The Lambton Sting Minor Atom AAA's enjoyed a relatively successful weekend in Kitchener as they advanced to the semi-finals of the BlueLine Tournament before falling to the eventual champion Barrie Jr Colts in playoff action.

Lambton opened the tournament with a tough game against the Waterloo Wolves. The Sting would open the scoring late in the first period on a goal from Nolan DeGurse with assists to Ryan Barwitzki and Greg Ross. However, Waterloo would answer with 2 in the second and 2 more in the third period to win the game by a 4-1 count.

Next up for the Sting was another tough opponent in Detroit Little Caesars. This time the Sting fell behind early and Little Caesar's carried a 1-0 lead into the third period. With just over 5 minutes remaining in the game Dylan Riddell would score a power play goal to tie the game. DeGurse and Spencer Vandenboom would earn the assists. Two minutes later the Sting would take the lead as DeGurse scored with Jaycob White earning the assist. Vandenboom would add an empty-net goal in the final minute to make the final score 3-1 for the Sting.

Saturday morning the boys prepared to face the Guelph Jr Storm knowing a victory should clinch a spot in Sunday's playoff round. The Sting came out flying and less than 2 minutes into the game Riddell set up DeGurse with the game's first goal. Guelph would tie the game in the second on a power play deflection that got past Sting goaltender Liam McCarthy. That would be the only goal McCarthy and his defense would allow in the game and 2 minutes after the Storm tied the contest Riddell would put the Sting back in the lead. AP call up Matt McIntyre would notch his first point for the Sting as he assisted on the go ahead tally. DeGurse rounded out the scoring with a shorthanded marker early in the third and the Sting would once again win by a 3-1 score.

The final round robin game proved meaningless for the Sting, as they learned beforehand they had clinched a playoff spot. Unfortunately, the boys played like it was a meaningless game and were completely outworked in a 5-0 loss to the St Catherines Falcons.

Sunday morning brought the Sting their stiffest challenge yet in the tournament as they faced the Barrie Jr Colts. The Sting worked hard and never gave up in the game but it was clear that Barrie was a much stronger club, at least on this day. The final score was 3-0. Although they came up short of making it to the finals the young Sting players can be proud of the effort they made over the weekend and can hopefully build on their success with another strong showing next weekend as they head to Hamilton for the Bulldogs Tournament.