The Citizen, 1987-03-11, Page 19THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987. PAGE 19.
Crusaders fought their way through a penalty-ridden game to whip the
Wellesley Merchants 9-4 in Brussels on Sunday night. The two teams
meet again in Brussels next Sunday in the playoff series.
Crusaders tie Wellesley series
BYLOISMcARTER
After eliminating Lucknow, the
Brussels Crusaders Intermediate
team commenced their playoff
series against Wellesley on Friday
night at Wellesley.
Brussels opened the scoring just
48 seconds into the game when
Brian TenPas scored from Brian
Deitner. It took until 12:50 before
Wellesley scored to tie the game
and then scored to go ahead at
11:03. They added to that lead at
7:35._________
The Crusaders came back to
score at 4:20 when Ken Higgins
beat the goalie on a pass from Dave
Montgomery. Kevin Deitner scor
ed from Gerry Wheeler just 22
seconds later to tie the score but
Wellesley came back at 1:49 to
score again and take a 4-3 lead in
the game.
Scoring in the second period
slowed down considerably. Brus
sels scored at 15:41 when Jim
Campbell and Dave Murray com
bined to tie the score at 4. Play
continued until 4:42 when Welle
sley got a goal to go ahead once
more and hold the lead at 5-4 when
the period ended. Wellesley scor
ed two more goals at 18:50 and
13:54 to take the 7-4 lead.
Brussels finally came back with a
goal at 11:37 when Brian Deitner
scored from Ken Cousins and Rob
Core. They added another at 2:19
on their come-back try when Dave
Stephenson scored from Ken
Cousins tocomewithin one, but
they just couldn’t buy the tying
goal. Wellesley claimed the 7-6
victory. It was great to look at the
score sheet and see only 2 minutes
in penalties for the Brussels club
and a total of eight minutes for
Wellesley in the three periods of
hockey.
ROUGH GAME
Sorry to say the same thing did
not hold true for the game played in
Brusselson Sundaynight as the
penalty box was rarely empty.
Brussels came out looking
strong as they scored the first
goals. Peter Bennett scored at
17:38 from Brian Hastie to take the
lead. DaveStephensonandKen
Cousins combined for the second
goalat 16:41. Thenat 15:28 Jim
Campbell scored from Dave Mont
gomery to make it 3-0 for the
Crusaders.
The tables turned and Wellesley
started their comeback. They
scored at 12:27 and 9:54 to come
within one and then added the
tying goal at 8:06.
Brussels managed to hang with
Rob Core scoring from Ken
Higgins and Brian Deitner at 5:43
to go ahead. With just 1:26 left in
the period Jim Campbell scored
from Dave Murray and Brian
TenPas to end the period with a 5-3
lead.
Scoring in the second period
slowed down with each team
scoring only once. Wellesley scor
ed at 13:36 but Brussels also scored
at 10:34 when Ken Cousins beat
the goalie on a pass from Dave
Murray and Brian TenPas to retain
a two goal lead.
Brussels claimed the third per
iod of play with Dave Murray
scoring at 13:05 on a pass from
Brian TenPas and Dave Montgom
ery.
Dave Stephenson scored at 3:54
from Ken Cousins and Kevin
Deitner on a power play effort.
With only 17 seconds left in the
game Ken Cousins scored on a nice
pass across the ice from Ken
Higgins to give Brussels a second
9-4 win.
The two teams will meet again on
Friday night in Wellesley and back
in Brussels on Sunday night at 8
p.m. as the series continues with
one win each.
The lucky winner of the 50-50
draw was Paul McDonald, Brus
sels picking up $83.
Sports
Bulls eliminate
Mitchell Hawks
BYLOISMcARTER
The Mitchell Hawks were in
town on Wednesday night for the
fifth game of their playoff series
with Brussels leading three games
to one.
From the drop of the first puck,
you knew it was going to be a tough
garrfe. Mitchell was in a do or die
situation and Brussels wanted the
victory. Both goalies did their jobs
well and there was 7:18 left in the
first period when defenceman Bill
Haines blasted a shot past the
visiting goalie after receiving a
drop pass from forwards Kevin Lee
and Kevin McArter. The remain
der of the period was scoreless
givingtheBullsa l-01eadatthe
end of the period.
Thirty-eight seconds into the
second period Tim Fritz scored
from Marty Rutledge to add to that
lead. In a matter of 20 seconds
Marty Rutledge scored unassisted
off the next faceoff. Play continued
until 10:48 when Mitchell got their
first goal of the game. They scored
one more goal at 1:43 to come
within one of the Bulls. There were
13 seconds remaining in the period
when Marty Rutledge scored from
Kevin Ruttan to make it 4-2 for
Brussels. •
Mitchell came out strong in the
third period determined to get a
victory. They scored their first goal
at 17:27and then added the second
goal at 15:27 to attain a tie hockey
game. End to end play continued
until 2:08 when Kevin McArter
tucked in a goal on a pass from Rob
Cardiff and Bill Haines to get the
game winner on a power play
effort.
Marty Rutledge got the insur
ance goal on a pass from Paul
Robinson when he scored in the
empty net with just 21 seconds
remaining. The 6-4 victory gave
Brussels the series 4 games to 1
andadvanced them to the semi
final series against Exeter.
Exeter Hawks were in town on
Sunday afternoon for the first
game in a best four out of seven
series. It will be a very even series if
the first game is any indication of
future play. Both teams had equal
opportunities to score with both
goalies playing well.
Brussels scored the first and
only goal of the first period at 9:45
when Kevin McArter beat the
goalie on a pass from Kevin Lee to
take a 1-0 lead.
The second period saw Kevin
McArterpickupthe puck on the
opening face-off and work his way
down the ice to score unassisted in
the first 50 seconds of play. It
proved to be the only goal of the
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