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December 4, 2013 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release


Upcoming Games

The Storm host the Owen Sound Attack in the annual Teddy Bear Toss night at the Sleeman Centre on Friday at 7:30pm. Saturday they head to Plymouth before finishing off the weekend in Sarnia for a game at 4:05pm. Tickets are still available for Friday's game and can be purchased online here, by visiting or calling the Guelph Storm Box Office at 519-837-9690. New this year Storm fans can also purchase tickets at the Stone Road Mall Kiosk across from H&M.

Friday Night is Teddy Bear Toss

Join the Storm Friday December 6th, as they take on the Owen Sound Attack for our annual Teddy Bear Toss game sponsored by Brent Johnson of Wellington Motors! Tickets are very limited so be sure to purchase tickets in advance or call the box office for availability.

Celebrate your Storm's first goal by tossing a new or slightly loved stuffed toy on the ice to be collected and distributed to underprivileged children in the community and around the world.

Guelph Storm Teddy Bear Toss Goals

Friday, December 8th. 2000: Guelph Storm 8 - Oshawa Generals 0 - goal scored by Charlie Stephens (9:11 First Period) - Attendance: 3,414

Friday, December 7th, 2001: Guelph Storm 4 - Brampton Battalion 4 - goal scored by Martin St. Pierre (17:27 First Period) - Attendance: 3,349

Friday, December 6th, 2002: Guelph Storm 0 - Brampton Battalion 4 - Attendance: 3,568

Friday, December 5th, 2003: Guelph Storm 2 - Owen Sound 2 - goal scored by Shane Hart (7:28 Third Period) - Attendance: 3,890

Friday, December 3rd, 2004: Guelph Storm 2 - Barrie Colts 2 - goal scored by Matt D'Agostini (7:24 First Period) - Attendance: 4,100

Friday, December 1st, 2005: Guelph Storm 3 - Windsor Spitfires 0 - goal scored by Matt D'Agostini (4:54 Second Period) - Attendance: 3,976

Friday, December 1st, 2006: Guelph Storm 1 - Erie Otters 2 - goal scored by Jamie Arniel (8:52 Third Period)- Attendance: 3,850

Friday, December 7th, 2007: Guelph Storm 3 - Saginaw Spirit 1 - goal scored by Brandon Buck (13:39 Second Period) - Attendance: 3,880

Friday, December 5th, 2008: Guelph Storm 3 - Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 0 - goal scored by Peter Holland (6:14 Second Period) - Attendance: 3,985

Friday, December 11th, 2009: Guelph Storm 8 - Owen Sound Attack 1 - goal scored by Matt Sisca (1:13 First Oeriod) - Attendance: 3,579

Friday, December 10th, 2010: Guelph Storm 4 - Sarnia Sting 1 - goal scored by Richard Panik (5:54 Second Period) - Attendance: 3,978

Friday, December 9th, 2011: Guelph Storm 5 - Barrie Colts 8 - goal scored by Matt Finn (13:34 Third Period) - Attendance 3,955

Friday, December 7th, 2012: Guelph Storm 4- Owen Sound-1 goal scored by Hunter Garlent (4:12 First Period) - Attendance 4,938

Storm acquire Rychel and Ebert from Windsor The Guelph Storm Hockey Club announced today that they have acquired Kerby Rychel and Nick Ebert from the Windsor Spitfires in exchange for forward Brody Milne, Guelph's 2nd round picks in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Guelph's 4th round pick in 2015 and 15th round pick in 2017, Kitchener's 3rd round pick in 2016 and Windsor's 4th round pick in 2014.

"We are extremely excited about acquiring two outstanding veteran junior players," stated Guelph Storm Vice President and General Manager Mike Kelly. "With the depth of our current roster, a very strong 1997 draft class and seven extra picks that we had previously acquired, we were well positioned to strengthen an already very good hockey team."

"Windsor is acquiring perhaps the most improved player in the OHL in Brody Milne and also replenish their selection of draft picks. We would like to thank Brody and his family for their contribution to the Storm, as well as welcome Kerby and Nick and their respective families to Guelph," added Kelly

With the Spitfires since 2010-11, Rychel has accumulated 213 points, including 102 goals and 111 assists. Last June, Rychel was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, of the NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. This year in 27 games, the left winger led the Spitfires in goals (16), assists (23) and points with 39. On Monday, the Tecumseh, Ontario resident was one of only 25 players invited to Canada's National Junior Team Selection Camp in Toronto. During his junior career, Rychel has won gold medals at the 2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (Team Ontario) and the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (Team Canada). The Blue Jackets' prospect also won a bronze medal at the 2012 World U-18 Championship.

