SOO IN TOWN TO FACE STING TONIGHT
TODAY’S GAME AT A GLANCE
The Sarnia Sting and SSM Greyhounds meet for the 6th of 8 meetings this season…The last time the clubs met was January 18th in SSM were the Greyhounds downed the Sting 4-1…Tonight’s game is the final game of the suspensions to forwards John Hecimovic, Chanse Fitzpatrick and Marco Caprara…
STING QUICK FACTS
The Sting come in to tonight’s game having won 3 of it’s last 4…The Sting have won 4 in a row at the SSEC and are undefeated in 8 at home…The Sting are 6-3-1 overall in their past 10 games and are 5-2-3 in their last 10 at the SSEC…The Sting overall are 12-6-3-0 at the SSEC and are 14-8-2-1 on the road…The Sting are 6-3-1-0 in January…The Sting victory last Saturday vs. Guelph was it’s 27th on the season matching the team’s win total from all of 2001-02…Robert Gherson recorded the Sting’s 4th shutout on the season vs. Guelph, both Gherson and Ryan Munce have 2 shutouts a piece the Sting indiviual record is held by Patrick DesRochers when he recorded 4 shutouts in 1996-97…
MORE HOME COOKIN IN STORE
The Sting who are undefeated in it’s last 8 at the SSEC will play 13 of it’s last 21 games at the SSEC…
BACK IN TOP 10
After spending most of the first half of the season in the Bank of Montreal CHL Top 10 the Sting have reemerged in the rankings…The Sting were positioned 10th when this weeks rankings were sent out this week…It marks the 12th week the Sting have been in the Top 10…
ON DECK
The Sting hit the road tomorrow traveling to Kitchener to face the OHL’s top ranked club…Game time is 7:30…The Sting then return here to the SSEC this Sunday as Jeff Luckovitch will make his first appearance to the SSEC as a member of the Saginaw Spirit…Sunday’s game is a 2:00 start…
SSM GREYHOUNDS AT A GLANCE
The Hounds come into tonight’s game with a 6-12-3 record on the road…SSM is 5-4-1 in it’s last 10 games…The Greyhounds have been led offensively by sophomore forward Jeff Carter…Carter a Strathroy Rocket alumnus and a potential first round pick at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft leads SSM in goals (28), points (55) and power play goals (14)…Petr Taticek a first round pick of the Florida Panthers leads the team in assists (35)…On defence the Soo is led by smooth skating Trevor Daley…Daley leads all Greyhound blueliners in goals (14) assists (23) and points (37)…In net overage goalie Adam Munro has seen the bulk of the action since being acquired in an early season trade with Erie…
STING VS. HOUNDS 2002-2003
DATE AT STING RESULT GOALIES GWG ATTD.
Oct. 16 SSM 5-5 Tie GHERSON/LABROSSE-BIASUCCI NONE 2349
Nov. 13 SSM 4-3 Loss Munce/MUNRO T.KENNEDY 2568
Dec. 1 SSM 3-2 Loss Gherson/MUNRO DRITINA 2832
Dec. 5 Sarnia 6-3 Loss Gherson/MUNRO CARTER 4224
Jan. 8 SSM 4-1 Loss Gherson/MUNRO CARTER 3002
