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The Huron Expositor • November 29, 2006 Page 15
Sports
SLIP,
SLJ.D1i
AND
SCORE
Jeff Heuchert
photos
S c o t t
Chisholm, of
the .Seaforth
tykes #3 nets a
goal after
shooting and
then losing his
balance, sliding
into the goalie
from Elma
Logan during
hockey action
in Seaforth
Sunday after-
noon. Chisholm
ended the
game with
three goals in a
8-3 Seaforth
victory.
Hitmen fall short of championships
Jeff Heuchert
Whether or not the Central West
Hitmen broomball team advances
to the Canadian Juvenile
Broomball Championships for the
sixth time in eight years, now
depends solely on where they're
held.
Following a second -place finish
at the national qualifying tourna-
ment this past weekend in Stroud
(near Barrie), the only way the
Hitmen can qualify is if teams
chose not to travel to the champi-
onships due to distance, which
could free up some spots for other
teams.
Only teams that finish first at
the qualifers are guaranteed a
spot at the championships.
"It went good, but not as well as
I'd hoped," said Hitmen coach Rob
Hunking of the qualifying tourna-
ment. "When you play well and
still lose, it makes it harder" to
take.
During the qualifying tourna-
ment, the Hitmen played six
games in only one and a half days.
They opened the tournament
with two straight victories; 1-0
against the Ottawa -area based
Eastern Sting and 2-1 against the
Windsor Devils.
"We didn't play as well as we
could have, but it was still good
enough to win," comments
Hunking.
The Hitmen lost their next game
to the Eastern Ice Dogs, from the
Ottawa area, a team they would
meet two more times.
"It was a typical Hitmen, Ice
Dogs game," recalls Hunking, not-
ing that the two teams regularly
play each other each year and as a
result, know each other quite well.
"It was fast and hard hitting. We
had lots of chances of evening the
game. We just couldn't get the ball
in the net," he added.
In a rematch with the Windsor
Devils, the Hitmen won again 2-0,
which placed them into the finals
once again against the Eastern Ice
Dogs.•
With their backs to the wall, fac-
ing elimination, since each team in
the tournament had to lose two
games before being eliminated, the
Hitmen defeated the Ice Dogs 1-0.
Due to the loss being the first in
the tournament for the Ice Dogs,
one final game between the two
teams had to be played to deter-
mine first place.
In a game filled with, as
Hunking describes it, "excellent
broomball," the Hitmen lost in
sudden death overtime 2-1, finish-
ing second.
"They (the players) were disap-
pointed because for some of them
it will be their last chance before
moving on," Hunking added.
He said he was very proud of how
his team played together, especial-
ly since it was the first time this
season they'd been all back togeth-
er due to players being away for
school or work.
Hunking said, heading in, the
Hitmen were probably considered
among the favourites, but that you
can never underestimate some of
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