November 15, 2009
Sarnia Sting Atom MD's Win
Mooretown Storm Tourney in O.T.
The Sarnia Sting Atom MD's claimed Championship
Honours in the Mooretown Storm Rep / AE Tournament
on Sunday afternoon in Mooretown with a nail biting
come from behind victory. After 4 overtimes, the
Sting won in a shootout over the Ayr Flames 2 - 1.
Sarnia's only previous loss of the tourney came at
the hands of Ayr, by the same 2 - 1 score, but the
Sting weren't going to get " burned " twice.
Jack McAuley was
the hero of the day, in a day of heroes, scoring as
the 6th shooter ( with a nice deke ) to secure the
win for the Sting. Adam L'Heureux was the 3rd
shooter and he scored to extend the shootout after
Ayr's 2nd shooter had scored. McAuley put Sarnia
ahead and Ayr failed to match - with stellar
goaltending from the Sting's Hunter Taylor (
allowing only 1 of 6 shooters to score ) giving
Sarnia the victory.
The
1st period of the game was scoreless, despite the
Sting having many good chances to score. Ayr opened
the scoring midway through the 2nd period, despite
the Sting outchancing and outshooting the Ayr team -
being continually frustrated by the hot glove of
the Flame goaltender. Julian D'Agostini finally put
Sarnia on the board, making no mistake, beating the
goalie stick - side. Assisting on the play were
Jacob Serratore and Brent Tunstill. After that it
was all Sarnia, allowing only 1 shot in the 3rd
period. The defensive corps. of Brent Tunstill,
Aidan Manery, Jakeb Gray, Matthew Clouse, Jack
McAuley and Jordan Marks continually shut down any
Ayr offensive opportunities, but Sarnia failed to
score another goal to end regulation time tied at 1
- 1.
The overtime format featured 2 minutes each of 5 on
5, 4 on 4, 3 on 3, and 2 on 2, with many chances for
both teams, but the game was ultimately settled in
the shootout.
Members of
the winning team are Julian D'Agostini, Dylan
Schroeter, Brent Tunstill, Adam L'Heureux, Aidan
Manery, Jordan Marks, Keelan Kells, Brennan Healy,
Dustin Dennett, Jacob Serratore, Jakeb Gray, Matthew
Clouse, Tyler Vanderkloet, Jack McAuley, Eric Capes,
Hunter Taylor, and Hendrik Lindhout.
