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Bulls play Patriots in 1st round
Sunday afternoon in Clifford is
where the Bulls finished their
regular season schedule with a 5 - 4
loss to the Mt. Forest Patriots. If
the Bulls won, they would face the
Hanover Barons in the first round
and a loss meant they would face
Mt. Forest.
The Patriots scored three in the
first and added one in the second
before the Bulls finally got on t he
board. Dan Williams scored on a
power-play, assisted by Gary
Staples at 7:49 of the second, then
the Bulls added another at 2:31 also
on a power-play when Steve
Henderson scored assisted by Dan
Sinclair and Grant Jarvis.
The Patriots took a 4-2 lead into
the third period which soon became
5 - 2 until late in the third when
Josh Alexander scored assisted by
Ryan Wright at the 2:38 mark.
With Mike DeJong pulled in
favour of the extra attacker, the
Bulls came to within one when
Wright scored assisted by Sinclair
with one second on the clock to end
the game.
Rough week for Blyth Novices
It was a rough week for the Blyth
Novices, being outscored 12-4 by
two opponents.
Milverton visited, Jan. 23, ready
to play.
Though Blyth got on the board
first, Milverton quickly retaliated,
taking a 2-1 lead into the second.
Darren Austin scored Bly th's*-first
goal.
Milverton notched one in the sec
ond before the squads traded goals
in the third.
Austin scored, with the assistance
of Luke Anderson, and Brett Bean
also added to the tally.
The final numbers were 5-3 for
Milverton.
Blyth Ladies see-saw to win
It was a seesaw battle for the
Blyth Senior Ladies’ hockey team
when Wingham came to town Jan.
26.
Blyth got on the board first
thanks to a solo effort from Shan
non Ward.
Wingham evened the score four
minutes later, taking the squads
into the second at 1-1.
Amanda Anderson, assisted by
Jen Black, scored the only netter of
the frame.
Blyth Tykes nip
Blyth Tykes managed to nip
Clinton when they faced off Jan. 20
in Blyth.
Brittany Peters and Kendall
Whitfield combined for the first
two goals of the contest, at 9:55
and 9:20 of the first. Each player
scored one and assisted on the
other.
Trevor McArter also earned an
assist.
Clinton drew within one before
the end of the frame, then evened
the score at 11:27 of the second
period. The opponents went ahead
3-2 before Blyth was able to get the
puck past the goalie.
On her first goal of the season,
BULLS NOTES: The Western Jr.
Cawards banquet was last Saturday
night in Hanover with Alexander
coming home with the league's Top
Defenseman Honours as well as
being selected to first team all-star
defense. Congratulations Josh!
The next game for the Bulls will
be the first game of the first round
of playoffs against the Mt. Forest
Patriots this weekend in Mt. Forest
on Friday night at 8:30 p.m. If
Sunday's game is any indication the
Patriots are in for a rough and
tough series against the Bulls.
The next home game will be on
Sunday, Feb. 2 for game number
two, so be sure to come out
Groundhog Day to watch the Bulls
make like groundhogs and bury the
Patriots.
Western Jr. C. playoff matchups
- Kincardine finishes first, first
round bye; Wingham finishes
second, plays seventh place
Wiarton; Mt. Forest finishes third,
plays sixth place Brussels; Hanover
finishes fourth, plays fifth place
Walkerton.
"Jeffrey Elliott had a great game
in goal," said Coach Steve Cook,
"and the total team effort displayed
by each player made for a very
entertaining match."
The end result was no more
pleasant when the squad travelled
to Zurich, Jan. 26.
Blyth was able to put only one
shot past the netminder while
Zurich blasted in seven.
Kyle Nixon got the lone Blyth
goal. Austin and Anderson earned
assists.
"Elliott had another outstanding
game between the pipes," said
Cook, "stopping many Zurich
chances with amazing blocker and
glove saves."
Wingham struck first in the final
period, again tieing the score.
Blyth broke out, pulling ahead by
two when Ward and Anderson
scored 30 seconds apart. Marci Bie-
man assisted on the third goal.
Blyth defense held off the attack,
allowing Wingham only one more
across the line before the final
buzzer.
The home team earned a 4-3 vic
tory.
from Clinton
Heather Schmidt, assisted by Devin
Jenkins tied the game at 6:43 of the
middle period.
Jonathon McDowell popped in
the tie-breaker with three and a half
minutes remaining in the frame.
Whitfield earned the assist.
Joel Salverda stood between the
posts for Blyth.
Atoms lose
Brussels Atoms were unable to
hold an early lead against Hcnsall,
Jan. 24, and had to settle for a tie.
Brussels notched the only goal in
the first period off the stick of
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Heads up!
The puck goes sailing over the top of the Lucknow Juveniles’ goalie, who missed it, but
caught a break this time. This contest, the first in a series of seven with the Blyth Juvies
was played in Blyth on Sunday. It proved to be a fight to the finish with Lucknow coming out
just on top.
Blyth Juvies down by 1
The Blyth Juveniles have been,
reclassified for playoff action and
now move up to play 'C' division
teams.
Their first series started on
Sunday with Lucknow, a team they
were one-and-one with during
regular season. The series is best of
seven with Blyth getting the extra
home game.
The first game was a close affair
all the way with Lucknow coming
out scoring first at 7:23 of first
period. Just 22 seconds later Mike
Salverda scored unassisted from the
Wolves
take bite out
of Crusaders
The Ripley Wolves scored three
times in three minutes early in the
second period for an eventual 6-2
win over the visiting Brussels
Crusaders Friday night.
Dan McCormick with two, Kevin
Stewart, Mike Fair, Mitch Twolan,
and Sean Burton scored for Ripley
while Greg Mulvey and Brian
Campbell replied for Brussels.
The teams were tied at one after
20 minutes with Ripley holding a
4-1 lead with one period remaining.
Sunday the Crusaders were
forced to cancel their Wiarton trip
due to a shortage of players.
Wiarton has the option of accepting
the two points or rescheduling the
game.
The Crusaders are in Goderich
Friday at 8:30 p.m. and travel to
Shelburne Saturday.
faceoff to tie the score. At 5:35
Lucknow scored to take a 2-1 lead.
With 13:14 left in the second
period Shawn Gedcke scored to tie
the score once more only to have
Lucknow score at 7:49 to take the
lead into the dressing room for the
third period.
At 18:55 Lucknow scored to take
a two-goal lead for the first lime in
the game, only to have Blyth come
storming back to tie the score with
goals by Nathan Loder, assisted by
Brian Currie at 14:10 and by Chris
Stewart, assisted by Salverda and
PLAYOFFS
BRUSSELS BULLS
VS
MT. FOREST PATRIOTS
2:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 2,1997
Brussels, Morris & Grey
Community Centre
Game Sponsor:
Ben Craig at 13:29.
Once more Lucknow came back
to score two more goals at 11:34
and 10:04 setting the scene for
Blyth to do some real work to get
back into the game. At 2:03
Stewart scored, assisted by Mark
Johnston. This meant a great finish
ahead, but Lucknow scored into an
empty net with seconds left to take
home the game-one victory.
The next game is set for
Lucknow Saturday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m.
with its third game back in Blyth
on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 3 p.m.
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