Kamloops Storm Poised to take Series at Home

Split in Sicamous Leaves Storm up 3-1 on Eagles

After a lack lustre performance on Sunday night in Sicamous, losing 6-3 to the Eagles, the Kamloops Storm upped their standards and got back to their winning ways with a convincing 8-2 thrashing of their opponents on Monday night in KIJHL playoff action.

The Storm, obviously embarrassed by the shelacking they took at the hands of the Eagles took matters into its own hands and showed why they were first in the division during the regular season. Joel Leonard, who has been Kamloops most prolific scorer in the playoffs scored his 6th and 7th goals to lead the charge. As the big line of Leonard, Jassi Sangha and Ryan Bullock accounted for 4 of the 8 goals, it was the 3rd and 4th liners that accounted for 3 of the 8 goals.

Jamie Galbraith, Todd Kennedy and Scott Kirkham supplemented their hard hat style of play with a goal scoring touch that solidified the depth of the team. Coach Bryant Perrier now knows that he's got more scoring depth than just the first two lines.

Speaking of top two lines, the combination of Anthony Collins, Lundy Trenaman and Austin Goode were very quiet on the scoring sheet Monday as they accounted for only one Lundy Trenaman tally. Collins and Trenaman have been pretty steady in this playoff so far but Austin Goode is nowhere to be found. With no goals and no assists, the Storm's Rookie of the Year has been a bit of a disappointment thus far. Perhaps he can find his touch back at home tonight. If not, look for the Kamloops coaching staff to insert someone more deserving of 2nd line status as the playoffs progress. Austin has ridden this roller coaster all season and usually pulls out just when they need him most so look for a strong performance from him tonight.

In other action, Fernie Ghostriders won it's series handily against Columbia Valley 4 games to nil.

Nelson Maple Leafs, leading team in the KIJHL regular season, also turned in a strong performance in eliminating Spokane Braves in 4 straight.

Kimberley has a 3-2 lead on Creston in a high scoring affair.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and the Castlegar Rebels are locked in winning 2 games apiece in a series that is expected to go all the way to 7 games.

In Okanagan Shuswap action the Revelstoke Grizzlies and the Summerland Sting are locked in a 2-2 series tie. This could also be a long series as both teams were evenly matched throughout the season series. The winner of this round will take on the winner of Kamloops-Sicamous in the next playoff series.

See you tonight at the game.

Anthony Collins Grounds the Eagles

Sicamous Now Behind the Eight-Ball

It started to look much the like the night before when the Kamloops Storm had to go into double-overtime to nix the Sicamous Eagles 4-3.

The first period was a quiet, tight checking affair with both teams displaying discipline and tenacity. Aggressive forechecking by both teams, forcing the defensemen to rush their passing created a lot of scrambled play in the neutral zone. Both goaltenders were tested but not to their capacity, with Sicamous starter, Derrick Westlund possibly being tested more than counterpart Anthony Manfredi. It was until the last minute of the period that Joel Leonard broke the ice with the game's first goal. It was the fourth straight goal for Leonard and the Storm.

It was the 2nd period where the game started to take on a familiar flavour and the goals started coming. Sicamous tied it at 1-1 with a goal from Mike Iorio, who again had a strong performance.
Play kind of lulled again, tight checking but near the middle of the period Sicamous started getting into penalty trouble when Kamloops notched 2 power play goals to make the game 3-1.

First it was Jake Young on a nice feed from Anthony Colins and solid work by Lundy Trenaman making it 2-1. Then, less than 3 minutes later, Trenaman put a bulge in the old onion bag for his first playoff marker to make it 3 to 1. Again Collins made the play with the extra helper coming from Jassi Sangha.

In a strange move, I thought, Sicamous made a goaltender change. I don't think that it was the play of Westlund as much as the coach may have felt that the team need a lift so in went Riley Wall. And the coach must have been pleased with what he saw. The team rallied effectively for the rest of the period, scoring 2 goals in a 25 second span to knot the contest once more at 3-3 going into the 3rd. Mike Iorio scored his second of the evening on a power play with 3:21 remaining in the period to close the gap to 3-2. Shortly after, on a CSM (Confused Storm Moment) it was Aaron Buat blasting one in from the high slot, beating Manfredi and tieing the score. Things were still looking awful familiar going into the 3rd period, tied at 3.

