Sarnia Legionnaires
2009 - 2010

 

By Dan McCaffery
special to

October 2, 2009

FOREST – Chase Clark had a four-point night here Friday as the Sarnia Legionnaires thumped the Lambton Shores Predators 7-3.

The visitors scored four times on the powerplay, including twice with a two-man advantage, to grab a come-from-behind win before 489 fans, many of them from Sarnia. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak.

Sarnia now has a 4-3-4 record, while the Preds are 1-7-0.

Lambton Shores jumped into a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period, thanks to goals by Wayd Pitfield and Ben Woodley.

But the Legionnaires came storming back early in the second frame, with captain Tyler Cicchini banging in a cross-ice pass from Owen Rogers.

Shortly after that Joel Steeves, who found himself with his back to the Lambton Shores net, performed a nifty spin-a-rama move and fired home the tying marker.

The Legionnaires kept pouring it on, scoring two more powerplay goals before the period ended. On one, Clark jumped on a rebound from a Sarnia shot that had just hit the goal post and blasted it into the net. On the other, Owen Rogers grabbed a rebound from yet another Sarnia shot that had hit the post and buried it in the back of the cage.

Early in the third period rookie Josh Teschke got loose in the slot and made it 5-2. Two breakaways followed in short order, with Clark scoring on one of them and Steeves on the other.

  • Tanner Ferguson, Rogers and Clark all had two assists for the winners, while single helpers went to Zupancic, Jesse Drydak, Tanner Garrick and Derek Nap.

  • Seth Anderson stopped 27 shots in the Sarnia net. The Legionnaires fired 49 shots on two Predators goaltenders.

  • Clark was first star, Rogers was second star and Adam Arseneault (who got the third Lambton Shores goal) was third star.

  • The Legionnaires travel to LaSalle next Wednesday and are home to St. Marys next Thursday.