Lambton Minor Midget AAA Season/Home Opener
tuesday september 16, 2014
The Lambton Jr. Sting Minor
Midget began the Alliance Hockey
League season with a 3 - 3 tie
in Cambridge on Saturday against
the Hawks.
The Jr. Sting came back from a 2
- 0 deficit after the first
period and scored two goals in
the second before the Hawks
regained the lead before the
period ended. Fraser
Wilson scored the first goal for
the Jr. Sting on an unassisted
power play goal and Josh
Barraclough from Max Steeves
scored the second. In the
third on a power play breakaway
Max Steeves scored the tying
goal.
"I thought we played really
well." Head Coach Jordan Penessi
said "First period we were kind
of gripping our sticks a little
too tightly and looked a little
more nervous but we got a little
more comfortable as the game
went on. Being down 2 - 0 it was
good to come back and tie it 3 -
3."
Aiden Matekovic scored two for
Cambridge and Ben Maidment added
the single.
Lambton outshot Cambridge 27 -
22. Netminders Austin
McLeod made nineteen saves for
Lambton and Bryson Lee made
twenty-four.
Lambton took a total of sixty
six minutes in penalty time that
included two players sitting out
for the next two games.
Cambridge tallied sixty-eight
minutes in penalties.
In their second game on Sunday
at the RBC Centre and with two
men short the Jr. Sting hosted
the Waterloo Huskies in their
home opener and suffered a 5 - 0
loss.
"I thought we played ok in the
first period." Pennesi said
"After Waterloo got the second
goal at the beginning of the
second period we let down after
that."
Lambton suffered a total of
twenty four minutes in penalties
on nine infractions, Waterloo
took four minutes on two
infractions. Waterloo
scored once on seven power play
opportunities. Lambton
went zero on two opportunities.
"I thought having a short bench
then having penalties we got
tired towards the third period."
Pennesi said "I thought we did a
good job killing our 5 on 3 but
too many penalties are going to
cost."
The Jr. Sting are back in action
next weekend with the first on
the road Saturday September 20
against Elgin Middlesex and back
at home on Sunday when they host
the Brantford 99ers at the RBC
Centre with a game start at 3:30
pm.