The
Lambton Junior Sting Minor
PeeWee AAA put in a strong
showing in the Hamilton Reps
Tim Hortons Tournament over
the Thanksgiving weekend.
The Sting would qualify for
the semi finals after
placing first in their
division winning 3 games and
losing 1.
In their
first game of the weekend,
the Sting would play the
Syracuse Nationals and come
away with a narrow
2 -1 win. Trailing late in
the 3rd period,
the Sting would show their
ability to come from behind
with goals from Theo
Crombeen and Lucas Knowles.
Jacob Knowles would make a
key glove hand save in the
win to get the win in goal.
Nolan Farr and Joey Ferrera
would pick up assists. In
the afternoon, the Sting
would fall victim to the
penalty box in their game
against the Hamilton Reps.
Hamilton would score 4 power
play goals in winning by a
final score of 6 – 3. Lucas
Knowles would lead the
offense in this game with 2
goals, Joe Correia would
pick up a goal and assist,
Alec Trusler, Josh Vale,
Jordan Hurtubise and Dante
Fuoco also picked up
assists.
On
Sunday, the Sting would come
out flying against the
Cambridge Hawks and win by a
score of 3 – 1. Nolan Farr,
Cameron Rombouts and Dante
Fuoco would provide the
scoring punch in this game
with assists going to Alec
Trusler, Joey Ferrera, Josh
Vale and Joe Correia. In
the final game of the round
robin the Sting would put in
another strong performance
in defeating Kanata by a
final score of 4 – 2. The
goal scoring in this game
was provided by Cameron
Rombouts, Jake Vince, Joe
Ferrera and Nolan Farr.
Assists were awarded to
Jordan Hurtubise, Cameron
Adam, Theo Crombeen, Dante
Fuoco, Jake Trusler and Joe
Correia. Josh Bayne would
be the winning goalie.
On Monday
morning, Lambton would
square off with the Huron
Perth Lakers. Lambton would
generate the better scoring
chances early on, but it
would be the Lakers who
would strike first to take a
1 – 0 lead. The Lakers
would score again in the 2nd
period for a 2 – 0 lead and
the Sting would have to
mount another 3rd
period comeback to get back
in the game. Theo Crombeen
would finally get Lambton on
the scoresheet half way
through the 3rd
period and with only 2
seconds left in the game
Nolan Farr would get the
equalizer, sending the game
to sudden death overtime.
The Sting would generate
several quality chances in
overtime, but would be
unable to find the back of
the net. The game would
have to be decided in a
shoot out, with Huron Perth
finally winning. A tough
loss for the Sting who were
so close to making it to the
final.
In the
afternoon, the Sting would
be matched up with a
familiar opponent from their
league division, the
Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs. The
Sting would jump out to a 3
– 0 lead in this game with
goals from Lucas Knowles
assisted by Gage Langford
and Alec Trusler, Cameron
Adam assisted by Josh Vale
and Jake Vince and Joe
Correia assisted by Jake
Vince and Josh Vale. Elgin
would narrow the lead to 3 –
1 but the Sting would strike
back quickly on a breakaway
goal by Dante Fuoco assisted
Joe Correia and Cameron
Rombouts. Unfortunately,
the Sting would fall in to
penalty trouble and Elgin
would score 2 late 2nd
period goals to narrow the
lead to 4 – 3 heading into
the 3rd period.
Elgin would score 2 3rd
period goals to win by a
final score of 5 -4.
On
Saturday morning, the Sting
would play the Quinte Red
Devils and despite
outplaying their opponent
for the majority of the
game, would lose by a final
score of 3 – 2. The Sting
would hold a 2 – 1 lead late
in the 3rd period
with goals being scored by
Cameron Rombouts from Nolan
Farr and Dante Fuoco from
Jordan Hurtubise. With
approximately 5:00 left in
the 3rd period
the Sting would be called
for a questionable 4 minute
penalty and then another
questionable 2 minute call.
Quinte would be able to
capitalize on the power play
with 2 goals and win by a
final score of 3 -2.
On
Saturday afternoon, Lambton
would put in a strong effort
in winning their final game
of the tournament by a score
of 7 – 2 against the South
Central Coyotes. The Sting
were a little flat in the 1st
period but would slowly take
control of the game in the 2nd
period and put the game away
with some late 3rd
period goals. Matthew Torti
would lead the offensive
charge in this game with 3
goals, Theo Crombeen would
add 1 goal and 2 assists,
Jake Vince would pick up 1
goal and 1 assist, Nolan
Farr and Gage Langford would
score 1 goal each. Lucas
Knowles would add 3 assists,
Tristan Haagsma, Cameron
Rombouts and Cameron Adam 2
assists each and Alec
Trusler and Joey Ferrera
each 1 assist.