Beckham Edwards didn’t wait long to collect his first Ontario Hockey League goal.

The Sarnia Sting centre scored the first of his team-leading 25 markers last season in the first period of his first OHL game.

The wait this season wasn’t much longer, but even that two-game drought was enough to create a little pressure.

“I had lots of chances in the first two games, but they weren’t going in,” he said. “Just finding one just gets the weight off the shoulders a little bit.”

Linemate Jordan Bax predicted big things after Edwards hit the scoresheet for the first time in their win over the Sudbury Wolves.

“We need him, so him scoring a goal like that is huge for his confidence,” Bax said. “I think now that he’s got one under him, the floodgates are just going to open up and they’re all goi

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