HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-03-15, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2000. PAGE 7.
1978 Wingham Ironmen capture national title
Some old guys did the area proud
recently.
Members of the 1978 Wingham
Ironmen Jr. C. squad won the
Canadian Adult Recreational Hock
ey World Cup this past weekend in
Vancouver, B.C. The champi
onship was held from March 5-12.
Their first contest was March 6 at
noon against Slovenija Trim 35’s.
They glided to a 9-1 victory. March
8’s match-up was at 7:45 a.m.
against Alberta’s Richmond Almet-
co Vintage Vets whom they edged
4-3.
Friday afternoon they faced-off
against Holm’s Slackhawks from
B.C. It was again a close one, but a
victory nonetheless, as they came
out on top of a 3-2 score.
That put them in first place for
Group two and up against the
fourth-place overall B.C. Zippers in
the semi-final. Holding on to their
edge the veteran Ironmen took this
one 2-1.
Proving that Canucks can still
rule a rink, they skated to a 3-1 fin
ish against Finland’s Kerva Red
Senators in the championship
round.
The 2000 CARHA World Cup is
the largest, most prestigious inter
national adult recreational hockey
tournament of its kind. A total of
135 teams from around the world
competing in 19 divisions were
present.
The special feature game was the
Gillette Challenge Cup, between
the Calgary Flames and the 30th
anniversary Canucks alumni, NHL
retired greats.
Blyth Novices strong in tourney
International champs
The Wingham Ironmen 78 team competed in Vancouver for the CARHA World Cup last
week and won. Back row, from left: Randy Alton, Steve Montgomery, Dennis Knox, Andy
Westberg, Bernie Haines, Jim McGee. Middle: Coach Ray Walker, Mike Montgomery, Rick
Scrimgeour, Cam Cook, Rick Jacklin. Front: Dale Whitfield, Jim Blackwell, Ron Smith, Brad
Humphrey, Brian Bromley.
Blyth Tyke teams face off
The Blyth Purple Tyke team took
on the Blyth White team on
Thursday, March 9.
The Purple Tykes haven’t had a
game for a couple of weeks and
they were chomping at the bit to
face some competition. They got
their wish as these two competent
teams gave the fans a game to
cheer about.
Purple hopped on the scoreboard
first with a shot from Sheldon Reid
that slid past White net minder
Collin Whitfield. Reid scored his
second a couple of shifts later
assisted by accurate passes from
team mates Tyler Middegaal and
Kirby Cook.
Frenzied action from end to end
was noted until sharpshooter Adam
Cronin pulled Whitfield aside and
stuck the puck in the corner.
Passing the puck back and forth
and keeping the White defence
busy Colin Bokhout and Cronin
manoeuvred to keep the activity
fast around the White net.
Tyler Black jumped on a loose
puck and shoved it across the line
to strengthen the lead by four goals.
The White team mustered their
team and shot three fast goals, by
Tyler Stevenson, past Purple
netminder Grant Sparling, who had
so far frustrated the opposing team
by thwarting many attempts.
Sparling curbed further White
rushes with the help of vital
defence work from Matt Chalmers,
Lukas Witherspoon, Aaron Popp
and Mathew Popp.
Cronin sealed the Purple victory
with a final goal assisted by Kayla
Black and Bokhout to retire the
game at a 5-3 score.
Fans enjoyed the well played
game and are looking forward to
some spring break action at a
tournament in Bayfield.
It was a successful weekend for
the Blyth Novice squad when they
travelled to Teeswater for a tourna
ment.
Challenging Clifford in their first
game, Blyth took an early lead,
notching two in the first off the
sticks of Johnathon McDowell and
Tony Bean. Byron Broome and
Curtis Robertson assisted.
Clifford captured the lead in the
second, popping in three fast ones
before Blyth could retaliate.
Bean evened the score before the
buzzer.
Clifford struck first in the third,
but were then held off the board to
allow Blyth to regain the win.
Goals from McDowell, and
Robertson (two) sealed the 6-4 vic
tory. Robertson and Lee Watkins
earned assists.
In their second contest, Blyth slid
by Ripley with a 4-3 score.
Down 3-0 early in the third Blyth
pulled off a tie when Roman
Sturzenegger, Kenny Plunkett and
McDowell netted the puck. Brett
Courtney and Bean assisted.
A goal by Derek Youngblut in
the shootout earned Blyth a spot in
the A final.
Blyth took the championship
game to a shoot out as well after
Plunkett tied the game with just 38
seconds remaining in regulation
and overtime was fruitless. Bean
had scored Blyth’s other two net-
ters.
McDowell scored the winner.
Anthony Peters was unbeatable
in net and Matthew Stevenson,
Claren Yuill and Youngblut were
strong on defence.
Atom Reps win, tie
The Brussels Atom Reps played
Hensall twice this weekend and
came away with a tie and a win.
Friday night, Christopher Jutzi
started the scoring with only 31
seconds left in the first period when
Matt White set him up in front of
the net. Jutzi was there ready for a
pass and tipped it in. With only 12
seconds remaining in the first
period, James Roberts who had
been playing at the top of his game,
took a hard shot at the net on a pass
from Jordan Campbell to score the
second goal.
Hensall got their first goal early
in the second period which was
answered by a Brussels goal five
minutes later. Roberts once again
was waiting at the side of the net
and received a pass from White to
go ahead by two goals.
In the third period, Hensall
scored two goals. They evened the
number of goals scored in the last
second of the game to finish it at
three-all.
Saturday the Atoms team
travelled to Hensall. Doug Schnock
started the scoring by getting two
goals on one shift in the first
period. White set Schnock up for
both goals.
White was on a roll and early in
the second period scored his own
goal on a pass from Schnock. Mere
seconds later, White was waiting
for another opportunity to score
and Cory Chapman set him up with
a pass from the blue line.
Hensall had a chance to score
their* first goal of the game in the
third period. Stephen Ropp took
advantage of a power play when
Jutzi set him up for his first goal of
the day. Hensall scored their last
goal of the game before White
scored his hattrick on a pass from
Campbell.
The final score of the game was 6
- 2 for Brussels.
The next Atom Rep game will be
Wednesday night against Chesley
in Brussels.
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