HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-03-05, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1986. PAGE 13.
Junior Bulls’season fading away
BYLOISMcARTER
The Brussels Bulls played three
games this past week in their
round-robin series. They were at
home to the Clinton Mustangs on
Wednesday night for a mid-week
game.
Brussels got on the scoreboard
first when Rob Cardiff scored on a
pass from Kevin McArter. Before
Blyth Novices win tournament
BY RUSTY BLADES
Last Saturday, March 1, the
Blyth novice team travelled to
Lucknow for the Lucknow Legion
novice tournament. When every
thing was said and done, Blyth had
played three remarkable hockey
games and skated away with the
“A” championship trophy.
In the first game Saturday
morning, Blyth defeated Teeswat-
er by a 3 -1 score. Blyth opened the
scoring right from the opening
faceoff as Mike Bromley won the
faceoff and skated down the ice
through the Teeswater defenders.
He sent a wicked wrist shot into the
net for a magnificent unassisted
effort.
Goals were hard to come by after
that as Teeswater scored in the
second period to deadlock the
game at 1 -1 heading into the third.
Blyth took the lead as Brian
McNichol got credited with an
unassisted effort. After Brian took
the initial shot, the puck lay in the
crease and was accidentally swept
into the net by a Teeswater player.
Finally, with four minutes left in
the game, Mike Bromley scored an
insurance goal with the assist
going to Ryan Chamney.
This set up another fast skating,
tight checking game against Mild-
may in the second game. Blyth
once again came through and
showed a lot of team character as
they won this game by another 3 -1
score. Blyth once again opened the
scoring in the first period on a
beautiful passing effort. Brian
McNichol to Chris Howson, to
Jerrod Button, who neatly slipped
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the period had ended Clinton
evened the score at one.
The second period was an
end-to-end game of hockey with
both goalies coming up with the
good saves when they had to. Both
teams had 12 shots on net but
neither were successful in getting
on the scoreboard.
The third period was in Clinton’s
the puck behind the Mildmay
goaltender.
But, as in the previous game, the
opposition scored in the secund
period to send the teams into the
third period deadlocked 1 -1. In the
third, defenceman Jamie Bromley
scored the unassisted, winning
goal as he intercepted a clearing
pass in the Mildmay zone and fired
a blast from the blueline that
eluded everyone. The game was
finally decided with ten seconds
left on an empty net go,al. Jamie
Bromley and Ryan Chamney earn
ed the assists as Mike Bromley
finished off another great team
effort with the goal to give Bly th the
3 -1 win. Thanks co George Collins
for once again providing the thirst
quenchers.
This sent Blyth into the champ
ionship game at seven o’clock
against Clifford, who previously
had beaten Brussels. After two low
scoring, tight checking games,
Blyth fans and the coaching staff
were not prepared for what was to
happen next. This game was
reminiscent of some of the high
scoring games that the Oilers have
won this year. Nothing has come
easy for this team this year and this
game was no exception. Neverthe
less, when the “A” championship
trophy was presented, Blyth had
taken a 9 - 7 victory.
Blyth held a 4 - 2 lead after the
first period thanks to three goals
from Mike Bromley and a very nice
goal from Brian McNichol. Henry
Bos picked up an assist on one of
Mike’s goals while James Mc-
Nicholhadanassiston another.
favor as they scored two goals
before Brussels’ Kirk Whitfield
and Rollie Smith combined to score
for the home team. Clinton added
one more before the period ended
to claim the 4 - 2 victory.
The Bull’s were on the road
Friday night for a 9:15 game in
Grand Valley. The home team
scored in the first five minutes of
the game and later added the
second goal at the half-way mark of
the period. There was 4:27 left in
the period when Tim Fritz beat the
Grand Valley goalie on a pass from
Troy Smith and Rob Cardiff. There
were 46 seconds left in the period
when Murray Dewar scored un
assisted from the Blue line to even
Another fine passing effort from
Jerrod Button and Chris Howson
resulted in Brian’s goal.
