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The Goderich Signal -Star
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Photo by Gerard Creces
Pirates Dave Meriam (front) and Mark Duckworth take the first face-off of regular
season against the Clinton Radars Saturday at the Memorial Arena.
Pirates take home opener
against Clinton Radars
The Goderich Pirates started the season
on a winning note beating the Clinton Ra-
dars 5-4 in front of packed crowd at the
Memorial Arena Saturday night.
The Pirates came out flying, scoring ► wo
,goals in the first five minutes of the game
but the Radars evened up the score with a
pair of their own, ending the first period
2-2. Goal scorers for the Pirates were fan
Gould assisted by Dillon Stokes and Dave
Meriam assisted by Sean Burton.
The second period played out the same
as the first, with both teams scoring a pair
of goals. Goderich markers were put in
by Stokes assisted by Scott Jamieson and
Matt MacPhee and Dave Little assisted by
Curtis Muxlow.
The third period was back -and -forth
with the Pirates outshooting the Radars 17-
16. That one extra shot in the third made all
the difference with Little getting the game
winner and his second goal of the night.
Asissting on the goal was Stokes with his
third point of the night and Mike Gillen.
Getting the win in net was Brad Powell
who stopped 41 of the 45 shots he faced.
Up next for the Pirates are the new
and improved Thedford Dirty Dogs, who
beat Milverton the same night. The game
against Thedford is Friday October 16 at
the MRC for a 8:30 p.m. puck drop.
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Photos by Gerard Creces and Denny Scott
All for sport, _
At top, kids follow the'Tim Hoton's blimp as it drops 'a payload of prizes
October 10 at the Junior 'C' Sailors game. Middle, all eyes are on Rachel
Sowerby as she lines up a three-point shot. More on the Vikings on page 25.
Bottom, Sailors captain Scott Miller assesses the situation in front of the
Ironmen bench Oct. 10 at the MRC. Wingham rallied for a late -game goal to
take a 3-2 final. See page 23 for more.