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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-02-23, Page 8The Mount Forest Patriots overpowered the valiant efforts of a committed Brussels Bulls team dumping them in playoff series this past weekend. Here opposing players go stick to stick to Bulls’ season ends get control of the puck, as it skips away. The Brussels Bulls have been eliminated from the Western Junior 'C' semifinals by the Mt. Forest Patriots. The Patriots won the series in five games with a 5-3 victory Sunday, but the Bulls went down battling until the final 10 seconds. Mt. Forest jumped out to a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes but Brussels made it interesting when Jason Baier scored on a nice pass from Bill Henry with under nine minutes to play. With the Bulls pressing for the equalizer, Mt. Forest notched its fourth goal of the game on a two on one. Bulls Coach Scott Pettigrew pulled out all the stops in the dying minutes. With one Mt. Forest player already in the penalty box, the Patriots Mike Bowden was caught with an illegal stick Jeremy Beimes scored with the two man advantage to pull within one again, but even with netminder Scott Walls on the bench the Bulls could not even it up. An empty net goal with 10 seconds left sealed the victory for the Patriots. Saturday afternoon in Brussels, with the Bulls facing elimination, the club came up with one of its best offensive displays of the season to live to see another day. .The Bulls started slowly falling behind 3-0 but after a time out, rallied back to take a 7-5 lead after 40 minutes. The two teams traded goals in the third and the Bulls won it 8-6. Zack Smith paced the attack with a goal and three assists. Nate Bender, Beirnes and Jason McNichol each had a pair while Darin Alviano pitched in with a short handed breakaway effort. The Bulls Friday night dropped a 5-4 decision in Mt. Forest. The Bulls jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Beirnes, but could not hang on. Greg McNevan also scored a pair. Coach Scott Pettigrew said, "I'm really proud of the effort we displayed in this series. We had some key injuries but we battled right to the final buzzer and there is no shame in that. Bulls President Joe Kerr says a public meeting will be held March 7 at 7:30 at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre to discuss the future of Junior hockey in Brussels. Mr. Kerr says everyone is welcome to attend. Curling club completes draw The second draw of the Brussels Curling Club ended on Monday, Feb. 7. The winners of the mixed curling were: first, 51 points, Ernie Lewington, Dorothy Kelly, Wayne Lowe and Marg Taylor; second, 41.5 points, Doc Stephenson, Velma Locking, Brad Speiran and Bill Clark; third, 40 points, Mervyn Bauer, Fran Bremner, Darwin and Velma Locking, Doris Fischer and Linda Saur; second, 31.5 points, Mary Ann Miners, Valerie Shortreed, Bev Palmer and Julie Jutzi; third, 25.5 points, Sharon Brown, Joanne McDonald, Sandra Pepper and Ruth Bauer. Due to some stormy weather, the ladies only curled four games for this draw. On and out Mary Ten Pas. The second draw of the ladies’ curling also ended, with the following teams winning prizes: first, 40 points, Fran Breckenridge; While a Drayton Comet gets in place for a hard drive towards the home team's net, a memDer of the Brussels Crusaders moves to get in the way. The Crusaders Saturday night victory at home eliminated the Comets from the playoff schedule. S ports Purchasing a vehicle is a big decision! Let us help you make the right one! GARRY WOODCOCK Quality Cars & Trucks We Can Save You Money A Little - Save A Lot i LUCKNOW Crusaders advance The Brussels Crusaders eliminated the Drayton Comets with an 8-5 victory Saturday night in Brussels. The win advances the Crusaders to league semi-finals against either Durham or Lakeshore with the best of seven series scheduled to start this weekend. Tim Fritz and Brian Campbell each scored twice for Brussels with singles by Mike Bettles, Brad Carter, Ron Strome and Jeff McKee. McKee's goal was a shorthanded empty netter with 34 seconds remaining in the game to officially end the series. Mich Landry enjoyed a five point game for Drayton who scored all their goals on the powerplay while Brussels added three powerplay and two shorthanded tallies. Darryl Jack, the WOAA's scoring champion was held to two assists after an opening game hat trick by the Crusader defence. In other opening round playoffs, Durham defeated Arthur, and Lakeshore defeated Wiarton both in six games while Palmerston and Tavistock played a game seven in Tavistock Monday night. Bantams lead series YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU DON’T PRACTICE Just visit any participating IBM or Ambra retail store between January 31 and March 31,1994 to take a "Practice Run" on an IBM or Ambra PC. You'll then receive one of the 500,000 "scratch & win" cards that will reveal if you've won any of: • 9 First Prizes -including 7 IBM and 2 Ambra PCs • 8 Second Prizes - Selected IBM HelpWare Services for one year • 5,000 Third Prizes - IBM PCs/Alpine Canada Alpin Mock-Turtleneck Shirts • Grand Prize Draw - An IBM PS/1 Multimedia PC The Blyth Bantams have taken a two games to one lead in their best of five playoff series against Stephen Twp. The opening game of the series was played in Huron Park on Feb. 12. Blyth controlled the play over the first two periods and took a 4 to 1 lead. Two Stephen Twp. goals early in he third period closed the gap, but Blyth hung on to win by the score of 7-4. Blyth goals were scored by Jason Rutledge, three; Nathan Loder, two; Brian Marks, one; Chad Haggitt, one. Assists went to Mark Wilson, two; Mike Salverda, Jeff Ferguson, Brad Anderson, Haggitt, Rutledge and Chris Bromley, one. The second game was played in Blyth on Feb. 14. Stephen Twp. opened the scoring early and their close checking never let the Blyth boys gel untracked. Stephen Twp. won by the score of 6-1. Blyth's lone goal was scored by Christ Slewart, assisted by Marks. Blyth returned to Huron Park for the third game on Feb. 20. The game turned out to be a see-saw battle with the lead changing on numerous occasions. In the end two late game goals by the Blyth boys powered them to a 6-5 victory. Blyth goals were scored by Rutledge, three; Haggitt, two; Salverda, one. 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