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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006. PAGE 9.
Lightning strikes for 2 wins
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Mine!
The nasty turn the weather took in the late night hours of
Friday put some snow on the ground for the snow volleyball
tournament sponsored by the Grey Twp. firefighters on
Saturday. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Local Tykes face off
The Saugeen Maitland AA Midget
girls travelled to Waterloo for a mid-
week game on Thursday, Jan. 19.
Although they had a slow start,
and found themselves down two
goals in the first five minutes, they
fought back to win 3-2. Kendall
Whitfield opened the scoring for the
Lightning after receiving a pass from
Allison Quennell in the last minute
of the first period.
The only goal in the second period
also came off the -stick of Whitfield,
assisted by linemates Quennell and
Carmen Carnochan. The defence
played a much stronger second
period, not allowing any shots on
-net.
Juniof Brook Wheeler, Brussels,
of the Colgate women's ice hockey
team has been named ECAC Hockey
League Goaltender of the Week for
the week ending Jan. 22, it was
announced by the league office Jan.
23.
Wheeler had the game of a
lifetime on Saturday against number
three St. Lawrence when the Raiders
shocked the Saints with a 3-0
shutout.
She made 51 saves, a career-
high, and did not allow a goal
enroute to the biggest upset of the
weekend.
It was Wheeler's first appearance
The Lightning took the lead in the
third period on a goal by a
determined Erin Burns. Brittney
Peters earned the helper.
The Saugeen Maitland girls
outshot Waterloo 31-6.
The girls played two games on
home ice in Howick on the weekend.
On Saturday, the Lightning played
a great game against Stratford,
defeating the , Aces 4-0. Sydney
Brown put up a wall, as she turned
away every shot that came her way.
Peters opened the scoring with a
shot from the blue line. Michelle
Kittel put her name on the score
sheet after receiving a pass from
Laurie Sinclair and Kassie Avery.
between the pipes since the Jan. 7
game against
Harvard.
Her 51 saves
made her
eligible for
Colgate's 50-
Save Club, a
club that had
only two
members:
Rebecca Lahar
('05) and Jen ,„
Buck ('99) of "r:- BROOK WHEELER the Division III
era.
Wheeler was also named the
Quennell dumped one in the net on
a wrap-around shot which was
assisted by Burns. Quennell then
returned the faVour, as she passed the
puck to Burns who scored the fourth
goal.
The outcome was not as
favourable for the Lightning on
Sunday, as the girls had one goal
called back on them and lost 2-1
against the Bluewater Hawks.
Janette Hammell scored the goal for
Saugeen Maitland with the assist
going to Camochan.
The girls will travel lo Sarnia next
Saturday and then return to Howick
on Feb. 4 to -face the Kitchener
Rangers.
ECACHL Goaltender of the
Week on Nov. 7, after going 2-0-0
against Brown (3-0) and Yale
(4-2).
Teammate Sam Hunt (Calgary,
Alta.) earned a spot on the ECACHL
honour roll for her two points over
the weekend. Hunt scored the game-
winning short-handed goal against
the Saints and assisted on the next
goal.
Colgate continues its six-game
road swing with a trip to New
England this weekend. The Raiders
will take on Yale on Friday, Jan. 27 at
7 p.m., and will face Brown on
Saturday, Jan. 28 at 4 p.m.
Wheeler goalie of the week
The Blyth Tyke I team travelled to
Brussels for a Saturday morning
game. Blyth was a little slow off the
bat and let Delayna Smith from
Brussels squeak one past Amy
Boyce, Blyth's netminder. This goal
would go unanswered by Blyth as
Hunter Dale put one in the net for the
Bulldogs.
It was a well-matched game with
no other goals being scored, but lots
of chances by both teams.
The second game of the weekend
There was end-to-end action at the
Blyth Mites hockey game against
Lucknow this weekend.
Drew Van Wyk had a high tally of
goals with five. Other goal scorers
for Blyth were Jared Shearer. and
Carson Richmond.
There Was excellent defense and
net minding by goalie McKayla
Rodgers who had three great saves.
There was strong forward skating
by all but strong goal-tending
prevented any more Blyth goals.
Both Richmond and Shearer were
stopped twice on breakaways.
Good fun was had by all, with
Novices enjoy
Two Blyth Novices scored
hattricks on the way to helping their
team to a 10-3 win over Elma Logan
at home Jan. 19.
The visitors got the scoring started
mid-way through the first period.
