Sarnia Sting 2022-23 Season Thread (Part 3)

[SarniaStingFan]

Burke wins OHL player of the week with 8 points in 3 games this weekend. Gaudreau was also in consideration for OHL goalie of the week but finished runner up to Saginaw's Tristan Lennox

 

[StingUpdates]

Changed up the lines ? Anderson out. Young as 7th D. 36-73-15 back together. Wainwright w/the imports.

I didn't see a need to change them honestly. Imagine they wanna see Anderson play with more energy than he has been as of late. Still think you'd want him in vs a bigger team like flt.

 

[SarniaStingFan]

Changed up the lines ? Anderson out. Young as 7th D. 36-73-15 back together. Wainwright w/the imports.

I didn't see a need to change them honestly. Imagine they wanna see Anderson play with more energy than he has been as of late. Still think you'd want him in vs a bigger team like flt.

Interesting. I liked Wainwright with DBB and Sikic but Pastujov-DBB-Sikic have played really well together before. We'll see if it works. Excited to see the team in person today

 

[Texcanuck]

Guryev acting like an idiot. Guessing Dillingham may have to take him on sometime today

 

[Ferda11]

What a stat... PK is 95% in the last 12 games...wow.

 

[StingUpdates]

Good start. Getting tons of looks. Flint plays so open it's hard not to engage in it. Gotta be a tad bit more sharp in our zone.

 

[Ferda11]

Good start. Getting tons of looks. Flint plays so open it's hard not to engage in it. Gotta be a tad bit more sharp in our zone.

Yeah you can tell Flint is trying to coax Sarnia into their run and gun style of play. Stick to OUR systems and we will see the win column today. Sarnia tightened up a bit the latter half of that period. Good stuff.

 

[SarniaStingFan]

Yeah you can tell Flint is trying to coax Sarnia into their run and gun style of play. Stick to OUR systems and we will see the win column today. Sarnia tightened up a bit the latter half of that period. Good stuff.

Yep. The Sting had a couple sloppy plays that led to a few odd man rushes that Flint couldn't finish off. If they force them to play the cycle Flint doesn't generate much. Del Mastro has done a really good job keeping Lombardi in check so far

 

[Texcanuck]

Skating in quicksand for first half of 2nd period.

 

[Texcanuck]

Worst period of hockey I’ve seen from the Sting all year. Kyrou needs to just stay in the dressing room.
Fortunately BEST period I’ve seen from Gaudreau.

 

[StingUpdates]

Embarrassing period of hockey. Miracle they're leading.

 

[SarniaStingFan]

Absolutely brutal. Giving up odd man rushes and breakaways left and right. Gaudreau is playing great at least

 

[Ferda11]

Sarnia got pumped that period...yikes. Agree about Kyrou today, he's been more of a liability then anything. Sarnia better wake up....

 

[Texcanuck]

OK. Kyrou redeemed himself.

 

[Jnrl0719]

Wow if that guy only gets 3 I’d be surprised, at least 2 1/2 steamboats after the goal went in & definitely intent to injure… plug

 

[StingUpdates]

1st & 3rd were good. 2nd yikes. Gaudreau our best player today. Some grade A stops on their best guys.

Fricken Lombardi man. What a player he is lol.

Really balanced effort top to bottom. DBB has really come into his own after starting slow here. Mast/Del Mastro are just ridiculous together. 1G/2A, +4 for both. Rough day for Kyrou but good on him to stick with it & score a big one. Filak with a great weekend. I like him in the T6. Just way more effective.

now we wait & hope Voit is okay before we meet LDN again )who beat Windsor!)

 

[Texcanuck]

All God damn day u could tell that weasel was gonna do something stupid. And of course he goes after the smallest guy WELL after a goal.

Absolute pu**y. Del Mastro shouldve put him thru the boards. Gutless. Cheap. Predatory. League better throw the book at him. Hopefully Voit is okay. Can not afford losing him this close to the playoffs.

Told ya so… after the first shift…
Just wish he’d have done that with more than 5 minutes left so someone could have had a go at him.

