Home game vs. Cambridge October 25 2008

The Sarnia Atom Lady Jr. Sting battled for first place in a home and home series against the Cambridge Roadrunners on October 25. The previous night had settled nothing ending in a 2-2 tie.

The puck dropped at the SSEC and Sarnia was quickly on the board. Mackenzie Wilson bulged the twine behind her namesake in the Cambridge goal Mackenzie Reardon. Assisting on the blast were Allee Riddoch and Sarah McCormick.

Cambridge battled back 24 seconds later when a shot beat Ashley Norland in the Sarnia goal. It looked like a shoot out was on.  A minute later Jocelyn Eves streaked down the left wing and centered to a trailing Suzanne Lockhart. Lockhart made no mistake scoring her second of the season and giving Sarnia the lead once more.

The lead once again was short-lived when Cambridge replied 29 seconds later.

Both teams settled down and the period ended 2-2.
 

Neither team was able to gain an advantage in the 2^nd period and the first place battle entered the final period still tied at 2.

Cambridge took their first lead of the game thirty seconds into the third period when a shot eluded Norland. The Sting answered back when Wilson tickled the twine for the Lady Sting on a nice set up from Kristin Parkes.
 

The Sting looked the better team and were rewarded once again when Lockhart scored her second of the game with Parkes again getting the lone assist with 3 minutes left in the contest.

Time was ticking under a minute and Cambridge gambled by pulling their keeper. Cambridge dumped the puck in. Reagan Subban of the Roadrunners intercepted a clearing attempt up the boards. Subban looking for her second marker of the game, wristed a hard shot from the top of the faceoff circle, which caught Norland backing into her net. Cambridge had tied the game 4-4 with the extra attacker.
 

The battle for first had ended the same way as the previous night in a tie.  Cambridge went home still the only undefeated team in the Division. The Lady Stings’ next game is November 2 when they travel to Stratford to play the Aces.