Sting Fell
Short Against Kitchener
October 23, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
by Carl Chimenti
After falling behind 4-0, the
Sarnia Sting stormed back to
pull to within one goal but in
the end fell short, losing to
the Kitchener Rangers 6-3, at
the Sarnia Sports and
Entertainment Centre.
The loss snapped the Sting
unbeaten string at six games.
Chase Campbell, Pavel Zacha and
Anthony Salinitri scored for
Sarnia.
Ryan Macinnis scored twice and
added an assist and was named
first star to lead the Rangers,
who stretched their unbeaten
streak to nine games. They
remain only one of two teams in
the OHL that has not suffered a
regulation loss along with the
Erie Otters.
Brandon Robinson, Darby
Llewellyn, Connor Bunnaman and
Dmitrii Sergeev with an empty
netter also scored for the
Rangers. Adam Mascherin was the
second star with a pair of
assists.
After a scoreless first period
Kitchener scored four straight
goals in the second stanza, only
to see their lead sliced in half
on goals from Campbell and Zacha
before the period ended.
Salinitri's third period goal at
1:10 of the third period made it
4-3, but the Rangers put the
game away with three more.
Justin Fazio turned aside 19 of
25 shots, in net for the Sting.
Luke Opilka faced 27 Sarnia
shots and was under siege for
most of the second half.
Sarnia forward Jordan Kyrou had
an assist and was selected as
the game's third star.
Kitchener scored twice with the man advantage on four chances, while
Sarnia went 1 for 5 on the power
play.
Sarnia will now embark on a four
game road trip starting in Sault
Ste. Marie Friday night then in
Niagara and Erie the following
weekend and will return home on
November 6th against the Flint
Firebirds.
