Dec 02, 2009 | rroote | 942 views
" Legault's Midget A/E Defeat Listowel and Clifford
The Saugeen Shores Legault's Independent Midget A/E team hosted Listowel at the Coliseum in Southampton on Nov. 24th and earned a convincing 4-1 victory, and traveled to Clifford on Nov.29 and came home with a 5-0 victory.
The Storm brought their "A" game from the drop of the puck against Listowel exhibiting an aggressive forecheck, strong hustle and positional play in both ends of the rink and solid goaltending from Brody Farrish. After trading a number of opportunities, Zach Walker popped home the first marker of the contest at 7:56 of the first period on a set-up from Sam Vecchies and Russ MacMillan. Darren Kimewon ripped an unassisted tally home 3:01 later to give the Storm a 2-0 lead at the completion of the first period.
The Storm kept the momentum rolling as Brannt hall scored with a knuckle puck from the blueline just :49 seconds into the 2nd frame with assists to Sam Vecchies and Zach Walker. As a result of their aggressive style of play the Storm continued to own the puck, and as a result also received a number of penalties which they successfully killed off. With 3:41 left on the clock, Darren Kimewon potted an unassisted goal, his 2nd of the game to give the Storm a commanding 4-0 lead heading into the 3rd.
The 3rd featured much the same as the first two periods with the Storm outhustling and outhitting their opponents at every opportunity. Listowel finally popped in a powerplay marker to spoil the shut-out for Farrish at the 13:18 mark of the 3rd on a goal by Ben Verkley, with assists to Anthony Quipp and Cory George. To their credit the Storm regrouped and returned to the formula that had given them a commanding lead; strong skating and forechecking, and as a result came away with a solid 4-1 victory.
The Storm trveled to Clifford on Sunday, November 29th and earned a shut-out (5-0) victory in a very fast paced and entertaining contest. The Storm displayed excellent possession, passing and heads-up, first to the puck play and were rewarded early as Brannt Hall popped in a backhand shot just 3:29 into the first frame. After firing numerous shots at the opposing goal, Russ MacMillan potted the 2nd Storm tally with assists to Zach Walker and Sam Vecchies with :30 seconds left to play in the period.
The 2nd frame was a mirror of the first as the Storm continued to own the puck and execute solid passing and possession. Sam Vecchies took a beauty feed from Walker and deked the goalie out of his jock strap at 12:21 to give the Storm a 3-0 lead. Less than 4 minutes later Vecchies notched another, this time combining with Walker and Russ MacMillan for the 4th Storm goal. While not tested often, Storm goalie Alex Wunderlich came out big when needed to keep the Storm goal clean and at the end of 2 complete the Storm held a commanding 4-0 lead.
Dan Kimewon fired home Storm goal number 5 at the 13:23 mark of the 3rd, after which time the tempo slowed slightly. The Storm continued to focus on puck control and owning the zone for the balance of the period, and came home with a convincing 5-0 victory.
The storm travel to Normanby on Dec. 4th, then Blyth on Dec. 7th and then host Clifford at the Coliseum in Southampton for a 7:30 start on December 10th.