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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-02-01, Page 13A tip of the hand Daren Armstrong, left, and Matt Anderson of the Hullett Central Public School's volleyball team prepare to return the ball tipped by Shawn Bromley of Blyth Public School during a game on Jan. 30. The team was competing in the annual Central Huron Secondary School tournament. Blyth Bantams win B title 0-01-rEtta re? Ar1444-0A TO RIDE A FORMULA III IN ' 9 6, YOU'D BE ER BE FAST. See It, Hear It, Feel It, RIDE iT. February 4, 6, 7 Call for more Details Engineered For The Way You Ride. WINGHAM * 357-3435 ENTER\PRISES„. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1995. PAGE 13. Atom Reps blasts Blyth Last Wednesday Brussels travelled to Blyth to round out their season. Brussels opened the scoring at 9:21 as Brian Oldfield scored from Robert Kerr and Nolan Krotz. Two minutes later Kerr scored from Krotz and Oldfield. Andy VanBeek blasted a point shot at 5:01 on a nice pass from Krotz, then Phil Affolter let fly with a point shot from Chris Blake at the 4:10 mark. Blyth's Man Anderson scored on a pass from Nick Courtney at 2:29 of the second. Oldfield got that goal back with 48 seconds left in the first. The only goal of the second came off the stick of Oldfield with just seconds left in the period. Brussels dominated the third period as Kerr got his second goal of the game with assists going to Krotz and Oldfield, then Krotz scored on a pass from Oldfield. Brussels' power play struck as Oldfield scored on a pass from Krotz and Coulter at 4:12, then Coulter rounded out the scoring on a pass from Mark Fischer. Howick travelled to Brussels Friday night for game one in playoff action. Howick opened the scoring at the 5:45 mark of the first. Two minutes later Brussels tied the score as Captain Oldfield scored on a pass from Krotz and Coulter. Brussels took the lead with three minutes left in the third as Oldfield slid a shot in the bottom corner with a nice passing play from Kerr and Krotz. One minute later Brussels added to their lead as Affolter ripped a shot from the point beating goalie McCann with assists from Fischer. There was lots of end to end action in the third but no scoring. Saturday saw game number two, a game that was never in doubt as Brussels out-skated and out-hustled the Howick team. There was one goal in the first when Krotz scored from Oldfield at the 4:14 mark, then Krotz scored at the 11:41 mark of the second on a pass from Fischer. He completed his hat trick with 5:48 left in the second as Kerr and VanBeek drew assists. Brussels continued to dominate in the third. Oldfield scored an unassisted goal, then at the 5:45 mark, call-up Darrell McClure went to the net and banged home a rebound. Howick broke Matt McCall's shutout with 2:19 remaining in the game, then with 1:12 left Affolter completed the scoring to give Brussels a 6-1 victory, and eliminating Howick from further play. Brussels will now play Drayton in the second round of playoffs. A special thanks for help from Scott McDonald, Brandon Dixon and Darrel McClure. Midgets lack silver touch By Rusty Blades The Blyth Midget Bulldogs participated in the International Silver Stick 'C' Finals Tournament last weekend. They opened their round-robin grouping with a convincing 12-0 win against Cheboygan, Mich. but were later eliminated with a 6-5 loss to Watford and a 5-1 set back to Thedford. It was a full frontal assault against Cheboygan on Friday night as Blyth opened with a 12-0 shellacking of the cocky Yanks. Blyth scored their goals every way imaginable, especially in the second period as they notched six unanswered goals on their way to an 8-0 lead after two. The line of Mike Salverda, Chris Stewart and Brian Marks led the Blyth attack. Stewart buried four pucks in the twine, including a shorthanded effort, and added a single assist. Salverda also counted a shorthanded goal and finished the game with a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Marks provided the playmaking with three assists and also chipped in with a goal. Brad Anderson showed the boys how to score from the blueline as he drilled home two goals, including on while Blyth was on the powerplay. Additional goals were recorded by Benjie Hakkers, Chad Haggitt and Christopher Howson. Addi- tional game assists were recorded by Jonathan Collins and Ryan Chamney with two each while Peter Craig and Jason Rutledge added single helpers. Michael deJong and Chris Bromley split what