Sarnia Sting 2018 Offseason Thread

[cupcrazyman]

all the elite level NHL players played in the CHL. I can't name one elite NHL college player

HHOF players that played in college

Paul Kariya, Maine - 2017
Rob Blake, Bowling Green - 2014
Chris Chelios, Wisconsin - 2013
Adam Oates, RPI - 2012
Ed Belfour, North Dakota - 2011
Joe Nieuwendyk, Cornell - 2011
Brett Hull, Minnesota Duluth - 2009
Brian Leetch, Boston College - 2009
Glenn Anderson, Denver - 2008
Rod Langway, New Hampshire - 2002
Joe Mullen, Boston College - 2000
Tony Esposito, Michigan Tech - 1988
Ken Dryden, Cornell - 1983
Frank Brimsek, St. Cloud State - 1966
Hobey Baker, Princeton - 1945d

 

[cupcrazyman]

Sting very fortunate to get the win.they forgot some things that got them this far.Fazio was a stud tonight and the difference.Kyrou had a few beauty goals.refs called lousy penalities both ways and missed some also.Soo is a good team and the score really didn't reflect the game.Soo did a great job exposing the weakness of our defence.Sting stood around way too much tonight

This was one of those games we should have lost.Fazio stood on his head & then some.We didn't forecheck enough,we were not physical early,defense sat back & waited/watched too much.I still don't like our defense & its gonna cost us.

 

[LDN]

Its great to see you guys doing well!

 

[OSA]

Great streak for the Sting!!

The coaches though have to be a bit concerned with getting outshot every night. Hopefully it doesn't cost them.


Looking forward to Sunday

 

[wisssh]

