2009–10 Windsor Spitfires season

2009–10 Windsor Spitfires
Division	1st West Division
Conference	1st Western Conference
2009–10 record	50-12-1-5
Home record	29-3-0-2
Road record	21-9-1-3
Goals for	331
Goals against	203
Team information
General manager	Warren Rychel
Coach	Bob Boughner
Captain	Harry Young
Arena	WFCU Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Taylor Hall (40)
Assists	Taylor Hall (66)
Points	Taylor Hall (106)
Penalty minutes	Adam Wallace (161)
Plus/minus	Taylor Hall (+46)
Wins	Troy Passingham (35)
Goals against average	Philipp Grubauer (2.37)

The 2009–10 Windsor Spitfires season is the franchise's 34th season. The Spitfires entered the season as the defending OHL Champions and Memorial Cup Champions.

Regular season

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA	Rank
Windsor Spitfires	68	50	12	1	5	106	331	203	1
Plymouth Whalers	68	38	27	1	2	79	245	201	4
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	67	36	26	1	4	77	233	208	5
Saginaw Spirit	68	34	27	4	3	75	240	230	6
Sarnia Sting	68	17	46	3	2	39	184	295	10

Game log

2009–10 Game Log
September: 3-1-0-1 (Home: 1-0-0-1; Road: 2-1-0-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 1 September 17 Plymouth Whalers 5 - 6 (SO) WFCU Centre 6,501 0-0-0-1 1 2 September 18 @ London Knights 2 - 4 John Labatt Centre 9,084 0-1-0-1 1 3 September 24 Erie Otters 8 - 3 WFCU Centre 6,112 1-1-0-1 3 4 September 25 @ Guelph Storm 5 - 2 Sleeman Centre 3,439 2-1-0-1 5 5 September 26 @ Owen Sound Attack 6 - 3 Harry Lumely Bayshore 2,395 3-1-0-1 7
October: 10-2-0-2 (Home: 5-1-0-1; Road: 5-1-0-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 6 October 2 @ Ottawa 67's 3 - 4 Urbandale Centre 6,014 3-2-0-1 7 7 October 3 @ Belleville Bulls 5 - 4 (OT) Yardman Arena 2,597 4-2-0-1 9 8 October 4 @ Kingston Frontenacs 6 - 3 K-Rock Centre 2,666 5-2-0-1 11 9 October 8 London Knights 2 - 0 WFCU Centre 6,520 6-2-0-1 13 10 October 11 Sarnia Sting 5 - 6 WFCU Centre 5,555 6-3-0-1 13 11 October 12 Sudbury Wolves 7 - 0 WFCU Centre 5,830 7-3-0-1 15 12 October 15 Ottawa 67's 8 - 5 WFCU Centre 5,800 8-3-0-1 17 13 October 17 @ Plymouth Whalers 4 - 0 Compuware Arena 2,601 9-3-0-1 19 14 October 22 London Knights 5 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,545 10-3-0-1 21 15 October 23 @ Owen Sound Attack 8 - 4 Harry Lumely Bayshore 2,153 11-3-0-1 23 16 October 25 Belleville Bulls 6 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,144 12-3-0-1 25 17 October 29 Owen Sound Attack 4 - 5 (SO) WFCU Centre 6,342 12-3-0-2 26 18 October 30 @ Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 7 - 4 Essar Centre 4,493 13-3-0-2 28 19 October 31 @ Saginaw Spirit 4 - 5 (SO) Dow Event Center 3,008 13-3-0-3 29
November: 11-0-0-0 (Home: 6-0-0-0; Road: 5-0-0-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 20 November 5 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,006 14-3-0-3 31 21 November 6 @ Kitchener Rangers 6 - 3 Kitchener Memorial Auditorium 6,620 15-3-0-3 33 22 November 8 Oshawa Generals 4 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,132 16-3-0-3 35 23 November 12 Plymouth Whalers 4 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,113 17-3-0-3 37 24 November 14 @ Erie Otters 5 - 2 Tullio Arena 4,560 18-3-0-3 39 25 November 15 @ Brampton Battalion 3 - 2 (OT) Powerade Centre 2,552 19-3-0-3 41 26 November 20 @ Sarnia Sting 7 - 1 RBC Centre 3,511 20-3-0-3 43 27 November 22 Guelph Storm 11 - 3 WFCU Centre 6,268 21-3-0-3 45 28 November 25 @ Plymouth Whalers 2 - 1 Compuware Arena 2,983 22-3-0-3 47 29 November 27 Peterborough Petes 3 - 2 (SO) WFCU Centre 6,400 23-3-0-3 49 30 November 29 Kingston Frontenacs 9 - 2 WFCU Centre 5,904 24-3-0-3 51
