Sarnia Sting Fall in London
MONDAY JANUARY 25, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
After coming off of a 6-5 win
against the Peterborough Petes
Saturday Night at the SSEC, The
Sting travelled to London for an
afternoon matchup against the
rival London Knights. The
Knights skated away with the 4-1
win on the back of a 32 save
performance from Tyler Parsons.
It was all London in the first
period when the Knights opened
the scoring in the first minute
of the game courtesy of Matthew
Tkachuk. Chad Heffernan and
Jacob Graves added goals of
their own. The Sting spent a lot
of time in their own end in the
first period, and had a tough
task of shutting down the
Knights offense who were looking
to rebound from a loss to the
Petes Friday night. It was a
physical first period as both
teams combined for 7 penalties
in the period. For a period that
seemed to belong to the Knights,
the Sting lead in the shot
category at the end of the
first.
The Second period provided a
more even playing field as both
teams provided excellent scoring
chances in what was a fast paced
period between both teams who
were looking to close the gap
between first place in their
respected divisions. Dvorak
added to the Knights lead, and
Anthony Salinitri got the Sting
on the board shortly before the
end of the period. McGregor and
Chychrun both drew assists on
the lone goal for the Sting.
Although the Sting provided
multiple scoring chances, they
were unable to put one by
Knights goalie Tyler Parsons.
The Third period was scoreless,
but filled with penalties.
Although both teams had multiple
powerplay chances, the Sting and
Knights failed to register a
power play goal throughout the
game. The physical aspect of the
game had reached a breaking
point when Kevin Spinozzi cross
checked Knights rookie Max Jones
in the corner. Both teams
combined for 20 penalties in the
final 1:11 of the third period
and caused a 25 minute delay to
sort out the penalties. The
Knights are 4-0 against the
Sting this season with 2 more
meetings before the end of the
season.
Justin Fazio got his second
start in 2 nights and made 33
saves on 37 shots making key
saves to slow down the Knights
offense. Tyler Parsons made 31
saves on 32 saves and was
awarded first star of the game
honours. Parsons stood tall and
shut down a red hot Sting
offense coming off of a 6 goal
performance the night before.
STING NOTES:
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In the three games that
spanned over Thursday to
Sunday, the Sting posted a
1-2 record and recorded 2
out of a possible 6 points.
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The Sting return to the SSEC
on Friday January 29th to
take on the Flint Firebirds
in a home and home series.
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The Sting will travel to
Windsor on Sunday January
31st for a matchup against
the division leading
Spitfires on Hockey day in
the OHL.