It’s hard to believe we are at the end of another Storm season. The Storm U9MD started their season developing the team with half ice games. There was lots of learning in the first few months, but how much this team had grown wasn’t evident until they took to full ice mid- January.
The strength in our centres, Kipton Cunningham and Sullivan Brind, was evident when we made this transition. Cunningham ended the season as one of the lead scorers in the league. Brind was a consistent opposing force with his breakaways.
Our wingers, Frances Gilmour, Dean DaLanca, Ander Brown, Felix Dart, Maddex Gaffney, Jackson Pelley, Gryphon Luck, Ryder Thibert, and Ryker Thibert spent the year learning positions, offside and how to move the puck up the ice efficiently and effectively. Every single one of our wingers were contributors and key to the team’s strong year.
Shout out to Travis Hutchinson, Hudson Lunch, Keaton DeCarlo and Ben Gaffney. This defence team did an incredible job learning positions and minimizing opportunities in our defensive zone.
Last but not least, a huge shout out to Sawyer Willis who cannot only rap every word of Eminem without breaking a sweat, but was the core of the team, in every game.
U9MD ended the full ice season tied for second overall, winning nine of 14 games, three ties and only losing two games all full-ice season.
The coaches and bench staff thank the players. Thanks to the bench staff, Jay Cunningham, Jamie Luck, Rob Williams and Steve Pelley, Erin Fearrey and Cynthia Hutchinson for managing the team, and parents.
Myself, Jamie, Rob and Steve are honoured to have had the year to work with this team and look forward to watching them grow in the seasons ahead.
