Spitfires win four in a row

The Windsor Spitfires defeated the Flint Firebirds 7-2 at the WFCU Centre for their fourth straight win adding eight points to their league leading 7-2-0 record.

The Ottawa Senators’ 2016 11^th overall draft choice Logan Brown picked up where he left off with three goals in the first period after being named the OHL player of the week days earlier.

“We played great. I think we took a lot of big steps last weekend and carried them on into tonight,” said Brown. “We had our way in the offensive zone and put up a lot of goals. Anytime you can do that it’s good for the confidence.”

Brown, 18, has scored 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists) in seven games since returning from the Senators’ training camp and his second goal of the match held up to be the game winner.

Firebirds forward and former Spitfire Ryan Moore scored once and added an assist to keep him on top of the OHL scoring race with 19 points with Brown holding the second position.

The Spitfires’ offensive depth found 12 players on the scoresheet including Luke Boka, Jalen Chatfield, Jeremiah Addison and Aaron Luchuk who each scored once.

Spits’ goaltender Michael DiPietro made 28 stops on 30 shots to earn his fourth win of the season.

“I’m happy (with the win) without a doubt. Flint comes out very aggressive and we knew they were going to play us hard and forecheck hard,” said Spitfires head coach Rocky Thompson. “We had a game plan to alleviate some of that pressure early. Our defense did a great job of exiting and our power play came up big early and gave us a little momentum.”

Thompson said Windsor only had 20 shots but they made them count.

The Spitfires now head up Highway 401 to face off against the London Knights for their second meeting of the season. Windsor defeated the reigning Memorial Cup champions in their previous match up 5-4 in overtime.