Spitfires keep the streak alive

The Windsor Spitfires are climbing their way up the standings, one win at a time.

A 10-2 blowout over the Sault-Saint Marie Greyhounds on Saturday has extended the Spits win-streak to six games, their longest since November 2013.

While the Greyhounds opened the scoring early in the first period, the Spits came back fighting to score seven goals in the first and second period. After a shorthanded goal by the Soo in the dying minutes of the second period, the Spitfires secured the win with three unanswered goals in the third period.

The team’s captain, Luke Boka, posted a four-point game including a hat trick. Forward Jean-Luc Foudy also scored two goals.

Off-ice officials in the score box were kept busy with both goals and penalties. The intense game between the Spits and Greyhounds resulted in a total of 51 penalty minutes, not including six 10-minute misconduct penalties.

Emotions were high as five Greyhound players were sent off the ice with misconduct penalties, while the Spitfires sent two players off with the same infraction. The Sault-Saint Marie Greyhounds are fourth in the league in penalty minutes, while Windsor sits in the fifteenth spot.

The win has propelled the Spits to the top of the Western Conference, securing their spot as third in the league behind the Oshawa Generals and the Sudbury Wolves.

The Windsor OHL team looks to keep the streak alive as they take on the North Bay Battalion at the WFCU Centre on Nov. 9.