Sarnia Sting Took Solid Win in Mississauga
December 19, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl
Chimenti
The Sarnia Sting broke open a
close game, scoring four times
in the second period and cruised
to a 6-1 victory over the
Mississauga Steelheads in front
of 3,014 at the Hershey Centre.
Despite only 10 shots in the
middle stanza, Brandon Lindberg,
Sasha Chmelevski, Matt Mistele
and Ryan McGregor scored to give
the Sting a 5-0 lead and they
never looked back. Jordan Kyrou
opened the scoring for Sarnia in
the first and Nikita Korostelev,
wrapped up the scoring in the
third period for the Sting.
Justin Fazio stopped all but one
of the Steelheads 28 shots,
allowing the lone goal to Josh
Burnside in the third period, on
the power play. Mississauga used
both Jake Flinn, who started and
gave up five goals on 18 shots
through the first forty minutes
and Joseph Murdaca in the third,
in net. Murdaca, finished with 8
saves on 9 shots.
The offensive onslaught was led
by Mistele, with a goal and two
assists. Lindberg, McGregor and
Kyrou, each had a goal and an
assist. Salinitri, contributed a
pair of assists.
After killing of an early
penalty for tripping, the Sting
struck first as Jordan Kyrou
wrist shot beats Flinn on the
blocker side at 6:48 with the
assist credited to Troy
Lajeunesse and Matt Mistele. The
goal was a team milestone,
number 100 on the season for the
Sting. Fazio stops the best
scoring chance for Mississauga
on a penalty shot from Thomas
Lattavo with under seven minutes
remaining in the opening period.
Sarnia lead 1-0 after the first
twenty minutes despite being
outshot by the Steelheads 10-8.
Sarnia, made it 2-0 at 9:52 of
the second period. Jacobs, on a
nice rush down the right wing,
let go a shot that Flinn stopped
but in doing so let up a big
rebound and Lindberg made him
pay by putting the puck into the
net. Jacobs and Ryan McGregor
drew the helpers. The score went
to 3-0 following a wrist shot
from Chmelevski that beat Flinn
five hole, with less than five
minutes left. It was Chmelevski
seventh on the season and it was
unassisted. Sarnia than blew
things wide open with two more
goals from Mistele, his 13th, at
17:43 and McGregor potted his
fifth, 73 seconds later. Kyrou
and Anthony Salinitri were
awarded the assist on the goal
from Mistele, while the assist
on the McGregor’s goal went to
Lindberg and Kevin Spinozzi.
Sarnia scored on four of their
10 shots in the period, as they
outshot Mississauga by a slim
10-8 margin.
Joseph Murdaca replaced Flinn in
net for the Steelheads, to start
the third period. Josh Burnside
broke up Fazio’s bid for a
shut-out early in the third
period, scoring a power play
goal at 4:49. Stefan LeBlanc and
Nathan Bastian got the assist.
Sarnia got the goal back as
Korostelev netted his 10th, with
the assist going to Salinitri
and Mistele, at 11:38.
The Sting are now
6-8-1 on the road overall their
record stands at 18-11-2-0.
Weekend road trip continues with
a Saturday night game against
the Midwest Division leaders
Erie Otters (27-4-1-0).
Sting Notebook:
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Both teams
were missing one key player
due to the WJC selection
camps. For Sarnia,
Missing from the lineup for
Sarnia was their leading
scorer Pavel Zacha and
Mississauga was missing
Alexander Nylander.
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Sarnia's
Jacob Chychrun returned to
the line up after being cut
from Canada's Junior Team
last Sunday.
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The Sting
came into weekend play as
the third best defensive
team in the Ontario Hockey
League in goals allowed
(83), behind only the
Kitchener Rangers (76) and
the Erie Otters (82).
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The three
stars in order went to
Mistele and Lindberg for
Sarnia and Burnside for
Mississauga.
