Sarnia Sting 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part II

[davewheeler]

Tough one today vs Sudbury who bought pretty heavily at the deadline last week. Not many teams can throw out the firepower they can. Sarnia will have to be on point defensively to keep this one close. If they don't they can fill the net & in a hurry. Really need the top-4 to be at their best vs Musty/Villeneuve/Walton.

Doucette & Francescehtti can return & Manza will be making his debut. Excited to see how he looks & where they have him in the lineup.

Huge mistake by SBY. They should have dealt Musty ... Their year was last year and they completely blew it and they're blowing it again this year trying to make up for last years mistakes. Musty is a great player but he seems uninterested being in SBY. I was hoping to see him go to The Generals because they're really the only team that can play with LDN....OSH with Musty would have been bonkers but maybe the price was too high and OSH didn't wanna move players because they are going to be really good again next year. Who knows....

 

[StingUpdates]

I'm not sure I can say great win with how shockingly bad Sudbury played, but whatever, great win!! Start to finish they were the better team.

Special teams were fantastic. PK 7/8 & the 1 PPG was utter nonsense as it should've been one, blown dead for a glove pass & two, a penalty for covering the puck with his hand.

The PP wasn't good 5on4 but 5on3 they did some great stuff. 2 big goals while the game was close.

That may have been Fischer's best game in the OHL. Wow. 3G, +3 & totally shutdown Musty. It's a game like that from him that shows how goddamn good this kid could be. Total package.

Thankfully the lineup sheet was wrong or a typo as 6-72 played together and as usual did great. Thought that was Barr's best game maybe of the year too. I wish Bodin would've beat the brakes off that Coughlan but as he always is he's a fake tough guy and wouldn't go.

I really liked Manza! Nice little goal and he made 3or4 nice plays showing off great patience/awareness. Solid size, good skater & a nice shot. If he's here more than this yr what a fricken deal by Seca.

Top line continues to be unstoppable. Filak 1G/3A, Beamish 3A, Brown 1A, 5 shots. All +3. Beamish also went 23-9 on faceoffs. Look no further than them for why this team turned around.

Full credit to Letang & Co. This team is playing legitimately good hockey. Defending well. Scoring well. Special teams improving. They've really found lines and pairs to run with.

Let's go!

 

[Fastpace]

Seeing a lot of positives out of this young team, it's either the coach has smartened up or the players are learning to play in this league. Nice all around win

 

[stingwagoner]

Seeing a lot of positives out of this young team, it's either the coach has smartened up or the players are learning to play in this league. Nice all around win

Doubt it has anything to do with Letang still pissing me off with playing Bodin and barr over bridgewater Does he watch the games after?

Was super impressed with hiw physical Hall was tonight. Needs to keep that up and hopefully Lueke remembers his roll.
Franchesschetti should figure back in next week.
Lines looked like had some buzz going tonight. Manza coming in and making impact.that line is going to be dangerous.
Doucette looked good again with Edward's.