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The Citizen, 2008-11-20, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008. PAGE 9. The Brussels Atom Local League won its first game this past weekend. They were in Listowel for a late Sunday morning ice time. The play was intense as both teams moved the puck up and down the ice. All the forwards and defence were kept to their best. It was 1-0 for Brussels at the end of the first. This goal was netted by Kiaran Jared, assisted by Dean Scarrow. In the second period, Kailey Wheeler scored her first of the season after a rebound went astray. The third period saw Wheeler net her second after handling the puck from the red line all the way down and into the net. Near the end of the third, Scarrow chased a Listowel player from the red line to just in front of Brussels’ net, stopping the player from making his shot. Brussels skated off with a 3-1 win. This team plays on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the minor hockey days. The Brussels Atom Reps played two games this past week. Last Wednesday, they faced off against Zurich at home. It was a nail biter as the puck, several times, went in front of both the goalies from left to right, right to left, not going over that goal line. Logan Kellington scored the first goal to take the lead. Wyatt Machan netted the second goal, assisted by Austin Johnston and Nic Zwep. Delayna Smith scored, unassisted, after being chased by a pair of Zurich players for half the ice. Machan netted his second of the night off the Zurich goalie’s pads. This one was assisted by Sean Mitchell. The fifth goal was scored by Kellington with an assist from Kiaran Jared. Kellington then made it a hattrick for the night with a quick assist from Smith. Shots on the Zurich net reached 25. The defence was kept busy trying to stop plays from reaching the net. Jared, Dylan McNeil, Sean Mitchell and Connor Bridge should be commented for their defensive moves. Goalie Derrick Waechter was kept busy making 28 saves. Brussels lost 7-5. They travelled to Howick on Saturday. Zwep lit the board near the end of the first period. Howick tied it up. Then Kellington scored, assisted by Johnston and Machan to make it 2-1. Howick tied it again. Brussels came ahead 3-2 with a goal by Smith. Howick tied it at 3-3 at the end of the second. Kellington made it 4-3 with an assist from Smith, then netted his hattrick from a rebound shot of Machan’s. Howick made it 5-4. Brussels kept firing and so did Howick but Brussels came away with the 5-4 win. It was quick action on the ice throughout the game. Brussels took 37 shots on net and Waechter made 15 saves. This team plays Saturday at 2 p.m. for the Brussels Minor Hockey Days. They will face Goderich. The Brussels Novices had a tough game against Zurich. Brussels came on strong in the first period scoring two goals, both by Noah Terpstra. In the second period Terpstra scored again, but Zurich cancelled it. In the third Brussels added one more by Cameron Gibson. Zurich ended the game with another. Jarron Thompson played very strong in net. The final score was 4- 2. The Novices are looking forward to Hockey Days in Brussels Nov. 22. Atom Locals down Listowel Wallace played host to the BlythMidget Rep Bulldogs on Friday,Nov. 14.The first period saw much end-to-end action, but it took just short of 14 minutes into the game for the scoreboard to light up. Blyth’s Kenny Plunkett scored assisted by Tyler Stevenson. The second period saw Blyth take a commanding lead with four goals scored. Plunkett scored again with assists from Austin Sjaarda and Dallas Pennington. Then three minutes later Tyler Middegaal scored from Matt Stevenson and Sjaarda. Less than 30 seconds later Pennington scored on a pass from Middegaal. To round out the second period action Tyler Stevenson scored assisted by Pennington and Sjaarda. Blyth had the lone goal in the third when Adam Cronin found the net with help from Dan Dery.Listowel came to town to play onNov. 10.Listowel scored the lone goal inthe first period. The second saw lots of end-to-end action, but no one found the twine. The visitors scored four minutes into the third. Less than two minutes later the home team scored with a goal from Dery. Assists were awarded to Cronin and Tyler Black. Listowel scored again, but that couldn’t dampen Blyth’s hope. Dery scored one more time, unassisted, but Listowel ended the game victorious. On Wednesday, Nov. 5 the Blyth Midget Bulldogs travelled to Zurich. About two and a half minutes into the game, Blyth got on the scoreboard with a goal from Cronin assisted by Plunkett. Six minutes later Blyth scored again with a goal from John Lecomte assisted byMatthew Stevenson.Less than two minutes later Zurichgot their first.Blyth scored three more times in the last three minutes of the first. Cronin was assisted by Lecomte, Dery was assisted by Michael McDowell and Plunkett was assisted by Dery. This gave Blyth a four-goal lead entering the second. Zurich opened the scoring in the second. Halfway through the period Blyth’s Matt Chalmers scored assisted by Plunkett. Zurich took over the game, scoring three more times in the second. The third had lots of thrilling action, but neither team hit the mark. Blyth ended the game with a 6-5 win. Midget Reps down Wallace The Blyth-Brussels PeeWee girls are still undefeated after six games, including three games in as many days over the weekend from Nov. 14 - 16. The team had a tough match up in Goderich on Friday night. Lexi Smith got the team going in the first period with assists going to Delayna Smith and Leanne Plunkett. Goderich tied it up three minutes into the second period. Goderich scored two in the first half of the third to take the 3-1 lead. The girls were determined to finish the game strong and Jordyn Sholdice scored with three minutes to go. Assists went to Ashley Higgins and Taylor Higgins. The Smith sisters would combine for the tying goal at the two-minute mark with Delayna firing a shot into the upper part of the net. Goderich had a breakaway in the dying seconds of the game and managed to beat Lindsay Shiell, but the buzzer had sounded just before the puck entered the net. The final score was 3-3. The team travelled to Kincardine on Saturday afternoon to play the house league team. The girls overpowered their opponents and returned home with a 9-0 victory. The weekend was closed out with a game against Mildmay at the Brussels arena, last Sunday afternoon. The first period was fast- paced with many chances to score, but neither team was able to get on the board. The visitors managed to score twice in the second period and took that advantage into the third period. After the intermission to clean the ice, the Blyth-Brussels girls came out flying to try and get on the board. They hit the crossbar twice and the post once and still could not get a goal. Finally with seven minutes to go, Ashley Higgins lifted the puck past the Mildmay goaltender, with assists going to Lexi and Delayna Smith. Mildmay iced the puck with a minute to go in the game. That provided the chance to pull the goaltender and have an extra attacker. With 34 seconds to go in the game Kaitlyn Michie set up Lexi Smith for the equalizing goal. The final score was 2-2. The girls The Blyth-Brussels Bantam girls celebrated a 7-3 victory when they took on the visiting Wingham team this past weekend. (Vicky Bremner photo) O.F.S.C. PERMITS ON SALE NOW Buy unlimited riding all winter long on any O.F.S.C. Prescribed Trail with a 2008/09 Full Season Permit. 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