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Saturday against Kitchener
Rangers
Sting roll past Rangers 5-2
Lambton Jr. Sting Bantams scored three
unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Kitchener
Rangers 5-2 .
The Sting game flying out of the gate to jump to an early
2-0 lead in the first. Alec Dekoning got the Sting on the
board first with a power play goal assisted by Issac Mclean
and Brock Perry.. Seconds later Noah Tooke jumped on a loose
puck to fire a low wrist shot past the Ranger netminder.
Franco Sproviero assisted on the goal. The Rangers would
eventually even things up 2-2 heading to the second period
intermission.
Jared Marks scored early in the third period
on an assist from Sproviero to put the home team up 3-2 .
Ethan Dupont got an insurance goal 2 minutes later on a
rebound from Curtis Helps. With the Sting up by 2 goals the
game got a little chippy until the Sting put the game on ice
with a power play goal from Brett Barnes on a nice feed from
Alec Dekoning and Brock Perry.
Sunday against the
Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs
Sting Lose First Game of the
Season
The Lambton Jr Sting Bantams came up empty in
Komoka Sunday against the Elgin Middlesex Chiefs. The
determined Chiefs came out hitting hard and often to put the
Sting on their heels early.
With the Chiefs up 1-0, the Lambton squad
were able to go to the second intermission tied on a goal
from Alec Dekoning from Brett Barnes and Brock Perry with 3
seconds left in the period. Coach Perry's intermission
speech was to no avail as the Chiefs would score two more
goals to skate away with a convincing 3-1 victory. Kaden
Fulcher had a stellar game in net to keep the game closes it
was still tied 1-1 with seven minutes left in the game. The
Sting hope to regroup at practice this week in preparation
for the next weekends Showcase tournament in Komoka.
