The Citizen, 1998-02-25, Page 12To the highest bidder
Members of the Blyth Midget Bulldogs, from left, Mike Courtney, Scott Bromley and Mike
Haggitt hang on tightly to some of the treasures going for auction in their fundraising event
set for this weekend. Proceeds help the team on their way for the Montreal Canadian Cup
tournament trip in April.
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PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998.
Blyth Bulldogs boost bucks with benefit
The Blyth Midget Bulldogs'
biggest fundraiser for the Montreal
'Canadian Cup' tournament trip in
early April is set to go this
Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8:30 p.m. at
the Blyth and District Community
Centre.
Their 'Bonjour Montreal' benefit
hockey game is set to face off
between the Blyth Old Stars and
the Bulldogs' Minor Hockey
coaches. Already a war of words is
developing which could turn this
shinny showdown into a bitter ice
battle.
Although neither team divulge
their final lineup or any game
strategy for fear of giving an edge
to their opponent, this much is
certain: the fireworks should erupt
as soon as the first puck is dropped.
The Bulldog coaches will be led
by the Grecian Formula line of Don
'Barney' Stewart, Gary 'PeeWec'
Courtney and Wayne 'Fossil'
McDougall, whose coaching career
pre-dates the present day arena.
Steve Howson, who is leading
the Old Stars into battle, admits
that they are up against a
formidable foe. "Just ask them.
They'll tell you what great players
they are. Most of them are legends
in their own minds!"
When asked to comment on the
Old Stars line-up, Coach
McDougall wondered aloud, "I
have no idea what their roster will
look like, but with a name like Old
Stars, chances are they will be old
and chances are they will see stars
as we skate by them."
The Blyth Midget Bulldogs
finally saw playoff action as they
opened their OMHA semi-final
series in Walpole Island on Sunday,
Feb. 22. When the final penalty had
been called it was the Bulldogs
who overpowered the Walpole
Island Hawks 5-1.
Corey Campbell opened the
game scoring 26 seconds into the
game as he pounced on a loose
puck at the edge of the crease.
Walpole island rebounded to tie the
game just over one minute later but
it was Blyth's game the rest of the
way.
Walpole played most of the game
shorthanded and only a poorly
executed Blyth powerplay kept the
score respectable. Chris Carter and
Steve Oldfield set up the eventual
game winner midway through the
first period as Cory Bragg pinched
in from the point and found the
open net.
Bragg notched another power-
play goal to give the Bulldogs a 3-1
lead with 1:27 remaining in the
period with Oldfield and Darryl
Bromley earning the assists.
Blyth increased their lead to 5-1
with two unanswered second-
period goals including another
man-advantage marker. Darryl
Postma and Mike Ansley set up
Campbell's second goal of the
game midway through the period to
give the Bulldogs a 4-1 lead. Bragg
notched his third point of the game
with 4:39 left in the second as he
set up Mike Haggitt's powerplay
tally.
That ended the game scoring but
the fireworks continued until the
final buzzer. Give the Bulldogs full
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The action continues during the
intermission as Burt Lobb will be
auctioning an impressive array of
autographed collectibles. Featured
will be a Gordie Howe autographed
Northlands hockey stick, Brendan
Shanahan autographed Red Wings
sweater, Mario Lemieux gift set,
NHL Players Association apparel,
team autographed London Knights
game stick and a Mats Sundin
autographed Leafs jersey. Bidders
have been lining up for what should
be the evening's highlight.
The Midget Bulldogs will also be
selling tickets on an assortment of
memorabilia containing auto-
graphed photos and pucks, [-shirts,
hats, sticks, hockey cards,
equipment, books, etc. donated by
many teams and organizations
including the Oilers, Devils,
Canadiens, Blackhawks, WPHL,
CHL, Rawlings, Bauer and the
NHL PA, to name but a few.
Door prizes of tickets to a
Kitchener Rangers game, gift
subscription to the Hockey Digest,
as well as hockey sticks will be
given away.
All proceeds from the evening's
entertainment goes toward the
players' expenses for the upcoming
tournament in Montreal on April 2
- 5.
Coach Chamney added, "The
team encourages the community to
come out on Saturday night and
watch the Bulldogs of the past help
the Bulldogs of the present and
possibly inspire the Bulldogs of the
future. Game time is 8:30 p.m."
marks for showing restraint and
discipline as they watched their
hosts wear a path to the penalty
box, not to mention early showers.
Coach McDougall commented on
the series opening win, "the boys
deserve credit for not retaliating to
the many cheap shots they were
subjected to. The referee did a good
job and she deserves full marks for
keeping the game under control."
Coach Chamney added, "The
Bulldogs. played with discipline
and that looks like it will be the key
to this series. It's not easy for the
boys to take the shots without
retaliating but it's necessary if they
are to be successful."
Game two of the best three out of
five series will be played in Blyth
this Sunday, March 1 at 3:30 p.m.
Walpole Island hosts game three on
Friday, March 6 with Blyth hosting
game four, if necessary, on Sunday,
March 8.
Come out and support your
Midget Bulldogs as they continue
their playoff odyssey.
Volleyballers
advance
F.E. Madill Secondary School
junior and senior girls volleyball
teams won a spot at Huron-Perth
after the finals at Wingham, Tues-
day, Feb. 17.
Both teams faced Goderich Dis-
trict Collegiate Institute for their
first games. Each fought hard and
won three sets to move on to the
Huron-Perth deciding matches.
The juniors played St. Anne's
High School, Clinton, for their sec-
ond and last game and won all
three sets again. The first was 15-3;
second, 15-5 and the third set, 15-
10.
The senior girls met Central
Huron Secondary School, Clinton,
and were in for a major battle-.
Both teams played very strong with
Clinton winning the first set and
Madill winning the second.
With a win under each of their
belts, and with tension mounting,
CHSS struggled to hold on but lost
the deciding match, 15-3.
Madill's strong senior team
played another hard match with
Andrea Hiller, middle blocker,
sending a couple of hard drives into
the opposing team's court to gain a
lead on CHSS. With a substitution
of Lesley Elliott for Denise
Kikkert, Madill with the serve,
along with a great team effort
brought the score to game point
making it 14-5 for Madill. Madill
lost the serve but quickly got it
back to win the set 15-5.
Both the senior and junior teams
advance to Huron Perth on Thurs-
day at Stratford Central High
School.
Midget Bulldogs take
Game 1 in playoffs