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The Citizen, 2013-11-07, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013.Sports Ironmen dominate Mount Forest Patriots 12-6 The offence came alive last Friday evening as the Wingham Ironmen defeated the Mount Forest Patriots 12-6 in a Western Junior C Hockey League contest played at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex. Jamie Huber and Aaron Armstrong paced the offence as each collected six points. Huber had four goals and two assists, while Armstrong had a goal and five assists. Contributing single goals were Travis Donaldson, Ryan McNeil, Alex Kuntz, Brody TenPas, Darren Kerr, Justin Jacklin and Blake Pickering. McNeil, Brett Brophy and Ryan Stulp picked up two assists each, with single helpers going to Kerr, Jeremy Ross and Carter Stewart, Doug Costanzo had a pair of goals for the Patriots. Mount Forest opened the scoring at 9:49 of the first period, but the Ironmen came back with three goals in a span of 59 seconds starting at 13:45. Donaldson scored at 19:05 to give the Ironmen a 4-1 advantage after the first period. Wingham outscored Mount Forest in the second period 6-1 to hold a 10-2 lead going into the third period. The Patriots outscored the Ironmen 4-2 in the third period to reach the final score. Jaden Shrier started in goal for the Ironmen, with Nathan Watson playing the third period. Wingham outshot the Patriots 40-35 and the Ironmen were 2-9 on the power play. Coach Louie Livingston said it was a good game for the Ironmen, but they got off to a slow start, allowing Mount Forest to open the scoring. “We didn’t get off to a good start,” he said. “We kind of woke up. We got a lot of goals early, we got up a lot, and that’s what the trouble is when you get up a lot of goals, you get a lot of bad habits. And, that’s what happened in the third period, I didn’t like the way they finished.” The coach said Nathan Watson got kind of ‘hung out to dry’ in the third period. “It wasn’t really fair, he had to stop a lot of shots in the third period because we let up a little bit,” said Livingston. He noted that the most important thing was that the Ironmen got the win and a lot of guys got some goals. The coach said they got some secondary scoring in the game. “That’s what we got to have, and I think that’s really helping, everybody’s kind of getting some scoring,” he said. “We’re working hard when we have to and that’s one of the main things.” Forward Huber said it was a great team effort and everybody worked hard and the passing was always on. “The team played great and awesome tonight.” he said. Huber said he was really happy with his four-goal performance. “I was happy with that, really happy with that, but like the last time, it was my linemates were setting me up,” he said. His linemates were Ryan McNeil and Aaron Armstrong. “My linemates are the key to my success, they’re just awesome. They make we totally better out there. Playing with both of them, very high-skilled players, they’re unreal, just great,” said Huber. The Ironmen are on the road for a pair of games this weekend. On Friday, they travel to Hanover for an 8 p.m. game against the Barons and then on Saturday they travel to Mount Forest for an 8 p.m. contest against the Patriots. By Jim Brown Special to The Citizen WE’LL KEEP YOU ROLLING 40356 LONDESBORO RD., LONDESBOROUGH BUSINESS: 519-523-4742 TOLL FREE: 1-877-619-7877 www.townsendtire.ca YOUR WINTER TIRE/WHEEL SPECIALISTS MANY USED SNOW TIRES IN STOCK WINTER TIRE STORAGE AVAILABLE M.G.M. TOWNSEND TIRE We sell and maintain all types of tire pressure sensors as well. Chad Mann ~ 519-357-3015 www.kruzinmannlimos.com A Division of Lloyd Collins Construction Ltd. Leaving Mount Forest in the dust Despite a big win on the weekend, the Wingham Ironmen are still just one point away from tying the first place Walkerton Hawks. The Ironmen posted a 12-6 win over the Mount Forest Patriots on Friday, but it wasn’t enough as one overtime loss still keeps them one notch away from the Hawks who lead the league with 23 points. (Jim Brown photo) Sweep! The broomball season has begun and the Blyth PeeWee Silver Bullets were in action on Saturday night against Mildmay. Blyth came out on the wrong end of the contest, but it’s a long season. (Vicky Bremner photo) #1 And We Still Try Harder! Recent circulation figures show The Citizen has the highest circulation in the northern part of Huron County, #3 in the entire county. The Citizen Proudly Community- Owned Since 1985