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Lakeshore Advance, 2011-03-02, Page 17Wednesda , March 2 2011 • Lakeshore Advance 17 Sports Zurich midgets up 2-1 in OMHA semi's finais Another Sunday (Feb. 20) afternoon travelling North for the Zurich Midgets with only one thing on their mind win- ' ning Game 3 and coming Home for Wed. night with a 2 game advantage and winning this Semi final on Home ICE!! Game 1 ended in a disappointing loss for the Thunder letting go of a 3 -1 lead in the third period and losing 5 to 3. However they rebounded well to win Game 2 on Home Ice last Wed, night with a 4 -3 victory. Which sent them into Game 3 with the series split one game a piece. The first period was interesting and both teams scored one goal a piece, Zurich's Brett LaPorte making the most of his spot in front of the net off some great passing by Drew Wood and Greg Cooper. Due to some lack of disapline on the part of the Normanby team they gave Zurich a couple of 5 on 3 power play opportunities at the start of the second and Kurtis Denomme tipped in goal number 2 for Zurich from a nice point shot by defenceman Kris Ducharme. Although it was a rather rough game the Thunder managed to keep their cool and play a good game. At 3:38 in the second from a long Bearing attempt by Cooper, Captain Nick LaPorte picked up the puck at the offensive blueline and put one in the net while sliding across the ice, giving Zurich a 3 -1 lead going into the 2nd intermission. The Thunder played a good defensive third period and with the awsome goaltending by Josh Groot they managed to hang onto the lead up to the final buzzer. Zurich Peewee rep headed to OMHA finals The Zurich Peewee Rep team is headed to the OMIIA Championship Finals after defeating a strong Port Carling team 4-3 in front of their home fans at the Bluewater Com- munity Centre. It capped off two straight one goal victories after being hammered 7-0 in game two, A very determined home team battled hard for the entire game. With several players on the ice with the flu and colds, others out with inju- ries and sickness, the boys really had to dig deep to pull this one off. Port Carling jumped out to an early lead scoring 3 minutes into the game, Mitch Finlay scored on a breakaway at the 7 minute mark to tie it, Port Carling quickly took the lead back scoring 40 seconds later, before Finlay responded with another unassisted marker 25 seconds later to knot the score at two. The tides turned in the second period as Finlay completed his hat trick on a pass from Joey Mathonia, then Tyler Merner scored the eventual game winner on a nice head man pass from Connor Brand. In the third the opposi- tion battled back to close the gap to 4-3 at the 5 minute shark. Zurich was handed a 5 minute major, charging penalty with 3 minutes remaining in regulation, The upcoming penalty kill would make for an intense finish to the game. The hard work and pressure from the shorthanded Zurich team prevailed, they allowed only 1 shot on goal and by the time Port Carling was able to pull their goaltender for an extra attacker it was too late. The horse team then celebrated their first ever berth in the OMHA finals. An under the weather Will Overholt showed alot of heart making some great saves to preserve the huge win. Hats off to goaltender Wade Coombs for corning out to back him up. Jake Earle, Devon Steckler, Jacob Laporte, Travis Cressman, Nathan King and Jaren Oke all played great games for the locals, ZMAA mascot 'Thunder Man' was out In full force pumping up fans and players throughout the game. .'.urich now faces off against the Manvers Mustangs in the 'Tina's. Game times will be available at www.zurichminor- hockey.ca when they are decided. I lead coach Pete Overholt commented that every player should be very proud of their accornplishment so far, it was no easy task knocking off the reigning OMHA Champions, only time will tell if one more page can be written in their storybook season. Changing lanes at Town and Country SATURDAY MORNING Y.B.C. - FEB. 19 Bantam GM: Ashley Jones - 136, 341 Bantam Boy: Blake Oesch - 115Owen McCool - 286 Junior Gkl: Brooklynn Shave - 178, 504 Junior Boy: Isaac Ward - 178, 504 Senior Boy: Davud Hunt - 197, 488 MONDAY NIGHT LADIES - FEB. 21/11 Lane 3: Lorna Wemham - 246Ne11 McCann - 627 Lane 4: Barb Robinson - 212, 540 Lane 5: Bev Cregan - 296, 648 Lane 6: Sabrina Oesch - 232Suzanne Coleman - 545 TUESDAY NIGH MENS - FEB. 22 CJ's: Jason Dykstra - 258, 640 Good n uft: Les Coleman - 249, 622 Four Aces: Derek Ducharme - 296, 757 Cobras: Ralph Koopmans - 239, 657 Fame Boys: Roger Ward - 264, Larry Robinson - 625 Corner P1ns Nathan Kraftcheck - 221 Jirn Parmley - 592 Men's High Average: Les Coleman - 235 Port Franks 5e11101's klOP busy FEB.21- EUCHRE: High- Marg Capella and Wry Oast Lone Hands- Erb wale' end .Nat NsmMloe. Low- Sierra Smlb and John Drake. FEB.22- EUCHRE: High- Aka DsNooy and 9ord.ernes. 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