By Dan McCaffery
The Sarnia Legionnaires won
for the fifth time in six
games Tuesday, thumping the
St. Marys Lincolns 4-1.
With the victory the
Legionnaires moved within a
single point of the Chatham
Maroons in the Western Jr.
'B' hockey standings.
Chatham, which has a game in
hand on Sarnia, was upset
7-5 Tuesday by the Lambton
Shores Predators.
For awhile it looked as if
the Legion crew would have
its hands full with the
Lincs. In fact, the last
place St. Marys club led 1-0
after the first period,
thanks to a goal by Brent
House.
But Sarnia stormed back in
the middle frame,
outshooting the Stone Town
team 23-7 and outscoring it
3-0.
Captain Nathan Mater started
the onslaught, charging into
the St. Marys zone right
from the opening faceoff
before setting up Ryan
Trottier for his 11th
goal of the campaign.
Hunter Tyczynski scored the
winner not long after that,
blinking the red light as he
was falling to his knees.
Tyczynski, who missed most
of the season with an
injury, now has five goals
to his credit. Tyler Longo
and Cameron Clarke drew
helpers on the play.
The prettiest goal of the
game was scored by Ryan
Vendramin, who finished off
a nifty tick-tack-toe play
with Brandon Layman.
In the final stanza
Vendramin struck again,
rifling a nice pass from
Longo into the Lincs net for
his second of the game and
28th of the
season.
Vendramin now has as many
goals as he scored all of
last year, despite the fact
that he missed the first 11
games of the season.
Cornel Felder picked up the
win, kicking out 33 shots.
The rookie goalie now has 11
wins to his credit.
The Legionnaires fired 60
shots on goal.
Sarnia returns to action
tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 18)
when it travels to LaSalle.
The club closes out the
regular season Thursday with
a home game against Lambton
Shores. Game time at Sarnia
Arena is set for 7:10 p.m.
