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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-02-21, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1990. Brussels Bulls and Goderich Sailors tied in playoffs The Brussels Jr C Bulls and the Goderich Sailors were deadlocked at one game apiece heading into Tuesday’s (last night) game in their best of seven group semi-final series. Knock out The Bulls home ice dominance, where they posted a B-l-1 won-loss record over the regular season, has become a source of concern to the coaching staff as they dropped their second of three games played in playoff action with an 8-7 loss to the Goderich Sailors in the opening game Friday night. Goderich jumped quickly into a 2-0 lead with goals 27 seconds apart early in the first period. Steve Fritz and Jeff Douglas replied to tie the score before a Sailor powerplay marker with seconds remaining gave Goderich a 3-2 first period lead. Craig King tied the score in the opening minute of second period play but the Sailors replied with three in a row for a 6-3 lead midway through the contest. A powerplay goal by Marty Rutledge and Dou­ glas’ second of the game sandwich­ ed another goderich score and the Sailors took a 7-5 lead to the dressing room after two periods. The mysterious disappearance of the Goderich goaltenders stick during the second intermission upset the Sailor’s enough to allow Douglas to complete his hat-trick early in the third and close the gap to 7-6. A Goderich goal with seven minutes remaining in the game was matched two minutes later by Corey McKee and although the Bulls pulled their goalie, a costly penalty with 1:41 remaining nuli- fied their attack. Murray Foxton suffered his first loss in nine starts as the Bulls outshot Goderich 37-31. Sunday night in a dull and unexciting game in Goderich the Bulls rebounded with a 6-4 win to tie the series. The loss was the first in this year’s playoffs for the Sailors while the win was the Bulls third straight on the road. Marty Rutledge opened the scor­ ing going end-to-end for a short- handed effort five minutes into the game, while Jason Kraemer in­ creased the lead to 2-0 midway through the first on a goalmouth scramble. Goderich notched their only goal of the period with seven minutes remaining and the Bulls held a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. Despite playing the majority of the second period shorthanded, Brussels outscored Goderich 3-1 on goals by Jeff Douglas, Craig King, and Kraemer’s second of the game for a 5-2 second period lead. Goderich scored early in the third but Steve Fritz regained the three-goal lead scoring with 3:23 remaining in the game. The Sailors closed the scoring on the powerplay when Rutledge was caught playing with an illegal stick for a final 6-4 Bulls win. Jeff Roy gave Brussels the goaltending needed for the Bulls first win on Sailor ice this year. Game 4 is Friday night in Goderich with game 5 scheduled for 2 p.m. in Brussels Sunday afternoon. In other series action Hanover swept Grand Valley in four straight outscoring the Harvesters 33-6 Hanover now advances to ti^ league finals where they await the winner of Brussels vs. Goderich. Bulls goal tender, Murray Foxton got knocked around in ashuffle in the goalie’s crease Friday night in Brussels as the Bullsand the Goderich Sailorsvyed for the win. The Sailors won the battle, beating the Bulls 8 to 7 while on Sunday night, the Bulls came back with a 6 to 4 win in Goderich. Crusaders open playoffs with win Sports The Brussels Crusaders opened their playoff season last Saturday when they played host to Grand Valley in the first game in the best of seven intermediate series. Brussels opened the scoring 62 seconds into the game when Tim Fritz scored on a set up by Mike Watson and Kevin McArter. They went up by two goals 10 minutes later when Brian Campbell set up Dave Stephenson for the goal. The first period ended 2-0 for Brussels. Brussels increased the lead to 3- 0 when Watson scored 28 se­ conds into the period with Fritz and Campbell drawing assists on the play. Grand Valley got back into the game by scoring the next two goals to make it a one-goal game. The Crusaders increased their lead to two goals when Campbell finish­ ed off a play set up by Fritz and Trev Pocaluyko making the score 4- 2 Brussels after two periods of play. The Crusaders then went up by another goal 56 sdeconds into the third when Dave Montgomery and Troy Pocaluyko combined to set up Brian Ten Pas for the goal. Stephenson then got his second of the game when connected on a passing play from Ken Cousins and Dave Harding. McArter increased the lead once again when he scored two minutes later with Fritz and Watson drawing assists on