HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-03-01, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007. PAGE 9. The Blyth Atom Local Leagueteam posted two losses and a tie inrecent hockey action. On Feb. 19 the team hostedSeafforth and fell just short with ascore of 1-0 for the visitors.
After a scoreless first period,
Seaforth snuck one past goalie
Dustin Treble.
Blyth played a great game, but just
couldn’t get into the net.
On Feb. 21 Mitchell came to town.
The visitors struck with a goal in the
first. Then Dylan Walton put one in
the net with help from Dalton
Richmond and Dylan Bromley.
Mitchell put another one away
before the period ended to take a
one-goal lead into the second.
The score remained that way
throughout the middle period.
Later in the third, Blyth tied it
when Curtis Raynard skated in to
score. Assists went to Jimmy Lane
and Ryan Plunkett.
An overtime period failed tochange the results. Solid in net was Dalton Carey. On Feb. 24 the team suffered a lossat the hands of a visiting Milvertonteam. Carey and Treble shared time
between the pipes with Carey taking
his turn for the first and second
periods.
Milverton took a big lead early in
the game with two-first period goals.
Minutes into the second period they
brought the lead to three.
Josh VanSoest and Raynard set up
the play for Blyth to finally get on
the scoreboard. Kyle Pollard got the
goal.
Unfortunately, two minutes later
Milverton put another between the
pipes to put the score at 4-1 going
into the third.
That’s the way the game remained
as Blyth was unable to add to their
tally.
The Blyth Tyke II team has had a
rough February.
Blyth went down 12-7 at the hands
of Monkton last Saturday in a wild
game with tons of scoring.
Tied going into the second period,
Monkton scored eight goals in the
second to Blyth’s three.
Colton Rodger was the standout
for Blyth, scoring a hattrick and one
assist. Gavin Workman scored a goal
and two assists and Dawson Coultes,
Jeremy Wilts and Owen Andrews all
scored goals for Blyth.
Shelby Higgins was in net for
Blyth.
On Feb. 17, Blyth travelled to
Brussels, losing 5-1 to the home
team.
Blyth’s only goal came off
Rodger’s stick.
Rough month for Blyth Tyke IIs
Blyth falls short
The Brussels Atom Local League
won both games last week.
Last Wednesday night they hosted
BCH. Brussels won 5-1.
While several attempts to score
were tried by Logan Clarke, Reece
McArter and Taylor Higgins, it was
Lexi Smith who was the most
successful, netting four of the five
shots.
Tim Waechter also put one in the
net. Curt Bloemberg, Scott Dolmage
and Jason Baxter each picked up an
assist.
Goalie Austin Johnston was very
solid in net.
Saturday, Brussels hosted Elma
Logan. After several attempts were
made to score, it was Colton
Hastings who put Brussels on the
scoreboard. He skated in from the
blueline, past several players from
both teams to sail it in past the Elma
Logan goalie.
That goal set the tone for the rest
of the Brussels team. Bloemberg
picked up a goal with the assist of
Waechter. Smith scored the third
goal, with an assist by Scott
Dolmage.
Johnston was working very hard
to earn a shutout when Elma Logan
squeaked one past him with only 43
seconds left on the lock.
Brussels skated away with the 3-1
victory.
Awesome defence came from Nic
Zwep, Luke McCutcheon, McArter
and Dolmage.
Out to win
It was good news for Brussels hockey fans on Saturday morning when the local Atoms
downed Elma Logan by a score of 3-1. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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Atoms post 2 victories
The Brussels Atom Reps faced off
against Belmond in a rough-and-
tough series.
The first game was a close one in
Brussels that nevertheless had the
home side on the losing side. The
final score was 4-3.
The second game was another loss
for Brussels with a big score for
Belmont and a whitewash of
Brussels.
The locals had travelled for this
one and, never gave up despite the 4-
0 result.
Atom Reps in series with Belmond