The Storm scored two goals just 23 seconds apart late in the 3rd period to grab a win away from Markham-Stouffville. The game was scoreless until early in the 3rd period when a long shift led to a bad line change. The defense was badly outnumbered and by the time fresh forwards had gotten into the Storm end of the ice, the puck was in the net.
With two minutes to play, Asia was pulled for an extra skater and the Storm had Markham pinned in their own end. After several good scoring chances Mari was able to put one behind the Markham goalie to tie the score. That was with 1:10 remaining in the game. Off the faceoff, the puck went into Markham corner where Sheri was able to dig it out and feed Jackie who wired the puck into the top corner with just 47 seconds remaining. Again off the faceoff, the puck went into the Markham where Sheri and Jackie ate up much of the remaining time cycling the puck.
There were several good scroring chances in the 2nd period including Gabby who rang one off the post and Sheri who was robbed by an excellent pad save. The shots on net were 19-11 in favour of the Storm. And the team was much improved on faceoffs. Where on Sunday the Storm lost all but one faceoff, tonight the teams each won 11 and lost 11.
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