Captain Clutch scores 5 as the Storm claw the Panthers



Storm captain Jesse Bachmeier



If you only looked at the scoresheet from the Storm's 8-6 win over the Peninsula Panthers, you would have seen Jesse Bachmeier and Steven Schmidt combine for 7 goals and 13 points.

You would have also seen that goalie Ryan Fairgray made 50 saves in getting his second win of the season. But you wouldn't know the whole story.

What the stats don't tell you is that Dylan Budgell quietly went about his business breaking up 2 on 1s, clearing pucks from in front of the net and winning battles in the corners.

You would have missed the fact that while Jordan Suzuki, Brendan Enns and Boston McNeill were jumping up in the rush, Jesse Spooner and Corey MacLauchlan were back on the blueline covering for their team mates.

You wouldn't know that the Danny Hall-Andrew Gaiga-Rob Izsak line did a magnificent job of wearing down the Panthers defense with an aggressive forecheck.

 In fact, it was an entire team effort to saw the Storm jump out to an 8-3 lead before holding on as the Panthers scored three in the last three minutes.

Granted, we'd be remiss to not talk about the scoring clinic put on by Jesse Bachmeier. He scored a variety of ways, and to prove it, here's the call on all 5.

After the game, Steven Schmidt talked about playing along-side of Captain Clutch.




Only one game tonight in the VIJHL, as the Stingers will look to avoid allowing double digits against for the third straight game. They're coming off of 14-2 and 10-1 losses. They host the Oceanside Generals.

The Storm are off until thursday, when they face the red-hot Victoria Cougars at the Archie Browning Arena. The Cougars have won 4 straight.