Spitfires in a three team tie
There is three way log jam atop the standings of the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League featuring the Windsor Spitfires, Kitchener Rangers and Flint Firebirds.
All three teams have 73 points with Kitchener holding a game in hand on both Windsor and Flint.
In games tonight, the Rangers are at Niagara and the Firebirds are home to Erie. As for the Spitfires, they are in Sault Ste. Marie for a Super Bowl Sunday matinee match.
The contest at the Soo will cap a three game northern highways road trip for Windsor. The Spitfires garnered a point from a 5-4 overtime loss at North Bay before skating into Sudbury and leaving the Nickel City with a 5-2 victory.
SPITFIRE STATS
Nathan Villeneuve (in photo at left) leads Windsor in scoring with 21 goals, 38 assists, 59 points in only 40 games. Of those numbers, Villeneuve has five goals, 10 assists, 15 points in 12 games for the Spitfires since being obtained in a trade with Sudbury. Up next are defenseman Carson Woodall with 10 goals, 45 assists, 55 points followed by Ethan Belchetz with 52 points that include a team leading 30 goals … According to venerable stats man David Harrison, the Spitfires have scored nine shorthanded goals this season, four of which have come off the stick of forward Cole Davis … Goalie Joey Costanzo has a record of 25-7-3 to go with a 2.08 goals against average and .911 save percentage …