2007 - 2008
SARNIA JR. STING
Minor Atom MD

Jr Sting Atom MD’s Lose a Nail Bitter

The Sarnia Minor Atom MD team travelled to London to play the West London Hawks at the Kinsmen arena to start the season and battled to a 3-2 loss.

In their first league game the junior Sting came out of the gates with a slow start when London scored just 36 seconds into the game to make it 1-0. Sarnia showed character by quickly regrouping and tying the game one minute later when Cameron Orrange scored from a Nolan Coats pass. The remaining part of the period was a defensive battle with each team trying to get into a rhythm with the period ending at a 1-1 tie.

The second period saw the Sting start to become more aggressive and they forced the play into the London zone. The Sarnia defense played well and didn’t allow London any second opportunities. The game remained at 1-1 until the two-minute mark when the Hawks capitalized on a Sarnia moment of weakness and scored two goals within a 1- minute time frame. The period ended 3-1 in the Hawks favour.

The third period showed that Sarnia would not play dead and again the Sting forced the London Hawks to play mainly in their own zone.  Sarnia’s continued pressure allowed Daniel Mussio to score unassisted to make the game 3-2 at the 13 minute mark. The Sting defense anchored the team in the third period with goalie Eric Lange shutting down the Hawks. With a minute left, the Sting pulled their goalie to go to an extra attacker but couldn’t capitalize to suffer their first loss.

The Jr. Sting’s next game will be their home opener on Friday, October 19^th at Clearwater arena at 7pm.

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