The teams played cautiously for the first 7 minutes when Anthony Collins took matters into his own hands. Collins picked up the puck in his own end, did a tight circle, surveyed his options and bolted up the ice. He hit his own blueline in the middle of the ice with speed. Following blocks like a running back in football, he bobbed left, weaved right, eluded a couple of checkers, slid wide around another defender and attacked the net from the left side. With a seemingly effortless flick he flew the puck high over the shoulder of goaltender Wall into the roof of the net, where his momma keeps the cookies. Brilliant. The crowd went nuts. Play of the game.

Five minutes later Collins and Trenaman were at it again setting up David Osborne for a big blast from the blueline that just blew by everyone making the score 5-3. Just over a minute later, Joel Leonard put the game out of reach with his 5th goal in 2 nights to put the Storm up 6-3.

Sicamous was down but not out as they scored their 4th goal immediatly after the centre ice faceoff. Shane Lightfoot, who was kept under closer checking this evening took advantage of another CSM, broke in after getting the puck from Eric Holzschuh and quickly blasted it by a surprised Anthony Manfredi.

In the end, Kamloops showed its superiority on home ice (even though game 2 was played on the NHL rink instead of the Olympic rink). Sicamous mustered up a pretty serious challenge in both games and one wonders if that was the best that they had to offer.

Collins ended up as first star with a 4 point night, 1-3 while Lundy Trenaman was second star with a goal and 2 helpers. Sicamous star Mike Iorio captured 3rd star with a 2 goal performance. Special mention to Joel Leonard who also had 2 goals to complete his 5 goal weekend outburst and Jose Reyes who was relentless in his checking and tenacity for the Eagles.

I guess we will see part of the answer tonight as the series moves to Sicamous for a game 3 and 4 showdown. Kamloops shutout Sicamous 4-0 in the final game of the season last weekend and they hope to continue that habit tonight. The game will be broadcast on the KIJHL website by the Sicamous contingent.

May the Storm be with You!!!

• Box Score

Eagles Succumb to Storm

Goaltenders Duel takes it to Double OT

It was the first game of the 2007 KIJHL playoffs and the teams did not disappoint.

In a real goaltenders duel between Kamloops Storm's, Anthony Manfredi and Sicamous Eagle's Derrick Westlund and Manfredi took round 1 of the best of 7 series in a 3-2 double overtime win at the Mac Island Sports Complex.

The big gun on the evening was Joel Leonard of the Kamloops Storm who scored all three goals including the OT winner with a deflection on a hard blast by David Osborne.

The game was a see-saw battle, perhaps even a little conservative in the 1st period which ended up scoreless. Both teams were pinning the other in their own zone with an aggressive 2 man forecheck that pressured the defensemen into rushing their play.

Sicamous got on the board first with a hard-working goal late in the 2nd period.

After having to kill a Ryan Bullock penalty that carried over to the 3rd period, Leonard scored his first goal on a nice passing play between him, Jassi Sangha and Bullock. Only 1:26 later the same trio combined again, this time Leonard made a particularly pretty tip in front of the net that total fooled Westund.

The Eagles, not to be out done, scored short handed, a 2 man breakaway no less, on sloppy Kamloops turnover at center ice when Trevor Torbolm came out of the penalty box, putting the Storm in a man-advantage situation. Jay Stuart got the goal from Brock Backus and Cody Lockwood.

The first OT period went scoreless with Kamloops almost putting it away with 1.6 seconds left on the clock on scramble at the side of the Sicamous net.

Sicamous got into penalty trouble early in the 2nd OT with an elbowing call at 2:49. On the ensuing power play, David Osborne got two wacks at it from the blue line, with the second blast deflecting off of a well positioned Leonard and past a helpless Westlund.

The Storm outshot the Eagles 56-35.

Other than Westlund, Sicamous got very good efforts particularly from Shane Lightfoot who seemed to be dangerous all night and 16 year old Curtis Summerfelt who created a number of scoring chances.

Other solid performances from Kamloops were Darren Mann, Lundy Trenaman and Tod Kennedy who's forecheck kept Sicamous off balance all night. Austin Goode and Anthony Collins both could have stolen the show if any of their efforts paid off but when it came to shooting it was like someone melted the bottom of their stick blades as everything they shot appeared to be a bit of a whiff.

Former assistant coach turned defenseman, Justin Giroux was particularly aggressive in the neutral zone trying to pick off passes and made some great plays but one wonders if a on another evening the opposition may be able to take advantage of that and create a number of odd man rushes.

