By The Canadian Press on December 14, 2022.
SAGINAW, Mich. – Dean Loukus had two goals, Pavel Mintyukov notched four assists and the Saginaw Spirit rolled past the Flint Firebirds 5-1 on Wednesday night. Calem Mangone, Zayne Parekh and Joey Willis added the others for Saginaw (20-9-2). Tristan Lennox stopped 26 shots. Amadeus Lombardi netted the lone goal for Flint (16-11-2-1). Will Cranley made 31 saves. The Spirit jumped out to a 3-0 lead by 5:47 of the second period and kept the Firebirds scoreless until the 2:23 of the third. Willis capped Saginaw’s strong showing with a short-handed empty netter with 3:23 remaining. — STING 4 OTTERS 1 SARNIA, ONT. – Sasha Pastujov recorded a goal and an assist as Sarnia (15-10-4-2) handed Erie (11-14-0-3) its fourth straight loss. Sting goaltender Nicholas Surzycia stopped 20 shots as the Otters were held to a total of nine shots between the final two periods. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 14, 2022. 10