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January 7, 2017 - 7:05 PM

GAME NIGHT

15th Anniversary Season

January 7, 2017 7:05 PM EST, Dow Event Center, Saginaw, MI

Saginaw Spirit 14 - 16 - 5 - 2 (35 pts) W1 Erie Otters 26 - 8 - 2 - 1 (55 pts) W2

Team Game: 38 10 - 6 - 3 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 38 18 - 0 - 1 - 1 (Home)

Home Game: 20 4 - 10 - 2 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 15 8 - 8 - 1 - 0 (Road)

PP: 14.1% (18th) / PK: 77.4% (18th) OT: (0-5) SO: (2-2) GF / GA: 108 / 129 PP: 24.1% (3rd) / PK: 83.8% (7th) OT: (2-2) SO: (1-1) GF / GA: 162 / 105

# Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV%

20 Brendan Bonello ‘17 11 2 5 1 4.16 .865

35 Evan Cormier (NJ) ‘16 27 12 9 6 3.13 .906

30 Joseph Murdaca 4 1 1 0 2.57 .915 33 Troy Timpano 27 24 3 0 2.37 .911

# P Player (NHL or Draft) GP G A PTS +/- PIM # P Player (NHL or Draft) GP G A PTS +/- PIM

# Goaltender (NHL or Draft) GP W L OTL GAA SV%

5 D Marcus Crawford 29 3 12 15 +6 18

6 D Robert Proner ‘17 23 2 1 3 -6 18

7 LW Kyle Bollers ‘17 34 1 1 2 -4 10 9 C Brady Gilmour ‘17 34 11 12 23 -2 0

11 C Kris Bennett (OA) 37 9 15 24 -6 44 14 RW D.J. Busdeker ‘18 13 3 1 4 -1 6

15 C Matthew Kreis 34 4 9 13 +4 2 18 C Max Grondin ‘18 37 2 2 4 -3 18

24 D Brock Hill ‘17 29 0 2 2 -6 18 25 RW Kirill Maksimov ‘17 36 5 10 15 +8 24

27 RW Mitchell Stephens (TBL)

‘15

22 11 17 28 +13 14

29 RW Hayden Hodgson (OA) 36 20 17 37 -8 39 42 D C.J. Garcia (OA) 37 4 8 12 -4 20

49 RW Cole Coskey ‘17 36 5 13 18 +5 18 55 D Keaton Middleton (TOR)

‘16

33 1 8 9 +9 27

56 D Markus Niemelainen (EDM) ‘16

28 0 2 2 -3 26

71 D Filip Hronek (DET) ‘16 28 5 20 25 +3 22

77 LW Jesse Barwell 35 6 5 11 -9 4

91 LW Gianluca Fuoco ‘17 25 1 0 1 -2 10

93 LW Mike Davies 14 3 0 3 -3 6

96 C Damien Giroux ‘18 28 6 7 13 -4 17

2 D Mitchell Byrne 33 1 2 3 +12 17

3 D Ryan Martin ‘17 32 0 1 1 E 0

5 D Aidan Timmermans ‘18 1 0 0 0 E 0

6 D Jordan Sambrook (DET)

‘15 32 7 10 17 +12 35

7 LW Christian Girhiny 37 7 8 15 +3 14

8 C Carson Edwardson ‘17 22 1 0 1 E 32

9 LW Kyle Maksimovich 37 10 32 42 +18 14

12 RW Alex DeBrincat (CHI) ‘16 33 32 34 66 +33 24

14 D Erik Cernak (LA) ‘15 20 0 6 6 +11 28

15 C Kyle Pettit (VAN) ’14 (OA) 35 16 18 34 +8 14

17 RW Taylor Raddysh (TB) ‘16 28 23 38 61 +37 17

19 C Dylan Strome (ARZ) ‘15 7 5 11 16 +4 4

21 LW Patrick Fellows 37 7 9 16 +2 21

22 D Josh Wainman ‘17 27 0 6 6 -2 2

24 D Darren Raddysh (OA) 31 11 29 40 +26 29

25 D TJ Fergus 37 1 17 18 +32 42

