Sting Fall Short in Plymouth
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
By DAVE BORODY
PLYMOUTH, MI– The Sarnia Sting
appear to be snake-bitten these
days.
The Plymouth Whalers scored with
5.3 seconds left in regulation
time to defeat the Sting 3-2,
Saturday night in front of 2,708
fans at the Compuware Sports
Arena.
With a face-off in the Sarnia
zone with 9.9 seconds to go,
defenceman Sean Callaghan
somehow was left alone in the
slot area and he snapped a wrist
shot over the shoulder of goalie
Justin Fazio for the game
winner.
The loss was Sarnia’s third
straight as they have slipped
back to the .500 mark with a
25-25-4-3 record in the Ontario
Hockey League.
Assistant coach, Andy Delmore
commented on the result. "It was
a good hockey game and could
have gone either way. It was
like a playoff game with a lot
of good hits and strong
goaltending on both ends. It was
unfortunate we didn't get any
points."
Delmore added, "[Justin] Fazio
made some big saves and kept us
in the game. This is a tough
building to play in."
The first period was scoreless,
but featured three gorgeous
saves by Fazio. Twice he slide
across the crease to rob a
Whalers players of what appeared
to be a sure goal.
Both teams got their offence
going in period two as the two
clubs split four goals.
Plymouth opened the scoring at
3:34 as Victor Crus Rydberg
deflected home a point shot.
But just 50 seconds later the
Sting tie the game when Alex
Black notched his first career
OHL goal as his high slapshot
from the left point found the
back of the net.
The Whalers scored their second
goal, again on the power play at
10:50 when Mathew Campagna
drilled home a low slapshot.
But back came the Sting at 16:46
when Anthony Salinitri's wrist
shot deflected in off the face
of Troy Lajeunesse. Jordan Kyrou
picked up the second assist on
the goal.
The Sting had their first power
play opportunity early in the
third period. In fact it was a
four-minute penalty, but they
could not generate any sustained
offence in the Whalers zone.
Both goalies stole the spotlight
in the last 10 minutes as each
made outstanding saves.
Sarnia finished with a 36-34
edge in shots on goal.
Sarnia returns to action Sunday
afternoon when they host the
London Knights beginning at 4:05
p.m. at the RBC Centre. It is
the sixth and final meeting
between the two clubs in the
regular season. London has won
all five games.
On playing London, Delmore
commented, "We have to be
mentally prepared. We owe them
one as they have taken a lot of
points from us this season."
Tickets for the game and all
remaining home games for the
Sting are on sale daily at the
RBC Box Office, by calling
519-541-1717 or going online at
www.Sarniasting.com
STING NOTES
-
Crus Rydberg
was the first star with
Whalers goalie Alex
Nedelkovic second star and
Fazio third star.
-
Sarnia was
zero-for-two with the man
advantage while Plymouth was
one-for-two.
-
Sarnia went
with the same lineup as the
previous night against Owen
Sound. Not dressed were Josh
Chapman, Connor Schlichting
and Davis Brown.
-
Of the 11
games remaining, Sarnia has
six at home and five on the
road.
-
Sarnia’s road
record is now10-16-2-1.
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Sarnia still
leads the season series
between the two clubs at
3-1. Their final two games
are next Thursday in
Plymouth and Friday in
Sarnia.
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