Brady Vail's first goal of the season stood up as the winner, as the Windsor Spitfires topped the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds 3-2 on Saturday night at the Essar Centre. Windsor's power play finished 2-for-8. The Spits are back home this Thursday, where they'll take on the Kitchener Rangers. Gametime is 7:05.

PHOTO CREDIT - Chris Savard, OurHometown.ca

Sault Ste. Marie - September 22, 2012 - Brady Vail's first goal of the season stood up as the winner, as the Windsor Spitfires topped the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds 3-2 on Saturday night at the Essar Centre.

After taking a nifty feed off the boards from Ty Bilcke, Vail busted in on a 2-on-1 with Juraj Bezuch. Using the speedy Czech winger as a decoy, the third-year centre waited patiently before ripping a quick shot under the bar past Soo goalie Matt Murray.

Goaltender Jaroslav Pavelka and a sharp penalty kill unit did the rest; as Pavelka stopped 29 shots and the PK went a perfect 5-for-5.

Michael Clarke and Jordan Maletta staked the Spitfires to a 2-0 lead with matching power play goals in the first period.

David Broll cut the lead in half late in the first period and Nick Cousins squared the affair at 2-2 after 40 minutes.

Windsor's power play finished 2-for-8. The Spits are back home this Thursday, where they'll take on the Kitchener Rangers. Gametime is 7:05.

SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD
WSR CLARKE (2) (SCHOENMAKERS, RYCHEL) 10:16 PP
WSR MALETTA (1) (SIELOFF, EBERT) 14:53 PP
SOO BROLL (1) (NURSE, COUSINS) 15:42

SECOND PERIOD
SOO COUSINS (1) (TOLCHINSKY, SPROUL) 8:41

THIRD PERIOD
WSR VAIL (1) (BILCKE, POSA) 6:14 SHOTS

WSR 11 - 17 - 11 = 39
OS 8 - 10 - 13 = 31

PPS
WSR 2-FOR-8
SOO 0-FOR-5