Erie North Shore Storm Peewee Minors 01/26/13-01/27/13 – OMHA Playdowns, News, Minor PeeWee, 2012-2013 (Erie North Shore Minor Hockey)

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Erie North Shore Storm Peewee Minors 01/26/13-01/27/13 – OMHA Playdowns
Another great weekend for the Peewee Minor Storm!!!

Saturday January 26 the Peewee Minor Storm prepared to meet the Essex Ravens for game 1 of the OMHA playdown preliminary series. As first place finishers of the previous round the Storm earned the home ice advantage for this important series. Both teams hit the ice determined to take this first game, with Essex dominating the first period with 8 shots on goalie Connor Axford versus 0 shots for the Storm. The first period ended in a draw with no score. The second period saw the Storm come alive as they pierced through the Essex defense and pummeled their goalie with shot after shot. Finally at three minutes before the period buzzer Robbie Brush solved the Raven goalie and put the Storm on the board! He was assisted on this goal by Ryan Mucha and Ethan Litster. To further deflate the Essex team, 12 seconds later Michael Connelly put one of his award winning slapshots to use by slamming the puck through the posts assisted by Kristian Pelling and Austin Marr! The Storm totally dominated this period with 13 shots versus Essex at 6! In the third period the Storm put up a strong defense to keep the lead while still managing to get shots on net. Just when it looked like the Storm would shutout the Ravens, Essex pulled their goalie to gain the man advantage and scored their one and only goal of the game 2 minutes before the final buzzer. With a final score of 2-1 the Storm took the first game and earned 2 points toward the 6 they will need to continue on to the next round. Michael Connelly scored the winning goal and netminder Connor Axford did a fantastic job fighting off the 18 shots he faced. The Storm outshot their opponents 20-18 in this game. Great job out there Storm!!!
 
Sunday January 27 the Storm travelled to Essex for game 2 of the series. Confidence levels were high with the Peewee Minors as they once again faced the Ravens. Both teams played hard and strong through the first period and it was obvious the Storm really wanted to taste victory again! Halfway through the period Ryan Mucha helped them along by putting the Storm on the board first with a goal assisted by Kristian Pelling and Robbie Brush! One minute later Kristian got a goal of his own assisted by Michael Connelly and Owen Stannard. Try as they might Essex was unable to even things up before the end of the period and the Storm went into the second with a two goal lead. Once again the Storm dominated the second period, getting 14 shots on net while Essex only had 3. Neither team was able to get the puck past the goalie until 11 seconds before the buzzer when Kristian got his second goal of the game (and the game winner!) assisted by Declan Handley and KayCyn Hernandez. In the third Essex started to come alive, outshooting the Storm and finally getting on the board 5 minutes before the final buzzer. Things got tense when Essex pulled their goalie for the extra player, but the Storm took full advantage of the empty net when Daniel Price broke through the Raven defense with help from Kristian to score the final Storm goal of the game! Essex managed to pop one more goal in seconds before the final buzzer but it was too little too late! With a score of 4-2 the Storm earned another victory and 2 more points in the series! Goalie Conner Axford once again did a great job defending the Storm net. The Storm outshot their opponent by a much wider margin this game, 24-16! With 4 of the 6 points needed to advance already under their belt the players are pumped and ready for next week’s games! Congratulations Storm! Good work out there!!!
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