It all goes again 7:30 tonight at the Mac Island Sport Centre only this time it will be on the regulation ice sheet. It could be a very different game. Games 3 and 4 will be in Sicamous Sunday and Monday.

Check out the boxscores on the KIJHL site here.

In other action, the Kimberley Dynamiters edge out the Creston Valley Thunder 5-4, also in overtime.

See you at the rink or catch us on the air.
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Divisional Awards handed to Key Kamloops Storm Players

A few Okanagan - Shuswap Division awards were handed out prior to the game as Anthony Manfredi garnered both the Division MVP and top Goaltender Award. Jassi Sangha won as Top Scorer and Lundy Trenaman took the Most Sportsmanlike Player.

Congratulations Gentleman, your mammas are proud of you.

KIJHL - Playoff Preview

Playoffs Start this Week

The start of the second season starts and within less than 2 weeks, 6 teams will be moving on and 6 teams will be packing their bags. It's been a competitive year with the strength of the league emerging from the Neil Murdock division with the likes of Nelson, Beaver Valley, Spokane and Castlegar beating up on the rest of the league. Now they have to play amongst themselves and look to the winner here to take it all if they don't bang the heck out of each other trying to emerge from their division.

Fernie was a clear-cut winner in the Eddie Mountain Division and is not likely to receive a big challenge there unless they self-destruct.

The Kamloops Storm emerged as the strength in the Okanagan - Shuswap division but this was the closest division from top to bottom and very few games were blowouts. Princeton was eliminated in the last week of play.

So, lets take a look at the first round match-ups and see what our predictions are.


Eddy Mountain Division:

A. Fernie vs. Columbia Valley

Columbia Valley has some big kids but they won't be able to handle the speed of Martin Croteau and the rest of the Ghostriders. Fernie's defensive game is superior with almost a full goal against/game better than Columbia Valley. Fernie won the season series convincingly, 6-2.
Look for Fernie to be one of the contenders for the KIJHL title.

Fernie in 4.

B. Kimberley vs. Creston

This one is too close to call. The teams split the season series 4-4. I'm going to go with the team that has the big guns. The scoring power of Kimberley's Jeremy Moccasin-Weasel and Mike Whitequills will be the difference.

Kimberley in 7.

Neil Murdock Division

The rest of the league has got to hope that these guys beat the living ka-ka out of each other over the course of the first couple rounds so that they can be had later on. Keep wishing.

A. Nelson vs. Spokane

Despite Spokane's ability to play sound, technical hockey, Nelson has too much speed and power to let them get in their way. Spokane will be better in the playoff series than they were in the regular season against Nelson but they will probably will be golfing early.

Nelson in 6.

B. Castlegar vs Beaver Valley

Another close one if you look at the standings but Castlegar had their way with Beaver Valley this year winning the season 6-2. Beaver Valley looked like a finely tuned machine when they visited Kamloops in Dec. and look like they could put up a better fight than their record against Castlegar shows.

Beaver Valley in an upset - 7 games

Okanagan-Shuswap Division:

This was the tightest division in the league so upsets are possible, especially in series B.

A. Kamloops vs Sicamous

The teams split their season series where Sicamous dominated in the first half of the season and Kamloops was stronger in the second half. I don't think Sicamous has the guns that Kamloops has with 2 strong scoring lines and the strong goaltending of Manfredi and Brennan.
Look for Kamloops to be a contender for the big prize.

Kamloops in 5.

B. Summerland vs Revelstoke

This could be the best match-up in the entire 1st round of the playoffs. The teams split their regular season meetings. Both teams have tough guys, strong leaders and good goaltending. My feeling is that Revelstoke has the better top-end and with all else being equal, they should be able to steal a game from Summerland and emerge victorious.

Revelstoke in 7.

We are looking forward to the playoffs and hope to update you on the Kamloops-Sicamous series as it unfolds. Let's see how we do in our predictions and we will revisit them at the end of all the first-round series.

Go Storm.

Kamloops Storm Celebrates Performances

Anthony Manfredi Wins Team MVP

With the regular season over and the KIJHL playoffs looming, the Kamloops Storm took a break on Sunday and had their season ending banquet honouring their best in a number of categories. The banquet was held on MacArthur Island at the Press Box Restaurant and was really a packed house. It was great to see all the parents, friends, girlfriends, volunteers, relatives and even the media to share in the festivities with the team.

