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Sting Blanked in Ottawa
january 31, 2015
By DAVE BORODY
OTTAWA – The
Sarnia Sting
dropped a 5-0
decision to the
Ottawa 67s,
Friday night in
Ontario Hockey
League action in
front of 3,213
fans at the TD
Place Centre.
The loss,
Sarnia’s fourth
in their last
five games,
dropped their
overall record
to 23-18-4-2.
The 67s, who
hold one of the
best home
records in the
league with just
four regulation
time losses,
jumped out to a
2-0 lead after
one period and
held a 4-0 lead
after 40
minutes.
Liam Herbst
kicked out all
21 shots he
faced to earn
his first
shutout of the
season for
Ottawa.
“It’s certainly
not the game we
wanted,” said
Sting Assistant
Coach, Chris
Lazary. “But
there is no
excuses. We had
heavy legs to
start and we
just couldn’t
recover. We
didn’t execute
as a group. We
looked like a
young team for
the first time
in awhile.”
He added,
“Defensively we
were too loose.
Their guys were
cycling the puck
in our end and
we couldn’t cut
it off.
Everything
starts with the
play on defence.
We need to be
better making
that first pass
and also better
playing away
from the puck.”
Nathan Todd led
Ottawa with two
goals while
Jeremiah
Addison, Trent
Mallette and
Brendan Bell
notched singles.
Taylor Dupuis
took the loss in
goal for the
Sting as he
faced 26 shots.
For the first
time in over a
month the Sting
had a full
compliment of 20
players. They
welcomed back
forwards Nikita
Korostelev,
Patrick White
and Noah
Bushnell, along
with goalie
Justin Fazio.
But the Sting
lost defenceman
Josh Chapman
late in the
third period
when he was
given a
five-minute
major for a head
check and
automatic game
misconduct. He
could face
further
discipline.
The Sting
complete their
mini two-game
Eastern Ontario
road trip when
they battle the
Frontenacs
Saturday night
in Kingston.
“The challenge
is to be ready
to play against
Kingston,” said
Lazary. “We need
to shoot pucks
more. I think in
our last 10
games we’ve been
outshot in
almost all of
them. We also
have to be
better on
defence.”
Sarnia’s next
home game is
Thursday night
when they host
the Kitchener
Rangers
beginning at
7:05 p.m. at the
RBC Centre.
Tickets for all
remaining home
games are on
sale daily at
the RBC Centre
Box Office, by
calling
519-541-1717 or
going online at
www.Sarniasting.com
STING NOTES
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Ottawa was
two for six
on the power
play while
the Sting
had only two
power play
opportunities,
both in the
third
period.
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Sarnia is
now 0-5 in
their last
five trips
to Ottawa.
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The 67s won
both games
against the
Sting this
season
outscoring
Sarnia 11-1.
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Sarnia is
now
10-12-2-0 on
the road.
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Future Sting
co-owner,
David
Legwand,
(currently
of the
Ottawa
Senators),
attended the
game.
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The Sting
were shutout
for only the
second time
this season.
The other
was a 2-0
loss to
Niagara.
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