Sting Stung Ottawa on Teddy Bear Toss Sunday
December 6, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl Chimenti
photos by
www.metcalfephotography.com
In what was likely the most
exciting game of the season, the
Sarnia Sting dug deep and pulled
out a gritty, hard fought win,
beating the Ottawa 67’s 5-4, in
front of the largest crowd of
the season (4.067), on Teddy
Bear toss, Sunday.
Lambton Ford and the Sarnia
Sting collected a record-high
3580 bears on Sunday afternoon,
increasing the grand total to
over 50,000 in 18 years.
Sarnia had built a 3-0 first period lead only to see Ottawa come
back with four unanswered goals,
including two in the third
period. Despite playing three
games in as many days, Nikita
Korostelev tied the game scoring
his 50th OHL goal on
a 5 on 3 power play. Thirty six
seconds later, Jakob Chychrun
blasted home the game winner,
with a shot from the point, to
put Sarnia back in front for
good. The win sets up a Friday
night showdown with the Windsor
Spitfires at the SSEC.
Matt Mistele had two goals and
an assist, including the coveted
Teddy Bear Toss goal. Pavel
Zacha scored once and
contributed three assists. Jakob
Chychrun, with the winning goal,
also added an assist on the
tying goal. Nikita Korostelev
scored once to round out the
Sting scoring and Jordan Kyrou
had two helpers. Justin Fazio
stopped 22 shots.
Dante Salituro had the hat trick
for Ottawa as part of a four
point effort. Jeremiah Addison
had a goal and an assist, while
Travis Konecy added three
assists.
With the large numbers of teddy
bears in the building, the first
period was highly anticipated
and the Sting did not
disappoint. Mistele, scored at
10:10 and with that goal a
flurry of the stuffed animals
flew towards the ice. The goal
was Mistele’s second as a Sting
and second in as many nights.
The power play goal was assisted
by Zacha.
Shortly after all the teddy
bears were picked up off the ice
and play resumed, Sarnia made it
2-0, as Zacha finished off a
nice three way passing play from
Troy Lajeunesse and Jordan Kyrou,
at the 14:49 mark.
Fazio was in fine form making
three point blank saves to keep
Ottawa off the scoreboard in the
opening frame. Sarnia out-shot
Ottawa 9-8, in the first 20
minutes of play.
Ottawa scored twice in the
second period to close the gap
to one goal at 3-2. Salituro,
was in on both goals, scoring a
power play goal at 11:57, from
Travis Konecny and Stepan
Falkovsky. Near the end of the
period, Salituro fed Jeremiah
Addison and he let go a one
timer that beat Fazio on the
stick side. Salituro, drew the
lone assist.
Sting Notebook:
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This was the second and
final meeting between the
two clubs, with Ottawa
winning 4-1, at home,
November 27th.
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Sarnia will be at home at
the SSEC next weekend with a
pair of games against
divisional rivals. Friday
night (December 11th) is a
first place showdown with
the Windsor Spitfires. It
will be the first regular
season meeting between the
two clubs.
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Friday's game
the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club
and Mainstreet Credit Union
are teaming up to bring you
Ugly Christmas Sweater Night
at the SSEC, a fundraiser
for the Inn of the Good
Shepherd. The Sting
will be wearing their Ugly
Sweaters that will be
auction off after the game.
Fans are encouraged to bring
in a non perishable food
item that will be collected
at the game. $5.00
from each ticket sold will
be donated back to the Inn.
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On Sunday (December 13th)
night the Flint Firebirds
will be in town. Puck drops
at 7:05
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The three stars in order
were Mistele, Zacha for the
Sting and Salituro for
Ottawa.