from 2016 playoffs

PLAYER	COLLEGE	YRS	NHL
Jay Beagle	Alaska-Anchorage	2	Washington Capitals
Colton Parakyo	Alaska-Fairbanks	3	St. Louis Blues
Matt Read	Bemidji	4	Philadelphia Flyers
Patrick Eaves	Boston College	3	Dallas Stars
Michael Matheson	Boston College	3	Florida Panthers
Rob Scuderi	Boston College	4	Los Angeles Kings
Chris Kreider	Boston College	3	N.Y. Rangers
Kevin Hayes	Boston College	4	N.Y. Rangers
Brian Dumoulin	Boston College	3	Pittsburgh Penguins
Brian Boyle	Boston College	4	Tampa Bay Lightning
Brooks Orpik	Boston College	3	Washington Capitals
Charlie Coyle	Boston Univ.	2	Minnesota Wild
Colin Wilson	Boston Univ.	2	Nashville Predators
Brian Strait	Boston Univ.	3	N.Y. Islanders
Nick Bonino	Boston Univ.	3	Pittsburgh Penguins
Matt Nieto	Boston Univ.	3	San Jose Sharks
Kevin Shattenkirk	Boston Univ.	3	St. Louis Blues
Kevin Bieksa	Bowling Green State	4	Anaheim Ducks
Ryan Garbutt	Brown	4	Anaheim Ducks
Nate Prosser	Colorado College	4	Minnesota Wild
Jaden Schwartz	Colorado College	2	St. Louis Blues
Willie Mitchell	Clarkson	2	Florida Panthers
Chris Wagner	Colgate	2	Anaheim Ducks
David Jones	Dartmouth	3	Minnesota Wild
Tanner Glass	Dartmouth	4	N.Y. Rangers
Ben Lovejoy	Dartmouth	4	Pittsburgh Penguins
Nick Shore	Denver	3	Los Angeles Kings
Jason Zucker	Denver	2	Minnesota Wild
Beau Bennett	Denver	2	Pittsburgh Penguins
Paul Stastny	Denver	2	St. Louis Blues
Matt Carle	Denver	2	Tampa Bay Lightning
Chris Kunitz	Ferris St.	4	Pittsburgh Penguins
Dominic Moore	Harvard	4	N.Y. Rangers
Alex Killorn	Harvard	4	Tampa Bay Lightning
Scott Darling	Maine	2	Chicago Blackhawks
Jimmy Howard	Maine	3	Detroit Red Wings
Gustav Nyquist	Maine	3	Detroit Red Wings
Teddy Purcell	Maine	1	Florida Panthers
Ben Bishop	Maine	3	Tampa Bay Lightning
Reilly Smith	Miami (Ohio)	3	Florida Panthers
Alec Martinez	Miami (Ohio)	3	Los Angeles Kings
Dan Boyle	Miami (Ohio)	4	N.Y. Rangers
Jeff Zatkoff	Miami (Ohio)	3	Pittsburgh Penguins
Tommy Wingels	Miami (Ohio)	3	San Jose Sharks
Andrew Cogliano	Michigan	2	Anaheim Ducks
Dylan Larkin	Michigan	1	Detroit Red Wings
Luke Glendening	Michigan	4	Detroit Red Wings
Al Montoya	Michigan	3	Florida Panthers
Steve Kampfer	Michigan	4	Florida Panthers
Eric Nystrom	Michigan	4	Nashville Predators
Carl Hagelin	Michigan	4	Pittsburgh Penguins
Kevin Porter	Michigan	4	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shawn Horcoff	Michigan State	4	Anaheim Ducks
Duncan Keith	Michigan State	2	Chicago Blackhawks
Justin Abdelkader	Michigan State	3	Detroit Red Wings
Drew Miller	Michigan State	3	Detroit Red Wings
Alex Goligoski	Minnesota	3	Dallas Stars
Nick Bjugstad	Minnesota	3	Florida Panthers
Thomas Vanek	Minnesota	2	Minnesota Wild
Jordan Schroeder	Minnesota	2	Minnesota Wild
Erik Haula	Minnesota	3	Minnesota Wild
Nick Leddy	Minnesota	1	N.Y. Islanders
Kyle Okposo	Minnesota	2	N.Y. Islanders
Brady Skjei	Minnesota	3	N.Y. Rangers
Phil Kessel	Minnesota	1	Pittsburgh Penguins
Paul Martin	Minnesota	3	San Jose Sharks
Nate Schmidt	Minnesota	3	Washington Capitals
Justin Fontaine	Minnesota Duluth	4	Minnesota Wild
J.T. Brown	Minnesota Duluth	2	Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Garrison	Minnesota Duluth	3	Tampa Bay Lightning
Matt Niskanen	Minnesota Duluth	2	Washington Capitals
Ryan Carter	Minnesota State	2	Minnesota Wild
David Backes	Minnesota State	3	St. Louis Blues
Andrej Sustr	Nebraska Omaha	3	Tampa Bay Lightning
Jonathan Toews	North Dakota	2	Chicago Blackhawks
Rocco Grimaldi	North Dakota	3	Florida Panthers
Matt Greene	North Dakota	3	Los Angeles Kings
Zach Parise	North Dakota	2	Minnesota Wild
Chris Porter	North Dakota	4	Minnesota Wild
Brock Nelson	North Dakota	2	N.Y. Islanders
Chris VandeVelde	North Dakota	4	Phildelphia Flyers
Taylor Chorney	North Dakota	3	Washington Capitals
TJ Oshie	North Dakota	3	Washington Capitals
Stephen Johns	Notre Dame	4	Dallas Stars
RIley Sheahan	Notre Dame	3	Detroit Red Wings
Anders Lee	Notre Dame	3	N.Y. Islanders
Ian Cole	Notre Dame	3	Pittsburgh Penguins
Bryan Rust	Notre Dame	4	Pittsburgh Penguins
Erik Condra	Notre Dame	4	Tampa Bay Lightning
Mike Santorelli	Northern Michigan	3	Anaheim Ducks
Josh Manson	Northeastern	3	Anaheim Ducks
Jamie Oleksiak	Northeastern	1	Dallas Stars
Anthony Bitetto	Northeastern	2	Nashville Predators
Ryan Kesler	Ohio State	1	Anaheim Ducks
Zac Dalpe	Ohio State	2	Minnesota Wild
RJ Umberger	Ohio State	3	Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Taormina	Providence	4	Tampa Bay Lightning
Brandon Pirri	RPI	1	Anaheim Ducks
Matt Cullen	St. Cloud State	2	Pittsburgh Penguins
Jonathan Quick	UMass	2	Los Angeles Kings
Conor Sheary	UMass	4	Pittsburgh Penguins
Justin Braun	UMass	4	San Jose Sharks
Christian Folin	UMass-Lowell	2	Minnesota Wild
Carter Hutton	UMass-Lowell	4	Nashville Predators
Scott Wilson	UMass-Lowell	3	Pittsburgh Penguins
Trevor van Riemsdyk	UNH	3	Chicago Blackhawks
Daniel Winnik	UNH	3	Washington Capitals
Shayne Gostisbehere	Union	3	Philadelphia Flyers
Patrick Sharp	Vermont	2	Dallas Stars
Viktor Stalberg	Vermont	3	N.Y. Rangers
Danny DeKeyser	Western Michigan	3	Detroit Red Wings
Matt Tennyson	Western Michigan	3	San Jose Sharks
Brendan Smith	Wisconsin	3	Detroit Red Wings
Jamie McBain	Wisconsin	3	Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Suter	Wisconsin	1	Minnesota Wild
Craig Smith	Wisconsin	2	Nashville Predators
Derek Stepan	Wisconsin	2	N.Y. Rangers
Ryan McDonagh	Wisconsin	3	N.Y. Rangers
Justin Schultz	Wisconsin	3	Pittsburgh Penguins
Joe Pavelski	Wisconsin	2	San Jose Sharks
Brian Elliott	Wisconsin	4	St. Louis Blues

