SARNIA – The Sting we’re
victorious on Sunday
afternoon with a 5 - 2
win in front of 3,026
happy fans at the RBC
Centre.
Sarnia native, Justin
Fazio was stellar in
goal for the Sting this
afternoon, making 37
saves and taking first
star honours in the win.
After 60:00, Guelph
edged out the Sting in
the shots on goal
category by a slim
margin of 39-35.
“I thought [Fazio] was
the big story for us
tonight, I thought he
was real sharp and came
up with a big start,”
comments Head Coach
Trevor Letowski.
Letowski goes on to add,
“That’s the brand of
hockey the Sarnia Sting
want play. We lost a
little flow in the
second but that Kyrou
goal, early in the 3rd
was a big one for us.”
The Sting jumped out to
a 2-0 lead after 20:00
with goals coming from,
Patrick White at 8:48,
and from Jeff King less
than 4 minutes later.
Kevin Spinozzi picked up
his first of 2 assists
in the game on the White
marker, while Daniel
Nikandrov and Jordan
Kyrou were awarded the
assists on King’s 2nd of
the season.
The Sting outshot the
Storm 18-8 in the
opening frame, but
Guelph returned the
favour, firing a total
of 20 shots in Fazio’s
direction during the
2nd.
Pius Suter scored the
lone goal for the Storm
in the second period.
Storm Captain, Jason
Dickinson was credited
with the assist on
Suter’s 37th of the
campaign.
The second period also
saw Sting rookie, Jakob
Chychrun partake in his
first career OHL fight.
After Brock Phillips
clipped teammate Anthony
Salinitri with a hit to
the head, Chychrun was
quick to drop the gloves
and defend his teammate.
After a less than
perfect second period,
the Sting came out
flying in the final
stanza, with Jordan
Kyrou extending the
Sting lead to 3-1 just
0:08 into the period.
Patrick White and Pavel
Zacha earned the assists
on Kyrou’s 12th of the
season.
Just 2:06 later, Davis
Brown banged home his
17th of the year on a
pretty feed from Nikita
Korostelev. Spinozzi was
credited with the second
assist on the goal.
It wasn’t over yet for
the Sting, as
draft-eligible winger,
Nikita Korostelev
turned, fired and buried
his team-high 22nd goal
of the season. Former
Storm, Stephen Pierog
and Davis Brown drew the
assists.
Before the game was
over, Suter added his
2nd of the night on a
funny bounce that beat
Fazio over the glove.
The comeback proved
all-but-not as the Sting
held on for the 5-2
victory in front of the
Sting faithful.
The Sarnia Sting are
back in action on Friday
night at the RBC Centre
when they play host to
the Saginaw Spirit in
the St. Patrick’s Day
Game – presented by Main
Street Credit Union. For
tickets and more
information, contact the
Box Office at (519) 541
1717 or online at
www.sarniasting.com
STING NOTES
• Justin Fazio was named
the game’s first star,
while Jordan Kyrou was
second and Patrick White
was 3rd.
• 9 different players
registered a point for
the Sting today, 5 of
which having multi-point
games.
•The Sting remain in 7th
in the Western
Conference with a record
of 28-28-4-3
Story Courtesy of Sarnia
Sting
Photos by
Sarniasports.com
