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Once the Guelph Storm was awarded the Memorial Cup in November, the rest of the season became about preparing for next year. Now it’s official.<\/p>\n

The Storm’s season came to an end Thursday night at the Sleeman Centre as the Windsor Spitfires capped off a four-game sweep of their opening round playoff series with an 11-3\u00a0win.<\/p>\n

Guelph entered the season as a team with its eyes on finishing in the top four of the conference and earning home ice advantage.<\/p>\n

But once they were guaranteed a spot in next season’s Memorial Cup, it became about making moves focused on next season, not this one. And as four teams above them in the standings all added older, talented and more experienced players, Guelph stuck to its guns, hoping to develop those who would be back next season and trading top players who wouldn’t.<\/p>\n

It was going to take a bit of a miracle to get out of the first round against a very good Windsor team.<\/p>\n

All but one player, overager Ethan Miedema, is eligible to return for Guelph next season and the draft pick piggy bank is overflowing, giving them plenty of assets to acquire the type of players Windsor and other teams picked up this season.<\/p>\n

They played well in spurts this season, a couple of four-game winning streaks, a stretch where they won seven of nine, but as the season sore on and top players were traded, it became harder to compete with the top clubs.<\/p>\n

“It was a lot. When Jetter (Jett Luchanko) and C-Paq (Charlie Paquette) got traded, both captains, it hurts the room. But we have a good group in there, we stuck together and we battled,” said Storm defenceman Grant Spada.<\/p>\n

Written by Tony Saxon for GuelphToday.com<\/p>\n

Click here to read more.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stay connected with us on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>, for future updates! Download the Guelph Storm app as part of the CHL app<\/a> for breaking news and exclusive contests.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2025-2026 Season is proudly presented by Mark Wilson\u2019s Better Used Cars.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once the Guelph Storm was awarded the Memorial Cup in November, the rest of the season became about preparing for next year. Now it’s official. The Storm’s season came to an end Thursday night at the Sleeman Centre as the Windsor Spitfires capped off a four-game sweep of their opening round playoff series with an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":203570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1423],"tags":[{"term_id":2832,"name":"2026 OHL Playoffs","slug":"2026-ohl-playoffs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2832,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":11,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3"},{"term_id":1146,"name":"Guelphtoday.com","slug":"guelphtoday-com","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1152,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":21,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1408"},{"term_id":158,"name":"Tony Saxon","slug":"tony-saxon","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":158,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":288,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2593"}],"class_list":["post-203569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2026-ohl-playoffs","tag-guelphtoday-com","tag-tony-saxon","category-1423","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/03124441\/endofgame.png",1600,900,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":203567,"date":"2026-04-03T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/?p=203567"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:35:26","slug":"thank-you-storm-fans-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl-storm\/article\/thank-you-storm-fans-6","title":{"rendered":"Thank you, Storm fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

On behalf of the entire Guelph Storm organization, we want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your incredible support throughout this <\/span>season and <\/span>playoff run.<\/span><\/p>\n

This group gave everything they had, and nights like our final game of the season remind us why we love this game. The passion you brought to the Sleeman Centre each and every night fueled this team, and that means everything to us.<\/span> This season is proudly presented by Mark Wilson\u2019s Better Used Cars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We wish all fans a safe off-season!<\/p>\n

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Stay connected with us on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>, for future updates! Download the Guelph Storm app as part of the CHL app<\/a> for breaking news and exclusive contests.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2025-2026 Season is proudly presented by Mark Wilson\u2019s Better Used Cars.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On behalf of the entire Guelph Storm organization, we want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your incredible support throughout this season and playoff run. This group gave everything they had, and nights like our final game of the season remind us why we love this game. 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The chapter closes on another season of hockey in the Royal City.<\/p>\n

Click here for full game summary.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Attendance and 50\/50\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you Storm fans, for being a part of our 3,743-person crowd at today\u2019s game. The winning 50\/50 number was AJ-2132764 and the jackpot was $5,820.00 in support of Guelph Minor Baseball Association. As of 11:00pm on Thursday, April 2nd, the 50\/50 prize remains unclaimed.<\/p>\n

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Stay connected with us on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>, for future updates! Download the Guelph Storm app as part of the CHL app<\/a> for breaking news and exclusive contests.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2025-2026 Season is proudly presented by Mark Wilson\u2019s Better Used Cars.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Storm are back in black for game 4 of the 2026 OHL Playoffs!<\/p>\n

The 2027 Memorial Cup is coming, and we want YOU to be part of it! We\u2019re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to. Stop by our volunteer registration table behind Section 101 at tonight\u2019s game to sign up or learn more! Click here for more information.<\/a><\/p>\n

Individual game tickets are available now. To purchase tickets online click here<\/a>, over the phone by calling 866-STORM-GO, or in person at the Guelph Storm Box Office in the Sports Hall of Game Hallway of the Sleeman Centre.<\/p>\n

Who to Watch \u2013 Guelph Storm\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rylan Singh<\/p>\n