Allen leads the way as Guelph Storm beat Owen Sound Attack in OHL season opener

The Guelph Storm logged a trio firsts successful their OHL play opener Friday night, successful which they besides defeated the visiting Owen Sound Attack 6-4.

Alex McLean, the 2024 first-round draught pick, and Daniil Skvortsov, taken 27th wide successful the Import Draft successful June, some scored their archetypal vocation OHL goals.

Cory Stillman, won his archetypal crippled arsenic caput manager of the Storm.

“Tonight’s crippled was afloat of emotions,” Stillman said. “Everyone is excited for their archetypal crippled and for america too.”

While the newcomers made their people successful their maiden game, it was the veterans who got the Storm connected the board.

Ryan McGuire and Cam Allen each scored successful the archetypal play for a 2-0 lead. Allen’s extremity was an end-to-end rush, deking retired Attack netminder Matthew Koprowski.

“Playing astatine the commencement of the play makes specified a large difference,” said the Storm defenceman, who was sidelined past play with a enarthrosis injury. “It’s hard to travel successful mid-year similar I did past twelvemonth and playing a small catch-up.”

Allen, who besides notched an assistance successful Friday’s game, said helium learned a batch playing with Michael Buchinger past play and hopes to walk his cognition to the younger players.

“Just cognize what you’re doing earlier you’re connected the ice, cognize what you’re doing earlier the face-offs. Your occupation is not to think, it’s conscionable to bash it.”

Stillman said Allen volition instrumentality connected a greater enactment relation with the team, eating up minutes connected the crystal and showing the younger players the ropes.

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“We expect large things retired of him. It’s besides for him to assistance the younger defencemen larn however to play the close way.”

Will McFadden (one goal, 1 assist) and Skvortsov added goals successful the opening framework for a 4-1 Storm (1-0-0-0) lead.

In the third, Jake Karabella enactment Guelph up 6-2 earlier the Attack (0-1-0-0) managed to chopped the pb with a brace of goals from Pierce Mbuyi and Antonio Tersigni precocious successful the period.

Brayden Gillespie was coagulated successful nett for the Storm making 27 saves portion Koprowski stopped 19 shots for the Attack.

Guelph were 1-for-3 connected the powerfulness play, Owen Sound were 1-for-4.

The aforesaid 2 teams volition conscionable again Saturday nighttime successful Owen Sound. You tin perceive to crippled connected 1460 CJOY opening with the pre-game amusement astatine 6:45 p.m.