December: 6-1-0-1 (Home: 3-1-0-0; Road: 3-0-0-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 31 December 5 @ Peterborough Petes 9 - 5 Peterborough Memorial Centre 3,070 25-3-0-3 53 32 December 6 @ Oshawa Generals 4 - 5 (SO) GM Centre 3,803 25-3-0-4 54 33 December 10 Erie Otters 3 - 1 WFCU Centre 5,941 26-3-0-4 56 34 December 11 @ Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 3 - 2 (SO) Hershey Centre 3,235 27-3-0-4 58 35 December 13 Kitchener Rangers 2 - 5 WFCU Centre 6,355 27-4-0-4 58 36 December 17 London Knights 4 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,575 28-4-0-4 60 37 December 19 @ Saginaw Spirit 6 - 1 Dow Event Center 3,038 29-4-0-4 62 38 December 31 Saginaw Spirit 4 - 3 (SO) WFCU Centre 6,523 30-4-0-4 64
January: 10-3-0-1 (Home: 7-1-0-0; Road: 3-2-0-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 39 January 1 @ Guelph Storm 6 - 3 Sleeman Centre 3,493 31-4-0-4 66 40 January 2 @ Plymouth Whalers 3 - 4 Compuware Arena 3,530 31-5-0-4 66 41 January 7 Saginaw Spirit 8 - 5 WFCU Centre 6,356 32-5-0-4 68 42 January 9 @ Sarnia Sting 5 - 4 RBC Centre 4,008 33-5-0-4 70 43 January 10 Sarnia Sting 4 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,296 34-5-0-4 72 44 January 14 Barrie Colts 2 - 4 WFCU Centre 6,533 34-6-0-4 72 45 January 16 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,578 35-6-0-4 74 46 January 18 @ Plymouth Whalers 4 - 7 Compuware Arena 3,412 35-7-0-4 74 47 January 21 Brampton Battalion 2 - 1 (SO) WFCU Centre 6,256 36-7-0-4 76 48 January 22 @ Kitchener Rangers 3 - 4 (SO) Kitchener Memorial Auditorium 6,666 36-7-0-5 77 49 January 24 Niagara IceDogs 5 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,505 37-7-0-5 79 50 January 28 Guelph Storm 5 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,108 38-7-0-5 81 51 January 29 @ London Knights 7 - 3 John Labatt Centre 9,090 39-7-0-5 83 52 January 31 Sarnia Sting 4 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,499 40-7-0-5 85
February: 7-4-0-0 (Home: 4-0-0-0; Road: 3-4-0-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 53 February 4 Owen Sound Attack 8 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,164 41-7-0-5 87 54 February 5 @ Erie Otters 3 - 5 Tullio Arena 3,413 41-8-0-5 87 55 February 6 @ Niagara IceDogs 5 - 2 Jack Gatecliff Arena 3,145 42-8-0-5 89 56 February 11 Kitchener Rangers 6 - 2 WFCU Centre 6,233 43-8-0-5 91 57 February 12 @ Sault Ste. Marie Grehounds 4 - 2 Essar Centre 4,583 44-8-0-5 93 58 February 13 @ Saginaw Spirit 2 - 7 Dow Event Center 4,592 44-9-0-5 93 59 February 18 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 5 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,524 45-9-0-5 95 60 February 20 @ Barrie Colts 5 - 8 Barrie Molson Centre 4,683 45-10-0-5 95 61 February 25 Plymouth Whalers 6 - 3 WFCU Centre 6,478 46-10-0-5 97 62 February 26 @ Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3 - 7 Essar Centre 4,463 46-11-0-5 97 63 February 28 @ Sudbury Wolves 6 - 0 Sudbury Arena 4,224 47-11-0-5 99
March: 3-1-1-0 (Home: 3-0-0-0; Road: 0-1-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 64 March 4 Saginaw Spirit 7 - 1 WFCU Centre 6,254 48-11-0-5 101 65 March 7 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4 - 0 WFCU Centre 6,555 49-11-0-5 103 66 March 11 Plymouth Whalers 6 - 4 WFCU Centre 6,556 50-11-0-5 105 67 March 12 @ London Knights 3 - 4 (OT) John Labatt Centre 9,090 50-11-1-5 106 68 March 13 @ Sarnia Sting 3 - 8 RBC Centre 5,027 50-12-1-5 106

Overtime Statistics

	Games	Won	Lost	Goal Scorers
Over Time	2	2	1	Justin Shugg, Mark Cundari
Shootout	8	3	5
	11	5	6

Playoffs

Windsor has not missed the post-season since 2006–07. The 2009–10 season is their 3rd consecutive playoff season.

