Saturday,
November
24 @
Strathroy
Blast
Hang
In
Tough
Against
Rockets
to
Pick
up
Third
Road
Win
Final
Score:
Strathroy
-
3
Sarnia
- 4
by
Deb
Lawrence.
This
contest
was
held
in
the
Rockets
regular
home
arena,
and
one
that
didn't
hold
a
lot
of
good
memories
for
Blast
fans
who
attended
last
season's
game
seven
in
the
league
series.
The
Rockets
came
from
behind
to
win
the
game,
and
almost
did
the
same
in
this
one.
Turning
away
45
shots
of
the
48
he
faced
was
Sarnia's
John
Faulkner
who
picked
up
his
12th
win
of
the
season.
Taking
the
loss
for
the
Rockets
was
Ben
Thomas,
his
7th
of
this
season.
Twice
the
Blast
held
a
lead
of
two
goals,
and
twice
they
surrendered
it
before
getting
the
winner
midway
through
the
third
period.
Blast
fans
then
collective
held
their
breath
counting
down
the
seconds
until
a
celebration
of
the
win
could
occur.
1st
Period:
Sarnia
opened
the
scoring
with
a
goal
at
the
4:17
mark
off
the
stick
of
Tyler
Peters
with
assists
to
Wayd
Pitfield
and
Matt
Abercrombie.
They
would
make
it
2-0
at
11:18
and
take
that
score
into
the
dressing
room
at
the
end
of
the
period.
Getting
the
marker
was
Wayd
Pitfield
from
Darby
McKinnon
and
Adam
Steadman.
Shots
on
goal:
Strathroy
-
14
Sarnia
-
3.
The
Rockets
were
0
for
2
with
the
man
advantage
and
Sarnia
was
0
for
2 on
the
power
play
this
period.
2nd
Period:
A
couple
of
charging
penalties
were
called
near
the
seven
minute
mark,
one
was
the
result
of
Strathroy's
Kraig
Wright
leaving
his
feet
to
level
a
Blast
player.
The
at
7:59,
the
Rockets
found
themselves
without
the
services
of
Joey
Beauchamp
for
10
minutes
of
play
as
he
took
exception
to
no
penalty
called
against
a
Sarnia
player
and
gave
a
vicious
whack
to
the
glass
with
his
stick.
Sarnia's
Tyler
Cicchini
had
a
breakaway
and
was
halted
by a
stick
thrown
by
Zach
Hodgins,
so a
penalty
shot
was
awarded.
He
got
off
a
shot
but
it
was
stopped
by
Thomas.
Holding
the
stick
was
the
minor
called
at
11:47
and
off
to
serve
his
two
minutes
was
Josh
Cornelissen
of
the
Blast.
Strathroy
got
on
the
board
with
a
power
play
goal
with
21
seconds
remaining
in
the
Cornelissen
minor.
Scoring
the
goal
was
Kyle
Moore
with
assists
to
Mark
Aris
and
Dan
Grant.
Sarnia
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
in
their
own
end
so
with
4:44
remaining
in
the
period,
they
took
a 30
second
time
out.
Restoring
the
two
goal
lead
for
Sarnia
was
Wayd
Pitfield
(with
his
2nd
goal
and
3rd
point
of
the
evening)
and
picking
up
assists
were
Adam
Steadman
and
Tyler
Peters.
Shots
on
goal:
Strathroy
-
23/37
Sarnia
-
10/13.
Strathroy
was
1
for
3
with
the
man
advantage
and
Sarnia
had
no
power
play
chances
this
period.
3rd
Period:
Just
as
the
Blast
finished
killing
off
a
penalty
that
was
taken
at
the
19:30
mark
of
the
2nd
period,
Strathroy
scored
their
second
goal
of
the
game
from
Joey
Beauchamp
with
assists
to
Dan
Chadwick
and
Andrew
McCombe.
Notching
the
game
at
three
each
at
3:26
and
surprising
most
everyone
with
a
shot
that
beat
Faulkner
was
Fraser
from
Dan
Grant
and
Zach
Hodgins.
The
Blast
scored
their
only
goal
of
this
period
at
the
9:07
mark
and
scoring
the
game
winner
was
Matt
Abercrombie
with
assists
to
Tyler
Peters
and
Derek
VanVeller.
Strathroy
called
a
time
out
with
66
seconds
remaining
and
pulled
their
goalie
for
an
extra
attacker,
but
Faulkner
and
company
played
a
good
defensive
style
of
hockey
and
picked
up
the
win
to
the
delight
of
the
cheering
fans
who
made
the
trek.
Shots
on
goal:
Strathroy
-
11/48
Sarnia
-
12/25.
Strathroy
was
0
for
1
with
the
man
advantage
this
period
and
were
1
for
6 in
the
game.
Sarnia
was
0
for
2 on
the
power
play
this
period
and
were
0
for
2 in
the
game.
Three
Stars
1st
-
Wayd
Pitfield
(SAR)
2g
1a
2nd
-
Kraig
Wright
(STR)
3rd
-
John
Faulkner
(SAR)
45
saves
on
48
shots.
The
Blast
close
out
the
month
of
November
with
a
road
game
on
Thursday
the
29th
when
they
travel
to
Leamington
with
a
7:15
puck
drop.
Their
next
home
game
will
be a
week
later,
on
Thursday
December
6th
when
the
Tecumseh
Chiefs
pay
a
visit.
