Sarnia Sting Drop Third Straight on the Road
November 30, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl Chimenti
Sarnia dropped their third
straight game on the
road, losing to the Kingston Frontenacs 4-1,
Sunday afternoon at the K-Rock
Centre.
Sting netminder Justin Fazio
kept his team in the game all
the way to the final. Kingston
put the game away with two late
goals in the third period. Fazio
ended up with 29 saves, many of
the highlight reel variety.
Spencer Watson, had a goal and
two assists while Jason
Robertson netted what proved to
be the winning goal late in the
second period, as part of a two
point afternoon, to lead the Frontenacs
to victory. Roland McKeown and
Lawson Crouse, with an empty
netter also scored for
Kingston. Lucas Peressini stopped
27 of 28 shots for the Frontenacs in
goal.
Zachery Core scored the lone
goal for the Sting, as they
finished off a disappointing
three game road trip losing to
the Peterborough Petes, Ottawa
67’s and in Kingston, this
afternoon.
Both teams came out hard and the
pace was fast although scoring
chances were held to a minimum.
Sarnia, scored an apparent goal
four minutes in, but the goal
was waived off when it was ruled
to never have crossed the blue
line. There was no review on the
play.
Kingston, scored the only goal
of the opening frame at 6:06, as
Watson finished off a 2 on 1
break after receiving a tape to
tape pass from winger Warren Foegele.
Chad Duchesne also was credited
with an assist.
Sarnia’s best scoring chance
came in the final minute when
Brandon Lindberg found himself
with the puck on his stick
following a rebound save from
goaltender Lucas Peressini, but
he hurried his shot and put the
puck wide of the far side of the
net. Kingston out shot Sarnia in
an evenly played period 9-8.
Fazio was the story of the
second period, as he took a
beating, stopping the puck off
his mask twice and then getting
nailed in the final minute on a
collision with Foegele – who was
called for goaltender
interference. In between, Fazio
stopped numerous scoring chances
and could not be faulted on the
Kingston power play goal from
Robertson, following a four
minute minor assessed to Hayden
Hodgson for a check from
behind. The goal put Kingston
ahead 2-1 after two periods of
play.
Sarnia tied the game at 7:07 of
the second period, on Zachary
Core’s first goal of the season.
Core coming down as the
trailer got the scoring chance
letting go a wrist shot with Peressinidown
and out after a save. Core made
no mistake, depositing the puck
into the wide open gapping net.
Sasha Chmelevski and Patrick
White drew the helpers.
The Frontenacs put the game away
in the third period scoring a
pair of late goals from McKeown
at 15:08 and an empty net goal
from Crouse in the final minute
of play in the game. Kingston
out played Sarnia in the final
period and Fazio kept his team
in the game with save after
save.
Sarnia has a three in three
weekend. Friday night (7:05 puck
drop) at the SSEC against the
Battalion, then play the
Firebirds Saturday night in
Flint, Michigan before returning
for an afternoon tilt to close
out the weekend play with a
rematch against the Ottawa 67’s,
on the Teddy Bear Toss, Sunday
afternoon (2:05 puck drop)
Sting Notebook
– Kingston swept the three stars
in order with Jason Robertson,
Warren Foegele and Roland
McKeown.
This was the final meeting this
season with Kingston, as the
Sting went 1-1, beating the Frontenacs 4-3
in a shoot-out at home,
September 27th.
Sarnia was 0/2 on the power play
and Kingston scored once in
three chances.
Hayden Hodges played in his 196th career
OHL game, including the past
three seasons with the Sting.
Noah Bushnell,
Troy Lajeunesse and head coach
Darian Hatcher, returned after
completing their two game league
suspension.
