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The
Lambton Minor Atom AAA Sting have a tough task next
weekend after falling behind 2-0 in their
quarterfinal playdown series with the Sun County
Panthers. The Sting dropped a pair of games over the
weekend and are now faced with a must win game
Friday in Essex as they cannot afford another loss
in the best-of-five series.
The Sting came out flat in Essex on Saturday and
fall behind 4-0 in the first period. Lambton would
eventually generate some offense but would fall by a
7-3 score. Nolan DeGurse scored a pair of powerplay
goals and Spencer Vandenboom added a goal with 5
seconds remaining in the game. Ryan Barwitzki,
Jaycob White, Cole MacKinnon and Brock Barber earned
assists.
The Sting had a much better start at home on Sunday
but would lose a heartbreaker 6-5 as Sun County
scored the game winner with 53 seconds remaining in
regulation time. Nolan DeGurse got the opening goal
with help from Brock Barber and Spencer Vandenboom.
The Sting would increase their lead to 2-0 with a
powerplay marker early in the second from Barber
assisted by DeGurse and Brandon Neelin. Sun County
would respond with 3 goals of their own to take the
lead but just 13 seconds after the third Panther
tally Barber got his second of the game with
MacKinnon drawing the assist. Sun County would score
once more late in the period to take a 4-3 lead
heading into the final stanza.
The Sting did not quit and Hunter Monkhouse would
tie the game at 4 when he scored off of a setup from
Vandenboom midway through the period. However, Sun
County would take the lead once more as a screen
shot eluded Sting goaltender Liam McCarthy. With
just over 5 minutes remaining Barber would get his
third of the game to once again tie the contest.
DeGurse and Josh McLean would pick up the assists.
However, Sun County would get the game winner in the
final minute. The Sting pulled their goalie to try
and get the equalizer but came up just short.
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