The Elmira Sugar Kings stretched their winning streak to a season-high three games with a 5-4 victory over Stratford, Sunday.
The Kings, which led 5-2 mid-way through the third period at Woolwich Memorial Centre, withstood a late charge by the Cullitons to hold on for the win.
Elmira has won three of four games to open 2010.
Tyson LeBlanc had two goals and two assists to pace the Elmira attack, while Lukas Baleshta and Riley Sonnenburg both had three points (1 goal, two assists). Jarred Parent rounded out the scoring, with Ryan Johnston (2), and Shane Smith adding assists.
The win pulled Elmira into a fifth-place tie with Stratford, which got goals from Brad McClure (2), Craig Dalrymple and Steve McParland. Both Midwestern Conference teams have 32 points.
Elmira was out shot 33-29. Goaltender Nick Horrigan was ejected after the second Stratford goal for receiving a travesty of the game gross misconduct. His replacement, Brandon Gorecki, made 27 saves to earn the win.
Saturday at Cambridge, Elmira clipped the Winter Hawks 3-2 on a late power-play goal by Jon Jutzi, who scored with 34 seconds to play. The Sugar Kings, which also got goals from Josh Woolley and LeBlanc, had trailed 2-1 after two periods of play. Sonnenburg and Baleshta each had a pair of assists for Elmira, while Tyler Luikkonen scored both goals for Cambridge.
Horrigan stopped 45 of 47 shots for the win.
Elmira (14-17-4) travels to Guelph, Saturday, then is hosts Kitchener on Sunday at 7 p.m.