26 C Allan McShane ‘18 32 7 16 23 +10 2

27 RW Ivan Lodnia ‘17 36 16 22 38 +14 10

37 C Warren Foegele (OA)

(CAR) ‘14

30 13 22 35 +7 22

39 C Gera Poddubnyi ‘17 36 6 7 13 E 4

46 RW Cade Robinson ’18 22 0 1 1 -6 6

General Manager Dave Drinkill (2nd season)

Head Coach Spencer Carbery (1st season)

Associate Coach Chris Lazary

Assistant Coach / Assistant GM John Kisil

Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Jared Martlock, Jeremy Spencer

Genera Manager Dave Brown

Head Coach Kris Knoblauch

Assistant Coach B.J. Adams

Assistant Coach Wes Wolfe

Eqip. Manager/Athletic Therapist Steve Tuholski, Andrew Kupniewski

Tonight’s Officials

Referee Linesmen

Today’s OHL Schedule (All times are EST)

Kingston @ Ottawa 2:00 Guelph @ Flint 7:00 Niagara @ Hamilton 7:00 North Bay @ Peterborough 7:05

Erie @ Saginaw 7:05 Sudbury @ Sarnia 7:05 Sault Ste. Marie @ Barrie 7:30 Windsor @ Owen Sound 7:30

Pronunciation Guide Pronunciation Guide # Name Pronunciation

5 Marcus Crawford Craw-ferd

6 Robert Proner Pro-nurr

7 Kyle Bollers Bowl-lurs

9 Brady Gilmour Gill-more

11 Kris Bennett Ben-nitt

14 D.J. Busdeker Bus-DECKER

15 Matthew Kreis KRICE 18 Maxim Grodin Grawn-den 20 Brandan Bonello Buh-NELL-ph 24 Brock Hill Hill 25 Kirill Maksimov Max-sim-mov 27 Mitchell Stephens Steve-enns 29 Hayden Hodgson Hodge-son

# Name Pronunciation

42 C.J Garcia Gar-see-uh

49 Cole Coskey Koss-Key

55 Keaton Middleton Midd-al-tin

56 Markus Niemelainen NEE-mel-LINE-nin

67 Chet Phillips FILL-ups

71 Filip Hronek Roe-nick

77 Jesse Barwell Bar-well

91 Gianluca Fuoco Foo-OH-koh

93 Mike Davies Day-vees

96 Damien Giroux Jurr-roo

# Name Pronunciation

30 Joseph Murdaca Murr-DAK-uh

33 Troy Timpano Tim-PAN-OH

2 Mitchell Byrne Burn

3 Ryan Martin Marr-tin

6 Jordan Sambrook Sam-brooke

7 Christian Girhiny Grr-knee

8 Carson Edwardson Ed-ward-sin

9 Kyle Maksimovich Mack-sim-uh-vich

12 Alex DeBrincat Duh-BRINK-it

13 Brett Neumann New-man

14 Erik Cernak Sir-nack

15 Kyle Pettit Pet-it

17 Taylor Raddysh Radd-ish

19 Dylan Strome Strowm

# Name Pronunciation

21 Patrick Fellows Fell-ohs

22 Josh Wainman Wayne-man

24 Darren Raddysh Radd-ish

25 TJ Fergus Fur-guss

26 Allan McShane Mick-shane

27 Ivan Lodnia Lod-NEE-uh

33 Troy Timpano Tim-pan-no

37 Warren Foegele FOH-gull

39 Gera Poddubnyi GAIR-uh poh-

DUB-nee

46 Cade Robinson Rob-in-son

Saginaw Spirit vs. Erie Otters

Game Notes

Saturday, January 7th: OHL Regular Season Game

Saginaw Spirit (14-16-5-2), 35 pts., 9th Western Conference

vs.

