Sting Sink Spirit
monday november 24, 2014
By DAVE PAUL
The Sarnia Sting overcame a
sluggish start in a
come-from-behind, 5-3, win over
the Saginaw Spirit, Sunday
afternoon at RBC Centre.
The Spirit had a one-goal lead
on three occasions, beginning at
8:54 of the first period when
Saginaw captain Nick Moutrey
scored a shorthanded goal to
open the scoring.
The Sting's Patrick White evened
the score four-and-a-half
minutes later, surprising
Saginaw goalie David Ovsjannikov
by roofing a backhand over the
big netminder's shoulder from in
close.
The Sting were outshot 10-5 in
the first period and were
probably lucky to be even on the
scoreboard.
The home team played a much more
solid second, outshooting
Saginaw 16-7, but the scoring
pattern was almost identical.
Saginaw scored at the seven
minute mark to give the Spirit a
2-1 lead. The Sting replied just
under four minutes later with
Jordan Kyrou scoring a power
play goal on a rebound to even
the score at 2-2. And that was
the score after 40 minutes.
The pattern appeared to be
repeating itself in the third,
with Saginaw once again taking a
one goal lead. Moutrey hammered
a one-timer past Sting goalie
Taylor Dupuis to make the score
3-2 for Saginaw.
But the Sting were the better
team in the third and, this
time, answered with three
consecutive goals to secure the
win. First, Nikita Korostelev
ripped a wrist shot past
Ovsjannikov at 12:59. Then, a
little over a minute later,
Anthony DeAngelo was the trigger
man on a three-on-two rush,
giving the Sting their first
lead of the game.
DeAngelo then
iced the game, lofting a
200-foot wrist shot into the
open Spirit net -- Ovsjannikov
having been pulled for the extra
attacker -- from behind his own
goal line, the puck entering the
net with just three seconds left
on the clock.
It was an important
inter-divisional win for the
Sting, which came in to the game
trailing Saginaw by four points.
Sarnia now has a
record of 9-11-1-1. With 20
points on the year, the Sting
are tied with Plymouth for
eighth place in the Western
Conference.
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The same two teams will hook up
again on Wednesday when the
Sting travel to Saginaw. That
will be the first of four games
in five days for Sarnia as the
Sting will also be in action
Friday (at home vs. Owen Sound),
Saturday (in Plymouth) and
Sunday (at home vs. Kingston).
Notes:
The Sting played without star
forward Pavel Zacha who is
suspended (length of suspension
has not yet been determined)
because of a charging penalty in
Friday's game vs. Erie.
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