ROUYN-NORANDA WINS

May 24, 2019

Guelph Storm vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Attendance: 10,595

In what was most certainly a pro-Guelph crowd on Friday evening, the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies battled and defeated the Storm 6-4 to earn a spot in the Memorial Cup championship game on Sunday. The Huskies got off to a quick start, with Alex Beaucage scoring just under five minutes into the game on a power-play, but Guelph came back with two goals by Isaac Ratcliffe and Jack Hanley 60 seconds apart to take the lead. It seemed like we were going to get a even higher scorer game as it was tied 3-3 with 23:11 remaining but defence came into play in the later part of the second period. Felix Bibeau scored twice in the third to give Rouyn-Noranda a two goal lead before Ratcliffe made it interesting with 73 seconds to go. With the loss, the Storm's quest for another trophy has come to an end with a semi-final defeat.

Final: Rouyn-Noranda 6 at Guelph 4
Shot count: Storm - 38, Huskies - 39
Goal scorers: Alex Beaucage ROU (1) P1 4:58(PP), Isaac Ratcliffe GUE (2) P1 6:28, Jack Hanley GUE (1) P1 7:28, Joel Teasdale (ROU (3) P1 9:31, Cedric Ralph GUE (1) P2 5:53, Tyler Hinam ROU (3) P2 6:49, Felix Bibeau ROU (3) P3 5:40, Felix Bibeau ROU (4) P3 12:33, Isaac Ratcliffe GUE (3) P3 18:47, Rafael Harvey-Pinard ROU (1) P3 19:57(EN)
Powerplay: ROU 1/1, GUE 0/2
3 stars: 3. Noah Dobson ROU, 2. Dmitri Samorukov GUE, 1. Felix Bibeau ROU

MEMORIAL CUP GAME #7: Semi-final

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2019 Memorial Cup Game Seven

Semi-final

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Guelph Storm

May 24 - 8:00pm

Scotiabank Centre

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

Guelph: 2nd Midwest Division, 4th Western Conference, 8th OHL 40-18-6-4=90 points

Nick Suzuki (16G & 26A), Isaac Ratcliffe (15G & 15A), Dmitri Samorukov (10G & 18A)

Anthony Popovich 16-7-1-0, 3.12 GAA, 0.894 SAV%

def. Kitchener Rangers (4-0, quarters), London Knights (4-3, semis), Saginaw Spirit (4-3, finals), Ottawa 67's (4-2, OHL finals)

Coached by George Burnett

GUELPH WINS

May 21, 2019

Prince Albert Raiders vs. Guelph Storm

Attendance: 9,248

The Guelph Storm have ended the season for the Prince Albert Raiders after a 5-2 victory on day 5 of the Memorial Cup. Guelph won their second game of the tournament to improve to 2-1 for the round robin while Prince Albert finished with a 0-3 record. Because of this, there will be no tie-breaker game on Thursday. The Raiders looked out of place in all three of their matches and it seemed like they didn't get any luck at all. The Storm looked dominate all game long and were led by Nick Suzuki  who scored the last goals. Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Fedor Gordeev picked up his first goal of the tournament as he beat fellow Leafs prospect Ian Scott to open the scoring. Prince Albert and the Storm would trade goals after that and the score was tied at 2-2 after 20 minutes. Liam Hawel scored on the power play just 1:21 into the second period to give the Ontario Hockey League champs the lead and they never looked back.

Final: Guelph 5 at Prince Albert 2
Shot count: Raiders - 21, Storm - 25
Goals scorers: Feder Gordeev GUE (1) P1 9:42, Sean Montgomery PA (1) P1 11:32, Isaac Ratcliffe GUE (1) P1 15:18, Dante Hannoun PA (1) P1 19:16, Liam Hawel GUE (1) P2 1:21(PP), Nick Suzuki GUE (2) P2 5:02, Nick Suzuki GUE (3) P3 6:42
Powerplay: GUE - 1/3, PA - 1/2
3 stars: 3. Brayden Pachal PA, 2. Nick Suzuki GUE, 1. Isaac Ratcliffe GUE

