The Citizen, 1989-03-15, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1989. PAGE 15.
Bly th Atoms eliminate Zurich, lose to Belmont
BY RUSTY BLADES
The Blyth Atoms eliminated
Zurich from further playoff action
last week in a solid 7-0 whitewash.
The team was shorthanded but
they came through with one of their
finest efforts of the season. With
Peter Craig out for the season and
Brian McNichol and Brad Ander
son nursing injuries the team was
left with a skeleton crew to finally
subdue the Zurich squad. Chris Lee
was down wrestling alligators in
the Florida Everglades but Michael
de Jong proved unbeatable with
quick and steady goaltending for a
solo shutout.
Jason Rutledge led the point
parade as he scored one goal and
picked up an incredible five assists.
Henry Bos notched two goals and
an equally impressive four assists.
Christopher Howson had one goal
and two assists while Ryan Cham-
ney scored two goals and Scott
Arthur scored a single marker. Rob
Johnston pitched in with an assist
as he joined defence mates Jona
than Collins and Tim Cowan in
playing an inspired defensive game
to seal the win.
The Atoms now advance to the
Brussels Sprouts
in tournament
Brussels Sprouts (six and seven
year olds) found themselves on
both the good and bad end of
lopsided scores when they took part
in the Clinton Tyke Tournament on
Saturday.
In the first game Brussels romp
ed to a 7-0 win over Seaforth No. 1
team.
Trevor Wilson got Brussels off to
a good start with an unassisted
goal, then a minute later scored his
second, set up by Matthew McLel
lan and Justin Ruttan. Mike Cooper
scored with nine seconds left in the
period with Darrell Dalton drawing
the assist.
Trevor Wilson scored his third of
the game to start the scoring in the
second period. Joel Kellington
scored from Darrell Dalton then
Justin Ruttan scored from Robbie
Mitchell and Robert Richards.
In the third Trevor Wilson got
the only goal with Ryan Smith and
Matthew McLellan getting the
assists. Steven Oldfield played a
good game in net and picked up the
shut out.
In the second game Brussels lost
a rough game to Wingham by an
8-4 margin.
Trevor Wilson gave Brussels a
good lead scoring twice in the first
period, the first unassisted and the
second from Joel Kellington.
Trevor Wilson’s work expanded
the lead to 3-0 in the second when
he completed his hat-trick from
Andy Verbeek. But Wingham took
over, scoring five straight goals in
the second and adding another in
the third before Ryan Smith got one
back with Justin Ruttan assisting.
Wingham quickly killed any chance
of a comeback by scoring two more
goals in the final two minutes.
Houseleaguers
edge Goderich
Brussels Novice Houseleague
team edged Goderich 3-2 in a game
in Goderich March 4.
Goderich took an early lead with
a goal with 4:43 left in the first
period but Corey Campbell scored
in the second period to leave the
game tied 1-1 at the end of the
second.
Jason Kellington scored from
Corey Campbell and Matt Short
reed early in the third to give
Brussels the lead for the first time,
but 34 seconds later Goderich tied
the score again.
Matt Shortreed scored from
Brett Fischer with 2:26 left in the
game to give Brussels the win.
group championship which opens
in Blyth next Wednesday, March
22 at 7:15 against Huron Park.
The Atoms were entered in the
Brussels Optimists Atom tourna
ment last weekend. They opened
the tournament on Saturday morn
ing against Milverton. Blyth took a
3-0 first period lead on their way to
a 5-1 opening round victory. Ryan
Chamney scored the first two goals
of the game as he was set up by
Christopher Howson on the first
goal and Scott Arthur on the
second. Brian McNichol found the
mark on a long shot for Blyth’s
third goal with an assist to Jona
than Collins.
After Milverton counted one
early in the second period, Brad
Anderson restored Blyth’s three
goal lead with a high deflected
blueline blast. Scott Arthur round
ed out the scoring midway through
the third period as he was set up at
the corner of the crease by Ryan
Chamney.
This 5-1 tournament opening
victory sent Blyth into the cham
pionship round where they met
Brussels in second round action.
Blyth scored two goals in both the
first and second periods on their
way to a 4-1 win.
Ryan Chamney opened the scor
ing on a backhand shot with an
assist to Christopher Howson. Scott
Arthur then scored his first of the
afternoon as he redirected Jona
than Collins’ point slapshot into the
far corner. Christopher Howson
built Blyth’s lead to 3-0 early in the
second stanza with Scott Arthur
making a nice pass to make the
goal possible. Scott Arthur contin
ued his offensive prowess later in
the period as he backhanded home
a nice pass from linemates Henry
Bos and Jason Rutledge to give
Blyth an insurmountable 4-0 lead.
Brussels shattered Michael de
Jong’s bid for a shut-out in the
third period but it was too little too
late as Blyth rolled to a 4-1 win.
Blyth continued tournament play
on Sunday afternoon where they
were matched up against a solid
team from Belmont in the third
round action. Blyth struck early but
Belmont rebounded and skated to a
disciplined 6-1 win.
Ryan Chamney sent Henry Bos
in on a breakaway one minute into
the game and Henry bulged the
twine on a bullet-like wrist shot.
The only other bright spot for Blyth
was the play of goaltender Michael
de Jong. Michael faced more
rubber than a buyer at a tire
convention and did a commendable
job in keeping Blyth close. The
Atoms played their hearts out but a
stronger Belmont lineup accounted
for the games final six goals as they
defeated Blyth 6-1. Things are
quiet this week but the action heats
up again this weekend as the team
is entered in the Mildmay Atom
Tourney.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Gordie
Howe, when asked if he thought
Reggie Fleming was a hard-nosed
player: “I don’t know. I’ve never
felt this nose.”
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