Well after a three week layoff, the Storm finally got back on the ice, in fact twice, on the first day of the Brampton Tounament. The first game was against the Lindsay Linx who were 10-8-6 during the regular season. The rust was apparent during the first half of the game but slowly the skating legs began to return. Lindsay jumped into a 1-0 first period lead. The Storm pressed throughout the third period but failed to score despite several excellent chances. So the Storm lose another game by a score of 1-0.
Later in the day, the Storm were up against the Guelph Thunder who were 11-4-9 during the regular season. Well with the Storm and Thunder out on ice all we were missing with the Lightning (ok, excuse the pun). It was another typical hard skating game that at one point looked like it would be a scoreless tie. But in the third period Guelph scored a powerplay goal with Lauren F in the penalty box. However, the Storm fought back with Mari scoring a goal with a few minutes left in the game. It happened to be Mari's 18th goal this season which set a single season record for the Midget B team. The previous mark of 17 goals was set by Alex Matyjiw in the 2004-05 season.
The single point in 2 games will make it difficult to make the quarter finals unless it's as one of the two wild card teams. The Pool C standings are:
Brockville 4 pts
Lindsay 4 pts
Etobicoke 2 pts
North York 1 pt
Guelph 1 pt
West Northumberland o pt
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