Party spoilers

Whalers rain on Spits' celebration, 6-5

  The Windsor Spitfires opened the 2009-10 season Thursday with a celebration of their Ontario Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League championships last season.

  Before the game with the Plymouth Whalers, the Spitfires brought out the Wayne Gretzky Trophy, J.Ross Robertson Trophy and the Memorial Cup to center ice.

  When the cheering stopped and the game started, the Whalers ruined the party in upending the Spitfires, 6-5, in a shootout before 6,501 at Windsor Family Credit Union Centre.
 
  Plymouth built a 5-1 lead late in the second period before Windsor roared back to tie the game and send it into overtime and the eventual shootout.

  Two of the OHL's top prospects put on a show and served notice they have a chance to dominate this season.
Windsor's Taylor Hall scored a hat trick and added two assists while Plymouth's Tyler Seguin scored twice with an assist.

  Rookie Sean Myers (first OHL goal), Tyler G. Brown and Josh Bemis scored other Plymouth goals. Austin Watson scored a pair for Windsor.
 
  Although Plymouth goalkeeper Matt Hackett was back in the lineup after spending time with the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild at their training camp, Plymouth General Manager, President and Head Coach Mike Vellucci decided to go with Scott Wedgewood in goal.

  Wedgewood, starting his second season with the Whalers, was steady, stopping 39 of 44 shots through 65 minutes. He then stopped Hall and Greg Nemisz in the shootout.
After a scoreless overtime, Plymouth iced the game when Seguin and Myles McCauley scored in the shootout and Wedgewood stopped Hall and Justin Shugg.

  Windsor outshot Plymouth, 44-23.