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[Ferda11]

Why was Franko a scratch tonight

Injured, they aren't saying what or how though. They sure missed him last night.

 

[Ferda11]

I thought the Sting were very fortunate to win that game. SSM outplayed the Sting by quite a bit. Difference was Fazio hands down. He was an absolute stud. I agree that the coaching staff need to be concerned about being out shot every game...SSM exposed our weak spot on D and if it wasn't for Faz this game ends up 7-6 for the Soo. This game proves that we will need to address the young and shaky blue line if we want to contend at some point. Too mush to ask of Fazio in a 7 game playoff series. SSM could see a few suspensions dished out. One to Carrol for his hit on Hough with 13 seconds left and one for sure to Katchouk for shotting the middle finger to the penalty box camera....that could be a 5 gamer.....stupid.

Anyway......another W none the less!!!

 

[massey]

What was up with Rymsha.Not his first time he did this.Soo takes a 4 min penality and he was busy yapping to the Soo player and easily could have taken a 2 min.Hatcher was yelling at him also but then he turned around and put him on the PP.Sit his $ss on the bench until he gets it.That could have been a game changer

 

[massey]

a bit annoying seeing the fans leaving early. It's Sarnia, you've got nothing better to do. Stick around and cheer them at the end.

Not all Sting fans live in Sarnia.I am 50 min away and dont want to get caught in the parking lot wars with still the drive ahead.Lots of fans there last night from Wallaceburg,Chatham,Chatham-kent and Strathroy Middlesex.Just worry about how many show up which has been an issue,not when they leave.

 

[davewheeler]

Sting very fortunate to get the win.they forgot some things that got them this far.Fazio was a stud tonight and the difference.Kyrou had a few beauty goals.refs called lousy penalities both ways and missed some also.Soo is a good team and the score really didn't reflect the game.Soo did a great job exposing the weakness of our defence.Sting stood around way too much tonight

I don't know if I would say they were fortunate to win. Having a good goalie plays a major part of winning. A lot of talk about the sting defence not being very good, but I lost count of the times the Sting forwards cruised by the Soo defence. Soo had a 5 on 3 power play in the third for over a minute and failed to generate a grade A scoring chance. (props to the PKers and Coach Staubitz) If the Soo are the second best team in the west the Sting should have no problems.

