Sting Suffer Stunning Collapse
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
By DAVE PAUL
With one minute left to play in
the second period of Friday
night's OHL contest at RBC
Centre, the Sarnia Sting
appeared to be in complete
control and cruising towards a
relatively easy win over the
Owen Sound Attack.
First period power play goals by
Nikita Korostelev and Jakob
Chychrun, followed by a trio of
second period scores, by Anthony
Salinitri, Hayden Hodgson and
Daniel Nikandrov had given the
Sting a 5-1 lead.
But with just 45 seconds left to
play in the middle period, the
Attack's Daniel Milne scored to
make the score 5-2.
It seemed relatively
insignificant at the time. But
no one knew what was in store in
the third period -- an epic
collapse.
The Attack scored an astonishing
six more unanswered goals in the
third to record an 8-5 victory
in what was a pivotal contest
for both teams in the Western
Conference playoff race.
The first two goals of the third
period came on the power play,
the second two at even strength,
to make the score 6-5, and the
last two were shorthanded
tallies into an empty net.
After playing so solidly for
most of the first two periods,
all facets of the Sting game
fell apart in the third.
Friday's result put sixth-place
Owen Sound four points clear of
the Sting in the Western
Conference standings.
Sarnia, with 57 points, still is
nowhere near home and cooled in
the playoff picture, with
Saginaw and Windsor now tied for
eighth place with 49 points,
eight behind Sarnia.
Owen Sound outshot Sarnia,
34-30. Taylor Dupuis took the
loss while Jack Flinn stopped
all 12 shots he faced to pick up
the win after coming into the
game in relief of Michael
McNiven.
Post Game Interview with
Head Coach Trevor Letowski
The Sting will travel to
Plymouth for a Saturday night
contest. Sarnia hosts London on
Sunday afternoon.
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