Sarnia Legionnaires
2009 - 2010

 


Legionnaires at Thorold
September 23, 2009

The Legionnaires travelled to Thorold to compete in their first interconference game of the season.  The Thorold Blackhawks are in the Golden Horseshoe Conference and two of their players are former Sarnia Legionnaires, Matt Abercrombie and Scott Stafford.

Sarnia came home with a 7 - 4 loss

Thorold led after the first period by a score of 2 - 1.  Owen Rogers scored for Sarnia in the first on a power play.  Thorold goal scorers were Joel Forestall and Nathan Granitto.

Second period saw Sarnia back in the race with two goals by Chase Clark to give Sarnia the 3 - 2 lead.  That lead lasted for only :23 seconds before Thorold went on and added three goals to take a 5 - 3 lead.  Sarnia's Tanner Tomlinson narrowed the gap when he scored on the powerplay but before the period ended Thorold added their 4th goal of the period to take a 6 - 3 lead.  Joel Forestall, Ben Clair, Aaron Taylor and Griag England each scored singles for Thorold.

In period three ex-Legionnaire Scott Stafford scored the only goal in the period.

Seth Anderson took the loss in net making a total of 26 saves.  Winning netminder was Jordan Bowes with 24 saves.

  • Sarnia went 2 for 9 in powerplay opportunities - Thorold went 0 for 3.

  • Sarnia is now 2-2-2 for the season and are in a five-way tie for second place in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's western conference with six points. The London Nationals leads the pack with seven points.

  • Sarnia hosts the Welland Canadians (3-0-1) from the Golden Horseshoe Conference on Thursday September 24 - game time 7:30 pm.