The Storm came out flying this afternoon in their quarterfinal game against the Ottawa Ice to stay alive at the Kanata tournament. Although the game was a real nail-biter, statistically the Storm dominated including a shot advantage of 22-5 and a faceoff advantage of 16-11.
The penalty killing was outstanding as Mari, Maddy, Alicia and Kailee kept the Ottawa team trapped in their own end and produced some good scoring chances. However the game was scoreless until 2:20 remaining in the 3rd period when Mari fired a slapshot past the Ice goalie on a feed from Kailee. Yet the play of the game was made by Bianca who despite having very little action, made the play of the season. In the last minute with the Ottawa goalie on the bench for an extra skater, the Bianca was down on her stomach after having made a save in a goalcrease scramble. The puck rebound came out to an Ottawa player who fired it at the open net. Bianca dove accross the crease to block the shot and preserve the win.
With Kemptville defeating Peterborough 2-1, the North York Storm again face the Kemptville Storm in the semi finals
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