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Sarnia Jr. Sting vs. North London
Nationals
October 9, 2007
Carling Arena
The Sarnia Major Peewee MD team
traveled to the Carling Arena in London to meet the North London
Nationals in the Tier 2 division. The game was the season opener
for both teams and everyone was looking forward to a game with
no curfew.
Greg Loucks got the start in goal
for the Sting. North London had the first penalty of the game
and despite great pressure and quality shots, the Sting were
unable to score. The Sting kept up the pressure but the period
ended in a scoreless tie.
The Sting got the first goal of the
second period at the 8:00 minute mark. Koen Gendron jumped on a
rebound and got his first goal of the season. Less than 2
minutes later, Garrett Deley found a juicy rebound and pocketed
his first of the season to make the score 2-0. Justin Lindsay
almost made it 3-0 but the North London goalie made a huge save.
In the third period, the Sting were
a man down when Greg Loucks made a spectacular save to maintain
the shutout. Matt Hodgins, Colin Lange and Chase Henne all had
marvelous scoring opportunites. With 45 seconds left in the
game, Colin Lange tipped in a shot from Kyle Classen to finish
the scoring. The final was 3-0 for the Sting and Greg Loucks got
the shutout after facing 14 shots. |
