Sarnia vs Woodstock
January 9, 2010

The Sarnia Jr. Sting Major Atom MD's opened their Forest City League Playoffs with a hard fought 3-2 victory over the Woodstock Jr. Navy Vets at the Clearwater Arena on Saturday.  The Jr. Navy Vets started out very strong in the first few minutes pinning the Sting into their own end, but the momentum changed quickly when a speedy Julian D'Agostini picked up a loose puck in his own end made a nice deke past the defenceman trying to hold the puck in.  D'Agostini sped down the ice on the breakaway and buried it for the 1-0 score.  The Sting had some jump after this as they scored less than 2 minutes later on a goal mouth scramble after a few rebounds with Dustin Dennett batting the puck in, Adam L'Heureux and Keelan Kells got the assists on the goal.

The Sting continued to control the game and went up by a third goal 3 minutes into the second.  Adam L'Heureux potted his 20th goal of the season on the powerplay from D'Agostini and Brent Tunstill.  Woodstock got into the game with a goal of their own before the period ended.  In the third, both teams exchanged chances and continued the fast pace to the game.  Woodstock managed another goal a few minutes into the period on the powerplay.  The Sting buckled down and sealed the victory with some strong defence and some nice passing late in the game to seal the victory.  Hendrik Lindhout made some key saves late in the game along with some strong defense from Jakeb Gray, Aidan Manery, Matthew Clouse, Brent Tunstill, Jack McAuley and Jordan Marks to keep Woodstock from tying it late. 

The Sting continue the FCHL Major Atom MD playoffs on Monday with a road game in London versus the North London Nationals.