STING FACE STORM TONIGHT AT SSEC
TODAY’S GAME AT A GLANCE
The Sarnia Sting and Guelph Storm meet for the 3rd of 4 meetings this season…The last time the clubs met was December 13th in Guelph were the Sting downed the Storm 5-1…With that victory the Sting evened up the season series as the Storm had defeated the Sting here at the SSEC back on November 2nd by a score of 3-2…Tonight’s game marks the return of Head Coach Jeff Perry to the Sting bench as he has finished serving his 4-game suspension…
GUELPH STORM AT A GLANCE
The Storm won their debut last night 4-2 over Owen Sound under new coach Shawn Camp…Guelph with it’s 43 points sits in 7th in the Western Conference two points behind Erie in 6th and 2 points ahead of SSM in 8th…The Storm are led offensively by World Junior participants Dustin Brown (18G, 26A, 44PTS) and Daniel Paille (20G, 17A, 37PTS)…Brown a top prospect for the upcoming NHL Draft was Captain of Team Cherry at this past weeks CHL Top Prospects Game…In goal the Storm are led by overage netminder Andrew Penner who in 33 games has posted a 2.67 GAA and has a Save Percentage of 0.910…
STING QUICK FACTS
The Sting come in to tonight’s game having won 2 of it’s last 3…The Sting have won 3 in a row at the SSEC and are undefeated in 7 at home…The Sting are 5-3-2 overall in their past 10 games and are 4-3-3 in their last 10 at the SSEC…Joey Tenute recorded his 20th goal of the season last night now giving the Sting three 20-goal scorers on the year, the others are Kris Newbury and Daniel Carcillo…It also marked a career high for Tenute who had a previous best of 19…Rookie goaltender Ryan Munce after another great performance continues to lead the OHL with a GAA of 2.46 and has also taken over tops in the Save Percentage with 0.923…Import defenceman Marek Chvatal recorded his first career OHL game winning goal last night…The Sting improved their record last night when leading after two periods to 21-0-4-1…The Sting improved their record to 15-1-1 vs. Eastern Conference opponents…The Sting are 11-13-4-1 vs. the Western Conference…
ON DECK
The Sting are back in action Thursday January 30th when the Soo Greyhounds visit the SSEC…Game time is 7:30…The Sting visit the Kitchener Rangers Friday January 31st and then return to the SSEC Sunday February 2nd for a 2:00 start vs. the Saginaw Spirit…
