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Sting Skated Away in Solid Victory in Guelph
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
Guelph, ON
After coming off of a 2-1
victory on Wednesday over the
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, the
Sarnia Sting travelled to the
Sleeman Centre for a Friday
night matchup against the Guelph
Storm. The Sting skated away
with 6-2 victory and tie the
Windsor Spitfires for first
place in the West division.
Nikita Korostelev returned to
the lineup Friday night after
missing 15 games due to injury,
and made an impact early for the
Sting opening the scoring on the
powerplay. Jordan Kyrou and Josh
Jacobs were given the assists on
the goal. The Guelph Storm ran
into penalty trouble in the
first period taking a total of 4
penalties of the period. The
Sting outshot the Storm 15-12 in
what was a period dominated
mainly by the Sting.
The Sting continued their
dominance in the second period
keeping the puck in the Storm
end, and testing Giugovaz with a
high amount of shots. Nikita
Korostelev scored his second
goal of the game on cross ice
pass from Travis Konecny,
followed by goals coming from
Jordan Kyrou, 2 from Travis
Konecny, and Patrick White to
give the Sting a 5 goal period.
The Sting controlled the
offensive play throughout the
period, hungry for the win that
would tie them for the division
lead with the Windsor Spitfires.
The third period unlike the
rest, was quiet for the most
part. The Storm got on the board
early on a goal from Luke
Burghardt who beat Fazio over
the shoulder. Justin Fazio got
the call for the Sting tonight
playing his second game in 3
days and stood tall stopping a
Storm offense that created a
high amount of shots throughout
the game. The Sting played a
more defensive game as apposed
to the earlier offensive
outburst.
The Sting swept the 3 stars of
the game that were awarded to
Travis Konecny, Nikita
Korostelev, and Kevin Spinozzi.
Justin Fazio stood tall for the
Sting making 35 saves on 37
shots shutting down the rallying
Guelph Storm in the third
period, and making key saves to
hold the lead for the Sting.
Michael Giugovaz made 25 saves
on 31 shots and was tested often
by a hot Sting offense that made
held the puck in the Storm zone
for a majority of the game.
STING NOTES:
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The Sting tie the Windsor
Spitfires for first place in
the West division with the
win, and the Spitfires loss
to the Frontenacs.
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Nikita Korostelev records 2
goals in his return from
injury.
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The Sting will travel home
for a matchup with the rival
London Knights on DIFD night
Saturday February 13th at
7:05pm.
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