Canadian Junior Reunion

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The Minnesota Storm have been dominating teams all season long, out-shooting their opponents by a wide margin in many games. In their most recent meeting with the Mississauga Hounds, however, the script was reversed. The 6^th place Hounds came out flying, with 14 shots compared to Minnesota's 2 in the first period. Goaltender Woody McPine held his own during the onslaught, and the period finished in a 1-1 tie with goals coming from McPine's world junior teammate JaredN for the Hounds, and another Canadian star Joe Exotic for the Storm, who beat another Team Canada alumni, Jacob Tonn. Danny DeYeeto had an assist on Exotic's goal, while Tonn and yet another Canadian Junior star Bo Burrows assisted on JaredN's. Period 2 was better for the Storm, as The Terrible Trivium, assisted by (another Canadian junior) Liam Flaten and Michael Keef, put a puck past Tonn less than 1 minute in. But it was all Mississauga after that, as they out-shot the Storm 12-5. But McPine was up to the task again and managed to stop all 12 shots. The Hounds started the 3^rd period on fire, as Marshall James Frostbeard put one past McPine just over a minute in, tying the game at 2. That goal was assisted by, you guessed it, another Canadian Joseph Gainer, as well as Shawn Glade III. The Hounds went on to out-shoot the Storm 15-5 in the third. Overtime saw a back and forth battle, with both goalies shutting the door. The Storm finally edged out a shot advantage of 5-3, but neither team could put the puck in the back of the net. The shootout saw JaredN put another puck past McPine, but it wasn't enough as Ike Bennett and Mickey Dickson both beat Tonn to win the game for the Storm.