Local sports fan and journalist Paul Osborne checks in every week with his take on your Guelph Storm and sports in Guelph.
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From the Stands
By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
Hockey scout.
Posted: Apr 24, 2013
From the Stands
By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
Guelph Storm forwards Hunter Garlent and Jason Dickinson have joined Team Canada at the World Under-18 Hockey Championships. Garlent was a key contributor at the Under-17 World Challenge last year...
Posted: Apr 17, 2013
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Winning in the playoffs comes down to the slimmest of margins. You can even play a great game and still come out on the losing end. That was the case for the Guelph Storm in game two of their best-of-seven Ontario Hockey League...
Posted: Mar 27, 2013
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The quality of play in the Ontario Hockey League is about to take another giant step up when it comes to effort and success. It often takes a veteran to understand how much better you have to be in the postseason so it is no surprise...
Posted: Mar 13, 2013
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Strap on your seatbelts because here we go for the wild ride to the finish of the Ontario Hockey League schedule. We are down to the short strokes and the Guelph Storm have their work cut out for them to gain home ice advantage in the...
Posted: Mar 06, 2013
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By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
We all know hockey players are tough but the Guelph Storm’s Cody McNaughton gets an extra star for toughness this past weekend. Saturday night in the team’s 2-0 loss in Barrie,...
Posted: Feb 27, 2013
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By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
Goaltender Garret Sparks has been sensational over the last two months for the Guelph Storm. He leads the league in shutouts with seven, is second in wins with 28 and seventh in save...
Posted: Feb 20, 2013
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The Guelph Storm have 16 games remaining in their regular season schedule. They sit in fourth place in the by far the toughest division in the Ontario Hockey League and fifth in the Western Conference. These next games won’t...
Posted: Feb 13, 2013
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By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
The Guelph Storm never saw it coming.
Posted: Feb 06, 2013
From the Stands
By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
As hockey fans debate the winners and losers in the NHL lockout agreement this week, Ontario Hockey League general managers are scrambling to understand what it means for them with the trade deadline now...
Posted: Jan 09, 2013
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By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
The Guelph Storm is second in the Ontario Hockey League in goals scored this season with 115 so I suppose its not surprising to see that the home side has the highest scoring defensive corps in the...
Posted: Dec 05, 2012
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Tanner Richard is the Guelph Storm’s version of the welfare department – always willing to offer a helping hand. The 19-year-old centre currently sits second in the Ontario Hockey League with 31 assists in 24 games, just two...
Posted: Nov 28, 2012
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By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
Guelph Storm goaltender Garret Sparks can’t really explain it and neither can his coach Scott Walker. It has been feast or famine for the 19-year-old netminder over the last seven games.
Posted: Nov 07, 2012
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By Paul Osborne, Guelph Tribune
A lot was expected of Zac Leslie heading into this season. The Guelph Storm had only two veteran defencemen returning in Matt Finn and Andrey Pedan and they needed Leslie to take a giant leap...
Posted: Oct 03, 2012
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“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.” Vince Lombardi