Sting Took second OT Loss in the Home/Home Series against London
January 3, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
Written by Carl
Chimenti
photos by
www.metcalfephotography.com
Max Jones scored
an unassisted shorthanded goal
at 3:40 of overtime completing a
London Knights comeback as they
beat the Sarnia Sting 5-4.
Jones picked up
the puck near centre ice and put
himself in good position as he
skated to the front of the net
to beat Fazio with the winner
before a large crowd of 4,522 at
the Sarnia Sports and
Entertainment Centre.
Chandler
Yakimowicz and JJ Piccinich each
had a goal and an assist for
London. Victor Mete rounded out
the scoring for the Knights and
Evan Bouchard added two assists.
Noah Bushnell was
named first star and Sasha
Chmelevski the second star, as
they led the Sting with a goal
and an assist. Matt Mistele and
Nikita Korostelev also scored
for the Sting who managed to
secure back-to-back points
despite the two heart breaking
losses.
Justin Fazio
stopped 28 shots for Sarnia and
was under siege for most of the
second and third periods.
Brendan Burke turned aside 20 of
24 shots for London.
Both teams were
missing key players still
participating at the World
Junior Championships.
London started
the game by taking the play to
Sarnia; forcing Fazio to make a
great save, as he stopped Max
Jones on a breakaway. The save
set the tone for Sarnia as they
came alive scoring the only two
goals of the opening period and
were the better team in the
first 20 minutes, out-shooting
London 9-8.
Connor
Schlichting, let go a blast from
the blue line and Mistele was
able to get his stick on it and
tipped it in past goaltender
Burke, at 7:12. In addition to
Schlichting, Jordan Kyrou also
assisted on the play.
Bushnell, made it
2-0 after he received a pass in
front from Chmelevski in the
corner which left him with a
gaping wide open net. Chmelevski
and Patrick White were credited
with the helpers.
The pace of the
game picked up in the second
period with both teams creating
lots of scoring chances. At the
end of 40 minutes, London
notched three goals while Sarnia
scored twice, holding on to a
4-3 lead.
Chmelevski made
it 3-0 after taking a pass from
Ryan Mcgregor, at 4:06. London
scored the next two goals to
slice the deficit to one goal as
Yakimowicz and Mattinen beat
Fazio. Sarnia stretched their
lead back to two goals at 4-2 on
a goal from Korostelev at 14:41.
The Knights didn’t quit, scoring
once more on a power play goal
from Piccinich at 16:19. London
out shot Sarnia 13-9 in the 2nd.
The third period
saw Sarnia fall into early
penalty trouble and the London
Knights took advantage scoring
the equalizer off the stick of
Victor Mete. The power play goal
came at 5:03 and the assists
went to Piccinich and Bouchard.
Sting Notebook:
Sarnia will swing back in action
next Friday at the SSEC against
the Owen Sound Attack (7:05 puck
drop) before going on the road
for two games, to Saginaw for a
Saturday night encounter and
then to the Soo, for an
afternoon tilt on Sunday against
the Greyhounds.