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The Wingham Ironmen were
handed their first defeat of the
Western Junior C Hockey League
season on Saturday evening.
After scoring their ninth straight
win on Friday evening, a 7-6
shootout decision over the Hanover
Barons, in Hanover, the Ironmen
were handed a 7-5 loss by the three-
time defending league champions,
Walkerton Hawks at the North
Huron Wescast Community
Complex.
Things started out alright for the
Ironmen on Saturday as Adam
Corbett scored a power play marker
at 2:11 of the first period to give the
Ironmen a 1-0 advantage.
The Hawks tied the game at 5:45
and then added three more goals in
the period to take a 4-1 lead into the
second period.
Chris Corbett, on the power play,
and Aaron Armstrong, with an even
strength goal in the second period
got the Ironmen to within one of the
Hawks.
Walkerton Hawks tallied two goals
in the final two minutes of the
second period to regain their three-
goal advantage.
Tyler Kellum tallied a power-play
goal at 7:03 of the third period to put
the Ironmen down by two. After the
Hawks were able to regain their
three-goal lead on the power play,
defenceman Chase Chapman scored
at 17:30 of period three to make the
final score 7-5.
Walkerton outshot the Ironmen
36-35.
Matt Stirling started in goal for the
Ironmen, but was replaced by
Brandon MacDonald after the fourth
Walkerton marker.
Ironmen captain Corbett of
Brussels said the game was pretty
much the type of game they expected
from Walkerton, the top team in the
league for the past three seasons.
“We are going to have to go over
our systems at practice this week in
preparation of the home-and-home
series this weekend against the
Kincardine Bulldogs,” he said. “we
just got away from our system when
they scored their four goals
in the first period and their
two second period goals,” said
Corbett.
He stated the Ironmen have not
played a full 60 minutes of hockey in
a game this season.
Coach Chad Haggitt of Blyth said
it was a tough game for the Ironmen,
but added that Walkerton is a good
team. One of the bright spots for the
Ironmen was that they scored five
goals against the Hawks.
“Our penalty killing was good at
times,” he said. “That is something
that needs improving.”
The coach said they will be
working on that during practice this
week as well as defensive zone
coverage.
“We are going to have a good hard
practice and get back to what has
worked for us, and maybe start
another streak,” he said.
The Ironmen are in Kincardine
Friday for an 8:30 p.m. start time,
and then host the Bulldogs on
Saturday, beginning at 7 p.m. at the
North Huron Wescast Community
Complex.
By Jim Brown
The Citizen
Defending champs end Ironmen’s perfect start
Nothing lasts forever
After an impressive nine-game winning streak to start the
season, the Wingham Ironmen finally lost a game, losing to
the league’s defending champion Walkerton Hawks in
Wingham on Saturday. The team won their ninth game on
Friday night in a contest against Hanover, but lost by a
score of 7-5 to Walkerton on Saturday night. (Jim Brown photo)
The Saugeen Maitland Bantam
AA Lightning made their way to the
semi-finals in a tournament held
in Oakville on the Oct. 9-10
weekend.
The team’s first game was against
Mississauga and they came out with
a close 1-0 victory on the
strength of a goal scored by Miranda
Lantz.
The girls needed to pull up their
socks for the next game against a
tough opponent in Burlington. It
was another close game ending in a
2-2 tie with goals scored by Lexi
Smith of the Brussels area and
Ashlee Lawrence.
Lightning was not striking the
host team Oakville, who handed the
Lightning their first loss of the
season by a score of 6-1. Lindsey
Dales was the lone goal-scorer for
Saugeen Maitland.
The girls played St. Catherines in
the fourth game of the tournament
and they came out on top with a 2-0
win. Smith and Taylor Weber were
goal scorers in that game.
The girls then moved onto the
semi-finals.
They scored early in the first
period with Shannon O’Reilly
finding the back of the net and
Hailey Herman and Smith assisting,
but the opponent, Glouchester-
Cumberland scored three goals, the
last one coming with six minutes
left in the game, but the Lightning
never gave up.
