Flight of the Spitfires
First place in the West Division of the Ontario Hockey League is all but clinched for the Spitfires. So too is the no. 2 seed for the Western Conference playoffs.
With its recent home ice win over Saginaw, Windsor now holds a 17 point lead on the Spirit for top spot in the West Division. With a record of 39-13-5, the Spitfires have 83 points and 11 games left in the regular season. Windsor is second only to the London Knights for the all important seedings in the Western Conference ahead of the playoffs.
The OHL regular season concludes on the March 21 weekend.
ICE CHIPS: Two Spitfires are closing in on 100 points for the season. Captain Liam Greentree (in photo by Bob Davies) ) has 99 and line mate Ilya Protas has 98 … Windsor has nine players who have passed the double digit mark in goals. Protas has 41, Greentree has 40 followed by Ryan Abraham with 23, Noah Morneau with 22, Jack Nesbitt with 21, Cole Davis with 17, rookie Ethan Belchetz with 16, A.J. Spellacy with 13 and defenseman Anthony Cristoforo with 12 … Abraham now 220 career points in 237 games for the Spitfires, regular season and playoffs included …