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Windsor Spitfires Advance to Memorial Cup Final
24
May

Photo: Mikey DiPietro shuts down Cirelli in the third period. Windsor Spitfires advance to the Memorial Cup Final with tonight’s 4-2 win over the Erie Otters. Photo by Tim Jarrold – In Play! magazine

Windsor Spitfires Advance to Memorial Cup Final – Spitfires Double-up OHL Champion Otters 4-2

Jeremiah Addison scored three goals and Michael DiPietro was at his acrobatic best while making 33 saves as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the Erie Otters 4-2 game six of the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament at the WFCU Centre Wednesday night.

With the win, the Spitfires (3-0) have advanced directly to the 2017 Memorial Cup championship game on Sunday night

Mikhail Sergachev had the other goal for the Spitfires, who extended their winning streak in the tournament to 11 games , going back to win the team won back-to-back Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010.

Spitfires winger Gabriel Vilardi, considered to be one of the top prospects for the 2017 National Hockey League Entry Draft this summer, chipped in with four assists for Windsor.

Kyle Maksimovich and Taylor Raddysh had the goals for the Ontario Hockey League champion Otters (2-1) while Troy Timpano made 15 saves.

The Otters will now play the Saint John Sea Dogs in the tournament semi-final on Friday night with the winner of that contest moving on to play for the Memorial Cup championship on Sunday evening at the WFCU Centre.

Memorial Cup Community Tour Continues

We’re past the halfway mark of the “10 Wards in 10 Days” tour that sees the Memorial Cup travel across the region giving residents the opportunity to experience junior hockey’s most coveted prize! Here’s a look at the remaining schedule:

  • May 25: Forest Glade Library 9:30am-11:30am
  • May 26: Tecumseh Mall 9am-11:30am
  • May 27: Gino & Liz Marcus Community Complex 8:45am-9:45, Windsor Public Library (Seminole) 10am-11am
  • May 28: WFCU Centre all day

Video: Vilardi & DiPietro Postgame Interviews

 

 

 

Video: Foegele & Cirelli Postgame Interviews

 

Memorial Cup Championship schedule

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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.