Storm hoping for a Brave start to busy week

The Storm play the first of four games in six nights tomorrow at venerable George Pearkes arena in Saanich. They will face a team standings-wise that mirrors them. Both teams at 2-4, both teams trying to prove something in a big game early on. For the Storm, they'll look to snap out of a 2 game slide and grab their first win away from the Brindy this season. For the Braves, they'll try to show they can beat someone other than the Westshore Stingers.

It seems apart from the standings, these two teams are very different. The Storm have shown in at least half of the games, they are capable of scoring with anyone. The biggest problem might be a lack of discipline at key times, and the eery ability of their opponent to capitalize on every minuscule mistake they make, while showing an inability to do the same.

In the Braves case, it seems that getting someone other than captain Trevor Yee on the score sheet with any consistency has been a big challenge under first year coach Robin Gomez. A hard-nosed, gritty veteran of 6 seasons in the ECHL, including a season with the Victoria Salmon Kings, it's been a transition from playing just last season with the Bloomington Prairie Thunder to mentoring a group of teenagers. I spoke with Robin today about that transition, along with his thoughts on this year's Braves team.

As you also heard, I also had a chance to catch up with one of the unsung heroes on this year's Storm team, Ryan Fairgray. I think that he's shown improvement every game and has made some very big saves this season. When Tyler Bachmeier returns from his injury, goaltending should be one of the areas of strength for the boys in green, gold and red.





The game time has changed from what was posted on the vijhl.com website. It's a 7:30 start, not 6:30, so Joe and I will have the pregame for you at 7:15 on http://www.997theriver.ca/page.php?pageID=174&parentID=173