Originally drafted by the Barrie Colts 21st overall in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection, Rychel was traded by the Colts to the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors before he played a game in Barrie. After 30 games with the Majors, Rychel was dealt to his hometown Windsor Spitfires.

Selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Ebert is now in his 4th OHL season. The right-hand shooting defenceman came to the Spitfires along with Rychel from Mississauga. In his rookie season, the Livingston New Jersey native had 41 points and one year later finished with 39. The 19-year old led all Windsor defenceman in scoring the last two seasons. This year, Ebert is tied for the league lead in +/- a with +27 rating and is tied for 9th in defence scoring with 20 points.

The two newest members of the Storm will join the club immediately and will make their debut on Friday night at the Sleeman Centre versus the Owen Sound Attack at 7:30 pm. Friday's game will also be the team's annual Teddy Bear Toss game.

Kerby Rychel

Position: LW

Shoots: Left

Height: 6.01

Weight: 202

Birthdate: October 7, 1994

Hometown: Tecumseh, Ontario

Nick Ebert

Position: Defence

Shoots: Right

Height: 6.00

Weight: 205

Birthdate: May 11th, 1994

Hometown: Livingston, NJ

Nearly $10,000 raised with Pink in the Rink!

The Guelph Storm and the Canadian Cancer Society, Wellington County Unit would like to thank the many Storm fans that participated in our Pink in the Rink Night on Friday, November 15th versus the Peterborough Petes.

"Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who worked tirelessly to make our first annual Pink in the Rink such a huge success. The event raised $9,418.94, that will help fund lifesaving breast cancer research. On behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society and our planning committee we want to thank everyone that came out to support the event and for joining the fight for life" - Amie Banks, Fundraising Coordinator, Canadian Cancer Society, Wellington County Unit.

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer. When you want to know more about cancer, visit our website www.cancer.ca or call our toll-free, bilingual Cancer Information Service at 1-888-939-3333.

"Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who worked tirelessly to make our first annual Pink in the Rink such a huge success. The event raised $9,418.94, that will help fund lifesaving breast cancer research. On behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society and our planning committee we want to thank everyone that came out to support the event and for joining the fight for life."

$10,346 raised for Guelph Giants

The game worn jersey auctions in support of the Guelph Giants Special Needs Hockey Club closed on Tuesday night with a huge total of $10,346 raised for this wonderful cause.

The Tiger-Cats inspired game jerseys were worn by the Storm on RBC Play Hockey Day in their 6-0 win over the visiting Kitchener Rangers.

Thank you to every fan that participated in the auction and special thank you to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Guelph Storm were proud to share the hearts of sports fans in our great city with the Ti-Cats in 2013 and we were glad to commemorate the Tiger-Cats' Eastern Conference Championship season in the Royal City with these special event jerseys and raise over $10,000 for Guelph's beloved Giants.

The Guelph Giants Special Needs Hockey Club. We are a team composed of intellectually disabled athletes and are entering our 6th season. Giants' players are given the opportunity to play and be a part of a hockey team regardless of gender or ability to skate. This team endeavors to give a sense of community involvement to persons who in the past only been able to watch hockey from the sidelines.

The principles of the program are:

To have fun!! Provide an accessible and inclusive hockey experience Develop individual and team hockey skills

The experience gives the players a chance to form close and important friendships with their peers and permits them to develop sportsmanship that would not have otherwise been possible. Skating improve gross motor development in a fun way. The players are able to develop at their own rate with the help of a very dedicated group of volunteer coaches that emphasize fun while learning.

RBC Play Hockey. From the pond to the podium. From the early morning practices to the Saturday night games. RBC is proud to support the hard work and dedication that helps hockey happen.

Storm raise $2,465 in support of Movember

For the past month members of the Storm have been sporting an extra bit of facial hair in support of Movember.

Thanks to all of your donations, the Storm finished 2nd among all OHL teams raising $2,465. Storm defenceman Zac Leslie was the top Storm player raising close to $800. Overall, the Canadian Hockey league raised an astonishing $142,735.