 

[davewheeler]

Not all Sting fans live in Sarnia.I am 50 min away and dont want to get caught in the parking lot wars with still the drive ahead.Lots of fans there last night from Wallaceburg,Chatham,Chatham-kent and Strathroy Middlesex.Just worry about how many show up which has been an issue,not when they leave.

Ah yes, you didn't want to get caught in the 5-10 minutes it takes to leave the parking lot. The 40 is beside the arena. I understand your rush to get home and do nothing.

 

[massey]

I don't know if I would say they were fortunate to win. Having a good goalie plays a major part of winning. A lot of talk about the sting defence not being very good, but I lost count of the times the Sting forwards cruised by the Soo defence. Soo had a 5 on 3 power play in the third for over a minute and failed to generate a grade A scoring chance. (props to the PKers and Coach Staubitz) If the Soo are the second best team in the west the Sting should have no problems.

A good goalie would have never won the game for the Sting.Fazio was outstanding.Thats the ONLY reason we won.The Sting cant allow 50+ shots per game to any team and expect there always going to win.We cant continually expect the PK to bail them out.Quit the stupid penalties and the PK is not required.The Soo cycled the puck in our zone with lots of quality scoring chances and the D looked aweful.Grima was just a pylon.I dont know what happened to his game.Our forwards up till last night were excellent at blocking shots.We cant put them through game after game of that as thats when the injuries start happening.The Soo also knows there defence is weak but that doesnt make it ok for us.Soo goalie wasnt as sharp as he has played this year.He was good but not great.

 

[davewheeler]

lol how can you say a team that scored 6 goals ONLY won the game because of it's goalie? It's important to track not only the shots on goal, but what kind of shots they are. Were they shots from the slot, Grade A chances, or more from the outside. Don't just look at the shot clock and assume the game flow based on that. I agree Soo had a great cycle and probably won puck possession and SOG based on that, but the Sting had more Grade A scoring chances, more odd man rushes and just looked more skilled. I could be wrong, but I don't remember the Soo getting a lot of odd man rushes. As for penalties, I'm not quite sure where thats coming from; Sting had 8 pims I believe and the Soo had like 20? A fluke puck over the glass was one of them for Sarnia. Fazio's save % is .933 which is absolutely insane for Junior hockey, but I don't think he's stolen a game the whole year

 

[dansk55]

I don't know if I would say they were fortunate to win. Having a good goalie plays a major part of winning. A lot of talk about the sting defence not being very good, but I lost count of the times the Sting forwards cruised by the Soo defence. Soo had a 5 on 3 power play in the third for over a minute and failed to generate a grade A scoring chance. (props to the PKers and Coach Staubitz) If the Soo are the second best team in the west the Sting should have no problems.

they were outplayed... fazio saved their bacon many times... SSM was faster and looser...luckily we pulled it out in the third... Thought that was 25's best game as a Sting... he even checked someone.... agree with the Grima comment... he is 4th line D man at best... i would go with Henderson or Kammeerererer before him... same with 10 ... did nothing... two could be combined for a good defence man

 

[Ferda11]

davewheeler, not sure what game you watched last night but Fazio absolutely stole that game for the Sting. If it wasn't for him it would be 7-6 SSM or more. Fazio stopped at least 5 prime scoring opportunities that would have resulted in a goal for most goalies in this league. Our wingers have been getting out of position frequently when we start scrambling around in our own end, it's almost like we go into a PK mode even though it's 5 on 5 hockey. This needs to be addressed. Battles need to be won along the boards and the first pass out needs to be perfected. Those 6 goals would not have been enough without a red hot Fazio...guaranteed.

 

[Ferda11]

Grima needs to go. He looks uninterested and has been our worst D the last few weeks. It's frustrating because some games he's been fantastic. Salinitri had a great start but has cooled off. If the return was a top 2 d-man for Grima, Salinitri and a 3rd I'd go for it.

