It's been 155 days since the Midget B team played its last hockey game and 159 days since the team won its last game. So it was nice to play together again even if it was an exhibition game. There were some new faces in the lineup and they did just fine. Newcomers include Maddy from Etobicoke, Gabby from Vaughan, Asia from the Midget BB team, and Alicia and Allie from the Bantam B team and Madeleine from Storm house league. And also welcome to our new manager John.
As far as the game, the Storm shutout the Missisauga Chiefs 2-0. The game was scoreless for two periods and goalies on both sides played well. You could see the rust on both teams with a lot of missed passes and winded players. The shots on net were even 18 per team but one area the Storm will need to work on is faceoffs. The Chiefs won 17 out of 18 faceoffs today.
The third period was the Storm's strongest and produced the best scoring chances and the only two goals. Early in the period Maddy banged in a rebound off a shot from Mari. There were two breakaways later in the period. Kailee was fed a pass behind the Mississauga defense and fired a shot from 20 feet out only to miss the net. Later on a Mississuaga defenseman fell leaving Sheri with no one between her and the goalie. She deked the goalie but the puck was bouncing and bounced off her stick past the open corner of the net. The final goal was scored by Jackie on an empty net with 14 seconds remaining.
Kudos to Madeleine and Alicia who showed a lot of hustle and speed for their first games as Midgets, Bianca and Asia were solid in net and shared the shutout.
Next exhibition game is against Markham-Stouffville this Tuesday.
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