Legionnaires Gain Tie in London
Thursday January 14, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
By DAN McCAFFERY
The Sarnia Legionnaires remain
undefeated by the London
Nationals this season after
battling the Forest City team to
a draw Wednesday.
Coach Mark Davis's Western Jr.
'B' hockey club tied the Nats
5-5. In four games against the
second place Nationals, Sarnia
has a record of 3-0-1.
The two clubs go back at it
tonight (Thursday, Jan. 14) at
Sarnia Arena.
Davis was upset that his young
club blew a three-goal lead in
the third period, saying it will
have to find a way to protect
such advantages in the future.
However, he was not all doom and
gloom, singling out Jacob Stos,
Jarret Marks and Ethan DuPont
for praise. He added, “Hunt's
line (Captain Hunter Tyczynski's
line) played well. I thought we
played two good periods, after
that we played like crap.”
By getting a point, the Legion
crew ended a two-game losing
streak. The team, which has a
record of 16-13-2-3, finds
itself four points behind the
fifth ranked LaSalle Vipers.
Sarnia has a game in hand on
LaSalle.
London came flying out of the
gate, scoring the first two
goals – both by veteran John
Warren – to grab an early 2-0
lead.
But the Legionnaires stormed
back with five consecutive
tallies to secure a 5-2
advantage at the end of 40
minutes of play.
Ryan Vendramin led the comeback,
scoring his team-leading 17th
goal of the season and earning
an assist on Jordan Fogarty's
10th tally of the campaign.
Other Sarnia marksmen included
Brendan Shagena (with his second
in two games), Jarret Marks with
his seventh and Jacob Stos with
his fifth.
London rallied in the third
stanza with three unanswered
goals, including another by
Warren and singles by Matt
Sehovic and Matt Bean. Sehovic's
goal tied the contest with just
60 seconds left in regulation
time.
A pair of overtime periods
solved nothing.
Goalie Aidan Hughes made 40
saves in the Sarnia net while
his brother, netminder Connor
Hughes, made 43 stops in the
Nationals cage.
The Legionnaires were 2-for-6
with the man advantage while
London was 1-for-5.