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The Lambton Minor Atom AAA team sponsored by the Sarnia Sting were Finalist at the Rumble on the Rink Tournament held in Detroit Michigan over the weekend.

In their first game on Friday they suffered a 7 – 1 loss against Orland Park from Chicago. 

“Came out strong in first period, but could not buy a goal.” Head Coach Cory Pageau said “A couple of defensive breakdowns and we found ourselves down by 4 goals after 2 periods and just couldn’t get on track.”

Tanner Winegard scored the lone goal assisted by Luke Doan.  Carter La Rocque took the loss in net.

Team Awarded Aaron Shanks, Tanner Winegard and Ryan Vidler as Hardest Workers in the game.

On Saturday the team came out strong and defeated the London Jr. Knights Green team with a final score of 7 – 2.

“Great rebound game.  Kids played an all around good game. “ Pageau said

Tanner Winegard and Cameron McCarthy each scored two goals in the game with singles by Garrett Pearce, Aaron Shanks and Luke Doan. 

Helpers on the goals were Ryan Pageau with three assists and Aaron Shanks, Jaxon Priddle and Adam Osler each assisted twice.  Ryan Vidler, Lucas Gaspari, Garrett Pearce and Nolan Mumford added singles.

Caiden Smit earned the win in net.

“Good goaltending, good puck movement and a high level of intensity resulted in a convincing win.” Said Coach Pageau

Hardest workers in this game was awarded to Ryan Pageau and Jaxon Priddle.

In the third game of the tournament and second of the day the Jr. Sting were not put to the test by the Toledo Cherokee and took an easy  21 – 0 win. 

“Tough game to play as Toledo was not up to the challenge.”  Pageau said “I was proud of the players as they worked hard, but did not over celebrate and looked to set up teammates who had not scored.”

Jaxon Priddle led in scoring with four goals, Arron Shanks, Tanner Winegard and Adam Osler each scored three and Adam Maitland two.  Scoring singles were Cameron McCarthy, Lucas Gaspari, Ryan Vidler, Isaac Oliphant, Landon Buckingham and Garrett Pearce.

Assisting on goals Luke Doan and Ryan Pageau each with three.  Landon Buckingham, Garrett Pearce, Adam Osler, Tanner Winegard, Jaxon Priddle, Adam Maitland and Isaac Oliphant all earned two assists and singles by Cameron McCarthy, Bo Doxtator, Ryan Vidler and Lucas Gaspari.

Carter La Roucque earned the win in net.

Hardest workers awarded in the game were Lucas Gaspari and Bo Doxtator.

 In the final Championship game the Jr. Sting had a rematch against Chicago’s Orland Park Vikings but were denied once again as the Jr. Sting took second after losing with a final score of 6 – 4.

Cameron McCarthy led the Jr. Sting in scoring with two goals and singles by Adam Osler and Aaron Shanks. 

Jaxon Priddle assisted on two goals with Isaac Oliphant, Nolan Mumford, Ryan Pageau, Garrett Pearce and Tanner Winegard each earning a point in the game.

Caiden Smit earned the win in net.

“Came up just short.” Coach Pageau said after the game “Good effort from everyone with some solid goaltending from Smit.  Championship would have been nice, but good tournament and the team should be able to build off of it.  Very proud of the boys.”