Sting Clobbered by Otters
Saturday november 22, 2014
By Dave Paul
Even without injured phenom
Connor McDavid, the Erie Otters
are still a powerhouse.
The Western Conference's top
team flexed its muscles Friday
night at RBC Centre, thumping
the hometown Sting, 7-1.
The Sting played a fairly solid
first period but were not
rewarded on the scoreboard, for
their efforts. Despite being
outshot, just 12-11, and getting
a number of good scoring
chances, Sarnia trailed 2-0
after the opening 20 minutes.
Erie extended its lead to 3-0 at
the 1:43 mark of the second
period (the Otters scored a goal
before the two-minute mark in
all three periods) and, as they
had done in the first period,
followed that goal up with a
power play goal, increasing
their lead to 4-0, before the
five-minute mark of the middle
frame.
The Sting finally got on the
board at the 11:40 mark of the
second when Anthony DeAngelo
beat Erie's Daniel Dekoning with
a fairly innocent-looking wrist
shot. It was DeAngelo's fourth
goal of the year.
But things fell apart for the
Sting after that.
As the period was nearing an
end, star forward Pavel Zacha
took a charging penalty when he
checked Erie's Travis Wood from
behind, into the boards.
Zacha was given a five-minute
penalty, plus a game misconduct.
And, adding insult to injury,
DeAngelo took a 10-minute
misconduct for protesting too
vociferously to the referee.
The Otters increased their lead
to 5-1 early in the third and,
later, scored twice more on
Justin Fazio as the Sting were
unable to mount much of an
attack -- despite getting a
couple of late power play
opportunities. Shots on goal in
the third period were 11-2 in
favour of Erie.
Dylan Strome led the Erie attack
with a goal and three assists
while Taylor Raddysh and Patrick
Murphy each scored twice.
The win improved Erie's record
to 18-3-0-1 while Sarnia fell to
8-11-1-1.
VIEW FULL POST GAME INTERVIEW
WITH TREVOR LETOWSKI ON YOUTUBE
Sarnia is off Saturday. The
Sting host Saginaw in a 4:05
start, Sunday afternoon, at RBC
Centre. Tickets are available at
the box office or online at
www.sarniasting.com
Sunday, November 23rd – Game
Details
Pre-game banner unveiling –
Honorary representative: Trevor
Letowski
First 1000 fans through the door
will receive a collectable World
Junior Champions card.
Following the game, fans can
stick around for the first
‘Skate with the Sting’ of the
season.
Kids tickets are only $6 for all
Sunday games
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