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Post by MidlandSpiritFan on Jan 8, 2022 16:49:24 GMT -5
EDIT: Too many changes to keep track of so I will no longer be providing updates.
Here is the complete and current list (as of Wednesday, January 26th) of postponed and rescheduled games I have compiled based on OHL and Spirit Facebook posts. If you see any errors let me know and I will correct.
POSTPONED GAMES
Wednesday, January 5th - Windsor at Saginaw
Friday, January 14th – Saginaw at London
Saturday, January 15th – Windsor at Saginaw
Friday, January 21st - Saginaw at Guelph
Friday, January 28th - Saginaw at London
RESCHEDULED GAMES
Friday, January 28th - London at Saginaw, 7:05 pm (moved from January 13th)
Tuesday, February 1st - Saginaw at Sarnia, 7:05 pm (moved from January 7th)
Wednesday, February 2nd - Flint at Saginaw, 7:05 pm (moved from January 8th, originally scheduled on February 2nd)
Saturday, February 19th – Sarnia at Saginaw, 7:05pm (moved from January 8th)
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Post by farmgirl62 on Jan 12, 2022 16:53:49 GMT -5
And as of this afternoon-no game tomorrow night and Saturday's game is vs Flint.
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Post by thepuckman on Jan 12, 2022 20:15:20 GMT -5
Fairly obvious now that the OHL has no interest in the Canadian teams crossing the border into the US. US teams going to Canada seems okay - Flint went to London and Sarnia last week and Erie went to Kitchener.
They didn't even allow the Spitfires to come through Michigan to get to and from the Soo last weekend.
We'll see what happens next weekend when Saginaw plays in Guelph before heading for 2 games in Erie.
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Post by eric8199 on Jan 12, 2022 21:31:26 GMT -5
Fairly obvious now that the OHL has no interest in the Canadian teams crossing the border into the US. US teams going to Canada seems okay - Flint went to London and Sarnia last week and Erie went to Kitchener. They didn't even allow the Spitfires to come through Michigan to get to and from the Soo last weekend. We'll see what happens next weekend when Saginaw plays in Guelph before heading for 2 games in Erie. The OHL has no problem with it. It’s the teams worried about losing a player 14 days if they catch COVID in the US and get quarantined at the border. |
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Post by MidlandSpiritFan on Jan 14, 2022 16:06:36 GMT -5
Original post updated.
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Post by swoopster on Jan 15, 2022 17:10:13 GMT -5
Shut the poop show down... or, let the NHL clean up the mess of their best feeder system. Its in their best interest to keep the Junior programs going. If is means forking over the cost to have the US teams locate into Canada...pay for it. As of now, The Canadian clubs don't want to enter for player lock down issues.
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Post by eric8199 on Jan 17, 2022 10:50:47 GMT -5
Shut the poop show down... or, let the NHL clean up the mess of their best feeder system. Its in their best interest to keep the Junior programs going. If is means forking over the cost to have the US teams locate into Canada...pay for it. As of now, The Canadian clubs don't want to enter for player lock down issues. I am shocked that people continue to say shut it down. Why? These kids are at very little risk — they're all vaccinated and they're young and healthy. They have to follow the protocols, but there's not much risk of them getting seriously sick. However, if we kill another season, they lose all that exposure. They've already lost a year of their junior career. Asking them to lose another is crazy. The OHL should have done a better job (or a job at all) of working with the Canadian government to allow easier travel across the border, but it didn't. At this point, I doubt this current wave is going to continue to be this bad — we already seem to be hitting the peak here in the U.S. The Canadian teams are playing scheduled games right now, and the U.S. will be able to catch up when things improve. Shutting down the season should be a last resort, but there just isn't any reason to do it at this point. |
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Post by swoopster on Jan 17, 2022 16:41:13 GMT -5
I stated shut it down as a last alternative. What I am saying is that 5 make-up games are already at hand, with the possibility of 4 more in January and another 10 in Feb/ March. If the present scenario continues how do you make-up and back end that many games. This affects the Canadian teams as well, heck London already has 7 postponed games. There could be some creative thinking with the help of the NHL to mini house the US-based teams at NHL, AHL, or other OHL rinks on a short-term basis to better complete the schedule. What I'm talking about is altering the schedule so that a US based team could enter Canada and play its opponents there either in a neutral rink of another venue over the course of a week at a time to complete the schedule. The players deserve to play no matter where, what, or how it is done.
