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The Citizen, 2001-01-31, Page 9,KM:35;k4fAi. Achievement Two Brussels power skaters achieved their gold level recently. With Coach Michelle Blake are Ben Gowing, left, and Andrew Van Vliet. (Vicky Bremner photo) THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2001. PAGE 9. Bulletts play strong in tourney The Brussels Bantam Bulletts par- ticipated in the Orangeville tourney Jan. 19 - 21. Their opening match took place at 8 a.m. Saturday against Parkhill. The teams provided great action with the Bulletts dominating much of the play. The Parkhill goaltender frustrated the Brussels shooters as she turned away their shots time and again. Finally in the third Jenn Hopf scored to give the Bulletts the lead. Kristen Palmer and Sarah McDonald assisted on the play. Brussels added the insurance marker as Brittany Campbell was sent in alone and beat the Parkhill net minder with a high wrist shot. Ashley Ritchie and Michelle Cook picked up the assists. Nikki Berfeltz did a super job in the Brussels cage turning away every shot that came her way. The final score was Brussels 2, Parkhill 0. The next game was against a very rugged Kitchener team Saturday afternoon. It was a penalty-filled, tight match. Kitchener opened the scoring late in the first period when the rightwinger took a shot which deflected off a player's skate into the Bullett cage to give Kitchener the early lead. The Bulletts came tiring back and tied the game early in the second frame. Palmer won the draw to the left of the Kitchener net and Hopf backhanded the shot by the Kitchener backstop. The Bulletts mounted a great attack through the remainder of the game but were unable to bust the twine. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. This would put Brussels in second place after round robin play and pit A great team effort and strong play by all members of the Brussels Novices led to a win against Wallace Sunday evening. Though Cody Subject had the first good play on the opponent's net when he broke free of the defence midway through the first period, it was Taylor Prior who opened the scoring. Picking up the puck on a pass from Brianne Wheeler in his own end, Prior raced the length of the ice to score at 6:06. Andrew Watson and Randy Zwep had strong games, narrowly missing on several scoring attempts. Though shut out in the second, Brussels was also able to keep Wallace off the board. Subject and Herbie Runstedler combined on a pretty play early in the third, squeezing an opponent rushing the net. Set up by Brendan Stretton, Subject hit for Brussels sec- ond netter at 12:35 of the middle them against Parkhill, the fifth place team. The Parkhill team and fans were charged up for this 9 p.m. matchup. The squad came with con- stant pressure in the Brussels zone then with less than a second left on the clock in the first period Parkhill squeaked one by Berfeltz in the Bulletts cage. They continued to play a very spir- ited game. The Bulletts, however, took some wind out of their sails when Ritchie beat the goalie on a nice setup by Campbell in the sec- ond. This game went down to the wire with both teams having several good scoring chances. With 1:43 left in the third Cook picked up a loose puck from a mad scramble in front of the Parkhill goal and slapped a hard shot into the Parkhill cage. Ritchie assist- ed on the play which gave Brussels the 2-1 victory. This put the Bulletts into the semi- final and a rematch against Kitchener. The Kitchener squad got a break early and scored with eight minutes left in the first. They added to their lead less than two minutes later to up the lead to two when a player, left alone in front of the Brussels net, picked up a pass and fired it by Berfeltz. Cook, then picked up the puck at the corner of the Kitchener goal and stuffed it by the goaltender. Ritchie and Campbell got the assists. The Bulletts mounted a lot of pres- sure from here on in but were unable to register another goal ending the game 2-1 in Kitchener's favour. Berfeltz was strong once again in the Bulletts cage. Coach Jim McDonald praised his frame, scoring on a short-handed break. Wallace pulled to within one four minutes later when a rebound beat Ryan Smith. Subject tallied his second of the game to reinstate the two-goal lead when he took the pass from Stretton. Brian Burgess added a fourth for Brussels when he pushed the puck in through a scramble in front. Robert Cronin earned the assist. The Blyth PeeWee Bulldogs trav- elled