Anthony Manfredi and his golden glove was the winner of the MVP award. He ended the season with a 23-13 record (3rd among active goaltenders), a .919 Save% ( 1st among active goaltenders) and his 23 wins were 2nd in the league next to Jason Greenwell of the Spokane Braves.

(L-to-R: Ass't Coach - Keith Sedgewick, Rick Wile - NL Radio, Anthony Manfredi-MVP, Head Coach - Bryant Perrier, Ass't Coach/Trainer - Chad Ferris)

Other worthy winners of Awards were:

Ryan Bullock - Coaches Award (goal scoring and power play star)

Austin Goode - Rookie of the Year (pretty consistent all year)

Jassi Sangha - Top Scorer (man, did he come on at the end of the year!)

Brennan Jones - Academic Achievement - Nor Kam ( I think his save % and his school marks were about the same... high 80's)

Three Star Award - Anthony Collins (came up big when the team needed him most)

Top Defensman - Cody Kightley ( huge improvement in the 2nd half of the season)

Hard Hat Award - Tod Kennedy ( always there to mix it up)

Unsung Hero - Lundy Trenaman ( heart and soul of the team in the 2nd half of the season)

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Congratulations to all the winners and the team. Good luck in your playoff run.

Congratulations to Coach Perrier and his staff for assembling a bunch of boys to being a team of young men.

Congratulations to owners Barry and Sandy Dewer for their efforts in making this work.

Thanks to Holly Ferris who did a great job orchestrating the show. (no offense to Austin but maybe Holly should have gotten "rookie of the year")

And thanks to all the volunteers who played a big part in making the season a success.

Thanks to the fans who came out in droves and the sponsors, whose support is much appreciated.

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Unsung Hero Lundy Trenamen with Ass't Coach Chad Ferris, Mrs Owner - Sandy Dewar, Coach Bryant Perrier and Ass't Coach - Keith Sedgewick.

In front - Defenseman Paul Riddle, Hard Hat Award Winner - Tod Kennedy, and an unrecognizable team member - someone please identify!!

Acquiring Good Carma for next season.

Forward Jamie Galbraith rubbing shoulders with hardware winners Lundy Trenaman, Anthony Manfredi and Tod Kennedy outside the Press Box Restaurant after the banquet.

The sit down roast beef dinner was excellent. Visitors to Mac Island will do themselves proud by visiting this quaint restaurant whenever they are in town.

photo credits: Wendy Galbraith

feel free to leave your comments on how you thought the whole team did in their inaugural year in Kamloops.

Kamloops Storm Wins Divisional Title

Playoffs just around the Corner

It's been a great inaugural season for the Kamloops Storm who clinched the Okanagan-Shuswap division title in the KIJHL. It took until the 2nd last game of the season and they did it against the team that was pushing them, the Summerland Sting, with an OT shootout to win 4-3 and solidify 1st place.The next evening the Storm closed out it's season avenging last week's 3-1 loss to Sicamous with a 4-0 shutout over the Eagles in their barn. Paul Riddell was the big scorer with 1 goal and one assist. Paul scored Friday evening too bringing his year total to 3. Brennan Jones gave Anthony Manfredi a rest and was solid between the pipes recording his first shutout of the season.The Storm will now play Sicamous in a 4 out of 7 first round match-up. The series opens Thursday and Friday evening in Kamloops at the Mac Park Centre, start time 7:30pm.The Storm went 13-2 since the Xmas break and look like favorites to emerge from their division.

Check back later this week for a KIJHL playoff preview.

Kamloops Storm has Breakout Weekend

3 Wins and 19 Goals Later... 1st Place

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Storm Blows Away Weekend Competion

Posse Slumps in the Saddle while Grizzlies go into Hibernation

Kamloops at Revelstoke - Jan 9, 2007

It was a great week for the Kamloops Storm. After being soundly shut out by the Spokane Braves (3-0) on their last home outing, Kamloops faced the task of a home and home with the Revelstoke Grizzlies who were tinkering with 1st place in the Okanagan-Shuswap division.

First up was a trip to Revelstoke on Jan 9 which saw Kamloops come from behind in the 3rd period on late goals by Austin Goode and Jassi Sangha to squeek out at 4-3 win. Revelstoke had defeated Kamloops twice before Xmas so revenge in the Revelstoke Forum was sweet. Sangha also had a goal in the 2nd period, as did Anthony Collins.

