Game One of the 2007/08 season is in the books.
The Storm had a convincing 7-3 win over the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Storm scored all seven goals on special teams with 6 power play goals and one shorthanded goal.
Jassi Sangha lead the way with 6 points (3 goals and 3 assists) in another Domino Pizza give away for all the fans. Jassi playing on a line with Lundy Trenaman and David Gore on the power play were pretty much unstoppable. Jassi also scored one shorthanded goal and almost had more as he enjoyed the return to the Storm. Trenaman and Gore also had great nights with Gore getting one goal and 3 assists while Trenaman set up 4 goals for 4 assists.
Some other highlites of the night included our first video webcast. While we still have some technical glitches to fix overall it seems to be well received and word is the games will be archived for review should the need arise.
Other goal scorers for the Storm were Payden Wongstedt of Fort St. John who played a stellar game on defense, Jose Reyes from Kamloops and Dominic Alec also from Kamloops got the other goals. Wongstedt took a great pass from Scott Kirkham on a goal mouth pass while Alec and his line of Riley Marsh and Brandon Long were strong all night long. Reyes who came to the Storm after playing last season fit in nicely in his Storm debut but left the game late in the third period after a cheap shot by one of the Dynamiters injured him. Derek Henderson of Langley answered the bell for his teammate by pummeling the offender in his first fight of the season. Henderson also had a strong game on the blue line as did Cody Lockwood who will be one of the leaders on the defense.
Brennon Jones got the win in net making 33 of 36 saves. Jones was tested early and made a couple of big saves and played a strong game in net.
The win is the first for the coaching tandem of Ed Patterson, Gille Leberre and Chad Ferris who ran an excellent bench.
2007-09-15
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Great report Barry.Nice to see somebody stand up for Reyes after the dirty hit Jose took.I am so looking forward to joining the Storm in about 2 months time.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that someone stood up for a cheap shot. We are going to see more cheap stuff since the KIJHL has decided to go the midget route and have the 1 fight rule. I hope that they re-visit this silly rule as all it does is encourage cheap shots on top players, enticing them to fight. Sticks get used as weapons because, hey, I can't fight but I still have to defend. Pretty soon we will be back to full face shields and no contact hockey. Fighting does not take the skill out of the game, it protects and preserves it.
ReplyDeleteThe sooner the league figures that out, the better.
Besides, when the fight broke out the other evening, NOT ONE PERSON LEFT THE BUILDING. Enough said for now.