Third Period Win for Sting
December 14, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl Chimenti
The Sarnia Sting scored four
times in the third period to
beat the Flint Firebirds 5-2
Sunday night at the Sarnia
Sports and Entertainment Centre.
Jordan Kyrou, had a goal and two
assists to pace the Sting and
was named first star of the
game. Jeff King scored what
proved to be the winner at
11:08, shorthanded and was
awarded the second star. Troy
Lajeunesse was the third star
after contributing a pair of
assists.
The game was close through two
periods before the Sting broke
it open in the final period. In
addition to Kyrou and King, Ryan
McGregor, Matt Mistele and
Hayden Hodgson also scored for
Sarnia.
Justin Fazio stopped 21 of 23
shots. Goaltender Brent Moran
who was acquired recently from
the Niagara IceDogs was Flint’s
best player on the ice as he was
very busy with 38 saves. Connor
Chatham and Stephan Seeger
scored for the Firebirds.
The first period featured one
goal as the Sting lit the lamp
at the mid-way point. Flint fell
into penalty trouble in the
second period and they suffered
offensively with only five shots
on goal, but it was the fifth
shot that proved good, as
Chatham let go a shot from the
blue line with only 43 seconds
left to tie the game. The goal
was unassisted and caromed of
the goal post before going in.
Sarnia out shot Flint 18-5 and
had numerous chances with the
man advantage, including a
penalty shot that was awarded to
Jordan Kyrou.
Despite all the chances Sarnia
failed to score. At one point,
Flint was called for four
straight penalties which gave
the Sting a 5 on 3 for 1:38.
Early in the period, Anthony
Salinitri had the best chance to
score for Sarnia. With both
teams at even strength,
Salinitri received a pass at the
side of the net, but his one
timer was stopped by Moran.
Mistele put the Sting in front
at 5:56 of the third cycling the
puck before he threaded the
short side was an accurate shot.
Kyrou and Franco Sproviero got
the assists.
Seeger tied the game, less than
three minutes later as he made
good following a perfect feed
from Connor Sills. King broke
the deadlock as Sarnia went
ahead for the third time in the
game. King scored on a rebound,
from a Brandon Lindberg. The
shorthanded goal came at 11:08.
Kyrou gave the Sting some
breathing room with a goal less
than two minutes later with Josh
Jacobs drawing the assist.
Hodgson wrapped up the score
with less than a minute to go.
His third goal of the season was
assisted by Kyrou and Troy
Lajeunesse.
Sting Notebook:
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The win puts the Sting
within three points of the
division leader, Windsor
Spitfires.
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Winning for the 12th time at
home, the Sting tied the
London Knights for the third
best home record in the
Ontario Hockey League.
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This was the fifth of eight
meetings between the two
clubs, with Sarnia holding a
2-1-2 record
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Sarnia will be on the road
for the next four games
before returning home
January 2nd against the
London Knights. Sarnia has
two games left before
Christmas. Next
weekend they go against the
Mississauga Steelheads and
the Erie Otters.
