Flint, MI – The Sarnia Sting travelled across the border for a matchup with the Flint Firebirds on Saturday night. This is the Sting’s second game in 2 nights. The Sting skated away with a 5-3 victory.

After a 5-2 victory Friday night against the North Bay Battalion, the Sting are now 2-0 on the weekend after combining to score 10 goals over the 2 games. Pavel Zacha lead the way for the Sting scoring 2 goals and adding 2 assists for a 4 point night.

The Sting powerplay was the highlight of the game capitalizing on 3 of the 4 opportunities on the evening. Pavel Zacha had 2 of the goals, while the newly acquired forward Matt Mistele scored his first goal in a Sting uniform.

Brandon Lindberg scored a shorthanded goal on a penalty kill that showed true promise throughout the game. Nikita Korostelev also joined in on the scoring in what was a very offensive night for the Sting.

Kaden Fulcher made his OHL debut in Flint and skated away with his first career win as well. Fulcher finished with 21 saves on 24 shots looking confident from beginning to end in what was a debut to remember. Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves on 26 shots for the Firebirds.

The Sting are 2-0 in a 3 game weekend that will be wrapped up Sunday afternoon when the Ottawa 67’s are in town to take on the Sting in the annual Teddy Bear Toss game at 2PM.

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