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Mar 26, 2012 | smarontate | 1936 views
Storm push Series to Game #5
The Novice Storm were on the road this past weekend to continue their OMHA Championship series vs the Fort Erie Jr Meteors.

Coming off Game's 1 and 2 tie games and the series tied 2 points a piece they figured the games in Fort Erie would be just as tight.
    On Saturday for Game 3 the game started off with end to end action and again after 2 periods the Storm found themselves deadlocked at 0-0.  A little over 5 minutes into the frame Fort Erie had solved the Storm's goaltending and tight defense.  Less than 2 minutes later the Storm quickly responded to again even the game.  As the game opened up even greater one of  these teams were looking to come out of this series not go into another overtime period.  With 4 minutes to play in the 3rd Fort Erie had scored to pull a head and put their sights on the first victory of the series.  The Novice Storm's relentless play caused havoc for the Fort Erie squad the last couple minutes in this game.  With the Storm goalie on the bench for an extra attacker in the last minute a few great chances pursued but the Novice's just couldn't solve the Meteor's goaltender.  Game #3 Final - Fort Erie 2  Novice Storm 1
    On Sunday it was the ultimate 'Do or Die' game for these young players while Fort Erie lead the series 4 points to 2 and a chance to finish off the Storm.  It was a question from the coaching staff before the game "Do you want this to be your last game and go home Finalists ? " With the obvious answer NO the Novice Storm started the game off like no other game this season.  Scoring a goal mid-way through the 1st period and eventually not letting Fort Erie have a shot on goal for the first period.   Storm were not letting this game slip away.  Period 2 saw a more end to end play but it was the Storm finding the back of the net 3 more times and Fort Erie scored twice.  Taking a 4 - 2 lead into the 3rd period the Storm's relentless hard work fore checking and back checking was paying off as the clocked ticked away and limited the Jr. Meteors chances the remainder of the game.  Game #4 Final - Storm 4 Fort Erie 2.

With the series ties 4 points each Game #5 and possible deciding game is Saturday March 31 at 6:00pm.