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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-11-09, Page 2Are business in HURON EAST?' 2 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Cents put on their best perlormance of the year Last Saturday's win puts starting goalie Raymond, second in the league for GAA and first for save percentage Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor Playing on a somewhat foreign patch of ice has had no negative affect on the Huron East Cente- naires as they had their best per- formance of the year blanking out the Lucknow Lancers in Brussels last weekend. Migrating two towns over, the game took place roughly 20 min- utes north from their home in Seaforth. But technically Brussels Morris and Grey Community Centre is an advantage as it's still in the municipality. From the energy and attendance, it wasn't at all evident that this was the first time the organization had been contested, as it was an aggressive high -scoring game of Senior AA hockey. "We wanted to recognize the rich history of competitive hockey Brussels has had and give the local community a chance to watch," stated the general manager of the Cente- naires, Tim McNaughton through email conversations November 6. With such a successful turn- out, McNaughton said that although the rest of the regular season games are scheduled to be held in Seaforth, he isn't against the idea of potentially undertaking this again in the future. Outshooting the Lancers 40-25 along with the Cents start- ing goalie, Jesse Raymond recording the team's first-ever shutout since they relocated from Goderich, made the task of beating them nearly impossible. The alteration of captain to Mark Vandooren from a sugges- tion from former captain, Bren- don Merritt reckoned to be a suitable fit. Regardless, it didn't factor any change in Merritt's game though, he scored two goals while Vandooren managed to rack up two helpers in their 6-0 win November 5. "Brendon handed his "C" over to Mark Vandooren feeling that Mark was doing an incredible job of showing a local veteran presence and leading the team as he did for so many local Sea - forth teams over the years and Brendon thought he could really learn from Mark to raise his own leadership skills for the future," said McNaughton. The dumping of the puck and retrieving it from the defense helped as well, mentioned McNaughton while also stating that the "forwards deserve a lot of credit for using their speed and skill to take advantage of their defence and create oppor- tunities (and) as well our defence core deserves a ton of credit." It was a more than a physical is "We wanted to recognize the rich history of competitive hockey Brussels has had and give the local community a chance to watch," — stated the general manager of the Centenaires, Tim McNaughton through email conversations November 6. game between the two teams, resulting in two Lancers being ejected for hits from behind. To the best of McNaughton's knowledge it was "completely," accidental, he said they are not notorious for that type of play by "any means." The game recognized Sandra Melady who recently passed away in a moment of silence. She was an instrumental local to the Cents being that her brother served as the team's captain for six years. Up next for the Cents is an away game against the Tilson- burg Thunder November 12, again they are the visitors squar- ing off versus the Petrolia Squires November 18, and then they bring it back to Seaforth in rivalry battle against the Clinton Radars at 7:30 p.m. Contact us to put your business on the map. Contact Nancy deGans At Seaforth Huron Expositor 8 MAIN ST., SEAFORTH 519-527-0240 Ndegans@postmedia.com HURON EAST For more information on advertising on our map cx lkil'SH CALL TODAY IIuoo Exposbr ,.ea ort uronex s ositor.co Shaun Gregory The Huron East Centenaires celebrate in the first period, after they scored the first goal of the game. Forward, Colin Hartwick for the Centenaires skates up ice with the puck last Saturday in the team's first game played in Brussels. Recently Mark Vandooren was named the Huron East Centenaires' captain, he had two assists in their 6-0 win over the Lucknow Lancers November 5.