Spitfires host 6-0-1 Sudbury tonight after Wheatley beats Mooretown 5-2
Spits host Sudbury tonight at 7:05 at WFCU. The Wolves (6-0-1) have not lost in regulation. Wednesday: Wheatley beat Mooretown 5-2, and Listowel's Thomas Paleczny had a hat trick in a 4-3 win at LaSalle. Lancers softball split with Western.
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The Windsor Spitfires host the Sudbury Wolves tonight at 7:05 p.m. at the WFCU Centre, and the visitors arrive as one of the OHL's hottest teams. Sudbury is 6-0-1 and has not lost in regulation this season, according to the league standings. Windsor is 3-4-2 after Monday's 3-2 shootout loss to Saginaw.
Bogdan Yakushevsky leads the Spitfires with 10 points (six goals, four assists). Tonight is the WFCU Centre's fourth annual Great Outdoors Night, with kids' grab bags as the giveaway, the arena's event page says. The Spits are back home Friday at 7:05 p.m. against the Owen Sound Attack. Sudbury plays in London Friday.
Wednesday's junior results
The Wheatley Sharks beat the Mooretown Flags 5-2 in Provincial Junior Hockey League play. Wheatley has 12 points, third in the West Stobbs Division.
In LaSalle, Listowel's Thomas Paleczny scored three times, including a power-play winner at 14:59 of the third period, as the Cyclones edged the Vipers 4-3 at the Vollmer Complex, the Cyclones' game recap says. LaSalle led 1-0 after one period and tied the game twice in the third. Listowel goalie Jack Bree made 30 saves. The Vipers (4-6-0) visit St. Thomas Sunday.
Tonight, the Amherstburg Admirals visit the Walpole Island Wild at 7:30 p.m.
Lancers and Saints
Lancers softball split a doubleheader with the Western Mustangs on Tuesday at Turner Park in Chatham, rescheduled from Sept. 20. Windsor won the opener 3-1 behind Jayde Melhuish-McGahan in the circle, with Chloe Jones driving in two runs, then lost the second game 4-2. The OUS championships start Saturday in Ottawa, with Windsor facing Toronto at 9 a.m.
Lancers men's basketball plays the Naismith Classic in Waterloo from today through Saturday.
St. Clair College's golf teams play Round 3 of 4 at the CCAA national championship at Le Blainvillier Golf Club, north of Montreal. The final round is Friday.
