Sting Win Third Straight
Saturday January 16, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl Chimenti
photos by Metcalfe Photography
The Sarnia Sting broke open a close game, scoring three goals in
less than two minutes and then
rode the strong goaltending from
Charlie Graham, to beat the
defending Memorial Cup Champions
4-1. The win came in front of a
huge crowd of 4,229, on Friday
night, at the Sarnia Sports and
Entertainment Centre.
Pavel Zacha, led the way with a goal and two assists while Travis
Konecny added a pair of assists.
Four different players scored
for Sarnia with Sam Studnicka,
Jakob Chychrun and Troy
Lajeunesse scoring one goal
each. Graham did the rest,
stopping all but one of the 31
shots he faced in a second
straight impressive outing since
joining the Sting in a trade
last week from the Hamilton
Bulldogs.
Robbie Burt scored the only goal for the Generals in the opening
period. Oshawa used two
goaltenders. Justin Nichols
started and allowed all four
Sarnia goals, facing 16 shots.
Jeremy Brodeur, came in relief
in the second period and was
perfect, stopping all 16 shots
he faced. Sarnia out shot Oshawa
32-31.
Sarnia wasted no time in scoring
as Studnicka scored his first
goal as a member of the Sting
and 17th of the season for a
quick 1-0 lead, a mere 29
seconds into the contest. Travis
Konecny and Pavel Zacha were
credited with the assists.
Oshawa tied the game 1-1 at the
midway point of the opening
period on a goal from Burt, with
Jalen Smereck and Domenic
Commisso assisting. The first
period ended in a deadlock, with
Oshawa out shooting Sarnia by a
slim 11-9 margin.
Sarnia, broke the game open in
the second period. Chychrun,
scored his 6th of the season on
the power play at 6:58, with the
lone assist going to Zacha.
Lajeunesse, made it 3-1, 42 seconds later, on a shot that bounced
off a couple of General players
before going into the net. The
goal was Lajeunesse’s 11th of
the year, one short of his
rookie season last year when he
tallied 12 goals. Alex Black had
the lone assist. Zacha then
scored from the slot to up the
lead to 4-1 at 8:55 with Konecny
notching his second assist of
the game.
Sarnia Sting Notebook:
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They say that defensc wins championships, if so
the Sting could be in for an
exciting playoff run come
spring based on giving up
the third least goals in the
Western Conference at 109,
through 38 games.
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Sarnia swept the three star
selection in order with
Zacha, Konecny and Graham.
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The Sting will continue their three games in
three nights weekend, on
Saturday in Hamilton against
the Bulldogs (7pm) and
Sunday night, with a rematch
of tonight’s game in Oshawa
at (6:05 pm),.
