Mother Nature was kind to us to start the Huronia hockey weekend but the Puck God was not so nice. The weekend started off in Midland to face the North Simcoe Head Lice. A familiar pattern settled in quickly. The Storm pressed and produced good scoring chances but no goals. The opposition gets a break and wins the game.
The refereeing was a factor in this game. There were 12 penalties in a very tame game. A total of 7 roughing or body checking penalties were called as any incidental contact resulted in an infraction. The frequent whistles and disrupted lines affected the flow of the game until the 3rd period when the referees finally put away their whistles and let the players play hockey. In the game before, the same referees called 18 penalties which is more than one every two minutes.
The winning goal was scored while the Storm was playing 2 men short and of course the penalties were borderline.
12 years ago
