On thursday, the boys were in Mill Bay to face a Kerry Park Islander's team that had beaten them twice earlier in the month, including an 8-3 whooping in Mill Bay the last time they met.
It looked like it could have gone that way, after the Islanders jumped out to a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes.
But it would not be the same. Jesse Spooner scored after a scramble in front of goalie Ben Kantor to cut the lead in half. Then the Isles benefited from some Halloween trickery at their arena. The Isles would score after a Matthew Johnson point shot hit the shoulder of Gavin Lindner, fooling Ty Bachmeier and making it 3-1. Then a crazy bounce off the end boards landed on the stick of Chase Salisbury, who was all alone and he fired it home, 4-1 KPI.
But the Storm didn't quit. Chase Hailey, who played his best game in a Storm jersey, got his team to within a pair after 40 minutes.
In the third, Alex Benjestorf scored his third in a Storm jersey to make it a 1 goal game. The Storm would continue pressing, but Lindner would put it into an empty net with Bachmeier on the bench in the final 30 seconds to make it 5-3 KPI.
The next night, the Storm hosted an Oceanside Generals team with a lot of key vets out of the line up. With the likes Yamasaki and Dixon up in Junior A, the tables were leveled in terms of overall talent. The Storm would open he scoring, with Alex Benjestorf the recipient of a terrific pass from Chase Hailey, who dished it from the end boards, allowing Benji to rifle it past goalie Kolding Larsen. The Gens tied it with some terrific passing. Travis Briggs went backhand from the left boards to Brett Willsie, who then sent another backhand pass on to the stick of Travis Flug, who was alone in the slot. 1-1 after 20 minutes.
Only one goal was scored in the second, but it should rank as one of the top 5 from this season. Brent Baltus took the puck from the right boards with the Gens on the power play, stick handled around tow Storm PK'ers, lured Ty Bachmeier out of his net then put it into the gaping cage. 2-1 Gens after 40 minutes.
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| Game action between the Storm and Generals. Pictured are #17 Chase Hailey and #4 Thor Rossback. | Photo by Sandi Goldrup-Thomspn |
The Storm didn't let up as the third period began. They had chances to tie it up. They just couldn't pull the trigger, and it proved costly. A turnover at their blueline to Oceanside's Brett Willsie eventually ended up on the stick of Travis Briggs, who gave the visitors a 3-1 lead with under 5 minutes to play.
Then in the waning moments of the 3rd, with the net empty, Jordie Eliason's point shot beat Larsen to bring the Storm to within 1. But with only 15 seconds remaining, it was too little too late. 3-2 Oceanside.
Still,, if you compare it a few weeks previous, when they faced these two teams in back to back games, the combined score was 4-15. So much improved and hopefully that will continue when the Storm face the Victoria Cougars thursday, who have won 8 straight.
Aaron Enns of the Laronge Ice Wolves is my first period intermission guest, Tom Arlidge of the Cougars broadcast team in the 2nd. Puck drops at 7:15, so we'll be on the air at 7. On a side note, it's nice to see former Tyee Carsen Germyn healthy again and getting a chance to shine in the Swiss Pro League for EHC Olten. Carsen had 1 goal and 3 assists in his last game, a 9-1 win.
Here's a fun video of him and the team's other import, former Hobey Baker winner Marty Sertich. The subtitles are in German, but they're speaking in English (2nd story in).
http://www.ehco.ch/de/ehco-tv.html
Looks like a pretty nice play to play hockey for a living.
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