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The Brussels Jr. D Bulls defeated
the hometown Exeter Hawks 8-5
Friday night in a game that saw
defenseman Kevin Talsma make his
goaltending debut.
The Bulls jumped quickly into a
3-0 first period lead. Marty Rutledge
notched an unassisted goal at the
midway point of the period for a 1-0
lead. Minutes later, Steve Wheeler
tipped home a Joel Baker point shot
for a two goal lead and with only
three seconds left on the clock,
Rutledge scored his second of the
period from Steve Fritz.
The Bulls increased their lead in
the opening minutes of the second
period to 5-0 as Rutledge set up
Brian Campbell at the 33 second
mark, followed by Steve Wheeler’s
second of the game, assisted by
Kevin Talsma. Exeter broke the
shutout late in the period, but Bob
McMillan replied seconds later with
a setup by Wheeler and Baker for a
6-1 lead after two periods.
Again the Bulls’ lack of killer
instinct almost cost them as Exeter
fired two quick goals early in the
third period to cut the lead to 6-3.
Then the unexpected happened: at
the 9:00 mark as the Bulls were
breaking over center ice, a lone
Exeter skater continued his foray
towards the Brussels net, and in a
deliberate attempt to injure, sent
John Steffler crashing to the ice,
injuring his knee in the process.
After a 10-minute delay, Steffler
decided to continue playing as the
Bulls had no backup for the game.
ThepuckwasdroppedandCampbell
immediately scored with Rutledge
and Fritz drawing assists. At this
point the injury proved too much for
Steffler, who was helped to the
dressing room.
Kevin Talsma, who had played
“some” goal at the PeeWee level,
quickly donned the goalkeeping
equipment and without benefit of
warmup was pressed into action with
10:23 remaining in the game. In true
storybook tradition, the Bulls check
ed Exeter to a standstill with just
under four minutes remaining,
when Rutledge set up Ron Strome
for the Bulls’ eighth and final goal.
The Juniors allowed Exeter two
Iastminutegoalsforafinal 8-5 Bulls’
victory. Kevin Talsma faced six
shots in his emergency debut.
On Sunday afternoon the Bulls
completed their weekend sweep of
the Exeter Hawks with a 5-3 victory.
Brian Campbell and Marty Rut
ledge combined to set up Steve Fritz
at the 34 second mark for the only
goal of the opening period.
Mike Vincent gave the Bulls a
two-goal lead early in the second
period only to see Exeter notch a
powerplay goal tocuttheleadin half.
Ron Strome threated a center ice
pass through to Bill Kinahan, whose
shotfoundthetopcornerfora3-l
lead. Exeter again came within one
until Campbell finished the second
period scoring with assists to
Rutledge and Wheeler.
Bob McMillan scored the final
Bulls’ goal in the third period while
Exeter added a late powerplay
marker for a final 5-3 score. Jeff
McGavin returned to the Bulls’ net
to claim the victory.
The Juniors travel toTavistock
Friday night. Their next home
games are on December 28 and
December 29 at Wellesley and
Seaforth.
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Novice Houseleaguers win
Some early Christmas presents
came to Brussels Houseleague
Novice team members on Saturday
as they celebrated a 7-1 win over
Goderich with Corey Newman scor
ing the hat-trick and Andrew Exel
and Trevor Wilson each scoring two
goals.
Ironically it was the visiting
Goderich team that got on the
scoresheet first, scoring with 9:32
left in the first period. Trevor Wilson
Peewees face
stiff competition
Brussels Peewees took on two of
the powerhouses of WOAA Peewee
hockey recently, putting up a good
show in a losing cause, then ended
last week well edging Belgrave 3-2,
Friday.
December 9 the team was over
whelmed by the strong Lucknow
team in Lucknow in a 5-0 shutout.
Lucknow scored twice in the first and
three times in the third as they kept
Jason Kieffer very busy in the
Brussels net. Brussels managed
only three shots on net against the
big Lucknow team.
December 12 the team travelled to
Zurich to take on another strong
team and lost by a respectable 4-1
count. Zurich scored once in the first
and twice in the second before
Wayne Alexander put Brussels on
the board with 10:01 left in the
second period. Rytm Finch and Todd
Machan drew assists on Brussels’
only goal of the game. Two minutes
later Zurich scored again to close out
the scoring.
On December 16 Brussels hosted
their neighbours from Belgrave and
scored two third-period goals to take
a close 3-2 victory.
Belgraveopenedthescoring in
the first period but Tim Machan got
Brussels on even terms late in the
second when he scored from Matt
Lee.
In the third period Brett Clarkson
put Brussels ahead for the first time
from Brad Beuermann and Daniel
Pearson with 12:10 left. Then Trevor
Machan, with an assist from Brad
Beuermann gave Brussels the insur
ance goal it would need midway
through the period. Belgrave came
back with just 17 seconds left for its
second goal but Brussels then hung
on for the victory.
scored with just 27 seconds left in the
period to draw Brussels even. Clint
Fischer and Corey Newman drew the
assists.
Brussels scored three goals in
three minutes in the second period to
take a good lead. Andrew Exel
notched the first two goals, the first
from Mike McDonald and Jason
Kellington and the second unassist
ed. Corey Newman scored his first
goal from Trevor Wilson and Clint
Fischer to give Brussels a 4-1 lead.
The same combination went to
work early in the third to give
Brussels a 5-1 lead, then Trevor
Wilson scored from Brett Fischer.
Corey Newman finished his hat-trick
from Corey Bragg to seal the 7-1 win.
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