to Clifford for a match on Monday, Jan. 22. The Bulldogs opened the scoring in the first on 'a nice solo effort by Josh Albrechtas. The lead would not hold however as Clifford fired four unanswered goals to take a three-goal lead with them to the dressing room at the end players on a great tournament adding that this was good preparation for the provincial playdown. The Bulletts travelled to Elma Logan on Saturday, Jan. 27 for a reg- ular season match up. Brussels scored midway through the first peri- od on a penalty shot. Rachel Elliott played it perfectly. As the goalie took a dive in an attempt to knock the puck away Elliott side-stepped her and shot the puck in the open cage to give the Bulletts a 1-0 lead. Hopf put the Bulletts up by two in the second, taking the pass from Cook and banking in the shot off an Elma-Logan defender. Elma Logan replied with one of their own to narrow the marker with help from a deflection off the defender's stick and restoring the two-goal lead. Berfeltz was out- standing in goal making several spectacular saves to hold the Bulletts lead. The following day the Bulletts met the Belmore Intermediates in an exhibition match. Once again the Bulletts were the first to bust the twine .with Campbell registering the goal. Cook and McDonald gained the assists. The Belmore squad came back scoring the tying goal before the sec- ond period intermission. The Bulletts, not to be outdone, replied with what would prove to be the win- ner midway through the third. Kristen Palmer took a pass from Elliott and rapped the puck into the open Belmore cage. Coach McDonald was impressed with the energy his team displayed in the third period. Berfeltz had another solid per- formance. Prior came close to notching another when he took a pass from Chris Becker from behind the Wallace net. Smith was steady between the posts, taking advantage of good defensive play by Wheeler, Subject, Runstedler and Joel Wilkinson. Hard work at both ends of the rink by Gavin Bowers and Thomas Johnston helped push the team to the 4-1 victory. of the second period. The Bulldogs were pumped head- ing into the third but were unable to beat the Clifford goalie. With under five minutes remaining Clifford would add two more to end the game with a 6-1 victory. The Bulldogs now will go into group playoffs. Dates and times are yet to be determined. • Thelma Cotton returned home from hospital and Don told me she is doing very well. It is good to have her back at home. Otherwise nothing much hap- pened in Cranbrook last week! However, Frank and Cathy Workman, Gary and Sharon Evans, Jim and Linda Minielly, and John and Marg Saxon had breakfast with John and Nancy Vanass in Seaforth. It was the occasion of John Vanass's 24th birthday and we all wish him many happy returns of the day. And what may I ask is wrong with the restaurants in Cranbrook ? Euchre will be played at the Cranbrook Community Centre on Feb. 2 at 8 pin. The dart evenings are continuing for whomever is interested on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. The financial books of the com- munity centre were audited and approved. As we have some money available we are .going to invest in some better card chairs. Some of the ones we use are getting quite rickety. In February there will be an annu- al meeting to report on the hall busi- ness. The date needs to be set and announced to the public. Discussions were had about the rabbit problem in Cranbrook. Some people in town (and I mention absolutely no names) are feeding carrots to wild rabbits, Some others trap them on their property and then release them in far off locales. Some people curse them for damaging young trees and others hunt them. The fact is there are a lot of rabbits this year. Maybe we could have a Cranbrook citizen rabbit management meeting to work out a Cranbrook rabbit strat- egy and ask the government for money to have a Cranbrook rabbit canning factory to boost the local economy. • Novices down Walton 4-1 Clifford beats Dogs Protecting our natural heritage Jean Fau is a chief park warden for Parks Canada. He and his colleagues protect the plant and animal life in our national parks. They also help Canadians explore and enjoy these special places. This is just one of the hundreds of services provided by the Government of Canada. • For more information on government services: •Visit the Service Canada Access Centre nearest you •Visit www.canada.gc.ca •Call 1 800 0-Canada (1 800 622-6232) TTY/TDD: 1 800 465-7735 Canada"' py, / I