REPORT: Manchester Storm 7 Glasgow Clan 3

Report by Sam Scouller

Aspray Glasgow West sponsored Glasgow Clan battled hard but came home empty handed after a tough loss away from home to Manchester Storm.

The Storm dominated the chances early in the game with Johnny Corneil coming within inches of putting the hosts in front in the opening minute as his shot just sailed over the bar.

Then Manchester took the lead on the powerplay when Johnson slid the puck into the slot from behind the Clan net and it deflected off Bryce Reddick’s skate and rolled into the Clan net.

Tension on the ice eventually boiled over when Ryan Harrison laid an illegal hit in the corner on Johnson which prompted Matt Murphy to drop the gloves with the Clan’s #22.

Clan seemed to benefit from the newly found physical tone in the game though as they struck even with a powerplay goal from Gary Haden when he tipped a Nate Kallen shot into the Storm net.

In the second period, the hosts grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck as they took a 3-1 lead over the Clan within four minutes through Tyler Hinam and Cam Critchlow.

Hinam then bagged his second of the game to give the Storm a three-goal lead before Dallas Ehrhardt rebounded his own shot to make to 5-1 at the half-way mark in the game.

Glasgow came out swinging in the third period though as Gary Haden slid the puck into the Storm net just 15 seconds in, but it was ruled out after review as it was kicked in.

Just four minutes later though, Haden put the puck past Weninger again as he slammed it home from the backdoor after being set up by Jake Bolton.

Robert Lachowicz then won possession in the Storm zone and set up a move which saw Luke Lynch narrow the hosts’ lead down to two just 20 seconds after Haden’s second goal.

Manchester were quick to respond though as Zack Phillips bagged a goal of his own with a backdoor finish less than a minute after Lynch’s finish.

Phillips closed out the game with a buzzer beating slapshot in the final second to complete his brace and completed a 7-3 win for the Storm.