Late round long shots
There is a premise among those who have a real feel for the game that it does not matter what round a player is picked in a particular Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. Zeroing in on just two prime examples of late round OHL draft picks from the past few years who have advanced to regular duty and beyond are 2007 birth year defenseman Rylan Fellinger of the Flint Firebirds and 2004 birth year forward Noah Morneau of the Windsor Spitfires.
73’s off to league finals
What has been a 24 game spring playoff run for the Essex 73’s will continue into yet another round. The 73’s are off to the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League finals for the first time in 10 years.
Essex 73’s up 3-1 on NH
Karson Beuglet scored twice, Brogan Colquhoun made 27 saves and the Essex 73’s skated to a 3-2 win over the New Hamburg Firebirds in Game 4 of their Provincial Jr. C Hockey League semi final playoff series.
Essex takes series lead
A 3-1 road victory in Game 3 has given the Essex 73’s a 2-1 lead in their best of seven Provincial Jr. C Hockey League semi final series with the New Hamburg Firebirds.
Spits ousted in Game 7
It does not get any closer than overtime of a Game 7 playoff match. A major turnaround season for the Windsor Spitfires came to a conclusion with a Game 7 overtime loss to the Kitchener Rangers in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
Essex ties playoff series
Captain Gabriel Piccolo’s second period goal stood up as the game winner as the Essex 73’s evened their Provincial Jr. C Hockey League semi final series with the New Hamburg Firebirds at one game apiece.
Spitfires going to Game 7
One game will decide the best of seven Ontario Hockey League Western Conference semi final between the Windsor Spitfires and Kitchener Rangers.
Gibson gets game winner
Oshawa Generals have moved into the driver’s seat in their second round Ontario Hockey League playoff series with the Brantford Bulldogs. LaSalle product Andrew Gibson (in photo at left) scored the winning goal in Game 5 of the best of seven Eastern Conference semi final to give no. 4 seed Oshawa a 3-2 series lead over no. 1 seed Brantford.
Injury riddled Spitfires
The injury bug continues to ravage the Spitfires as no less than nine players — seven of them veterans — were sidelined for Game 5 of Windsor’s second round Ontario Hockey League playoff series with the Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Essex 73’s drop opener
New Hamburg Firebirds have taken a one game to none lead on the Essex 73’s in their Provincial Jr. C Hockey League semi final playoff set. …[read more]
Open camp in Espanola
Espanola is where defenseman Conor Walton, currently in his second season with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, developed during the ’22-23 campaign. And those same Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be holding an open tryout camp on Saturday, April 26. …[read more]
Liam lights up Kitchener
Never before in the 50 year Ontario Hockey League history of the Windsor Spitfires had a player scored five goals in a playoff game. Never that is, until superstar forward Liam Greentree did so in Game 3 of this year’s second round Western Conference playoff series. …[read more]
Scouting Luke St. John
Frank Evola, who is the scouting director for the Windsor Spitfires, had ample opportunity to assess homegrown defenseman Luke St. John ahead of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Hidden gem of the north
Ty Dubreuil was one of a mere five players from the Northern Ontario Hockey Association to be picked at the 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Jr. Spits are OHL picks
Three players from the Windsor Jr. Spitfires of the Under 16 level Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario were picked at the 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Spits all over Rangers
Back to back 5-1 victories on home ice have given the Windsor Spitfires a two games to none lead on the Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Spitfires via Sun County
Windsor Spitfires stayed close to home to snag Sun County Panthers defenseman Jordan Maine in the 15th round of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.
