Nate Schnarr had a goal and an assist for the Guelph Storm as part of a 4-2 win against the Kitchener Rangers in Game 1 of the OHL’s western conference quarterfinal at the Sleeman Centre on Friday.
Zach Roberts and Alexey Toropchenko each had a goal, and Anthony Popovich made 22 saves for the Storm.
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Greg Meireles and Cole Cameron scored for the Rangers, while Luke Richardson made 30 saves in a losing effort.
Schnarr opened the scoring on the power play at 5:53 of the first period by redirecting Dmitri Samorukov’s point shot while screening the Rangers’ netminder.
Roberts made it 2-0 after his shot found its way to the back of the net about 10 minutes later.
Toropchenko’s game winner came at 5:36 of the second period after he deked around Donovan Sebrango and put it past Richardson.
WATCH: Alexey Toropchenko makes it 3-0 in the second period against the Kitchener Rangers on Friday
The Rangers made it interesting in the third period after Meireles scored one minute in and then Cameron made 3-2 on a wraparound at 11:26 of the final frame.
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MacKenzie Entwistle sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 18:50.
Game 2 is on Sunday at the Sleeman Centre. Larry Mellott will have the call on 1460 CJOY at 2 p.m.
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