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Steam take OT loss in home opener

September 14, 2016   ·   0 Comments

The Tottenham Steam hosted the Oshawa River Kings during their season opener. The game had to be moved from Tottenam to the New Tecumseth Recreation Centre after a power outage in Tottenham caused the iced to melt. The Steam played well but lost 2-1 in their home opener.

By Brian Lockhart
The Tottenham Steam started off the new season on Sept. 10 when they hosted the Oshawa River Kings.
The opening game had to moved when the Tottenham Community Centre arena suffered a power outage that caused the ice to melt.
Luckily there was ice available at the New Tecumseth Recreation Centre for an 8:30 start in the main arena and the teams relocated for their first match-up of the year.
The River Kings opened the scoring late in the first period with a goal that came with only eight seconds remaining in the period.
Tottenham’s Kaleb Rossel tied it up on an unassisted goal in the second period that made it a one period game going into the final frame.
With no scoring in the third, the teams went into overtime.
The River Kings left with a 2-1 win.
The Greater Metro Hockey League has 27 teams in the line-up for the 2016/17 season including a few new entries.
The League spans all the way from Tamiscaming, across to Wiarton and down to London.
The Steam is a new organization this year with former NHLer Dennis Maruk taking over the top spot on the bench.
Maruk had an impressive career in the National Hockey League most notably with the Washington Capitals where his banner season was 1981-82 when he scored a career high 60 goals.
He also spent six seasons with the Minnesota North Stars.
His career total was 888 NHL games with 356 goals and 522 assists.
The Steam’s regular home game nights are Saturday at the Tottenham Community Centre with a few Monday night games included in the schedule.
The Steam will be back in action this Saturday night, Sept. 17, when they will host the Toronto Predators.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.

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