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OHL Windsor Spitfires

Spitfires Fall to Whalers 3-1

September 7, 2009 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Windsor Spitfires News Release


(Windsor) The Windsor Spitfires welcomed 5,859 fans to the WFCU Centre earlier this afternoon for their annual Labour Day pre-season game, facing off against the Plymouth Whalers, with the Spitfires dropping their first game of the exhibition schedule, losing to the Whalers by a count of 3-1. With the loss, the Spitfires' record drops to 2-1 in the pre-season.

Windsor opened the scoring at 1:30 of the first period as Ben Dubois won a clean draw in Plymouth's zone to defenseman Saverio Posa who ripped a slapshot from the point and was redirected in the Whaler goal by Conor O'Donnell for his first marker of the pre-season. Spitfires Luke Turcotte, Ben Dubois and Matt Mascarin also participated in some spirited battles with Whaler combatants during the contest and the Spitfires held a one-goal lead until midway through the third period as Plymouth evened the score on an Austin Mattson shorthanded marker at 9:29. Austin Levi gave the Whalers their first lead of the game at the 12:49 of the third period and Tyler G. Brown scored an insurance marker for Plymouth at 18:39 to secure victory for the visiting side.

The scoring summary for today's game is as follows:

Scoring

1st Period

1. Windsor - Conor O'Donnell, (Posa, Dubois) 1:30

2nd Period

No goals

3rd Period

1. Plymouth - Austin Mattson, (Malysa) 9:29 (SH)

2. Plymouth - Austin Levi, (Gaynor, G. Brown) 12:49

3. Plymouth - Tyler G. Brown, (Meurs, Maylsa) 18:39

Scoring Summary

1st 2nd 3rd O/T Total

Plymouth 0 0 3 x 3

Windsor 1 0 0 x 1

The remainder of the Windsor Spitfires 2009 exhibition schedule is as follows:

Friday, September 11th - Windsor @ Sarnia - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 12th - Erie @ Windsor - 7 p.m.

The Spitfires will open their 2009-2010 regular season schedule on Thursday, September 17th against the Plymouth Whalers at the WFCU Centre. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m. Fans are encouraged to arrive early as the team will be hosting a pre-game parking lot party starting at 5 p.m. outside of Gate 2 at the WFCU Centre. Prior to the commencement of the game, the Spitfires will also be celebrating their 2009 MasterCard Memorial Cup and OHL Championship performances as part of a special on-ice ceremony. Fans will also have the opportunity to take pictures with the Memorial Cup, J. Ross Robertson OHL Championship and the Wayne Gretzky Western Conference Championship Trophies at the parking lot party and during the first intermission.

For tickets, please visit the TekSavvy.com Box Office, call (519) 254-5000 or visit windsorspitfires.com

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