Blyth upped their lead to 7 - 2 to
startthesecond period on three
beautiful unassisted efforts. Mike
Bromley, Jonathan Collins and
Chris Howson all scored fantastic
goals on great wrist shots as they
capitalized on Clifford defensive
miscues to skate in all alone on the
net. Clifford did not give up as they
scored three straight goals to cut
the lead to 7 - 5.
Mike Bromley then scored a-
nother beautiful, unassisted goal
to give Blyth a short lived 8 - 5 lead.
Just before the second period
ended, Clifford scored once again
to cut Blyth’s lead to 8 - 6 heading
into the third period.
Some defensive sanity returned
to the game for the third period as
only two goals were scored.
Mildmay quickly cut the lead to 8 - 7
and the nail biting and hair pulling
began. Mike Bromley scored his
sixth goal of the game to give Blyth
some breathing room with just
undersevenminutesleft. The pace
was hectic and, once again,
nothing was for sure until the final
buzzer. After what seemed an
eternity, the game concluded with
a 9 - 7 Blyth victory.
This tired, proud bunch of
players still had enough energy left
to carry the trophy and crests off
the ice and do some post game
celebrating that probably still
hasn’t ended. Thanks to the
organizer for a great tournament
and the chocolate milk and cup
cakes after the game.
the score at two and end the first
period.
The Brussels squad out-shot the
Harvesters 19 - 14 in the second
period but failed to beat the goalie
while Grand Valley added two
goals to take the lead by a 4 - 2
score.
The Bulls continued to keep even
in the play of the game but just
weren’t getting the same lucky
bounces. The Valley added two
more goals in the third while
Brussels’ Murray Dewar assisted
by Dave Schmidt got Brussels’ only
goal of the period. Grand Valley
picked up two points for their 6 - 3
win.
The Bulls were at home to the
Tavistock BraVes on Sunday after
noon and once again kept the play
on an equal basis. The Braves took
an early lead and scored the first
two goals of the game. Before the
period ended Tom Newbigging
and Todd MacDonald found the
right combination and beat the
Tavistock goalie to get Brussels on
the scoreboard.
Brussels rallied early in the
second period to tie the score when
Tim Fritz scored on a pass from Rob
Cardiff and Kevin Ruttan. The
Bulls took a3-2 lead on the next
goal by Tom Newbigging assisted
by Kevin Ruttan and Mike Chap
man. Tavistock never gave up and
came back and tied the score once
more. Before the period ended
Murray Dewar scored on a pass
from Tom Newbigging to give
Brussels a 4 - 3 lead.
Although the calibre of play
seemed equal, Tavistock got the
advantage on the scoreboard. They
scored three unanswered goals in
the third period towin by a 7 - 4
score. Total shots on net were
Tavistock 35, Brussels 32. Those
three extra shots won them the
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round-robin series over, the points
are as follows: Tavistock 8, Grand
Valley 6, Seaforth 4, Clinton 2,
Brussels 0.
Next Saturday night will have
the Bulls travelling to Seaforth and
Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., they
will be at home to Grand Valley.
MINORHOCKEY
The Peewee " B ” team was host
one week ago to a team from
Garden City, Michigan.
Garden City arrived in the
village for a hockey game on
Saturday morning. The visitors
were successful in defeating the
home team by a 5 - 3 score after
their long journey. The Brussels
goal scorers were Kevin /klcock,
assisted by Steve McCutcheon;
Brad Taylor, assisted by Garj
Yuill; and Gary Yuill assisted by
Brad Taylor.
The visitors were billetted out
with their buddies for the night to
enjoy some snowmobiling and
country living. The adults were
entertained at a dance at the
Legion that was well attended and
enjoyed by all.
Everyone returned to the arena
on Sunday for another hockey
game before the visitors departed
for home. Garden City was again
victorious by a 5 - 4 score. Brian
Alexander led the Brussels attack
with two goals while singles went
to Steve McCutcheon and Brent
Evans. Assists went to Roger
Evans, Brad Taylor and Steve
McCutcheon. Everyone enjoyed a
social time upstairs before the
visitors left.
The Peewee “B’s” started their
playoff series at home against
Belgrave on Friday night this
week. They defeated the visitors by
a 7 - 0 score.
Brian Alexander, Roger Evans
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