Sarnia Jr B Pacers vs Windsor Clippers

May 19, 2010

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The Sarnia Pacers defeated the division leaders Windsor Clippers by a score of 11 - 9 at home Wednesday evening.  After the first period Sarnia was leading 3 - 2.  In a back and forth race Sarnia opened the scoring at 4:07 by Stevee General assisted by Kevin Conry.  Windsor scored their first goal on the powerplay by CJ Ziriada.  Aaron Schieman scored his first of two powerplay goals at 9:30.  Windsor's Ziriada scored his second goal at 11:12 then Schieman added the final goal of the period at 11:48 from Trevor Yealy and Riley Thompson.
 

In the second period Windsor took an 8 - 7 lead after scoring six goals in the period.  Sarnia scored 4.  CJ Ziriada scored three goals in the period for Windsor to give him a total of 5 for the night.  Other Windsor goal scorers were Lucas Brouillard, Brett Hickey and Corey Burchell.  Scoring for Sarnia were Ben Tamming and Jimmy Purves  both assisted by Kevin Conroy.  Kyle Conroy also added a single assisted by Purves, Purves later added his second and the final 2nd period goal on the powerplay.

Riley Thompson opened the final period scoring shorthanded with Jimmy Purves and Dan Charlton assisted to even the score.  Trevor Yealy scored :32 seconds later and took the lead assisted by TJ Mara and Jimmy Purves.  Riley Thompson widened the gap assisted by TJ Mara to give Sarnia a two point lead.  Windsor came back and scored on the powerplay scored by Corey Burchell.  Action continued and with Sarnia on the powerplay goal Riley Thompson scored his third goal of the period assisted by Trevor Yealy.  Sarnia held on and finished the game earning their 4th win of the season.
 

In net Tyler Glebe went the distance and earned the win for the Pacers making 44 saves.  Glebe is now 3 - 1 for the season.  Brendan Stevenson took the loss for Windsor with a total of 22 saves then later replaced late in the game by Erik McLaren who made 8 saves.
 

Earning player of the game for Sarnia was newly acquired Trevor Yealy playing in his first game for the Pacers who earned a total of 5 points for the night with 1 goal 4 assists.  The 6'4" 175 pound forward is from Pittsburg Pennsylvania and just recently completed playing for the University of Michigan where his team won the MCLA championship.

Windsor's CJ Zirada earned his 5th player of the game pick for the season scoring 5 goals in this game.

Sarnia is in second place behind Windsor in the Western Conference Far West Division with 4 wins and 6 losses. 

The Pacers are on the road Friday night in Wallaceburg for an 8:00 pm start and then back home on Sunday May 23 for an afternoon game starting at 3:00 pm against Niagara.