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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-27, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011. SAVE 20%STORE WIDE (except Footwear) SAVE NOW!!!SAVE NOW!!!SASASASAVEAAVSSASSA AAAVVVEVEVE E N NAVAVVE 20%AVVVVAAVE NAVAVVVVE NAAVAAVAVA OWOW!!WW !!!! (except Footwear) RE WIOTSVE 20%NONOWNOOW!W !! (except Footwear) E DRE WI Discover St. Anne’s! Please join staff and students of St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School at our annual Open House to learn about programs and services available for the 2012 – 2013 school year. Where: St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School Cafeteria, 353 Ontario St. Clinton When: Tuesday November 1, 2011 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. We look forward to meeting you and your son/daughter. All Welcome! Sports Ironmen need someone who can stop the puck says Haggitt The Wingham Ironmen are looking for a goaltender who can stop the puck. The Ironmen were handed a pair of 5-3 setbacks in the Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League on the weekend, despite outshooting their opponents. After falling 5-3 to the Mitchell Hawks on Friday evening at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex, the Ironmen were defeated by the Mount Forest Patriots on Saturday evening in Mount Forest. After outshooting the Mitchell Hawks 40-11 on Oct. 15 and losing a 4-2, the Ironmen outshot the Hawks 31-14 on Friday but were still defeated. Aaron Armstrong did all the scoring for the Ironmen on Friday evening. Brett Brophy had three assists. Wingham was 1-9 on the power play. Coach Chad Haggitt of Blyth said there is nothing wrong with the team. “We are playing hard, everybody’s working hard,” he said. “We can’t keep outshooting teams two to one and losing hockey games. “We have to find someone who can stop the puck,” he said. He said that maybe Brandon McDonald, who was rookie of the year last season, is suffering from the sophomore jinx. According to Haggitt, the Ironmen need someone to come in and to “stop the bleeding”. The coach said the Mitchell goalie played a good game, but the Ironmen still outshot them. He said the players have to step up and score some goals because they are going to be giving up a lot of goals. He said the players they have are good, but they’re just going to have to step it up a bit. Defenceman Cody Subject of Brussels said they had lots of shots, but were just unable to capitalize on their opportunities. “We outshot them, we had double the shots they had and we still couldn’t score,” he said. The assistant captain said they need some second line scoring because there is a lot of pressure on the first line. “Our defence played pretty well. We’re working together out there,” he said. The Ironmen outshot Mount Forest 32-30 and held a 3-1 advantage after 20 minutes of play. After two periods of play, Wingham held a 32-20 edge in shots. The Ironmen did not have a shot on net in the third period. Dylan Williams had two goals for Wingham in the final minute of play, 34 seconds apart, in the opening period. Wade Stephenson of Brussels also scored for the Ironmen. The Ironmen have a pair of games at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex this weekend. On Friday, they host the first place Walkerton Hawks, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and then on Saturday they tangle with the Hanover Barons, with the game getting underway at 7:30 p.m. By Jim Brown The Citizen Tough weekend The Wingham Ironmen had a rough weekend losing both of the games they played. Their coach says they’re having trouble stopping the puck and that their offence isn’t the problem. Here the Ironmen took on the Mitchell Hawks, losing by a score of 5-3. (Jim Brown photo) Lightning bring home Hocktoberfest Champion again The Saugeen Maitland Midget AA team were successful as defending champions this past weekend at Windsor’s International Hocktoberfest tournament. This year’s tourney saw two Ripley area players play the hero role in the championship game versus the Chicago Young Americans. With Chicago leading 1- 0 with 12 seconds left in the game, Laura Irwin banged in a rebound to send the game into overtime. Midway through the overtime period, defenceman, Abbey Gibson jumped into the offensive zone to feather a shot past the Chicago goaltender and give the Lightning the gold medal with a 2-1 victory. The Lightning started the four- game round-robin portion of the tournament with a tough 4-3 loss to Chicago. Saugeen then reeled off three consecutive wins against Aurora 3-0, Team Illinois 3-0 and 2- 1 versus Honeybaked from Plymouth, Michigan to finish in first place in pool play. In the semi-final game, the Lightning easily handled the Willowdale Red Wings 3-0 to advance to the championship match. Goaltending was solid again for the Lightning with Stephanie Sluys picking up a pair of shutouts while Shea Tiley had one shutout and stood tall in the gold medal game. After the opening game loss, the defensive core played solidly, only allowing two goals in their next five games highlighted by a game – saving diving play by Brittany Hymers in the gold medal match. Goal scorers on the weekend were Kelly Gribbons (four), Laura Irwin (two), Stacie Vink (two), Dollee Meigs (two), Hannah Davidson (two), Lindsay Dales, Brittany Butcher, Kelly Garrow and Abbey Gibson. Assists were awarded to Butcher (four), Brittany Hymers (three), Garrow (three), Davidson (three), Gibson (three), Irwin (two), Vink (two), Gribbons (two), Dales, Meigs, Sara Gossell, Hailey Herman and Harley Westman. It was a rough affair Sunday night as the Blyth Brussels Peewee AE boys travelled to Mitchell and lost to the hometown Meteors 5-1. The Blyth Brussels crew came to Mitchell with a short bench but came out in the first period flying with some fast-paced end-to-end action, as one fan put it. There were many scoring chances, great saves at both ends and some big hits. The game remained scoreless until halfway through the second period when Mitchell opened the scoring and scored another three minutes later taking a 2-0 lead. With 1:52 left in the second Nolan Johnston scored a beauty of a rebound from Jared Shearer and Avery McArter. It was a one goal game as the teams hit the locker room at the end of two periods of play. Blyth Brussels started the third with a man in the penalty box and it only took 30 seconds for Mitchell to capitalize followed by an even strength goal just a minute and a half later. The Peewees had some scoring chances in the third but couldn’t solve the goaltender from Mitchell. Jeremy Wilts stood tall in the Blyth Brussels net making some fantastic saves as always among the barrage of rubber he faced. Mitchell scored another late in the third making the final 5-1 for the home squad. The Blyth Brussels Peewee AE team’s next game is Friday, Oct. 28 at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre at 7:30 p.m. Peewee AEs lose second game The Blyth Brussels Atom Little League team travelled to Monkton Monday Oct. 24 night to face the Elma Logan Wildcats and came home with a 5-3 win. Scoring goals in the first period were Ben Jacklin and Kyle Josling, assisting were Brent Alexander, Jason Wilts, Joe Jacklin and Adam Shortreed. Going into the third period with the score tied, Wilts came out and scored two goals, assisted by Ben Jacklin, Joe Jacklin, Reese Sparling and Alexander. Connor Brooks scored the fifth goal off a pass by Josling to secure the win. Playing strong between the pipes was Devin Bridge with the help of John Nesbit, Kelden Pawitch, Greg McDonald and Johnathon Vincent. Previously, the Blyth Brussels Atom Litttle League team had lost 9- 1 to the BCH Ice Dogs. This win brought their season record to 1-1. The Atoms hosted the Zurich Thunder at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre (BMGCC) on Oct. 22, but a final score was unavailable. The team’s next game is at the BMGCC on Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. as the Wildcats attempt to take revenge for the 5-3 loss. Atoms beat Elma Logan on the road