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Tweens take Western Region bronze in ringette
The Goderich Tkveen Ringette
team captured a bronze medal in
the 2009 Western Region Ringette
Tournament this weekend in Strat-
ford, St.Mary's and Mitchell.
This was one of the best games
the girls played all year and the
medal round could have went ei-
ther way. The parents and coaching
staff were very proud of the heart
Juniors end
When Goderich's Junior Ringette
team began the season in October of
2008 they had 11 skaters and a goalie.
When they launched into overtime
at the season ending regional tour-
nament against Seaforth on Sunday,
March 29 at the RBC ice pad in Strat-
ford - they were down to eight skaters
and a goalie.
This fact became too much to over-
, come, and the season tilted in Sea-
forths' favour.
Goderich began the tournament
with two losses - the first to London
Lynx and the second to Exeter. This
did not deter the ladies and Saturday
night they tied their nemesis from the
entire year, Seaforth, 6-6.
and determination the girls showed
throughout the game.
The girls started off the tourna-
ment on Friday night with an im-
pressive 11-1 win over Kitchener.
Next up on Saturday Morning was
Elora -Fergus. The girls started this
game the way they finished Friday
night with a 4-0 lead after the first
period and skated away with a 6-3
win.
This set up a showdown with a
strong Owen Sound squad on Sat-
urday night. A win put the girls in
the gold medal game, a loss - the
bronze medal game.
Unfortunately the girls came up
short in a 7-6 loss.
That put them against Tillsonburg
Sunday morning for the bronze
That result left the bronze medal
game to be decided with Seaforth on
Sunday afternoon. In what can only
be described as a gutsy and tena-
cious effort, the two teams battled to
a four -all tie at the end of regulation.
It seemed only fitting that the teams
that were so evenly matched though -
out the season needed 15 minutes of
sudden death overtime to decide who
departed with the medal.
As already mentioned, the Goder-
ich bench was severely depleted with
three players unable to participate,
however both teams traded incredible
scoring chances and caused many a
spectator and parent to convulse and
cheer in the span of mere seconds.
medal game. Owen Sound went on
to win the gold medal game against
Mitchell 6-2. The bronze medal
game Sunday was a see -saw battle
and it was evident that Tillsonburg
wasn't going to just hand over the
Over 12 minutes of non-stop action
at both ends of the rink halted when
Seaforth fired a shot into the Goder-
ich net. Ladies and gentlemen, boys
and girls, it was a heart -breaker sec-
ond to none.
Despite the end of the season, the
Juniors ended the year with many
positive achievements. The team
ended off with a respectable fourth
in the Huron -Perth standings, won
a gold medal in the Exeter tourna-
ment, galvanized an incomparable
team spirit and created new bonds of
friendship.
Congratulations on a great season
ladies - take that "never give up" at-
titude everywhere you go !
Pirates looking to building '09-'10 team
Denny Scott
signal -star staff
The Goderich Pirates play-off drive ended on March
14 with a fourth loss to the Lucan-Ilderton Jets.
_Te . Pirates raninto a streak of bad luck according
to GM Trevor Bazinet, as they had to face the two top -
seeded teams in their division back-to-back in the play-
offs.
"We played the number one seeded team league and
the number two seeded team in the league," Bazinet
explained. "Lucan is walking through everyone now,
they beat Exeter four straight and is waiting for the
Lucknow-Durham' series, and I don't think they'll have
any trouble against either of those two teams."
Bazinet feels that, although the results seem negative,
the Pirates played great hockey for the majority of their
playoff run.
"In the nine games we played we may-
be didn't play well in two games," he said.
"Three of those nine games went to OT and
we ended up on the bad end of them."
Next year's Pirates will hopefully look
familiar, Bazinet said, stating that winning
teams are teams that have spent a few sea-
sons together.
"We know we're probably going to lose
a couple guys," he said. "It seems to be our
downfall, we keep losing guys and we're re-
building that team every year."
The team's chances for building a champi-
onship bench are hampered by development
of potential players, according to Bazinet.
The local Junior 'C' team, the Sailors, bring
in players from other centres, which makes it
hard to retain them as Goderich players.
Players who come to be a part of the Sailors
that are from centres like Lucknow or Clin-
ton will leave afterwards to join the Senior 'A'
teams in their own town, hurting the pool of
available players.
Bazinet also said that the team wants to re-
main as local as possible, because that's what
the fans want.
Coaching and staffing will remain the
same, but a few executive members are stepping down,
so those spots will be open.
"Anyone who is interested in helping us out, in the
executive or otherwise, can contact me," Bazinet said.
Current standings have Saugeen Shores, first -seeded
in the North Division, and Shelburne, third -seeded in
the North, fighting for a Senior 'AA' finals slot. Saugeen
Shores is leading the series 3-1.
Competing for the other Senior 'AA' final slot is Tav-
istock and Petrolia, who are tied, at two games each.
In Senior 'A' trophy action, second -seeded Lucan has
skated past sixth -seeded Exeter in 4 quick games, and is
waiting for Lucknow and Durham to finish their series
to determine the championship match up.
Lucknow currently leads the series 3-1. Senior 'B' -
champions Milverton beat out Shallow Lake in six
games last week.
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medal without a fight.
Tillsonburg played their strongest
game of the year against the girls,
but the Goderich girls prevailed in a
5-4 win to capture the bronze. Con-
gratulations, Tweens.
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