The
Lambton Sting major atoms had a win
and a loss over the weekend in AAA
hockey action. The Sting fell 6-4
to the Hamilton Reps in the Steel
City on Saturday before rebounding
with a 6-1 victory over the
Brantford 99ers at the RBC Centre on
Sunday.
In
Hamilton the Sting fell behind 3-0
before goals from Josh McLean and
Spencer Vandenboom closed the gap to
1 goal early in the third period.
Unfortunately Hamilton would answer
right after the Vandenboom tally and
would score again just over a minute
after Nolan DeGurse cut the deficeit
to 4-3. That trend would continue
as Dylan Riddell scored with 8
minutes remaining in the game to
make it 5-4 but 13 seconds after his
goal Hamilton went back up by two
and the game ended 6-4 for the
Reps. Riddell, DeGurse, Ryleigh
Vanderwal and Jaycob White were
credited with assists for the Sting.
On home ice Sunday the Sting scored
4 times in the first period and
coasted to the 6-1 victory.
Cameron Ware scored twice in the
opening stanza with Josh McLean and
Nolan DeGurse notching singles.
Goals from Dylan Riddell and Spencer
Vandenboom would round out the
offense for Lambton. DeGurse had 3
assists and Hunter Monkhouse added a
pair of helpers. McLean, Riddell,
Carson Perry and Ryan Barwitzki also
earned assists. Liam McCarthy
turned aside 20 of the 21 shots he
faced as his defense of Barwitzki,
Kait Isaac, Jaycob White, Jaxon
Shelton, Matt McIntyre and Brandon
Neelin kept the traffic in front of
the Sting net to a minimum. The
Sting had 27 shots on the Brantford
cage.
Next up for the Major Atoms are a
pair of home games next weekend as
they host Waterloo on Saturday and
have a rematch with Hamilton on
Sunday.
