Scratches
Sault Ste. Marie: Marshall Fox, Tomas Rachunek, Trevor Morbeck, Brock Beukeboom (Late scratch, took warmup but scratched at gametime)
Sarnia: Daniel Broussard, Craig Hottot, Miroslav Preisinger
Lines
Sault Ste. Marie
Vern Cooper - Brett Thompson - Carson Dubchak
Jordan Carroll - Daniel Catenacci - James Livingston
Jordan Nolan - Nick Cousins - Jake Carrick
Brian Shaw - Ryan MacLean - Justin Thomas
Jacob Muzzin - Brandon Archibald
Michael Quesnele - Dylan King
David Mead - ------
Bryce O'Hagan
Sarnia
Brett Appio - Kale Kerbashian - Brandon Alderson
Tyler Peters - Jesse Stoughton - Ben O'Quinn
JC Campagna - Zack MacQueen - Brett Ritchie
------ - Brandon Francisco - Kyle Neuber
Jordan Hill - Brent Sullivan
Nathan Chiarlitti - Joe Rogalski
Ron Soucie - Anthony Donati
Adam Courchaine
1st Period
-Quiet period so far, midway through the opening period, shots 5-4 Sarnia
-9:48 - Justin Thomas with a heavy hit on Brett Appio in the neutral zone...Thomas gets minor for checking to the head
Shots: 8-8
2nd Period
-Aside from a Michael Quesnele shot that hit the post early in the period, the second has been much like the first, very quiet...7:32 left, still tied at zero, shots are 15-12 Sault Ste. Marie
-18:29 - Sault Ste. Marie 5-on-3 coming up for 1:28
Shots: 15-9 Sault Ste. Marie
3rd Period
- Brett Thompson scores on shorthanded 2-on-1 with Carson Dubchak
- SSM takes another penalty, Sarnia 5-on-3 (1:19) but Brett Ritchie takes a penalty 22 seconds later
- big stop by O'Hagan on Kerbashian at 5:35
- Sarnia's back on even terms after Greyhounds goaltender Bryce O'Hagan turned the puck over behind the Greyhound goal...Brett Appio feeds Kale Kerbashian in the slot, open net
- 13:35 - nice stop by O'Hagan on Appio
- 14:08 - JC Camagna turns a feed from Kyle Neuber into a 2-1 Sarnia lead
- 14:45 - the lead doesn't last long - Nick Cousins pots the tying goal on a feed from Jordan Nolan
- bad break for the Sting in the final minute - point shot from Jacob Muzzin is partially blocked by Appio...the loose puck deflects through the slot and Kerbashin trying to get puck, deflects it past Courchaine
- Brett Thompson seals the win with an empty net goal with nine seconds left
Shots: 18-9 Sault Ste. Marie
3 Stars
1. Brett Thompson (Sault Ste. Marie)
2. Adam Courchaine (Sarnia)
3. Nick Cousins (Sault Ste. Marie)
