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er tournament losses
Though the weekend trip to
Howick for a tournament resulted in
two losses for the Brussels Novices,
the team showed good hustle when
they met their opponents.
The opener against Drayton saw
Brussels keeping their challenger off
the board for the first period with
Brussels' shooters thwarted on many
attempts.
Cody Subject was denied early in
the second when he broke through
the defence but the netminder smoth-
ered his shot.
Two quick goals by Drayton gave
PeeWees
edge Tara
The Brussels PeeWees squeaked
out an overtime win in the first play-
off game against Tara, Feb. 4.
In spite of 10 penalties by Brussels
and five by the home team, the
squads managed a 3-2 tally.
Brussels hit first, earning a power
play goal at 12:33 of the second off
the stick of Steven Ropp. The assist
went to Tyler Jutzi. A two-man
advantage a few minutes later led to
Brussels' second netter, popped in by
Phil Wedow with Jutzi earning the
assist.
Tara eked out a tie in the third,
beating the goalie at 5:52 and netting
the game-extender with just four sec-
onds remaining.
Matt McClinchey buried the game
winner at 5:06 of the overtime peri-
od. Matt White assisted.
The PeeWees meet Tara for game
two at home, Feb. 7 (tonight).
Highlanders win
' The Grey Bruce Chapman Ice
Cream Major Atom Highlanders
opened the OMHA playoffs this
weekend with two wins against
Halton.
Game one was Friday night in
Brampton and the Highlanders won
3-2 in overtime. Scoring for Grey
Bruce were Rhys Thomas from
Conor Gill and Todd Hellyer,
Thomas from Derek Widmeyer and
Mitchell Ferguson and, the game
winner in overtime, Jim Hutchinson
from Kevin McArthur.
Game two of the best of five was
played in Chesley on Sunday and
Grey Bruce won 5-3. Scoring for the
Highlanders were Chris Corbett,
Jordan Wright, McArthur and
Widmeyer all unassisted and
Hutchinson from Adam Corbett and
Ferguson.
In net on Friday making great
saves was Sean VanBerdan. Sunday
Colton Routenburg made many awe-
some saves.
Joan Tuchlinsky welcomed every-
one to Duff's United Church on Feb.
4.
Next Sunday's service will start at
1.1:30 a.m. as it is the annual meet-
ing. After the service there would be
a potluck lunch. Everyone is encour-
aged to attend.
The next WUCC will be Feb. 7
and there will be a Valentine's craft
so bring scissors, a ruler and a black
ink pen.
The sermon was called Answering
the call.
In the prayers of the people it was
mentioned that Berva Watson who is
in the hospital. Get well wishes go to
Barry Hoegy as well.
Championship Brussels Consolation
Brussels Tyke Tournament - Feb. 11 th
8'00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Wingham
Seaforth
1:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
Milverton Mini Drives
5:00 p.m. 4'00 p.m.
Milverton Mighty Ducks
10:00 a.m.
Clinton
3:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Mitchell
11:00 a.m.
Blyth
Nasty
Habits
VS
ABC Double D
Gals
Saturday, March 3
0 7:30 p.m.
Blyth Community Centre
Proceeds to arena floor
Sponsored by Blyth Lions Cluifi
Brussels Novices su
them the lead to which they added
another in the third.
Brussels goalie Ryan Smith stoned
Drayton's penalty shot, deflecting it
high over his shoulder.
The opponent added another
From the sidelines
Of skaters
By Hugh Nichol
Last weekend I
had the pleasure of
partaking in three
35-year anniver-
sary par-ties. One
of course was
Super Bowl
XXXV, the second
was a dinner and dance acknowledg-
ing the longevity and success of the
Milverton Senior hockey club and
the third was the Brussels Figure
Skating Carnival, appropriately
named Let's Celebrate.
Of the three I must admit the
Carnival was the most enjoyable, a
tribute to the hours of dedication put
forth by parents, grandparents, exec-
utive, instructors and of course our
local skating talent.
The Brussels Figure Skating Club
was formed in 1963, its inception
coinciding with the installation of
the artificial ice-making plant at the
old Elizabeth Street arena. It was
during this timeframe my own minor
hockey career started and although
we shared facilities I have little rec-
ollection of the figure skating club. I
was of the hockey establishment and
figure skating was a girl thing; we
tolerated but didn't necessarily asso-
ciate.
I remember many a comment on
how figure skating was a waste of
prime time ice, especially as we
impatiently waited for that one lone
skater to finish her pirouetting and
silhouetting before taking to the ice
for hockey practice, a practice that
ironically on many nights had only a
handful of hockey players.
