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Sarnia, ON
– It was a tough weekend for the Lambton Jr. Sting
AAA Major Peewee's, as they dropped their second
game of the weekend in a 3-1 loss to the Hamilton
Reps Sunday afternoon at the RBC Centre.
Despite
some early chances in the first, penalties stopped
the momentum of the Sting, while the Reps took it to
the scoreboard. Zachary McLeod scored fist for
Hamilton after the Reps moved the puck quickly in
the Sting zone, giving Hamilton the 1-0 lead.
Lambton
could not sustain a forecheck in the period, and
went into the second trailing by one.
In the
second, the forecheck again stalled on the
powerplay, as Hamilton keeps Lambton out of their
own zone. It would cost the Sting, as Isaac Nurse of
the Reps picked up a loose puck at his blue line and
with a burst of speed, got by both Sting defence and
put a wrist shot passed goalie Ethan Hunt for the
2-0 Hamilton lead with a shorthanded goal.
Lambton
would enter the third down two, but would get on the
scoreboard after a penalty, giving them the man
advantage. Garrett Miller would pick up a loose puck
in Hamilton's end and send a wrist shot passed the
Reps goalie to cut the lead in half.
But with
under four minutes to play, the Reps would put it
out of reach as Hamilton would get rebound after
rebound, with Bailey Stumpo finally putting the puck
passed a downed Lambton goalie for the 3-1 victory.
"We didn't
get a lot of pucks to the net," said Head Coach Mike
Pageau. "It's a work in progress right now. The
effort was there for the most part, just we got to
start getting better scoring opportunities."
Hamilton
moved the puck up the ice and out of their zone,
stopping any Sting forecheck. Pageau commented that
they are not a high scoring team, and they will need
to get some ugly goals in order to win games.
Lambton
started the season with a 3-1 win over Cambridge,
but dropped their Saturday game to Sun County,
bringing their record to 1-2-0 on the season.
"Yesterday
was a game I was happy with," said Pageau. "I'm
happy right now with the way the team is going. We
just got to start putting some wins together."
The Major
Peewee's are off until October 1st when they face
Huron Perth.
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