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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-02-15, Page 9The Blyth PeeWee Dynamite broomball team competed in the Junior Provincial Broomball Championships at Lefroy this weekend. Their first game Friday afternoon matched them up against the Windsor Riot. The Riot game out strong and took control off the start. The Dynamite got their game together and with Alex Sanders netminding were able to keep the Riot off the scoreboard. The Dynamite scored late in the first period as Morgan Bos took the ball the length of the ice and passed off to Jessica Kuik who put the ball away. Midway through the second period the Riot scored to tie the game. Both teams had chances to take the game but it ended in a tie. The Dynamite’s second game was against the Rug Rats. This is a new team to the league with little experience. The Dynamite had a little trouble getting the first goal, then coasted to a 6-0 win. Michael Lalonde scored twice with assists going to Kendall Black and Brittany Boyce. Zack Berwick scored with Morgan Bos picking up the assist. Jessica Kuik went the length of the ice to score her goal. Gerrit Logtenberg scored twice, with Krystal Youngloa and Carlene Bremner assisting. On Saturday the Dynamite faced the Ottawa Warriors. The Warriors are a good team with a lot of bigger players. At first the Dynamite had trouble keeping up with the Warriors. Morgan Gwalchmai, Sarah Steele, and Emilie Hogan on defense helped to knock the Warriors off their game. Alex Sanders had an outstanding performance in net for the Dynamite and only allowed one goal in the first period. The second period was more of a see saw battle between the two teams but the Dynamite offense could not find the net and the Warriors held their one-goal lead for the win. This loss eliminated the Dynamite from the tournament. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007. PAGE 9. Wingham Bulls lead seriesThe Wingham Bulls have taken atwo-game-to-nothing lead in theirSenior A hockey best four-out-of-seven series against the MildmayMonarchs.The Bulls opened the series inMildmay on Feb. 9 with a 4-2 win. Four powerplay goals, three scored by Shawn Walker paced the offensive attack. The Bulls opened the scoring at 3:17 of the first period on a goal by Zack O’Krafka, assisted by Walker, assisted by O’Krafka and Mike Haggitt. The Monarchs tied the game again at 4:42 of the second period on a goal by Shawn Detzler, assisted by Bill Lorentz and Darrell Cowen. Before the period ended Walker scored his second goal at 14:32, assisted by Corey McKee and Jamie Chester.The only goal of the third periodwas scored by Walker, assisted byPaul Bartman and Billy Martin at17:58.The second game of the series wasplayed in Wingham on Feb. 10. The Bulls delighted their largest crowd of the year with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory. O’Krafka opened the scoring on the powerplay goal at 4:59 of the first period. Assists went to Walker and Haggitt. The Monarchs tied the game with a second period powerplay goal at 11:09 by Hayter, assisted by McDonald and Vince Wand. The Bulls regained the lead before the end of the period with a goal at 16:08 by McKee, assisted by Brent Robinson and Brad Hayter. The Monarch tied the game again on a third-period goal by CurtisSchmalz, assisted by Adam Clarke.The game remained tied at the endof regulation time. The Monarchsstarted the sudden death overtimeperiod with a flurry. Bull’sgoaltender Jay Evershed turned aside three shots from point blank range before the Bull’s Ian Schwartz picked up the puck in his own end, skated through centre ice and snapped a hard wrist shot from just inside the Mildmay blueline beating the Monarch’s goaltender low to the stick side at 1:57 of overtime. The series continues with game three on Friday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. in Wingham. Game four will be played in Mildmay on Feb. 17 at 8:45 p.m. and game five, if necessary, is scheduled for Wingham on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. Dynamite plays in Lefroy The Blyth Novice Dogs had a busy weekend full of hockey. Friday, Feb. 9, they traveled to Brussels for their last regular season game. Although Brussels tried hard they could not get on the scoreboard. Blyth’s goals were scored by Brendan Howson and Brett Glousher with two each and Brandon Marshall with one. Assists were given to Hunter Dale with three, Glousher, Chad Treble and Curtis Weber. Brussels had numerous chances, but couldn’t get one past goaltender, Franklin Marshall. Saturday, Feb. 