Sarnia Sting at
London Knights
Season Opener
September 21, 2007
The
Sarnia Sting opened
their season with a 3 -
2 win in London at the
John Labatt Centre
before a packed house of
9,090 fans. The
last time the Sting won
in London was 4 years
ago on November 28, 2003
ending a 4 year losing
streak. In net for
the win and playing in
his first official OHL
game was Tomi
Karhunen from
Joensuu
Finland
making a total of 31
saves in the night.
For London it was
Stephane Cesar playing in
his 10th OHL game making
29 saves.
Also in
the lineup playing in
their first official OHL
game were Sarnia
resident Jordan Hill
(Wallaceburg Jr C),
first round pick Colt
Kennedy (Ajax Major
Midget), Ben O'Quinn
(Brantford Midget), Joe
Rogalski (Buffalo
Midget AAA) and Brent
Sullivan (Brockville Jr.
A) and Marek Indra
Prague, Czech. Republic
Missing
from the bench was
Sarnia's coach Dave
MacQueen and Devin
DiDiomete who both took
a 2 game suspension
resulting from incidents
from the
September 2
preseason game against
London. Also missing
from the lineup were
Mark Katic and Daniel
Lombardi who are both on
the injured list.
Game Summary
1st Period Scoring
-
London 5:05 Power
play Adam Perry assisted
by Patrick Maroon and
Akim Aliu.
Sarnia 8:18
Matt Martin from Chris
Mifflen
London 8:31
Patrick Maroon from Adam
Perry and Scott Aarssen
Sarnia 18:49
Steve Stamkos from Matt
Smyth
2nd Period Scoring
-
No scoring
3rd Period Scoring
-
Sarnia 5:54
Power Play Matt Martin
from Ryan Wilson and
Steven Stamkos
Final Score
- Sarnia 3 - London 2
Sarnia Shots:
TOTAL: 32
London Shots:
TOTAL: 33
Power Play Conversion
Sarnia Sting 1-5. London
Knights 1-9.
Sting
Starting lineup
with YTD Stats:
|
|
PLAYERS |
Pos. |
G |
A |
+/- |
|
PIM |
|
7 |
Prout, Dalton |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
|
9 |
DiBenedetto,
Justin |
LW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
12 |
Oliphant, Brett |
RW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
14 |
Reese, Steve |
C |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
15 |
Gomes, Jared |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
16 |
Ferry, Steve |
LD |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
4 |
|
17 |
Martin, Matt |
LW |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
19 |
Reed, Harrison |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
21 |
Kennedy, Colt |
RW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
22 |
O'Quinn, Ben |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
29 |
Smyth, Matt |
RW |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
41 |
Hill, Jordan |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
44 |
Mifflen, Chris |
LD |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
|
51 |
Wilson, Ryan |
D |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
0 |
|
55 |
Sullivan, Brent |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
74 |
Rogalski, Joe |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
77 |
Indra, Marek |
RW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
91 |
Stamkos, Steven |
C |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
Goalies |
|
GA |
SH |
SV |
PIM |
|
|
30 |
Karhunen, Tomi |
|
2 |
33 |
31 |
0 |
|
|
35 |
Di Salvo, Peter |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
