After coming off a 5 – 4 shootout win in Saginaw on Saturday night,
the Sting travelled to Sault. Ste Marie for an afternoon matchup
against the divisional rival Greyhounds. The Sting skated away with
a convincing 5-1 victory ending the weekend on a high note.
The Sting were playing their final game in a 3 game weekend, and
earned 5 out of 6 points in those games. The Sting opened up the
scoring as Jordan Kyrou got the first goal of the game, followed by
Brandon Lindberg adding a goal of his own just under 2 minutes
later. 5 different players had points on the first 2 Sting goals, in
what was a period that was controlled by the Sting from beginning to
end.
The second period followed suit as the Sting struck just 25 seconds
into the period when Troy Lajeunesse found the back of the net. Both
teams provided lots of energy, in a period that was mainly played in
the neutral zone. The Sting controlled the shot category, and
provided lots of good scoring chances.
The Greyhounds finally found the scoreboard in the third period
when Tim Gettinger snuck one past Fazio to break the shutout bid.
The rest of the period belonged to the Sting courtesy of goals from
Pavel Zacha and Noah Bushnell. Newly acquired OA, Sam Studnicka,
registered his first point as a member of the Sting on Zacha's one
timer goal. The top line of Zacha, Konecny, and Studnicka provided
energy consistently throughout the period, and showed a lot of
chemistry.
Justin Fazio got the call for the Sting on Sunday afternoon and did
not disappoint. Fazio finished the game with 25 saves on 26 shots,
standing tall for the Sting and shutting down the rallying
Greyhounds' offence. Brandon Halverson made 22 saves on 27 shots and
was tested often by a Sting team looking to end the weekend on a
high note.
STING NOTES
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The Sting went 2-0-1-0 on the weekend, earning 5 of a possible 6
points
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Sam Studnicka recorded his first point as a member of the Sting
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The Sting will return home Friday January 15th for a matchup
with the defending Memorial Cup champions, Oshawa at 7:05PM
