Namestnikov scores first goal of season as Guelph defeats Peterborough

The Guelph Storm weathered their archetypal sensation of adversity.

They had to conflict done hard hits and a goaltender who stood connected his caput for overmuch of the game. But the Storm (3-2-0-0) managed to get a 6-3 triumph implicit the visiting Peterborough Petes connected Friday nighttime to drawback a 2-game losing streak.

The triumph was particularly saccharine for Max Namestnikov. The overage winger collected his archetypal extremity of the play successful his 4th crippled since coming backmost from NHL camp.

“I thin to get disconnected to a adust start,” Namestnikov said. “It was bully getting a extremity and an assistance and getting a triumph too.”

Guelph got disconnected to a 3-0 pb connected goals by Ryan McGuire, Sam Johnston, and Alex McLean. But Caden Taylor got Peterborough connected the committee with 31 seconds near successful the 2nd period.

The Petes past got to wrong 1 aft Carson Cameron scored connected a 5-on-3 powerfulness play aboriginal successful the 3rd period.

The Storm had to woody with the nonaccomplishment of defenceman Quinn Beauchesne who near the crippled successful the 2nd play with what appeared to beryllium a limb injury.

Guelph besides had occupation staying retired of the punishment box, handing Peterborough the antheral vantage 7 times successful the game.

“We took excessively galore penalties and against a squad that’s high-scoring. That’s going to outgo us,” Storm caput manager Cory Stillman said. “It’s large we got the triumph but we kept shooting ourselves successful the foot.”

Stillman, however, thought the squad handled a pugnacious agelong wherever they mislaid a brace of adjacent games past weekend.

“The biggest happening is we privation to springiness ourselves a accidental to win,” helium said. “Sometimes it’s not pretty, sometimes we are going done immoderate players.”

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Guelph were 1-for-3 connected the powerfulness play.

The crippled astatine times got beauteous chippy. The Storm went up 4-2 successful the 3rd play connected Namestnikov’s extremity but the Petes answered backmost 10 seconds aboriginal connected a extremity by Colin Fitzgerald to chopped the pb by 1 goal.

Namestnikov said his squad stood gangly successful the end.

“The boys fought back, we brought conscionable arsenic overmuch vigor backmost if not adjacent more,” helium said.

Charlie Paquette (one goal, 1 assist) and Hunter Mackenzie rounded retired the scoring for the Storm.

Brayden Gillespie finished with 33 saves for the Storm portion Zach Bowen stopped 40 shots for the Petes who are inactive looking for their archetypal points of the play (0-6-0-0).

It doesn’t get immoderate easier for the Storm arsenic their adjacent hostile is the London Knights astatine Canada Life Place. You tin drawback the crippled connected 1460 CJOY with the broadcast starting astatine 3:45 p.m.