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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-03-11, Page 33Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - Page A33 Welldocumented, well -attended on and off the bench , Photo contributed Mitchell Advocate editor, Andy Bader got his start working for the YCW daily news in 1984. . ANDY BADER - Editor, Mitch- ell Advocate, Former YCW daily reporter . While many NHL-ers got their start on the ice as peewees in Young Canada week, the tournament also served as a catalyst for careers in print. The Young Canada Week Daily News brought inany aspiring reporters to Goderich "It was my first ever experience with reporting," Bader said of his tenure at YCW. "I didn't even know where Goderich was at the tune." A student at Conestoga College, Bader volunteered to come down for the week-long project, setting up shop at the Memorial Arena for the 1984 YCW. "All we had to do was sit and write game reports," he recalled. "There was a makeshift couple of tables up there (at the Memorial) and a few computers as if we were in the press box." At the time, he said the reporters - all journalism students - worked late nights and early mornings capturing each day's hockey high- lights. "I was covering wall-to-wall hockey," he said. "It was cool that I got to sit there and watch hockey and report on it." Graduating in June of the same year, Bader said that one week in the YCW newsroom 25 years ago led to a career in print,ashe'sbeen in the ink ever since. DAVE MERIAM - YCW CHAMP, 1996/YCW referee A familiar figure still on Goderich ice, Pirates' centre Dave Meriam said his team's 1996 YCW victory seems like a long time ago. . However, he said he still recalls the rush of the crowd and the are- na full of hometown fans at every Goderich game. "It was a big thing for us," he said. "It was quite the experience with the old arena being packed." Meriam's victory came after a 16 -year drought for Goderich in the `B' Division • finals, however they sent Walkerton packing and kept Photo by Dominique Milburn Dave Meriam won the 'B' Division trophy in 1996 and today volunteers as a YCW referee. the Reg McGee trophy in home- town hands. "It was quite incredible really," he said. "Especially for the team since they hadn't won since 1980." Meriam said the 1996 peewee team was a talented bunch, with five kids moving on to 'AAA' hockey the year after the win. He said what sticks with him most is the strong support of the community when the home teams take the ice. ' "I always used to remember, even when I worked at the rink, it was always really neat to see the whole town come out to YCW watching the Goderich team play," he said. "Even now you see the community come out. It's big... really good for the kids." Meriam still laces up for Young Canada Week, though he has long -since traded in his peewee jersey for ref's stripes. He said he hopes the Midget Reps well ahead in round robin The Goderich Midget Rep Sailors are are sailing through a WOAA round-robin against Mount Forest and Kincar- dine. Goderich won their first two games against Mount For- est and travelled to Kincardine on Saturday night to play the Kinucks. Book -ending the game was Tyler Million who opened and closed the scoring in a 3-2 final for Goderich. The action was back and forth in the first period with the first whistle not being blown until seven minutes into the game. Million notched the first and only goal of the period as- sisted by Coy Kulich. However Kincardine tied things up on a power play goal in the second period. • Within the first minute of the third, Goderich had three boys in the penalty box. The Sailors did an awesome job of penalty -killing and Shawn Gethke make some spectacular saves. With only a few seconds left before Goderich was back at full force, Kincardine got their second power -play goal of the night putting them ahead by a goal. Kulich tied it up at 2-2 for the end of the second. Once again the third period was back and forth action but Million clenched the deal, scoring on a tough angled shot giving Goderich a 3-2 victory. Goderich will play Kincardine once again to close off the round-robin. Times were unavailable as of press time. - Tweens bring gold home from Niagara Falls What a weekend. What a tournament. Congratulations, The Goderich Tweens captured the gold medal in a 6-3 grudge match against Tillsonburg this past weekend at a Niagara Falls tournament. The division the girls were placed in proved to be very competitive. On Friday night they played Tiillsonbuig and looked like they had things in the bag with a 6-2 lead with just over five minutes left in the game, but Tillsonburg dug in and scored four goals to come away with a 6-6 tie. Saturday they played Caledonia in what was a different game for the Tweens. Caledonia played a unique system that tripped the girls up a bit, but in the end the girls solved the system and won 5-4. Bright and early Sunday morning the girls were facing another new team in Jordan. This was a very fast -paced even game fat ended in a 2-2 tie, putting the girls into the championship..gatne. a few hours latex against Tillsonbutg.. who also advanced to the finals. You could tell from the start of the game that fatigue was not going to take a gold medal away from the girls as they played hard leading 4-1 after the first period. The girls came out scoring just 22 seconds into the second period making it 5-1. However, Tillsonburg came back with two goals to make it 5-3 with just under 10 min- utes to play. Goderich did not want to see a repeat of their previ- ous game with Tillsonburg and took control of the game, playing great defence and waiting for their opportunity to score again. Despite running into penalty trouble, the girls scored short handed to take a 6-3 lead with under eight minutes to go and killed offa five -on -three with under five minutes left that proved to be the clincher. The game ended in a 6-3 gold medal win. Great going girls. You deserved to win this tournament. WEDDINGS CHRISTENINGS . WEDDINGS ALL FAWNS S WUAL SEWS WORE YoU LOCAIXPIC41 OURSINC$00011441X44 Rev. Chris Morgan & Pastor Paula Morgan Qs am perm r d h toe sots kr hal •t'ti) aleat sdudsode* asit*, CALL FORA BROCHURE 8 FEE SCHEDULE (519) 524.5724 GOOERICH O rtendswantpraahn/tor,.ei& not Neve *rpm bads, stave, hey neyHn ALL FAITH: PASTORAL CENTRE WE KEEP R SirLE community comes out Friday night to support not only the rep team but all Goderich's peewee players. Linda Reaume Design Consultant . Bob Smyth Design Consultant Wast Coast kitchens. 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