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Sarnia, ON
– The Lambton Sting Major Atom AAA opened the
regular season by splitting a pair of games with
Chatham Kent Cyclones as each club picked up a
victory on home ice.
Perhaps it was the late 8pm face-off or maybe the
fact that it was the first full week of school, but
either way the Sting came out flat in the season
opener in Chatham on Friday. Following a scoreless
first period Lambton opened the scoring early in the
second as Dylan Riddell scored unassisted on a
breakaway. However, that goal seemed to rally the
Cyclones as they scored 4 unanswered goals while
outworking the Sting in all areas of the ice.
The Sting legs got moving a little more in the third
period and some strong forechecking by the line of
Carson Perry, Hunter Monkhouse and Cameron Ware
resulted in a goal for Monkhouse in the first minute
of the period to cut the deficit to 2 goals. With
just over 2 minutes remaining in the game defenseman
Matt McIntyre scored on a screenshot from the point
to pull the Sting to within 1 goal. Lambton had a
couple of chances to tie the game late but the
Chatham goaltender stood tall to preserver the 4-3
victory for the Cyclones.
The following afternoon it was a much different
Sting team that faced Chatham. The boys were fired
up and worked extremely hard all game and won 5-0.
Ryleigh Vanderwal would score once in each of the
first 2 periods to stake the Sting to a 2-0 lead
entering the third. Josh McLean assisted on
Vanderwal's first goal while Spencer Vandenboom made
a great pass for the second marker. That would be
more than enough offense for Sting goaltender Liam
McCarthy, who turned aside all 24 shots he faced for
his first shutout of the season.
In the third period the Sting would score 3 more
times to blow the game open. First, Carson Perry
would bang in the rebound on a Jaycob White shot.
Next it was McLean lighting the lamp with help from
Nolan DeGurse and Matt McIntyre. DeGurse would get
the final goal on a superb redirection of a McLean
pass to complete the scoring.
Next weekend the Sting travel to Zurich to play the
Huron Perth Lakers on Saturday afternoon before
returning to the RBC Centre to host the Sun County
Panthers Sunday afternoon at 4:45.
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