Guelph Storm topple IceDogs to add to preseason win total
BEAMSVILLE – The Guelph Storm made it three consecutive OHL preseason victories Saturday when they downed the Niagara IceDogs 4-1 in front of a full house of 700 at Beamsville’s Fleming Centre.
While the Storm have three wins and a loss in preseason play, they haven’t been beaten in regulation time as their preseason-opening 3-2 loss to the Mississauga Steelheads in Mississauga Sept. 1 was in a shootout.
Guelph Storm 4 Niagara IceDogs 1
Saturday at Beamsville, the Storm scored in each period for the win. They led 2-0 at the end of the first period and 3-1 after the second.
The veterans handled the scoring for the Storm as Ryan McGuire tallied twice and Matthew Poitras and Michael Buchinger added single goals. Single assists were awarded to Zackary Sandhu, Jake Karabela, Rowan Topp, Poitras and Max Namestnikov.
Michael Podolioukh scored the lone goal for Niagara late in the second period. Zakary Lavoie and Ryan Roobroeck assisted on the power-play marker.
The Storm outshot the IceDogs 38-23 and went 1-for-3 on their power play while Niagara went 1-for-5. The Guelph side had a pair of shorthanded goals.
Ethan Kowatsch played the entire game for the Storm and had 22 saves while Owen Flores had 34 saves for Niagara.
The Storm get almost two weeks off from preseason play before they’re to wrap up their preseason schedule with a pair of games against the Brantford Bulldogs. They’re to play Sept. 22 at the Gaylord Powless Arena in the Six Nations Sports Complex in Ohsweken starting at 7 p.m. before hosting the Bulldogs at the Sleeman Centre the following night at 7 p.m.
The Storm are to begin their regular season Sept. 29 with a home game against the Owen Sound Attack. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
- Guelph Sports Journal
Guelph Storm topple IceDogs to add to preseason win total
BEAMSVILLE – The Guelph Storm made it three consecutive OHL preseason victories Saturday when they downed the Niagara IceDogs 4-1 in front of a full house of 700 at Beamsville’s Fleming Centre.
While the Storm have three wins and a loss in preseason play, they haven’t been beaten in regulation time as their preseason-opening 3-2 loss to the Mississauga Steelheads in Mississauga Sept. 1 was in a shootout.
Guelph Storm 4
Niagara IceDogs 1
Saturday at Beamsville, the Storm scored in each period for the win. They led 2-0 at the end of the first period and 3-1 after the second.
The veterans handled the scoring for the Storm as Ryan McGuire tallied twice and Matthew Poitras and Michael Buchinger added single goals. Single assists were awarded to Zackary Sandhu, Jake Karabela, Rowan Topp, Poitras and Max Namestnikov.
Michael Podolioukh scored the lone goal for Niagara late in the second period. Zakary Lavoie and Ryan Roobroeck assisted on the power-play marker.
The Storm outshot the IceDogs 38-23 and went 1-for-3 on their power play while Niagara went 1-for-5. The Guelph side had a pair of shorthanded goals.
Ethan Kowatsch played the entire game for the Storm and had 22 saves while Owen Flores had 34 saves for Niagara.
The Storm get almost two weeks off from preseason play before they’re to wrap up their preseason schedule with a pair of games against the Brantford Bulldogs. They’re to play Sept. 22 at the Gaylord Powless Arena in the Six Nations Sports Complex in Ohsweken starting at 7 p.m. before hosting the Bulldogs at the Sleeman Centre the following night at 7 p.m.
The Storm are to begin their regular season Sept. 29 with a home game against the Owen Sound Attack. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
- Guelph Sports Journal