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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-03-02, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,1994. Blyth Novices take Wallace 6-0 The Blyth Novice team successfully completed its quest for victory, by defeating Wallace Township in the Central Division WOAA playoff series. It took six games to determine the winner of this three out of five series, due to tied points. In game four, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in an extraordinary effort, Blyth stormed the home team, 6-0, in Kurtzville. Shaun Henry, unassisted, opened the scoring two minutes into the game with a nice backhand into the twines. Kirk Stewart netted goal two after performing some nice stick handling deep in Wallace's zone. Stewart had received a perfect pass from defenceman Steven Van Amersfoort. Nicholas Courtney initiated the next goal, with a pass to Tyler Wilson who zoomed a great shot past Wallace's goalie. The next two points belonged to Michael Bean. The first goal was a rising wrist shot from the blue line, and number two came after Bean turned on the jets to zoom in from the neutral zone deep into Wallace's territory, and lifted the puck into the far comer of the net. Goal six came from Jeff Carter, who blasted an unbeatable slap shot up around the goalie's ears. Robbie Archambault, who had been thwarted throughout the game on his own break away rushes, was awarded the assist. Blyth's goalie, Eric Jarrett, played a solid game and faced frequent rushes and direct shots. Jarrett deserved the shutout as he met and conquered every challenge presented to him. Andrew Toll broke up many passing plays and rushes in his own zone. Centre, Micah Loder got passes off to his forwards from difficult situations. Forward's Justin Rinn, Neil Salverda and Bradley Schmidt kept close check on their oppositions' positions in their own zone, and presented offensive plays deep in Wallace's end. In game five, on Blyth's home ice on Saturday, Feb. 25, Wallace had a mission to regain esteem and revenge tee previous loss. Wallace played a strong defensive game which frequently interfered with Blyth's offensive attempts. Also, Wallace kept driving at the net with endless passing and rushing plays which gave them a four goal lead until the last 26 seconds of the game when Jeff Carter fed Shaun Henry who laced one in for Blyth. This was an exciting game with both teams playing hard, but Wallace seemed to have the edge and capitalized on all opportunities to enjoy the win and tie up the series, at five points each. The saga finally ended on Sunday, Feb. 27 at Kurtzville. As the Canadian team skated off the ice with an Olympic silver medal, Blyth skated on to face their equal opponents. The first eight and a half minutes of the game held an excellent display of skating, passing and shooting, as bodies and pucks zoomed end to end in the fast- paced action. Players on both sides were giving 100 per cent of which was acknowledged by fans and coaches. The tension finally snapped as Wallace's Justin Russell scored. However, two minutes later, Bean gave Blyth a reason to celebrate as he shot one past goalie, Brady Newbigging, to tie the game. Stewart and Salverda initiated and assisted in Bean's goal. Blyth got the go-ahead goal after Archambault performed a nice wrap-around pass up to Carter who lifted the puck over and past players into Wallace's net. Wallace immediately retaliated and responded by scoring with one minute left in period two. In the third period, goalie Eric Jarrett, faced every challenge presented him with calm, cool determination and skill. He allowed no rebounds, his glove hand swooped flying pucks out of mid air and he stood up to face every rush. The final winning goal was a nifty wrist shot by Cole Stewart, who was cruising into a good position 20 feet in front of Wallace's net when he let the unassisted, successful shot go. Every player on the ice should be recognized for their excellent efforts as this evenly-matched series drew to a close, with a 3-2 win for Blyth. Blyth now faces Drayton with the opening game on Tuesday, March 1 in Drayton at 7:30 p.m. Crusaders tie series Dean Wheeler's two third period goals led the Brussels Crusaders to a 5-4 win over the Durham Thundercats Sunday afternoon in Brussels. The win ties their best of seven semi-final series at one game apiece with game three in Durham Saturday at 8, and game four in Brussels Sunday, also at 8. Ron Strome, with two, and Mike Bettles also scored for Brussels, who trailed 3-2 early in the third before rebounding with three in a row. Friday night in Durham, the Thundercats scored five third period goals enroute to a 9-3 opening game victory. 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