HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-02-12, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1986. PAGE 27.
Blyth selects win title in overtime
Aftera number of years of failing
to win an "A" championship
inlndustrial tournament action,
the Blyth Selects came away from
the Exeter second annual tourney
with the main hardware and the
$300 first prize.
Blyth had to beat four teams en
route to the top of the heap.
On Saturday in the first game,
Blyth met London Oakridge, who,
a year earlier had eliminated the
locals from the Exeter tournament.
It looked like history would repeat
with London leading 4 -2 going into
the third period. Blyth came out
blazing in the third and scored six
goals to come away with an 8 - 5
victory and won the right to meet
Exeter Colonials in the"A" round.
Blyth played a strong defensive
game and humbled the home town
Colonials 5 -1. This victory sent the
Selects into the semi-finals against
Hodges Milling from the highly
competitive Goderich league.
Hodges, who clinched first place
in their league on the weekend,
were highly favoured to sideline
the Blyth squad. Hodges scored
first and out hustled Blyth in the
early going. Superb goaltending
by Pat Cronin kept it close. Larry
Howatt tied the score on a pretty
set-up from Gary Courtney and
Steve Howson. Ken Ritchie scored
the eventual winner with an
unassisted backhand. Hodges
scored one more but Blyth hung on
for a hard fought upset of 3 - 2 over
the strong skating Hodges Milling
squad.
This sent the Blyth team into the
"A" finals and a shot at top spot.
In the "A" Finals Blyth came up
Brussels teams in playoff competition
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second goal came on a scramble in
front of the net after goalie Todd
Rice had made the initial save but
the puck slipped away from him.
Ripley scored one good goal in
the third period to win the game by
a 3 - 1 score. They will be back in
Brussels for the second game on
Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The
third game if necessary will be back
in Ripley on Thursday night.
BANTAMS
The Bantam team continued
their best -of -five series in Drayton
last Wednesday night -for game
three. Drayton scored the only goal
of the first period. They also scored
two unanswered goals in the
second period to take a 3 - 0 lead in
the game. The home team added
two more goals in the third before
Brussels got their first goal of the
game. BruceJohnstononapass
from Rodney Nicholson and Steve
Wheeler scored Brussels' only
goal of the game. The team had a
total of five penalties in their first
loss of the season.
Drayton was back in Brussels on
Friday night for the fourth game of
the series. Bruce Johnston assist-
ed by Mike Fraser and Dean
Nicholson scored the first goal of
the game, and then assisted Dean
Nicholson on the second goal to
take a2 - 0 lead at the end of the first
period.
Drayton came out to score the
first goal of the second period to
keep the score within reach. Dean
Nicholson assisted by Steve Whee-
ler got through the maze of large
bodies to add one more goal for
Brussels to end the second period
at 3 - 1.
The third period had equal
opportunities for both teams but
both goalies did their jobs well.
Drayton managed to slip one goal
past goalie John Steffler but John
succeeded in limiting them to only
one and giving Brussels the 3-2
victory. This eliminated Drayton
from the O.M.H.A. round of
playoffs. Brussels is waitingfor the
winner of the Clinton - Tara series
for their second round.
The Atom team was at home to
Clinton on Friday in a close game of
hockey. Brussels managed to keep
the lead on each goal until the final
goal which gave Clinton the win in a
4 - 3 hockey game. Goal scorers for
Brussels were Greg Clark, Sharie
Jacklin and Todd Machan.
A Sprout team consisting of six
and seven year olds were hosts to
the Blyth team on Saturday when
the players produced an exciting
game of hockey. A 1 - 0 hockey
game in favour of Brussels gave the
fans some good entertainment.
This sprout team was defeated by
the same Blyth team 11 - 1 early in
the year so they are to be
congratulated for their improve-
ment in playing the game, Keep up
the good work.
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Wed., Feb. 12.- 7:00 p.m. - Ripley
Peewees at Brussels
Wed., Feb. 12 - 8:30 p.m. - Bantam
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Fri., Feb. 14-6:OOp.m. -Novice
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Practice; and 8:30 p.m. - Peewees.
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against the Bedford Flyers. These
two clubs are old rivals from way
back. The oddsmakers again book-
ed Blyth as two -goal underdogs to
the Goderich Flyers. The Flyers
finished second in the Goderich
league only one point behind
Hodges Milling. The swift Flyers
went ahead 1 - 0 in the first but
Blyth tied the score when Rick
Scrimgeour drew the Flyer goalie
out and let a backhander go. It was
a hard fought contest and Pat
Cronin was spectacular again in
goal.
Bedford went ahead 2 - 1 late in
the second. Halfway through the
third period, Blyth was dealt a
major blow when one of their top
scorers, Wayne McDougall, was
sent to the showers. The usually
mild-mannered sniper took of-
fence to a high stick by a Flyer
defenceman. A fight ensued and
both players were ejected. Things
looked bleak for Blyth when some
strong forechecking resulted in a
breakaway for Bedford and a 3 - 1
lead over Blyth with just over five
minutes remaining in the game.
Then the big comeback started
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