Mooretown recently competed in their
own tournament compiling a 3-1 record
but losing in the finals.
The Storm opened the tourney
defeating Sarnia 6-0. Emma McCormick got
the shutout in net but was not very busy
only needing to make one save during the
game. Jared Pageau scored 4 goals and
added an assist with single goals from
Elijah Contreras and Bailey Smalls. Drew
Pepper contributed 4 assists, while
Nolan Gladwish, Rory Pickle, Aaron
Dobson, Keith Bogaert and Hayden
MacDonald added single helpers.
Game 2 the Storm were up against
Kincardine and skated to an 8-1
victory.Evan Musson was sharp in net
earning the "W". Jared Pageau registered
4 goals and 2 assists, Justin Murphy a
goal and an assist, Bailey Smalls and
Rory Pickle single goals. Adding assists
were Hayden MacDonald, Brandon Rondeau,
Nolan Gladwish, Aaron Dobson, and Keith
Bogaert.
In the 3rd game of the round robin
Mooretown faced a very good Simcoe team.
Jared Pageau opened the scoring in the
first period with Drew Pepper and Rory
Pickle assisting. Simcoe tied it up in
the 2nd and the game was even going into
the 3rd period. The game went back and
forth but Aaron Dobson was the hero
scoring the winner with 33 seconds
remaining. Jared Pageau and Justin
Murphy added assists. Emma McCormick
played a strong game in net.
Mooretown would end up facing Simcoe
in the finals on Sunday afternoon. The
Storm came out strong taking the play to
Simcoe but the Warriors goaltender was a
wall this day turning away shot after
shot. Neither team would register a goal
thru 2 periods with Mooretown dominating
the play and outshooting Simcoe by a
wide margin. With 7 minutes remaining in
the game Simcoe iced the puck but the
call was missed by the referee's
allowing Simcoe to gain possession of
the puck and jam home a goal. The
Warriors would add a weak goal 3 minutes
later for a 2-0 lead that seemed
insurmountable the way their goaltender
was playing. Mooretown pulled their
goalie with just over two minutes
remaining and surrendered the 3rd goal.
They continued to press but could not
beat Simcoe's goalie on this day. Emma
McCormick was sharp in net for the
Storm.
It was a bitter pill to swallow
losing to a team you just defeated a day
earlier but congratulations to the
Simcoe Warriors as they are a very good
hockey club with a very good goaltender.
The Storm should keep their heads high
as they played hard every game and never
took a shift off.