2010 OHL Playoffs
Western Conference Quarter-Final vs. (8) Erie Otters # Date Visitor Score Home OT Game Winning Goal Attendance Series 1 March 18 Erie 2 - 6 Windsor Zack Kassian 5,872 1 - 0 2 March 21 Windsor 3 - 1 Erie Dale Mitchell 2,810 2 - 0 3 March 23 Erie 6 - 7 Windsor Stephen Johnston 5,490 3 - 0 4 March 25 Windsor 5 - 1 Erie Eric Wellwood 2,342 4 - 0
Western Conference Semi-Final vs. (4) Plymouth Whalers # Date Visitor Score Home OT Game Winning Goal Attendance Series 1 April 1 Plymouth 1 - 5 Windsor Adam Henrique 6,278 1 - 0 2 April 3 Windsor 5 - 3 Plymouth Dale Mitchell (2) 3,922 2 - 0 3 April 5 Plymouth 0 - 5 Windsor Dale Mitchell (3) 6,314 3 - 0 4 April 7 Windsor 3 - 2 Plymouth 1OT Scott Timmins 3,412 4 - 0
Western Conference Final vs. (3) Kitchener Rangers # Date Visitor Score Home OT Game Winning Goal Attendance Series 1 April 15 Kitchener 7 - 6 Windsor 1OT Jonathan Jasper 6,165 0 - 1 2 April 17 Windsor 2 - 5 Kitchener Jason Akeson 6,849 0 - 2 3 April 18 Kitchener 5 - 3 Windsor Gabriel Landeskog 6,514 0 - 3 4 April 20 Windsor 7 - 5 Kitchener Taylor Hall 6,893 1 - 3 5 April 22 Kitchener 0 - 3 Windsor Taylor Hall (2) 6,511 2 - 3 6 April 23 Windsor 6 - 4 Kitchener Scott Timmins (2) 6,845 3 - 3 7 April 25 Kitchener 1 - 3 Windsor Eric Wellwood (2) 6,545 4 - 3
OHL Championship Series vs. (1) Barrie Colts # Date Visitor Score Home OT Game Winning Goal Attendance Series 1 April 27 Windsor 0 - 0 Barrie 2 April 29 Windsor 0 - 0 Barrie 3 May 2 Barrie 0 - 0 Windsor 4 May 4 Barrie 0 - 0 Windsor 5 May 6 Windsor 0 - 0 Barrie 6 May 8 Barrie 0 - 0 Windsor 7 May 10 Windsor 0 - 0 Barrie Legend:       Win       Loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Taylor Hall 57 40 66 106 +46 56 Justin Shugg 67 39 40 79 +19 43 Adam Henrique 54 38 39 77 +38 57 Greg Nemisz 51 34 36 70 +22 50 Eric Wellwood 65 31 37 68 +36 36 Ryan Ellis 48 12 49 61 +39 38 Cam Fowler 55 8 47 55 +38 14 Scott Timmins 56 30 24 54 +28 47 Mark Cundari 63 8 46 54 +45 139 Dale Mitchell 32 16 27 43 +20 44 Kenny Ryan 52 14 21 35 +9 33 Austin Watson 42 11 23 34 +11 14 Zack Kassian 38 12 19 31 -17 81 Harry Young 65 9 11 20 +23 153 Stephen Johnston 36 10 9 19 -6 35 Richard Panik 33 9 9 18 +15 19 Marc Cantin 57 3 12 15 -6 104 Austen Brassard 37 4 8 12 +5 36 Craig Duininick 57 1 11 12 +14 30 Paul Bezzo 27 2 8 10 +8 73 Michael Whaley 39 1 9 10 -3 10 Adam Wallace 57 6 3 9 -6 161 Derek Lanoue 39 2 4 6 -4 14 Troy Passingham 49 0 4 4 0 0 James Woodcroft 16 1 2 3 0 0 Jesse Blacker 9 0 3 3 -1 12 Philipp Grubauer 50 0 3 3 0 0 Steven Trojanovic 10 0 2 2 +2 2 Saverio Posa 48 0 2 2 -2 35 Ryan Baldwin 12 1 0 1 -2 39 Mitchell Fox 2 0 1 1 +2 5 Dylan Seguin 4 0 1 1 0 2 Patrick Murphy 13 0 1 1 -3 13 Conor O'Donnell 2 0 0 0 -1 2 Josh Unice 3 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Nishi 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Dubois 11 0 0 0 0 18 Mitch Dunning 16 0 0 0 -2 37

