Exhibition Game #1: Saginaw @ Soo Friday, 9/7

[MidlandSpiritFan]

Does anyone know if there is going to be a radio broadcast?? If so, will it be audio streamed via the Spirit website??

[aj0512]

Greyhounds win tonight 4-1. There's a post, though a bit biased from a Soo fan, on the NOOF board detailing the game. I would say however that it appeared the Soo had a few more regulars in the lineup than the Spirit did.

I believe the Spirit and Hounds are playing again Saturday at the Saginaw Bay Ice Arena.

[johnt]

Just got home from the Soo at 12:30pm.

Both teams were missing several key players. Soo didn't have Muzzin, Cuthbert, Jeffrey, Alphonso, Moes or Godfrey dressed. Spirit didn't have Mursak, Zaborsky, Daniels, Combs, Berard and Sinfield in the line-up. Last 3 were at the game.

Don't know how the coaches felt about the team's performance, but all-in-all, IMHO they seemed to do OK. Hounds had already played one preseason game (4-4 vs. Sudbury).

What I remember from the game:

Szwarz got the lone Spirit goal about 5 minutes into the 3rd period. Assits to Murovich and Brodie.

Saginaw took a lot of minor penalties. Hounds had at least two 5 on 3's.

Lines and defense pairings thru most of the game were Asselin-McDonough-Chappell, Clouthier-Murovich-Craig, Mannino-Pachis-B. Crawford, Roy-Szwarz-Fillman, N. Crawford-Comrie, Brodie-Ogilvie and Breen-Sol. I thought Brodie, Ogilvie and Crawford looked good on "D" and Murovich and McDonough did well up front.

Shots-on-goal gave a slight edge to the Soo, altho Saginaw had an 8-2 advantage early on.

Perron (1st half) and "Z" split goaltening duties. Zelenbaba had the tougher time, as the Soo came on strong about the time he entered the game (score was 1-0 Hounds at the time) Final score was really 3-1. The 4th "goal" went in after time had expired, but they counted it anyway (meaningless).

Referee Ryan Carroll sustained a leg injury near the end of the 2nd period. He got sandwiched at the boards by a couple of players and had to leave the game with help. Linesmen did a good job for the balance of the game.

Not a lot of rough stuff, although there were a couple of scrums during the game.

Looking forward to tonight's game.

[johnt]

Oops!!! Forgot to include Williams as one of the Spirit missing. Sorry, Nigel.

Just read the post on the NOOF group about the game. Disagree with his comment about McDonough. Thought he played well. Worked hard, as he also did during last week's 2 scrimmages and the Blue-White game.