Greyhounds continue to roll in Sarnia

The Soo Greyhounds continued their winning ways on Friday night in Sarnia.

With the team in a race for the Ontario Hockey League west division crown and the coveted second seed in the western conference playoffs, the Greyhounds pulled out another timely victory with a 2-1 decision over the Sting.

With the Plymouth Whalers battling the Sudbury Wolves to a 1-1 tie on Friday, the Greyhounds increased their division lead to six points over the Whalers, who hold a game in hand, and nine points over the Windsor Spitfires, who have played one more game.

The Greyhounds have built their lead with a run of eight wins, a loss and a tie in their last 10 games.

In Sarnia, the Sting built a 1-0 lead on a goal by Chad Painchaud before Jeff Carter took over and rallied the Greyhounds to the win.

Carter scored a short handed goal to tie the game in the second period before scoring the game winner 2:13 into the third period. The goals give Carter 31 on the season.

Jakub Cech kicked aside 26 of 27 shots in goal for the win while Mike Iafrate took the loss for Sarnia and faced 36 Greyhound shots.

The Greyhounds will now prepare for an important contest on Sunday night at Memorial Gardens against the Whalers at 7 p.m.

Plymouth will make up their game in hand on Saturday night by hosting the Sting while the Spitfires are back in action on Sunday afternoon in Saginaw.

*** GAJEWSKI RECEIVES TWO LEAGUE HONOURS:

Greyhounds goaltender Kyle Gajewski was named both the OHL goaltender and OHL rookie of the month on Friday for his performance in the month of February.

Gajewski posted a 4-0-1 record, along with a 1.18 goals against average, .955 save percentage and two shutouts in five starts last month.

In 30 games this season, Gajewski has posted a 12-14-3 record with a 2.46 goals against average and .918 save percentage.