Sarnia Sting Beat the Generals
Monday January 18, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
The Sting held on to beat the Oshawa Generals 4 - 2 for the second
time this weekend, closing out a
3-in-3 with a 2 points on the
road.
Charlie Graham improved to 3-0-0-0 since joining the Sting at the
deadline. The overage netminder
turned aside 18 of 20 shots
faced, making a number of vital
saves in the final frame.
Travis Konecny led the way for the Sting tonight; picking up 2
goals and adding a helper to
give him a total of 10 points in
6 games while wearing a Sting
uniform.
Opening the scoring for the Sting was sophomore forward, Anthony
Salinitri. The Windsor-native
dashed through the neutral zone,
across the Gens blue-line, and
fired him his 8th of the season
on the backhand. Konecny and
Core were credited with the
assists.
Later in the opening frame, former General, Matt Mistele spread the
gap for the Sting with a wrister
from the point. The goal was
Mistele's 200th career OHL
point. Core and Lajeunesse were
given the assists on Mitele's
18th of the season and 10th as a
member of the Sting.
Former Sting forward, Alex Renaud responded for the Generals in the
2nd period before Travis Konecny
fired home the eventual
game-winning goal on the
powerplay. Jakob Chychrun and
Pavel Zacha added the assists.
Lofquist scored for Oshawa with just :39 remaining in the second
period and the Sting took a 3-2
lead into the intermission.
Despite playing 3 games in as many nights, the Sting were able to
hold off the Generals in the
final stanza before Travis
Konecny added an empty-netter
with :02 remaining in the game.
The Sting return to action on Thursday night at the SSEC when they
play host to the visiting London
Knights. Fans can get tickets to
both Thursday & Saturday's games
for just $30 by visiting the
SSEC Box Office or online at
www.sarniasting.com
Sting Notes:
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First star: Travis Konecny | Second Star: Alex Renaud | Third
Star: Troy Lajeunesse
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Mistele records 200th career OHL point against the team he
won the Memorial Cup
Championship with just last
season. \
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With Windsor losing to Saginaw earlier today, the Sting are
now just 5 points back (with
2 games in hand) of the
Spitfires for tops in the
West Division.
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Sting Powerplay: 1/6 (17%)
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Sting Penalty-kill: 6/6 (100%)
