Thursday,
January
17
vs.
Petrolia
Blast
Jettison
Petrolia
in
Battle
of
Lambton
Final
Score:
Petrolia
-
2
Sarnia
- 10
by
Deb
Lawrence
This
game
was
dedicated
to
the
memory
of
Caitlyn
Cicchini
sister
of
Blast
forward
Tyler
Cicchini.
The Blast raised funds and accepted donations
for
the
Canadian
Cancer
Society
in
memory
of
Caitlyn
Cicchini,
Caitlyn's
&
Tyler
father
was
on
hand
in a
special
puck
drop
ceremony
to
start
the
game.
Starting
in
goal
for
Petrolia
was
Michael
Zador
and
between
the
pipes
for
the
Blast
was
Matt
Berglund.
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1st Period: The Jets started out well and at one point had a 3 on 1 opportunity but Berglund came up big with the save. A hooking minor at 9:37 sent off Sarnia's Matt Abercrombie to the sin bin for a two minute break and it was the Blast who did the scoring during this penalty. Knocking in a short-handed marker at 10:07 was Adam Steadman with an assist to Owen Rogers. The Blast continued to control the puck and 49 seconds later Owen Rogers scored another short-handed goal, picking up his own rebound. |
With
Sarnia's
Josh
Cornelissen
off
for
interference
at
11:44,
the
Jets
got
on
the
score
board
with
a
marker
off
the
stick
of
Brentley
Belenger
from
Greg
Zavitz
and
Tanner
Tomlinson.
Shots
on
goal:
Petrolia
-
16
Sarnia
-
12.
Petrolia
was
the
only
team
with
the
man
advantage
and
they
went
1
for
2
this
period.
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2nd Period: Sarnia did all the scoring this period and opened with their fourth goal of the game at the 2:44 mark off the stick of Owen Rogers. Picking up assists were John Conrad and Adam Steadman. A holding the stick minor at 3:44 sent Greg Zavitz of the Jets to the sin bin for a time out and he remained there until the Blast scored their first power play goal of the evening. Roofing a shot was Tyler Lewis from Tyler Cicchini and Tyler Peters -- the Tyler line! At the next stoppage in play just 11 seconds later, Petrolia pulled Zador in favour of Nick Zavitz. Each team took a number of penalties with one short bout taking place near the 14 minute mark. The Blast finally managed to get one behind Nick Zavitz with one minute remaining in the period. |
A
tripping
minor
at
18:38
put
Shawn
Waldie
of
Petrolia
in
the
penalty
box
and
it
led
to
Sarnia's
second
power
play
goal
of
the
game.
Scoring
his
second
of
the
evening
was
Adam
Steadman
with
the
lone
assist
to
Kyle
Gallinger.
Shots
on
goal:
Petrolia
-
8/24
Sarnia
-
17/29.
Petrolia
was
0
for
2
with
the
man
advantage
this
period
and
Sarnia
was
2
for
4 on
the
power
play.
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3rd Period: This period was all about goals, and they came frequently. The first one came 47 seconds in and off the stick of Tyler Cicchini with helpers to Wayd Pitfield and Tyler Peters. Just 46 seconds later Tyler Cicchini struck again making the score 8-1 in favour of the Blast. The lone assist on Cicchini's second goal was Tyler Peters. Petrolia got one back with a goal 15 seconds after the pair by Tyler. Notching Petrolia's second and final goal of the game was Dominic Chiappelli with assists to Chris Wilson and Peter Pritchett. Sarnia's Tyler Lewis notched his second of the evening at the 5:28 mark and picking up assists were Matt Abercrombie and Derek VanVeller. The final Blast goal came off the stick of Derek VanVeller at the 8:19 mark and assists went to John Conrad and Tyler Lewis. |
The
second
scrap
of
the
evening
took
place
near
the
midway
mark
of
the
period
and
also
having
a
early
night
were
Trevor
Bet
of
Petrolia
and
Sarnia's
Tyler
Peters.
Shots
on
goal:
Petrolia
-
13/37
Sarnia
-
17/46.
Petrolia
was
0
for
1
with
the
man
advantage
this
period
and
were
1
for
5 in
the
game.
Sarnia
was
also
0
for
1 on
the
power
play
this
period
and
were
2
for
5 in
the
game.
The
Blast
are
on
the
road
for
the
next
four
games
before
they
close
out
the
month
with
a
home
game.
They
conclude
this
week
of
play
with
a
game
on
Saturday
the
19th
in
Strathroy.
Game
time
is
7:30
against
the
Rockets.
Next
week
the
Blast
travel
to
Tecumseh
on
Wednesday
the
23rd
for
a
7:00
match
against
the
league
leading
Chiefs.
Then
on
Friday
the
25th
they
take
on
the
Lincolns
for
a
7:45
game
in
Stonetown
(aka
St.
Marys).
The
final
week
of
January
finds
the
boyz
off
to
London
on
Sunday
the
27th
for
a
2:30
game.
The
Nats
have
a
return
engagement
on
Thursday
the
31st
as
we
play
host
to
them
with
a
7:30
puck
drop
at
the
Brock
Street
Barn.