 

[StingUpdates]

Wow if that guy only gets 3 I’d be surprised, at least 2 1/2 steamboats after the goal went in & definitely intent to injure… plug

He's bigger & still leaped. Gutless, predatory & a repeat offender. Brutal.

Told ya so… after the first shift…
Just wish he’d have done that with more than 5 minutes left so someone could have had a go at him.

77 wanted at him bad. Ref wouldn't let him. So cheap.

 

[Jnrl0719]

He's bigger & still leaped. Gutless, predatory & a repeat offender. Brutal.


77 wanted at him bad. Ref wouldn't let him. So cheap.

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Told ya so… after the first shift…
Just wish he’d have done that with more than 5 minutes left so someone could have had a go at him.

had this been back in the days of Caprara, Wilson, Martin, Davy oh & especially Didiomete that POS would’ve been lights out flat on the ice wouldn’t have mattered how much time was left….damn I miss real hockey

 

[robp1219]

Changed up the lines ? Anderson out. Young as 7th D. 36-73-15 back together. Wainwright w/the imports.

I didn't see a need to change them honestly. Imagine they wanna see Anderson play with more energy than he has been as of late. Still think you'd want him in vs a bigger team like flt.

No they want to get some of these depth defenceman some game action. Not sure why they just don’t send 1 or 2 back to junior B and call them back permanently before playoffs.

 

[StingUpdates]

No they want to get some of these depth defenceman some game action. Not sure why they just don’t send 1 or 2 back to junior B and call them back permanently before playoffs.

Agreed. I would've sent Campbell to the Legionnaires at the deadline. Let him play 20+. Hasn't played in forever.

Today is a reason y though I wouldn't sit Anderson. Want him out there when teams get stupid.

I've really liked how our B6 has played too. Wainwright has been very good as of late. Really using his speed. Way is so dependable. That move has aged beautifully for Seca.

 

[StingUpdates]

Really good response week from the boys after SBY/SSM. Big W vs GUE, Great win @ LDN, should've beat LDN again, but still got a pt then another solid W today.

This team just has to stop getting complacent. They win a few in a row & throw a game. Or they get a lead & let a team back in it.

That next step for this team is to put teams away when they have a chance too. Get up 3-0 vs ldn, make ir 4/5-0. Today up 2, dont let them hang around.

Got 15 games to get it. Other than that very, very happy with the progress this group has made. Gaudreau looks in form. D is unbelievable. Fs are gelling.

Ldn/Sag/Nb up next. Gonna have to really dig in. Fatigue might set in for that NB game as this has been a ton of high intensity hockey lately.

 

[Ferda11]

Just finished watching the rest of the game. Was at work for the first two periods.

Guryev is a piece of shit. No other way around it. This guy deserves nothing more then beer league hockey with the way he plays. What an absolute joke of a player. Hope he get's the book thrown at him. Hope Voit is ok..

Good to see them close it out and fire back with some more offense in the 3rd. Gaudreau was fantastic. Filak played great...what a sick pass to Kyrou.

Gotta work on those 2nd periods....holy hell have we've been bad in the middle 20...broadcast mentioned a stat about it. Can't remember what it was exactly but it wasn't great lol.

Rest up boys, hopefully a day or two off. They deserve it. Well done!

 

[Texcanuck]

11 wins… 11 to go.
Still believe that 40 is the magic number.

 

[StingUpdates]

11 wins… 11 to go.
Still believe that 40 is the magic number.

Remaining games: LDN, SAG, NB, SSM, LDN, WSR, SSM, KIT, HAM, GUE, KGN, OS, OS, ER, NIA.

I'd say 9 of those are games you'd like to win (should) then the other 6 are toss-ups that you'd like to at least win 3 if not 4 of them.

So 12-13-14 wins is definitely something they *could* do. But will this team show up for every game vs the lesser teams? That'll probably be what decides it.

Sucks they had so many injuries early or else we'd be talking 45-46-47 wins not just 40. Not to mention the 6 OT/SO losses we have at home.