The Sarnia Jr. Sting Minor Atom MD had a busy weekend winning three games.

 

October 15 vs Stratford

 

On Friday the Sting were home to the Stratford Warriors.  Nathan Oliphant stared the scoring for the Sting with the assist going to Evan Trigatti.  The Warriors answered back shortly after before a nice short handed goal from Colin Zimmer, assisted by Nathan Oliphant. The Jr. Sting added another goal in the second as Nathan Oliphant’s quick shot after the face-off caught the Stratford Goalie off guard for his second goal off the game, assist by Beynon Jonas.
 

 

Stratford added another goal at the 8:05 mark of the second period to bring the game to within one goal.  In the third period Beynon Jonas broke in alone and deked the opposing net-minder low on the stick side to put the Jr. Sting back up by two.  Assisting on Beynon’s goal were Evan Trigatti and Thomas Cardinal.  The Jr. Sting were called for a total of five penalty’s during the game which resulted in a 5 on 3 man advantage for Stratford in the third period. Excellent penalty killing by the Jr. Sting held the Warriors off and Mathew Waun put the game out of reach with a nice goal in the slot, assist Thomas Cardinal.  The final score was Jr. Sting 5 – Stratford 2.
 

 

October 16 at London

 

On Saturday the Jr. Sting traveled to London to face the London Bandits. The home team opened the scoring at 8:55 in the first before Colin Zimmer scored for the Jr. Sting to tie it up, assist Thomas Cardinal.

 

The Sting controlled much of the play in the second period as Ryan Eyre and Zander Campbell frustrated the Bandits with their hard back checking. At 8:09 Zimmer scored again, short handed and unassisted.  Zac Moore scored shortly after at 6:19 with the assist going to Nathan Oliphant.  Ian Bailey got a nice feed from Kaz Gudelis and scored at 5:38 to bring the score to 4 to 1.
 

 

In the third the Bandits and Sting traded goals early in the period.  The Bandits scored at 17:42 and Nathan Oliphant replied at 15:07, assist from Colin Zimmer and Evan Trigatti to make it 5 to 2 for the Jr. Sting.  Sarnia allowed the Bandits to add two quick goals to get back in the game but with the Bandits net empty Colin Zimmer completed his hat trick with an empty net goal.  The final score was Jr. Sting 6 – London Bandits 4.
 

 

October 17 at Stratford

 

The Sting traveled to Stratford on Sunday.  A much more determined Warrior team fought hard all game but the Sting came away with a win.  Mat Waun opened the scoring, assist Ian Bailey.  Hayden Griffin banged the puck in two minutes later on a very nice pass from Zander Cambpell.  Mat Waun was also awarded an assist on the play.  Neither team could score in the second period as both teams played a tough game in the corners and along the boards.  In the third period Evan Trigatti scored from Colin Zimmer and Nathan Oliphant. The Warriors would get on the board with 6 minutes left in the game on a scramble in front of the Sarnia net.  With 10 seconds left in the game Mat Waun floated a clearing attempt into the opposing net to give him his second goal of the game.  The final score was Sarnia 4 – Stratford 1.

 

Cameron Stevens and Stevie Shaefer split each game and both played very well.  Coach John Vanderwal was pleased with the hustle the boys displayed on the weekend, “A great team effort.” 

 

 

 

The Jr. Sting next regular season game is at home vs. the London Bandits on Friday October 29 – 7:00 at the Clearwater Arena.