The
Lambton Jr Sting participated in the
Border City Cup held in Windsor.
The
Sting opened up the tournament with
a short bench facing the Guelph Jr
Storm. Brendan Trottier opened up
the scoring burying the rebound from
a Sam McCormack point shot. The play
was back and forth in each other’s
end and the period ended 1-0 for the
Sting. There was no scoring in the
2nd period. In the 3rd
period, Matt Gough would score
from Brendan Trottier and Jake Mott
to go up 2-0. Lambton would hang on
but Guelph would score late in the
game to make it 2-1. Travis Moore
earned the Player of the game award
with the win in the net.
The
second game on Friday would have the
Sting up against the Niagara Falls
Canucks. Austin Hewton would open
up the scoring from Jake Mott and
McCormack. Alec Segers then went
on a mission scoring the natural hat
trick. Picking up an assist on his
first goal was Hewton. Dylan
Carroll had the assist on his second
goal and his third of the period was
unassisted. Niagara Falls wouldn’t
give up and would continue to
press. They would be rewarded with
2 third period goals. Sting would
hold on to the 4-2 win. Cole Lauzon
had the win between the pipes and
Segers was the Player of the game.
With 2
wins under their belt, the Sting was
ready to take on the Michigan Ice
Hawks. In what has been said to be
their best performance as a team,
the Sting would pick up another win
2-1. Travis Moore had the win. There
was no scoring in the first and the
teams traded goals in the second.
Timmy Kaldeway had the goal on the
power play from Trottier and Hewton.
Kaldeway had the winning goal in the
3rd period from Josh Reda.
The defence pairings of Mike Zottl
and Cole Harris, Cory Burr and
McCormack, Tyler Drury and Adriano
Fuoco played hard and helped to keep
this game close. Kaldeway was the
Player of the game.
The
Sting would then play their last
game of the regulation play against
one of their league rivals and the
tournament hosts Windsor Jr
Spitfires. In a tight game, neither
team was able to score in the first
two periods. Windsor opened the
scoring in the third period with 2
goals. Lambton didn’t give up
though and Dillon Saunders got them
back in the game with a goal from
Kaldeway on the power play. Trottier
tied it up with the assist to Cole
Harris. Windsor would take the win
with a late period goal. Cole
Lauzon had a strong game in the
net. Dillon Saunders was the Player
of the game.
With a 3
and 1 record, the Sting advanced to
the semi finals. Their draw was
against the Sun County Panthers, a
team that has had their way with the
Sting in the past. The teams each
scored in the first to have the
period end at 1-1. The second
period was a fast hard hitting
affair with Sun County getting 2
goals early but Sting responded with
one of their own. The Panthers
would unfortunately add a 3rd
goal with one second left on the
clock to end the 2nd
period. Lambton would get one back
on the power play early in the 3rd
but that was all they could muster.
Sun County would add one more to
take the win 5-3. Trottier had 2
goals with Kaldeway and Hewton
assisting on the first and McCormack
and Corrigan assisting on his
second. Kaldeway had the third goal
from Corrigan and Hewton. Trottier
was the Player of the game. With a
nice comment coming from the Sun
County coach on how our team has
really come together should be taken
as a compliment to the way the boys
have played with a “don’t give up
attitude”.
Lambton’s head coach Joe Clarke is
quoted as saying “I am proud of the
boys with their hard work and
dedication to getting better as a
team which is really starting to
show during the last two weekends.”