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Post by donjohnson on Jan 17, 2022 17:06:44 GMT -5
The way covid is ripping through these teams, eventually enough of them will have had it and they can stop testing. A positive test gets you 180 days of not testing to cross the border so there's no reason to test some of these guys anymore. Once we get through this stretch, things will get back to somewhat normal and while you still may not have any fans in Canada, there shouldn't be any reason for the teams to shut back down.
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Post by MidlandSpiritFan on Jan 17, 2022 18:24:56 GMT -5
Original post updated. OHL announced today that Friday’s game at Guelph is postponed. Saginaw will now play at Flint this Friday.
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Post by swoopster on Jan 18, 2022 8:25:17 GMT -5
on the OHL website, I counted 74 postponed games as of Jan 25. Some have been rescheduled and played others are TBA. Its going to make quite a mess if it continues as the season heads to the finish line.
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Post by aj0512 on Jan 23, 2022 14:12:49 GMT -5
Taking a look at the schedule, after this weekend we have four games left against Erie (all at home) and two games left against Flint. By my count, this means we will have played Flint 13 times this year, with the Firebirds getting the extra home game. I'm not sure if the 13th game has always been there or not. I assumed we were playing the American teams 12 times each. Hopefully we can start getting these Canadian trips in soon. I'm just glad to have hockey back this year, but I'm also ready to play someone other than Flint and Erie lol.
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Post by MidlandSpiritFan on Jan 23, 2022 14:54:45 GMT -5
Taking a look at the schedule, after this weekend we have four games left against Erie (all at home) and two games left against Flint. By my count, this means we will have played Flint 13 times this year, with the Firebirds getting the extra home game. I'm not sure if the 13th game has always been there or not. I assumed we were playing the American teams 12 times each. Hopefully we can start getting these Canadian trips in soon. I'm just glad to have hockey back this year, but I'm also ready to play someone other than Flint and Erie lol. Where are you coming up with the 13th game against Flint? |
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Post by donjohnson on Jan 23, 2022 14:59:25 GMT -5
Kitchener had no problem getting to Flint last night so there's no issues getting across the border which is what a lot of people had said. I would expect that our players will have no issues traveling to Soo and London this week and I would expect to see London in the Dow as well. With so many of these kids getting positive tests, they won't have to test anymore and we'll get to a much more normal schedule.
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Post by aj0512 on Jan 23, 2022 18:48:37 GMT -5
Taking a look at the schedule, after this weekend we have four games left against Erie (all at home) and two games left against Flint. By my count, this means we will have played Flint 13 times this year, with the Firebirds getting the extra home game. I'm not sure if the 13th game has always been there or not. I assumed we were playing the American teams 12 times each. Hopefully we can start getting these Canadian trips in soon. I'm just glad to have hockey back this year, but I'm also ready to play someone other than Flint and Erie lol. Where are you coming up with the 13th game against Flint? Game 1: Wednesday, October 20 at Flint (SAG won 5-3) Game 2: Wednesday, October 27 at Saginaw (SAG won 4-1) Game 3: Friday, November 12 at Flint (SAG won 4-2) Game 4: Wednesday, November 24 at Flint (FLNT won 5-3) Game 5: Thursday, December 2 at Saginaw (FLNT won 3-0) Game 6: Wednesday, December 15 at Flint (FLNT won 6-4) Game 7: Wednesday, December 29 at Flint (SAG won 4-3 in shootout) Game 8: Saturday, January 1 at Saginaw (FLNT won 5-2) Game 9: Wednesday, January 5 at Saginaw (FLNT won 4-1) Game 10: Saturday, January 15 at Saginaw (FLNT won 1-0) Game 11: Friday, January 21 at Flint (FLNT won 6-3) Game 12: Wednesday, February 2 at Saginaw Game 13: Saturday, March 26 at Flint I'm just going off what's currently on the schedule. I guess one of those two remaining games could be changed into one of our postponed games...I probably should have thought of that on my original post. |
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