Sarnia Sting Weekend Sweep
MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
Windsor, ON
After winning back to back games against the Flint Firebirds, the
Sarnia Sting travelled to
Windsor for a matchup with the
division leading Windsor
Spitfires on Hockey day in the
OHL. The Sting skated away with
a 5-0 victory on the back of
Charlie Graham who recorded his
first shutout with the Sting.
This was the third meeting between the two teams where both the
Sting and the Spitfires have a
win under their belts. Jordan
Kyrou opened the scoring for the
Sting after taking the cross ice
feed from Pavel Zacha. Noah
Bushnell joined in on the
scoring when his dump in attempt
deflected off the Spitfires
defensemen and over the shoulder
of Michael DiPietro. The Sting
controlled the offense in the
first period and lead both on
the scoreboard, and the shot
category outshooting the
Spitfires 6-2.
The Sting continued the offensive pressure in the second period
picking up right where they left
off. Jakob Chychrun scored the
lone goal in the second period
on the powerplay that had many
chances throughout the game. The
Spitfires offense found a stride
in the period and provided good
scoring chances but were unable
to beat Sting goalie Charlie
Graham who was making his second
start on the weekend. The Sting
outshot the Spitfires in the
period 12-9.
The third period was a mirror image of the second with the Sting
controlling offensive
possession, and keeping the puck
in the Spitfires end. A majority
of the game was spend
shorthanded as both teams
totalled 11 penalties. Travis
Konecny added to the Sting lead
after finding the empty net on
an assist by Charlie Graham,
followed by a goal from Jordan
Kyrou on the powerplay to seal
the victory for the Sting.
Charlie Graham recorded his first shutout with the Sting stopping
21 shots shutting down the
Spitfires offense who were
coming off of a big win against
the London Knights the night
before. Michael DiPietro made 21
saves on 25 shots and was tested
often by a Sting offense looking
to earn 6 points on the weekend.
STING NOTES:
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The Sting went 3-0-0-0 on the weekend earning 6 out of a possible 6
points to pull within 5
points of the division
leading Windsor Spitfires.
The Sting now lead the
season series over the
Spitfires 2-1.
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Charlie Graham recorded his first shutout with the Sarnia Sting
stopping all 21 shots he
faced.
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The Sting will return home Wednesday February 3rd to take on the
Kitchener Rangers at 7:05PM.