courtesy assists from Telegin and winger Josh Shalla. The Whalers would answer moments later, making it a one goal game after center Mitchell Heard scored from center Michael Whaley and winger James Livingston at the 12:02 mark.

Saginaw would respond early in the third period, with winger Brandon Saad scoring a power play goal at 5:45 to make it 3-1 Spirit. Hermenegildo and defenseman Ben Chiarot assisted on the goal. The back-and-forth action would continue with Whalers winger Garrett Meurs scoring a power play goal at 8:29 from Livingston to make it 3-2. The Whalers would continue to push and in the final minutes emptied their net for an extra attacker, however the Spirit would take advantage for the situation with a power play, empty net goal at 18:50 from Chiarot making it 4-2. The empty net goal proved critical, when Plymouth's center Robbie Czarnik would later score a goal at 19:11 from Heard and Livingston. The game ended by a score of 4-3.

Spirit goalie Mavric Parks posted 22 saves on 25 shots, and Whalers netminder Scott Wedgewood tallied 30 saves on 33 shots.

For a complete game sheet, visit www.ontariohockeyleague.com

Get your tickets! The world famous ZOOPERSTARS! will be at the Spirit's next home game, Saturday January 15 against the Kitchener Rangers. The puck drops at 7:11 PM. For ticket information, please contact the Saginaw Spirit at 989-497-7747 or visit the Official Saginaw Spirit Ticket and Merchandise Store at 5789 State Street in Saginaw. Tickets can also be purchased at SaginawSpirit.com or any TicketMaster Outlet.

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