The Whitecourt Wolverines fell 4-1 to the Grande Prairie Storm Tuesday night.
On Oct. 20, in the Bonnetts Energy Centre, after no scoring in the first period, Wolverine Jackson DeGraves went to the box for elbowing at 3:19 in the second period. Grande Prairie scored on the power play 16 seconds later to gain a 1-0 lead.
In the third, Whitecourt’s Nathan Hawkins earned a holding minor, giving the Storm the man advantage again. They scored seven seconds later to make it 2-0, and again at 7:11 for a 3-0 lead.
Then at 13:02, Justus Chyld netted the Wolverines’ only goal with assistance from Kyle Tucker and Kaiden Beniuk to narrow Grande Prairie’s lead to 3-1.
Whitecourt pulled their goalie, Jesse Sanche at 18:46, and just two seconds later, the Storm scored again to finish the game 4-1.
Grande Prairie also outshot the Wolverines 30-19.
The 5-6 Whitecourt Wolverines remain fourth in the AJHL North Division with 10 points.
Next, the team faces the Devon Xtreme in the GFL Twin Arena on Oct. 24. Puck drop is 7 p.m.
