Watch: Guelph Earns Sunday Victory Over Flint
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Guelph, Ont. – The Storm scored three first period goals to earn a 4-1 victory over the Flint Firebirds in front of 4,025 fans at the Sleeman Centre on Sunday afternoon.
While skating behind the net, Guelph’s Jake Bricknell backhanded the puck to a crashing Luke Burghardt on the side of the goal who scored 2:42 into the first period.
1:05 seconds later, Kyle Rhodes scored his first career Ontario Hockey League (OHL) goal by firing the puck between Zack Pittman’s legs from the right circle past Brent Moran giving Guelph a two goal lead and the eventual game-winning tally.
Nicholas Caamano scored his 14th goal of the season unassisted while skating from the left circle into the slot and backhanding the puck between the legs of Guelph’s Michael Giugovaz to bring the game within one goal.
Austin Hall scored his first of the season with 5:58 remaining in the first period on a blast from the top of the right circle, increasing the Storm’s lead to two goals. Garrett McFadden finished off the scoring on an empty Flint net from the neutral zone with 1:10 left in the contest.
Sunday’s contest against the Storm was the beginning of a five-game road swing as the Firebirds will head east for a Thursday match-up against the Peterborough Petes next. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. Thursday night and the game will be televised live on Cogeco channel 10 in Peterborough and across the province of Ontario on the OHL Action Pak on channel 463 for cable subscribers. In addition, fans can listen live in Flint and Mid-Michigan on 1330 AM WTRX Sports Radio and around the world online on the iHeartRadio app. Dominic Hennig will call the play-by-play action on the Flint Firebirds Hockey Radio Network. Pregame coverage will begin 35 minutes prior to puck drop at 6:30 p.m.
Photo Credit: Rena Laverty / Flint Firebirds
For media inquiries, contact:
Dominic Hennig
Director of Broadcasting & Communications
Flint Firebirds Hockey Club
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(810) 519-9347
