By DAVE PAUL
The recently-struggling
Sarnia Sting are now the
streaking Sting.
Sarnia increased its modest
winning streak to
three-in-a-row, Friday night
at RBC Centre, coming from
behind to beat the Owen
Sound Attack, 2-1.
After a scoreless first
period, the Attack opened
the scoring almost halfway
through the second. With
Sarnia's Anthony DeAngelo
serving a four-minute
spearing penalty, Owen
Sound's Jeffrey Gilligan
scored a power play goal,
spinning and firing a
backhand past Sting goalie
Taylor Dupuis, from the
slot.
The Sting tied the score
with just over
three-and-a-half minutes
left in the period on a
similar play.
Sarnia's Brandon Lindberg
corralled a loose puck in
the slot and fired a
backhand past a surprised
Jack Flinn in the Owen Sound
goal.
The third, and final, goal
of the game came at 7:44 of
the third period on a superb
solo effort by Patrick
White. White carried the
puck into the Attack zone,
blew around an Owen Sound
defenceman, then cut across
the goal, forcing Flinn to
open his pads and slipped
the puck between the
goaltender's legs.
Dupuis made several
outstanding stops for the
Sting throughout the course
of the game and he was sharp
down the stretch.
Owen Sound pressured to try
to tie the game, and came
close -- including hitting a
post with just over two
minutes left to play -- but
Dupuis and the Sting held
on.
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The victory improved the
Sting record to 11-11-1-1 on
the year. With 24 points,
Sarnia is tied with Saginaw
for seventh place in the
Western Conference
standings. Owen Sound, with
29 points is directly ahead
of them in the standings.
Meanwhile, the Sting will
face the ninth-place team --
with 22 points, trailing
Sarnia and Saginaw by just
two points -- the Plymouth
Whalers, tonight in
Plymouth.
Sarnia hosts Kingston on
Sunday afternoon in a 4 p.m.
start.
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Rookie star Pavel Zacha
missed Friday's game. He
was sitting out the
third of a six-game
suspension.
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Star defenceman Jakob
Chychrun is still out
with an "upper body"
injury, but is getting
close to returning to
the lineup.
