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Blyth Minor Soccer & Baseball
2010 REGISTRATION
Wednesday, March 17, 7-9 pm
and
Saturday, March 20, 9:30 am - noon
will be held at the Blyth Public School on
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SportsPeters receives call-up, wins three of four, awarded game stars for two
With a save percentage of 94.3 per
cent, and two game stars in only four
games, Blyth-native Justin Peters is
really making waves in the NHL.
Recently called up for the Carolina
Hurricanes from their farm team, the
American Hockey League Albany
River Rats, the left-catching
goaltender has had an amazing run so
far, winning three of his four games.
A second-round draft pick in the
2004 NHL Entry draft, Peters has
gone from AAA hockey in
Huron-Perth to NHL starter in eight
years.
Peters received a pleasant surprise
at a recent away-game versus the
Toronto Maple Leafs, having nearly
50 friends and families crowd the
stands at the Air Canada Centre
(ACC) to cheer on one of the hottest
young goalies in the NHL.
His mother, Janice, said the
experience is still settling in due to
its surreality.
“It’s exciting, I’ve never been to
the ACC and it’s a beautiful arena, a
perfect spot for us to see Justin’s
game,” she said.
The experience was made even
more incredible for Janice as she
hadn’t even seen her son on
television yet due to scheduling.
“It seemed just like another game,”
she said. “Maybe I just need to
see it on television and hear his
name announced for it to really settle
in.”
Janice said that Justin had no idea
so many people were coming down
to see him, and he had a huge smile
on his face.
“It was awkward, getting everyone
next to the door so he could come see
us,” she said. “And he worked his
way over the seats to shake hands, he
was so happy to see everyone.”
When asked about inspirations, or
driving factors, both Janice and Jeff,
Justin’s father, said the same
thing: Justin was really his own
motivator.
“Justin had worked so hard, and
sacrificed so much to get where he
is,” Janice said. “It’s a lot of work
being in the AHL and the NHL,
everyone thinks it’s fun, but you’re
up at the crack of dawn to skate, you
live out of a suitcase, you can get
completely uprooted at anytime, it’s
a real sacrifice.”
“He always pushed himself harder
than anyone else,” Jeff said. “He
would race the skaters on the ice to
get them to go harder. If he had a bad
game, he would come back and work
that much harder, he was really his
own inspiration.”
Both agreed that, while Justin
would say he wanted to play in the
NHL, neither really believed it was
happening until they saw him take
the ice.
“If you told me six years ago, heck,
six months ago that I’d be sitting in
the ACC watching Justin play, I
would have doubted it, but he really
pushed himself all the way,” Jeff
said.
Jeff said that watching his son play
at the ACC was great.
“It was great, obviously, to see him
on the ice,” he said. “He played well,
but we were really there for him. I
was so happy for him, to see him
compete at that level is just
amazing.”
“His hard work and determination
really paid off,” he said.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Nice stop
Blyth’s goalie came up
big on this save on
March 3 against
Norwich, but he couldn’t
stop them all as the
Blyth Midget Rep
Bulldogs lost the contest
by a score of 2-0.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
The Blyth Midget Bulldogs are
attempting to overthrow 2008-09
Midget ‘D’champions, the Norwich
Hawks.
Norwich took the most recent
game 4-1, tying the series at two.
Blyth’s one goal was scored by Dan
Dery, and assisted by Shea McLean
and Adam Cronin.
The series has gone back and forth
since the first time the teams took to
the ice on February 27. Blyth took
the lead in the series that night with
a 4-3 win over Norwich. Goals were
scored by Dery (two) and Dallas
Pennington (two). Assists were
awarded to Tyler Middegaal (two),
Matt Popp (two), Dery and Stretton.
The next match saw Blyth and
Norwich battle to a 1-1 overtime tie.
Adam Cronin scored Blyth’s sole
marker, while Popp took another
assists.
Game three in Blyth saw Norwich
shut out the Bulldogs 2-0, tying the
series at one.
Game four in the first-to-three
series saw Blyth take the lead with a
3-1 win. Goals were scored by
Michael McDowell, Cronin, and
Austin Sjaarda. Assists went to Tyler
Stevenson, Pennington, John
LeComte and Cronin.
The Midget Bulldogs took to the
ice again on March 9 to finish the
series. The score of this final match
was unavailable as of press time.
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Norwich eliminates Bulldogs in final game
The puck stops here
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender, and former-Blyth resident Justin Peters had an amazing
start in the NHL. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/Courtesty of Carolina Hurricanes)