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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1995-03-01, Page 12BULLS PLAYOFF SCORING PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM S. Mustard 8 8 11 19 26 G. McNevan 8 8 8 16 8 R. Wright 8 6 10 16 25 J. Alexander 8 1 9 19 16 D. Alviano 8 4 5 9 23 N. Bender 8 4 4 8 14 Z. Smith 8 1 6 7 12 T. Beyer 8 4 3 7 39 K. Ball 7 4 2 6 0 B. Zabel 8 3 1 4 55 P. Ryter 7 1 3 4 2 B. Gibb 8 1 3 4 53 G. Brown 7 1 1 2 27 B. McNichol 4 1 1 2 14 M. Brooks 6 1 1 2 10 M. Kaye • 5 0 2 2 0 C. McCallum 1 0 1 1 0 R Kipfer, 6 0 1 1 47 G. Fritz 4 0 0 0 37 -P. Mulder 6 0 0 0 30 B. Beuerman 2 0 0 0 18 GOALTENDING GP MIN GA AVG W L R. Fisk 7 390 22 3.38 5 2 R. Sanders 2 98 8 5.00 1 0 BLYTH SNOW TRAVELLERS 11";.- 437. POKER 4 / 101! op 04 0 3 I I 11 • • • • • • • " Sunday, March 5 (weather permitting) Registration 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Blyth Arena Poker hands: $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00 RALLY Ethel Minor Baseball Registration Saturday, March 11 & 25 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Ethel Fire Hall Some travelling may be involved PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1995. Bulls in finals, beat Hanover Novices edge Teeswater ports For the first time in franchise history the Brussels Bulls have beat the Hanover Barons in a Junior 'C' playoff series. Sunday night at the Brussels arena, Sheldon Mustard scored on a breakaway to give the Bulls a 6-5 overtime victory and eliminate the Barons with a three to one semifinal series victory. The Bulls had lost four times in six years to Hanover and it was a sweet victory for overage veterans Greg McNevan and Brian Zabel, who had suffered through three defeats at the hands of the Barons. The Bulls will meat the Mt. Forest Patriots in the Western Junior 'C' final. The Patriots, the defending champions, finished first this season with a record of 21-4-5. The Bulls were third with 16 wins, eight losses and six ties. It looked like the Bulls were going to blow Hanover out in the early going Sunday jumping out to a 5-0 lead. Kevin Ball, Tim Beyer and Nate Bender scored first period goals and then Ryan Wright and Josh Alexander added powerplay After losing out to Kurtzville the Blyth Atoms are back on the ice in playoffs with Bayfield. Wednesday night saw the local team in Bayfield with their back-up goalie Robbie Archambault, utilizing the complete team Blyth won 5-3. Tyler Wilson provided the extra manpower on defence and played an outstanding strong game. Derek Cook and Matt Anderson led the offense with assistance from hardworking wingers Shawn Henry and Jeremy Hanna. Hustling power was really paying markers in the second. But then the wheels started to fall off for the home team. Hanover scored a shorthanded goal and then added two more while the Bulls were shorthanded. Bulls defenceman Brad Gibb had been ejected for hitting from behind and the Bulls took two more minor penalties while serving the five minute major. Hanover drew to within one when a pass from the corner deflected in off a skate and then Jason Howes forced overtime fighting off Beyer in front of the net to beat Fisk with a good wrist shot. Coach Scott Pettigrew, while pleased with the victory, would have liked an easier finish. "We didn't take a lot of penalties but they came at a bad time and we let Hanover off the ropes." Mr. Pettigrew added it was nice to see the game end on a "good" goal. Friday night the Bulls took a two games to one lead with a strong 6-0 victory in Hanover. The powerplay off for the team. Devon Shannon, Nick Courtney and Jeff Carter were at the back to help Archambault out with the rebounds and they stood strong at the blue line when on the offense. Martin Sturzenegger provided an excellent screen in front of the Bayfield goalie. Michael Bernard used every trick in the book to get any chance of a goal. Justin Rinn worked skillfully to get the puck to his centres. On Thursday