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Sarnia Legionnaires
2009 - 2010
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Sarnia Legionnaires vs Chatham
Maroons
October 29, 2009
by Dan
McCaffery
special to
A failure to
stay out of the
penalty box cost
the Sarnia
Legionnaires
their modest
winning streak
last night.
Coach Jeff
Perry's Greater
Ontario Junior
Hockey League
squad blew a
three goal lead
on their way to
a 4-3 shootout
loss to the
Chatham Maroons.
The result left
the Legion Crew
in third place
in the Western
Conference with
21 points.
Chatham, LaSalle
and St. Marys
are tied for
fourth with 18
points apiece.
All three have
two games in
hand on Sarnia.
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The
score
flattered
the
Legionnaires,
who
were
outshot
43-24.
Chatham
dominated
the
first
stanza
but
went
into
the
dressing
room
trailing
1-0,
much
to
the
delight
of a
season-high
crowd
of
almost
1,500
fans.
Joel
Steeves
put
the
home
team
ahead
when
he
accepted
a
perfect
pass
from
Captain
Tyler
Cicchini
and
scored
on a
two-on-one
break
with
the
game
was
less
than
nine
minutes
old.
Owen
Rogers
also
earned
an
assist
on
the
play.
In
the
second
frame
it
was
more
of
the
same.
Chatham
matched
Sarnia
in
shots
at
10
each,
but
was
outscored
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Cicchini
made
it
2-0
when
he
scored
his
eighth
of
the
campaign
at
the
10:07
mark,
shooting
the
puck
into
a
yawning
cage.
Tanner
Ferguson
and
Chase
Clark
were
credited
with
helpers
on
the
powerplay
goal.
Less
than
a
minute
later
Brent
Sauve
scored
his
first
of
the
year
to
give
the
Sarnians
what
looked
like
a
comfortable
3-0
lead.
Tanner
Garrick
and
Andy
Sokol
got
the
assists.
But
flashy
defenceman
Keith
Maisonville
scored
a
powerplay
goal
shortly
after
that
to
cut
the
lead
to
3-1
heading
into
the
third.
With
the
clock
winding
down,
Rogers
took
a
needless
penalty,
tossing
a
Maroon
into
his
own
bench.
Thor
Skalski
scored
on
the
ensuing
powerplay,
drawing
the
visitors
within
one
goal
with
under
two
minutes
left.
In
the
final
minute
of
play,
with
goalie
Mike
Ostropolec
on
the
bench
for
a
sixth
attacker,
Kyle
Makaric
got
the
equalizer. |
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Sarnia
played
its
best
hockey
of
the
game
in
the
overtime,
just
missing
two
glorious
chances,
including
one
in
which
Jesse
Drydak
rifled
a
shot
wide
on a
three-on-one
break.
In
the
shootout,
Derek
Nap
scored
a
beautiful
goal
for
Sarnia,
faking
Ostropolec
out
of
position
before
hitting
the
back
of
the
twine.
But
Chatham
scored
twice
on
Kyle
Washer
to
skate
off
with
the
victory.
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Strangely,
Sarnia was
given two of
the three
stars,
including
the first
star,
despite
being
outplayed
almost from
start to
finish.
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The
Legionnaires
return to
action
tonight when
they travel
to St. Marys
to face the
Lincolns.
Jesse
Raymond is
expected to
get the
start in
net.
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Chatham was
two-for-10
on the
powerplay
while Sarnia
was
one-for-five.
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The loss
ended a
three-game
winning
streak for
the
Legionnaires,
who
nevertheless
have picked
up seven of
a possible
eight points
in their
last four
games.
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