Today the crossover between fig-
ure skating and hockey playing is a
way of life. Following the 1972
Canada-Russia Summit Series,
Canadian hockey coaches became
more receptive to new training tech-
niques realizing that the elements
taught to figure skaters in terms of
balance, power and strength were
key ingredients in professional hock-
before the buzzer for the 4-0 shutout
win.
Moving to the B side of the tour-
nament, Brussels took on Clifford.
Clifford struck quickly and often
with a single player notching four
and hockey
ey. Laura Stamm was one of the first
to gain entry into this world of male
dominance by teaching NHL draft
picks through her International
Power Skating System.
While I have no illusions about my
own hockey career I have occasion-
ally wondered how much farther I
could have advanced had I been
given the benefit of a Laura Stamm.
Stopping the puck was not the prob-
lem, the trek to the goal crease area
was the adventure.
Basically, I was self taught. I
remember learning to cross over by
literally following the curve of the
boards during public skating ses-
sions. To this day I believe my
inability to comfortably cross over to
my right is due to the fact public
skaters continuously move only in a
counter clockwise motion. It wasn't
until years later I learned recovery
from a speed wobble need not to be
painful to both body and pride.
I was never totally ignorant of the
figure skating way of life and
although I have no idea what a triple
salchow is, I do remember how Elvis
Stojko brought a nation to its feet by
successfully completing the first
ever quadruple combination at the
1981 World Championship in
Germany. Today I have evolved to
the point where I allowed my wife to
enroll our boys in the power skating
program and even helped with the
on-ice decorations for their carnival.
And finally the Feb. 9 edition of
The Hockey News has an excellent
article dealing with the NHL's use of
special skill coaches, in this case the
Philadelphia Flyers decision to hire a
full-time _skating coach. One of the
key statements made by instructor
David Roy was dealing with the mis-
conception that the player can't be a
very good skater if Roy is working
with him, when in actuality he is
helping him get even better.
His prize pupil is Keith Primeau
and at 6'4", 210 lbs., who are we to
argue?
goals in the first frame.
After near misses by Brendan
Stretton, Subject and Andrew
Watson, Brussels got on the board
when Evan Ducharme picked up a
Subject rebound. Taylor showed
good work along the blueline to keep
the puck in the Clifford zone.
Brussels drew to within two in the
second when Subject once again set
up Ducharme for the netter. Gavin
Bowers narrowly missed taking the
tally to three when he shot on the net
from the point during a powerplay.
Prior, with the assistance of
Ducharme, did the job at 3:19.
Clifford re-took their two-goal
The Blyth.Purple Tykes played a
visiting Zurich squad this past week-
end and came out on top.
Tyler Stevenson opened the scor-
ing in the first assisted by Trevor
Raynard and John Lecomte. The next
shift saw Blyth goal number two
redirected by Tyler Black, assisted
by Adam Cronin and Kirby Cook.
Stevenson grabbed a loose puck and
floated in his second ringer to close
the first period.
The action was fast and furious for
the first few shifts as the Zurich
goalie fended off numerous scoring
chances. Mathew Popp and Jeff
lead and expanded it to four in the
third before Brussels could get back
in the play.
Stretton topped off Brussels' scor-
ing. Subject got the assist.
Thomas Johnston, Ducharme and
Prior kept good pressure on the net-
minder, but were unable to penetrate
the barrier. Trista Deitner and Chris
Becker couldn't get quite enough
wood on their shots to challenge the
goalie.
Robert Cronin showed strength in
the face-off circle.
Smith played well in net, stopping
many attempts.
The final tally was 8-4.
Plaetzer had several good shots from
the defensive blue line tiring the
goalie and enabling Black to score
again for Blyth, assisted by Cook and
Aaron Popp.
The next shift also rang the bell as
Raynard, assisted by Matt Chalmers,
found Blyth's final goal. Zurich
finally found their way past goalie
Collin Whitfield and scored two
quick goals to end the game at a 5-2
win for Blyth.
The next home game is Saturday
Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. The Tykes are also
in the Brussels tournament on Feb.
11.
MUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST
Huron East Council is seeking applications from the
public to be appointed by Council to serve the
Municipality on various Cemetery, Medical and
Recreation Boards. The Committees will make decisions
on a variety of matters affecting the delivery of the
service and maintenance of the facilities within the
Municipality. These appointments provide residents an
opportunity to volunteer their skills to assist the
Municipality.
Committees Council will be considering for ratepayer
appointments:
Seaforth & District Community Centres
Brussels Morris Grey Community Centre
Vanastra Recreation Centre
Brussels Medical Centre Board
Brussels Cemetery Board
Submit written information by February 12th, 2001 to:
Huron East Municipal Office,
72 Main Street South,
PO Box 610,
Seaforth, Ontario
NOK IWO
For additional information contact the undersigned at
519-527-0160.
J.R. McLachlan
Clerk-Administrator
Blyth Purple Tykes
beat Zurich at home