The Citizen, 2013-04-04, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013.
Blyth Brussels Minor Hockey
REGISTRATION
for the 2013/2014 Hockey Season
is now being received
Registration dates are:
April 15 from 7 - 9 pm in Blyth Arena
& April 16 from 7-9 pm Brussels Arena
Any further information needed contact Diane Howson at
registration@blythbrusselsminorhockey.ca or 519-523-9050.
Hurricanes goalies sidelined, Peters put in top spot
Sports
With a recent injury to second-
string Carolina Hurricanes
goaltender Dan Ellis, Blyth native
Justin Peters has taken to the ice in
five straight games for the
Hurricanes.
Starting March 21, when Peters
spent a little less than a minute on
the ice against the New Jersey
Devils, Peters has been the backbone
of Carolina’s defensive team,
knocking away 120 of the 132 shots
sent his way for an average save
percentage of 0.909.
While the Hurricanes have been
bested in three of the four full games
Peters has played since Ellis’s injury,
it wasn’t surprising as they were up
against some of the top-ranked
teams in the league.
Most recently, the Eastern
Conference second-place Montreal
Canadiens downed the Hurricanes 4-
1 on Monday evening. Prior to that,
losses were recorded against the
third place Winnipeg Jets and sixth-
place Toronto Maple Leafs. Peters
also led the charge against
Winnipeg in a win on March 30 on
the road.
Ellis will be returning soon, as he
was activated from the injured
reserve list on April 1 following the
cut on his leg that removed him from
the game. Analysts suggest that he
and Peters will likely split net-
minding responsibilities until
starting goalie Cam Ward returns to
the ice. Ward was sidelined with an
injury early in March and will likely
be out until mid-to-late April or early
May.
Big winners
The Blyth Brussels Midget Rep Crusaders team recently took the Ontario Minor Hockey
Association (OMHA) championships to finish out their season. The team consisted of, top row,
from left: Coach Kyle Stephenson, Assistant Coach Tate Stephenson, Dustin Pennington,
Adam Cousins, Luke McCutcheon, Kody Higgins, Kyle Pollard, Nathan Plunkett and Assistant
Coach Brian Ten Pas. Second row, from left: Spencer Stevenson, Reece McArter, Ryan
Nesbitt, Wyatt Ducharme and Wyatt Carey. Third row, from left: Brody Ten Pas, Matt Van Wyk,
Brock McLean, Arden Coultes, Jeremy Ross, Mitch Kellington, Michael Van Wyk and Hayden
Ten Pas. Bottom row, from left, are goaltender Kennan MacDonald and Nathan Watson. (Photo
submitted)
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families along. Black-Brown says
that the meal is $10, no matter how
many members of your family you
bring along.
The run is also the first race of the
Runpiker Series, which includes
runs in Woodstock, Bayfield,
Exeter, Ingersoll, Stratford, and
more.
Black-Brown says that she first
became involved with the event
through working with late Blyth
OPP officer Dave Mounsey and
becoming friends with him. So when
tragedy struck and Mounsey was
killed in a single-vehicle crash,
Black-Brown’s good friend Patrick
Armstrong founded the Dave
Mounsey Memorial Fund and
brought her along for the ride.
Black-Brown has been involved
with the Fund for several years, but
this is her second year as race
director for the Run Around The
Square.
For her, it seemed like a instinctive
progression. Mounsey was a runner
and it seemed only natural to have a
running event to try and raise money
to buy defibrillators and place them
in local public buildings to help
honour fallen emergency responders.
“Every year the event has gotten
bigger,” Black-Brown says. “In 2010
we capped it at 250 runners and in
2011 we upped it to 300 and then
400 in 2012.”
Historically, the run has been a
huge success, so registering ahead of
time is very important if people want
to participate, she says.
She says she now has a dedicated
group of volunteers that has been
meeting every two weeks to discuss
everything to do with the run, from
fundraising to assigning jobs to
people for race day.
This year’s race is being dedicated
to OPP Const. D. Craig Campbell,
an officer from the Kincardine area
who died in 1985. Black-Brown says
that the run will help raise money to
buy a defibrillator on behalf of the
family and Campbell’s family will
choose where the defibrillator
should be placed. She says it will be
completely up to them.
At the time of his death, Black-
Brown said, Campbell had only been
off of his probation period for three
weeks when he was killed
by a drunk driver during a
pursuit.
Black-Brown, as a paramedic, has
seen both sides of what the Fund can
do for the community. She has seen
paramedics honoured by the Fund
and she has seen the life-saving
power of a defibrillator, if used
properly.
And once the Fund places a
defibrillator, Black-Brown says, it
doesn’t end there. The group helps
with outreach and training for those
who work in the building to ensure
that they know how to use the
defibrillator.
Through her work, Black-Brown
says she has seen defibrillators work,
and it’s an astounding feeling to see
a life saved because of one.
“It’s an amazing thing to see.
Saving a life is an amazing thing,”
she says.
For more information on the run,
or to register or volunteer, visit
www.runaroundthesquare.ca
The Blyth Brussels PeeWee Local
League hockey team finished its
regular season with three wins, 14
losses and one tie.
The regular season was a work in
progress according to the coaching
staff as wins started to appear while
the boys worked toward the end of
the schedule.
In the last three games of the
season we had two wins and
carried that momentum into the
playoffs.
The playoffs started very
successfully and the team ended
with five wins and three losses.
Needing just a split with Wingham
in the last weekend of playoffs to
move on to the championship, the
PeeWee LL team came up just a
little short losing both games which
allowed Drayton to overtake them
and move on.
The playoffs showed that the team
could succeed while working
together to achieve a common goal.
The coaching staff was very proud
of the boys and how they came
together at the end of the year where
it counts most.
PeeWee LL team
finishes year strong
For more information call
Bruce Higgins
at 519-887-6102
Belgrave
Minor Softball
Registration 2013
Wednesday, March 27
7 pm - 9 pm
At the Belgrave
Community
Centre
Saturday, April 6
9 am - 11 am
Big winners
The Eastern Warriors Midget Broomball Team took gold in a tournament over the March Break
in Palmerston. Members of the team are, back row, from left, coach Chuck Terpstra, Dylan
Walton, Kurtis Roetcisoender, Eric Van Nes, Matt Terpstra, Laura Souch, Chandler Wilts and
coach Jeff Roetcisoender. Front row, from left, are: Coach Rod Marshall, Logan Forbes, Jeroen
Vandewetering, Brennan Kolkman, Dawn Uyl, Megan Stute and Carlene Bremner. Front row
are Tiffany Uyl, left, and Stephanie Hummel. Jordan Deboer was absent. (Photo submitted)
DMMF run dedicated to deceased Kincardine officer