 

[Ferda11]

Not sure what Windsor is doing but even Swapping Grima, Salinitri and a bunch of picks for Day and Brown....kind of an interesting thought...lol. Sali is a Windsor native.

 

[robp1219]

I agree the sting were out played, but the score shot made it look worse than it was, so many of the soo's shots were from the outside or at the blue line when they were entering the stings zone, and they were shot right at fazio chest, they can take a 100 of those shots all it's going to do is make fazio a numbers better, I think the grade A scoring chances were quite even and at then end of the day that's what matters not shots from far out with no traffic in front of the net

 

[massey]

Grima needs to go. He looks uninterested and has been our worst D the last few weeks. It's frustrating because some games he's been fantastic. Salinitri had a great start but has cooled off. If the return was a top 2 d-man for Grima, Salinitri and a 3rd I'd go for it.

Not sure I can agree on Salinitri.He is the back bone of our PK.He and Franko.Maybe 5 on 5 I would maybe agree.If we see that in Grima,I am sure Windsor staff see its also.Not sure they would be interested.If I was Windsor, even though it doesnt usually happen,I would go after one of the rookie forwards.Sting cant afford to give up a rookie Dman.Jacko on D has a few flashes last night.Big boy

 

[Ferda11]

Not sure I can agree on Salinitri.He is the back bone of our PK.He and Franko.Maybe 5 on 5 I would maybe agree.If we see that in Grima,I am sure Windsor staff see its also.Not sure they would be interested.If I was Windsor, even though it doesnt usually happen,I would go after one of the rookie forwards.Sting cant afford to give up a rookie Dman.Jacko on D has a few flashes last night.Big boy

I guess when I say cooled off I mean point wise. Yes, he has been a massive part of our PK success. I'm very wary of trading him because he does have a high ceiling talent wise so the return would have to be significant.

 

[massey]

Not sure what Windsor is doing but even Swapping Grima, Salinitri and a bunch of picks for Day and Brown....kind of an interesting thought...lol. Sali is a Windsor native.

Too be honest,I don't think we need Brown.I would much rather catch a couple Dman instead.scoring isn't the problem and wouldn't want to give up what it would take to get Brown

 

[Schlerk]

lol how can you say a team that scored 6 goals ONLY won the game because of it's goalie? It's important to track not only the shots on goal, but what kind of shots they are. Were they shots from the slot, Grade A chances, or more from the outside. Don't just look at the shot clock and assume the game flow based on that. I agree Soo had a great cycle and probably won puck possession and SOG based on that, but the Sting had more Grade A scoring chances, more odd man rushes and just looked more skilled. I could be wrong, but I don't remember the Soo getting a lot of odd man rushes. As for penalties, I'm not quite sure where thats coming from; Sting had 8 pims I believe and the Soo had like 20? A fluke puck over the glass was one of them for Sarnia. Fazio's save % is .933 which is absolutely insane for Junior hockey, but I don't think he's stolen a game the whole year

 

[Schlerk]

First Soo goal was an odd man rush...just before that Hatcher I think it was got burned and Katchouk sailed in alone and almost scored.. 24 was lost all night. Don't think he saw a shift in 3rd, something which was expected by that point.

 

[The Howler]

All this crap about poor defense , totally dependent on a great goal tender ! these guys bought this team 3 years ago in nearly last place and now are #1 in the country , plus a near sellout for the last game ! Wake up and enjoy the success

 

[Ferda11]

All this crap about poor defense , totally dependent on a great goal tender ! these guys bought this team 3 years ago in nearly last place and now are #1 in the country , plus a near sellout for the last game ! Wake up and enjoy the success

I think we are all enjoying the ride don't get me wrong. However a lot of us have invested into this hockey club and this is also a open forum to discuss the good, bad and ugly of the team so not too sure why you're so crabby about it. The general consensus around here is way more positive then negative towards this team and the direction they are heading.