The Lambton Jr. Sting
Minor Midgets took two
wins over the weekend in
Alliance Hockey league
action.
On Saturday the Jr.
Sting traveled to
Chatham-Kent and came
home with a 7 - 3 win
against the Cyclones.
Lambton scored 2
unanswered goals in the
first period the first
by Noah Campbell and the
second by Josh
Barraclough.
In the second the Jr.
Sting added five goals,
Chatham scored three.
Jared Pageau scored
three that included a
power play goal and a
short handed goal. Nash
Nienhuis and Nico
Discanno rounded out the
scoring. For
Chatham Mathieu Hansen
scored two, one
shorthanded and Ryan
Humphrey scored on a
power play.
In the third both sides
went scoreless.
Jared Pageau and Josh
Barraclough each tallied
5 points in the game.
Pageau with 3 goals and
2 assists and
Barraclough scored 1 and
assisted on 4.
Jason Vanbommel, Ben
Schoch and Eric Cardinal
earned single points
assisting on goals.
Kyle Brinacombe earned
the win in net for the
Jr. Sting making 20
saves on 23 shots.
Matthew Van Oirschot
faced 31 shots and made
24 saves.
The second game of the
weekend was a standings
tie breaker game against
the Windsor Jr.
Spitfires and Lambton
took the 2 point lead
after taking a 4 - 2 win
at the RBC Centre
Sunday.
Lambton went up 2 - 0
after the first period.
Jared Pageau scored the
first goal assisted by
Josh Barraclough and
Jason VanBommel.
VanBommel added the
second goal on a power
play with Pageau and Ben
Schoch assisting.
In a penalty filled
second period Lambton
added to the lead in the
first minute of play
when Fraser Wilson
scored with help from
Nash Nienhuis. Windsor
narrowed the gap after
scoring 2 goals the
first by Kevin Gursoy
and the second by Cody
Schneider shorthanded.
In the third Lambton
regained the 2 point
lead on a single power
play goal by Jacob
Williams assisted by
Nienhuis and AP player
Nick Burgess.
Lambton outshot Windsor
34 - 18. Kyle
Brinacombe earned his
second win of the
weekend for Lambton made
16 saves. Matthew
Klink turned away 30.
Lambton is now in 8th
spot in the standings
race with a record of
6-15-4. Next up before
the Christmas break the
Jr. Sting have an away
game in Kitchener on
Saturday then return
home on Sunday hosting
Brantford for a 2:00 pm
start.