The CHL invited all member clubs to participate in this event. Players were registered with their clubs under the CHL platform on movember.com and raised sponsorship dollars by growing and grooming their moustache and encouraging monetary donations through family, friends, fans, and local sponsors.

The funds raised are directed to programs run directly by Movember and men's health partner, Prostate Cancer Canada. Together the two channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programs in line with strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.

Thank you Storm fans for all of your support.

Books For Kids

The Guelph Storm and The Guelph Mercury would like to thank all of the fans that gave the gift of reading on our annual Books For Kids Night sponsored by The Guelph Mercury. It's certainly the season for giving and as always, Storm fans showed their generosity by donating almost 600 books for the Books For Kids program. These donations will go a long way towards helping Guelph Mercury & Waterloo Region Record reach their goal of 4,000 books this season!

For more information regarding Books For Kids please read below.

Books For Kids

There is an easy way to give the gift of reading during the holiday season. The Guelph Mercury & Waterloo Region Record Books for Kids program takes book donations and distributes them to underprivileged children in our community through The Salvation Army. If you would like to help, simply bring a new unwrapped book, suitable for children ages newborn to 18 years, to one of our drop off locations listed below. The 2013 Books for Kids campaign will run from Nov. 15th -Dec. 15th.

As well, this year look for the Books for Kids float at the KW Santa Claus Parade and Cambridge Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Nov. 16th. Our partners; Cambridge Libraries and Galleries IDEA | EXCHANGE, Kitchener Public Library, Waterloo Public Library and Sign Design will collect the books as the float goes by.

This year we hope to reach our goal of 4000 books. Help us give the gift of reading to thousands of children this holiday season! A special thanks to our partners: Project READ Literacy Network and Salvation Army.

Kitchener

Kitchener Public Library (Main and all branches)

Kitchener City Hall 200 King St. W.

Fairview Park Mall Calendar Club Store

Project READ Literacy Network 298 Frederick St

Waterloo Region Museum 10 Huron Rd.

Salvation Army 1-300 Gage St.

The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region 151 Frederick St. Suite 200

Waterloo Region Record 160 King St. E.

Volumes Publishing 5-907 Frederick St.

FM 98.5 CKWR 1446 King St. E.

Waterloo

Conestoga Mall Centre Court

KidsAbility Centre 500 Hallmark Place

Waterloo Public Library (Main and all branches)

Words Worth Books 100 King St. S.

Westvale Public School 265 Westvale Dr.

Keats Way Public School 323 Keats Way

Elmira

Woolwich Community Services 73 Arthur St. S.

New Hamburg

New Hamburg Branch Library

Wilmot Family Resource Centre 175 Waterloo St., Unit 1

Rural libraries

Ayr, Baden, Bloomingdale, Elmira, Linwood, New Dundee, St.Clements, St. Jacobs and Wellesley

Cambridge

Cambridge Public Library (Main and all branches)

Cambridge Centre Mall

Salvation Army 12 Shade St.

The Cambridge Family Early Years Centre 149 Ainslie St. N.

Guelph

Guelph Mercury 8-14 Macdonell St.

Salvation Army 1320 Gordon St.

The Book Shelf 41 Quebec St.

Conestoga College 460 Speedvale Ave.

Stone Road Mall - Salvation Army Book Bin in toydrive area

Booster Juice Ambassadors

Enter your local minor hockey team to win a practice with the Booster Juice Ambassadors. Throughout the season, the four Booster Juice Ambassadors will be working with minor teams from around the area. Visit Booster Juice in Guelph in Pergola Commons or Stone Road Mall.

Home Depot Backyard Rink Contest

The snow is falling and temperatures are dropping... backyard rinks can't be far behind. If your community group, school or family is building a backyard rink this contest - enter The Home Depot Backyard Rink Contest for your chance to play against members of your Guelph Storm on your own backyard rink. One lucky winner will be randomly drawn to win a backyard rink game against the Guelph Storm. Entry deadline is February 1st at 12 pm. No purchase necessary.

NEXT HOME GAME

Vs OWEN SOUND ATTACK

December 6th @ 7:30 PM

NEXT AWAY GAME

Vs Plymouth Whalers

December 7 @ 7:05 Pm

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