night, Bayfield came into Blyth with the snow. Unfortunately Blyth was still was the difference as the Bulls scored on four of nine chances. Brad Gibb opened the scoring after Ryan Wright won the draw clean and then Nate Bender got on track with a powerplay marker late in the opening period. Kevin Ball scored the only goal of the second on the powerplay deflecting a point shot from Josh Alexander. The Bulls broke the game open on two goals by Greg McNevan and Sheldon Mustard in a span of 50 seconds in the third. Wright completed the scoring, again while the Bulls had a man advantage. Ryan Fisk stopped 29 shots for the shutout. "A lot of veterans stepped up and took charge after struggling in game two," said the Bulls coach. Mr. Pettigrew is looking forward to the finals, "We have to be big underdogs but anything can happen." The Bulls will open the Western Junior 'C' final Friday night in Mt. Forest at 8:30 and then return to Brussels Sunday night at 2:00 p.m. missing their regular goalie Ryan Lee. Tyler Wilson after an excellent game the night before was out with the flu. Robbie Archambault and a lot of Blyth's horseshoes managed a shutout with a 2-0 score. The Blyth team continued their good passing game and waiting for the right break. Goals were awarded to Matt Anderson and assists went to Nick Courtney and unofficially to Michael Bernard who was very diligent in the corners. Continued on page 13 In the fourth of a best-of-five series, the Brussels Novices were able to stave off elimination by defeating Teeswater on Feb. 24. A goal by Brandon Blake, assist- ed by Joel Hemingway and Robbie McClure took the home team into the second period with the lead. The visitors were able to tie the score half way through the frame until a solo effort by Rachel Elliott with 1:07 remaining, brought the Belmore visited the Belgrave Atoms House League team on Feb. 20, returning home with a loss. Matt Bromley opened the scoring for Belgrave in the second before Justin Campbell added to the tally. Though Belmore fought back tally to 2-1. Blake racked up a second netter at the 14:35 mark of the third, earn- ing the win for Brussels as Teeswa- ter was only able to bulge the twine for one more in the dying minutes of the contest. The series now stands at two wins for Teeswater, one win for Brussels and one tied game. The fifth game was hosted by Brussels on Feb. 28. with one in the second and another in the third, the hometown team took the victory when Campbell popped in his second goal of the game to close out the match at 3-2. Garrett Knight earned an assist. Blyth Atoms beat Bayfield Belgrave Atoms nip Belmore brussels.walton TRAILBLAZERS A clean sweep Heidi McClure, Carmen Bernard and Joanne McDonald work in tandem to move their rock along in this game against Milverton's team at the bonspiel hosted by the Brussels Curling Club on Saturday. Seventy two curlers took part in the day-long event which concluded with a banquet. POKER RALLY WINNERS: 1st - Cheryl Donkersgoed 2nd - Warren Knight 3rd - Ben Greidenus The B-W Trailblazers would like to express sincere appreciation and thanks to the following businesses for their prize donations: Walton Tea Room, Winthrop General Store, McGavin Farm Equipment, CMAC SnowTours, John McKercher Construction Ltd., Vincent Farm Equipment, Brussels Transport, McDonald Home Hardware, George of Brussels, Cardiff and Mulvey, Just for You, Brussels CIBC, Brussels Pharmacy, Little Darlings Hair Studio, Investors Group, Koliman's Polaris, B & K Tire & Battery, J.L. McCutcheon Motors, Don Dalton, Brussels IGA, Brussels Variety, Radford Auto, KMM Farm Drainage, J.R.'s, Brussels Country Inn, The Golden Lantern Restaurant, The Blyth Festival, John Radford, Robert Radford Farm Machinery Repairs, Townsend Tires, Tree Belt Landscaping and Supplies, Todd's Bakery, Thompson Meat Market, Smith Packaging, and Steve Radford Used Tractor Parts. A special "thank you" to everyone who helped in any way to make the Poker Rally a success.