Nov 24, 2013 | Christine Beauchamp | 2229 views
Allan's Fireside Atom AE Finalist at Chris Knott Tournament
What a great weekend of hockey and despite a tough start, losing their first two games Allan's Fireside Atom AE team bounced back to capture silver at the Chris Knott Tournament.
Game 1 Storm took on Mount Forest Rams and started off strong taking the lead with the first goal by Dylan Poulsen assisted by Emmerson Gottscheu at 2:07 of the first period. Period 2 Mount Forest fought back hard and tie it up at 9:35 of the second period but Storm's Captain Francesca Alpajaro fought back scoring Storms second goal at 5:12 assisted by Dylan Poulsen. Despite the hard fought battle by all players Mount Forest netted two more in period 3 to win the game 4-2.
Game 2 Storm went up against Mooretown Storm and the first period saw lots of scoring opportunites with Storm again scoring the first by Kennedy Stauffer assisted by Francesca Alpajaro and Joseph Anderson. Three minutes later Francesca Alpajaro assisted by Kennedy Stauffer and Joseph Anderson put another one in to give Storm a 2-0 lead. Period 2 opened up with Mooretown putting one in at 6:17 and again at 4:20 to make the final score 3-2 for Mooretown.
Game 3 was an elimination round with Storm taking on Owen Sound. The game started with Owen Sound scoring the first goal at 6:01 of the first period but Storm retaliated with Joseph Anderson scoring 3 minutes later assisted by Adam McGregor. Period 2 Storm started off strong with Kennedy Stauffer assisted by Francesca Alpajaro putting one in to give Storm the lead. Owen Sound fought back scoring again to make it a tie game. Period 3 Storm was determined to stay alive and Francesca Alpajaro assisted by Kennedy Stauffer put one in to once again take the lead. But again Owen Sound rushed back to score again to make it 3-3. Storm players fought back hard scoring two more goals one by Kennedy Stauffer assisted by Joseph Anderson and Adien Marshall and the second goal by Dylan Poulsen assisted by Riley Beauchamp. Storm stays alive with a big 5-3 win!!
Game 4 Storm once again met up with Mooretown storm and opened up period one with a goal by Dylan Poulsen assisted by Adam McGregor to take the lead. A minute later Joseph Anderson assisted by Jacob Thornley puts it in the net to make it 2-0. Period 2 Mooretown put one in to make it 2-1 but two minutes later Francesca Alpajaro gets another one to make the final score 3-1 putting Storm in the Championship Game.
Game 5 for the Championship Storm took on Erin Hillsburgh who had not lost a game all weekend and period one saw 2 goals for Erin Hillsburgh and one from Storm's Kennedy Stauffer to make it a 2-1 game. Despite the hard effort by all Storm players we were unable to get by their strong defense losing the game 4-1 but taking second in the tournament.
Way to go Blain, Jacque, Ritchie, Riley, Jake, Adam, Francesca, Zach, Brady, Jacob, Kennedy, Wes, Joseph, Emmerson, Aiden and Dylan you all played amazing this weekend and should be very proud of yourselves you represented Storm well.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!