Stars Blank Legionnaires
December 20, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
By Dan McCaffery
The Sarnia Legionnaires went
into the Christmas break on a
disappointing note Saturday.
Coach Mark Davis's Jr. 'B'
hockey dropped a 3-0 decision to
the St. Thomas Stars before more
than 2,000 fans at the Brock
Street barn.
With the team holding both its
Woolie Toss and Turkey Toss on
the same night, the crowd was
about 800 fans above average.
Despite the score, those in
attendance saw a competitive
hockey game. In fact, two of the
St. Thomas goals went into an
empty net during the final
minute of the contest.
"It was really a 1-0 game,” head
coach Mark Davis said.
Still, the defeat ended a
four-game Legionnaires winning
streak.
Davis felt his charges, who
outshot the Stars 31-19,
deserved a better fate. “We
outplayed them, we outworked
them, we outshot them and they
won the hockey game. They had
only five shots in the first
period and only five more in the
second.”
Winning goalie Dan Black has now
shut the Legionnaires out twice
this season.
The Sarnians were good in the
penalty killing department,
surviving a two-man disadvantage
in the first period and a
five-minute cross-checking major
to Ethan DuPont in the middle
frame.
The Sarnians also hit a goal
post in the first period and
Black made a couple of brilliant
glove saves late in the third
stanza.
Adam Keyes got what proved to be
the winning tally at 11:09 of
the opening frame.
Matt McJannet and Spencer
Hutchinson were credited with
the empty netters.
With the setback the
Legionnaires saw their record
drop to 15-11-1-3. They are in
sixth place in the nine-team
Western Ontario Hockey
Conference, two points back of
the fifth ranked LaSalle Vipers.
Sarnia has two games in hand on
the Vipers.
Sarnia returns to action
Thursday, Jan. 7 when it hosts
the Strathroy Rockets. Game time
is set for 7:10 p.m.
