HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-01-18, Page 9I was here first
Blyth and Brussels Midgets battle for control of the puck
during the first period of a game played in Brussels on Jan.
11. The battle continued throughout with Blyth narrowly
edging the home boys by a score of 6-5.
Midgets nip Brussels
BRUSSELS
BULLS
JR. C HOCKEY
Name: Tim Beyer #24 Name: Darin Alvanio
Age: 20 Age: 17
Position: Defense Home Town: Elmira
Home Town: Listowel Position: Left Wing
School: Sir Sandford Fleming School: Elmira High School
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Head over heels
Brussels Bull Greg McNevan takes a closer look at the ice
as he battles two Wiarton Wolves for the puck during the
Jan. 15 game.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1995. PAGE 9.
Crusaders stay mired in 7th
By Rusty Blades
The Blyth Midgets could best be
described as road warriors last
week as they took their show on the
road for three games. Although
they opened with a 3-1 loss in
Mitchell they rebounded to squeak
out two wins, 6-5 over Brussels and
4-3 in Zurich.
Blyth played perhaps one of their
best games of the season on Jan. 9
despite losing. Blyth's goaltending
tandem of Michael deJong and
Chris Bromley once again provided
a much needed- spark with some
timely saves. Mitchell opened the
scoring early in the first but Blyth
responded with a goal to tie the
contest midway through the first.
Jason Rutledge sent Peter Craig
and Chris Stewart in on a two-on-
one break with Stewart converting
Craig's goalmouth pass for the
equalizer.
Although Mitchell I responded
with single goals in the final two
period for the win Blyth proved to
themselves that they can play with
anyone as Mitchell is the strongest
Midget team in the area.
Blyth travelled to Brussels on
Jan. 11 and used two late game
powerplay goals to squeak past
their hosts.
Blyth took a 2-1 first period lead
on goals from Christopher Howson,
with an assist to Benjie Hakkers,
and Rutledge, who was sent in on a
breakaway by Peter Craig and
Ryan Chamney.
The teams traded single second
period tallies with Blyth taking a
3-2 lead with 36 seconds left in the
period. Mike Salverda swatted in a
loose puck in the slot with assists to
Chamney and Brad Anderson.
A between-periods pep talk did
nothing to motivate Blyth as
Brussels jumped into a 4-3 lead
with two goals in the first 32
seconds of the third period.
Brussels added another goal with
just 11 minutes to play and had
Blyth on the ropes with a 5-3 lead.
Blyth responded to the challenge
at hand and Rutledge brought his
team to within one goal with eight
and a half minutes to go. He
snapped one upstairs with Howson
and Salverda securing their second
points of the game with assists.
Rutledge tied the game with four
and a half minutes left. Benjie
Hakkers and Chamney counted the
assists on Rutledge's hat-trick goal
with Blyth enjoying a two man
powerplay.
Blyth refused to be satisfied and
pressed for the winner. Chris
Stewart had the honours of being
the hero of the game by scoring
with three minutes remaining until
the final buzzer.
Rutledge and Chamney each
earned their fourth points of the
game on the goal as Blyth salvaged
two points from what just as easily
could have been a loss. After some
early game jitters, the defence of
Craig, Jonathan Collins, Anderson
and Greg Toll held off Brussels in
the final minutes and secured this
6-5 game for Blyth.
The road show continued in
Zurich on Jan. 15 where it was the
same story as the game against
Brussels. Blyth and Zurich traded
goals throughout before a late game
goal gave Blyth a 4-3 victory.
Zurich opened the scoring but
Blyth tied the game late in the first
as Peter Craig assisted on Howson's
equalizer. The teams traded two
goals apiece in the second period as
the teams skated to a 3-3 stalemate
through two periods. Anderson
provided the offence with both
Blyth goals as Ben Craig assisted
on his first. His second goal of the
period was an unassisted effort as
he intercepted a Zurich clearing
pass and buried a waist high point
shot through a screen.
It was another see-saw battle in
the third but Blyth was fortunate
enough to get the win as they
scored with just over three minutes
to go in the game. It was a classic
scramble from in close as both John
Armstrong and Tim Cowan each
had a whack at the puck before
Chad 14aggitt swooped in and sifted
a backhand shot over the prone
Zurich puckstopper.
