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December 30, 2014 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Sarnia Sting News Release


Despite being plagued by injuries and having two key contributors absent for the World Junior Hockey Championships, the Sting recorded their 18th win of the season on Sunday afternoon at the RBC Centre. With the victory over Plymouth, the Sting have surpassed last year's win-total (17).

This weekend, the Sting face-off against divisional rival, London Knights 2 times in the annual New Year's home-and-home rivalry series. With the Knight's missing some key players due to the World Juniors, the Sting will be looking to capitalize and get the better of their counterpart.

On Saturday, the Sting head south of the border to take on Nick Moutrey and the Saginaw Spirit.

Sting Notes

Western Conference Standings : The Sting are 7-2-0-1 in their last 10 games, putting them in 2nd in the West Division and 5th in the Western Conference.

World Junior Hockey Championships: Both Anthony DeAngelo and Pavel Zacha are representing their countries at the World Juniors this week. Zacha and CZE take on Denmark Monday at 1:00 PM, before closing out the preliminary round on Wednesday at 5:00 PM vs. Russia. DeAngelo and Team USA take on Slovakia at 4:00 PM today before squaring off against Canada on Wednesday at 4:00.

Kevin Spinozzi : Spinozzi's + 24 rating is good for 7th best in the Ontario Hockey League; second among defenseman.

Taylor Dupuis: Dupuis' .929 save % is best in the OHL. The overager is 13-4-0-1 on the year.

Rookie Scoring: Sting forwards, Troy Lajeunesse and Pavel Zacha are tied for 5th in OHL rookie scoring with 19 PTS.

Brandon Lindberg: The draft-eligible winger has recorded 3G, 2A for 5 PTS in his last 2 games.

Injury Report: Matteo Ciccarelli - upper body (indefinitely), Connor Schlichting - upper body (week-to-week), Josh Chapman - upper body (week-to-week), Davis Brown - upper body (day-to-day), Patrick White - lower body (indefinitely), Nikita Korostelev - upper body (indefinitely), Jeff King - upper body (indefinitely)

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - London Knights (22-10-0-3) @ Sarnia Sting (18-13-1-2)

Puck Drop: 1:05 p.m.

Friday, January 2, 2015 -Sarnia Sting (18-13-1-2) @ London Knights (22-10-0-3)

Puck Drop: 7:30 p.m.

Players to watch - London Knights

Mitch Marner : Marner leads the OHL scoring race with 66 points in 35 games played this season. The draft eligible winger is having a career year with the Knights, already surpassing his total of 59 points in his rookie season.

Michael McCarron : After being released from USA Hockey's World Junior Camp this week, McCarron will return to the Knights for the New Year's Eve game. The big-bodied Canadiens' prospect has 34 points in 24 games this year.

Saturday, January 3, 2015 -Sarnia Sting (18-13-1-2) @ Saginaw Spirit (16-16-1-1)

Puck Drop: 7:11 p.m.

Players to watch - Saginaw Spirit

Nick Moutrey: Moutrey is well on his way to a career year with Saginaw. The Columbus prospect has 36 points through 33 games thus far this season.

Dylan Sadowy : Sadowy leads all Spirit players in both goals (20) and points (41). The Woodbridge native was taken 81st overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks.

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