Well Earned Victory For The Sarnia Jr. Sting

The Jr. Sting came out full of energy and ready to take on the Cambridge Hawks during their second regular season “Seeded Division” game at home on Sunday December 23, 2007.  Great individual effort and team play by all, for 3 full periods, allowed the Jr. Sting to defeat the Hawks by a score of 5 to 3.
 

The Jr. Sting opened up the scoring at the 5 minute mark of the 1^st period when John Fazio collected a Hawks’ dumped puck at centre ice and fed a pass off the boards to teammate Lucas Banninga.  Lucas tipped the puck past an opposing Hawks player to Noah Tardif who skated in and took a backhand shot that found the Hawks goalie’s five-hole.  At the 2 minute mark of the 1^st period the Hawks rallied back and added a goal to tie the game at one apiece.  Second period action was competitive all the way through and Cambridge took the lead at the 4 minute mark of the 2^nd period.  Two minutes later, the Jr. Sting came back and tied the game at two apiece.  The Jr. Sting scored after breaking up a Hawks rush which left Jack Soeder with the puck.  Jack started up the ice and fed a pass to teammate Jacob Caughlin who drove the net and beat the goalie with a shot.  At the 9 minute mark of the 3^rd period the Hawks scored again to take the lead.  Thirty seconds later the Jr. Sting fought back and tied the game at 3 when Jacob Caughlin added his second for the game by shooting in his own rebound after receiving a pass from John Fazio.  At the 3 minute mark of the 3^rd period Noah Tardif got the game winning goal, his second for the game, after he picked up the puck that was cleared up the middle by John Fazio and then charged the net to beat the goalie with a shot.  With 13 seconds remaining in the 3^rd period, Noah Tardif sealed the deal and picked up a hat-trick after he tapped in Jack Soeder’s end-to-end clearing puck on the Hawks’ open net.  

All of the Jr. Sting played well including some excellent goaltending from Nicholas Coady.  The Sarnia Jr. Sting Minor Atom A coaching staff are very pleased with all of the boys’ efforts.  The Jr. Sting showed some real heart during this game and it was a Well Earned Victory.