Ty goes to the Spitfires
Windsor Spitfires looked way up north to take a skilled right winger in the 14th round of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
U16 Spits to OHL Spits
Windsor Spitfires stayed at home to take local defenseman Luke St. John in the 13th round of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Jr. Spits to Ottawa 67’s
Local lad Reid Hayes has become an Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft pick of the Ottawa 67’s. The 6 foot, 160 pound, right hand shooting centre was Ottawa’s third round pick at the 2025 OHL priority selections process. …[read more]
Essex in a clean sweep
How sweep it is! Essex 73’s are the undisputed champions of the Western Conference of the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League. …[read more]
Morneau nets two more
Overage scoring sensation Noah Morneau (in photo at left) helped propel the Spitfires to yet another playoff victory on Wednesday. The former 15th round draft pick tallied twice as Windsor took Game 1 of its Ontario Hockey League Western Conference semi final series from the visiting Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Spitfires add draft picks
The Spitfires will now have a full board of 15 picks for the upcoming 2025 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Spitfires into round two
They have already gone from worst to first in the West Division of the Ontario Hockey League in the space of a single season. And following an opening round conquest of the Soo Greyhounds, the Windsor Spitfires are into the second round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Essex pounds Petrolia
An 11 goal explosion has the Essex 73’s within a game of winning the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League Western Conference playoff title. …[read more]
Spits to Michigan Tech
Well seasoned Windsor Spitfires forward Ryan Abraham is headed to play at the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association level effective the ’25-26 season. …[read more]
New U15 Jr. Spits coach
Nate Crankshaw has been tapped to take over as the new head coach for the AAA Under 15 Windsor Jr. Spitfires of the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario. …[read more]
Essex 73’s are up two
A pair of clear cut victories have given the Essex 73’s a 2-0 series lead over the Petrolia Flyers in their best of seven playoff set. …[read more]
Top line sparked Spits
They are Windsor’s version of the Production Line. Captain Liam Greentree, import rookie Ilya Protas and overage Noah Morneau scored 18 of Windsor’s 28 goals and combined for 41 points as the Spitfires dismantled the Soo Greyhounds four games to one in the opening round of their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Spitfires take 3-1 lead
Playing without five injured regulars, the resilient Windsor Spitfires sent a message tonight with a 4-1 road victory over the Soo Greyhounds in Game 4 of their first round Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Essex ousts Lakeshore
The season is over for the reigning Provincial Jr. C Hockey League champion Lakeshore Canadiens. Arch rival Essex 73’s scored their third straight road win of the series on Tuesday to take the best of seven West Stobbs Division final over Lakeshore four games to two in front of more than 1,000 fans at the Atlas Tube Centre. …[read more]
Hounds nip Spits in OT
Down their top two defensemen and also minus a pair of top six forwards due to injury, the Windsor Spitfires nearly stole Game 3 in their opening round playoff series with the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
OHL tops NHL rankings
To be sure, it an elite group of high end prospects from the Ontario Hockey League for the 2025 National Hockey League draft. The OHL leads the way with three skaters in the top five of The Sports Network’s latest NHL Draft rankings as compiled by TSN’s director of scouting Craig Button. …[read more]
Spitfires up two on Soo
Local lad Noah Morneau netted three goals and the Spitfires soared to a 7-1 win over the Soo Greyhounds tonight to take a two games to none lead in their opening round Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Spits click to start series
The Spitfires capped a playoff series opener with three third period goals en route to a 7-2 victory over the visiting Soo Greyhounds in Game 1 of the best of seven set. …[read more]
Greyhounds v. Spitfires
It is playoff time in the Ontario Hockey League. And in this particular Western Conference showdown, don’t be overly swayed by the regular season points differential between the no. 7 seed Soo Greyhounds and the no. 2 seed Windsor Spitfires in their first round playoff series. …[read more]
’25-26 Jr. Spits coaches
Tryouts are scheduled in April for the various AAA level teams of the Windsor Jr. Spitfires. Coaches for the ’25-26 season are as follows. …[read more]
Season is over in LaSalle