Herman was able to score a top-
shelf goal, but the team fell just
short, losing by a score of 3-2.
Bantam AA Lightning make semi-
finals in Oakville tournament
Brussels Atoms win home opener against Milverton Drives
The Brussels Atoms have
completed their first weekend of
action of the 2010/2011 season.
Friday night saw the Milverton
Drives come to town for the Atom
Bulls’ home opener and the home
side skated to a 6 - 3 victory.
The Bulls scored first just 1:24
into the game when Noah Terpstra
bulged the twine to get the scoring
season underway. Brussels took a 2 -
0 lead when Jacob Roth scored. The
Drives then scored two goals six
seconds apart to knot the game at
two.
This, however, did not rattle the
Bulls, as Terpstra took a feed from
Jack Pipe to get his second of the
game to put the Bulls ahead 3-2 after
one period of play. Brussels would
not look back as Pipe scored twice in
the second with just 28 seconds into
the period and then again with only
1:52 left in the period making the
score 5-2 after two periods.
The Bulls and Drives traded goals
in the third period with Pipe
completing the hattrick and the
Drives scoring with only 34 seconds
left in the game. Jarron Thompson
was solid in net for the Bulls as the
season has started off on the right
foot with a gritty win against a tough
Milverton team.
Not having much time to enjoy
their first game win, the Brussels
Atom Bulls travelled to Blyth to take
on the Bulldogs. Nicholas McArter
got the nod in net against a tough
Blyth squad. After a hard-fought first
period with great end-to-end action
both teams were unable to bulge the
twine to keep the game scoreless
after one.
The second period saw the
Bulldogs come out strong and
managed to get all four of their goals
past McArter in the frame. The Bulls
had their chances but were unable to
solve the Blyth goaltender. The Bulls
showed more hustle in the third and
quickly got on the board just 17
seconds into the period when
Terpstra took a pass from Roth to get
the goose egg off the board, then
kept the Bulldogs off the score sheet
entirely through the third period but
that lone goal was all the Bulls could
muster.
After the game, coaches Pipe and
Houston commented to their players
on the positive aspects of the game
and how McArter stopped a lot of
rubber in front of them this
afternoon. A good effort by all the
players in a losing cause. The Atom
Bulls are now 1-1 to start the season.
The next game for the Atom Bulls
will be at home against Listowel
with game time Friday night at 7:30
p.m. The Atom Bulls then travel to
Goderich to take on the Sailors for a
1 p.m. game on Saturday, Oct. 23 at
the YMCA arena.
ANYONE INTERESTED
IN PLAYING
Men's Town League
Hockey 19 and over
Contact: Jeff ~ 519-887-9790
Mike ~ 519-887-6449
Warm-up skate on October 21 at 9:00 pm
Start date October 28 at 9:00 pm
The Saugeen Maitland Lightning
Bantam A girls hockey team started
their regular season this past
weekend. They started on Saturday
with a home game against the
powerhouse Sarnia Sting. The Sting
did not give the girls any breathing
room and the final score was 5-0.
On Sunday, the girls travelled to
Sarnia for a return match with the
Sting. The final score was 6-1 for the
Sting, but the girls showed a bit
more grit as the game went on.
Scoring for the Lightning was Tori
Terpstra from Atwood assisted by
Cassidy Mason from Owen Sound.
Later on Sunday afternoon, the
girls travelled down the highway for
a game against the Bluewater
Hawks. The girls were determined to
get their first win of the regular
season with a 3-0 victory.
Scoring for the Lightning were
Terpstra, Mason and Ally
Spielmacher. Assists went to
Terpstra, Rebecca Rier and Jordyn
Sholdice from Brussels.
On Oct. 23, the girls have a home
game in Howick at 12:30 p.m.
against the London Devilettes, then
on October 24 they travel to
Strathroy for a rematch with the
Bluewater Hawks.
Saugeen Maitland Bantams drop two
against Sarnia Sting to open season
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