Sarnia Jr. Sting Major Midgets AA take 4 out of a possible 6 points on the weekend

Fri Dec 4th:

Sarnia vs London Knights

The Jr. Sting Major Midgets AA traveled to London to take on the Jr. Knights Green, who are at the top of the division. The Knights scored first, but just 10 seconds later the Sting added one of their own from Viktor Kovacs unassisted. With 21 seconds left in the first, Sarnia would grab the lead 2-1 on another  Kovacs goal helped out by Graeme Wattie. Period two saw London score the only goals of the period and at the end of two, London were on top 3-2. The Sting ran into penalty trouble in the third and the Knights took full advantage scoring a powerplay goal, and as the period wound down London found the twine for their second goal of the third, and went on to win the game by a margin of  5-2.

Sat Dec 5th:

Sarnia vs Stratford Warriors

Game two of the weekend series saw the Sting and the Warriors go head to head at the Sarnia Arena. From the drop of the puck the Sting came to play and got on the score board first from a goal by Chris Taylor set up by Jordan McBeath and Mat Ward, who was APing for the Sting. Sarnia continued to press and notched another goal off the stick of Graeme Wattie from Taylor, and at the end of the period Sarnia was up 2-0. The second period was all Sarnia as the Sting scored 4 unanswered goals.  Eric Hicks had 2, and Jeff Schroeter and Jordan McBeath both had nice goals unassisted. The helpers went to Taylor Smith, Ryan Jennings, Schroeter and Ward. Stratford managed to spoil the Sting's shutout bid scoring late in the third but the Sting won a convincing game by a score of  6-1. Ben Johnson was solid in net for the Sting.

Dec 6th:

Sarnia vs London Bandits

The Sting were traveling back up the 402 Sunday to play their 3rd game in three nights, taking on the London Bandits. This was an important game as both teams are close in the standings. Sarnia jumped out to take the lead on a nice goal from Jeff Schroeter, who was making his presence felt all weekend, with assists to Chris Taylor and Derek D'Andrea. At the end of the first Sarnia had the lead 1-0. The Bandits pulled even early in the second, but not to be out done, Eric Hicks took control on a nice feed from David Sparks, broke away from the pack, raced down the ice and scored a beautiful shorthanded goal that completely froze the Bandit's goaltender. Sarnia's third goal found the back of the net off the stick of D'Andrea helped out by Chris Taylor, and at the end of two Sarnia was up by a score of  3-1. At the start of the third period Sarnia notched another shorthanded goal from Viktor Kovacs assisted by Taylor. The Sting bench played a complete game for 60 minutes and went on to win this one by a score of 4-1. Zac Lippiatt played a strong game in net.