Storm vs
Dorchester
Mooretown opened
their series
with Dorchester
at home Saturday
and skated away
with a well
earned 3-0
victory.
Elijah Contreras
opened the
scoring in the
first period on
a nice goal
assisted by Rory
Pickle. The
score remained
1-0 until the
3rd when the
Storm salted the
game away with
an Aaron Dobson
goal from Jared
Pageau and then
a 3-0 lead from
Jared Pageau
that went
unassisted.
The Storm played
a very solid
defensive game
while only
allowing six
shots on goal.
Emma McCormick
earned the shut
out.
The Atoms
travelled to
Dorchester
Sunday to try
and end this
series in two
games but knew
it would be a
tough task as
going to
Dorchester you
have to beat the
referees also.
Mooretown came
out flying
taking the play
to Dorchester
for the first
minutes of the
game until they
came down and
scored a weak
goal from the
top of the
circles. This
coupled with the
phantom calls it
was a parade to
the penalty box
for the Storm.
The biggest
travesty
occurred in the
2nd period with
Mooretown
trailing 2-0 the
Storm as usual
were short
handed and as
the player left
the penalty box
the puck was
shot the length
of the ice but
the Dorchester
goaltender came
out to play the
puck above the
goal line. As he
played it he
fell and lost
the puck as the
Mooretown played
grabbed it and
not a defender
within 20 feet
and as he picked
it up and skated
to score the
ref's blew the
whistle. The
referee that
called it from
center ice
stated it was
icing but did
not signal an
icing call with
his arm but
waited until we
were about to
score to blow it
down. There was
no way it was
icing as the
goalie played in
front of the red
goal line.
Mooretown
received a bench
penalty for
questioning the
call and
Dorchester went
out and scored
to make it 3-0
after two
periods.
Dorchester would
add another
power play goal
in the first
minute of the
3rd to take a
strangle hold
4-0.
With 4 1/2 minutes left in the game Mooretown went on a PP and then a 2
man advantage 10
seconds later.
They pulled the
goalie at the
4:15 mark to go
6 on 3. The
Storm scored at
3:39 from Rory
Pickle and
Elijah Contreras
assisting to
make it 4-1.
They remained on
the PP and kept
the goalie out
for a 6 on 4
attack and
scored again a
minute later
with Elijah
Contreras
scoring from
Justin Murphy
and Jared
Pageau. With
2:37 remaining
and still down
by two goals
Mooretown kept
the goalie on
the bench and
went 6 on 5 and
scored at 2:06
with a Jared
Pageau goal from
Elijah Contreras
to cut the
deficit to one
goal.
The goalie was
put back in net
for the face off
and the Storm
needed to get
the puck deep to
get the extra
attacker. With
just over a
minute remaining
the Storm got
the puck in the
defenders zone
and on came the
extra attacker
and the Storm
buzzing to tie
it up. They were
all over
Dorchester and
with 31 seconds
left the
Dorchester
goalie was
penalized for
punching Elijah
Contreras in the
back of the head
but the other
ref decided to
call a slash on
Elijah so
Dorchester would
not be short
handed. The
Storm did
everything but
score and
Dorchester iced
the puck with
what would have
been 5 seconds
left on the
clock the play
was not called
for some strange
reason and the
game ended.
The Storm should
hold their heads
high as they
battled hard but
were done in by
the referee's
this day.
Another strange
occurrence was
that the
scoreboard could
only put the
Dorchester
penalty time and
goals up but not
the Mooretown
penalties or
goals. Very
strange indeed.
Mooretown comes
home for the 3rd
and deciding
game Saturday at
1:50 pm at the
Moore Sports
Complex.
