OHL Guelph Storm

Storm City Weekly

Published on November 2, 2011 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release


This past weekend, the Storm had a very successful Northern road trip, defeating the Sudbury Wolves on Friday by a score of 5-2 before heading to Sault Ste. Marie, where they bested the Greyhounds 5-3.

Friday night, the team got out to a very quick start, when Francis Menard scored 14 seconds into the first period. Cody McNaughton would also score his fifth powerplay goal of the year in the first. After a point shot by Stephen Gaskin beat Wolves' goalie Johan Mattsson, Tyler Bertuzzi scored his first career goal, fittingly against his hometown team, before the Wolves would get on the board to end the second. The Storm would score once more in the third, on a goal by Scott Kosmachuk. However, before the game ended, the Wolves powerplay would beat Brandon Foote, who was named first star of the game.

Saturday night in the Soo didn't start quite as well for the Storm who were down by two goals eight minutes into the first. Garret Sparks would be brought in and the team rebounded with a goal by Zack Mitchell to end the first 2-1 for the Hounds. Guelph would storm back in the second, with goals by Brock McGinn and another by Mitchell to pull ahead 3-2. Soo would convert on a powerplay chance midway through the period to tie the game, but the Storm would end the period ahead 4-3 on a late tally by Tanner Richard. Francis Menard would get the insurance goal in the third, and the Storm would head home with a 5-3 win to end a 4 point weekend.

The Storm have a busy weekend ahead, starting Friday night, when they host the Erie Otters at the Sleeman Centre at 7:30 pm. Then the team hit the road, visiting Sarnia to play the Sting on Saturday at 7:00 pm and then Sunday they are in Brampton for a 2:00 pm game.

Storm Forecast

The Storm have a busy weekend ahead, starting Friday night, when they host the Erie Otters at the Sleeman Centre at 7:30 pm. Then the team hit the road, visiting Sarnia to play the Sting on Saturday at 7:00 pm and then Sunday they are in Brampton for a 2:00 pm game.

Tickets for Friday's game are still available and can be purchased online, or by calling the Storm Box Office at 519-837-9690.

Player of the Week

The Guelph Storm announced today that forward Tanner Richard is the Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, October 30th.

Richard recorded five points, one goal and four assists, in two games over the weekend. On Friday night against the Sudbury Wolves, the 19 year-old picked up an assist on McNaughton's power play goal in the Storm's 5-2 victory. On Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie, Richard had his best game of the year so far picking up one goal and three assists in the Storm's 5-3 victory. Named first star of the game, first-year OHLer recorded a point on all but one of Guelph's goals, including scoring the game winner at 18:32 of the second.

Richard is currently in a three-way tie with Zack Mitchell and Cody McNaughton for most points on the Storm with 17. He leads the team in assists (5), plus minus (+7) and power play goals (5). Scoring at just over a point per game pace, Richard has recorded four multi-point games during the month of October.

Carstar Collision of the Game

Each week during the 2011-12 season, the Guelph Storm will name a Collision of the Game.

At the end of each month, fans will get the opportunity to vote for the CARSTAR Collision of the Month and eventually the CARSTAR Collision of the Year, so keep an eye on guelphstorm.com for more videos and to cast your vote!

The Storm Face-Off in Movember Battle

This November, Guelph Storm players will face-off in an epic battle off the ice, a battle of the moustache or "MO" against their longtime community partner and presenting sponsor, Skyline, to raise awareness for Movember.

Movember is an annual charity event staged in the month of November designed to change the face of men's health (figuratively and literally). Men across Canada and all over the world - called "MO Bros" - are encouraged to grow a moustache during the month to help raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer. Everyone starts from a clean shaven state on November 1st and works towards growing the best MO in town in time for the final MO showdown on November 30th. It's the MO Bros themselves that become men's health advocates for the month and are literally walking and talking billboards for 30 days. Women can also join in the fun by signing up as "MO Sistas" to help encourage their MO Bros in their cause.

