Barrie, ON - Reid Boucher scored the only goal in
the shootout to help give the Sarnia Sting the extra
point in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Barrie
Colts.
Boucher
would pick up the Stings first goal of the night and
his 23rd of the season to open the scoring in the
first, while in the second period, Craig Hottot
would score his 16th of the year to give Sarnia a
2-0 lead heading into the third.
Barrie
would find a way back into the game, as Tanner
Pearson would score his 31st of the season to cut
the lead in half. A minute and a half later, Gregg
Sutch would tie it at 2-2 with his 9th of the year.
After four
misses in the shootout, Boucher would snap a wrist
shot past Mathias Niederberger. JP Anderson would
stop Steven Beyers on the Colts final shot, earning
the victory. Anderson made 42 saves in the victory.
Nail
Yakupov sat this game out as part of his two game
suspension for skipping the CHL prospects game.
Sarnia
wins their first of a five game road trip as they
will head to Sudbury on Saturday and Sault Ste.
Marie on Sunday to round out the weekends action.
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