The potent Storm offense was shutdown for the first time since the last game of the Sarnia tournament last night as Storm narrowly lost to the Markham-Stouffville Stars by a 1-0 score. The Storm threatened all game long but was unable to get anything past the Stars goalie. She was assisted by a couple of goal posts and the crossbars but that was as close the Storm shooters could get.
There were numerous scoring chances as the Stars has 11 penalties to kill throughout the game including 3 instances where there were 2 players in the penalty box and the Storm had a decided advantage in shots on net. To a certain extent there was some revenge for the Stars who fell to the Storm last year in the Consolation Game and played the last half of the game without their goalie as the Storm won 2-1. This year she made it through the game flawlessly despite some Storm players crashing the net.
The result of the game do not take away from what has been a tremendous season so far - and it's not over yet. Tonight the Storm face Mississauga once again in a Consolation Game. Two years ago the two teams face each other with the Storm winning in overtime 3-2. It can be said that winning isn't easy but losing can be harder -especially this time of the year. Mississauga certainly discovered that last night as the also lost by a 1-0 score to Orillia - their first North Metro loss this season. Orillia and Markham-Stouffville will play in the Championship Game.
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