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[LISTEN] Spitfires Head Coach MARC SAVARD Joins Windsor’s Country Mornings Ahead Of 🏆The Playoffs
The Windsor Spitfires learned Sunday that they’ll face the eighth-seeded Kitchener Rangers in the opening round.
Windsor finished in the top spot in the Western Conference. Kitchener finished eighth.
The Spits were the 2021-2022 Western Conference champions, but fell short of advancing to the Memorial Cup. The Spits fell 6-1 to Hamilton in Game 7 of the OHL championship series last spring.
Head Coach, MARC SAVARD joined me this morning ahead of Thursday’s game 1 bout.
First round schedule:
Game 1, Thursday, March 30 at 7:05 p.m., WFCU Centre
Game 2, Saturday, April 1 at 7:05 p.m., WFCU Centre
Game 3, Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m., Kitchener
Game 4, Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m., Kitchener
*Game 5, Saturday, April 8, at 7:05 p.m., WFCU Centre
*Game 6, Sunday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m., Kitchener
*Game 7, Tuesday, April 11 at 7:0, p.m., WFCU Centre
The Windsor Spitfires are going into the OHL playoffs with the league’s top offensive player.
Forward Matthew Maggio is the Spits’ second straight player to take home the league prize for offence, the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy.
Maggio has also won the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy as the OHL’s highest-scoring right winger, becoming the first Windsor player to win that particular award
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