Sting Major Atom's remain in first with big weekend win
sarniasports.com January 18th, 2011

The Sarnia Major Atom Sting picked up a huge win on the weekend to remain in 1^st place in their division with only 3 regular season games remaining.

Sarnia took on the West London Hawks at Germain Arena this past Sunday in a battle between 1^st and 2^nd place teams.  After a scoreless 1^st period it would be London who would score the games 1^st goal half way through the 2^nd period.  The Sting would respond, however on a goal by Jake Vince (Devin Devooght, Austin Coutts) less than a minute later.  From this point, Sarnia would gradually take control of the game as Jake Vince (Tristan Haagsma) would score again to give Sarnia a 2 – 1 lead.  Brett Allardyce and Jake Vince (Devin Devooght, Brett Allardyce) would add 3^rd period goals and the Sting would win by a final score of 4 – 1.  James Dunn was the winning goalie in this game.

Sarnia also took on the Port Huron Flags in an exhibition game on Saturday and would lose this game by a final score of 6 – 4.  The Sting dominated the first half of this game and were leading by a 3 – 0 margin in the 2^nd period when the wheels fell off.  The Sting would carry a 4 – 3 lead into the 3^rd period before giving up 2 3^rd period goals and another into the empty net to fall by a final score of 6 – 4.  Jack Smith led the offensive attack in this game with 1 goal and 1 assist, Curtis Marks, Austin Coutts and Matthew Torti added single goals and Lucas Ross, Jake Vince, Devin Devooght, Tristan Haagsma and Dawson Young all added single assists.