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The Sarnia Major Atom Sting participated in the
Silver Stick Tournament in Sarnia this past weekend.
The Sting put together a solid effort in this high
level tournament, posting a 2 – 1 record and
narrowly missed qualifying for the playoff round.
The team would finish in 5th place overall out of
the 15 teams in the Atom division.
In their 1st game of the tournament, Sarnia would
face a team from Texas called the Grapevine Wolves.
The Sting would win this game by a final score of 4
– 0, outshooting the Wolves by a margin of 24 – 5.
Brett Allardyce (Lucas Ross, Curtis Marks) would
score a goal on the first shift of the game to give
the Sting an early lead. Dawson Young (Lucas Ross,
Curtis Marks) would score another shortly after and
Jake Vince (Tristan Haagsma) would also score to
give the Sting a 3 – 0 lead after 1 period. Devin
Devooght (Austin Coutts, Brett Allardyce) would
score a late 2nd period goal for the 4 – 0 lead. Max
Musico would record the shut out in the goal.
In game #2, Sarnia would find themselves engaged in
a tight defensive battle with the Toronto Penguins.
Toronto would score a power play goal in the first
period to take a 1 – 0 lead. The Sting quickly went
to the attack and generated some quality
opportunities, but were unable to find the net. The
Penguins would score a late 3rd period goal and win
by a final score of 2 – 0.
In their final game of the tournament, the Sting
would come away with a narrow 2 – 1 win over the
Arapahoe Warriors (Colorado). This was a very
entertaining game with the action moving well in
both zones. Jake Vince (Dawson Young, Lucas Ross)
and Brett Allardyce (Jack Smith, Justin Houle) would
provide the scoring for Sarnia.
While the Sting did not advance to the playoff
round, they put in a solid effort in representing
the Sarnia community. They were able to limit some
very strong opposition to a total of 3 goals over
the 3 games played. The Sting would also like to
congratulate Captain Brett Allardyce, as he was
named to the tournament All-Star Team.
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