Sting Notes:
Playoff Hockey at it's best!
 

It was playoff hockey at it's best before a sell out crowd hockey fans were given their monies worth!  In an awesome game that had a start date of April 5  but ended on April 6 it took 3 overtime periods to decide a winner in game 2 of the second round of playoffs.
 

Kitchener scored the first goal early in the game at 3:49 by Mikkel Boedker.  The first period also saw a couple of game misconducts called on either side.  First Justin Azevedo was given a checking from behind penalty after slamming into Steven Stamkos and the second to Ryan Wilson that at first was given as a 2:00 minute minor then later changed to a 5 minute major and a came misconduct.
 

In the second period Kitchener added their second goal  just :51 seconds into the period on the powerplay that carried over from the first period on Wilson.  As the action continued both sides went back and forth with many chances.  Kitchener was stopped by some outstanding goaltending in the period by Andrew Perugini - in particular two spectacular saves, the second that brought the fans to their feet in applause!
 

Sting trailing 2 - 0 heading into the 3rd period they didn't let up and came back with two goals each scored by Steven Stamkos.   The first goal was scored midway into the period on the powerplay that started deep in the Sting end with Vladimir Nikiforov digging and working hard as he cleared it out of his own end up over the centre line and over to set Stamkos up who shot it in for the goal.  The second goal was scored 3:06 minutes later by Stamkos with Steve Ferry and Justin DiBenedetto assisting. Both sides remained even at the end of regulation time sending the game into OT. 
 

The game went into the morning, with both the teams and the fans exhausted, wondering if the deadlock would ever be broken. Mike Durco answered that question at 11:30 in the 3rd overtime period to give Kitchener Rangers a 2-0 lead in the series. The two teams will take a well deserve break and will be back in action in Kitchener on Tuesday April 8 for game 3, then return to Sarnia for game 4.

 

Period Scoring/Penalties Summary
from OHL online 

Scoring Summary

	1st Period Scoring - 1. Kitchener, M. Boedker (3) (N. Kadri) 3:49   Penalties - M. Katic Sar (cross checking) 5:14, R. Bortuzzo Kit (charging) 7:46, B. Mashinter Kit (cross checking) 7:46, D. DiDiomete Sar (cross checking) 7:46, J. Azevedo Kit (check from behind, game misconduct) 8:14, D. Lombardi Sar (hooking) 10:31, M. Pepe Kit (high sticking) 18:19, R. Wilson Sar (checking to the head, game misconduct) 19:10
	2nd Period Scoring - 2. Kitchener, M. Boedker (4) (N. Kadri, M. Halischuk) 0:51 PP Penalties - N. Kadri Kit (interference) 6:29, M. Duco Kit (roughing) 9:34, D. DiDiomete Sar (roughing) 9:34, N. Spaling Kit (cross checking) 11:05, B. Shutron Kit (roughing) 14:10, M. Martin Sar (roughing) 14:10, S. Whitely Sar (tripping) 17:54, M. Mascioli Kit (roughing) 18:45, S. Reese Sar (slashing) 18:45
	3rd Period Scoring - 3. Sarnia, S. Stamkos (10) (V. Nikiforov) 10:05 PP 4. Sarnia, S. Stamkos (11) (S. Ferry, J. DiBenedetto) 13:11   Penalties - M. Pepe Kit (holding) 6:31, N. Spaling Kit (hooking) 8:54

 

OT Period Scoring - No Scoring Penalties - S. Stamkos Sar (tripping) 2:18, N. Kadri Kit (tripping) 3:26, M. Duco Kit (tripping) 12:28 2nd OT Period Scoring - No Scoring Penalties - D. Lombardi Sar (tripping) 3:44 3rd OT Period Scoring - 5. Kitchener, M. Duco (5) (M. Halischuk, N. Spaling) 11:30   Penalties - No Penalties

KIT Shots: 13 10 10 13 13 8 TOTAL: 67
SAR Shots: 8 14 17 14 7 4 TOTAL: 64

Power Play Conversion
Kitchener Rangers 1-6. Sarnia Sting 1-9.

Goaltenders
Kitchener Rangers
Mason 4-0-0-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 111:30 SV: 62 GA: 2 [W]


Sarnia Sting
Perugini 4-2-1-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 111:30 SV: 64 GA: 3 [L]



Start : 7:37 PM
End : 12:05 PM
Attendance : 4668
Referee I: Sean Reid (26)
Referee II: Matt Parlette (11)
LINESMAN I: Joe Celestin (98)
LINESMAN II: Glenn Anderson (97)