They are getting a great coach but a better person.

Congrats to TWO former Spitfire Alumni and Memorial Cup winners, Jalen Chatfield and Taylor Hall on becoming Stanley Cup Champions! #WindsorSpitfires @NHL @Canes

Rep the Spitfires Draft Picks with the Draft Hats now on sale on Spits Gear! spitsgear.com/category/mens-… #WindsorSpitfires

With the 197th pick in the 2026 OHL Draft, the Windsor Spitfires are proud to select Greyson Ward from Penetanguishene, ON. #OHLDraft | #WindsorSpitfires

A lot of #OHLDraft appreciation to go around, but a quick thank you to Breanna, Jordan and Collin for all of their hard work. We have a dedicated Comms. group that loves @OHLHockey 👍

Checking in for Day 2 of the draft! #OHLDraft | #WindsorSpitfires

Whelan is a Spit! 🤩 #WindsorSpitfires #OHLDraft

Putting the Ontario in Ontario Hockey League 🤝 Thank you to EVERYONE who helped make the return to an in-person #OHLDraft a success! Who's ready for 2027?

With the 16th overall pick in the 2026 OHL Draft, the Windsor Spitfires are proud to select Lauchlan Whelan! Welcome to Windsor! #OHLDraft | #WindsorSpitfires

This year’s #OHLDraft guide got a bit of a revamp, with the biggest undertaking being consolidating all of our draft history back to 1981. You’ll see some interesting names in there! Have a few improvements in mind for 2027 👍 📘: tinyurl.com/3drrwbnu

With the 16th pick in the 1st round of the #OHL Draft, the Windsor #Spitfires @SpitsHockey select centre Lauchlan Whelan from the Quinte #RedDevils📷 He had 32 goals in 34 games this season and 54 points. Fourth year in a row the #Spitfires have gone forward in the 1st round.

The Windsor Spitfires are the recipients of the 2025-26 OHL Franchise Development Award in recognition of outstanding growth across multiple areas of the business. 🏆 #WindsorSpitfires

✈️ SIGNING ANNOUNCEMENT ✈️ The Windsor Spitfires are proud to welcome 2025 CHL Import Draft first-round selection and Detroit Red Wings prospect Michal Svrcek, who has officially signed an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement! Welcome to Windsor, Michal! Details: Windsorspitfires.com #WindsorSpitfires

Windsor #Spitfires @SpitsHockey reunite old friends with latest signing while London #Knights announced as season's first opponent. windsorstar.com/sports/spitf… via @TheWindsorStar

With the 16th pick in the first round of the #OHL Under-18 Draft, the Windsor #Spitfires @SpitsHockey select 5-foot-10, 161-pound centre Anthony Carchidi , who had 10 goals and 21 points in 31 games for U18 Vaughan this past season.

With the 16th pick in the first round of the #OHL Under-18 Draft, the Windsor Spitfires are proud to select centre Anthony Carchidi from the U18 Vaughan Kings! #WindsorSpitfires

An all-around addition on the back end 🛫 After making his OHL debut in the postseason, Jesse Debruyn has officially signed with the @SpitsHockey!  🗞️: tinyurl.com/ydz7s9pd

Good luck to Ethan Belchetz at the NHL Combine! #WindsorSpitfires

It’s not our job to explain things to the Fans or defend Teams but the barrage of criticism we’ve seen on X about Teams making these late round swaps with other Teams is uninformed & silly. Teams only have 50 Roster spots so FOR EXAMPLE, if a Team has 18 Draft Picks in 2026, they have to waive & cut 18 guys off their 50 man list to get back to 50 so Teams will look at their list and determine if they think the Player they are going to take in the 13th round this year will be better than the Player they will have to cut & invariably, they aren’t. SAME EXAMPLE, the next guy on the 50 man list that Team X would cut was a 6th rounder from 2 years ago (‘08 birthdate) so therefore the Team would rather flip a 2026 pick for a 2028 pick so the 2nd Team can use the pick this year and Team X gets back that same round pick in a couple years. In summary, instead of cutting a 6th rounder from 2 years ago for a potential 13th rounder this year, they flip and it helps both teams. With the NCAA change, Teams will want to hang on to an American kid that maybe hasn’t shown up yet or an Ontario kid that has an NCAA committee because they are hopeful to recruit them. It’s not GM’s trying to fool their Owners or making moves for no reason.. it’s managing your 50 man list properly. - NACS Staff

USA. A potluck. Everyone brings one dish. I have never been so out of my depth in my life. I was invited to a gathering. "Just bring a dish to share," they said. Simple words. I did not sleep for three days. Because I understood instantly what this was. A summit. Every guest, a lord of their own house, arriving bearing tribute. And tribute is judged. Tribute is ranked. To bring the wrong dish to the wrong table is to fall in standing before your peers, possibly forever. So I prepared. I made my finest dish. I carried it to the door with two hands and a straight back, braced for the weighing of my worth. The first lord arrived with a bowl of orange powder noodles. Macaroni and cheese. The crowd roared. He set it down at the center of the table. The CENTER. I noted this. The center is the seat of power. The second lord brought a tower of small brown meat orbs in red sauce. "Meatballs," he announced, like a man laying down a sword. They were placed beside the macaroni. A strong showing. An alliance, perhaps. I studied the table like a battlefield map. Potato salad: defensive, reliable, old money. A vegetable tray, untouched, clearly a hostage offering no one expected to win. And then a woman walked in, raised a flat box overhead, and the entire room turned and CHEERED. Pizza. She had brought pizza. Store-bought. Still in the box. I was stunned. She had not even cooked it. And yet the people rejoiced as if a king had entered. I revised my entire understanding of the hierarchy on the spot. Effort means nothing here. Only the roar of the crowd decides rank. I placed my dish down, humbly, near the napkins. A peasant's position. I accepted it. And then a man tapped my shoulder, pointed at my dish, and said the words that changed everything. "Whoa, did you make this? This is amazing. Everybody, you GOTTA try this guy's thing." The room turned. The room came. The room ATE. My dish vanished in ninety seconds. The pizza woman herself took a second helping and looked at me with respect. I had won the summit. By accident. With a dish I placed by the napkins. I understand nothing about this country. I have never been happier. I am hosting the next one. So tell me, America. Is there a system to the potluck? A secret rank? A hidden law? I have decided there is not. You just bring the thing you love, and everyone eats it, and somehow everybody wins. It is the most insane way to hold a war. I will fight in every single one.