01/02/2012

The Saginaw Spirit announce today they have finalized a trade with the Barrie Colts involving four players and three draft picks. The Spirit have acquired Center Eric Locke and Goaltender Clint Windsor, both 1993 birth years, in the exchange along with three second round draft picks. The draft picks obtained by the Spirit include Barrie’s second round pick in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection, along with the Spirit’s second round pick, and Windsor’s second round selection in 2013. The Colts receive defenseman Ryan O’Connor and Left Winger Anthony Camara in the transaction. O’Connor returns to the franchise that originally drafted him sixth overall in the 2008 Priority Selection.

Locke has spent time with both the Colts and the Windsor Spitfires where he began his OHL career and carries career numbers of 33 goals, 34 assists for 67 points in 86 games. The Toronto native has 7 goals and 6 assists so far this season and has been limited to 21 games due to a knee injury earlier this year. Locke was the eighth top point producing rookie in the OHL last season. Windsor has spent his entire OHL career with the Colts and this season the Hamilton, Ontario native has recorded a record of 6-4-1-0 with a goals against average of 3.79.

O’Connor appeared in 136 games as a member of the Spirit recording 24 goals, and adding 64 assists for 88 points, and was named the successor to Jordan Szwarz as Team Captain earlier this season. The Hamilton, Ontario native was obtained by the Spirit along with Michael Sgarbossa in November 2009, in a transaction which saw Barrie acquire defensemen T.J. Brodie and Nick Crawford.

Camara was chosen by the Spirit as the team’s First Round pick in the 2009 OHL Priority Selection, and was the Boston Bruins Third Round pick in this past June’s NHL Draft. In 164 games played the Toronto native posted 21 goals and 27 assists and accumulated 304 penalty minutes as a member of the Spirit.

Get your season Tickets!  The OHL West Division Champion Saginaw Spirit are celebrating ten years of Spirit hockey in the Great Lakes Bay Region this season, and fans are invited to join in on the excitement! Flex ticket packs, group rates are still available, along with individual game tickets. For more information contact the Spirit at 989-497-7747 or visit the Spirit store at 5789 State Street in Saginaw.