Sting Dug Deep and Took Win Over Sudbury
Sunday November 16, 2014
The Sarnia Sting ended a four
game losing streak with a 5 – 2
win over the Sudbury Wolves at
home before 2,835 fans.
“We had to have that
shift-to-shift intensity, and we
executed it; it was nice to
see,” Head Coach Trevor Letowski
said “It was a game we
desperately needed and the boys
dug deep and got it.”
The games first goal was scored
late into the first period at
18:38 after Nikita Korostelev
pass the puck out front to Troy
Lajeunesse who then passed it
back to Kevin Spinozzi who fired
a hard shot from the point that
hit the mark.
In the second period Sudbury
scored the only goal at 8:22
when Danny Desrochers caught a
rebound. Ivan Kashtanov and
Kyle Capobianco earned assist on
the play.
Early into the third period
Sting rookie Troy Lajeunesse
scored his 5th of the
season after receiving a pass
from Vladislav Kodola. Kevin
Spinozzi was given credit on the
play.
In a span of three and a half
minutes the Sting would add
three goals to widen their lead.
The first goal was scored at
12:36 by Daniel Nikandrov
withAnthony DeAngelo and
Vladislav Kodola picking up
assists. Patrick White made it
4 – 1 after he scored a
shorthanded goal at 14:30 with
Brandon Lindberg and Josh
Chapman assisting and at 15:58
Kevin Spinozzi picked up his
second goal, third point of the
night on the power play after
taking the pass from Nikita
Korostelev and banged it in.
DeAngelo also earned an assist
on the play.
Less than a minute later at
16:36 Sudbury’s Michael Pezzetta
scored the final goal of the
game with Brody Milne earning
the assist.
“A big story of the game was
that there was a lot of guys
that stepped up. Lajeunesse,
Kodola, White, Lindberg; those
might have been our four best
forwards tonight, and we need
that.” Letowski said
The Sting was successful in
killing off penalties as Sudbury
went scoreless on six
opportunities. The Sting also
had six opportunities and scored
just once.
The Sting outshot Sudbury 39-27
and Taylor Dupuis picked up his
second win against his former
team making 25 saves. Troy
Timpano suffered the loss made
34 saves.
The Sting are now 7-10-1-1 just
one point behind the 3rd
place Plymouth Whalers
(8-11-1-0) who have one game in
hand.
The Sting are back in action
with next weekend with one road
game and two home games starting
on Thursday November 20th
when they travel to Windsor.
Then on Friday the Sting host
Erie at 7:05 and on Sunday they
will face off against the
Saginaw Spirit with a 4:05 puck
drop.
Tickets are available at the RBC
Centre box office or online at
www.sarniasting.com
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Kevin Spinozzi was selected
first star of the night,
Troy Lajeunesse second and
Anthony DeAngelo third.
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Not in
Saturday's line up were
Matteo Ciccarelli and Nikita
Korostelev (injuries) and
Pavel Zacha under
suspension. Zacha will
return to the line up on
Thursday Nov 20.
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The Sting wore specialty
Star Wars jersey’s that will
be auctioned off with
proceeds going to the Inn of
the Good Shepherd. Fans can
bid on the jerseys at
http:stingauction.sarnia.com
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On Sunday the Sting will be
unveiling their World Junior
Champions banner and giving
away a collectable player
card.
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Also on Sunday fans are
welcome to bring their
skates to join the team for
a post game skate with the
Players.
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