Erie Otters (26-8-2-1), 55 pts., 3rd Western Conference

7:05 PM - Dow Event Center, Saginaw, MI

Broadcast Info: TV: OHL Action Pak (Province Wide)

Radio: FM Talk & Sports WSGW 100.5 FM (Saginaw), Fox Sports Radio 1330 AM (Erie)

Mobile: OHL Live, FM Talk 100.5 App, TuneIn Radio

Web Stream: OHL Live

Press Box Wifi: Spirit GDO Password: Zf3!6BcL

Last Time Out vs. Erie November 18, 2016 8-3 W @ The Dow Event Center: – The Saginaw Spirit and the Erie Otters battled at The Dow Event Center for Saginaw

Valley State University Night. The Spirit took control from the very onset. Eight goals later, the Spirit dismantled the Otters, 8-3. The Spirit set the tone for the game just 92 seconds into the game with a goal from Matthew

Kreis. Kreis scored his second goal of the year with a backhand shot from in front of the net thanks to slick pass from Kirill Maksimov that went between two defenders. Saginaw also began the game with stout defense on

the Otters high-flying offense. Erie didn’t get its first shot on goal until there was 11:49 left in the period. Jesse Barwell continued the scoring at 14:11 with his fourth goal of the season on the power play off of a rebound

from a Marcus Crawford shot. Just two minutes later, Brady Gilmour sniped his sixth goal into the back of the net over Troy Timpano’s left glove. A flurry of shots from Erie gave them the advantage in shots on goal, 10-8.

The scoring continued for the Spirit in the second period which produced five more goals. 70 seconds into the period, Kirill Maksimov scored his third goal of the 2016-17 campaign. At 9:53, Proner scored from the blue

line with a wrist shot that went through six bodies until it found the back of the net. 82 seconds later, Damien Giroux scored with a tip-in from in front of the net. Two minutes later, Hayden Hodgson scored his sixth goal of

the season from the top of the left circle. At 18:23, Max Grondin scored his first career OHL goal off of a rebound. Taylor Raddysh scored his 19th goal of the season, and Allan McShane scored his fifth goal to give the

Otters two goals for the period. Erie led Saginaw in shots on goal, 14-9. With all of the scoring done throughout the first two periods, there wasn’t any energy left from the two teams. The Spirit and Otters could only

muster one goal combined. At 3:32, Taylor Raddysh scored his league-leading 20th goal of the year. Both of Raddysh’s goals were on the power play, and both of his goals were assisted by Ivan Lodnia and Darren Rad-

dysh. Erie led Saginaw in shots on goal for the period, 12-4. The eight goals scored by the Spirit was a season-high, as the knocked off the Canadian Hockey League’s #2 ranked team, 8-3.

Season Series: Tonight the Saginaw Spirit and Erie Otters meet for the third of four meetings this season. The teams have split the first two games of the series with both teams winning at home.

Saginaw Spirit: Media Notes

SPIRIT NHL ALUMNI NAME POS DRAFT YR NHL Team

Chris Thorburn RW 2001 Buffalo Sabres 2nd round, 50th overall

Paul Bissonnette LW 2003 Pittsburgh Penguins 4th round, 121th overall

T.J. Brodie D 2008 Calgary Flames 4th round, 114th overall

Dalton Prout D 2010 Columbus Blue Jackets 6th round, 154th overall

Jamie Oleksiak D 2011 Dallas Stars 1st round, 14th overall

Jordan Szwarz RW 2009 Arizona Coyotes 4th round, 97th overall

Brandon Saad LW 2011 Chicago Blackhawks 2nd round, 43rd overall

Vincent Trocheck C 2011 Florida Panthers 3rd round, 64th overall

Ben Chiarot D 2009 Atlanta/Winnipeg 4th round, 120th overall

Michael Sgarbossa C Undrafted Anaheim (NHL) / San Diego (AHL)

