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Sting Drop Game 5 & Series to Otters

April 3, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Sarnia Sting News Release


ERIE, PA. - The season is over for the Sarnia Sting.

The Erie Otters scored a 7-0 win over the Sting, Friday night before a near capacity crowd of 6,103 fans at the Erie Insurance Arena.

The Otters took the best of seven Ontario Hockey League Western Conference playoff series four games to one.

Erie came into the series as heavy favourites as they finished 39 points ahead of Sarnia during the regular season.

But the Sting gave Erie all they could handle and then some. Sarnia stole the opening game of the series in Erie 3-2.

The Otters fought back. They evened the series with a 3-1 home victory in game two and then took hotly contested games at the RBC Centre by 6-5 and 4-3 scores. The 4-3 game was decided in overtime.

Erie dominated game five taking a 1-0 lead after one period and a commanding 4-0 advantage after 40 minutes.

"I thought we came ready to play tonight," said Sting head coach Trevor Letowski. "We had a good first period. But their power play finally starting clicking. They made some adjustments and two of their first three goals were on the power play."

"When we got down 3-0 in the second period, that was hard. We were in a tough environment and a team like that wasn't going to let us back in the game."

Erie finished three-for-five with the man advantage while Sarnia was zero-for-seven on the power play, including a two-man advantage for 59 seconds early in period three.

Letowski says the loss still hurts because it is so fresh, but was happy with the overall effort of his team in the series.

"I think we took a big step forward from an organizational point of view. This series was a good experience for our young players. There was a strong belief in that room we could beat this team. We can hold our heads high."

He added, "Everyone forgets what a young group we have here. We definitely surprised a lot of people in this series. A couple of bounces here and there and it might have been a different story."

Each team had two power play opportunities in the opening period, but it was Erie who scored the lone goal with the man advantage at 13:29.

Dylan Strome notched his fourth of the series deflecting home a point drive.

Erie put the game out of reach in the second period. They outshoot the Sting 18-7 and scored three goals.

Nicholas Baptiste made it 2-0 just 27 seconds into period two on the power play with a wicked snapshot. Baptiste notched his second of the game at 4:56 while Jake Marchant scored from a sharp angle at 18:14.

Travis Dermott, Connor McDavid (shorthanded) and Patrick Murphy scored for Erie in period three.

The game was the final one for three Sting overagers, goalie Taylor Dupuis, defenceman Josh Chapman and forward Stephen Pierog. Chapman was a draft pick of the Sting while Dupuis and Pierog came to the Sting via trades.

McDavid, who is projected to be the top pick in the 2015 NHL draft in June, had a goal and two assists in game five to finish as Erie's top scorer in the series with three goals and six assists.

Goalie Devin Williams, who was yanked in the first period of game four, rebounded to post the shutout for Erie making 26 saves. He was named the game's first star. Erie peppered Dupuis with 49 shots.

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