The Martins Bike Shop Saugeen Shores Storm Midgets travelled
during Friday’s nasty weather to play in the Pickering Midget “A” Hockey
Tournament.
Game one against Whitby
was all Storm as they won 5-1. Nick Goreski scored less than minutes into the
first on a pass from Jayce Dunlop. Two minutes later he earned another with
help from Matt Ingrey. Ingrey won the
face off back to Martin Pilar and drove the net to pick up a single 9 seconds
later.
Halfway through the second Kevin Bowman picked up his first
point of the tourney on a pass from Pilar and Goreski. Shortly after, Tom
Godwin set up Ian MacKay for his first of the weekend but the end of the
scoring for that game. Brett McCulloch was in net for the Storm.
Game two against a strong West Hill team was a tighter
affair with back and forth plays all game. Brett Coulson finally broke the
goose egg half way through the second on a pair of passes from Ingrey and
Dunlop. There was no more scoring for the Storm until late in the third when
Hayden Burke earned a point when a pass from Skylar Hess and Ingrey hit Burke
and was deflected by a West Hill player into the net. Goreski secured the
victory with just over a minute on the clock on a perfect pass from Aaron
George. Jordan Kelley stopped a lot of rubber for the Storm.
The last game of the round robin had the Storm playing the
host center in a no contest match.
Storm wasted no time getting on the board when Dunlop fired
one from the point on a pass from Dave Mercer. The defence scoring continued
with Dave Whitehead, Dunlop (unassisted) and Jake Colley all scoring from the
point with assists going to Hess, Ingrey, George and Coulson.
George, Godwin and Pilar all added singles with help from
MacKay, Hess, Ingrey, Goreski and Dunlop.
The Storm was the only team to go undefeated in the round
robin which put them in first place and resulted in a rematch against the
fourth place West Hill.
The semi final match was another heart stopper that had the
Storm out front until late in the third when West Hill managed a 2 goal lead
that the Storm were unable to battle back from.
Goal scorers were Ingrey and Godwin with assists earned by
MacKay and Mercer.