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Giugovaz Solid as Storm Rally to Beat Attack

January 15, 2016 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release


It's not ever over until it's over.

Nicolas Sicoly scored the lone goal in the ninth round of the shootout while Michael Giugovaz made 37 saves as the Guelph Storm rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 in a shootout Friday night at the Sleeman Centre.

Givani Smith, Luke Burghardt and James McEwan all scored in regulation for the Guelph.

The victory was the Storm's third straight and fifth in six games.

Although they had to rally from a two-goal gap, it was Guelph who opened the night's scoring.

On their first power play of the night, Smith sniped the puck from the right side of the net and beat McNiven at a sharp angle to make it 1-0 6:45 into the contest.

However, the next three goals belonged to the Attack.

1:10 after Smith's opening goal, Owen Sound tied the game when Petrus Palmu collected the puck in the slot and wristed the puck past the glove of Giugovaz after a Guelph turnover.

Then Santino Centorame finished off a nice passing play by launching a snap shot high over Giugovaz's glove. Ethan Szypula gave the Attack a 3-1 lead when, standing wide open to the right of Giugovaz, he one-timed a Nick Suzuki pass past the Storm goaltender.

Owen Sound's three goals, which came in a span of 2:30, put Guelph down 3-1 at the end of a physical first period.

In the second period, a more solid, structured Storm team took the ice.

Giugovaz kept his team's deficit at two with numerous saves, including a spectacular glove-hand save on a semi-breakaway.

Guelph would make it a one-goal game thanks to the help of a two minute five-on-three power play.

On the man advantage, Luke Burghardt roofed a loose puck outside the crease to the top of the net to make it 3-2.

5:44 into the final frame, James McEwan knotted the game.

While shorthanded, McEwan broke free on a breakaway, pulled off a forehand-backhand deke and slid the puck through the legs of McNiven. The goal was McEwan's team-leading 19th and is tied for second in the league with four shorthanded tallies.

After the score remained tied after regulation, the game headed to overtime where each team traded multiple chances. Giugovaz and McNiven were both solid in net and made fantastic saves on grade-A scoring opportunities.

Once overtime solved nothing and nobody scored in the first eight rounds of the shootout, Sicoly wired a wrist shot past the blocker of McNiven to give the Storm a 4-3 shootout win.

Giugovaz made 37 saves in the win while McNiven turned aside 22.

Final shots were 40-25.

Guelph is back in action this Sunday, January 17 when they welcome the Peterborough Petes. Puck drop is slated for 3:00 p.m.

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