There was a void in the crease at the Sleeman Centre.
Overage goalie Liam Herbst had graduated from the Ontario Hockey League and new Guelph Storm coach and general manager George Burnett was left with sophomore Anthony Popovich and rookie Nico Daws as options in net at training camp.
"That was certainly a position of uncertainty or a question at the start of the year," said Burnett.
What the skipper didn't fully realize is that Popovich had his eyes locked on the job. Being a starting netminder in the OHL has been one of his goals ever since he was a kid on the minor hockey circuit in Belleville.