01 Mar 2024, 19:30 | Regular season | Altrincham Ice Dome |
Manchester Storm | 4-1 | Dundee Stars |
Periods: Shots: | 2-0 (22-7) | 2-0 (15-13) | 0-1 (6-6) | Total: 43-26 |
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Referees: Good/Brown  |  Spectators: 1548 |
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Goals and assists
Manchester Storm moved into fifth place in the Elite League standings with a home win over Dundee Stars on Friday night.
Two
goals in a little over three minutes gave the Storm a two-goal lead
after 20 minutes in Manchester. Captain Cameron Critchlow opened the
scoring, taking Sam Tremblay's pass and slotting past Kevin Carr with
13:04 played. With 16:21 gone, Johnny Corneil got on a rebound after
Dallas Ehrhardt's initial play to keep the puck alive fed Austin Farley
for a shot on Carr.
Critchlow struck again 3:05 into period two
to put his team three up, while Carr was replaced in net by Lucas Brine
with eight minutes left in the second period. Brine was beaten with 2:17
left in the middle session by Zack Phillips to give the Storm a
commanding four-goal lead after 40 minutes.
The only goal of
period three saw Brendan Harms pull one back for the visitors, but it
was Storm who held on for a big two points in the race for a playoff
place.