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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-01-08, Page 6Brussels Minor Hockey teams get back in action PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1986. Juniors win tournament championship at Exeter SKI TICKETS: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AT IT'S BEST! BY LOIS McARTER The Clinton Mustangs were in Brussels to play hockey the last Sunday of 1985. Brussels opened the scoring in the first period with a goal scored by Kevin Wheeler with assists from Marty Rutledge and Steve Conners. Clinton came back to score four unanswered goals, before Brussels' Tim Fritz assisted by Rollie Smith and Kevin Ruttan added a goal for the home team and close the period at 4 - 2 in favour of the Mustangs. The second period belonged to Clinton as well. They kept Brussels off the scoreboard and added the only goal of the period. The Bulls came back in the third periodandralliedtoscore three goals and tie the game. Marty Rutledge assisted by Mike Chap- man; Murray Dewar assisted by Darrin Watts, and Kevin Wheeler assisted by Fritz and Conners got creditfor the goals. Mike Smith replaced Jeff McGavin in the nets for the third period. The game ended at 5 - 5. JUNIORS WIN EXETER TOURNAMENT The Brussels Bulls didn't play any league games this past weekend but participated in the annual Junior "d" tournament in Exeter. Brussels played the opening game of the tournament against Thedford. Brussels took a 2 - 0 lead in the first period with goals by Kevin Ruttan and Tom Newbigg- ing with assists to Tim Fritz (2) and Murray Dewar (1). The second period had Rob Cardiff scoring unassisted and Murray Dewar assisted by Ruttan and Newbigging getting these- cond goal with Thedford getting a single marker and ending the period at 4 - 1. Kevin Ruttan assisted by Rob Cardiff got Brussels only goal of the third period while Thedford added two goals, but not enough to BY LOIS McARTER The Brussels Juniors were at home to their old rivals the Seaforth Centennaires Sunday afternoon, December 22. The usual rugged see-saw battle followed. The visitors opened the scoring the first period but Brus- sels managed to come back and tie the game with Mike Vincent and Jim Bender getting credit for the goal. The period ended in a 1-1 tied. Brussels came out strong early in the second period to take the lead in the hockey game. Mike Chap- man assisted by Rob Cardiff and Mike Vincent scoredthe second goal with Tim Fritz and Kevin McArter clicking to score the third. The team let up for the remainder of the period and Seaforth scored three answered goals and ended the period with a 4-3 lead. Seaforth added one more goal early in the third period but Jim Bender and Kevin McArter com- bined to score a goal for Brussels and keep the game in reach. In an attempt to tie the game, the coach pulled goalie Jeff McGavin for an extra attacker but it back-fired as Seaforth scored in the empty net to win the hockey game 6-4. This victory put the two teams at par for the season with a win each and a tie game. Boxing Day afternoon saw the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs in town for a re-scheduled hockey game moved ahead from Jan. 12. It proved to be one of the better games of the season. A speedy end-to-end period of hockey had the players back in the dressing room in 25 minutes after their 1 p.m. start. The period was a scoreless tie. win. Brussels claimed a 5 - 3 victory for their first win in the tourna- ment. Saturday night found them playing a team from Ayr for their second game. Mike Vincent assist- edby Mike Chapman and Rollie Smith got the only goal of the first period giving Brussels and a 1-0 lead. The Bulls managed to add three more goals in the second. Murray Dewar scored two of those goals with assists going to New- BY LOIS McARTER There wasn't too much minor hockey activity in the past week until Friday night. The Novice team hosted Huron Park in the first game of the night and they narrowly defeated them by a4-3 score. Matt Lee scored two goals unassisted with Randy Beuerman, assisted by Tim Machan, and Ryan Finch getting credit for goals three and four. The Atoms played the second game of the night and romped over Exeter's second team by a 13 - 1 score. Brett Lee lead the Brussels attack with five goals, Greg Clark added two, as well as Todd Machan. Singles went to David Jacklin, Brad Beuerman, Grant Martin and Bobbi-Joe Rutledge. Assists went to Michelle Machan, Greg Fritz, Ross Machan, Sharie Jacklin, Gerald DeVries, Todd Machan, Brett Lee. Brussels came out in the second period and caught the Mt. Brydges goalie off guard in the early minutes of the period. Kevin Wheeler picked up a pass from Rob Cardiff and flipped a back-hand shot at the goalie which slipped through between his pads to give Brussels a 1-0 lead. The remainder of the period was the same end-to-end quick brand of hockey and remained scoreless. The same defensive game of hockey ensued in the third period. It was a well-played game of hockey until the last two minutes of the game when the pile ofbodies on