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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1986-02-19, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986. Kevin Wheelerof Brussels and his partner Michelle Menzies of Cambridge, third place finishers In the Canadian National Figure Skating championships In the junior pairs division, will be featured performers at the Brussels Figure Skating Club's carnival this Saturday night. Good hockey, but 2 losses BY RUSTY BLADES The Blyth novice team staged two exhibition games last week in preparation for the upcoming playoff series with Huron Park. Although Blyth played some great hockey, they came away with two losses to show for their effort. Last Thursday night saw them lose in Wingham by a 6 - 3 score, while on Saturday they lost a heartbreak- er, but a character -builder, in Clinton by a 4 -.3 score. In Wingham, Blyth started strong but faded as the game progressed. Henry Bos, skating on borrowed blades, opened the scoring as he redirected a Mike Bromley pass into the net. Wing - ham quickly tied the game but Blyth took the lead once again before the first period had ended. Brian McNichol scored a sensa- tional unassisted goal as he carried the puck down the left side, crossed the blueline and let go a hard wrist shot at the net. The Wingham goalie got a piece of the shot but the puck squirted between his pads and into the net. Wingham then took control of the contest and scored two goals in the second period to take a 3 - 2 lead. Wingham scored three more goals in the third period, sand- wiched around another goal by " The Scoring Machine", to seal the 6 - 3 victory. Benje Hakkers spotted Henry Bos positioned in front of the net and made an accurate pass to Henry, who closed out the scoring for Blyth. On Saturday afternoon the novice team travelled to Clinton and played an outstanding hockey game but came up empty handed at the final buzzer. Clinton scored the only goal of the first period but Blyth bounced back to score the only goal of the second period to tie the game 1-1 heading intothe third period. Mike Bromley scored a beautiful unassisted effort as he found himself alone in front of the Clinton goal. Mike had the Clinton goalie doing headstands before he finally found the open net and slipped it in. This set the stage for a wild third period that lasted seven seconds too long, as far as the Blyth supporters were concerned. Blyth skated out for the third period all charged up for a run at a victory. Blyth took the lead as a result of winning a face off deep in the Clinton zone. Mike Bromley won the face off and drew the puck back to defenceman Peter Craig. Peter couldn't get a clear shot away so he passed the puck to defence partner Jamie Bromley. Jamie fired a wicked wrist shot at the Clinton goal which threaded its way through a forest of legs and landed in the net. The joy was shortlived however. From the face off at centre ice, the Clinton squad carried the puck into the Blyth zone and quickly tied the game. The thrilling action went end to end before Clinton took the lead with only three minutes left in the game. Blyth kept the pressure on the Clinton team and eventually scor- ed with one minute and sixteen seconds left. Linemates Brian McNichol and Jerrod Button furi- ously forechecked in the Clinton zone and received well-deserved assists. The puck was cleared out in front of the net to Christopher Howson who redirected it into the net for the game tying goal. The game appeared headed for a tie in the final seconds but, to make a long story short, Clinton got lucky and scored to win the game. The last fifteen seconds are still too painful for the coaching staff to talk about but I am told that they would gladly trade three used pucks and a vintage Gorie Howe hockey card in order to replay that final face off again. Nevertheless, it was a magnificent game with Clinton Minor Hockey providing pop and hotdogs for all concerned. The best two out of three game playoff series with Huron Park was altered with the first game being played on Monday in Huron Park. The second game will be played in Blyth tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 o'clock. Blyth could be perched to win this series or they could be in a position to be eliminated from further playoff action. Some much -appreciated fan support is essential for the game tonight. 1 am sure there are relatives, friends and hockey fans out there who would enjoy an action packed night of entertain- ment and, without question, these young hockey players are more than willing to oblige. Game time is 7 o'clock ... a large boisterous crowd could make the difference!! Brussels Juniors' regular season ends on down note BY LOIS McARTER Despite what the headlines read last week the Junior's finished their season on a losing note in the last five games played. Several members of the midget team got a taste of Junior "D" hockey this past weekend and performed very well. On Friday night they were in Seaforth for another close game of hockey. The Centennaires led 1- 0 at the end of the first period, but Brussels came back to tie the score at four by the end of the second period. Goal scorers were Murray Dewar assisted by Kirk Whitfield and Tom Newbigging; Dean Law- rie assisted by Sean Kieffer and Paul Coultes; Murray Dewar from Newbigging and Troy Smith; Rollie Smith assisted by Todd MacDonald and Mike Chapman. The third period had Tim Fritz assisted by Jim English and Mike Chapman getting Brussels' only goal of the period while Seaforth added two for the 6 - 5 victory. Clinton Mustangs were in town on Saturday night for a re -schedul- ed game. The Mustangs took a 1-0 lead early in the first period but Brussels Rob Cardiff assisted by Kevin McArter and Jim English got on the scoreboard to tie the first period at one each. Clinton added one goal in the second period and two more in the third totake home a 4 - 1 win. Sunday afternoon had the Bulls at home to Howick for the last league game of the season. Kevin Ruttan scored the first goal of the game for Brussels but Howick tied the game shortly after. Tom Newbigging unassisted put Brus- sels ahead once more but Howick came back with two goals toend the period with a 3 - 2 lead. Mike Vincent assisted by Kirk Whitfield and Mike Chapman tipped the puck in the net for the first goal of the second period. Howick went ahead once more before Kevin McArter, on a pass from Troy Smith, scored to tie the second period at 4. Another wide open third period had seven goals scored by both teams with Brussels getting three and Howick four to win the game 8 - 7. The Bull's will commence a round-robin playoff series in Tavi- stock next Friday evening and at home on Sunday at 2 p.m. against Seaforth. Don't forget next Sunday will feature a meet the player day. One price of $7.00 an adult and $4.00 per child (12 and under) will getyou into the playoff game as well as a roast beef dinner afterwards in the auditorium. Plan to attend and give the team your support. JUNIOR D STANDINGS FOR SEASON W LT P Seaforth 29 6 5 63 Brussels 22 15 5 49 Tavistock 20 15 7 ) 47 Clinton 16 21 4 36 PEEWEE'S ELIMINATED The Peewee A's played the second game in the best of 3 series against Ripley at home on Wednes- day night with the visitors holding a 1 - 0 lead in games. Brussels came out strong in the first period with Darren Johnston assisted by Dan Beuermann and Brian McArter getting the first goal. Before the period ended Dan Continued on page 15 Nelson Monuments Ltd. 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