Owen Sound Scores Three In Second, Holds On To Beat Sarnia 5-3
By Carl Chimenti
The Owen Sound Attack (12-22-2-3) scored three times in the middle frame and it proved to be enough as they beat the Sarnia Sting (14-20-2-5) 5-3, in front of a big crowd of 4,326, at the Progressive Auto Sales Arena on Friday night.
It was the annual Lambton College Night, at the Hive, with the Sting players wearing limited edition white Lambton Lions jerseys with blue trim, featuring the Sting logo, which were set to be auctioned off online beginning at 7pm Friday night, in support of The Lambton College Foundation initiatives, that support student mental health.
The auction will conclude on Monday, January 13th at 8pm est. Sarnia came with-in a goal at 4-3 at 10:32 on a goal from Ryan Brown his 12th of the year from Lukas Fischer (St. Louis Blues) and Zach Filak. Despite a late Sting surge of shots near the end, it was Owen Sound scoring an empty net goal at 18:55 from Ben Cormier that clinched it for the Attack.
Brown had a goal and an assist and was selected as the second star. The Newmarket, Ontario native, continues to produce points in 11 of his past 12 games (8-9-17). Fischer has three assists in his last three games. Jack O’Brien opened the scoring for Sarnia with his 2nd of the year and has three points (1-2-3) in his last two games. Alessandro Di lorio netted his 6th of the season. Liam Beamish, Easton Wainwright also had assists. Wainwright has three points in his past two games (1-2-3). Nick Surzycia picked up his second assist of the season on Di lorio’s goal, while making 16 saves on 20 shots.
Mason Wray (3rd) star, scored two goals for the Attack. Sarnia, Ontario native, and overage Captain of the Owen Sound Attack Landen Hookey (1st star) had a goal and an assist in his final game at the Hive in front of family and friends supporting him tonight. Rafik Varosyan scored what proved to be the game winner, late in the second period. Tristan Delisle had a pair of assists for the Attack. Sarnia out-shot Owen Sound 30-21. Both teams went 0/2 with the man-advantage. Matthew Koprowski turned away 27 of 30 shots.
Sarnia welcomed back Ryan Chamberlain from an injury, in his first game back since early November. The first period was mostly scoreless until the final 180 seconds. Sarnia had the territorial edge, before a late explosion which saw Sarnia scoring twice after Owen Sound had opened the scoring on a goal from Wray at 17:31. The Sting tied the game twenty seconds later as Brown set up O’Brien, who scored with a low shot on the glove side. Brown and Beamish assisted on the goal which came at 17:51. In the final minute Di lorio let go a blast from the right side, as he beat Attack goaltender Koprowski with a hard wrist shot, going upstairs at 19:20, from both Wainwright and Surzycia.
Sarnia out-shot Owen Sound 12-6.
Both teams went 0/1 on the power-play. Owen Sound erased a 2-1 deficit scoring three goals in the second period to lead 4-2 after forty minutes of play. Hookey tied the game at 4:25 from Delisle. Wray scored his second of the night to put the Attack back in front at 9:58 from Delisle and Hookey. Rafik Varosyan made it 4-2 at 17:46 from Declan Waddick and Easton Mikus. For the second straight period Sarnia was better on the shot clock 9-8.
