STING MEET BULLS TONIGHT AT HOME
The Sarnia Sting and Belleville Bulls meet for the 2nd and final meeting of the season…The Sting won the only meeting of the season between the clubs 5-3 in Belleville back on September 28th…
TODAY’S GAME AT A GLANCE
STING QUICK FACTS
The Sting come into tonight’s game off a 4-2 road win over division rival Windsor…The Sting look to push it’s current unbeaten streak to 3 games…The Sting are 7-2-1 in it’s last 10 games overall and 7-1-2 in it’s last 10 at the SSEC…The Sting scored 4 goals Sunday vs. Windsor pushing it’s mark to 25-0-4-0 when scoring at least 4 goals in a game…The Sting are undefeated in 14 out of 18 games since the Christmas break (10-4-4)…Goaltender Robert Gherson is undefeated in his last 5 starts…
STING SPECIAL TEAMS
PP % 71 for 308 0.231 3rd in OHL
PK % 307 for 368 0.834 5th in OHL
STING AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS
Several Sting players are ranked among the league leaders in the OHL…Rookie goaltender Ryan Munce leads the OHL in both goals against average (2.41) and save percentage (0.924)…Marco Caprara leads the OHL in penalty minutes (243)…Forward Daniel Carcillo is second in rookie scoring (23g 30a 53pts)…And veteran forward Joey Tenute is 8th in league scoring (28g 49a 77pts)…
CAPRARA CLOSING IN ON STING AND FRANCHISE MARK
Sting rookie Marco Caprara is 2 penalty minutes shy of tying ex-Sting and current Buffalo Sabre Eric Boulton’s team record of 245 pim’s…The franchise record is 253 set by Rob Ray also of the Sabres and ex-Cornwall Royal…
ON DECK
The Sting travel to Guelph tomorrow night to take on the Storm…Game time is 7:30…The Sting look to take the season series as they are 2-1-0 vs. the Storm this season…On Sunday the Sting are in Erie to face the Otters game time is 3:00…The Storm and Otters are battling for the 8th spot in the Western Conference with Guelph holding down 8 just 2 points up on the Otters…
BULLS QUICK FACTS
The Bulls come into tonight’s game with a 27-20-2-4 record and sit tied for 3rd place in the East Division and are tied for 4th in the Eastern Conference…Belleville is 6-3-1 in it’s last 10 games…The Bulls have a road record of 8-16-0…Belleville is led offensively by Team Canada member Matt Stajan who leads the Bulls in goals, assists and points
(30g 45a 75pts)…Mt. Brydges native and ex-Strathroy Rocket Cody McCormick is the Captain of the Bulls and is putting up big numbers (29g 26a 55pts 137pim)…In net overage goaltender Michael Mole has been a workhorse appearing in 42 of the Bulls 52 games…
BULLS SPECIAL TEAMS
PP % 45 for 226 0.199 10th in OHL
PK % 212 for 264 0.803 12th in OHL
