The Sarnia Jr Sting Major Midgets A/AA were back on the ice after a long Christmas break. The St. Thomas Stars came to town and got on the score board first with a quick goal to make it 1-0. Before the end of the first the Stars were up by two. St Thomas continued their pressure and got the only goal of the second on a powerplay and were up 3-0.  Things started to look bleak but the Sting would not roll over or give in.

As the third period got under way the Sting's Viktor Kovacs scored a nice goal unassisted to make it 3-1. St Thomas managed to beat Sarnia's netminder and were back up by a 4-1 margin. With 13:03 left in the third the Stars thought they sealed the deal going up 5-1 on a powerplay, but the Sting continued to play with heart.

Midway through the period Chris Taylor started the Sting's exciting comeback and scored a unassisted goal to come within 3. One minute later Kovacs got his second goal to come within 2, helped out by Jeff Noppen and Chris Taylor. A minute after that, Alex MacEachern scored with 7:57 remaining from Trevor Crawford and Taylor Smith to pull within 1 and send the Stars scrambling.

The Jr Sting took control and buzzed St Thomas' net. With the crowd screaming for more the Sting did not disappoint. With 3:11 left on the clock the Sting tied the game on a great goal from Jeff Schroeter helped out by Kovacs that brought the crowd to their feet. As the final buzzer sounded the Sting skated away with a  5-5 tie in this thrilling game.

Ben Johnson was the goalie of record for the Sting.