Preseason Games
Labour Day Weekend

The Sarnia Sting were in London on Friday night for their first exhibition game of the season.  The Sting came up short and took a 4 - 1 loss with  Rookie Cody Hall scoring the lone goal for the Sting.

On Saturday it was an entertaining game at the SSEC when the Sting held their annual Black & White game.  There was a twist to this years event with several special guests in the lineup.
Courtright native Dustin Jeffrey and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhound alumni took part in the game along with Sting alumni Jamie Fraser, Ryan Wilson and taking to the ice one last time before departing to join the Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos.  The White team would come out on top to take a 10 - 9 win.

Mark Katic led the way for the white squad with four goals, while Michael Santini picked up the hat trick and Jamie Arniel, Daniel Broussard and Jamie Fraser all scored singles to round out the scoring for the White Team.

Stamkos put on a show at the SSEC for one final time scoring three times, Ryan Wilson had a pair while Cody Hall, Gregg Sutch, Miroslav Preisinger and Daniel Lombardi rounded out the scoring for the Black Team.

On a hot Sunday afternoon the Sting hosted the Knights for their second preseason game and evened the series by taking a 7 - 4 win at the SSEC.  The Sting took a 4 - 0 lead in the first period and held onto the lead to the lead to take the win. 

Justin DiBenedetto was the top scorer in the game netting 2 goals with singles by Gregg Sutch,
 Brent Sullivan, Jesse Stoughton, Steven Reese and Cody Hall.

The Sting continue their preseason schedule with a home game on Friday September 5 when the Sting take on the Plymouth Whalers at 7:30 pm at the SSEC.