Clean Sweep Weekend for the Sarnia Sting
MONDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl
Chimenti
Photos by Metcalfe Photography
In a very workman like effort,
the Sarnia Sting beat the Guelph
Storm 5-2, Sunday night before
2,894 at the Sarnia Sports and
Entertainment Centre.
In beating the Storm, Sarnia
swept the three games in three
nights weekend after beating the
Barrie Colts at home on Friday
Night and the Owen Sound Attack
on the road the following
evening.
Patrick White, scored a pair of
goals while Anthony Salinitri
amd Matt Mistele had a goal and
an assist for the Sting. Nikita
Korostelev also tallied a single
goal for Sarnia. Justin Fazio
picked up the win in net after
stopping 30 of 32 shots.
Jake Bricknell and James McEwan
scored goals for Guelph. Bradley
Van Schubert registered 49 saves
for the Storm, who were out shot
54-32.
After a scoreless first period,
Sarnia and Guelph combined to
score six goals in the middle
frame. Mistele gave the Sting
their first goal at 2:27 from
Jakob Chychrun and Anthony
Salinitri. The Storm quickly
tied it 42 seconds later on a
goal from McEwan, with the
assists awarded to Liam Stevens
and Givani Smith.
Sarnia jumped back ahead on an
unassisted goal from Nikita
Korostelev at the six minute
mark. It was Korostelev's 18th
goal on the season.
At 10:56 Patrick White increased
the Sting lead to 3-1, with his
15th of the season - assisted by
Brandon Lindberg. The Storm got
one back on a goal from
Bricknell. Salinitri got it back
with his 12th from Mistele and
Kevin Spinozzi to finish off a
wild second period of scoring.
The only goal in the third
period came from Sarnia as White
notched his second of the night
scoring into an empty net at
18:33. Fazio got the only assist
as the Sting picked up another
important two points.
Sting Notebook:
-
Travis
Konecny saw his 14 game
point streak come to an end.
During that hot stretch
Konecny scored 11 goals and
15 assists.
-
Patrick White
was named first star,
Anthony Salinitri, the
second star and the third
star went to Storm
goaltender Bradley Van
Schubert.
-
Neither team
had a power play goal as
Sarnia went 0/5 and Guelph
failed to convert on three
chances.
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With only 8
games left on the regular
season schedule, next week
Sarnia will be at home twice
taking on Sault Ste. Marie
on Thursday night and then
the Spitfires on Friday.