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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-01-27, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011. PAGE 9. Winter Sports Pages Blyth B u l l d o g s A t o m — B a c k r o w , f r o m l e f t : L o r e t t a T h o m p s o n , T r e v o r R a y n a r d , Aaron P o p p , T y l e r B l a c k , J o h n L e C o m t e , J e f f P l a e t z e r , M a t t h e w P o p p , F o u r t h r o w : Coache s K i r k S t e w a r t , C h a d H a g g i t t , C o l e S t e w a r t , K a r e n P e n n i n g t o n , D o r e e n Thomps o n , L i n d a P l a e t z e r , D o u g W a l k e r , L a r r y P l a e t z e r . T h i r d r o w : C o d y D u c h a r m e , Dana Te e d , J a m i e P l a e t z e r , K e l s e y S m i t h , M a t t h e w C l a r k e , E m m a B r o h m . S e c o n d row: Ry a n P a q u i n , A l i c i a M i d d e g a a l , C a r l y W h i t f i e l d , C o d y R i c h m o n d , K i r b y C o o k , Cody K e d d y , C a l e b B r o w n . F r o n t r o w : A d a m C r o n i n , K e v i n P e n n i n g t o n , J o n a t h o n Atkinso n , K a y l a B l a c k . A b s e n t : S t e v e n E l l i s . The Citizen Coaches and parents ~ we need your team’s picture and players’ names • Hockey • Broomball 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players’ and coaches’ names for under the photo. Please help us get ALL the Winter Sports teams published. 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 Low-ranked Patriots beat second-place Ironmen The second-place Wingham Ironmen were handed a 6-2 setback by the sixth-place Mount Forest Patriots in Western Junior C Hockey League play on Saturday evening in Mount Forest. A Friday evening contest in Wingham at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex between the Ironmen and the Patriots was postponed due to the weather and will be made up at a later date. The Ironmen took a 1-0 lead at 12:12 of the first period on Saturday when defenceman David Jones scored. Jackson Martin assisted. Mount Forest replied with three straight goals. Chris Corbett got the Ironmen to within one of the Patriots at 14:49 of the second period, with a powerplay marker, Jones assisted. The Patriots netted three unanswered goals in the third period to claim the victory. Wingham outshot the Patriots 47- 41. The Ironmen were 1-7 on the powerplay while the Patriots were 2-7 with the manpower advantage. The Ironmen host the third-place Mitchell Blackhawks on Friday beginning at 8 p.m. at the North Huron Westcast Community Complex. The Ironmen travel to Walkerton on Saturday for a 6:30 p.m. contest against the Hawks. By Jim Brown The Citizen The Brussels Tykes played in the Wallace Fundays Tournament over the weekend. The team’s first game was in Kurtzville against Monkton. The Bulls came out strong. They had a lot of time with the puck and drove at the net. The team also passed well, while Christopher Pennington played well in net. The team’s second game was against Woolwich Green. The team was a little tougher for Brussels and at times the game was rough, but Brussels persevered and had plenty of opportunities to put the puck in the net. The defence played well, forming a solid unit in front of goalie Lucas Jacklin. The third game was again Woolwich Blue. Brussels felt pressured once again, but the Bulls out-skated and out-shot their competition. Goals were scored by Jackson McDonald-Inglis, Matthew McKee, Bennett Smith, Luke Fritz, Pennington and Dawson Dunbar. Assists were tallied by Aliya Dauphin, Tyson Fischer, Taylor Lang, Brett McCutcheon, Joel Nesbit, Colby Nicholson and Kyle Stevenson. Brussels Atoms sweep Zurich in best-of-five seriesThe Brussels Atom Bulls sweptZurich on a best-of-five series to winthe WOAA Atom E trophy andthey’ve earned a shot at Bothwell inthe next round of the playoffs. The Bulls began their series on the road on Jan. 16 when they travelled to Zurich to begin their series with the Thunder. With no scoring in the first, Zurich was the first to tally at the 10:51 mark of the second period. Two minutes later the Bulls tied the score when Nick McArter scored on a pass from Noah Terpstra. With 4:16 left in the second Nolan Johnston scored assisted by Jack Pipe to take the lead, but with 43 seconds to go in the second period, Zurich was able to get one by Jarron Thompson to tie the score. The third period would solve nothing and it was going to take overtime to finish this game. With plenty of chances in the extra