Cody Bass C 2005 Ottawa Senators 4th round, 95th overall

Tom Pyatt C 2005 New York Rangers 4th round, 107th overall

Matt Corrente D 2006 New Jersey Devils 1st round, 30th overall

Jan Mursak C 2006 Detroit Red Wings 6th round overall, 182th

overall

Ryan O’Marra RW 2005 New York Islanders 1st round, 15th overall

Chris Breen D Undrafted Calgary Flames (2013-14)

Geoff Platt LW Undrafted Columbus Blue Jackets (2005-2007)

John McFarland RW 2010 Florida Panthers (2015)

2016-17 Home Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM

Sault Ste. Marie 39 28 9 2 0 58 .744 160 119 408

London 37 26 6 2 3 57 .770 160 103 483

Erie 37 26 8 2 1 55 .743 162 105 346

Windsor 37 25 7 4 1 55 .743 127 91 454

Owen Sound 38 24 13 1 0 49 .645 134 95 399

Kitchener 37 22 12 2 1 47 .635 148 129 457

Sarnia 39 17 16 5 1 40 .513 136 146 432

Flint 38 18 17 1 2 39 .513 113 130 423

Saginaw 37 14 16 5 2 35 .473 108 129 378

Guelph 38 14 20 2 2 32 .421 119 152 560

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS W% GF GA PIM

Oshawa 38 22 12 2 2 48 .632 127 118 516

Sudbury 38 16 18 4 0 36 .474 113 145 580

Peterborough 38 21 13 1 3 46 .605 133 126 428

Hamilton 38 18 15 3 2 41 .539 135 127 472

Kingston 37 17 14 5 1 40 .541 93 108 354

Ottawa 38 16 17 5 0 37 .487 128 146 399

Mississauga 38 14 16 5 3 36 .474 131 148 550

North Bay 37 15 19 3 0 33 .446 110 138 402

Niagara 38 12 19 4 3 31 .408 111 146 544

Barrie 37 12 21 3 1 28 .378 102 149 462

STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

www.saginawspirit.com

Sat. Sep 24 Vs Guelph 2-1 L

Sat Oct 1 Vs Ottawa 6-3 L

Sat Oct 15 Vs Mississauga 3-2 OTL

Sat Oct 22 Vs Kingston 3-2 W

Sat Nov 5 Vs Barrie 4-2 W

Sat Nov 12 Vs Peterborough 7-4 W

Wed Nov 16 Vs Sault Ste Marie 5-3 L

Fri Nov 18 Vs Erie 8-3 W

Sat Nov 19 Vs Owen Sound 4-2 W

Sat Nov 26 Vs Kitchener 4-1 L

Sun Nov 27 Vs Guelph 4-2 W

Sat Dec 3 Vs Niagara 5-1 W

Sun Dec 4 Vs Windsor 3-2 OTL

Thu Dec 8 Vs Sarnia 3-0 W

Wed Dec 14 Vs Flint 3-1 W

Sat Dec 17 Vs Sarnia 6-0 L

Wed Dec 28 Vs Windsor 4-3 OTL

Thu Dec 29 Vs Sault Ste. Ma-rie

4-3 L

Fri Jan 6 Vs Sarnia 3-2 SOW

Sat Jan 7 Vs Erie

Tue Jan 10 Vs Flint

Sat Jan 14 Vs London

Thu Jan 26 Vs Hamilton

Sat Jan 28 Vs Windsor

Wed Feb 1 Vs Sault Ste Marie

Sat Feb 4 Vs London

Fri Feb 17 Vs Flint

Sat Feb 18 Vs Kitchener

Sat Feb 25 Vs North Bay

Sun Feb 26 Vs Flint

Fri Mar 3 Vs Oshawa

Sat Mar 4 Vs Sudbury

Wed Mar 15 Vs Sault Ste Marie

Sat Mar 18 Vs Windsor