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McCormick's OT Goal Gives Caps Win over Storm

November 1, 2014 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
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MADISON, Wis. - An overtime-winning goal by forward Sam McCormick sent the Madison Capitols fans home happy on Saturday night with a 4-3 defeat of the Tri-City Storm (6-3-2) at the Alliant Energy Center.

Storm forward Mason Appleton, a Green Bay, Wis. native, scored twice for Tri-City in the loss, while forward Chris Wilkie added a power play goal. The Storm have now scored power play goals in seven consecutive games.

Tri-City earned just one point in the standings over the weekend, after falling to the Capitols 5-4 on Friday night in the teams' first ever meeting.

After scoring a goal 11 seconds into Friday night's game, Madison once again took the early lead on Saturday with a goal at the 2:11 mark of the opening period by forward Marco Richter.

Later in the period, off the opening face-off to the Storm's first power play opportunity of the game, the Capitols forced the puck out of the zone and took control going the other way. A one-timer from Freddy Gerard to center Ryan Lohin gave the Capitols a short-handed goal and a 2-0 lead.

Lohin's tally was his third of the weekend, and sent Madison into the first intermission with a two-goal advantage.

The Storm fought back in the second period, scoring the only goal of the frame when Appleton won an offensive zone faceoff to start possession in the Caps' zone.

Forward Nolan Aibel had a great chance on the doorstep, and stuck with the play by getting the puck to Appleton. The center then found the net for his first goal of the night to make it 2-1.

Appleton then tied the game at 3:24 of the third, again finding a loose puck in front of the Madison net and finding a way to get it past Capitols' netminder Garrett Metcalf.

Tri-City took their first lead of the weekend on Wilkie's power play goal at 6:24 of the final period. Forward Jake Wahlin found the Omaha native for his seventh goal of the season and the Storm had a 3-2 edge.

But Madison's Will Johnson evened things back up, scoring an even strength goal with just five minutes to go in the game that forced overtime.

In the extra session, a turnover in the Storm's own zone allowed forward Mitch Hults to find McCormick wide open in front to beat Tri-City netminder Blake Weyrick for the game-winner.

Weyrick made his second start of the season in between the pipes for the Storm, making 23 saves in the loss.

Metcalf won his second decision of the weekend, making 34 saves for Madison. Tri-City outshot the Capitols 37-27 in the game.

The Storm will return home to take on the Muskegon Lumberjacks in a weekend series Nov. 7-8 at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney. Friday night's game starts at 7:30 p.m., while Saturday's puck drop is scheduled for 7:05.


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