Three in the Spitfires net
Windsor Spitfires currently have two signed goalies vying for the backup spot behind holdover overage Joey Costanzo half way through their four-game Ontario Hockey League exhibition schedule ahead of the ’25-26 regular season.
Costanzo, the presumptive starter, was born in 2005 while last season’s primary backup Carter Froggett has a 2006 birth date. The other is Michael Newlove, who was born in 2007.
Costanzo was a work horse for the Spitfires in ’24-25. He posted regular season numbers that included a high performance record of 34-10-3 with a 2.94 goals against average and .892 save percentage. Costanzo then played in all 12 of Windsor’s playoff matches and continued his impressive work with a record of 7-3-2 to go with a sparkling 2.29 goals against average and .911 save percentage.
Over to Froggett as the rookie backup, he had a record of 8-7-1 to go with a 3.52 goals against average and .880 save percentage.
As for Newlove, he had a record of 2-0-0 with a 2.89 goals against average and .904 save percentage in a pair of ’24-25 appearances.
A fourth signed goalie, Jake Windbiel, who has a 2008 birth date, was recently reassigned by the Spitfires to the nearby LaSalle Vipers of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
action photo of Joey Costanzo by Bob Davies