Sting Got Stung in the Third
December 12, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl Chimenti
photos by
www.metcalfephotography.com
Brendan Lemieux scored three third period goals and the Windsor
Spitfires downed the Sarnia
Sting 3-0, before a crowd of
3,096 at the Sarnia Sports and
Entertainment Centre.
Lemieux, who was acquired mid-week from the Barrie Colts, has paid
quick dividends for the
Spitfires. He tallied a goal and
an assist in his debut last
night against his old team and
followed that up with a natural
hat trick tonight. Lemieux was
the second star. Christian
Fischer contributed a pair of
assists.
Michael DiPietro, stopped all 29 shots he faced, earning his first
shut-out of the season, along
with first star honors tonight.
The Sting did all they could do
with a depleted line-up that was
missing both Pavel Zacha and
Jakob Chychrun, who were away
attending their respective WJC
selection camps.
Justin Fazio played well, keeping the high powered offense of the
Spitfires off the board for two
periods. Fazio finished with 30
saves on 33 shots and was named
third star of the game. A
scoreless first period was just
as close on the shot clock as
Sarnia had one better then
Windsor at 13-10. Both
goaltenders were sharp when
needed.
The second period was almost a carbon copy of the first twenty
minutes, with the exception of
the minor penalties. A scoreless
period with three minors called.
Both Logan Stanley for Windsor
and Zachary Core for Sarnia,
were sent to the sin bin at the
same time (7:40) for
roughing. The Spitfires had a
dominate period outshooting the
Sting 10-3.
Lemieux scored three times, in three different situations in the
final period. An even strength
goal at 3:42, with his second
goal coming less than three
minutes later with the Spitfires
enjoying a two man advantage. He
capped of the natural hat trick
with an empty net goal in the
final seconds.
The Sting offense had it's chances throughout the game, but were
unable to capitalize on the red
hot goaltender Michael DiPietro
as he stood tall for the
Spitfires.
Sting Notebook:
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It was the ugly Christmas sweater night at the SSEC presented
by Mainstreet Credit Union
and the fans certainly had
their share.
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Windsor scored once on four
chances on the power play.
Sarnia did not have a man
advantage throughout the
contest.
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Sarnia was missing two
important pieces in their
line-up tonight as Pavel
Zacha (Team Czech) and Jakob
Chychrun (Team Canada) were
attending their WJC
selection camps.
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Windsor out shot Sarnia
33-29.
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Sarnia finishes off weekend
play at home Sunday night
(7:05 puck drop) against the
Flint Firebirds.
The Sting are
back in action on Sunday Dec 13
when they host Flint at the SSEC.
Game time 7:30 pm.
