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Timing has not been good for the Windsor Spitfires.
A late-period objective, two early-period objectives and one other short-handed marker towards doomed the membership in a 7-3 highway los to the Flint Firebirds on Friday.
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Noah Morneau had the Spitfires up early, however Markas Samenas pulled the Firebirds even after 20 minutes.
The Firebirds took the lead simply 29 seconds into the second interval on a Simon Slavicek objective, former Spitfire Oliver Peer scored the league-leading seventeenth short-handed objective allowed by Windsor this season and Tristan Bertucci added one other to place Flint up 4-1 lower than eight minutes into the second interval.
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The Spitfires rallied to make it a one-goal sport at 4-3 on objectives by Ryan Abraham and the primary OHL objective by former Fifteenth-round decide Nathan Gaymes, who had been recalled for the sport from the LaSalle Vipers, with simply 47 seconds left within the interval.
Nonetheless, the Spitfires couldn’t carry that momentum into the intermission. Nolan Dann scored 18 seconds after Gaymes to place the Firebirds up 5-3 with 29 seconds left within the interval.
Coulson Pitre added one other 25 seconds into the third interval and Connor Clattenburg capped the scoring for Flint. It was Windsor’s third loss in a row because the group fell 13 factors again of Flint for the final playoff spot within the Western Convention with 10 video games left within the common season.
Windsor returns dwelling to play the Mississauga Steelheads on Sunday on the WFCU Centre at 4:05 p.m.
Flyers in stoop
The Leamington Flyers have now misplaced 5 video games in a row after Friday’s 4-1 highway loss to the Toronto St. Michael’s Buzzers.
The Flyers (34-13-5-3) held a 42-33 edge in photographs within the sport, however Marquise Brown was the lone Leamington participant to attain towards the Buzzers (33-15-1-6).
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Leamington wraps up regular-season play on Sunday with a highway match towards the Brantford 99ers.
Canadiens lead sequence
The highest-seeded Lakeshore Canadiens scored a 5-2 highway win over the eight-seeded Walpole Island Wild on Friday.
With it, the Canadiens took a 2-0 lead within the best-of-seven quarter-final sequence within the Invoice Stobbs Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
Kyle Walker, Ethan Galvan and Conor Costello every had a objective and an help for the Canadiens. Julian Gignac and Tyler Hamlin added single objectives whereas Evan Fenech picked up three assists.
73’s clean Kings
The second-seeded Essex 73’s scored a dominant 7-0 highway win over seventh-seeded Dresden Kings on Friday.
Essex held a 41-16 edge in photographs in taking a 2-0 lead within the best-of-seven quarter-final sequence within the Invoice Stobbs Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
Kale Couvillon had a objective and two assists for the 73’s. Gabe Barrette, Carter Dembinski, Jayden Seguin, Bryce Belleau, Conor Dembinski and Gabe Piccolo additionally scored for Essex.
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