The Saginaw Spirit are coming off their first Memorial Cup championship since relocating to Central Michigan from North Bay. Lets go over the team history as of 2024. #ohl #saginawspirit #teamhistory #offseason
2012 after 2-1 lead on london in 2nd rd. to 2018 soo sweep spirit lost 23 of 24 playoff games including '13, '15, '16, '18 first round sweeps. '19-'20 season spirit were second in west again behind london and won west div. and were ready for another playoff run before pandemic cancelled last week and '20 playoffs. '21-'22 playoff miss got spirit misa at top of '22 draft as well as parekh no. 18 as a comp. pick for a. fantelli spirit first in '20 never reporting to team. That began mem. cup champion foundation.
Perfetti racked up his career numbers in only 2 seasons. His Spirit career was cut short due to covid.
Saginaw had a 3-1 series lead in that 2019 Guelph series.
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2012 after 2-1 lead on london in 2nd rd. to 2018 soo sweep spirit lost 23 of 24 playoff games including '13, '15, '16, '18 first round sweeps. '19-'20 season spirit were second in west again behind london and won west div. and were ready for another playoff run before pandemic cancelled last week and '20 playoffs. '21-'22 playoff miss got spirit misa at top of '22 draft as well as parekh no. 18 as a comp. pick for a. fantelli spirit first in '20 never reporting to team. That began mem. cup champion foundation.