News Release

       Contact: Pete Krupsky                                                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       Phone: (734) 453-8400                                                Saturday, December 29, 2007

SAGINAW - Jack Combs scored two goals and two assists and Chris Chappell scored twice as Saginaw defeated Plymouth, 6-3, before 5,527 at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw on Saturday night.

The Spirit are now 16-14-3-1. Plymouth is now 19-11-2-2.

Tomas Zaborsky and Jordan Szwarz scored the other Saginaw goals. Patrick Lee (5), Chris Terry (25) and Vern Cooper (7) scored for Plymouth. Terry also added an assist and now has 100 assists in his Plymouth career - the 21st player in franchise history to earn 100 assists.

Matt Hackett started for Plymouth and was lifted for Kyle Jendra at 3:59 of the third period. Hackett stopped 14-of-18 shots at 43:59 of work and Jendra stopped 11-of-12 in 14:21. Saginaw's final goal - scored by Combs on a empty net with seven seconds left - is not charged to Jendra.

The Whalers are back in action Monday at 4 p.m. against Kitchener at Compuware Arena.

About the Plymouth Whalers

The Plymouth Whalers are the only Metro Detroit team in the Ontario Hockey League, a developmental league for National Hockey League players. The Whalers all range in age from 15-21 years-old and are consistently one of the top teams in the OHL. In 2006-07, the Whalers won the OHL Championship.   www.plymouthwhalers.com

About Compuware Arena

Compuware Arena is home to the 2007 Ontario Hockey League Champion Plymouth Whalers, the Major Indoor Soccer League’s Detroit Ignition, the Compuware Arena Drive-In Theatres, the MHSAA Boys State Hockey Championships and eight AAA Compuware Hockey youth teams. Compuware Arena serves more than one million patrons each year, and is located in Plymouth, Michigan.  www.compuwarearena.com

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