"Awareness and education alters behavior and mind-sets; it gradually breaks down barriers, starts conversation, removes stigmas and brings about real change. Movember wants men to take responsibility for their health, prevent illness by leading a healthy lifestyle and understand the symptoms and signs in both themselves and others so they can appreciate when and how to seek help if needed." - movember.com

A group of Storm players will compete against the three founders of Skyline and their staff who make up the "Skyline MOs", to raise local awareness around men's health in the community and beyond.

"We are very excited to be participating in this great campaign as I'm sure we have all been affected by cancer in some way, in this case specifically men's cancer, and this is our chance to put the spotlight on this issue. We encourage all local businesses to put a MO team together and take the challenge with us" says Martin Castellan, Co-Founder of Skyline and Team Captain of the Skyline MOs.

"Movember is a great opportunity for our team to support a worthy cause and it's a fun way to bring awareness to cancers affecting men. I look forward to seeing what kind of moustaches our guys can grow. We encourage all fans to join in not only by donating, but by becoming active participants as well" says Storm Assistant Captain Kyle Pereira.

Fans attending Storm games during the month of November can look forward to fun "Movember" activities over the next few weeks.

For more information about Movember, please visit the official campaign website, Movember.com. If you would like to support the "Storm MOs" and the "Skyline MOs", please go to guelphstorm.com to make a donation and see weekly update photos on the MO growing progress of each of the teams.

The Guelph Storm and Guelph Public Library Present 'Hockey Stories'

Throughout the season, keep an eye out for your favourite Guelph Storm players at your local branch of the Guelph Public Library! Players will be scheduled at the branch to read books to children aged 4-8. The next library visit will be November 8th at 6pm at the West End Branch.

Served By the Storm

Come join us at Casey's Bar and Grill on November 7th for our annual Served by the Storm event. All money raised will go to support our Adopt-a-School program! Book your table early by dropping a completed form to the Storm Box Office, emailing community@guelphstorm.com, or by calling the Storm office at 519-837-9690.

Tickets are still available!!

Introducing CHL FRIDAY NIGHT HOCKEY on Sportsnet

TORONTO (October 26, 2011) - Building on the network's leading cross-platform efforts and fan engagement, Sportsnet today announced the creation of Friday Night Hockey, a regular weeknight destination for Canadian Hockey League games, plus integration across the multiple Sportsnet platforms - television, radio, digital and print.

Sportsnet will televise a CHL game in high definition every Friday night during the 2011-2012 regular season, plus the CHL's Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and the MasterCard Memorial Cup. The season begins on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. (ET)/4 p.m. (PT) when the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors host the Barrie Colts on Sportsnet ONE and the Sportsnet Ontario and Pacific channels. Sportsnet has been the exclusive media partner of the CHL since 1998.

"We wanted a home position for CHL hockey on Sportsnet and created destination viewing with Friday Night Hockey," said Scott Moore, President, Broadcasting, Rogers Media. "We recognize the hunger and passion for junior hockey across the country and now fans will have a consistent night each week to catch all the action."

"The Canadian Hockey League is extremely excited to bring weekly Friday night CHL games to fans across the country," said David Branch, President, CHL. "Through our expanded partnership with Sportsnet, we look forward to Friday Night Hockey showcasing the CHL's next wave of talent to the NHL."

On television, the Friday Night Hockey broadcasts will be handled by play-by-play announcer RJ Broadhead, analyst Sam Cosentino, and host Rob Faulds. Each broadcast will feature a pre-game studio show with analysis, scores, interviews and features. Additionally, CHL coverage will extend to Sportsnet Connected and HOCKEY CENTRAL with all the latest news and highlights.

On sportsnet.ca, columnist Patrick King will take a deeper look each week at the Ontario Hockey League, Western Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Cosentino will also appear on the website with a weekly blog and discuss CHL news on Skype chats with fans.