It appears that Kamloops dominated the game with a 60-44 shot differential which left both goaltenders busier than a one armed paper hanger. Kamloops ran into big penalty trouble in the 2nd period taking 6 penalties but held the Grizzlies to one power-play goal and scored a short handed marker (Sangha) to close the gap.

Chance Fenner was in the box late in the game when Collins tied the scored 3-3 and with 1:30 left in the period Sangha popped his second from Lundy Treneman and Joel Leonard to capture the win and earn 1st star status. (see boxscore here)

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Kamloops vs Princeton - Jan 12, 2007

On Friday night the much improved Princeton Posse were in town taking on the Storm. After a quiet 1st period for both teams Sean Carr of Princeton took advantage of a Sangha hooking call carried over from the 1st period and beat goaltender Anthony Manfredi for the opening goal of the game. Just over a minute later Austin Goode rapped in the tieing goal from Collins and David Osborne.

Later in the 2nd period Ryan Bullock scored his team leading 25th goal on the power play from Paul Riddell and Joel Leonard to put Kamloops ahead to stay. Paul Riddell finished off the scoring in the 3rd period with a tally from Jacob Young and Trevor Torbolm.

David Osborne had a particularly strong game showing both skill and leadership at both ends of the ice, good enough to earn 1st Star honours. Jacob Young also had a strong performance and ended up as 2nd star while Eric Galbraith was Princeton's best player and earned the 3rd star.
Kamloops outshot Princeton 39-30. Goaltenders Anthony Manfredi (Kam) and Tanner Sheridan (Princeton) had strong games with Sheridan coming up with some particularly difficult saves.
(see boxscore here)

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The Rematch - Kamloops vs Revelstoke - Jan 14, 2007

The Grizzlies wandered into the Mac Park Sports Centre looking for revenge but in the end it was their lack of discipline that sent them home into hibernation as the Storm slapped them with 6 power play markers and rolled to a 7-2 win.

Revelstoke opened up the scoring just past half way through the 1st period when Vincien Scott took a slick feed from Chance Fenner and wisked the puck past Anthony Manfredi. Then Revelstoke got into penalty trouble and the Storm were all over them.
First, on Cody Inkster's 2nd hooking call of the game, Jassi Sangha popped his first of two goals to tie the game at 1. Then, just 15 seconds later, Brendon Madlung took a holding call and the Storm were back on the PP. It took Austin Goode all of 19 seconds to pop Kamloops second pp tally of the period (from Lundy Treneman and Justin Giroux) to put Kamloops ahead to stay.

Jake Young got Kamloops it's only even strength goal early in the 2nd period on some hard work by Giroux and Todd Kennedy to take a 3-1 lead. Revelstoke battled back with an even strength goal of their own by Madlung. After that Kamloops took advantage of another two power-play opportunities and cashed in on goals by Jassi Sangha and Anthony Collins.

Revelstoke continued its wayward ways and the Storm capitalized on another 2 opportunities in the 3rd period (Austin Goode and Joel Leonard) to round out the scoring.

The game wasn't without it's animosity as there were 4 separate tussles during the game.
Darren Mann showed well against a larger Derek Yuskiw in the 2nd period. Justin Giroux had a great bout with Morgan Bell early in the 3rd. John Spence took on Scott Karwandy in a spirited match where Karwandy ended up on top. Jassi Sangha, who had just about enough after a hit from behind by Tyson Baulkham, lost his cool and pummeled Baulkham on the ice and then fought Brent Meissinger to end his night in the dressing room.

Kamloops was great on the penalty kill and kept Revelstoke frustrated all evening. Anthony Manfredi made all the saves he needed to to post the win.

3 Stars - Joel Leonard (1G-2A), Anthony Collins (1G-2A) and Austin Goode (2G-1A).

Coach Bryant Perrier may be forced to sit out the upcoming game against the Princeton Posse after having his team involved in 4 fights during the game. Coach Brad Fox of Revelstoke will probably be subject to the same fate.

(see boxscores here)

next game: Wed Jan 17 at Princeton (oh no, another rematch!)

written by Dave Ouellette, Kamloops Storm Writer

Braves Weather the Storm

Greenwell is full marks for Shutout

The Kamloops Storm, feisty after their come from behind win on Friday night, came on strong early but fizzled in the end to drop a 3-0 lightly entertaining game on Saturday night at the Mac Island SportPlex. The Storm outshot the Spokane Braves 34 - 21 but just couldn't solve goaltender Jason Greenwell.

