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Tuesday, April 12, 2011  Garret Ross notched two goals in the effort to earn first star honors, while Ivan Telegin posted second star honors with one goal and two assists and goalie Mavric Parks earned third star honors after backstopping the team to the tune of 29 saves on 31 shots.

Friday, April 08, 2011  Spitfires goalie Jack Campbell earned the shutout with 28 saves.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  It may surprise many to see the second-seeded Saginaw Spirit trailing the seventh-seeded Guelph Storm two games to one, but the two teams actually split their four regular-season matchups this year.

Sunday, March 27, 2011  The two teams will square off for game three Monday night at The Dow Event Center of Saginaw at 7:11 PM.  Sunday’s loss also forces a game five in the series, to be played at The Dow Event Center Saturday, April 2 at 7:11 PM.

Friday, March 25, 2011  The Spirit lead their first round playoff series against the Guelph Storm 1-0, with the two teams back in action Sunday afternoon in Guelph.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  Despite the loss, the Spirit secured one point on the standings to give them a OHL West Division leading 38-20-3-2 record with 81 points and 5 regular season games remaining.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  The Saginaw Spirit suffered a 4-1 loss to the Plymouth Whalers in front of a sold out crowd of 5,527 at the Dow Event Center Tuesday Morning during the Annual Dow Chemical Company Education Day Game presented by Covenant Health Care, Dow Corning and Duperon.

Thursday, February 24, 2011  Saginaw Spirit captain Jordan Szwarz tallied two points for his 200th career OHL point Thursday night at The John Labatt Centre of London during the team’s 4-2 loss to the London Knights.

Sunday, February 20, 2011  The win over Plymouth gives Saginaw an OHL West Division leading 78 points and 37-16-3-1 record, with the third highest single season point total in the team’s nine year history.

Saturday, December 18, 2010  Goalie Mavric Parks earned the game’s first star honors by backstopping the team to the tune of 41 saves on 42 shots, and winger Josh Shalla tallied two goals to assume the top posting in the league’s goal scoring rankings with 29 total goals on the season.

Friday, November 05, 2010  Mavric Parks backstopped the Saginaw Spirit to a 6-1-0-1 record in October posting a league-low goals-against-average of 2.20 and a league-high save percentage of .935.

Monday, August 16, 2010  The Saginaw Spirit have conducted a trade with the Barrie Colts, getting veteran goaltender Mavric Parks for the rights to prospect Mark Scheifele and Saginaw’s second round pick in 2013.