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Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Ontario Sneed, 25, died at John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Ill. on Tuesday.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  The Saginaw Spirit announced Tuesday the singing of Russian goaltender Nikita Serebryakov to a standard Ontario Hockey League contract.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  The 2012 NHL draft takes place this weekend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thursday, December 29, 2011 

Saturday, June 25, 2011  The Saginaw Spirit were well represented at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, with four of its players being selected within the top 100 picks.

Saturday, May 07, 2011  The Spirit focused on building the offensive corps in the early rounds of the draft, selecting winger Nick Moutrey in the first round with the 15th overall pick then following with the selection of center Sam Povorozniuk 36th overall and center Jimmy Lodge 62nd overall.

Sunday, April 17, 2011  The Spitfires, having won the best-of-seven series by a count of 4-2, will advance to the OHL Conference Finals to take on the Owen Sound Attack.

Saturday, April 16, 2011  The Saginaw Spirit fell to the Windsor Spitfires 5-3 in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals at The Dow Event Center of Saginaw. The loss gives the Spitfires a lead of 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.

Thursday, April 14, 2011  The Saginaw Spirit suffered their first loss of the season at the WFCU Centre of Windsor, a 6-2 defeat that evens up the playoff series between the two teams at two games apiece.

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.

Monday, April 11, 2011  Dalton Prout is in his fifth season in the Ontario Hockey League and is currently taking part in his fifth trip to the playoffs.

Sunday, April 10, 2011  The Saginaw Spirit came back from two 2-goal deficits to tie up the game and secure a  5-4 overtime win over the Windsor Spitfires Sunday afternoon in Windsor, Ontario.

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

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  The Saginaw Spirit will host the Windsor Spitfires in the second round of the 2011 OHL Playoffs, with the two West Division rivals facing off for the first time of the series this Friday, April 8 at The Dow Event Center.

Sunday, April 03, 2011  The Spirit will have home-ice advantage in the OHL conference semi-finals with a possible match-up against the Kitchener Rangers, or if the Plymouth Whalers beat the Rangers in their series which stands at three games apiece, the winner of the Windsor Spitfires-Erie Otters series.