The Highland Storm U15 Rep Team, sponsored by Haliburton Timber Mart, had a great season overall. They started with lots of success and were able to capture the regional championship at the Silver Stick tournament, in a very exciting final game.
The Storm continued to play hard after returning to regular season play, and were able to secure the second-place spot in the standings to close the first half of the season.
The second half saw the top four teams in the division re-seeded into their own bracket, which set the stage for a highly-competitive rest of the year.
All four teams were closely matched, and the Storm had to play their best hockey, game in and game out.
They finished the year in second place, earning them home ice advantage in their first series. Going down after game one, the U15 Rep Storm was able to battle back, taking the win in game two on the road, and were able to return home to win the series in game three against the Millbrook Stars.
As the Storm went on to the second round, they were playing their best hockey of the season. They had come together as a team, with each player finding their role, and understanding what they brought to the ice.
The second round against the Kawartha Coyotes made for three exciting, competitive, adrenaline-filled games. Game one and game two went to overtime, with each team taking one win into game three. Unfortunately, the Storm came up one goal short in game three after a hard-fought battle with the Coyotes.
Although the U15 Rep Storm didn’t reach their goal of advancing to the OMHA tournament this year, they left everything on the ice, and should be extremely proud of their improvement, and successes, this year.
