Thursday, September 27th vs. Chatham
Sarnia Repays Chatham with Win at
Home
Final Score: Chatham - 1 Sarnia -
4
by Deb
Lawrence
Before another crowd of over
400, the Sarnia Blast evened the
series between the two clubs
with an exciting win at the
Brock Street Barn this evening.
Taking the loss for Chatham was
Mike Ostropelec and
picking up the win between the
pipes for the Blast was John
Faulkner.
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1st Period: The
lone goal of this period was a
Chris McGuffin marker at
the 2:04 mark with assists going
to Matt Abercrombie and
Alex Yardy. Sarnia took
but one penalty this period, a
tripping minor at 8:41 to Kyle
Gallinger, before Chatham took
the next four. With less than
five minutes to go in the period
the Maroons took two penalties
within 50 seconds of each other
and although the Blast had 70
seconds of play where they
enjoyed a two man advantage,
they were unable to capitalize.
Shots on goal: Chatham - 11
Sarnia - 8. Chatham was 0 for 1
on the power play and Sarnia was
0 for 4 with the man advantage
this period.
2nd Period:
Sarnia began a mini trek to the
sin bin early in the period and
when Kyle Gallinger was off
serving a roughing minor, Sarnia
dumped the puck into Chatham's
end. Owen Rogers battled in the
corner and managed to pass out
the puck to Scott Stafford who
missed a glorious chance at
scoring a short handed marker.
The Maroons got on the board at
the 16:04 mark on a Colton
Thorton goal from Brett
Hope and Jesse Carter.
Sarnia responded with a goal
just 39 seconds later off the
stick of Alex Yardy, his
first of the season. Picking up
an assist was Marco Ruggeri.
Yardy let rip a shot from just
inside the blue line on the
right side. It was a rising shot
that whistled over the right
shoulder of Ostropelec and it
would prove to be the game
winner. With 2:19 remaining in
the period, Marco Ruggeri
gave the Blast a two goal lead
to take into the dressing room.
Assisting on the goal were
Tyler Lewis and Tyler
Cicchini. Sarnia would
begin the third period a man
short as Jon Conrad took a minor
for delay of game at the 18:25
mark. Shots on goal: Chatham -
9/20 Sarnia - 13/21. Chatham
was 0 for 4 on the power play
and Sarnia had no man advantages
this period.
3rd Period:
Sarnia killed off the penalty
that was carried over from the
end of the second period and
then took another one 67 seconds
into the period. They weather
the storm of playing short and
then found themselves with the
man advantage when Bobby Knight
of Chatham took a cross checking
minor at the 7:26 mark. The
Blast scored a goal with 16
seconds remaining on the power
play. Getting the marker was
Toby Brune (his 1st of the
season) with helpers to Matt
Pereira and Tyler Lewis.
A couple of roughing minors were
handed out with about five
minutes to go and the with under
two minutes remaining, a small
bout took place that earned
Chatham's Brad Biggers a two
minute instigator minor, giving
the Blast a power play
opportunity to end the game.
Shots on goal: Chatham -
12/32 Sarnia - 13/34. Chatham
was 0 for 1 on the power play
this period and were 0 for 6 in
the game. Sarnia was 1 for 3
with the man advantage this
period and were 1 for 7 in the
game.
Sarnia closes out the month of
September with a road game in
St. Marys on Friday, September
28th. Game time is 7:45
Next Thursday, October 4th is
the next Blast home game. They
host the London Nationals. It
is also TURKEY TOSS night so
bring some $$$ to win the right
to toss a turkey. If you score
with the tossing turkey, you
will get you own turkey to take
home. All proceeds from the
Turkey Toss will be donated to
the Salvation Army.