the play. Troy Pocaluyko then put the Crusaders up by six when he completed a set up by Ten Pas and Montgomery. Ten Pas then finish­ ed off the scoring for the game with two minutes left to play with Pocaluyko and Montgomery draw­ ing the assists on the play, making the final score 9-2 for the Crusaders and giving them the first game and 1-0 lead in the best of seven series. The second game of the series was played Sunday night in Grand Valley. , The Crusaders picked up from where they left off on Saturday when 1:44 into the game Dave Montgomery scored with Troy Pocaluyko and Brian Ten Pas drawing assists on the play. Poca­ luyko scored his first of the game four minutes later with Ten Pas and Montgomery getting the assists on the play. Grand Valley cut the lead to one goal before Pocaluyko got his second of the period with the assists going to Montgomery and Ten Pas. Kevin McArter then scored on a play from Brian Campbell and Tim Fritz to give Brussels a 4-1 lead after one period of play. Brussels opened the second per­ iod scoring a minute and 15 seconds into play when Bill Haines set up Ten Pas for the score. Campbell then increased the Cru­ sader lead when he converted a set up by Fritz and McArter. Dave Harding increased the lead to six when he finished off a set up by Ken Cousins and Dave Stephen­ son. Grand Valley then cut the lead by one, but the Crusaders got it back when McArter scored his second of the game with the assists going to Campbell and Fritz. Pocaluyko scored his third of the night when he scored unassisted. Montgomery then set up Haines for the next Crusaders goal. Stephenson then finished off a passing play from Cousins and Harding to make the score 11-2 for Brussels after two periods of play. The Crusaders started the third period scoring with six minutes gone in the period when Mike Watson scored on a play from Stepehenson and Haines. Ken Higgins and Fritz then combined to set up McArter for his third goal of the game. Grand Valley, however, scored one to cut the lead by one, but to no avail Ten Pas got that one back when Pocaluyko and Mont­ gomery drawing the assists on the play. Grand Valley finished oft the scoring for the game with one minute left to make the final score 14 - 4 in favour of the Crusaders. The victory gives Brussels a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. The next game in the series is Saturday night at 8 p.m. in Brussels and game four is Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. in Grand Valley. Sudden-death score In the sudden-death shoot-out ending the first game of the Blyth Christian Reformed Church hockey tournament on Saturday, the Kitchener player managed to si ide the puc\ past Blyth’s goalie winning the game 3 - 2. Blyth Pee Wees trounce Ripley BY RUSTY BLADES The Blyth Pee Wees were in action only once last week as they beat Ripley 7 - 5 in a exhibition encounter at home on February 12. Brian McNichol opened the scor­ ing for Blyth as he finished off a pinpoint passing play with Chris­ topher Howson and Wilfred Date- ma. After Ripley went ahead 2-1, Tim Lyons tied the game with an assist from Marc Bricker after a giveaway in the Ripley zone. Seven seconds later Blyth had a 3-2 lead as Mike Bromley won the face-off at centre ice and scored on a fine individual effort. Blyth increased their lead to 5-2 before the second period was half over. First it was Jerrod Button who put one in off the post after a set up from Mike Bromley. Then it was Marc Bricker who found the open net to shoot at after the rebound of Henry Bos’s shot bounced onto his stick. After Ripley narrowed the lead to 5-4, Mike Bromley scored his second goal of the game for a 6-4 lead in the final minute of period two. The teams traded goals in the third period as Ripley closed the lead to 6-5 before Blyth put the game away with a late goal. Jerrod Radford Overloads defeat Ayton The Radford Overloads Oldtimer hockey team travelled to Ayton Sunday night and came home with a 10-5 victory. The short-staffed Overloads built an early lead and goaltender Harry Wilson played another strong game Button had the honours as he collected his second goal of the game by one-timing a pass from Mike Bromley through the Ripley crease keeper’s legs. The team now starts their group » playoffs this week as they face Hensail in first round action. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Wayne Gretzky, taking a poke at himself: “There’s a new Wayne Gretzky doll on the market. It only cries when it gets hit.” in the kauioru nei to seal the win. Radford Overloads goal-getters were Bryan Black and Barney Stewart each with four and Gary Courtney added two. Overloads next game is Wednesday night in Blyth against Wingham Good- Timers.