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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-12-08, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005. PAGE 11. Juveniles elaim consolation Hockey night It was game on as the Brussels Midgets took on Mitchell on home ice for league play last Friday night. (Vicky Bremner photo) Ironmen win 10-1 By Andrew Smith Wingham Advance Times The Ironmen took a double-digit ride over the Goderich Sailors with a 10-1 victory Friday night at home. Wingham started the game strong even while killing two penalties, giving up only two shots and Mitch Wiebenga working for a shorthanded chance. Wingham’s own powerplay drew a few shots, but it wasn’t until after that a shot by Derek Beare off the post was picked up on the other side by Mitch Allen for the opening goal. The Sailors got lucky on their only goal of the game, as a loose puck escaped the glove of Kurt Edwards in net, letting Brock Gooyers chip it in. Coming down to the last minutes of the period, another Goderich penalty gave Wingham the extra man. Again, the Ironmen waited until after the powerplay to score, as Matt MacPhee sent a slapshot right past goalie Dan Armstrong. The Ironmen had an instant 3-1 lead 10 seconds later on a goal from Billy McGrail from the face-off to end the period on top. Coach Louie Livingston remains grateful for signing McGrail in October. “He gets to the puck so quick, he’s been a good acquisition,” Livingston said. Finding themselves in a scoring groove, Matt Hill added another for the Ironmen 30 seconds into the second period. Wingham goals were starting to become common-place, as two minutes later, Andy Cline helped the Ironmen reach a 5-1 lead. Even though Goderich was keeping pace with Wingham’s shots, Edwards was standing between them and the net. Sailor Kyle Stephenson was stood up by Edwards at the net on a break, dragging him down along with any chance of Goderich scoring. With seconds left on the clock, Joel Riley was just a hair of adding tallying one last Ironmen goal, sending a ringer off the post. Staying out of the penalty box wasn’t the answer the Sailors were looking for, not even able to capitalize on their own powerplays. Conversely, the third period saw the most Ironmen goals of the game with four, including a shorthanded Justin Russell marker. The victory came even though the Continued on page 12 The Wingham Juveniles won the consolation championship in the Greg Dietz Memorial Juvenile hockey tournament in Mildmay this past weekend. The first game of the series pitted the team against Walkerton which they beat 3-0. Adam MacDonald, Paul Gamiss and Cory MacDonald were the goalscorers with Xavier O’Krafka, Greg Tiffin, Cory MacDonald, Adam MacDonald and Brendan Blake, (two), chipping in with assists. Jamael Jacklin earned the shutout in the net. The second game was against Howick. The game ended in a 2-2 tie with Howick scoring the equalizer with 20.8 seconds left in the third period. C. and A. MacDonald, each Bantam Gamblers take a loss On Saturday the Blyth Bantam Girl Gamblers broomball team played against Palmerston at the Clinton arena. There are two Bantam girl teams in Blyth this year which means a lot more first-year players. The girls have been practising hard and are just starting to form into a team. Courtney Bos has taken over in net. So far, the Gamblers have beaten the other Blyth team, then tied them, then in a third game, lost to Seaforth 1-0 in overtime. The girls were pretty evenly matched against Palmerston, but saw few scoring opportunities in the first half. Palmerston took advantage of a sloppy Blyth line change to go ahead in the first half. Again in the second half, during a Blyth line change, Palmerston broke out to go down and score again. Near the end of the game, Blyth started to create some scoring chances with Niki Beyersbergen, Karly Howard and Aislinn Bremner getting some shots away, with the defence of Correena Otten and Maaike Van Hittersum holding the ball in, to keep the pressure on. Finally, in the last minute of play scored with the former also earning an assist. Other assists went to Pat Rushton and Brendan Blake with two. On Sunday morning Thedford provided the opposition. Wingham trailed 4-1 at one point but chipped away at the lead and ended up with a 6-5 victory. Scoring for Wingham were Gamiss, Blake, A. MacDonald and C. MacDonald with a hattrick. Assists were earned by Kris MacDonald two, O’Krafka, Tate Stephenson, two, Tiffin and Blake, two. The consolation pitted Wingham against the tournament host Mildmay. Mildmay had also defeated Wingham the previous weekend to earn the right to move on to International Silver Stick. another opportunity. The girls were disappointed with the loss but satisfied that they were able to break the Palmerston shutout. Otten got a pass up to Howard, who fired it past the Palmerston goalie. With 35 seconds left, Blyth pulled their goalie but wasn’t able to create MEN'S WORK & CASUAL WEAR Open Sunday - Dec. 11, 18-12-4 p.m. Open Weeknights Beginning Dec. 15th till 8 p. 180 Josephine St., Winchnm 357-4503 Christmas ^Shopping Made Easy • Coveralls - Lined & Regular • Flannel Shirts • Work Jackets & Parkas • Work Pants & Jeans • Winter Underwear P/Ut Ttn the « ■ Carithrfi Playing in front of a large hometown crowd, Wingham would score the first goal of the game 7:08 into the second period as K. MacDonald would score a power­ play goal with help from A. MacDonald. C. MacDonald would make it 2-0, minutes into the third period on an unassisted marker. Mildmay scored then the last five minutes were a pressure cooker for the Wingham team. Wingham withheld the onslaught and sealed the victory with an empty net goal by O’Krafka with Adam Skinn earning the assist. Wingham plays in Arthur on Friday night and in Clifford on Saturday night. The next home game is Dec. 23 against Listowel.