Sarnia Lady Sting Bantam B Looking Ahead to Provincial Finals

MONDAY MARCH 7, 2016
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The Sarnia Jr. Lady Sting Bantam B team are in the middle of a successful playoff and playdown run.

Since January 1st the team has been white hot with a record of 19-1-5.

They concluded the Regular Season capturing first place in the very competitive Lower Lakes Female Hockey League West Division.

In the first round of playoffs, the Lady Sting were matched up vs the Mitchell Meteors in the 1st vs 8th seed pairing. Sarnia disposed of Mitchell in two straight games with scores of 2-0 and 1-0.

The second round saw a matchup vs the 4th seed Bluewater Hawks. Sarnia won that series, concluding Mar. 6 with 2-0 and 2-1 wins and a 0-0 tie in the 4 point series.

The Lady Sting will play the for the West Division Title and the right to advance to the Lower Lakes Championship Weekend on the first weekend of April in Toronto.

In the OWHA Playdowns, the Lady Sting were matched up vs the Southpoint Stars in a very evenly matched and tightly contested series that was too tight to predict.

In the regular season Sarnia finished first and Southpoint second.

The playdown series was a 6-point series and Sarnia emerged victorious on March 5 with a very fast-paced, back and forth game five
2-0 win.

Leading to the final game it was a very tight series that saw Sarnia win the first game 1-0, tie the next 3 games 0-0, 2-2, 0-0.

With the playdown series win the Lady Sting advances to the OWHA Provincial Championship Tournament in Toronto on April 8-10.

 

 

 







 

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