Posted on by John Humphrey
Windsor Spitfires - In Play! magazine
04
Jan

Spitfires Hammer Knights

The Windsor Spitfires scored four unanswered goals in the third period enroute to hammering the London Knights 5-1 at the WFCU Centre Tuesday night.

Jalen Chatfield, Hayden McCool and Logan Stanley paced the Spitfires (28-7-4-1) offensively while Cole Purboo and Gabriel Vilardi had the other goals for Windsor.

Michael DiPietro was outstanding while making 28 saves to pick up the wing goal in net while lowering his league-leading goals against average to2.16

Robert Thomas had the lone goal for the Knights (25-6-2-3) while Tyler Johnson made 23 saves for London before being replaced with just under five minutes remaining in the third period. Jordan Kooy made three stops in a relief effort.

Special teams played a large role in deciding the outcome of the game as the Spitfires scored two powerplay goals during five opportunities playing with the man advantage while also killing off six of their seven penalties.

The win evened the regular season series between the two teams at two games apiece.

The Spitfires schedule has them return to action Friday night on the road when they take on the Storm in Guelph.

View these game photos by Tim Jarrold – In Play! magazine

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John Humphrey

John Humphrey loves to write about any hockey team or player with particular interest in the OHL. He brings you a no holds barred view of the OHL and Windsor Spitfires. John Humphrey is a Windsor-born, raised and educated freelance writer whose career has spanned three decades. In addition to being a contributing writer for OHL Classics, a book published by the Ontario Hockey League, he has contributed to such publications as Hockey Weekly, The OHL News and The Hockey News. He also continues to serve as as a stringer for the Canadian Press, covering the OHL and the Windsor Spitfires.