December 18th, 2016              

    Everyone involved with the Storm team was hopeful that today's game would bring another victory. In the previous matchup between these two teams, in the first game of the season, the Storm team came out on top, taking the game by a score of 8-5. At that point of the season, things were looking bright for the Storm. It has been a long season, however, and the players were hopeful that they could end 2016 on a bright note. The first period started off positively, though they couldn't quite manage to score when they had chances. This has been an issue all season long, and today was no different. The lone goal of the period belong to Macomb, and it held into the first intermission. The Storm evened things up early in the second, though, renewing the confidence and hopes for a victory. A misplayed puck on what probably would have been an icing call gave the lead right back less than a minute later, however. The rest of the second was back and forth, but neither team could repeat their success scoring, leaving the score at 2-1 heading into the third and final frame. Despite giving it their all, the Storm players weren't able to scratch out the goal that they needed to draw even. In fact, the Mavericks widened their lead halfway through the period, and salted the game away on a power play goal with a little over three minutes remaining. The final 4-1 score put a sour taste in the players mouths, as they didn't wrap things up showing the progress that they have shown in spurts throughout the past month. Here's looking to a brighter 2017!

'05 Lapeer Storm Game 18 - at Macomb Mavericks
	Drew sporting the assistant captains "A" while is on the ice for the games opening faceoff.
	Drew playing the puck along the boards.
	Drew heading the boards to play the puck...
	...and battle with a Maverick player.
	Drew going after the puck along the end board.
	Drew in position during a faceoff.
	The final score was 4-1 with the Storm team on the short end.
	Drew making his way through the handshake line.