Young guns fire blanks at the Pearkes

As a Storm fan, you knew goals would be hard to come by going into the game against the Saanich Braves when you found out that Steven Schmidt had been called up to the Nanaimo Clippers and Jesse Bachmeier was unavailable. The Storm would missing two guys that had scored 14 of their 24 goals in the first 6 games. They would also be facing a physical Braves team that might not score a whole bunch, but also don't give up many. That was definitely the case wednesday night. Matt Chester shut the door on any opportunities the Storm generated with their 25 shots, and the Braves defense did a nice job of not allowing many chances off of rebounds. They also capitalized on two of their power-play chances, while the Storm did little to generate much offense when they had the man advantage. The result was a 3-0 loss at the George Pearkes arena. There were some positives to take from the game. Danny Hall and Jesse Spooner received praise from Coach Jim Revenberg after the game for the solid games they played. Also, Tyler Bachmeier made his return to the net after missing the last 5 with an injury. He says it was good to get back between the pipes.
The Storm to a man need to take a look in the mirror and ask themselves if taking an unnecessary penalty at key times is helping their team out. It's been prevalent since the Victoria loss 3 games ago, incidentally the beginnings of this 3 game slide they are on. It won't get much easier the next two games. They host Kerry Park tomorrow before facing the ever improving Oceanside Generals in Parksville saturday.