Sarnia Sting 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[StingUpdates]

Ncaa CHL agreement is official. Big day for Jr hockey. Exciting but also scary at the same time. Should lead to more 16/17 yr old kids staying/coming to the CHL. USHL is taking a major hit.

But in a league where the older teams usually are the best & usually win how many 19/20 yr old kids will leave for the NCAA?

For us as @stingwagoner has said, Wainwright & Young are 2 guys who project as great OAs next year. Will one or both get NCAA interest & wanna leave for it? If they did that would hurt the team drastically in a yr where they may compete.

 

[stingwagoner]

Hoping players get options to stay as OAs keep playing in best league rather than jump to NCAA, but I do see some OAs taking opportunity to start schooling in best league for that. If either one gets drafted that could affect what they do next year.
Very interesting as look for some players commited to come to CHL as well.

 

[stingwagoner]

Hoping we get wainwright back for these weekend games?

 

[StingUpdates]

Edwards gets 1 assist in a team Canada white win. Advance to the semi's along with Di Iorio & Canada red. Might be playing each other tomorrow, but not sure on that.

No suspension listed today, but sometimes they take 2 days to announce any. I'd frankly be surprised if he got any games. Confidence level is real low for both games this weekend. Just want this damn trip to be over & for us to get back 9/13/17/81.

 

[JAMER]

Wainwright gets a 3 game suspension complete BS.

 

[StingUpdates]

Utter insanity. This road trip is becoming the single dumbest couple weeks of the last few years.

They are down their 5 best Cs & top 2D during an 8 game road trip where 7 of the 8 come vs elite teams.

Like come the F*ck on.

Already figured they'd lose the next 3 rather handily & now without Wainwright it's damn near unwatchable

 

[StingUpdates]

Lines tonight
Doucette-Filak-Johnston
Brown-Kostuch-Karimov
Franceschetti-Gaughan-Moses
Sim-Simpson

Omeri-Young
Barr-Hurt
Bridgewater-Andersen

 

[JAMER]

Kitchener starting Goalie Jackson Parsons has signed an NCAA deal. And there's your first domino. With all are injuries and etc I wonder if we lose someone to NCAA now. Wouldn't be surprising this is Sarnia after all LOL.

 

[Texcanuck]

Kitchener starting Goalie Jackson Parsons has signed an NCAA deal. And there's your first domino. With all are injuries and etc I wonder if we lose someone to NCAA now. Wouldn't be surprising this is Sarnia after all LOL.

To me it reads like Parsons deal is for next season, not this one. Since he’s an OA this year it’s no change as far as OHL career is concerned.

 

[JAMER]

To me it reads like Parsons deal is for next season, not this one. Since he’s an OA this year it’s no change as far as OHL career is concerned.

Your right he is staying.

 

[StingUpdates]

Gonna miss both games this weekend for the U17s Semi-finals & gold medal game. I'll genuinely be surprised if either game is kept within 3-4 goals with all that they are missing vs two elite teams.

Seemingly can't catch a break in this god for saken month lol. Just hope to see some guys get going offensively. Brown, Kostuch in particular. Feel for our goalies cause this won't be pretty.

 

[TonyB]

NCAA commitments for OHL players begin Aug 1st 2025. At this point, they are commitments.

 

[stingwagoner]

Wainwright gets 3 games for that non penalty? Zero history of anything at all never been suspended and this is throwing the book at him cause leonard got hurt. Total travesty cant believe DS is OK with even 1 more game. There was nothing there in any replay I'd say leonard lost his balance battling with wainwright who was stronger. Going to be hard to watch over the weekend and barring a stand on head from our goalies games we will be in tough. Can't see us getting any points til saginaw game at earliest. Just becoming a throw the book at clean players type of league. Disappointed to say the least think league totally got it wrong here.

Work cut out for buzz to say the least, Wake me up when it's December already.