Anthony DeAngelo's goal at 1:21 of overtime brought the Sarnia Sting all the way back from a 4-2 deficit and the Sting defeated the Plymouth Whalers, 5-4 in overtime, in the Whalers annual Pink Out! for Breast Cancer Awareness game.
Sarnia won its sixth game in a row and is now 7-1-0-1; Plymouth is 4-4-2-0.
DeAngelo - 15 years-old and one of the youngest players in the Ontario Hockey League - followed up Brett Ritchie's rush up the left wing into the Plymouth zone, found a loose puck through traffic and scored with a low shot from just outside the blue ice past Plymouth goaltender Scott Wedgewood for his first OHL goal.
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Earlier, Plymouth built a 4-2 lead on a pair of goals from first star J.T. Miller (3-4) and singles from Jamie Devane (second) and Mitchell Heard (sixth). Besides DeAngelo, Sarnia received a goal and two assists from Nail Yakupov (sixth), a goal and two assists from Alex Basso (second) and goals from Reid Boucher (ninth) and Brett Ritchie (second).
Plymouth took a 2-0 lead into the dressing room after one period of play on Devane's goal at 0:18 (scoring on a rebound in front of the Sarnia goal after Sting goaltender Brandon Hope stopped Alex Aleardi's shot from the right circle) and Heard's marker at 6:40 (rebound from Tom Wilson's shot).
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Yakupov cut the Plymouth lead to 2-1 at 9:08 of the second period on a power play, scoring from the slot. Miller sandwiched his goals at 10:57 and 19:15 around an Alex Basso tally at 16:51. Miller's first goal came on a hard shot from the top of the left circle after a pass from Heard; his second goal came when Beau Schmitz shot the puck from the right point wide and it caromed off the end wall to Miller on the right wing side of the Sarnia goal.
Plymouth led, 4-2, after forty minutes.
Sarnia outshot Plymouth, 14-4, in the third period. Ritchie cut the Whalers lead to 4-3 on a redirect from Yakupov's pass in front of the Plymouth goal at 14:07 and Boucher scored through traffic at 18:49.
DeAngelo scored on the only shot taken in the overtime.
Sarnia outshot Plymouth, 51-33.
Plymouth now hits the road for five straight games - 10/21 at Erie, 10/22 at Niagara, 10/23 at Mississauga, 10/26 at Saginaw and 10/28 at Sault Ste. Marie - before returning home Oct. 29 at 7:05 p.m. at against Kingston.
