Sarnia Sting 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

davewheeler

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We had season tickets when the team first moved to sarnia at the old arena on brock street up until 2012 , there were some decent seasons but no championships. We eventually got tired of mediocrity and stopped renewing. I won't get season tickets until there are at least 3-4 solid years in a row of growth and development. Never paying to see this garbage, surprised and I guess happy for.the city that they have still supported the team after all these years.
I loved watching those original buzz teams... I forget the year but I remember they had a great battle with PTBO and came up a wee bit short.... I was at game 5 when they lost in overtime ... I remember leaving the arena crying haha ... I'm pretty sure PTBO won the whole thing that year... Such a great team too.. lotsa big names.... Insane that it took Sarnia 10 years to get back to round 2.... then another 10 years to get back to round 2 after that.... simply incredible. This years Sting team has a 0.375 win percentage which would be 4th worst all time for the buzz... so you know this year has been bad.
 

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Add waiting in line for 4-5 hours too
I couldn't believe the video of the lines that day. It was pretty cool in the way of how many ppl were supporting the team & the buzz the city had.. My favorite couple weeks as a Sting fan, but it's tough.

With season tickets it didn't cause any issues & selfishly it was much more enjoyable not having 500-1000 London fans going nuts all 3 games (not hating that's what ur supposed to do), but for ppl like Ferda it's utter BS.

Even for ppl who had to work that day or maybe had prior plans. They get screwed even tho they've been supporters. I see what they were going for & for them they are probably happy with how it went (almost no LDN fans), but they also pissed off/betrayed long time fans & didn't make it up/apologize for it.
 

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I loved watching those original buzz teams... I forget the year but I remember they had a great battle with PTBO and came up a wee bit short.... I was at game 5 when they lost in overtime ... I remember leaving the arena crying haha ... I'm pretty sure PTBO won the whole thing that year... Such a great team too.. lotsa big names.... Insane that it took Sarnia 10 years to get back to round 2.... then another 10 years to get back to round 2 after that.... simply incredible. This years Sting team has a 0.375 win percentage which would be 4th worst all time for the buzz... so you know this year has been bad.
Those first few years were amazing at both the sarnia arena and the progressive auto sales arena, you could really feel the energy inbthe stands and the players always fed off of it. it use to be an awesome night out!
Would love for them to bring that back to this franchise, I'd be back for sure no doubt about it
 
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Tried to find as much video on O'Brien as I could. Looks like he's a strong defender. Big, really lengthy. Has some offense to him but not a ton.

Few clips I saw he did make some mistakes while under pressure though.

Should add some size, snarl, maturity to the backend. If I had to guess Letang let Seca know that he thinks there backend lacks those things & that's why he was signed. Fischer/Bodin/O'Brien probably be a trio he'll use a ton on the PK and late in games while winning (if they ever start doing that again)

Andersen gonna have a hard time getting in the lineup. Would prefer they sent him down to the legionnaires. Omeri probably be sent back to Collingwood or let go/traded.

Once Young returns assuming what his injury is isn't season ending, Barr or Bridgewater will be sitting and I'm not a big fan of that.

Let's hope Jack can help stabilize the backend. It could use it. Also see if Fischer somehow avoided SSPD or if they r gonna announce it tomorrow.
 

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Welp it's a battle of the two worst teams in the OHL right now. Sarnia may not be 19th or 20th, but nobody has played worse the last month. PBO has played better & tougher the last 10ish games, but if Sarnia can't beat them then I am not sure what to say.

I'm guessing Fischer SSPD gets announced during the day. O'Brien gonna be making his debut so hopefully he can help lessen the blow & show some good things. Hope to see Kostuch off L4 & into the T9. My god would it be nice to see Brown score one so he can stop gripping his stick so hard & stop overthinking everything.

OptimisticUpdates this weekend. Sting win 4-3.
 

stingwagoner

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Well of go 0-3 this weekend either ast cooches gone or fire sale of players before christmas.
If go 2/3this weekend I'd still say team on thin ice. I'm hoping for a pulse from more players and big games from vets.
Surzycia might play all but Kingston
 

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