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All the digging for the puck they could muster wasn't good enough to save the Bulls on
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by two games in this important playoff series missing Friday night's win by one.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1995. PAGE 13.
Brussels Bulls suffer 7-2 thumping, down 2 games
Forest was a barn burner and the Brian Zabel and Nate Bender
Bulls missed a great, chance to steal then added powerplay goals to even
the opener coming up just short .the score heading into the third.
losing 5 - 4. The Patriots jumped The Bulls looked like they had a
out to a 3-0 lead before the Bulls chance to win when Mustard made
got on the board seven minutes into a diving pass to Greg McNevan,
the second on a goal by Sheldon who potted the go ahead goal with
Mustard. just over five minutes to play. But
The Brussels Bulls opened the
Western Junior 'C' finals on the
weekend as big underdogs and if
their bark is not soon replaced with
some bite the series will be over in
a hurry.
The opener Friday night in Mt.
Wallace Twp. eliminated the
Blyth Novice team in game four of
the first round of playoffs, which
dropped Blyth into the B division
against Bayfield.
This series began at home on
Saturday, Feb. 25 for Blyth,
although Bayfield won the flip.
Unfortunately, Kyle Courtney and
Jamie Stephenson led Bayfield's
attack with two goals each, and
Taylor Le Blanc scored once.
Blyth was able to put the puck
past goalie Matt Chapman only
three times, as Kirk Stewart, Cole
Stewart and Micah Loder scored to
end game one with a 5-3 loss for
Blyth.
Game two took place the next
day on Sunday, Feb. 26 at Bayfield.
The flu epidemic hit some Blyth
players hard, and four members
were out for the game. However,
the remaining squad worked
diligently and put forth an excellent
effort to record a 6 2 victory.
On Saturday, Feb. 25, the
Brussels Curling Club hosted a
mixed bonspiel. There were 72
curlers participating.
On the 9:30 a.m. draw the
winning teams were: first, 45.75
points, Orval Bauer, Elaine Wicke,
George Wicke and Ruth Bauer;
second, 37.25 points, Heather
Blake, David Lcwington, Lisa
Blake and Jeff Lcwington; third,
35.5 points, Jo-Ann McDonald,
Carmen Bernard, Heidi McClure
and Bill Shortreed; fourth, 35
points, Valerie Shortreed, Fred
McClure, Mary Bernard, Rick
McDonald and Ken McDonald,'
fifth, 32.75 points, Bill Young,
Jeanette Young, Bill Dowd and
Jeanne Baillie; sixth, 31.5 points,
Jim Johnston, Wendy MacDonald,
Pete Excl and Sarah Exel; seventh,
24 points, Abe Versteeg, Bill
Darell, Janet Ireland and Vicki
Seward; eighth, 17.25 points, Jon
Michael Bean achieved the hat
trick, followed by two goals by
Cole Stewart and a single by Kirk
Stewart.
Neil Salverda supplied three
assists for his team, while Eric
Jarrett had a stellar game in net for
Blyth and allowed only one goal
back from Courtney and
Stephenson.
Game three was in Bayfield on
Wednesday, March 1. Bayfield's
offense was on again as Stephenson
and Courtney scored their only
goals. Blyth -esponded with the
Stewart boys performing, with Cole
scoring twice and Kirk once, as
they also assisted on each other's
goals, as well as an assist from
Taylor Hesselwood. This was
another close game in this evenly-
matched series, and the game
winning goal came with only one
minute and 35 seconds remaining.
Blyth had an opportunity to take
Hamilton, Steve Westman, Cheryl
Scott and Judy Hamilton; ninth,
Tami MacDonald, Debbie
Versteeg, Bill Ireland and Amanda
Ireland; tenth, George Zwep, Jane
Zwep, Dan Thompson and Cathy
Thompson.
Those teams on the 11 a.m. draw
were: first, 44 points; Mervyn
Bauer, Marg Taylor, Kim Lorimer
and Donna Bauer; second, 36
points with a plus of 12, Mike
Alexander, Velma Locking, Steve
Stciss and Madelene Steiss; third,
36 points with a plus of 7, Brad
Speiran, Jim Patterson, Pauline
Patterson, Bill Quipp and Donna
Quipp; fourth, 33.75 points, Brian
Alexander, Nancy Phillips, John
Morton and Mamie Simpson; fifth,
24 points, Al Dobson, Barb
Dobson, Fred Smith and Sandy
Smith; sixth, 23 points, Walter
Bosch. Martha Bosch, Bruce Hahn
and Dianne Hahn; seventh, 18.75
the series in game four at home on
March 2, however Bayfield pulled
the upset and won 4-3 in overtime.
Penalties hurt the home team as
they played eight minutes short-
handed compared to Bayfield's two
minute deficit.
Again, Cole Stewart led Blyth's
offensive with two goals and
Michael Bean slid in one.
Bayfield's Mike Wise, Stephenson
and Courtney scored.
The fmal game took place March
4 in Bayfield Blyth pulled ahead in
the first two periods with goals ,
from Micah Loder, Michael Bean
and two from Cole Stewart.
However, Bayfield fought back and
made the game tense by Courtney '
scoring in the second and Le Blanc
and Stephenson adding two more in
the third.
The final buzzer rang with a
Blyth victory, 4-3. This puts Blyt:i
into another series against either
Ripley or Clifford.
points, Bill Patterson, Sandy,
Rathwell-Bennewies, Wayne
Bennewies and Fran Smith; eighth,
Bill Weir, Norma Weir, Paul Weir
and Debbie McIntyre.
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17 seconds later Pete Mulder took a
holding penalty and the Patriots
took advantage with a quick
powerplay goal and regained the
momentum.
Viith 2:41 to play Patriots' rookie
Curtis Pinder broke in on the left
side and hammered a slapshot by
goalie Ryan Fisk. Fisk probably
would have made that save but he
had hurt his ankle earlier in the
period and put on a heroic display
to remain in the game. Doctors
later diagnosed a stretched ligament
in the ankle forcing Fisk from the
lineup Sunday and maybe for the
rest of the series.
"That really hurt," said a dejected
Bulls Coach Scott Pettigrew. "We
battled hard but that penalty that
led to the tieing goal was a huge
mistake that you can not afford to
make against a team like Mt.
Forest.
The Bulls have likely lost second
year defenceman Zack Smith for
the rest of the season. He injured
his knee when he slid into the goal
post during a rush in the third
period.
Sunday afternoon in Brussels the
best crowd of the year was on hand
for game two and the players
should have been paying them to
watch. A lack of discipline led to a
steady stream of penalties which
Mt. Forest took full advantage of,
Coach Pettigrew said, scoring five
times with the man advantage. "Mt.
Forest cruised to 7-2 win and the
Bulls were lucky it didn't reach
double figures," he said.
Greg McNevan and Pete Mulder
scored the goals fbr Brussels.
Coach Pettigrew admits he is
worried, "We had too many players
not ready to compete today and
when the going got tough we
folded up like a cheap lawn chair."
Game three in the best of seven
affair is Friday night in Mt. Forest
and then the two clubs return to
Brussels Saturday night at 9. Game
five, if necessary, is Sunday
afternoon in Mt. Forest at 1:30.
Blyth Novices lose to Wallace
72 curlers compete in bonspiel