Peterborough's Nolan Burke Sends Sarnia Sting to Second Round With Walk-Off Overtime Goal

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Sarnia Sting forward and Peterborough’s Nolan Burke has taken his team to the second round after scoring a walk-off game-winning goal in a 4-3 overtime win over the Guelph Storm at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph on Sunday night.

Burke finsihed with career highs of 50 goals and 32 assists during the regular season. Burke has signed a three-year entry level contract with the Nashville PRedators back in November. Photo courtesy of Tim Burke.

The Sting had a 3-2 series lead over Guelph as Burke also had the game-tying assist that put the game into overtime.

Burke received a drop pass Zach Filak as Sarnia crossed the blue line and entered the offensive zone. Burke circled around the net and buried a wraparound goal, slipping it by Storm goaltender Patrick Leaver for the walk-off and series-ending goal.

The goal was Burke’s second overtime goal of the series. He awas awarded third-star of the game honuors with a goal and an assist.

The Sting have yet to advance to the second round of the playoffs since 2018.

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