The Guelph Storm narrowly avoided consecutive collapses in Ontario Hockey League action this past weekend. Here’s how Ryan Merkley’s junior club fared in its two most recent games.
Guelph played host to the Erie Otters on Friday, a team that sits near the bottom of the Western Conference. Things were going swimmingly as Guelph amassed a 3-0 lead by the end of the first period, with Merkley drawing the secondary assist on the third goal. While Erie scored the next two goals, Guelph added a fourth before the end of the second period. From that point on, though, it was all Otters, who left the Sleeman Center with a 5-4 overtime win.