Hounds stung by the Sting

The Soo Greyhounds allowed three goals during a 41 second span in the first period and couldn't recover in a 6-3 loss to the Sarnia Sting on Thursday night.

The game marked the first in a three-game west division road swing for the Hounds. On Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Greyhounds visit the Plymouth Whalers before meeting the Saginaw Spirit on Sunday at 2 p.m.

After Dustin Jeffrey gave the Hounds the early lead with a power play goal, the Sting rallied to connect three times before the period was out.

Richard Clune scored with a two-man advantage at 17:08 before Jamie Fraser added another power play goal 14 seconds later. Just 27 seconds after that, Jared Gomez put the Sting ahead 3-1 by beating Hounds netminder Kyle Gajewski.

Trevor Solomon and Andrew Desajardins also scored for the Greyhounds while Daniel Lombardi, Chad Painchaud and Steve Ferry added goals for Sarnia. Mark Katic recorded three assists for the Sting while Tomas Pospisil added two.

Ryan Nie recorded the win in the Sting goal by stopping 38 of 41 shots while Gajewski turned aside 22 of 28 shots.

With the loss, the Hounds fall to 17-25-3-2 on the season. The locals hold the eighth and final playoff position by two points over the Erie Otters, who hold a game in hand, and sit seven points behind seventh place Windsor.