frame by both teams it was finally Pipe assisted by Avery McArter with only 43 seconds left that won the game for the Bulls. This game was the first overtime of the year and the boys played well under pressure and were able to take a hard-fought road victory home.The next game was set for Jan. 21,but with the weather not co-operating the second game would beplayed on Jan. 22 in Brussels with the third game on Jan. 23. On Saturday morning, the Bulls came out charging with Terpstra scoring first on a pass from Avery McArter at 6:58. The Bulls scored three unanswered goals in the second period with Terpstra again scoring assisted by Jacob Roth and Brent Alexander, then Pipe scoring assisted by Brett Stevenson, then Pipe again assisted by Ted Jacklin and Brent Alexander. Zurich finally solved Thompson in the third to break the shutout bid, but the Bulls stormed back 30 seconds later to restore the four-goal lead to make the final score 5-1 to take a 2- 0 lead in the series. On Sunday afternoon, Zurich was back and the Bulls wasted little time getting on the board when 28 seconds in Pipe scored, assisted by Roth and Chris Hruska. Pipe scored the second goal assisted by Hudson Smith and then Pipe completed the natural hattrick when he scoredassisted by Terpstra and Roth. Onlya single goal was scored in thesecond period when Terpstra scoredunassisted. The third period was all Brussels as Pipe scored his fourth goal of the game, assisted by Stevenson and Terpstra finished the scoring assisted by Hruska. The final score was 6-0for Brussels.The Bulls dominated Zurich in allareas of the game from the net outand were able to keep Zurich from getting any real superb scoring chances. The Bulls will now face Bothwell in OMHA semi-finals that probably won’t begin until February.The Bulls will now play someWOAA playoffs as they are in a six-team group with Teeswater, Arran-Elderslie (Paisley), TCDMHA (Tara), Mitchell AE and Listowel AE. These playoffs should begin Friday night in Brussels at 7:30 p.m. Out front! The Blyth Midget Local League Bulldogs took on Wingham on Jan. 17 at the Blyth Arena and there was plenty of physical play to go around. Blyth came up just short this time by a score of 5-3. (Jim Brown photo) Brussels Tykes compete in Fundays Saugeen Maitland PeeWees moving up to AA division The Saugeen Maitland PeeWee Lightning have played their last league games in the A division. They’re now moving up to the AA division. The team played against Goderich last week, coming away with a win. Neve VanPelt scored two goals with Delayna Smith and Jessica Dale assisting. Olivia Linklater also scored a pair with Amy Hepburn and Abbi Atkins assisting. Avery Reeves also scored two goals with Smith and Melanie Nolan helping out. Cassidy Becker played solid in net for the contest. The girls were also home to Stratford on Jan. 23. Stratford came out of the gates playing aggressively. They were able to score on Monica Rankin, but VanPelt was able to put the girls on the board. In the second period, Stratford scored to go up by one, but Reeves was able to score to tie it up at two and then again in the third period to solidify the win by a score of 3-2. MIDGETS MOVE TO SECOND The Saugeen Maitland Midget AA Lightning picked up two wins this weekend and vaulted into second place in Lower Lakes League standings, a point behind the Sarnia Sting. On Saturday, Laura Irwin led the way with a hattrick while Brittany Butcher chipped in with three assists helping the Lightning to a 5-2 win against the visiting team from Windsor. On Sunday, Laken Smith and Kelly Garrow set up L. Irwin 11 seconds into the game and Michela Stutki posted another shutout to give the Bolts a 2-0 win over Bluewater. Also picking up goals in the weekend action were L. Irwin with four, Dollee Meigs, Gina Murray and Sara Gossell while assists went to Smith with three, Butcher with three, Murray, Garrow, Nicole Marriage and Marcie Landman. On Jan. 14, the Lightning were outworked and outscored by the Waterloo Raves and lost 3-0. On Jan. 15, the Lightning rebounded and beat the first-place Sarnia Sting when B. Irwin heroically scored the winner with three seconds left in the game as the result of a faceoff win from Smith. On Jan. 16 the Lightning battled back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the Brantford Icecats 2-2. Goal scorers over the weekend were Brooklyn Irwin, Marcie Landman, L. Irwin and Hannah Davidson. Smith, Landman and Gossell and Murray with two, picked up the assists.