The Saginaw Spirit beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-2 on Saturday, Oct. 10, at home in Saginaw. Braidy Wassilyn scored twice, including the go-ahead goal early in the second period, and has now scored in seven straight games to begin his Spirit career. That is the longest such run in team history, passing Igor Chernyshov’s six.
Scoring
Kitchener struck first on Cameron Arquette’s shorthanded goal at 4:38 of the first period. Wassilyn tied it on a 5-on-3 power play at 12:07, with Dima Zhilkin among the assists, and Brody Pepoy put Saginaw ahead at 18:39 with his third goal of the season. Jacob Cloutier’s assist on that goal was his 100th OHL point. Haeden Ellis tied it for Kitchener with 33 seconds left in the period.
Wassilyn scored the winner at 5:23 of the second, set up by Ryan Hanrahan and Zhilkin. Zhilkin finished it with an empty-net goal at 19:08 of the third for a three-point night.
In goal and by the numbers
Brady Knowling made 27 saves on 29 shots in his third straight start. Mason Hriczov made 21 saves for Kitchener, which outshot Saginaw 29-25. The Spirit went 1-for-6 on the power play and killed all five Kitchener chances.
The game doubled as a cancer awareness night, and the postgame jersey auction raised $19,000 for the MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw Foundation.
What’s next
Saginaw visits the Windsor Spitfires on Monday, Oct. 12, at 2:05 p.m. at the WFCU Centre.
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