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Summerside Takes Halifax By Storm

Posted: October 21, 2012 in Uncategorized
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The Storm had no idea what to expect going into Halifax with nine new faces, but that didn’t seem to matter because Summerside pulled off a 105-97 win over the Rainmen today.

At 2 p.m. fans got their first look at the squad when PG Al Stewart; SG Greg Plummer, SF Chris Cayole, PF Louis Birdsong, and C Dokun Akingbade stepped up as the team’s five starters.

Summerside jumped out to a 7-0 lead and held it until the finals seconds of the first half when Hillary Haley, a Rainmen guard, hit a 3-point buzzer beater to give Halifax a 48-47 lead.

In the third quarter and early in the fourth, Halifax pulled ahead and led the game 92-78 with 8 minutes left to play.  However, the Storm went on a 27-5 run over the last eight minutes to steal a come from behind win.

Hillary Haley kept Halifax in the game with his 31 point effort that fell short down the stretch.

Head coach Joe Salerno was pleased his team showed character coming back in the game and he felt the win gave them the confidence to realize they could win in the NBL.  Salerno also singled out Antonio Ballard and Doug McKinney who he felt came up big defensively for the Storm late in the fourth quarter.  Salerno said the win was a good one but the team has plenty of work to do to get ready for the upcoming regular season.

Greg Plummer, who was signed by Summerside last week had an exceptional game, scoring 30 and grabbing 8 rebounds.  Louis Birdsong also put in a solid game, with a double double that gave him 18 points and 10 rebounds.   Avery Smith added 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Storm are celebration their first win at Boston Pizza in Halifax before heading back home tonight.

7,000 plus fill the Halifax Metro Centre for this pre-season affair

Players Heading North

Posted: October 13, 2012 in Uncategorized
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Today fourteen of the twenty-one from the Storm’s mini training camp in New Hampshire are heading north to fight for 12 roster spots at the Storm’s official training camp in the Summerside suburb of Slemon Park.

Beginning  Monday at the Canada Games Sports Center, the remaining hopefuls will compete for a final spot on the roster throughout the week.

The Storm won’t be getting much down time before Monday, they’re scheduled to take in the Summerside Capitals game tomorrow.

I can confirm that,

Stewart is signed through 2012-2013

Chris Cayole is signed through 2012-2013

Doug McKinney is signed through 2012-2013

Nick Evans will be heading to Slemon Park

Brandon Hassell will be heading to Slemon park

Chad Gillaspy is heading to Slemon Park

Avery Smith will be at Slemon Park

Ayodokun Akingbade (no photo available) will be participating in training camp.

Other names will be released shortly, follow me on Twitter ( @Brett4Raps ) and follow this blogroll for all the latest information.

Storm Awards

Posted: June 4, 2012 in Uncategorized
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First of all here are the five players the Storm have put on their protected list; (meaning no other NBL teams can negotiate a deal with them) Al Stewart, Mike Williams, Lou McCroskey, Chris Cayole, and Eric Gilchrese.  *This list however doesn’t guarantee they will return to the Storm.

Here is a list of awards I’ve compiled looking back at the Summerside Storm’s first season in the NBL.

Opinions are my own, feel free to disagree.

Clutch Five (This would be my 5 guys on the court in a close game)

PG – Al Stewart

SG – Steph McDowell

SF – Chris Cayole

PF – Lou McCroskey

C – Mike Williams

 MVP – Mike Williams

Defender of the Year - Lou McCroskey

Team Player - Al Stewart

Community Award – Doug McKinney and Jared Carter

6th Man - Eric Gilchrese

Most Potential - Chris Cayole and Steph McDowell

Vocal Leader - Al Stewart

Most Improved - Troy Jackson

Best Scorer – Julian Allen

With all of those awards in consideration I feel the most vital player to the team’s success is Al Stewart.  Stewart’s on court abilities are well documented but it’s what he does off the court that makes him a needed piece.  Al is a second coach in a huddle during a time-out and the motivation in the locker room before every game.  I hope the Storm do everything in their power to make resigning Al Stewart a priority this off-season.

Storm Give Lightning All They Could Handle

Posted: February 3, 2012 in Uncategorized
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The Storm held on tight to the NBL Canada leaders, London Lightning, but were unable to come away with the win on Thursday night, final score being 113-107.

 It did not look good for The Storm at the end of the first quarter with Summerside only shooting 32% from the floor.  But they came out fighting in the second, keeping the game within one by the end of the half.  Summerside continued their hold on London until late in the forth quarter, when a few bad turnovers cost them the game.

 Top scorer was Julian Allen with 28 points, and Islander Doug McKinney led the team in rebounds with 11 boards.

 The Storm face London again, at home, February 9th, 7pm.

 

Storm Watch Hits 20,000; Meanwhile Storm Hits Roadblock

Posted: January 24, 2012 in Uncategorized
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Storm Watch hit 20,000 views today!!!!! 

I want to thank everyone for visiting my website; from the one time accidental clicks to the daily readers, I appreciate you all!

Game in Moncton

The Storm fell to Moncton tonight in their second away game for the week. Final score was 110-95.

The injuries of some top players did not help Summerside.  Mike Williams was put out early in the first, adding to the injured list of Gilchrese, Cayole and Julian Allen, who injured his back in yesterday’s game against Halifax.

The top performance for the Storm went to Stephen McDowell with 24 points and Trayvon Lathan with 27 for Moncton.

Doug McKinney Ready For Minutes

Islander Doug McKinney may be seeing more floor time in this week’s home game against Halifax on Thursday night.

The Storm will be down to nine players due to a slew of injuries, including Mike Williams with a dislocated shoulder and Julian Allen with a lower back strain, both suffered in Halifax Sunday afternoon.  Williams and Allen join team mates Chris Cayole and Eric Gilchrese who are still out of play.

With Williams out, the Storm could potentially look to McKinney to be of help on the inside against Halifax’s big man Richard Anderson.

Coach Salerno had this to say in regards to McKinney’s performance last night’s performance in Moncton:

“Doug played hard in Moncton, all of our guys who were there played hard being so short handed. No one on this team showed any quit, and a lot of fight, including Doug. He rebounded the ball well, and was aggressive defensively. Hopefully he can carry some of that momentum over to Thursday’s game”.

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