Ben Pickell was so popular during the Frontenacs’ playoff run last spring, some Kingston fans began showing up to games in pickle costumes.

The Sarnia Sting hope he can be a really big dill, er, deal for them as well.

They acquired the over-age forward Thursday from the Frontenacs for a 10th-round pick in the 2029 Ontario Hockey League draft.

Pickell brings the positivity and “infectious work ethic” the Sting lost when Easton Wainwright left for Colgate University in the off-season, general manager Dylan Seca said.

“We feel like we’re missing that a little bit now,” Seca said. “There are some young players who have taken awesome steps and we know they’ll fill in those roles, too, but just felt with this availability of this player and what he brings to the table, it just made sense at

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