Greenwell was called upon to be brilliant in every period and was equal to the task. The Kamloops shooter played right into his strengths, testing him in the bottom corners where the butterfly pad save flashed to save against certain goals. When he wasn't called on to make the pad save, Greenwell covered his angles well and forced the Storm shooter to hit him in the belly.

Spokane looked particularly listless in the first period. They played methodical but without a whole lot of jump. Kamloops seemed to have some carryover zip from the night before and it looked like it could be a long night for Spokane.

Kamloops had 10 powerplay opportunities to Spokane's 5 and were not able to score. The Spokane defense played well in keeping the Kamloops shooters to the outside and sacrificed themselves by blocking shot after shot. The actual shots on net were not indicitive of the play. Kamloops dominated much more than the stats revealed.

In the 3rd period, after killing off a 4 min. minor to Alex Lelwica for spearing, tough guy David Manzo picked up a rebound in front of Manfredi and rifled in Spokane's first and winning goal on the power play. Just over a minute later, Johnny Clark showed flashes of brilliance on the rush, drawing a couple of Kamloops players to himself and finding a wide open Evan Witt who scored with a quick wrister up high over Manfredi's blocker.

Alex Lelwica closed out the scoring with 5:10 remaining when he picked up a rebound on a shot from Brandon Lassiter.

Kamloops sits in the middle of the pack (3rd place) in the Okanagan Shuswap Division and returns to action this Tuesday when the travel to Revelstoke to face the first place Grizzlies.

Next home game and broadcast will be on Friday Jan 12th against division rivals Princeton at 7:30.

DaveO - KamloopsStormWriter

Thunder feels the Storm

Treneman turns in Season Best Performance

After 2 full weeks off the Kamloops Storm hit the ice Friday night against the Creston Thundercats and for the first 2 periods it wasn't pretty.

After a lacklustre 1st period where both teams showed signs of turkey rust, Brandon Astle of the Thundercats stole a sloppy pass at his own blueline and raced down the ice untouched to deke out a waiting Brennan Jones to score short-handed and take a 1-0 lead.

Shortly after, Kamloops was on another power-play and Justin Giroux let a slapper go from the blueline that beat a solid Wade Waters (Creston goaltender) to tie the score 1-1.

Less than 1 minute later Creston took advantage of their powerplay and Matt Miller was johnny-on-the-spot to rap in a shot close in on Brennan Jones. Sloppy play continued on Kamloops part and with 2:14 left in the 2nd, Graham Telford took advantage of another weak effort at the Creston blueline as he waltzed in untouched on Jones and slipped the puck through his legs to take a solid 3-1 lead going into the 3rd period.

Like many teams that visit the olympic ice at McArthur Island the first time, the 3rd period creeps up on them and they hit the wall. The Storm was clearly the better skating club in the 3rd period and caused Creston to take a series of penalties that proved fatal in the end.

Cody Kightley slapped in his first goal of the season from the blueline on the power play to close the gap to 3-2. Then Lundy Treneman turned on the afterburners.

In a span of 4 minutes and 52 second Treneman scored 3 even strengths goals to pull Kamloops ahead to stay. His first was a rebound from a brilliant effort by Anthony Collins. His second goal, only 2:10 after his first was a nice shot from between the circles on a screened Wade Waters. His 3rd and Kamloops 5th, was again a slick passing play that included Jake Young and Austin Goode. Young probably could have buried it himself but as an unselfish leader he passed it to Treneman for his easiest goal of the night.

Joel Leonard completed the scoring on the power play at 15:49 of the period and Kamloops waltzed away with its 18 win of the season.

3 Stars - Treneman, Leonard and Creston goaltender Wade Waters. Waters was my pick for 1st star going into the 3rd but his team's collapse clouded his brilliant effort between the pipes.

David Osborne and Mike Hanes both had particularly strong games on defence as they laid out a number of crushing hits and were both involved in the offensive part of the game. Osborne ended up with one assist for his efforts.

Tonight the Storm take on Spokane at 7:30 at the Mac Park Sports Centre. See you there.

You can check out the Box Scores here.

Note: again the broadcast was interupted by poor line communication. It's something that we can't do anything about at our end and hopefully the bugs can get ironed out. Thanks to anyone that phoned in to let us know that the broadcast went off air.