In Sportsnet magazine, there will be regular coverage of key CHL issues, topics and players. This week's upcoming issue takes a fascinating look at 25-year-old rookie GM Kyle Dubas of the OHL's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds - the youngest GM in the league.

On Radio, Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN will provide regular updates on game results and stats.

Below is the Friday Night Hockey broadcast schedule on Sportsnet for the first half of the 2011-2012 season (all times local). The schedule for the remainder of the season will be announced in the coming months.

TVA Sports will broadcast all QMJHL games.

Friday November 11 - Barrie Colts at Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacific) at 7:00 pm Eastern

Friday November 18 - Val d'Or Foreurs at Gatineau Olympiques (Sportsnet One, Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacific, TVA) at 7:00 pm Eastern

Friday November 25 - Medicine Hat Tigers at Edmonton Oil Kings (Sportsnet One) at 9:00 pm Mountain

Friday December 2 - Windsor Spitfires at Ottawa 67's (Sportsnet One, Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacific) at 7:00 pm Eastern

Friday December 9 - Portland Winterhawks at Vancouver Giants (Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet Pacific) at 7:00 pm Pacific

Friday December 16 - Guelph Storm at London Knights (Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacific) at 7:00 pm Eastern

Friday December 16 - Regina Pats at Calgary Hitmen (Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet Pacific) at 8:00 pm Mountain

Storm and Gryphons Coach4Food

The Guelph Storm in conjunction with the Guelph Gryphons and the Guelph Food Bank are pleased to announce that they will participate in the successful Coach4Food program throughout the 2011-12 season.

Originating in North Bay, Coach4food is a program started by Tom Hedican, a professional goaltending consultant and University of Guelph alumnus, wherein his coaching services at local minor hockey practices is offered in exchange for food donations.

Over a three week period in December the program started in 2005 raising 1,000 pounds of food and has since exploded to 107, 969 pounds raised in 2010, just its sixth year running. The program has become the North Bay Food Bank's single largest fundraiser.

"Coach4Food is especially meaningful for us because its founder, Tom Hedican, is a University of Guelph graduate and played goal on back-to-back provincial championship teams," said Guelph men's hockey coach Shawn Camp.

"This is a win, win, win situation. Local minor hockey players get a chance to be coached by some of the top coaches in North America; the food bank gets some much needed supplies at a critical time of the year; and young hockey players get a chance to contribute to their community, particularly to those who may be a little less fortunate and in need of a hand. The hockey community has a reputation for being generous and this is another example of the Storm, the Gryphons and youth hockey working together for a common goal," Storm Vice President and GM Mike Kelly said.

This year the Storm and Gryphons will exchange high calibre, NHL style drills for donations to the Guelph Food Bank. All minor hockey teams are encouraged to participate with the top four earning (donating) teams winning a practice ran by the Guelph Storm and the University of Guelph Men's Hockey team. The team that donates the most food to the food bank will receive free tickets to an upcoming Storm game as well as on ice recognition with a puck drop to start the game.

If teams would prefer they can donate money instead as every dollar collected is equal to approximately 1.5lbs food and allows the food bank to purchase things they don't get donated such as diapers, baby food etc. The cutoff date for collecting all food and money is December 9th at 5:00pm.

Everyone from NHL Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold Medal winning coach Ken Hitchcock, to rock legend Bruce Springsteen, a vocal supporter of food banks, has endorsed Coach4Food.

Hedican is based in North Bay but works as a goaltending consultant for professional hockey teams in the top league in Switzerland. He will be co-ordinating the effort in the Niagara-St. Catharines region with the Niagara IceDogs and Brock Badgers and in Guelph with the Storm and Gryphons.

If your team would like to take part, you can contact Sarah Twigger at stwigger@guelphstorm.com or 519-837-9690 ext. 104.

Stay tuned to guelphstorm.com for details on the Coach4Food dates and times

Next Home Game

Fri, Nov. 4th: Otters, 7:30 pm

Next Away Games

Sat., Nov. 5th: Sting, 7:00pm

Sun., Nov. 6th: Battalion, 2:00pm

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