Sunday, February 10, 2008

Storm Finishes Strong


The Storm had another early morning game against the Gilmour (Ceveland)Sabres at the Erie Civic Centre on Sunday. Gilmour had previously lost 1-0 to Camillus and beaten Cazenovia 5-0. They were a big physical team which would make for an interesting match up with the speedy Storm players. As it turned out Gilmour struggled to keep up with the Storm but hung on for a 1-1 tie. It was a scoreless struggle for 2 periods until the two teams exchanged goals in the first 2 minutes of the 3rd period.

The Storm goal was scored by Jackie who was set up by Mari who had just left the penalty box to jump into the rush. The line of Jackie, Sheri and Marley dominated throughout the game and frustrated the opposition by controlling the puck in the Gilmour end. The line scored goals in all 3 tournament games. Genevieve had 2 excellent scoring chances as she easily skated around the slow Gilmour defense.

The 1-1-1 record was not enough to move into the championship game but the weekend was a super confidence builder for the improving Storm team. Final standing based on the tournament point system:

Hamilton 12.5
Camillus 9
Gilmour 8.5
North York 7.5
North Pittsburg 4.5
Cazenovia 3

Championship Game
Camillus 2
Hamilton 0