Spitfires are up north
Three games in four days will put the road record of the Spitfires to a test as Windsor has stops in North Bay tonight, Sudbury on Friday and Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday afternoon.
The Battalion, Wolves and Greyhounds are all at or above the .500 mark so the three game road swing will be that much more challenging for Windsor, which will take a record of 13-4-1 into the trio of matches. The Spitfires do have one of the best road records in the Ontario Hockey League at 6-2-1.
POINTS PARADE: Captain Liam Greentree is atop the Windsor scoring chart with nine goals, 22 assists, 31 points. Next up is rookie import Ilya Protas with 19 points, including 11 goals. Rounding out the top five are overages Ryan Abrahamand Noah Morneau with identical totals of 7-11-18 and second year forward Jack Nesbitt with 10 goals, six assists, 16 points … Second year defender Anthony Cristoforo has been a standout to date with 15 points, including 12 assists. He also has the best plus minus on the Spitfires with a +25.
BETWEEN THE PIPES: Seasoned twine tender Joey Costanzo is one of the top goalies in the OHL with a record of 11-3-0 to go with a sparkling 2.08 goals against average and an air tight .925 save percentage … Rookie backup Carter Froggett is coming off of the best performance of his young OHL career, a 4-1 win over the Peterborough Petes in which he stopped 19 of 20 shots. Froggett has a record of 2-1-1 while lowering his goals against average to 3.75 and improving his save percentage to .857.
SOUND OF THE BELL: Play by play specialist Steve Bell has his microphone packed and is on the bus primed to provide the radio call of all three Spitfire road games this week on AM 800 CKLW.