Host Windsor Spitfires set to take on Canada’s best at 2017 Memorial Cup
If there was a silver lining for Logan Stanley after an injury cost him half his Ontario Hockey League season, it was knowing his Windsor Spitfires would be hosting the 2017 Memorial Cup.
The hulking six-foot-seven, 230-pound defenceman will play his first hockey in four months when the Spitfires open the 99th edition of the major junior national championship on Friday against the Saint John Sea Dogs.
Stanley returns after suffering a knee injury in January and gives the hosts a much-needed boost against the three league champions that round out the four clubs participating for the Canadian Hockey League’s top prize.
“Now that we’re healthy and have everyone in our lineup it makes us a better team,” said the 18-year-old Stanley. “Those three teams are real good but we know we can compete with them and can win. We’re ready to go.”