Sarnia Sting vs
London Knights
Pre-Season
The Sting hosted the
London Knights in the
pre-season exhibition
before a crowd of
approximately 1,500
fans. This was the
second meeting of the
two teams where in the
first game in London the
Knights took the
win with a final score
of 8 - 3.
Going
the distance in net for
the Sting was Tomi
Karhunen and for the
Knights, Stephen Heming.
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In the first
period the
Knights
scored first
at 2:42 into
the period
on a goal
off the
stick of
Greg Zavitz
assisted by
Cody Smith
and Brad
Fleishman.
Sarnia came
back at
11:02 when
Steven
Stamkos
barreled
his way
through drew
a penalty
and scored
with the
assists
going to
Matt Smyth
and Mark
Katic.
Sarnia took
the lead at
18:20 again
on the
powerplay
when Chris
Mifflen
fired one in
from the
point
through
traffic to
score.
Assisting on
Mifflen's
goal was
Jared Gomes.
The period
would end
with the
Sting
leading 2 -
1.
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London took a total of 8
minutes in penalties in
the first period with
the Sting taking 10 with
the last penalty
carrying forward to the
second period.
Shots on goal in the
first period Sarnia 11 -
London 9.
Action continued in the
second period and at
13:01 the play was
stopped as London took a
hooking penalty at
13:01. As the two
sides were skating to
the bench for line
changes several fight
broke out in front of
the Sting Bench drawing
several Fighting and
Game Misconduct
Penalties. The
first pairing was
between Steven Stamkos
and Heikki Hyvonen when
the linesman pulled
Stamkos off and Devin
DiDiomete of the Sting
jumped in giving him a
3rd man in penalty.
Mark Katic paired off
with Jordan Shine and
Ryan Wilson was paired
up with Cody Smith who
went down and had to be
helped off due to
receiving an injury to
his leg. Despite the
injury Smith received
the fighting penalty in
that incident Wilson was
let off.
The fourth pairing was
between Harrison Reed of
Sarnia and Brad
Fleishman, both players
were not penalized.
Play resumed once the
ice was cleared and the
penalties sorted out and
the period ended with no
scoring with Sarnia
still in lead by 2 -1.
Shots on goal in the
second period: Sarnia12,
London 8.
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In the
third Sarnia would score
their 3rd powerplay goal
when Jordan Hill took
the pass from Justin
DiBenedetto at the point
and slid it over to Ryan
Wilson who took a slap
shot and fired it into
the opening. Time
of the goal was at 7:22.
With
Sarnia leading 3 - 1 the
Knights came back and
scored 2 minutes later
to narrow the Sting
lead. Patrick
Marron score assisted by
Philip McRae and Akim
Aliu. With less
than 2 minutes to play
in the game Marron was
left uncovered in front
of the Sting net and
took the pass from
behind and dumped it in
to tie the game.
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The game would end with
both sides even with 3
each. Both sides
took a total of 8
minutes in penalties in
the final period.
Shots on goal - Sarnia
9, London 6. In
total Sarnia outshot the
Knights 32 - 23.
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The three
star
selection it
was Ryan
Wilson #3,
Patrick
Maroon #2
and the
first star
went to
Steven
Stamkos. |
The Sting
continue their
pre-season with games on
Friday September 7 vs
Plymouth game time 7:30
and Friday September
14th - game time 7:30.
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