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Blyth Atoms win tourney
with undefeated streak
The Christmas season was very
joyous for the Blyth Atom Rep
Bulldogs as they played in the
Zurich Thunder tournament. The
dogs were more in the mood for
receiving than giving on Dec. 27-28.
Their first game was against the
Milverton Drives and the game
started off a little sluggish as if both
teams had too much turkey. The
Bulldogs started the scoring halfway
through the first period only to see
the Milverton team come right back
to tie it seconds later. After trading
goals for the first and second
periods the Bulldogs broke it open
in the third period and held on for a
hard-fought 6-3 win.
The second game was played later
that afternoon and was against a
very tough Strathroy team. Blyth
opened the scoring in the second
period only to have Strathroy come
back to tie it a few minutes later. It
was end-to-end action with neither
team being able to beat each other’s
goalie and Blyth had to settle for the
tie. Due to point totals, the Bulldogs
got the nod to go to the A finals
where they would meet Tavistock.
Excited to be in the A finals, the
Bulldogs came out hard and fast as
they again opened the scoring in the
first period. Leading by a score of 1-
0 after the first period the Tavistock
team came back to tie it in the
second. Entering the third period,
both teams had played very well
going back and forth unable to
score. Early in the third period the
Bulldogs regained the lead after
Parker Gibbings’ second goal of the
game only to have Tavistock come
back to tie it once again. The
Bulldogs replied seconds later on
the hattrick from Parker and the
team hung on for a well-deserved A
championship win. The final score
was 3-2.
The Bulldogs continued their
great play as they travelled to
Goderich where they found
themselves down 3-0 going into the
third period against a strong
Goderich team and came back to
earn a hard-fought 3-3 tie.
The first game of 2011 went just
like the last few of 2010 as the
Bulldogs played BCH, with whom
they are tied in the WOAA
standings. The team played a great
game and came out on top 6-3.
The coaching staff is very proud
of the way the team has played and
look forward to a strong run in the
upcoming playoffs.
“A” champs include: Spenser
Lazarvich, Colin Howson, Drew
Van Wyk, Damen Allen, Ethan
Scrimgeour, Ethan Coultes, Jared
Shearer, Bailey Bos, Carsen
Richmond, Parker Gibbings, Griffin
MacDonald, Michaela Rodger.
The next home game is on
Sunday, Jan. 16 against Mitchell at
3 p.m.
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The Brussels Tyke Bulls took on
Seaforth on Jan. 2, pulling out a win
in their first game of 2011.
The game began with two evenly-
matched teams competing, but as
the game continued, Brussels began
to pull away.
Goals were scored by Luke Fritz,
Jackson McDonald-Inglis, Mathew
McKee, Christopher Pennington,
Bennett Smith and Tyson Fischer.
Assists were tallied by Kyle
Stevenson, Colby Nicholson, Joel
Nesbit and Brett McCutcheon,
while Lucas Jacklin was solid in net.
Brussels Tykes start year with win
Big win
The Blyth/Brussels Bantam Girls welcomed the Upper Maitland Mustangs to Brussels on
Jan. 2, only to hand them a loss with the score of 5-2 at the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Midgets clinch win
in last game of 2010
The Blyth Midget Rep Bulldogs
played their last game of 2010 in
Elma Logan on Thursday Dec. 30.
The bench was short with four of the
regular players unable to attend and
the Midget Local League team was
also playing the same night.
Elma Logan opened the scoring in
the first five minutes of the game. It
would take Blyth until the early
minutes of the second period before
they would tie it up when Adam
Cronin found the twine, assisted by
Matt Chalmers.
Later in the second period Elma
Logan would pull ahead by two.
The rest between the second and
third gave Blyth the edge they
needed. About halfway through the
third Ryan Sholdice would score,
with assists to Matt Popp and Shea
McLean. Two and a half minutes
later McLean would score again,
assisted by Jeremy Ross and Kody
Higgins.
Cronin would score one more to
round out the period, resulting in a
4-3 win for Blyth.
The Saugeen Maitland AA
Lightning offence found the back of
the net six times before the
Brantford Icecats could respond
with two late goals in Lower Lakes
Female Hockey League action over
the Dec. 31, Jan. 1-2 weekend.
Leading the way for Saugeen with
goals were Brooklyn Irwin (two),
Marcie Landman (two), Sarah
Gossell and Brittany Butcher.
Assists went to Landman (two),
Irwin (two), Gossell (two), Dollee
Meigs (two), Butcher, Gina Murray
and Ashley Reid. The 6-2 win boosts
the Lightning’s record to 10 wins,
three losses and two ties.
Last week, the Lightning skated in
the 30th annual Mississauga Chiefs
Christmas Classic tournament. They
lost their opening game 2-1 to Barrie
followed by two ties against
Etobicoke (2-2) and Brampton (3-3).
In the playoff round, the Lightning
faced off against the Barrie Sharks.
Call-up Bantam AA goalie, Shea
Tiley did her part, keeping the
Sharks off the score sheet in
regulation play. Although the
Lightning controlled most of the
play and outshot the Sharks, it was
Barrie who scored the eventual
overtime winner on a powerplay and
advanced with a 1-0 victory.
The Lightning head to
Scarborough next weekend to
participate in the Scarborough
Sharks Ice Trials tournament.
Lightning beat Icecats,
knocked out of tourney
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