Blyth's Dustin Pennington, with a
hand off from Brendan Hallahan,
tied it minutes later. Before the
visitors had time to think about what
happened, Mackenzie Nesbitt passed
to Ashley Higgins who set up the
play for Curtis Raynard to score and
put Blyth ahead. Then with just over
a minute left in the period, Nesbitt
slipped the puck to Pennington who
increased Blyth's lead by two.
Elma Logan cut the lead to one in
the second, before Raynard, assisted
by Pennington gave his team the
edge back. Elma Logan wasn't ready
to hand the game over yet, and with
50 seconds remaining in the period,
pulled back within one.
Blyth owned the third period,
however, shutting down the
homeside while scoring six.
was played on Sunday afternoon
against Listowel. Blyth. played a
good game with lots of chances from
everyone. This was another well-
matched game.
Scoring for Blyth were Samantha
Kerr assisted by Hunter Dale, Drew
Bromley, Justin Rodger and Dale.
Listowel scored six goals making
the score 6-4 for Listowel.
Playing an excellent game
between the pipes was Cody
Treble.
great improvement in skating as the
season goes on.
The second game for the Mites
was against Goderich. Both Blyth
goals were scored by Shearer.
Strong attempts in net were made
by all as the puck seemed to like the
Blyth end of the ice much better.
Everyone took their turn in net as
to try and keep the puck out. Blyth
was stopped on a few breakaways of
their own, but the high scoring
Goderich team worked Blyth's
defense and goalie most of the game.
Great attitudes with lots of fun still
made for smiles by all at the end.
huge victory
Pennington completed his hattrick,
plus one, while Raynard also netted
a hattrick with an unassisted goal.
Other goalscorers were Ashley
Higgins with two and Dustin Treble.
Third-period assists went to Josh
Van Soest with two, Connor Rodger,
Raynard and Pennington.
The final score was 10-3.
Big game for
Peters,
VanWyks
It was a huge night for Alex Peters
and the VanWyk brothers when the
Blyth-Atom Reps took on Wallace
Jan. 16 at home.
Peters started the triple threat's
scoring with an unassisted goal in
the first period.
Wallace put the scare in Blyth
taking a 3-I lead into the second.
Peters, with help from Mike and
Matt VanWyk pulled the hosts
Continued on page 14
Atom
The Blyth Atom Girls played
host to Goderich on Saturday, Jan.
21.
Blyth opened the scoring five
minutes into the game on- an
unassisted goal by Shelsie Popp.
Two-and-a-half minutes later
Blyth scored again when Lexi Smith
picked up the rebound by Popp.
Forwards Courtney Middegaal,
Jordan Teed, Nicole Middegaal,
The Blyth Atoms played in the
Mildmay Broomball Tournament
this past weekend. Mildmay had the
only other Atom team so they played
a two-game playoff.
In the first game, Jordan Deboer
played net. Carlene Bremner and
Brennan Kolkman were good on
defence. Drew Reinink and Curtis
Weber got some good, shots away
but no goals were scored. Near the
end of the game, brother and sister,
Zack and Brooklyn Berwick, teamed
up to score the first goal. Zack
scored another shortly thereafter to
give Blyth a 2 - 1 win.
In the second game, it was pretty
Dynamite
suffers
first
loss
Continued from page 8
After the very tiring game against
Innisfil, the Dynamite met up with
the well-rested Mildmay
Greenhawks. For the first time this
season the Dynamite suffered a loss
of 3-1 and came home with the silver
medal. Scoring the lone goal was
Roetcisoender.
Every player on the Dynamite
team came out and gave it their all
this past weekend and are tcow ready
to head the Junior Provincials on
Feb. 10, 11 and 12.
Kayla Dale and Chloe Middegaal
had many scoring chances due to
their hard work in front of the
opponent's net.
Scoring in the second for
Blyth was Becca Chalmers, assisted
by Popp. The defence of
Mackenzie McGavin and Kelsey
Kerr worked tirelessly keeping the
scoring chances for Goderich at a
minimum.
even again. Late in the game,
Kolkman ran away with the game,
scoring three times each on a
breakaway.
With two wins in two games the
Blyth Atom team brought home the
gold from the Mildmay Tournament.
Goderich put their mark on the
board in the third scoring two goals.-
Then Chalmers scored her second of
the game assisted by Laura Higgins.
With less than three minutes left in
the game Popp scored her second
unassisted goal.
Justine Reid was solid in net for
Blyth.
The next game is Saturday, Jan. 28
in Walkerton.
They travel t) Mildmay, again,
next Sunday, for the final game to
wrap up their season. The following
weekend, there will be a fun
exhibition game when they
challenge their Moms on the ice, at
the end of their final practice.
• Mites play Lucknow
Girls host Goderich
-Atoms get tournament gold