The pause and the subsequent planning for next season has started for the LaSalle Vipers of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
LaSalle Vipers need a win
It is win or pack it in for the season. LaSalle Vipers are facing elimination in their opening round, Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the Stratford Warriors. …[read more]
Jr. Spits AAA tryout info
Windsor’s AAA Jr. Spitfires hockey program has confirmed tryout dates for the under 10 to under 16 age groups ahead of the ’25-26 season. …[read more]
LaSalle down two games
Back to back losses on the road and at home have the sixth seed LaSalle Vipers trailing the third ranked Stratford Warriors two games to none in the opening round of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
End of run for Bulldogs
A thriller of a 12 game playoff push by the Mount Brydges Bulldogs ended on Tuesday with yet another one goal loss to the top seed Petrolia Flyers. …[read more]
Yeck of a playoff series
Petrolia Flyers and Mount Brydges Bulldogs are five games into a second round seesaw of a playoff series in the West Yeck Division of the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League. …[read more]
Spits light up Knights
Jack Nesbitt and Cole Davis netted two goals apiece and the Spitfires skated to an 8-5 victory over the London Knights today before more than 6,200 fans at the WFCU Center in Windsor. …[read more]
Rise of the Spitfires
Rebuilds apparently don’t take very long in Windsor. A mere year removed from a season in which they missed the Ontario Hockey League playoffs, the Spitfires have more than doubled their point total from ’23-24 to ’24-25. …[read more]
Spits sign ’08 defender
And the picks just keep on coming. Andrew Robinson has become the latest 2008 birth year player from Windsor’s 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft class to sign with the Spitfires. …[read more]
Hounds are desperate
Soo Greyhounds have six games remaining to try to avoid the disaster of missing the Ontario Hockey League playoffs for the second time in three seasons. And the push begins tonight in Windsor. …[read more]
Skating coach supreme
Kathy McLlwain trains multiple National Hockey League and other high performance players during the off season as their personal skating coach. This is in addition to the very reputable McLlwain being the skating coach for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Mount B packs ’em in
An overflow crowd of 369 fans packed Tri-Township Arena on Sunday night and watched as the Mount Brydges Bulldogs evened their hotly contested series with the Petrolia Flyers at a game apiece. …[read more]
Bulldogs still barking
Gone are the fifth seed North Middlesex Stars. Up next for the fourth seed Mount Brydges Bulldogs are the West Yeck Division winning Petrolia Flyers as the stage is set for Round Two of the Provincial Jr. Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Spits soar to 41st win
Import lamplighter Ilya Protas potted a pair of goals, A.J. Spellacy also tallied twice and rookie goalie Carter Froggett stood tall with 24 saves as the Spitfires halted a two game losing skid tonight with a 7-1 cuffing of the Kingston Frontenacs. …[read more]
Mount B on to Petrolia
Two teams that stood a mere four points apart in the final regular season standings will face off in the second round of the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Cool Hand Luke
Spitfires forward Luke McNamara could well prove to be a valuable depth addition as Windsor heads into the final stretch of the ’24-25 regular season ahead of the looming Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
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100 point Spitfires
The noteworthy assembly of Windsor Spitfires who have reached the 100 point mark in a single season has two new members. Captain Liam Greentree and his import line-mate Ilya Protas have joined an honour roll that has had 100 point seasons for the Spitfires in an Ontario Hockey League history that dates back to the mid 1970s. …[read more]
Windsor via Espanola
Among the notable interior brackets for the second seed Windsor Spitfires of the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League is a tested trio of 2006 birth year defenseman. Besides former first rounder Anthony Cristoforo and homegrown Windsor product Carson Woodall, the ’06 group of blue liners includes mammoth defender Conor Walton, formerly of the Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Flight of the Spitfires
First place in the West Division of the Ontario Hockey League is all but clinched for the Spitfires. So too is the no. 2 seed for the Western Conference playoffs. …[read more]
Faces of the OHL races
There is a sundry of races for playoff seedings in both the Western Conference and Eastern Conference of a uniform, balanced Ontario Hockey League. And there are faces who could be major difference makers down the stretch of the ’24-25 OHL season into the playoffs. …[read more]