10, the Novice Lions tournament was held at the Blyth arena. The Blyth team played its first game at 11 a.m. against Thamesford. This proved to be a tough game for most of the team as the goals were more against than for. Blyth’s two lone goals were scored by Chad Treble and B. Marshall, with assists going to Justin Rodger and Drew Bromley. The final score was 8-2. Blyth played its second game against Milverton. Blyth has played them in regular season and could never come up on the winning end. The Dogs were out to prove that they could beat Milverton, and that they did. It may not have seemed so for the first two periods with no goals being scored by Blyth. Milverton scored the first goal in the second period to gain the lead. Blyth was not down and out however. They scored four goals in the third period to claim a victory against their opponents. Scoring Blyth’s first goal was Dale with assistance from Dawson Coultes and B. Marshall. Blyth’s next goals were scored by B. Marshall with two and Treble with one. Assisting the goal scorers were Weber with three, and Coultes and B. Marshall. Stopping the shots on net was Franklin Marshall. Blyth’s third game saw them playing in the A semi-final on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. They faced Thamesford again. This game was a better played hockey game on Blyth’s part with a lot of effort been shown by all the players. They could not however, pull off the win. The lone goal for Blyth was scored by B. Marshall unassisted. The final score was 6-1. Coaches for the Novices are Jeff Bromley, Todd MacDonald and Darrell Weber. Each player received a puck from the Lions club. The Novice begin playoffs sometime this weekend. Home for a win The Novice Blyth Bulldogs took a hard-fought win over Milverton at the Blyth Lions hockey tournament last weekend. The teams pulled back and forth all game until a late Blyth goal put them ahead 4-3 and that’s how it would stay. (Shawn Loughlin photo) 9 Rattenbury St. E., Clinton, ON N0M 1L0 Ph.: 519-482-9924 ~ 1-888-235-9260 Res.: 519-524-9260 Check out RRSP and RRIF plans designed to meet your needs. GIC, Mutual Funds, LSIF, Seg. Funds Invest in your future today! RRSP DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2007 Who will look after your financial obligations if you become injured or ill? See Lawrence for a free consultation. TPI Lucknow Travel 11--887777--558822--55666699 Call now for our daily winter specials Book early for March Break Call for details! Ontario Reg. # 50006589 Busy week for Novice DogsIt was a big upset for Wingham when the Blyth Atom Local League team blew into town Saturday, Feb. 10. The team shut the door on their hosts with Dalton Carey enjoying a quiet time between the pipes. Offensively they scored nine goals, three in each period. Josh VanSoest, Dylan Bromley, assisted by Dalton Richmond and Connor Rodger bulged the twine in the first period. The second saw Bromley score his second of the game, with an assist by Ryan Plunkett. Richmond next lit the light with an unassisted effort. VanSoest set up the play for Curtis Raynard to bring Blyth’s total to six. VanSoest began the third period the way he started the first with an unassisted goal. Richmond completed a hattrick with two goals to end the game. Dylan Walton picked up the assist. Feb. 8 the team whitewashed Brussels. Dustin Treble earned the shutout for Blyth. With two goals in each of the periods the team posted a 6-0 victory. Scoring were Kyle Pollard, VanSoest and Richmond, each with two. Assists went to Curtis Raynard, three; VanSoest, two; Bromley, two; Brendan Hallahan and Richmond. The regular season is over for the Blyth Atoms. They finished tied for third place in the league. Atoms whitewash Wingham The Blyth PeeWee girls hockey team played an exciting game of hockey on Saturday, Feb. 10 in Ayton. The girls’game ended in a 2- 2 tie which gave them their first point of the season. Needless to say they were just a little excited. Scoring the first goal for Blyth was Nicole Middegaal, unassisted. The second goal was scored by MacKenzie Nesbitt, who plays for the Atom girls team. She was assisted by Kayla Dayle and Laura Higgins. The defence, consisting of Kelsie Kerr, Lauren Cronin and Higgins, worked hard to keep the puck out of Blyth’s end and give Justine Reid, a break. Forwards, Courtney Middegaal, Ashley Higgins, Becca Chalmers, Nesbitt and Middegaal had many scoring opportunities but couldn’t break the tie. The next game for the girls is Saturday, Feb. 17 at 12:30 p.m. in Blyth. Blyth PeeWee girls net first point of season