Storm in 100 Mile October 30

Storm Lose 3 to 0 inn 100 Mile

Nathan Warren makes several huge saves to out duel Kyle Michalovsky   Michalovsky was very good for the Storm and Warren was outstanding making several big saves. Kyle let in 2 goals one on the Subway power play and a late empty netter gave the home team the icing on the cake. 

 

Mitch Friesen

Have watched this kid for several years glad he is on board.   Really nice to see the confidence the Blazers have in us to help them develop this good young talent.  Reminds me of when the Blazers sent us Josh Caron, a kid who needs some playing time and a chance to get better.  We hope to have Mitch Friesen in the lineup for tomorrow's game in 100 mile house. Next home action Friday at /7 pm at MacArthur island

Double overtime and a pizza

A double overtime win makes it five in a row.  It wasn't pretty but a goal by Daniel Buchanan in the second overtime gave the Storm a 5 4 victory over the 100 Mile house Wranglers.   The Wtanglers played a great game and lead most of the game. Buchanan scored in the third period tied it up for the Storm. Buchanan, balson and Rasmussen had big nights and a great game by Larouche Kashuba and Wood kept the game close until Buchanan sealed the win. Next home action Saturday October 26 against the Chase Heat

Game tonight

Looking for 5 in a row as 100 mile house comes to town tonight. Game time 7 pm. Tyler Fyfe will play tonight for the Storm as an affiliate player. Josh Rasmussen had a hat trick on Wednesday in Sicamous           Josh is the fourth Storm player to record a hat trick. Bobby Kashuba, Max James and Luke Gordon had hat tricks previously. 

Four in a row

Four in a row

It was not pretty but Storm came away with a 6 3 over the Sicamous Eagles. Scoring for the Stormwere Rasmussen with 2 goals and 2 assists.  Balson 1 goal 2 assits buchanan,Larouche,Obriain one goal each. Kashuba had two assists with singles to James, wood, and Schoech.Giesbrecht got the win in goal next Storm action Friday when 100Mile comes to MacPark and Saturday when Chase come looking for revenge. The Storm have scored 5 or more goals the last 4 games in a row so it could be another dominos pizza night.  See you at the game

Chase vs Storm

Great win in overtime.  Great entertainment by the Kerplunks and a free pizza. What more could you ask for. Chase came roaring back from a late 2goal deficit to tie the game with less than 5 minutes to go.  The crowd was anxious for the win as the Storm needed to win the game.  Dominos give away a free personal pizza to everyone with a ticket if the. Storm win and score 5 goals.when Felix Larouche scored the 5 th goal to go upby2 people started to phone for their pizza but Chase got a goal by Johnson and then Boyle to tie it up.  Addison Bazian scored in overtime to give the Storm the win and the crowd got their free dominos pizza.  Next Storm action is on the road in Sicamous on Wednesday then home Friday against 100 Mile house at 7pm and. Saturday when Chase return for the second meeting of the season.  These are important divisional match ups for the Storm and will be great action between these rivals.  

Kerplunks

The Storm will have a special children's entertainment tomorrow Oct 20 when the ChAse Heat come to town. During the first intermission the  Kerplunks will entertain the crowd.  Catch an exciting hockey game and the Kerplunks. How about that for a great deal. Kids under 10 love the Kerplunks  catch all the action. Game starts at 5pm

Two In A Row

The storm started the weekend with a 6-0 win over 100 Mile House! With Max James lead the the way with 3 goals and 1 assist. Other goals were scored by Felix Larouche (plus 1 assist), Brock Balson and Brett Watkinson. Spencer Schoek and Daniel Buchanan had 2  assists each, and Bobby Kashuba, Jason Anderson, Matt Dimor and Luke Gordon all had single assists. The Storm outshot the Wranglers 69 to 21. Despite the score the Wranglers goalie Nathan Warren was outstanding; In the first period he robbed several of what looked like sure goals and kept the score close. The Wranglers were short benched and played strong but the Storm controlled the play. Our next game is against Chase at MacAruthur Island arena. After that the Storm are back on the road to Sicamous before the Wranglers come to KamloopsFlooking for revenge. A great performance by Kyle Micholovsky in getting his first junior shut out in goal.  Kyle and another kamloops product max James had great games for the Storm. Kyle with his shut out and max with the hat truck.  

Golden and Invermere trip

It was not the trip the Storm had planned and came away with only a split of their road trip. The Storm had lots of excuses for Golden but excuses are not what the tea was looking for.  In Golden the Storm went in shorthanded on defence with Anderson hurt and Schoech suspended but to make matters worse Marc Dumont got into a fight.  He did well but with another damn gone it was difficult for the rest of the guys and Golden capitalized on their chances.  

Golden we're full marks for the win and the Storm were frustrated.  The Storm rebounded on Saturday with a win over the Rockies.  Luke Gordon got a hat trick to lead the way. Rasmussen had a pair. Go to www.kijhl.com for details.  Nick Landry has been suspended for at least 3 games.  

The Storm are off to a great start and currently they have the second most goals in the entire league.  Currently they have trail Osoyoos by one goal but have played one less game.  Creston has one less goal than the Storm but have played fewer games.  The Storm have 7 players currently with a point per game average.  Creston have 6.   

The Storms balanced scoring has been a pleasant surprise for the coaching staff.  This weekend theStorm are in 100 Mile House on Friday then home  to Chase on Sunday at 5 pm.  Two important divisional games so need a couple of wins. The Storm will play in Sismous the following Wednesday.  The Storm are currently leading the division with 16 points 5 ahead of both Chase and 100 Mile.  

Come out and catch the action on Sunday at 5. See you at the game

October 10 weekend

The Storm are preparing to leave on their first long road trip of the season. They will meet  the Golden Rockets on Friday and the Columbia Valley Rockies on Saturday.  The Storm are looking forward to the trip as they want to continue to extend their excellent start. 

On Friday we will be Golden in the second and possibly last meeting of the season. 

The first meeting with Golden resulted in a suspension to Luke Gordon, and he will miss the rematch as he serves the last game of his 3 game suspension. Luke will have company in the stands as it looks like Spencer Schoech will also miss the next two games due to a suspension. Max James will likely not play due to an injury in practice and Kyle Michalovsky is still on he mend from an injury a couple of weeks ago.

On Saturday the team will meet the Columbia Valley Rockies for the first time  The second meeting will be in Kamloops Dec 7.  Playing teams in the other conferences are hard to gauge as we have not seen the Rockies in 2 seasons. Despite a manpower shortage the Storm feel confident on a successful weekend. 

 Addison Bazian will be back in the lineup after a bout with the flu and hopes to get back on track.  Jason Anderson won't likely be back this weekend as he awaits further news on an injury he suffered in Princeton. The defence remains a little beat up and the team will need Matt Dimor and Myles Jarvis Rorison to play a lot of minutes to give Wood, Buchanan and Dumont some time to regroup.  The Storm continue to have one of the best defences in the league despite being shorthanded.

Next home action is Sunday October 20 at 5 pm when we take on the Chase Heat

Vs Revelstoke

A couple of fights. Almost a shutout and a free pizza.  Storm won the game scored 5 goals which meant a free pizza from Dominos for everyone at the game.  For the second night in a row the Storm were aggressive and worked hard tonight was a different result as the Storm came out on top. Revelstoke is a much improved hockey team but the Storm used their size and speed to post the win.  

Stefan Wood had his first weekend of playing and had a great weekend.  Look for him to dominate as he gets back into game shape. Ian Chrystal and Nick Landry both had fights and entertained the crowd.