Sarnia Sept 23 – Your
AAA Major Midget Jr. Sting welcomed the Waterloo Wolves for a game
Sunday afternoon. The Jr. Sting knew they would be in for a game as
last years Wolves went the entire regular season without a loss.
Unlike last season though it would be Waterloo feeling the STING of
a loss.
This game started
hard and fast with both teams playing close checking hockey and with
six minutes gone neither team had managed a shot on net. The Stings
first chance of the game came when David Veluz made a great little
feed to Mac Colasimone who’s shot found the post, Zac Lewis was
right on the door step and made no mistake in burying the rebound.
The first period continued to be hard and fast with some huge body
checks by Veluz and Brad Campbell.
The second period
started with the Wolves pressing and eventually getting a great
chance on Jr. Sting goalie Steven Taylor, but Taylor was up to the
task making a great blocker save. As is so often the case, after a
big save at one end a goal ends up in the opposite net. In this case
it was CJ Griffith with a beautiful tip of Andrew Martin’s hard shot
from the point to give Lambton a two goal lead. The game continued
to be physical with Randy Hicks and Dylan Brooks punishing any
Wolves that entered the Sting end.
As in the previous
game the third period found the Jr. Sting running into penalty
problems. That is a mistake you just can’t make with a team as good
as the Wolves and two power play goals less than two minutes apart
set the stage for a dramatic finish. Some great penalty killing by
Mark MacPherson and Keith Arnold kept the Wolves from getting a
third goal as they pressed for the lead. With just a few minutes
remaining the Wolves sprang a forward on a breakaway but with the
game in the balance Taylor made a great save to force this one to
overtime.
After turning around
a couple of Wolves attempts the Jr. Sting flooded the Wolves end a
hard point shot from Arnold was stopped by the goalie, Clay Williams
grabbed the rebound only to have it stopped by the sprawling
Waterloo goalie as well. In this case the third try was the charm as
yesterday’s hero Joe DeSena found Williams rebound and buried it for
the Overtime win.
Box Score Lambton
3 – Waterloo 2 in OT
1st Period
13:07 Jr. Sting goal
Lewis
2nd
Period
16:26 Jr. Sting goal
Griffith from Martin
3rd
Period
14:45 Wolves PP goal
12:50 Wolves PP goal
Over Time
1:37 Jr. Sting goal
DeSena from Williams and Arnold
Penalties – Jr. Sting
20 min – Wolves 12 min
Saves Jr. Sting Steve
Taylor 36 saves – Wolves goaltender 40 saves