The Owen Sound Attack seem to enjoy early games.
Tristan Delisle scored a natural hat trick, and Nick Sykora had a pair of goals as the Attack ended a four-game slide by cruising past the Sarnia Sting 7-3 in Ontario Hockey League action Wednesday at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre.
It was the first school day game for the Attack at the Bayshore, with 2,700 students from 13 schools across Bruce and Grey counties providing a noisy atmosphere right from puck drop at 10:30 a.m.
Delisle’s natural hat trick came in the second period, extending his point-streak to 16 games. Michael Dec and Jake Crawford also scored for the Attack (10-5-0-1), which jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first.
It was 7-0 Attack after two, before Sarnia answered with three in the third. Beckham Edwards, Ryan Brown and Ben Pickell scored the Sting goals.
Sarnia (4-7-2) dropped its third straight game.
Carter George made 26 saves in the win, while Patrick Quinlan stopped 17 taking the loss. Charlie Larocque entered early in the second period in relief, and stopped 19 of the 21 that came his way.
The Attack outshot the Sting 43-29 while going 3 for 4 on the power play; Sarnia finished 2 for 6.
Next up for Owen Sound is a home game Saturday against Sudbury Wolves at the Bayshore.
TWO D DOWN
Attack defencemen Braedyn Rogers and John Banks were not in the lineup Wednesday morning against Sarnia. Attack head coach Scott Wray says Rogers is dealing with some bumps and bruises, but didn’t provide a timeline for his return. Banks is dealing with a lower-body injury.
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