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Spirit Weekly

December 1, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Saginaw Spirit News Release


THIS WEEK IN SPIRIT HOCKEY:

It was a week filled with West Division opponents as the Spirit traveled to Flint for their fourth meeting with their I-75 Divide Rival, and battled the Windsor Spitfires in a home-and-home series.

Wednesday night, the Spirit traveled down to Flint for their fourth meeting with their I-75 Divide Rival Flint Firebirds. The Firebirds held a two games to one lead in the season series for the Coors Light Cup. The Spirit got on the board 1:05 into the first on Kris Bennett's sixth goal of the season. Flint was quick to respond, scoring the next three goals in the game. The Spirit mounted a late comeback when Artem Artemov scored to make it 3-2 in the third period. Cullen Mercer added an insurance goal for Flint to give them a 4-2 decision.

After the Thanksgiving holiday, the Spirit took a trip across the border to face the first-place Windsor Spitfires on Friday night. The Spits got off to a good start scoring the game's first two goals. Kris Bennett notched his seventh goal of the season to get the Spirit back to within a goal. Unfortunately, that is a close as the Spirit would get. Windsor piled on the next three goals, taking the game, 5-1.

On Saturday night, the Spirit faced off against the Spitfires in the backend of a home-and-home series. The Spits buried the first three tallies of the game from Aaron Luchuk, Markus Soberg, and Christian Fischer. Markus Niemelainen scored his first OHL goal to get the Spirit on the board in the first period. The Spirit battled all the way back to take a 4-3 lead in the third period. Jesse Barwell added an empty net goal late in the third to cement a 5-3 win for the Saginaw Spirit.

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NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

This week's Nexteer Automotive Player of the Week is Spirit Forward #11 Kris Bennett! Bennett scored three goals and two assists this week. Bennett has eight points in his last six games and scored goals in all three games this week. Congrats to Kris on being named the Nexteer Automotive Player of the Week.

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WHAT'S NEXT?

@ FLINT FRI. DEC 4 - 7:30: (TV: OHL Action Pak RADIO: 100.5 WSGW FM, WEB: OHL Live)

On Saturday night, the Spirit will play the Flint Firebirds for the second time in two weeks. The Firebirds have won three of the first four matchups against Saginaw in the Coors Light I-75 Divide Cup Rivalry Series.

vs. NORTH BAY SAT. DEC 5 - 7:05: (TV: OHL Action Pak, RADIO: 100.5 WSGW FM WEB: OHL Live)

Led by captain Mike Amadio and defenseman Cam Dineen, the North Bay Battalion currently sit in fourth place in the Central Division. Saturday's game is the first of the season against the Battalion. It's Teddy Bear Toss Night in partnership with the Jayden Lamb Memorial Foundation. For fundraiser tickets, call (989) 497-7747 or visit www.saginawspirit.com/

BROADCAST INFORMATION:

Spirit fans can catch radio broadcasts on WSGW 100.5 FM, www.fmtalk1005.com , and the FM Talk 100.5 App in the App Store or Google Play with the voices of Spirit Hockey, Joey Battaino and Dennis Desrosiers. For a full TV Broadcast schedule, please visit ontariohockeyleague.com

FLEX TICKETS AND GROUP RATES:

Fans, check out our great offers on Flex ticket plans and group rates by logging on to www.saginawspirit.com/page/tickets

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COMMUNITY EVENTS:

This week, your Saginaw Spirit will be visiting Cramer Junior High School in Essexville and Hampton Elementary in Bay City on December 1st. On December 3rd, the Spirit will be at Freeland Elementary School. If you know of a community event you would like to see the players at, please reach out to Charley Porter at cporter@saginawspirit.com.

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