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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-03-19, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009. The Brussels Atom Reps played against Goderich AE Wednesday night, March 11. No one was able to score until midway through the second period. Wyatt Machan lifted the first goal in, top shelf, assisted by Austin Johnston and Delayna Smith. In the third period, Smith scored unassisted to take a 2-0 lead. With only 2:47 left, Goderich AE netted their first. By pulling their goalie, Goderich was able to tie up the game with just 0:17 left on the clock. Sudden death overtime saw Machan score the winning goal, assisted by Johnston and Nic Zwep. Saturday in Goderich, Brussels was down 2-0 by the end of the first period. In the second period after the Goderich goalie stopped a shot, Logan Kellington won the face-off. He passed the puck over to Dawson Peachey, who took a shot. It rebounded out and Kellington tipped it in. Back at centre ice, Kellington again had the face-off. He and Peachey worked together to again net the goal, tying up the game at 2- 2. Machan assisted by Johnston, gave his team a 3-2 lead. In the third period Kellington netted his hattrick right from the face-off. With 0:56 left on the clock, and Goderich without a goalie, Kellington, assisted by Peachey, scored on the empty net for Brussels to win the second game of the series, 5-2. Sunday, game three, the squad was looking for the sweep. It was midway through the second period before Machan, assisted by Johnston, was able to break the twine and score to take the lead. Goderich fought back and the second period ended in a 1-1 tie. Peachey and Kellington worked together to break it, then Smith scored the third goal for Brussels, assisted by Johnston and Machan. Smith also netted the fourth and final goal for Brussels. This time she was assisted by Zwep and Peachey. Brussels held the lead to win 4-1 and would move on to play Lucknow. Goalie Derrick Waechter was solid in net all three games allowing only five goals in total. Game one against Lucknow was an entirely different story for Brussels as they lost 9-1. Scoring the lone goal for Brussels was Kellington, assisted by Machan and Dylan McNeil. Game two was better. Despite a 10-minute sudden death overtime, the game was left at a tie of 2-2. Scoring for Brussels were Connor Bridge and Machan. In game three Kellington scored with a pass from Machan for Brussels to take a 1-0 lead in the first period. Lucknow tied it halfway through the second period. Brussels pulled ahead with a shot from Kellington from the blue line. Minutes later, Peachey backhanded in the third goal, assisted by Zwep. Lucknow was unable to get any more goals past Waechter so Brussels skated off with a hard fought 3-1 win. Game four was played this past Tuesday night. The Blyth-Brussels PeeWee girls travelled to Goderich over the first weekend of March break for the 60th annual Lions Young Canada PeeWee Tournament. Fans were treated to five great games of hockey. In game one they played Seaforth. The girls got off to a great start in this game on goals by Mackenzie Nesbitt and Jordyn Sholdice. That score held until the third period when Seaforth got on the board. The team played a considerable amount of that third period in their own end of the ice, but managed to hang on for the 2-1 win. Game two was against Chatsworth. The team built a 3-0 lead in the first, then traded goals for the rest of the game. The final score was 6-3 for the Blyth-Brussels squad. Goal scorers were Sholdice and Ashley Higgins and Lexi Smith and Taylor Higgins scoring two each. Game three put the team against Mount Forest. They knew this was a very strong opponent with excellent defensive play. Sholdice scored 28 seconds into the game and added another minutes later on a powerful shot into the top of the net. Mount Forest scored in the final seconds of the first and tied the game midway through the second period. With 13 seconds remaining in the second, Sholdice completed the natural hattrick. The girls held the lead until late in the third when Mount Forest scored on the power play with four minutes to go. Two minutes later, a deflected shot resulted in Mount Forest’s first lead of the game. The final score was a loss of 4-3. Game four was the semi-final versus Markdale. This proved to be a very tight-checking game. Smith got the team on the board in the first period. That lead stood into the intermission after two periods. Markdale evened the score in the first minute of the third. Neither team could get the second goal so a five-minute overtime followed with no winner. Lindsay Shiell provided great goaltending in this game to get the team through the third period and overtime. The game was settled by a shootout. It lasted one shooter each with Markdale scoring to advance to the final. Game five was the consolation versus the host Goderich Sailorettes. For the fifth straight time, the girls opened the scoring in the first period. Sholdice got the tally. Jessica Hastie replied for Goderich late in the first and to open the second period to grab the 2-1 lead. However 39 seconds later Smith scored on a nifty backhand over the sprawling Goderich goalie. Smith added another with four minutes to go in the second. The third period provided tremendous action at both ends of the ice. Blyth-Brussels was unable to get the insurance marker and Goderich was unable to get the equalizer despite numerous chances for both to happen. Blyth-Brussels was the consolation winner by a score of 3-2. Getting creative Blyth’s ABCDD Gals brought home the championship in the women’s C pool last weekend in a hockey tournament in their own backyard playing against their cross-town rivals, the Brussels Beavers by a score of 5-1. (Shawn Loughlin photo) PeeWee girls win YCW consolation Blyth Minor Soccer & Baseball REGISTRATION Wednesday, March 18, 7-9 pm and Saturday, March 21, 9 am - noon will be held at the Blyth Public School on If there are any questions please call: For Soccer ~ Herb VanAmersfoort at 519-523-4202 For Baseball ~ Tim Walden at 519-523-9295 $30. shirt deposit for soccer only. Post-dated cheque for Aug. 30 BLYTH MINOR HOCKEY PRE-REGISTRATION ***FREE REGISTRATION FOR MITE AGED CHILDREN*** Each child registered prior to March 31st is eligible to be entered into a draw to obtain free registration. Name will be drawn on April 9th during our annual hockey banquet. Please visit the Blyth Minor Hockey website at www.blythminorhockey.on.ca or call Jodie Kerr at 519-523-9805 or Diane Howson at 519-523-9050. MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON WARD II Hullett Minor Ball Registration Thurs., March 19 ~ 6 to 8 Sat., March 21 ~ 10 to 1 Londesborough Township Shed Phone Karen Dolmage at 519-523-4726 for more information The Brussels Tykes met up with Blyth for one last game on March 6. Bulls’ players Allison Stevenson and Darian Fritz scored in the first period, assisted by Nic McArter, Dana Dolmage and Brent Alexander. The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard in the first with Mason Weber scoring assisted by Dakota Coultes. Brussels came back in the second period with Jacob Roth, Darian Fritz and Wade Machan each scoring assisted by Dustin Fritz, Darian Fritz and Machan. The Bulldogs tried to make a comeback with D. Coultes, scoring assisted by Alex Coultes. The final score was a 5-2 win for Brussels. Brussels was back on the ice on March 14 for their final game against Lucknow. Lucknow was on fire scoring four in the first period and two more in the second. Brussels picked it up in the second period with Machan scoring assisted by Alexander and Dolmage. The final score was 6-1 for Lucknow. Brussels Tykes end season with win, loss Atom Reps sweep Goderich