Returning from a one-game league suspension, Ethan Belchetz scored twice for the Windsor Spitfires in a 6-5 shootout loss to the Saginaw Spirit on Sunday at the WFCU Centre. Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star

A third-period lead had been money for the Windsor Spitfires this season. Article content

That is until Sunday when, for the first time in 11 games this season, the Spitfires watched a third-period lead disappear in what would turn into a 6-5 shootout loss to the Saginaw Spirit at the WFCU Centre. Article content Article content

“Definitely a tough loss,” said Spitfires’ defenceman Conor Walton, whose team came in with a 10-0 record when holding a lead after two periods. “We’ve got to just bear down when we’ve got a lead. It sucks to lose those ones, you feel you

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