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Five girls hockey teams heading for provincial tourney
A merger of several local hockey
organizations has produced five
teams vying for provincial honours
this year.
Girls from the Blyth Brussels
Minor Hockey Association
catchment area joined with girls
from the Seaforth, Bayfield, Hensall
and Clinton areas to form the
BCH/BBMHA girls hockey
partnership which featured nine
teams spread across five age groups
including one Novice squad, two
Atom teams, one PeeWee team, two
Bantam squads and three Midget
teams.
League representative Ron Strome
said the year has been a successful
one as, of those nine teams, six were
competing for a berth in the
provincial playoffs, however, only
five were able to secure their spot:
the Novice C team, the PeeWee C
squad, the Bantam C Burgundy
team, the Midget B team and the
Atom C squad.
Provincials will take the form of a
year-end tournament some time in
April.
The Novice C team defeated three
opponents, St. Marys, Mitchell and
Stratford to move on to provincials.
The PeeWee C squad earned their
berth by beating Milverton in a best-
of-three series. Prior to that, the team
had faced off against Wingham,
Lucknow and Milverton in a round-
robin style playoff.
The Bantam C Burgundy team
swept Milverton two games to zero
to get their spot in the provincial
tournament. The team also qualified
for the Lower Lakes Tournament of
Champions in Oshawa later this
month.
The Midget B team swept Mitchell
to move on to the provincials and
also competed at the Silver Stick
competition early last month in Port
Elgin where they made it to the semi-
finals before being bested.
The Novice C team and Bantam C
Burgundy team also competed in the
Silver Stick tournament.
The Midget C Blue squad had
nearly secured its place in the
provincial finals, which will be held
in April, however they were bested
by St. Marys over the weekend and
knocked out of contention.
The other teams in the program
also did well according to Strome
who said that the Atom House
League squad participated in the
Pink on the Rink tournament in
Exeter and are currently continuing
in the Western Ontario Girls Hockey
League (WOGHL) playdowns.
The Midget House League squad
participated in the
Belmont/Aylmer/Dorchester (BAD)
tournament in Aylmer.
The Bantam and Midget House
League squads are currently
wrapping up their year in
WOGHL playdowns right now.
David Burns, the president of the
amalgamated girls hockey
organization, said that the year had
been successful in an e-mail to The
Citizen. He also said that the
organization realizes that there is
still work to be done.
“While the results that the
organization has achieved during the
season have been impressive, the
committee realizes that there is more
work to be done in establishing a
successful program,” Burns wrote.
“We would not have been able to
accomplish any of what we did this
past season without the support of all
of the girls and their families who
are playing Crusader and Ice Star
girls hockey.”
Burns said that, as a committee,
the organization received great
support from its member hockey
associations who have supported the
girls program and partnership.
“Our committee is looking
forward to building on the
foundation that was set in place this
past season and growing as an
organization,” he said. “We have
learned many things over the past 12
months and we will use that
information to help make the
experience of playing girls hockey in
the middle of Huron County a fun
and enjoyable experience for all girls
that want to be involved.”
Watch The Citizen for updates on
the girls hockey teams as they
compete in upcoming year-end
tournaments.
The sting of defeat
The first year of an amalgamated Blyth, Brussels, Bayfield, Clinton, Hensall and Seaforth girls
hockey organization produced some impressive results with five teams heading for provincial
tournaments. One of the squads, the Atom Girls HL Burgundy squad, shown above, played in
Brussels on the weekend at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre but were beat
4-0 by the Lambeth Lancers. (Jasmine deBoer photo)
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OMHA finals features Crusaders, Lambton
After sweeping their series against
the Tweed Hawks, the Blyth Brussel
Minor Hockey Association Midget
AE Crusaders are preparing to take
on Lambton Shores in the Ontario
Minor Hockey Association (OMHA)
Finals.
The Crusaders toppled the Tweed
Hawks 3-2 on Friday evening,
securing their place in the finals.
Prior to that, the Crusaders had
back-to-back games last Saturday
and Sunday against Tweed earning
5-3 and 4-0 wins at home against the
Hawks.
It was then time for the Crusaders
to take to the road for the six-point
series and, despite the fact that they
had three games scheduled for the
weekend, one was all that was
needed.
The squad will now take on
Lambton Shores, however the games
are yet to be scheduled.
Also playing for their spot in the
OMHA finals were the PeeWee Rep
Crusaders.
After swapping a win and a loss
on home ice against their
competitors from Mariposa, the
team wasn’t able to get any more
wins and lost the series six points to
two.
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