Spits hit 80 point mark
A reverse course continues in Windsor. Joey Costanzo made 25 saves for his 29th win of the season and the Spitfires ran their Ontario Hockey League record to 38-12-4 with a 4-1 Family Day victory over the visiting Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Spitfires go outdoors
The Spitfires held their annual outdoor practice on Saturday. The Ontario Hockey League team scrimmaged at a morning session at venerable Lanspeary Park on Langlois Ave. Fans were invited to attend the event which included a pre practice autograph session. See below for a few photos from the outdoor practice event. …[read more]
Garden and Greentree
Windsor played host to a Garden party on Thursday and among the guests was a Greentree. Rookie forward Ethan Garden tallied twice as did captain Liam Greentree while homegrown plum Noah Morneau also netted a pair as the Spitfires skated to a resounding 8-2 triumph over the visiting Sarnia Sting. …[read more]
Spits at Lanspeary Park
The Spitfires will be holding their annual outdoor practice this Saturday morning at 11:00 at venerable Lanspeary Park. …[read more]
Spitfires of S.S. Marie
They are both border cities, one from the southwestern and the other from the northeastern region of Ontario. And to be sure, Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie have a timeless association. The number of people from Sault Ste. Marie who left home over the decades and centuries to attend post secondary school at either the University of Windsor or St. Clair College is literally in the thousands. And as far as the Ontario Hockey League goes, the register of players from the Sault who have suited up for Windsor since the Spitfires first became members of the OHL in 1975 is a rather extensive and monumental one. …[read more]
Spitfires double it up
The Spitfires have clearly ascended in putting a forgettable ’23-24 season on the tarp. A pair of weekend victories on home ice have improved Windsor’s record on the ’24-25 season to 36-12-3, which is third best in the entire Ontario Hockey League to date. …[read more]
Say hey to Nathan Day
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have a new leader for most career wins by a goalie in a franchise history that dates back to 2015. …[read more]
Leaf it up to Stolarz
David Maciuk recalls the time when he had to beg a tier two junior hockey team to sign little known goalie Anthony Stolarz. Now 31 years of age and a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 6 foot 6 Stolarz has since forged a lengthy National Hockey League career as the quintessential backup goalie. …[read more]
Spitfire cargo depth
As the offensive and defensive skilfulness and select star players of the Spitfires stands out there is also the depth in the Windsor lineup that makes it a team to be reckoned with in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Spitfires stun Knights
Spot the powerhouse London Knights a 3-0 lead and chances are the no. 1 team in the Ontario Hockey League is going to come away with the win. Just don’t tell that to the Windsor Spitfires. …[read more]
Rest easy, Brent Jarrett
Brent Jarrett, who rose from the frigid outdoor and chilly indoor rinks of Sault Ste. Marie to become an unlikely superstar with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League and the minor pro Kalamazoo K-Wings, has passed away at the age of 65. …[read more]
Home ice for Mount B
They are locked in a third place tie with the Port Stanley Sailors in the West Yeck Division of the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League. And home is where the Mount Brydges Bulldogs will be this weekend. …[read more]
CHL grads to D1 NCAA
Adrian Gedye of Pinnacle Hockey Management is one family advisor/certified player agent whose clients are taking full advantage of the new rule that makes Canadian Hockey League players eligible to play for Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association programs effective the ’25-26 season. …[read more]
Admirals in the median
Amhertsburg Admirals are betwixt and between in the West Stobbs Division of the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League with just five games to play on the regular season slate.
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Spits smack Steelheads
Rookie goalie Carter Froggett made 23 saves and Ilya Protas potted a pair of pucks as the Spitfires skated past the Brampton Steelheads 5-2 today before more than 5,200 fans at the WFCU Centre. …[read more]
Mathurin nets OT winner
The Spitfires outshot the Sarnia Sting by a resounding 39-19 margin but needed an overtime goal by overage defenseman Tnias Mathurin to pull out a 4-3 road win tonight. …[read more]
Spellacy signs NHL deal
Say hey to A.J.! Spitfires forward A.J. Spellacy has inked a three year entry level contract with the Chicago Black Hawks. The 2006 birth year skater was snagged by Chicago in the third round of the 2024 National Hockey League draft. …[read more]