the visitors blue line resembled that of a third down scramble on the one yard line. It resulted in the ejection of five Bulldog players and two Brussels Bulls. The sharp goaltending of Mike Smith kept the visitors off the scoreboard and the Bulls in the game and picked up a well-deserv- ed shut-out. Congratulations guys on a good game. MINOR HOCKEY Minor hockey games are a very scarce item during the holiday season, especially when the holi- day falls on the scheduled night for hockey for many teams. The midgets played a visiting team from Harriston the Wednesday before Christmas. Brussels defeat- ed the visitors by a 10-3 score. Paul Coultes led the Brussels attack scoring three goals; Marty Rut- ledge score two goals with singles going to Paul Koetsier, Brett Garniss, Dean Lawrie, Jim Eng- lish, Sean Kieffer. Assists went to Andy Nethery, Ron Chambers, Marty Rutledge, Paul Coultes, Dean Lawrie, Sean Kieffer, and Jim English. bigging on the first and MacDon- ald and Vincent on the second. Rollie Smith scored the third with assists from Chapman and Vin- cent. Ayr got on the scoreboard with a single goal. The third period had Brussels adding two more goals to their total as Ayr did also but it wasn't enough. Brussels claimed the 6 - 3 victory. Rollie Smith scored for Brussels assisted by Kevin Ruttan and Dewar. Dewar picked up a The Peewee "A" team played the third game of the night against Elma-Logan and in a better game of hockey than their previous encounter. Elma-Logan won by a 5 - 2 score. Greg Mulvey scored unassisted for Brussels first goal with Darren Johnston and Danny Beuerman scoring the second goal. They were also at home on Sunday afternoon to Seaforth for an excellent game of hockey. The score was tied at I - 1 at the end of the first period and remained that way until there 1:37 remaining in the third period and Seaforth scored two quick goals in a matter of 20 seconds to get their 3 - 1 Continued on page 7 hat-trick as he scored the final goal unassisted. This win put the Bulls in the championship round on Sunday night at 8 p.m. Opposition for the champion- ship round was provided by their old rivals Grand Valley who had eliminated Tavistock and Water- ford from the tournament. An excellent game of hockey ensued as it generally does when these two rivals meet. Brussels opened the scoring with Kevin Ruttan and Tom Newbigging combining for their first point. It took Grand Valley's Randy Boswell `til midway through the first period to beat the Brussels goalie and tie the game. They combined once more in the final two minutes of the period to take a 2 - 1 lead. Grand Valley scored early in the second to add one more goal to their lead but Brussels' Murray Dewar, Kevin Ruttan and New- bigging combined 30 seconds later to keep the game in reach. Grand Valley added one more and then Troy Smith slipped on through between the pads of the opposing goalie, unassisted. The Valley's Murray Hunter continued his scoring ways as he picked up his third goal of the period trying to keep that two goal lead. With 48 seconds remaining in the period Newbigging, Dewar and Ruttan slipped one more by the goalie and with two periods of play over, the see-sawbattle ended 5 - 4 in favour of Grand Valley. The third period had the Valley coming out and scoring two early goals to give themselves a three goal spread which looked pretty good. Brussels never gave up and continued to fight back as they scored the next three goals and the game was tied. Kevin Wheeler and Troy Smith scored two of those goals with Tim Fritz from New- bigging and Dewar getting the third. Four minutes remained on the clock when Grand Valley scored the go-ahead goal. All was not over, with two seconds remain- ing on the clock Kevin Wheeler picked up his third goal of the period with assists from Dave Schmidt and Dewar to tie the game once more. A ten-minute sudden death overtime period followed with the same end-to-end hockey action and three saves each for the goalies when at 4:44 in a scramble around the net, Mike Vincent and Tom Newbigging tipped the puck in past the Grand Valley goalie to give Brussels the 9-8 victory. The same two teams had played the championship round last year with the Valley winning a 5-4 decision, in the dying seconds of that game. It was Brussels' turn to celebrate. Jubliation was undaunted by the blustery weather outside which was stranding motorists every- where. Overnight accommodation in Exeter was considered but a test run by the die-hards who got home to Brussels spread the word and most people got home during the wee small hours of the morning. Honourable mention goes to Mike Smith who picked up the Most Valuable Goalie Trophy for the tournament. Congratula- tions to all the players for an excellent three games of hockey, (especially Sunday's), the best game of the season. The Bull's will be on the road Friday night for an 8:30 game in Mitchell. The all-star game will be played in Lucan and Saturday night and Sunday will find them idle as they played that scheduled game on boxine day. 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