By DAVE BORODY
PETERBOROUGH – The
winning streak
continues.
The Sarnia Sting made it four straight with a 5-3 victory over the
Peterborough Petes,
Thursday night in front
of 2,185 fans at the
Peterborough Memorial
Centre.
The Sting raised their overall record in the Ontario Hockey League
to 4-3-1-0, the first
time they have been over
the .500 mark this
season.
Sarnia jumped out to a
2-0 lead after the first
period and extended
their lead to 5-1 after
40 minutes of play.
“It’s not easy to win on the road in this league,” said Sting head
coach Trevor Letowski.
“Peterborough is a good
hockey team who have
been underachieving a
bit so far this season.
As a young group, we are
still learning how to
win. The first period
was okay, but we won the
game in the second. They
pushed us hard in the
third period, but we had
a solid final 10 minutes
and got a huge two
points.”
Five different players scoring for the Sting, something Letowski
really likes.
“You need secondary scoring in order to win games in this league,
especially on the road.
We’ve been rolling four
lines most of the
season. When a player is
going well, he gets ice
time.”
Scoring for the Sting were Jakob Chychrun, Hayden Hodgson, Brandon
Lindberg, Nikita
Korostelev and Davis
Brown. For Brown it was
his team-leading sixth
of the season. Jeff King
chipped in with a pair
of assists.
But it was Lindberg’s goal in the second period that turned out to
be the game-winner. It
came on a shorthanded
breakaway, his first
goal of the season.
“I saw the puck come around the boards and Jeff King took a hard
check to chip the puck
out. I was able to chase
after it and get a
breakaway. The puck was
rolling so I had to
settle it down and took
a low shot to the stick
side.”
Lindberg says the Sting didn’t play one of their strongest games of
the season, but likes
the way the team stuck
up for one another to
get the two points.
“Winning four in a row sure beats losing four in a row. Winning is
a lot more fun. The team
is in a better frame of
mind and it’s fun coming
to the rink.”
Nick Ritchie scored two goals and Greg Betzold one to account for
the Petes.
Brandon Lindberg - file
photo
Justin Fazio had another solid effort in goal for the Sting. He
faced 32 shots,
including 18 in the
third period. He made a
number of big stops in
the third period.
Sarnia peppered Petes
rookie goalie, Dylan
Wells with 47 shots.
Letowski says there’s a lot to like about the four game winning
streak. “I think the
biggest thing is that
we’ve stuck to the
program. We weren’t
doing that early in the
year and the results
weren’t there. Early in
the season, wins and
losses are important,
but how you are playing
is also key. We are
getting the belief that
if we do things right,
the wins will come.”
He added, “Tonight was not the greatest effort of the year. We
didn’t play hard for 60
minutes, but it’s good
to know when we don’t
play our best some
nights, we still are
going to get points.”
The Sting continues their three-game road trip Friday night in
Oshawa against the
Generals. After a day
off Saturday, Sarnia
travels to Belleville to
battle the Bulls on
Sunday afternoon at 4:05
p.m.
Sarnia’s next home game is not until Oct. 24th
when they host
Belleville. The next
night they will also be
home against Ottawa.
Both games begin at 7:05
p.m. at the RBC Centre.
Tickets for all Sting home games are on sale daily at the RBC Box
Office, by calling
519-541-1717 or going
online at
www.sarniasting.com
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Sting defenceman Anthony DeAngelo was the game’s first star. He had
one assist. Ritchie
was second star and
King third star.
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Korostelev’s goal gives him eight points in his last three games.
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Sarnia was one-for-two on the power play and the Petes
one-for-five.
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Not dressed for the Sting were Taylor Dupuis, Matt Ciccarelli and
Connor Schlichting,
all injured, along
with Noah Bushnell
(eighth game of a
10-game suspension).
