Tuesday,
February
19/08
IN
Strathroy
Sarnia
Blasts
the
Rockets
in
Game
One,
Round
One
Final
Score:
Strathroy
-
1
Sarnia
- 3
by
Deb
Lawrence
In
goal
for
Strathroy
was
Ben
Thomas
and
between
the
pipes
for
the
Blast
WIN
was
John
Faulkner.
It
was
an
exciting
and
bone
crunching
game,
with
the
Blast
giving
as
well
as
taking
the
body
this
game.
It
looks
like
it
will
be a
physical
series,
much
like
the
match-up
last
season.
Before
an
announced
crowd
of
382,
the
vocal
Blast
fans
made
their
presence
known
with
voices
and
all
manner
of
noise
makers.
1st
Period:
Sarnia
took
the
first
minor
of
the
period,
a
roughing
call
to
Brent
Andriash
who
put
one
too
many
body
checks
on a
Rocket
player.
During
the
final
minute
of
the
penalty,
Sarnia's
Tyler
Cicchini
had
a
great
chance
at a
short-handed
marker
but
his
shot
was
stopped.
Strathroy
struck
first
with
a
power
play
goal
at
10:39
that
came
off
the
stick
of
Kraig
Wright
from
Kyle
Greenside
and
Eric
Beauchamp.
While
play
was
taking
place
in
Strathroy's
end,
a
Blast
player
was
upended
by
Dan
Grant
of
the
Rockets
who
went
off
to
serve
a
minor
for
tripping
at
the
16:15
mark.
It
took
45
seconds
before
Tyler
Lewis
tied
up
the
score
with
a
power
play
goal
for
the
Blast.
Assisting
on
the
goal
were
Matt
Abercrombie
and
Josh
Cornelissen.
Sarnia
would
begin
the
2nd
period
a
man
short
as
Clark
MacPherson
went
off
at
19:21
for
high
sticking.
Shots
on
goal:
Strathroy
-
14
Sarnia
-
14.
Strathroy
was
1
for
3
with
the
man
advantage
and
Sarnia
was
1
for
2 on
the
power
play
this
period.
2nd
Period:
The
Blast
completed
another
successful
penalty
kill
and
then
found
themselves
on
the
power
play
at
the
four
minute
mark
when
Mark
Aris
of
the
Rockets
went
off
for
tripping.
The
Blast
capitalized
with
the
man
advantage
33
seconds
later
on
another
Tyler
Lewis
goal
and
picking
up
assists
were
Tyler
Cicchini
and
Matt
Abercrombie.
At
the
stoppage
in
play,
Strathroy
began
to
get
themselves
in
penalty
trouble
beginning
with
a 10
minute
misconduct
to
Mark
Aris
took
for
disputing
a
call
with
an
official,
a
boarding
minor
at
4:56
to
team
mate
Joey
Beauchamp
who
about
four
minutes
later
found
himself
taking
a 10
minute
break
from
the
action
for
inciting
an
opponent.
At
the
10:20
mark
Clark
MacPherson
of
Sarnia
went
off
for
a
two
minute
break
in
the
sin
bin
when
he
was
called
for
hooking.
During
this
penalty
kill,
Tyler
Cicchini
of
the
Blast
had
yet
another
glorious
short-
handed
attempt
but
skated
past
the
net
while
trying
to
control
the
puck.
Shots
on
goal:
Strathroy
-
12/26
and
Sarnia
was
also
12/26.
The
Rockets
were
0
for
1
with
the
man
advantage
and
Sarnia
was
1
for
3 on
the
power
play
this
period.
3rd
Period:
It
got
very
rough
during
this
20
minutes
of
play
but
the
Blast
gave
as
good
as
they
received
but
they
began
by
padding
their
lead
with
another
goal.
This
one
came
at
the
7:56
mark
and
was
scored
by
Matt
Abercrombie
from
Tyler
Lewis.
Things
began
to
get
very
scrappy
from
this
point.
A
roughing
minor
was
taken
by
Patrick
Easter
of
the
Rockets
at
9:03
after
he
gave
Faulkner
an
extra
shove
once
the
play
had
been
whistled
dead.
Just
56
seconds
later,
Thomas
Policelli
was
given
a
five
minute
checking
from
behind
major
(along
with
a
game
misconduct)
for
laying
out
Eric
Beauchamp.
His
brother
Joey
Beauchamp
also
spent
some
time
resting
on
the
ice
when
he
took
a
cross
check
from
Sarnia's
Josh
Cornelissen
at
the
12
minute
mark.
After
playing
a
man
short
for
just
over
two
minutes
during
the
Policelli
major,
the
Blast
then
found
themselves
two
men
short
for
an
entire
two
minutes
of
the
Cornelissen
minor.
The
boyz
in
white
won
face-offs,
cleared
the
puck,
gave
Faulkner
plenty
of
opportunity
to
see
the
puck.
He
in
turn
stopped
everything
that
came
his
way.
To
the
relief
of
those
vocal
Blast
fans
who
made
the
trip,
the
penalty
kill
did
an
awesome
job!.
Sarnia
did
get
one
chance
at
the
power
play
and
it
came
with
4:30
remaining
as
Jared
Anger
was
called
for
the
high
stick.
Shots
on
goal:
Strathroy
-
13/39
Sarnia
-
4/30.
Strathroy
was
0
for
3
with
the
man
advantage
this
period
and
were
1
for
7 in
the
game.
Sarnia
was
0
for
1 on
the
power
play
this
period
and
were
2
for
5 in
the
game.
The
series
now
switches
over
to
Sarnia
for
game
two
which
takes
place
on
Thursday
February
the
21st.
All
games
in
this
series
begin
at
7:30.
The
next
game
in
Strathroy
takes
place
on
Saturday
February
the
23rd.
Make
the
short
journey
down
the
402
and
bring
your
noise-makers!
