Sting Celebrate First Win at Home
friday october 10, 2014
By Dave Paul
Everything came together for the
Sarnia Sting, Friday night.
The home team dominated the
visiting Saginaw Spirit in
virtually every aspect of the
game, skating to a 3-1 victory
-- Sarnia's second win of the
young 2014-15 season.
The Sting opened the scoring
late in the first period, on a
power play, with Davis Brown
scoring on a rebound at 18:46.
Before the period ended -- just
20 seconds later -- rookie Troy
Lajeunesse scored his first OHL
goal to give Sarnia a
well-deserved 2-0 lead after one
period.
Sarnia was the better team again
in the second and midway through
the period, Pavel Zacha beat
Saginaw goalie Jake Paterson to
give Sarnia a three-goal lead.
Justin Fazio's shutout bid was
spoiled at 10:22 of the third
when Saginaw's Luke Cairns
slipped a low shot past his pad,
on the power play.
But the Sting didn't falter,
finishing strong for the
two-goal win.
Sarnia outshot Saginaw in all
three periods, and 40-26
overall.
Sarnia returns to action
Saturday night when they host
the Windsor Spitfires at 7:05
p.m. at RBC Centre.
Tickets for the game are on sale
at the RBC Box Office, by
calling 519-541-1717 or going
online at
www.sarniasting.com
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The Sting played without
defenceman Anthony DeAngelo,
who was sitting out the
second game of a two-game
suspension.
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Other players
not playing due to injuries
include goalie Taylor
Dupuis, Matt Ciccarelli and
Connor Schlichting
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Sting called
up Nathan Mater and Jake
O'Donnell from the Sarnia
Legionnaires Jr. B team.
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Nikolay Goldobin will not be
returning to the OHL this
season. The San Jose first
round draft pick, and former
Sting star, has signed a
professional contract to
play in the Finnish Elite
League this year.
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