HALIFAX WINS

May 19, 2019

Guelph Storm vs. Halifax Mooseheads

Attendance: 10,036

The Halifax Mooseheads have put themselves in very good position for the 'playoff' portion of the 2019 Memorial Cup tournament. Halifax defeated the OHL champion Guelph Storm on Sunday night 4-2 with Alex Gravel making 33 saves. The victory improved the Mooseheads record to 2-0 so they will at least play in the semi-final game on Friday. Antoine Morand got the Herd, who were the designated visiting team in this one, on the board with 5:10 gone in the game. A few penalties by Halifax gave the Storm a bit a life as they outshot our guys 16-8 in the opening frame. Guelph was rewarded for their hard work as Sean Durzi got one past Gravel with 50 seconds remaining in the first to tie the match. Halifax controlled the play in the middle period and received a few man advantages but a short-handed goal by Raphael Lavoie put them up 2-1 than Maxim Trepanier extended the lead. Durzi and Asselin traded goals in the third and that would be how it would finish.

Final: Halifax 4 at Guelph 2
Shot count: Storm - 35, Mooseheads - 42
Goal scorers: Antoine Morand HAL (2) P1 5:10, Sean Durzi GUE (1) P1 19:10, Raphael Lavoie HAL (1) P2 6:48(SH), Maxim Trepanier HAL (1) P2 10:34, Sean Durzi GUE (2) P3 1:07(PP), Samuel Asselin HAL (2) P3 7:20
Powerplay: HAL 0/6, GUE 1/6
3 stars: 3. Antoine Morand HAL, 2. Nick Suzuki GUE, 1. Alexis Gravel HAL

GUELPH WINS

May 18, 2019

Guelph Storm vs. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Attendance: 9,509

Alexey Toropchenko had a great game and helped lead his Guelph Storm to a 5-2 win over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the first battle of champions at the 2019 Memorial Cup. The 19-year-old had a hat trick in the Storm's opening game as the OHL champs came back once again. Rouyn-Noranda, the QMJHL title winners, got out to a quick start with Vincent Marleau scoring just over two minutes into the game. Toropchenko picked up his first of the match while the Huskies were on the powerplay to tie it at 1s. He had a natural hat trick before the first period came to an end. All the scoring was done in the first 40 minutes as the third was just about keeping the lead for Guelph.

Final: Rouyn-Noranda 2 at Guelph 5
Shot count: Storm - 29, Huskies - 24
Goal scorers: Vincent Marleau ROU (1) P1 2:17, Alexey Toropchenko GUE (1) P1 11:00(SH), Alexey Toropchenko GUE (2) P1 13:07, Alexey Toropchenko GUE (3) P1 18:23, MacKenzie Entwistle GUE (1) P2 3:20, Jakub Lauko ROU (1) P2 11:16, Nick Suzuki GUE (1) P2 19:15
Powerplay: ROU 0/2, GUE 0/2
3 stars: 3. Jakub Lauko ROU, 2. Sean Durzi GUE, 1. Alexey Toropchenko GUE

MEMORIAL CUP GAME #2: QMJHL vs. OHL

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2019 Memorial Cup Game One

Round Robin

Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Guelph Storm

May 18 - 4:30pm

Scotiabank Centre

Rouyn-Noranda: 1st West Division, 1st Western Conference, 1st QMJHL 59-8-0-1=119 points

Joel Teasdale (14G & 20A), Felix Bibeau (14G & 15A), Noah Dobson (8G & 21A)

Samuel Harvey 16-3-1-0, 1.97 GAA, 0.924 SAV%

def. Shawinigan Cataractes (4-2, 1st round), Victoriaville Tigres (4-0, quarters), Rimouski Oceanic (4-0, semis), Halifax Mooseheads (4-2, finals)

Coached by Mario Pouliot

Guelph: 2nd Midwest Division, 4th Western Conference, 8th OHL 40-18-6-4=90 points

Nick Suzuki (16G & 26A), Isaac Ratcliffe (15G & 15A), Dmitri Samorukov (10G & 18A)

Anthony Popovich 16-7-1-0, 3.12 GAA, 0.894 SAV%

def. Kitchener Rangers (4-0, quarters), London Knights (4-3, semis), Saginaw Spirit (4-3, finals), Ottawa 67's (4-2, OHL finals)

Coached by George Burnett