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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-03-30, Page 86 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 30, 1994 Cents lose epic hocke Nobody can say the Seaforth Centenaires didn't go down withou a fight. The final game in the series w the longest game in the Ontari Hockey Association's various level and leagues this season. Led by veteran Dana Dufkocy whose gritty heroics have to be rated as one of the greatest per- formances ever seen by any goaltender at a Seaforth arena, the Cents lasted until 9:20 of the fourth overtime in the wee hours of Sun- day morning. That's when Rob Boville's goal on Mitchell's 98th shot lifted the defending champion Hawks to a 2-1 knockout and four - game sweep of the Western Divi- sion final in the OHA's Junior Development League. The Hawks go on to meet the Eastern Division champ, either Port Stanley or Thamesford, for this year's OHA title. The Centenaires are done for 1993-94. But they can remember their run to the "final four" in their 20th anniversary season and its fantastic final stand with pride. You can keep your new fangted shootouts. This was an old fashioned skate 'till you drop finish with players on both teams literally staggering, like exhausted knuckle - boxers who refuses to go down, as they left the ice late in the game between overtimes. The classic confrontation lasted five hours and was 40 seconds shy of amounting to two complete games. It was played in front of a full house, for most of the time, and officially ended at 1:37 Sunday morning. It was the fust time any Centenaire coach or player could ever remem- ber participating in a game that went into four overtimes at any level of that sport. OHA referee's co-ordinator Charlie Lennox confirmed Monday morning it was the longest and the only "fourth -overtime game" the association has on record this sea- son and it's only had a couple of three -period overtime games, one of which involved the Centenaires too. They beat Exeter in that one. Duskocy was at times simply unbelievable in the Seaforth net Saturday and Sunday. The 19 -year- old veteran goalie from Stratford led the league with four shutouts during the regular season, was the Cents' playoff MVP last year and its regular season MVP three years ago. He started every playoff game for Seaforth this year and ended up with a 2.14 goals against average. And he just wouldn't give up the ghost in this one. He saw a truckload of rubber and was par- ticularly brilliant in the overtime when most of the Mitchell shots were well -aimed and through traf- fic. Darcy Ballantyne was no slouch for Mitchell at the other end of the t as 0 s battle ltd ANDY BADER PHOTO/eauttety ltrochdl Advocate THE MARATHON ENDS - Seaforth goaltender Dana Duskocy collapses on the ice after skiplift 96 shots in the OHA's longest game, in which Mitchell eliminated Seaforth from the division finals. Talking to Dana was team-mate Jamie Ramer. rink either, but only faced 50 shots, a relative walk in the park on this spring morning. Ryan Kipfer opened the scoring for the Hawks at 6:59 of the first period but Paul McLlwain replied for the Centenaires slightly more than three minutes later, assisted by Ted Sills and Steve McInally. That's the way the score stood for the next five and half periods. The Hawks thought they had it won twice in the overtime and swarmed onto the ice to congratulate each other, but referee Dave Whaley waved them off and the Seaforth defence threw the brooms back into the stands. The Centenaires were still skating with the Hawks and Seaforth in tight race with Aylmer Midgets After two games with Aylmer in the OMHA Finals, the Seaforth Midgets were tied with their opponents at one game apiece and played another game Tuesday (Results unavailable at press time). The Midgets were snubbed in the first garne of the series but evened the series two days later on the road. AYLMER 6, SEAFORTH 4 Right from the start I was obvious things were not going Seaforth's way on Friday night. With an early goal disallowed, the Midgets seemed to be constantly on their heels. At 6:51 Aylmer scored. Thenk with only 52 seconds remaining in the period they added another. With 3:13 left in the second period Aylmer made the score 3-0 and Seaforth began to feel the heat. Trying valliantly to score before the period was out, Seaforth got on the board at 1:20 on a deflection by Jason Murray off a Jeff Flanagan shot. For a while, the third period appearad to be all Seaforth. At 10:55 Steve Mclnally scored to pull Seaforth within one. Just two minutes later Brent Hulley decided Seaforth needed a goal buried by tying goal. Aylmer again seized the lead on a powerplay but Jason Murray tied the game again. All the signs seemed to be pointing towards overtime until Aylmer scored with 32 seconds left to sneak the victory. They added an empty net goal eleven seconds later to final 6-4. SEAFORTH 4 - AYLMER 3 The Midgets travelled to Aylmer Sunday with visions of tying the series. Once again, things looked bleak when Aylmer scored at 12:50 of the opening period. Fearful of giving up an insurmountable lead, Seaforth fought back. At 5:38 Brad Moore shovelled in a rebound to tie the game. Feeling the pres:;u re, Aylmer folded like a dock of cards. Just over a minute later, Wayne Schoonderwoerd pushed a rebound past the Aylmer goaltender and Seaforth had the lead for the first time in the series. At 14:25 