little goal- tending there•was to do as they shared the shutout in this 12-0 bombing. Action heated up on Saturday as Blyth rode an emotional roller coaster in two bitterly contested games. It was a see-saw affair against Watford with a late game goal deciding this 6-5 game in Watford's favour. Watford opened the scoring one and a half minutes into the game but Stewart and Greg Toll asqisted on the equalizer two minutes later as Salverda scored on a breakaway. The first period ended 1-1 and these two evenly matched teams traded three goals each to end the second period deadlocked 4-4. Chamney gave Blyth a 2-1 lead four minutes into the second as he was set up in the slot by Howson and Rutledge. Watford then took a 4-2 lead before Blyth responded late in the period to tie the game. Marks assisted on Stewart's power play goal and then Chamney set up Rutledge for the equalizer with the teams playing four skaters aside. This set the stage for a wild third frame. Watford took a 5-4 lead with 6:21 left in the game but their joy was short lived, when seconds later Blyth once again tied the game as Chamney and Rutledge helped Stewart score his second power play goal of the game. Watford scored with one minute and three seconds left in the game and Blyth responded with some spirited play but couldn't send the game into overtime, although it wasn't from lack of effort. This 6-5 loss sent Blyth into their final game needing a win against Thedford to advance to the tournament playoffs. After a scoreless first frame, Thedford took a 3-0 lead with the only goals of the second period. They increased their lead to 4-0 early in the third before Blyth broke the goose egg with nine and a half minutes remaining in the game. Hakkers and Howson provided the forechecking pressure that allowed Chad Haggitt to bury the loose puck from the scramble that ensured. Thedford added a late goal and eliminated Blyth from further play with this 5-1 loss. These two tough games should help prepare the Midgets for the upcoming playoffs. Blyth receives a bye into the WOAA Midget 'E' finals as they await a winner between Zurich and Belmore. The finals should get underway early next week. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Former Vancouver Canucks' goaltender Richard Brodeur, when asked what Wayne Gretzky does best: "Make you look bad." On Sunday, Jan. 22 the Blyth Bantams won the B side of a tournament held in Howick Twp. arena. The team rallied and showed some of the skills it had been missing since the Christmas break. Having all the players back in the lineup was also a big boost. The first game against Thedford was one of the most exciting of the tournament and brought the fans to their feet. At the end of three periods of hard playing, end to end action, the score was tied 3-3 and therefore necessitated a five minute sudden death overtime. At the end of the overtime it was still 3-3 and a one-on-one shootout was required to finally decide a winner, Two weeks earlier in Chesley the Blyth boys totally dominated the shootout. This one would be a piece of cake eh! After four rounds against Thedford Blyth was down by one and therefore placed on the B side of eliminations. The first game was against Lucknow. At the end of three periods it was a 4-3 victory for Blyth allowing a final round meeting against Clifford. The game against Lucknow was a close, rough and tumble game but not one penalty minute was handed out to either team. Congratulations to both. Every team in a tournament has visions of going to the A side and winning it all. It also holds true that no team likes to go to the B side and get beaten. So in the game against Clifford the Blyth boys came out with a vengeance. They played a good passing game and in the first period Jeff Cowan, Kelly Boven, Jeff Ferguson and Darryl Bromley, all scored unanswered goals. It was the same in the second period with four unanswered goals scored by Mark Wilson, Cowan, who scored two and Bromley for the hat trick. In the third period Clifford got on board in the first minute. The next nine minutes of the third went without a goal and the play got a little sloppy. Wilson then decided to get serious and scored two within 38 seconds to also earn a hat. trick. Clifford answered with another goal but it was like fighting a barn fire with a water pistol. The final score remained at 10-2 for Blyth. The boys look like they're ready for their first round of playoffs, which begin this week with a best out of five against Wallace. Come out and enjoy.