Cross-conference games are normally a pretty tame affair. 

Cross-conference games are normally a pretty tame affair.

Not on Saturday when the Windsor Spitfires and Brampton Steelheads combined for 24 penalties. That featured 18 penalties in the second period where there were six fighting majors handed out and three misconducts, which all went to Spitfires. It helped Brampton erase a three-goal Windsor lead, but the Spitfires rebounded with three goals in a third period for a 6-3 win at the WFCU Centre.

“I think with Brampton, they knew they were down 3-0 and they just wanted to come out hitting us and try to get under our skin and they definitely did that,” Spitfires’ centre Jack Nesbitt said. “A couple of big hits and we just stuck up for our teammates and there’s nothing wrong with that.”

Let’s put it in perspective

Spitfires’ head coach Gre