OHL Guelph Storm

Storm City Weekly

Published on February 12, 2010 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release


Currently two points behind the Attack for the final playoff position in the Western Conference, the Storm picked up four of a possible six points on their Eastern Road Swing and defeated the Plymouth Whalers by a score of 6-3 on Wednesday night. The weekend got off to a rough start, losing to the Frontenacs on Friday night by a score of 4-2. Saturday in Belleville, Brandon Foote stood on his head making 47 saves helping his team defeat the Bulls 5-2. There were five different goal scorers on the night including Adam Comrie who fired home the winning goal with just under two minutes left in the final period. On Sunday in Ottawa, Connor Tresham scored the winner at 3:21 of the second as the Storm defeated the 67's 4-3.

Wednesday night at the Sleeman Centre, the Storm faced off against the red hot Whalers who were riding a 8-1-0-1 recording heading into the game. Michael Latta scored four goals on the night leading his Storm to a 6-3 victory over the Whalers.

AMJ Player of the Week

The Guelph Storm announced today that defenceman Adam Comrie is the AMJ Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, February 7th.

Comrie recorded the most points of any Storm defenceman this week scoring three times and adding one assist. In his first game on the weekend, the 18 year old helped set up Peter Holland for his 20th of the season in the Storm's 4-2 loss to the Frontenacs. Saturday night in Belleville, the Asburn, VA native was named the third star of the game, scoring the winning goal with a blast from the point less than three minutes remaining in regulation. Recording his second two goal game of the year on Sunday afternoon in Ottawa, Comrie tallied twice on the power play and was named the game's first star in the Storm's 4-3 win over the 67's.

Comrie has picked up seven points in the last seven games and currently leads all Storm defenceman in scoring with 31 points and goals with 11. He is the only Storm player to play in every game so for this season.

Next up, the Storm host the Plymouth Whalers on Wednesday night at the Sleeman Centre for the final "Wecession Wednesday" game of the year where all regular priced tickets are just $5 each. Game time is 7:00 pm. Friday night, the Storm host the Sarnia Sting at the Sleeman Centre before heading off for yet another important divisional clash on Saturday when they travel to Owen Sound for a 7:30 pm start. Tickets are still available for both Wednesday and Friday and can be purchased online or by visiting or calling the Guelph Storm Box Office at 519-837-9690.

7 Day 'Storm Forecast'

Defeating the Plymouth Whalers on Wednesday night, The Storm currently sits two points back of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Looking to keep up their winning ways, the Storm hosts the Sarnia Sting at the Sleeman Centre on Friday night before heading out to Owen Sound for an important divisonal match up on Saturday. Monday in a special family day game, the London Knights are in town for a 2:00 pm start. Get inside this week's games with the 7 day 'Storm Forecast'

Alumni Game Tickets on Sale Tuesday

Tickets for the Guelph Storm's 20th Anniversary Alumni Game will go on sale on Tuesday, February 16th at the Guelph Storm box office and through Ticketmaster.

The Alumni Game and Skills Competition will be held at the Sleeman Centre on Saturday, June 12th at 2:00 pm and will include two teams of Guelph Storm Alumni including many former Storm players that went on to play in the NHL.

Before the Alumni Game and Skills Competition, all of the participants will be available for an autograph session inside the Sleeman Centre for fans purchasing a ticket to the game.

All tickets for the game will be only $10 (including GST) with all net proceeds from the event being donated to the Guelph Wish Fund For Children.

Seats will be held for Guelph Storm 2009-10 season ticket holders until Friday, March 12th. Season Ticket holders that purchase their current seats before the March 12th deadline will be entered into a draw to win tickets to the exclusive 20th Anniversary Reunion Dinner event. A total of four season ticket holders will be drawn to win two seats at the dinner.

The Anniversary Alumni Reunion will be held the entire weekend of June 11th -13th with three principle goals. The first is to bring players together in a reunion-type setting, the second is to give Storm fans the opportunity to see their favourite players again and the third is to raise money for local charities including Guelph Wish Fund for Children.

Holland honoured for 'Biltmore Hat trick'

Nearly sixty years after the first Biltmore hat was presented to a junior hockey player from the storied Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters franchise, the Guelph Storm and Guelph's Biltmore Hats returned the 'Hat Trick' tradition to junior hockey in the Royal City.

Before the game on Wednesday when the Storm hosted the Plymouth Whalers, Biltmore Hats was proud to recognize Peter Holland's recent three-goal game by presenting him with a Biltmore Hat.

Scoring once in the first and twice in the second Holland scored his second hat trick of the season and the third of his career on January 17th against the Sudbury Wolves. Storm players Taylor Beck, Mathew Sisca and Michael Latta have also received Biltmore Hats this season.

Ironically on Wednesday, after watching Holland receive his second Biltmore Hat of the year, Holland's teammate Michael Latta recorded his second hat trick of the year, scoring four times in the Storm's 6-3 victory over the Whalers. Holland assisted on three of Latta's four goals.

Guelph Tribune Hockey Pool

With just 6 weeks remaining, the race for top spot in the Guelph Tribune's OHL Hockey Pool remains tight with Mike Koster nudging past Ken Kosak into top spot thanks to a 31 point week. Ron Brown's team leads in February points with 46.

An all-time high 776 entries were received and standings will be printed regularly in The Guelph Tribune.

Click below to view the standings report including Top 10 and rankings from 300-776 as of February 9th including February leaders.

Fri, Feb 12th: Sting, 7:30 pm

Mon, Feb 15th: Knights, 2:00 pm

Next Storm Away Game

Sat, Feb 13th: Attack, 7:30 pm

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