Spitfires soar over Soo
Joey Costanzo made 27 stops and several skaters had two point sessions as the surging Spitfires swiped the visiting Soo Greyhounds 5-0 on Thursday. The win boosted Windsor’s record to 3-0-1 while the Soo has dropped three straight games to start the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.
As Costanzo improved his record to 3-0-0 with a 1.98 goals against average and .938 save percentage, A.J. Spellacy, Jack Nesbitt and Nathan Gaymes all had one goal, one assist outings and captain Liam Greentree set up a pair of markers for Windsor, which has outscored its opponents 17-2 through its two home games to date.
Ilya Protas and overage defender Tnias Mathurin also scored for the Spitfires.
The Spitfires chased Greyhound starting goalie Landon Miller less than 12 minutes into the opening period with three goals on seven shots. A Red Wings draft pick, Miller has now allowed seven goals on 18 shots in 32 minutes of action for a 13.19 goals against average and .611 save percentage in two abbreviated starts this season. Detroit took the lanky puck stopper in the fourth round of the 2024 National Hockey League draft.
Next up for the Greyhounds are two more road games this weekend — tonight in Guelph and Sunday afternoon in Sarnia. The Spitfires play next on Saturday night in Brantford.
ICE CHIPS: Rookie forward Ethan Belchetz leads the Spitfires in scoring with four goals, four assists, eight points in four games … Defenseman Anthony Cristoforo tops the Windsor plus/minus department with a +12 … The Spitfires have assigned 2008 birth year forward Max Brocklehurst to their LaSalle Vipers Jr. B affiliate. The 5 foot 9 155 pound Brocklehurst was a third round pick by the Spitfires at the 2024 OHL priority selections draft. Brocklehurst had three assists in five exhibition games with the Spitfires … All Spitfires games are broadcast on radio station AM 800 CKLW with Steve Bell and the play by play tell … The Greyhounds have acquired 2006 birth year forward Charlie Hilton from the Ottawa 67’s for a fifth round pick at the 2027 OHL priority selections draft. The 6 foot 5 Hilton had four goals, three assists, seven points in 32 games for Ottawa in ’23-24 …