Sarnia Fury played their last game of the season in a semi final match against the Wallaceburg Sting.  Having already lost against Wallaceburg the week before in the last regular season game of the season, Sarnia played hard and never stopped running. 

 

Three of their defensemen were unable to play.  Riley Vanbarneveld was out of town, while Daniel Cicchelli and Spencer Gorman were forced to watch from the bench, both sidelined with injuries.   The remaining team mates were put in various positions around the field, using their diverse talents to cover the entire pitch, while ensuring that the different positions had "fresh legs" as often as possible.  Patrick Lange, Austin Long, and Kyle McNeil had their work cut out for them.  Christian McCormick worked hard in the middle of the field, weaving in and around the opposition.
 

 
 

Andrew Spenner faced a total of 25 shots on net, constantly being pounded by one of the two fleet footed Wallaceburg forwards.  At one point, Andrew deflected a ball but the bounce made it unable to catch.  The Sting forwards ran for the rebound, but were denied when the always reliable Jacob Pullen stepped in the way and kicked the ball to the side of the field. 

 

Sarnia had a lot of close calls, but the tall and lanky Wallaceburg keeper managed to deflect the majority of those shots.  Kyle McVittie hit the post; Riley Roberts, Kyle Mackin, and Antonio Adamo all pushed to get the ball into the Sting's goalbox to score, and continued to be denied despite outstanding efforts on their part. 

 

 

Sarnia scored twice during the game, once in each half.  The first goal was sent up to a waiting Spencer Charlton by Trevor McEwan.  Spencer's lightning shot slipped past the Wallaceburg netminder for the first point of the game.  Trevor assisted again on the second shot.  With Sting players buzzing all around him in front of their net, Trevor kicked the ball back and to the left where Tyler Vynckier was waiting.  Tyler wound up, kicked the ball high into the air, and watched as it flew past the outreached hands of the Wallaceburg keeper. 

 

The last few 10 minutes of the game had parents pacing the side of the field, standing instead of sitting, anxious for Sarnia to win.  The coaches shouted encouragement, bit their nails, and kept checking their watches to see how much time was left before the referee would blow his whistle. 

 

Before the game was over, Wallaceburg had managed to score 4 goals, 2 in each half, to win the game 4 - 2.  They will head off to the finals, and Fury will hang up their cleats for another year.  Sarnia finished in second place, one point behind Petrolia, in the regular season.  They played well, as a team, and with confidence.  The coaches and parents were impressed with their consistent efforts all year.