Sunday, September 16 in Chatham
Blast Unable to Hold Off Third
Period Maroon Heroics
Final Score: Chatham - 4 Sarnia -
2
by Deb
Lawrence
Picking up the win for the Maroons
was Mike Ostropelec and
starting the game for the Blast was
Mark Pereira.
1st Period: The lone goal
of this period went to the home team
Maroons at the 11:52 mark. It was a
power play goal scored by
Stibbard from McKillop
and Rivard while Sarnia's
Marco Ruggeri was in the box for
hooking. Shots on goal: Chatham -
7 Sarnia - 14. Chatham was 1 for
2 on the power play this period and
Sarnia was 0 for 2 with the man
advantage.
2nd Period: Chatham took a
two goal lead just 1:31 in on
Stibbard's second of the game.
Helpers went to Plouffe and
Cooper. Shortly after the
goal, play was stopped as Sarnia
goaltender Mark Pereira couldn't
continue the game. Coming in at the
1:48 mark for the Blast was John
Faulkner who took the loss.
Sarnia got on the scoreboard with a
power play goal of their own after
Closs went off for tripping at
8:55. Lighting the lamp for the
Blast at 9:49 was Kyle Gallinger
who let one rip from just inside the
blue line and through traffic.
Assists went to Matt Abercrombie
and Toby Brune. The Blast
tied the game while enjoying the man
advantage again. Wood of the
Maroons took a minor for hooking at
14:42 but with four seconds
remaining on the power play,
Sarnia's Tyler Lewis stuffed
one home. Picking up assists were
Matt Pereira and Matt
Abercrombie. Shots on goal:
Chatham - 10/17 Sarnia - 8/22.
Chatham was 1 for 2 on the power
play this period and Sarnia was 2
for 3 with the man advantage.
3rd Period: Plenty of
action this period, with play going
from one end to the other but it was
Chatham who did the scoring. At the
end of the second period, there were
two Sarnia penalties and one Chatham
penalty called with an end result of
the Maroons beginning this period
with the man advantage and took it
they did. Just 18 seconds in,
Chatham's Carter gave the
home team the lead in the game once
again, and they would not relinquish
it. Assists went to Morden
and Rivard. Another Sarnia
penalty, this one to Kyle Gallinger
for roughing at 6:05 led to another
power play goal for Chatham.
Scoring at the 7:21 mark was
Cloutier from Rivard and
Knight. With one minute to
go and a penalty to Chatham, Sarnia
called a time out. When play
resumed, Sarnia had pulled their
goalie for an extra attacker. With
the faceoff deep in Maroon
territory, the Blast controlled the
puck for the most part, but were
unable to get anything further
behind Ostropelec. Shots on goal:
Chatham - 14/31 Sarnia - 14/36.
Chatham was 1 for 2 on the power
play this period and were 3 for 5 in
the game. Sarnia was 0 for 2 this
period and were 2 for 7 in the game.
MVP -
in Chatham they only pick an MVP
from the Maroons, and tonight's pick
was Evan Stibbard with 2
goals.
