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Sting Win in Windsor
friday november 21, 2014
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By DAVE BORODY
WINDSOR –
The Sarnia Sting came up with an
important 5-3 victory over the
Windsor Spitfires, Thursday
night in front of 4,780 fans at
the Windsor Family Credit Union
Centre.
Not only was it their second
straight win, the victory moved
Sarnia into an eighth place tie
in the Western Conference of the
Ontario Hockey League with
Plymouth, each with 18 points.
Sarnia has a game in hand.
The win also improved Sarnia’s
overall record to 8-10-1-1.
Sarnia appeared headed for a
lopsided win when they took a
3-0 lead after one period. But
Windsor fought back to even the
game by the nine-minute mark of
period three. Sarnia then scored
two goals in the final seven
minutes to gain the two points.
The Sting came out like a house
on fire in the opening period.
They outshot Windsor 16-6 and
jumped out to that three-goal
lead.
Sarnia took advantage of their
first power play opportunity.
Davis Brown opened the scoring
at 3:12 when he drilled a wrist
shot into the top corner from
the slot. Pavel Zacha, (back
from a two-game suspension), and
Nikita Korostelev assisted on
Brown’s eighth goal of the year.
Defenceman Kevin Spinozzi
increased the lead to 2-0 at
11:57 when he scored his fourth
of the year and third in two
games. Spinozzi came from behind
the net to jam the puck past the
Windsor goalie. Brown and
Brandon Lindberg picked up
assists.
Just over a minute later, Haydon
Hodgson made it 3-0 when he
deflected home a shot from
Vladislav Kodola. Goalie Taylor
Dupuis also assisted on
Hodgson’s eighth goal.
The second period was a
completely different story.
Windsor held a 17-5 edge in
shots on goal and scored twice
to cut the lead to 3-2.
The Spitfires scored just 20
seconds into period two on a
goalie by Slater Doggett. Three
minutes later Doggett got his
second of the game on a power
play knocking a third rebound
past Dupuis.
Windsor thought they had tied
the game with just under three
minutes left in the period, but
the goal was waved off due to
goalie interference.
But the Spitfires did tie the
game at 8:42 of period three
when Logan Brown finished off a
two-on-one break.
Despite the momentum of the game
in Windsor’s favour, Sarnia
scored what turned out to be the
game-winner at 14:03 while
shorthanded.
Troy Lajeunesse did the work
along the boards in the Windsor
zone. He took what appeared to
be an innocent looking shot on
goal that was stopped by the
goalie, by Korostelev was right
there to knock in the rebound.
It was his 11th of the year.
Daniel Nikandrov added an
insurance goal, his fifth of the
year at 18:23 on a nice
individual effort for an
unassisted tally.
Dupuis recorded the win in goal
for the Sting while Alex Fotinos
took the loss. Windsor held a
35-28 edge in shots on goal.
Sarnia was one-for-three on the
power play while Windsor was
one-for-seven.
The Sting returns to action
Friday night when they host the
first place Erie Otters. Game
time is 7:05 p.m. at the RBC
Centre. Sarnia will also be home
Sunday afternoon when they take
on the Saginaw Spirit. Game time
is 4:05 p.m.
Kids will be admitted for just
$6 for the Sunday game. There
will also be a post-game skate
with Sting players free of
charge. The first 1,000 fans
through the doors will receive a
collectable World Junior
Champions card.
Tickets for all Sting home games
are on sale daily at the RBC Box
Office, by calling 519-541-1717
or going online at
www.Sarniasting.com .
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Brown took
first star honours with his
goal and assist. Doggett of
Windsor was second star
while Korostelev, who also
had a goal and assist, was
third star. Korostelev
continues to lead the team
in scoring with 12 goals and
13 assists for 25 points in
18 games.
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Not dressed
for the Sting were first
round draft pick, Jakob
Chychrun, Connor Schlichting
and Matt Ciccarelli, (all
injured).
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The Sting
expect newly acquired,
overage forward, Stephen
Pierog will be in the lineup
Friday night against Erie.
Pierog was acquired Thursday
from the Guelph Storm in
exchange for a third round
pick in 2017 and a 10th
round pick in 2016.
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Last night’s
game was the start of a busy
schedule for the Sting as
they play 13 games over the
next 20 days.
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Sarnia
improved to 5-7-1-0 on the
road.
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The Sting is
now 2-0 against Windsor this
season. They play four more
times.
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contact
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