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===Conflict, renewal, tragedy=== [[File:Mickey Renaud memorial display at WFCU Centre.jpg|thumb|Renaud's memorial display at the WFCU Centre|alt=Memorial display]] [[File:Engelage looks on.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Andrew Engelage looks on, wearing Spitfires throwback jersey (November 2008).]] On October 18, 2005, [[Head Coach]] [[Moe Mantha, Jr.|Moe Mantha]] was handed a 40-game suspension and later terminated without pay, for a [[hazing]] incident that occurred aboard a bus after a pre-season game versus the [[London Knights]]. An altercation involving players [[Steve Downie]] and [[Akim Aliu]], in which Aliu lost four teeth, led to public exposure of the compulsive hazing within the Spitfires organization. Downie was traded to the [[Peterborough Petes]], and Aliu was traded to the [[Sudbury Wolves]]. On April 6, 2006, the Ontario Hockey League Board of Governors announced the approval of a new ownership group for the Windsor Spitfires, composed of [[Bob Boughner]], [[Warren Rychel]] and Peter Dobrich. All three men had history in Windsor with OHL hockey, and the group had expressed hope to move the team into a new arena. Boughner assumed the roles of President, CEO and head coach of the Spitfires, Rychel was named director of player development, and Dobrich the new business manager. On February 18, 2008, team captain and [[Calgary Flames]] prospect<ref>{{cite web |last1=Board |first1=Mike |title=Renaud will be missed, never forgotten |url=http://flames.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=353955 |publisher=Calgary Flames |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220200313/http://flames.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=353955 |archive-date=February 20, 2008}}</ref> [[Mickey Renaud]] died of an undetected heart condition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/Spitfires+remember+Renaud/1599932/story.html|title=Spitfires remember Renaud|author=Jim Parker|date=15 May 2009|website=windsorstar.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517105328/https://windsorstar.com/sports/Spitfires+remember+Renaud/1599932/story.html |archive-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref> in his [[Tecumseh, Ontario]], home. General Manager [[Warren Rychel]] referred to Renaud's death as "the biggest tragedy in Spitfire history".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/windsor-spitfires-captain-mickey-renaud-dead-at-19-1.712599|title=Windsor Spitfires captain Mickey Renaud dead at 19 - CBC Sports|website=cbc.ca}}</ref> His number was retired by both the Spitfires<ref name="www2.canada.com">{{cite web|url=http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=9408f9ba-5483-416d-87f2-e56fa63d2986 |title=Mickey Renaud Way named|date=September 26, 2008|author=Jim Parker|publisher=The Windsor Star|archive-date=March 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329133838/http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=9408f9ba-5483-416d-87f2-e56fa63d2986|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> and the [[Tecumseh Chiefs]] Junior B franchise<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show_article/12824/10355|title=Mickey Renaud Tribute - Tecumseh Chiefs |date=February 21, 2008|website=ohahockey.org|archive-date=May 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509164820/http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show_article/12824/10355}}</ref> that he played on before graduating to Major Junior. Mayor [[Eddie Francis]] named a road leading to the [[WFCU Centre]] in Renaud's honour, ''Mickey Renaud Way''.<ref name="www2.canada.com"/> At the 2009 OHL All-Star Game at the [[WFCU Centre]] in Windsor, OHL Commissioner [[David Branch (ice hockey)|David Branch]] announced that the [[Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy]] would be awarded to the "team captain that best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice as well as hard work, passion and dedication to the game of hockey and their community" in honour of Renaud.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ontario Hockey League to present annual award in honour of Mickey Renaud |url=http://ontariohockeyleague.com/ontario-hockey-league-to-present-annual-award-in-honour-of-mickey-renaud-p127548 |publisher=Ontario Hockey League |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208133427/http://ontariohockeyleague.com/ontario-hockey-league-to-present-annual-award-in-honour-of-mickey-renaud-p127548 |archive-date=February 8, 2009 |date=February 4, 2009}}</ref>
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