The Kitchener Rangers scored the opener against Guelph on Sunday but the wheels fell off the bus shortly after that as the Storm cruised to an 8-1 victory at home on Sunday.
Rangers forward Alexey Lipanov put the puck behind Storm netminder Anthony Popovich on a power play at the 5:21 mark to put Kitchener in front.
Keegan Stevenson answered exactly three minutes later for Guelph to even the score.
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Shortly thereafter, goals from Cam Hillis (11:01) and Cedric Ralph (12:53) in quick succession put Guelph in control of the game and they never looked back.
In the second period, Daniil Chayka (11:32) and Barret Kirwin (16:47) each scored on Rangers goaltender Lucas Pfeil to increase the lead to 5-1 after two.
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It was more of the same in the third as Stevenson (7:28) and Hillis (7:37) each scored their second of the game as Dmitri Samorukov (17:03) completed the scoring by notching his first of the season.
Popovich stopped 27 of 28 shots he faced to record the victory.
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