HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-01-17, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008.
On Saturday, Jan. 12 the Blyth
Tyke senior team travelled to
Brussels. Blyth won the game 6-4.
Blyth goalscorers were Drew
VanWyk with four goals, Damon
Allen and Jared Shearer. Assists
went to Bailey Bos, Mason
Campbell, Ethan Coultes and
Carson Richmond.
The Blyth defence of Parker
Gibbings, Nick Aitken, Colin
Howson and Mitch McNichol
played very well in their own end
stopping many late offensive attacks
from the Brussels team.
Jake Gulutzen played very well in
the Blyth net turning aside several
breakaways early in the game. The
game featured several good passing
plays by the Blyth team.
Coach Bryce Toll said, “We
played great this game. Our passing
was exceptional and the team was
able to score on a majority of our
chances.”
Brussels goalie Jarron Thompson
had a solid game in net.
Noah Terpstra and Avery McArter
with two goals apiece scored
for Brussels. Assists were earned
by Teddy Jacklin, Hudson
Smith, Jasmin Vader and Brett
Stevenson.
The Blyth Atom Girls traveled to
Mount Forest this past weekend for a
tournament in the C Division.
It was the team's first stretch of
games against C teams similar to the
ones they may meet in the upcoming
provincial tournament qualification
playoffs.
The team came up short in their
three games, however they played
very well and were a bounce or two
away from winning two games.
The first game on Friday night was
against Owen Sound. The girls were
a bit overwhelmed in the first seven
minutes and found themselves down
2 - 0. They managed to mount a
comeback and were just unable to
find the equalizer with the goalie
pulled to face the losing side of a 3 -
2 score.
Ashley Higgins scored both Blyth
goals with assists going to Amy
Boyce, Teresa Atkinson, Morgan
Howson and Sydney Wightman.
The second game was against
Waterloo and turned out to be
Blyth's game of the year so far.
There were numerous great plays
and chances to score at both ends of
the ice. The goaltending was
outstanding and Lindsay Shiell kept
Blyth in the game on numerous
occasions.
The third period ended at a
scoreless draw and the game went to
a five-minute overtime period.
The action still continued at a high
pace and the Waterloo Ravens ended
the game with 1:22 left in the fourth
period, as they tucked in a shot
inside the post and over the
sprawling Blyth goalie.
The coaching staff was extremely
proud of the effort and determination
shown in this game and the
experience gained will be very
valuable.
The final game was an 8 a.m. start
on Sunday against a very powerful
team from Woolwich, which won
their first two games by large
margins.
Again Blyth found themselves
down 2 - 0 early in this contest.
Midway through the second with
Blyth playing short handed, Higgins
stole the puck and beat several
players to place a perfect shot just
inside the post, cutting the margin in
half.
Woolwich regained the two-goal
margin on that same powerplay.
They would add two more late in the
third to take the game by a 5 - 1
score.
The Bantam Bulldogs took to the
ice on Sunday, Jan. 13 in Ripley to
begin this season's playoff run.
After a scoreless first period,
Blyth made it on the board in
the second. The first goal
was scored by Ryan Sjaarda,
assisted by Tyler Stevenson and
Adam Cronin. Then minutes later
Matt Chalmers scored an unassisted
goal.
With just about two minutes left in
the first Ripley would get their first,
then tie the game with 5:39 left in
the third.
The Dogs kept the pressure on.
Many posts were hit during the
game.
With under a second left in the
game the Dogs found the net for the
final time. Scoring was Stevenson,
assisted by Adam Cronin.
Blyth was successful at winning
the flip. Game two was in Blyth on
Wednesday, Jan. 16th at 7:30 p.m.
Game three will be in Blyth
Monday, Jan. 21st at 9 p.m.
Blyth Atom girls
play in tournament
The Saugeen Maitland Lightning
AA Midgets won gold this weekend
in the Scarborough Sharks
tournament.
In the final gold medal game, the
tension was high as the spectators
watched the open net goal by
Tammy Freiburger, Wingham fly in
late in the third period giving them
breathing room to finish the game
with a win of 5-3 over the Barrie
Sharks.
In round-robin play the Lightning
was undefeated winning 2-0 against
Kingston, 4-3 against Barrie, 3-0
against Scarborough and in the
semi-finals against Waterloo 2-1.
Goaltending was magnificently
performed by Brianne Wheeler,
Brussels, who earned two shutouts
and the MVP award in the gold
medal game. Freiburger led the
weekend goal scoring with seven
goals, Victoria Bertrand, Port Elgin
had five, Ona Mezenberg, Owen
Sound had two while single tallies
went to Karisa Ross, Palmerston
and Eastlyn Bellamy, Sauble Beach.
The girls will be in action next on
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in
Stratford against the Aces and at
home on Sunday, Jan. 20 as the
Howick arena at 1 p.m. against the
Bluewater Hawks.
Lightning strikes gold
Locals vs. locals
It was a contest against good neighbours on Saturday morning at the Brussels arena, when
the Blyth Tykes senior team came to town to take on the locals. It was exciting hockey action
with the visitors taking home the victory this time by a score of 6-4. (Vicky Bremner photo)
The little ones
It was entertaining hockey action as the local Pre-Tykes
took on Teeswater at the Brussels arena on Saturday
morning. No score is kept as the game is more about
developing skills and having a great time than about
competition. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Local Tyke teams face off
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