Saginaw Spirit

“We can take a run at this thing. All the pieces are there.” Former Owen Sound Attack head coach Greg Walters spoke those words this past August about his team on the eve of another regular season in the Scenic City. Walters’ run ended midway through the first month of the season, fired by the […]

Ten years ago, seven-year-old Carter George watched his favourite team, the Los Angeles Kings, come all the way back from being down 3-0 in a first-round playoff series to the San Jose Sharks. The Kings went on to win the Stanley Cup. “It’s possible,” he offered Monday night after the Saginaw Spirt took a 3-0 […]

Special teams and goaltending. That’s always the talking point as the weather warms up and the hockey games start to feel weighty and of greater importance. The Saginaw Spirit had both in spades Saturday night as the Memorial Cup hosts skated to a 5-2 win over Owen Sound to take a 2-0 series lead in […]

For a moment or two, the Owen Sound Attack looked like they believed they could win Thursday night in Saginaw. They didn’t. The Memorial Cup hosts and 50-win Spirit eventually scored four unanswered goals and took Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series by a score of 6-4 inside the Dow Event Center. But […]

The Owen Sound Attack have a date with the hosts of the big party in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal. Owen Sound (29-30-6-3) clinched seventh place Saturday night but woke up Sunday morning with either London or Saginaw as possible first-round playoff opponents. Michael Simpson notched a shutout for the Knights in a 3-0 victory […]

The Owen Sound Attack threw their newest Cub to the wolves Saturday night in a 6-2 loss to the Saginaw Spirit. The Memorial Cup host Saginaw Spirit entered the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre with a roster that could double as an Ontario Hockey League all-star team. Locked and loaded to make a deep run […]