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Troy Passingham 50 2848 35 10 0/3 132 2.78 1343 .903 3 0 4 0 Philipp Grubauer 19 1011 13 1 1/1 40 2.37 426 .906 0 3 0 0 Michael Nishi 4 211 2 0 0/1 10 2.85 72 .861 0 0 0 0 Josh Unice 3 53 0 1 0/0 9 10.27 29 .690 0 0 0 0

BMO Mastercard CHL Top 10 Rankings

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Wk 20	Wk 21	Wk 22	Wk 23	Wk 24	Wk 25	Final
	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Awards

Bumbacco Trophy - West Division Champions

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy - co-winner Taylor Hall (106 pts)

2010 IIHF World U-20 Championship Gold - Cam Fowler

2010 IIHF World U-20 Championship Silver - Taylor Hall, Ryan Ellis, Adam Henrique, Greg Nemisz

CHL Top Prospects Game Player of the Game - Taylor Hall (Team Cherry)

Roger Neilson Memorial Award - Derek Lanoue

CHL Player of the Week

Taylor Hall - October 28, January 14

CHL Goaltender of the Week

Troy Passingham - October 21

All Weather Windows OHL Player of the Month

Taylor Hall - October

OHL Defenceman of the Month

Cam Fowler - October

Ryan Ellis - February

OHL Goaltender of the Month

Philipp Grubauer - January

Boston Pizza OHL Player of the Week

Adam Henrique - October 5

Troy Passingham - October 19

Taylor Hall - October 26, January 11, February 1

OHL Academic Player of the Month

Derek Lanoue - January

Transactions

The Spitfires have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades Date Details September 1, 2009 To Windsor Spitfires Mitch Dunning 15th round 2011 To Sarnia Sting 15th round 2010 15th round 2012 (cond.) September 15, 2009 To Windsor Spitfires Ryan Baldwin To Guelph Storm 6th round 2011 (cond.) September 21, 2009 To Windsor Spitfires 7th round 2010 6th round 2012 To Guelph Storm Conor O'Donnell October 20, 2009 To Windsor Spitfires Paul Bezzo 2nd round 2010 3rd round 2010 12th round 2010 2nd round 2012 To Owen Sound Attack Jesse Blacker Ben Dubois January 5, 2010 To Windsor Spitfires Philipp Grubauer Stephen Johnston Marc Cantin 15th round 2013 (cond) To Belleville Bulls Richard Panik Paul Bezzo Steve Glesson Austen Brassard Owen Sounds 3rd round 2010 15th round 2011 (cond) Owen Sounds 2nd round 2012 7th round 2012 15th round 2013 (cond) January 10, 2010 To Windsor Spitfires Zack Kassian To Peterborough Petes Austin Watson 2nd round 2012 2nd round 2014 Lost via pro leagues Player New team Andrei Loktionov Manchester Monarchs Lane MacDermid Providence Bruins Richard Greenop Toronto Marlies Lost via graduation Player New team Andrew Engelage Reading Royals Rob Kwiet Reading Royals Ben Shutron University of New Brunswick Draft picks Windsor's picks at the 2009 OHL Priority Selection Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (League) 1 20 Austen Brassard RW  Canada Windsor Minor 3 18 Steven Trojanovic D  Canada Burlington Eagles 4 7 Craig Duininck D  United States Detroit Compuware U-16's 6 17 Austin Czarnik RW  United States US Under 17 7 11 Jordan Schmaltz D  United States Chicago Mission U-16's 8 1 Matthew Peca C  Canada Ottawa Valley 9 11 Blake Pietila LW  United States Detroit Compuware U-16's 10 20 Michael Nishi G  Canada Jr. Canadiens 11 14 Josh Maleckie G  United States Detroit Compuware U-16's 11 20 Dylan Seguin RW  Canada Sun County Panthers 12 20 Evan Makaric D  Canada Windsor Minor 13 6 Travis Maezes LW  United States Ann Arbor Pioneer 13 11 Eric Locke C  Canada Mississauga Reps 13 20 Michael Whaley LW  Canada London Knights Windsor's picks at the 2009 OHL Import Draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (League) 1 24 Tom Kuhnhackl C  Germany Landshut Farm teams The Spitfires continue their affiliation with the Lasalle Vipers of the Western Ontario Hockey League. References [[Category:2009 in ice hockey]]