Author: Nathan Pascoe
West
Nipissing- Saturday, March 29, 2025- It was do or die for the U13A Ultimate
Sales Sting this Saturday as they took on the Sudbury Wolves in NOHA playoff
action.
The Sting were back on their heels after a
tough loss Tuesday night, but the team stepped up, and behind the great work of
goalie, Lawson Restoule, they skated away with the win. The message was clear
yet again, no stupid penalties, and this time the team listened. It started
with Bruno Lafond who took an amazing feed from Bentley Carmichael to get the
Sting on the board. The period would end 1-0 Sting with no penalties.
The
first few minutes of the second period looked like it would be a carbon copy of
the first. Bentley Carmichael got his first of the game from Kazz
Renaud-Paquette to give the Sting a 2-0 lead, and then, the Wolves would strike
shorthanded: Henry Stockhaus (Bellmore) would score as his team served a too
many men on the ice penalty. From there it would be all Wolves, and ever time
the Wolves would push for the net, “The Wall” Laswon Restoule, would stand
tall. The Sting would take the next two penalties as Justin Richard would sit
for tripping, and Kwinton Rochefort would also go out for cross-checking. At
the end of the period the Sting would skate away with a 2-1 advantage.
The
third would tip back the other way as Kazz Renaud-Paquette would score his
third of the period, cutting to the boards after taking a feed from Simon
Bazinet. Three minutes later Bentley Carmichael (Gagné and Renaud-Paquette)
would add his second of the period making it 4-1 Sting. The Wolves would score
their second shorthanded goal of the game as the period wound down (Henry
Stockhaus from Brody Bellmore), but it would be the Sting that would skate away
alive, and ready to roll into the next game.
There
was no official player of the game name, as the coaches named all players
player of the game for their bounce back performance, and hard work. Next up
for the Sting in the final game of the round robin as they face off against the
U13 Vipers tonight in Sturgeon Falls. Game action starts live at 6:30 pm, and a
broadcast will be available on Facebook.