KITCHENER – More tough luck for the Guelph Storm.
The locals lost their fourth straight, and third straight on the weekend, on Sunday, falling 4-2 to the Kitchener Rangers at The Aud.
Guelph is now 3-5-0-1 on the season. Kitchener improved to 7-2-1-1.
What proved to be the winning goal came on an unlucky play late in the second period. Kitchener's Jakub Chromiak broke in off the wing on Storm goaltender Brayden Gillespie, who stopped Chromiak in close. But a backchecking Storm player slid into Gillespie, knocking him out of position, and Kitchener's Adrian Miseljevic was there to put the rebound into the open net.
That made it 3-1.
Vilmer Alriksson brought the Storm back to within one with a wrist shot from the slot at 3:39 of the third period, but Guelph couldn't tie it up before Kitchener rounded out the scoring with an empty net goal.
Rylan Singh had Guelph's other goal.
Guelph outshot Kitchener 24-21.
The Storm's next game is Friday when they host the Flint Firebirds, kicking off another three-in-three weekend that sees them in Barrie Saturday and at home Sunday against Brampton.