The ending wasn't pretty but the
visitors hung on for the 4-3 win to
end the week with two wins and
one loss in the three road games.
The Brussels Crusaders continue
to hold seventh place in WOAA
Senior Hockey League action with
an 8-8-2 record and six games
remaining.
Friday night the Crusaders won a
physical contest in Clinton by a 7-5
score. Two goals in the last 30
seconds of play gave Brussels a 3-2
lead after 20 minutes. They
increased their lead to 5-2 midway
thru the second period but by early
in the third Clinton had rallied for a
tie. Steve Fritz scored the winner
on the powerplay with seven
minutes remaining then added an
empty netter with 21 seconds left
on the clock.
Corey McKee also scored twice
with singles from Tom McDonald,
The Brussels Bulls had to score
three unanswered goals in the third
period to tie Wiarton 5-5 on home
ice Sunday. A win would have
moved Brussels into second place
in the Western Junior 'C"
Standings, but instead the Bulls
remain a point back of Hanover
who managed to tie Mt Forest 3-3.
Wiarton jumped out to an early
lead when Scott Bridge scored a
shorthanded goal. Bridge was a
pain in the Bulls' side the entire
afternoon as he racked up five
points. Before the first period had
ended Bridge had scored a
powerplay goal to put the Wolves
up 2-0.
The Bulls got on the board in the
second period on a strong
individual effort by rookie Brian
McNichol. It was the Blyth
native's first goal of the season.
Wiarton, however, increased its
lead to 4-1 before Bulls' newcomer
Sheldon Mustard scored. Mustard,
who was drafted as a 16-year-old
by North Bay, has experienced
playing with both the Stratford
Cullitons and Waterloo Siskins and
should be a strong addition down
the stretch.
Wiarton's Kris Seaman scored a
powerplay goal seven minutes into
the third period to make it 5-2 but
from then on it was all Brussels.
Darin Alviano, Murray Kaye and
Mustard all scored on the
powerplay in a span of two minutes
and 10 seconds. The Bulls
continued to press for the last nine
minutes and despite some great
chances could not notch the winner.
Bulls coach Scott Pettigrew was
happy to escape with a point. "We
were sluggish in the first two
periods but we dug down when we
had to."
Some of the Bulls were a little
tired after playing with the Junior
Continued on page 11
JR C STANDINGS
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Mt. Forest 26 19 3 4 174 67 41
Hanover 26 15 8 3 125 108 33
Brussels 26 13 7 6 121 104 32
Wingham 26 12 10 4 134 118 28
Walkerton 26 9 9 8 110 124 25
Wiarton 28 7 18 3 166 166 17
Kincardine 26 3 23 0 70 164 6
Brian Campbell and Dave Murray.
Dean Lawrie had a one goal, two
,assist game for Clinton while Paul
McLlwain, John Scruton, Tim
Harrison and Jason Carter each
scored once.
Saturday night in Brussels the
league's leading scorer, Joe
Scherer, connected five times in
leading the Tavistock Royals to a
10-5 win over the Crusaders.
Ron Strome, Tom McDonald,
Brian Campbell, Dean Wheeler and
Tim Fritz scored for Brussels who
trailed 5-1 after 20 minutes and 8-4
heading into the third.
The Crusaders arc on the road for
their next three games, Saturday in
Arthur, Sunday in Drayton, and the
following Saturday in Milverton.
Their next home game is in two
weeks against the Durham
Thundercats.
In off-ice happenings Dan
Beuermann and JC Hewitt are
finished for the year with season
ending injuries while Roger
Freiburghaus has moved to Dallas
Texas to enroll in flying school. As
well the Crusaders leading scorer
Greg Murray has accepted a try-out
with the Columbus Chill of the
East Coast League while Pat
Cronin has decided not to sign and
will remain in rec hockey.
Tim Fritz, Dave and Greg,
Murray represented Brussels in the
fourth annual All-Star Game and
were on the winning side of a 6-4
score with Greg scoring the game
w inner.
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TRAILBLAZERS RALLY
Brussels Arena Sun. Jan. 22
(Rain Date Sun. Jan. 29)
Registration - 10 A.M. - 1 P.M.
Cash Prizes — Door Prizes
FOOD BOOTH - OFSC Permits Required
All hands to be in before 5 P.M.
Bulls battle Wiarton for tie