Belleville, ON - The Sarnia Sting picked up a point
on Saturday night, but would still drop their fourth
in a row after a 5-4 shootout loss to the Belleville
Bulls.
After a
scoreless first period, Ludvig Rensfeldt would open
the scoring two minutes into the second period with
his 13th of the season. The Bulls would respond as
Garrett Hooey would add his 10th of the year in the
middle of the period to tie it at 1-1.
A minute
later Rensfeldt would add his second of the game to
put Sarnia back in front, and a minute after that,
Dominic Alberga would put the Sting up by two with
his 11th of the season, as Sarnia led 3-1.
Belleville would get one back as Jordan Mayer would
beat JP Anderson, but the Sting would lead 3-2 after
two periods.
In the
third, the Bulls would tie it up again, as Brendan Gaunce scored his 22nd of the year just 32 seconds
into the period. But three minutes later Ryan
Spooner would score his 19th to put Sarnia in front
for the third time in the game. The lead however
would not last as Brady Austin would tie it once
more, sending the game into overtime and shootouts.
Sarnia who
has not been strong on the shootouts, opened with
Craig Hottot scoring, and Anderson stopped Jordan
Mayer. But Nail Yakupov and Ryan Spooner would each
miss on their shots, while Gaunce and Joesph
Cramarossa would each score, giving the Bulls the
extra point with the victory.
Anderson
made 40 saves in the loss, as Sarnia has not pick up
two points since January 16th.
Sarnia
finishes their weekend road trip with a Sunday afternoon
game in Kingston.
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