of the second period Dean Finnigan scored to make it 3-1 for Seaforth. Steve McInatly added the capper at 5:45 when Jeff Flanagan carried the puck into the Aylmer end, drew all the defenders to him and then dished a pass to the trailer on the play, Mc[nally, who scored. Aylmer added a pair of goals in the third, one of which was a pass that went off a skate in front of the net, but goaltender Adam Agar was too quick and defencemen Jeff make die Flanagan; -JitI - Crowley, Colin Devereaux, and Jeff Ryan were tough. ON TAP The results of last night's (Tuesday's) game three were not available at press time. Game 4 is Friday in Aylmer and game 5 is also in Aylmer on Sunday. Orioles climbing up standings BY GEORGE LOVE Murray Bennewies 299,230,334 - The Orioles moved up in the St. James Bowling League Playoffs and 863, and Tim Brown 248-625. High are now within 27 pins of the first scores for the Cubs were recorded place Tigers. Top bowlers for the by Bob Dinsmore 320,204,220-744, Orioles were Rick Elliott 334-700, and Kevin Johnston 223,221,204 - Betty Johnston 293-621 and Don 648. Kuntz. 206-519. Jack Ryan led the Mark Iiigenell paced the Braves Tigers with 218-567. The Rockies with 260,228-662, and Gerry Nobel also got a fine team effort led by 203-537. had a few good scoring chances but not nearly as many as Mitchell. In the final minute of one overtime the Hawks won six -straight faceoffs in the Seaforth end, leading to six good shots and scoring chances. Mitchell also had two powerplays • • in the overtime and didn't take a penalty. Each team was accessed six minors the entire game, or two of them, whichever way you look at it. see Cinderella, next page Novices win bronze medal in area tourney Having just come out of a great two weekends of Huron -Perth tour- nament and championship play, where Seaforth finished second in the novice C division, the Novice AD ringette team ended the year with a bronze medal showing in Kitchener this weekend in the Nov- ice C Invitational Tournament. In the first game in Kitchener on Friday morning Seaforth defeated Waterloo 2 ringette team. Seaforth later defeated Elora 12-4. Goals were scored by Meaghen O'Reilly, Danielle deVries, Michelle Durst, Stephanie Kelly and even resident defencewoman, Kendal Carnochan, moved up to forward to pop in a goal. Helping out with assists on the goals were Megan (Carnochan), Emily Ratcliffe and Kate Camochan. Courtney Fisher played a great first period in net and then Erica Murray jumped in and made some great saves for the second period. Suzanne Coleman did a great job on defence. With two wins under their belts Seaforth marched on to win its third game against Meaford on Saturday. The girls put on a great show for • • the fans by coming back from a two -goal deficit with less than five minutes in the game to win and advance to the finals. Meaghen O'Reilly put in all three goals and the rest of the team's great defence and passing kept Meaford from tying it up even though they were pressing. Rookie, Samantha Bisset, played a strong offensive game and earned an assist from her hard work and the great goalkeeping of Stephanie Kelly and Emily Ratcliffe sure kept the local ringette squad in the game. Because of the three wins Seaforth advanced to the bronze medal game at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. Against Kitchener 1 the play was back and forth although Seaforth peppered Kitchener's goalie with shots in the last 3 min- utes, the local ringette team couldn't seem to put the ring inside the net and lost 8-6. Emily Ratcliffe donned the goalie pads for the whole game this time and made dozens of great saves. The coaches would like to thank all the girls for a terrific season of ringeue. Juniors win gold medal Despite Seaforth's Huron/Perth loss to Goderich the Juniors won a Gold Medal in Kitchener at the Western Regional Invitational Championships. SEAFORTH VS EXETER Seaforth defeated, Huron/Perth league competaters Exeter 9-7. Goal scorers were Seaforth cap- tain Kathy Devereaux with six goals and assistant captain Jane Crowley with three goals. Assists went to Kelly Devereaux with two, Jill Dolmage, Jane Crowley, Debbie Vanden Henget and Sherry Hugil with one apiece. SEAFORTH VS MITCHELL Seaforth won 7-2 over the Mitchell Juniors. In their second win. Seaforth's Captain Kathy Devereaux scored another five goals. Assistant Captain Kelly Devereaux scored the remaining two. Assists went to Melissa Finlayson with three, Kelly Devereaux with two, and singles to Kathy Devereaux and Jill Dolmage. SEAFORTH VS OWEN SOUND Betty Little, Sherry Hugil, Amy Siemon and Krissy Holland's strong defensive abilities contributed to the 5-3 win over Owen Sound. Anna Mailloux, Debbie Vanden Henget, Melissa Finlayson, Jane Crowley, Jill Dolmage, Kelly Devereaux and Kathy Devereaux's forechecking and strong shots also contributed. Julie Agar's strong goaltending sent the girls on a 3-0 record into the finals. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SEAFORTH VS EXETER Team work, ambition, offensive and defensive plays, sought the Seaforth Juniors to a 6-4 victory over Exeter. Goal scorers were Kathy Devereaux with four, Anna Mailloux and Kelly Devereaux with singles. Assists went to Jane Crowley (2), Kathy Devereaux, Sherry Hugil and Kelly Devereaux with one apiece. "A great bunch of girls. A great season. A great experience. Thanks!" - Coach. 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