September 18 - 19, 2010

The Sarnia Jr. Sting Atom A/AA  hockey team opened up their season this past weekend with a pair of losses.

On Saturday, in Stratford, the Sting and Warriors played to a scoreless opening period.  The play started to open up in the 2^nd period with the Sting creating several quality chances but unable to find the net.  Stratford was able to open up a 3 – 0 advantage as the period ended.  After Stratford scored early in the 3^rd period to take a 4 – 0 lead, the Sting came storming back with goals by Austin Coutts, Jack Smith and Brett Allardyce (assist Jake Vince) to narrow the lead to 4 – 3.  With time winding down, the Sting were unable to get goalie Max Musico pulled and Stratford scored a late goal for a final score of Stratford 5, Sarnia 3.

On Sunday in St. Thomas, the Sting came out determined at the start of the game, but were victimized by some unfortunate bounces and found themselves behind 3 – 0 at the end of the first period.  In the second period, Sarnia continued to create traffic to the front of the St. Thomas goal, but were unable to get the puck by the Stars netminder.  After falling behind 6 – 0 at the beginning of the 3^rd period the Sting continued to battle hard and Brett Allardyce (assist Matthew Torti, Lucas Ross) poked home a loose puck with only a minute left in the game for a final score of St. Thomas 6, Sarnia 1.