2015-2016 Bluewater Champions, News, Atom AE, 2015-2016 (Erie North Shore Minor Hockey)

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Apr 03, 2016 | bshaw | 1875 views
2015-2016 Bluewater Champions
Whooooaaa Nelly!! In a nail biter of a game befitting a league Championship final, The Atom A.E. Storm pulled off their most dramatic comeback of the season and in doing so were crowned Bluewater league champions.


Day Of Champions - Saturday April 2/2016 - Belle River, ON
Bluewater League Final - Atom A.E. Division

Chatham-Kent Cobras vs. Erie North Shore Storm 

Perhaps it was a case of nerves or butterflies, whatever the reason, despite playing in the most important game of the year the Storm had trouble finding their legs in the early goings. It was hoping an early first period powerplay might turn the tide in our favour. Unfortunately the opposite happened when Chatham scored a shorthanded goal to open the scoring. What chances the Storm did have in the remaining of the period were turned aside by a hot Chatham goalie.
Chatham went up 2-0 early in the second period and the tension level raised to code "Orange".
Seemingly it was that level of desperation required for the Storm to begin playing their game. Shift after shift the Team continued to press and were finally rewarded when Connor fired home a loose puck from the slot. The second period ended with Chatham holding the slightest of leads 2-1.
The third period saw the Storm continuing to apply pressure and the scoring chances became more frequent. The Storm pulled even half way through the third after converting a beautiful tic-tac-toe passing play from Michael to Connor, who found Brady alone out front, who buried it low glove side. The remaining minutes of the third period saw action at both ends worthy of a championship final, but when the final buzzer sounded, nothing was decided.
Up next was gut wrench time, a 5 minute sudden death overtime followed by a shootout if necessary. The overtime picked up where the third period left off with both teams giving it their all and having quality scoring chances. The clock was ticking down and it looked like the season may come down to a shootout to decide a victor. Chatham came down into the offensive zone but were turned aside and the Storm defence cleared it up the boards. Michael picks up the puck at our blue line, carries it through the neutral zone crosses the blue line and fires a wrist shot from the face off dot. Connor follows the play, heads to the net and pots the championship winner.



Final Score: Storm 3 - Chatham 2

Congratulations to The Atom A.E. Storm - 2015-2016 Bluewater League Champions.
A great way to conclude a fantastic season that included 3 Tournament victories, a League championship and an overall record of 42-8-5.
Signing off until the Fall.......

Go Storm Go !!


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