Blizz 3 - Stamps 0 / About Last Night...

The strength of this team is supposed to lie in its six veteran defenders and last night it did.

The Blizzard D controlled the tempo of the game, Josh Elmes made one heck of a pass to Wilson Dumais for his first as a Blizzard and they kept the 3/4 of the shots to the outside.

Justin McDonald looked fantastic in his Blizzard debut, making 43 saves for a shutout. McDonald also played the puck quite well.

The Chief, Baptiste & Cardinal line looked fantastic once again.

Brady Constant looked a little behind playing with TJ Constant and Wilson Dumais, but he is just returning from injury.

Grove, Valiquette & Gray looked fantastic as well... they are the best line on the team right now. Take care of their own end first, then aggressive on the forecheck and usually cause the turnover and they have the offensive skill to take advantage.


Here is how the scoring broke down

1st Period

OCN 4:02 -  Wilson Dumais - Assist: Josh Elmes, Thomas Ward-Cardinal
OCN 7:52-   Grant Valiquette - Assist: Taylor Santorellis, Thomas Ward-Cardinal

2nd Period

None

3rd Period

OCN 17:22 - Nathan Bruyere - Assist: Kolton Baptiste, Kirk Chief

Pitre Tire Game Stars

1. Justin McDonald
2. Josh Elmes
3. Tyler Grove

Northern Building Supply Hardest Working Player

Justin McDonald

Word around the league is that Swan Valley is supposed to be one of the stronger teams this year... if so the Blizzard look pretty good. Starting off the season with back to back wins in dominating fashion over your rivals is always a bonus.

The Blizzard are tied with the Virden Oil Capitals for first in the SherWood Division.

They play Waywayseecappo on Wednesday at home.

Then off to Winkler for a three game swing against the Flyers, Terriers, and Pistons. That road series will be the real test for this team. If they come out of that series with four points I think the Blizz will start striking fear into opponents when they see OCN on their schedule.

-Brad-