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Sarnia Sting Fall Short in the Soo
MARCH 15, 2015
By DAVE BORODY
SAULT STE. MARIE
– Three power
play goals
sparked the
Sault Ste. Marie
Greyhounds to a
6-3 victory over
the Sarnia
Sting, Saturday
night in front
of 4,438 fans at
the Essar
Centre.
The teams were
tied 1-1 after
the opening
period before
the Greyhounds
jumped out to a
commanding 5-2
advantage after
two periods.
Head Coach,
Trevor Letowski
comments on his
team's effort,
"I liked our
first period. We
outshot them
13-4 and that
doesn't happen
much in this
rink. That was a
bright spot, but
our penalty kill
let us down in
the second
period.
Letowski goes on
to add, "They
are a dangerous
team. We had
good chunks of
minutes but we
also had lapses.
They scored
three quick
goals and broke
the game open."
Sault Ste. Marie
went
three-for-five
with the man
advantage while
Sarnia was
one-for-five.
The Greyhounds
possess the best
home record in
the league at
29-2-0-1.
Sarnia outshot
the Greyhounds
13-4 in the
opening 20
minutes with the
teams trading
goals.
Sault Ste. Marie
scored the first
goal at 7:32
when Colton
White snapped
home a quick
shot into the
top corner of
the net.
But the Sting
responded just
59 seconds later
when Davis Brown
poked home a
loose puck off a
Josh Chapman
shot.
The Greyhounds
put the game out
of reach in the
second period
scoring four
goals, three of
them coming on
the power play.
Sergey
Tolchinsky,
Michael Bunting,
Medric Mercier
and Nick Ritchie
scored the
goals.
Nikita
Korostelev
scored the lone
Sting goal in
the second
stanza, his
team-high 23rd
of the season.
Pavel Zacha drew
the lone assist
as Sarnia was
behind 5-2 after
40 minutes.
Sarnia cut the
lead to 5-3 at
12:22 of period
three on the
power play when
Brown slapped
home a rebound
from close
range. Stephen
Pierog and Kevin
Spinozzi
garnered
assists.
But ex-Sting
Bryan Moore put
the game out of
reach as he
scored his 22nd
of the year at
17:57 for Sault
Ste. Marie.
Sarnia finished
with a 31-30
edge in shots on
goal. Brandon
Halverson was
the winning
goalie. Justin
Fazio started
for Sarnia and
was relieved
after allowing
five goals on 15
shots. Taylor
Dupuis finished.
Sarnia’s final
regular season
home game will
be Friday night
when they host
the Windsor
Spitfires
beginning at
7:05 p.m. at the
RBC Centre. It
will be CHOK
Radio Night.
Fans are
encouraged to
bring their
radios for a
chance to win a
number of
prizes.
Tickets for that
game and opening
round playoff
tickets are on
sale daily at
the RBC Centre
Box Office, by
calling
519-541-1717 or
by going online
at
www.Sarniasting.com
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When the Sting
meet Erie in the
opening round,
games one and
two will be in
Erie on
Thursday, March
26th and Friday,
March 27th.
Games three and
four will be at
the RBC Centre
on Sunday, March
29th and
Tuesday, March
31st.
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Sarnia went
with the
same lineup
as Friday
night with
the
exception of
rookie
Brenden
Trottier.
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Two ex-Sting
players,
Anthony
DeAngelo and
Tyler Hore
did not play
for the
Greyhounds.
DeAngelo,
who leads
all OHL
defencemen
in scoring
with 23
goals and 63
assists for
86 points,
was rested
in both
Greyhounds
games this
weekend.
Hore, who
leads all
OHL
defencemen
with a plus
48, is
injured.
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The
Greyhounds
won five of
six meetings
against the
Sting this
season.
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