Spirit forward Josh Shalla tallied a hat trick in the team's 7-1 victory over the Sarnia Sting Wednesday night at the RBC Centre of Sarnia. Shalla's three goals brings his Spirit career total to 118, tied with alumni Ryan McDonough for the team's all-time goal scoring record. The first period saw Sarnia getting the first two power plays of the game, but on their second power play, Brandon Saad would score a breakaway goal for Saginaw. The shorthanded goal was the only goal of the first period. The Spirit came out strong in the second period, with Josh Shalla setting new marks in the team's record books with three consecutive goals. Shalla scored his 37th of the season 1:28 seconds into the second period to give the Spirit a 2-0 advantage, then eight minutes later scored again with assists to Brandon Saad and Michael Fine. Shalla would score his third goal of the game for the hat trick on his next shift, at the 11:52 mark courtesy Justin Kea and Terry Trafford. The Spirit entered the second intermission up 4-0. The Sting would answer to avoid the shutout at the start of the third period, with Brett Thompson sliding a top shelf shot past Paterson. Ryan Spooner and Alex Basson assisted on the goal. The Spirit quickly responded with three rapid goals in the latter half of the third period, the first coming off the stick of Vadim Khlopotov at 9:16 courtesy assists from Vincent Trocheck and Steven Strong. Terry Trafford made it 6-1 moments later at the 11:57 mark, notching in his eighth of the season thanks to an assist from Kea. Trocheck rounded out the scoring and secured the Spirit victory with a power play goal at 17:21, with assists from Garret Ross and Ramon Lopez. Spirit goaltender Jake Paterson stopped 25 out of the 26 shots fired at him, while Sting netminder J.P. Anderson tallied 27 saves on 34 shots.