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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-03-13, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY MARCH 13,1996 Mtv - 2 on I Members of the Brussels Atoms shadow a Walkerton player as he moves the puck into the home end in this game at the BMG arena, Friday night. The two teams were competing in the B Division of the annual Brussels Optimist tournament. Brussels, who played in the C tournament last weekend, filled in during the B competition to replace a team from Wingham Atoms earn 2 playoff victories SPRING TOUR `97 Great deals are headed your way. The biggest snowmobile tour in North America is coming your way, featuring the awesome new '97 Ski-Doo snowmobiles plus great Spring Break savings! See all the new sleds, then get up to $400 cash toward your favourite '97 model, with guaranteed delivery and financing that lets you pay nothing in interest or monthly payments until February 1, 1997 if you put $300 down now! Ask your Ski-Doo Dealer for details on Spring Tour '97 Consumer Show, March 19 & 20. Call for details. ski-don BOMBARDIER IMF ENGINEERED FOR THE WAY '1111111E: VVINGIRAM 357-3435 BLYTH MINOR HOCKEY MARCH DRAW WINNERS Sparling's Propane - propane barbeque - Jack & Elva Armstrong Grand View Restaurant - $100 gas voucher - Jack Lee ,Sports 2 weekend wins propel Crusaders to series lead The Brussels Atoms Houseleaguc team outscored their opponents 17- 4 in two round-robin playoff games last week. Zurich came to town March 5, hoping to even the playoff points after Brussels had taken the victory in the first contest. It was not to be as Brussels came out shooting in the second after a scoreless first period. Quickly racking up a 6-1 lead in the middle frame, Brussels goals were scored by Tyler Campbell, Brandon Dixon (three), Jeff Linton and Kyle Stephenson. Assists were earned by Campbell (three), Linton, Sean Hoegy (two), Devon Blake and Matthew Clark- son. The team would not let up as they took the lead to 7-2 with only 4:19 left in the third. The final three netters were tallied in the last 2:30 of the match. Third period goals were notched by Campbell, Clarkson, Linton and Joel Hemingway. Clarkson, Linton, Brittany Kellington and Jimmy Franken The Blyth Juveniles split two OMHA playoff games against Cayuga last week and in doing so, had an emotional end to their season. On Friday, they travelled to Cayuga and handed the home side a 4-1 defeat. Mike Heffron scored a pair of goals for Blyth, with singles going to Greg Toll and Tim Lyons. Assists went to Mike Bromley, Brad Mulvey and Kurt Kumm. Coach Neil Salverda commended assisted in the four goal assault. Two days later, the Brussels squad travelled to Monkton to bat- tle Elma-Logan in their first match up in round-robin play. Linton scored early to take the team into the second frame with a lead. He was assisted by Campbell and Hoegy. Elma-Logan tied the game at 6:52 of the second, spurring Brus- sels to an outburst of scoring. The visitors retaliated with five in quick succession. Points were earned by Stephen- son (two), Campbell, Hemingway and Linton. Assisting on the plays were Hoegy (two), Kellington, Dixon, Daniel Cameron, Blake and Linton. Elma-Logan was able to slide one more past goalie Brooklyn Wheeler before she closed the door. Campbell and Hemingway com- bined for a final netter early in the third to close out the scoring at 7-2 for Brussels. Brussels Atoms played their final round-robin game against Elma- Logan Tuesday. his players for their disciplined play, stating that the second half of the game was very rough. With the teams tied 7-7 in points, the series moved to Sunday for the deciding eighth game. The Blyth squad started /slowly, and allowed Cayuga to jump to 4-1 and 5-2 leads. However, the home side picked up their play in the final period and scored two goals to close the gap to 5-4. Unfortunately, the comeback They then advanced to the finals against Stephen Twp. Brussels Atoms players also competed in the Optimists tourna- ment on the weekend. With 16 teams travelling from as far away as Bancroft, this week and 14 teams last week, the event was a great success, says Optimists Tour- nament Chair George Langlois. The 'B' champions were Ridge- way as they defeated Walkerton 2- 0. In the 'B' consolation final, Cambridge Hawks took Minto Twp. 3-2. The 'C' championship will be decided March 17, beginning at 10 a.m., when seven teams return to town, says Langlois. It was stormed out a week ago. An added feature to this year's event was a skills competition which was the highlight of the tour- nament for many, he says. "It took the edge off the games and allowed the players and fans to have a lot of fun." The Listowel squad won the skills contest. came up short. Blyth threatened to tie the game with a very close play in the dying minutes, but the Cayuga defense held and cemented the victory. Mulvey scored a pair of goals for Blyth with singles going to Heffron and Chris Howson. Assists were awarded to Heffron, Mike Salverda and Chris Stewart. Coach Salverda said the series was an emotional drain for himself Continued on page 11 The Brussels Crusaders won two of three games played on the weekend and hold a 3-2 lead in their semi-final series. Game six is in Brussels Saturday night at 7:30 with game seven scheduled for Wiarton Sunday afternoon. Friday night in Wiarton the Redmen scored shorthanded with half a second showing on the clock for an 8-7 win. Brian Campbell enjoyed a one goal, four assist game, with Ron Strome and Steve Fritz scoring two each. Singles were scored by Tim Fritz and Brent Vandenakker. Wiarton took an early 3-0 lead, and led 5-3 after two periods. The Crusaders scored three to open the third, gave up two in 11 seconds, then tied the game with four minutes remaining. Saturday in Lucknow the Crusaders scored five unanswered second period goals, including four in the last five minutes of play, enroute to a 9-2 win. Trailing 1-0, Rick -Boon tied the score with 55 seconds remaining in the first period. Dean Wheeler with three, Steve Fritz and J.C. Hewitt scored in the second with Campbell, Dwaine Nicholls and Mike MacKay completing the Crusader scoring. Sunday, the Crusaders broke the home ice domination with an 8-5 win in Wiarton. Phil Livermore led the Crusaders with a one goal, four assist game. Steve Fritz and Vandenakker scored two each with Corey McKee, Hewitt, and Campbell adding singles. Wiarton led 4-3 after 20 minutes, but gave up three in the second and two more in the third before completing the scoring with seconds remaining. Pat Cronin gave the Crusaders playoff goaltending in the two wins while Jay Evershed took the loss Friday night. In other semi-final action the Ripley Wolves hold a 3-1 series lead over the Clinton Radar. Blyth Juvies lose heartbreaker