Brzustewicz Overtime Winner Completes Come Back as London Beats Sarnia 3-2

By Carl Chimenti

Henry Brzustewicz scored at 3:13 of overtime as the London Knights (26-16-3-0) completed a 3–2 comeback win over the Sarnia Sting (13-25-5-1) in the final chapter of the 402 rivalry Friday night at Canada Life Place.

London erased a two-goal deficit with three unanswered goals, including two in the third period, to force overtime. Brzustewicz finished the game off on a backhand feed from Jesse Nurmi, earning first-star honours, while Nurmi recorded two assists. Former Sting forward Ryan Brown sparked the comeback with a power-play goal and was named second star.

Sarnia opened the scoring late in the first period when Alessandro Di Iorio capitalized on a turnover for his 10th of the season, assisted by Brenner Lammens. The Sting doubled their lead in the second period on a shorthanded goal from Ben Pickell, set up by Easton Walos.

Despite the loss, Patrick Quinlan was outstanding in net for Sarnia, stopping 35 of 38 shots. The Knights outshot the Sting 38–22, while London went 1-for-4 on the power play and Sarnia finished 0-for-1.