Thursday,
November 20 vs. Chatham
Berglund
and the Legionnaires "Stonewall" the Maroons
Final
Score: Chatham - 0 Sarnia - 7
by Deb
Lawrence
Just under
1200 people took in this game and were
treated to a display of great saves, plenty
of scoring and a showing of what it means to
play as a team. During the final three
minutes of the game it seemed as though each
member of the Legionnaires put forth an
extra effort to ensure that Matt Berglund
would get his first shut out of the season.
Taking the loss in goal for Chatham was
starter Mike Ostropolec.
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1st Period:
Sarnia got scoring started with
a Tyler Lewis marker at
7:05 with assists to Chris
McGuffin and Clark
MacPherson. Then near the
8:30 mark Scott Stafford
skated down the left wing and
made a cut to the net where he
fired a shot that was initially
stopped but a big rebound came
out and roofing the puck up and
over a downed Ostropolec was
Tyler Peters with an
additional assist to Jordan
Black. Sarnia's Zack
MacQueen took an interference
minor with 23 seconds remaining
and Chatham began the second
period with the man advantage.
Shots on goal: Chatham - 10
Sarnia - 12. The Maroons were 0
for 3 with the man advantage and
Sarnia was 0 for 1 on the power
play this period.
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2nd Period: While
sliding across the crease on his
knees, Tyler Peters fired
a shot on goal and lit the lamp
for the third Sarnia goal at the
13:38 mark. Prior to this goal
the play was back and forth with
both teams having puck
possession and chances on net.
A couple of roughing minors were
handed out at the 14:30 mark
when Mike Rivard (Chatham) and
Jesse Drydak (Sarnia) found
their sticks entangled with each
others' for a bit. Then a
slashing minor at 18:13 would
put Andrew Sokol of the
Legionnaires in the sin bin for
two minutes but his team mate
Jesse Drydak notched a
short-handed goal 51 seconds
later. Sarnia found themselves
playing short for 54 seconds as
Clark MacPherson went off to the
sin bin for a two minute time
out on a boarding minor. Shots
on goal: Chatham - 11/21
Sarnia - 10/22. Chatham was 0
for 2 with the man advantage and
Sarnia was 0 for 1 on the power
play this period.
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3rd Period:
Scoring his second of the
evening at 2:45 was Tyler
Lewis and picking up assists
were Tyler Peters and
Chris McGuffin. Some
roughing and a tilt took place
at the 3:36 mark and getting to
take an early shower from this
game were Colton Thornton
(Chatham) and Clark MacPherson
(Sarnia). An interference minor
at 7:15 put Kevin Closs of
Chatham in the sin bin but he
only stayed there for nine
seconds as the Legionnaires
power play unit struck for the
6th Sarnia goal. Lighting the
lamp red for the home team was
Matt Abercrombie from
Craig Hottot. With 2:53
remaining the final goal was
notched by Craig Hottot
and picking up an assist was
Andrew Sokol. Shots on
goal: Chatham - 11/32 Sarnia -
15/37. Chatham had no power
play chances this period and
were 0 for 5 in the game.
Sarnia was 1 for 2 on the power
play this period and were 1 for
4 in the game.
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3 Stars:
1st - Tyler
Peters (SAR) -- 2g 1a
2nd - Matt
Berglund (SAR) -- 32 saves, 0 GA --
SHUTOUT ---
3rd - Scott
Stafford (SAR)
The
Legionnaires finish this week of play with a
game on Friday the 21st in St. Marys at 7:45
against the Lincolns.
Sarnia
will close out this month of play with a
home game against the London Nationals on
Thursday the 27th. Game time is 7:30.
On
Sunday the 30th it's a 7:00 puck drop
against the Maroons in Chatham.
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