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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-04-09, Page 16Pu*. t'. 1(; - • Ti►)tes-Atitocate,. April 9, ,1997 • This Week in Sports... • Exeter Belles win double gold - page 17 , Exeter Legion Auxiliary Peewees win A.E. championship - page 17 Exeter Juveniles win All -Ontario crown The Chiefs won the OMHA "CC" By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter • EXETER - Alter being ambushed on -Saturday night the. Iixctc,r Juve- riile Chiefs triuinphed over I Iinv:tic on Sunday .to win the AII-Ontario ;('h,npu)ship series in the sixth and final genic: • The Chiefs earned a berth in the OMHA final after sweeping Har- row and \W'ainllect in the quarter and semi-finals. but Elmvale prowed.to be a formidahle opponent and showed they were playing for keeps- h% tieing•Exeter in the open- ing game.- 2-2. The Chiefs re- bounded w ith a 5-2 win 'the next game. but lost the third by the same store. before winning game four 2 - Leading the series live points to three. Exeter was paised'to- win it all. and made the long road trip to Elmvale on Saturday needing only i1 tie or a win. however. victory on the road w,ts not to he as •Exeter lost tame five (.-2 in a dismal per- Io'rinance. Ben Arinstring and Mar- t\ del3ruvn scored for Exeter with Rob Kobayashi :end Gain Snell as- ststine on the first goad. 1)cBruyn's scored his un:wise(I. With. only one point separating the two team., the series came hack? to Exeter for the sixth and final game setting the stage for a winner take -all -,:rare. — L udatmted by .the loss the night before. Exeter came out flying and took an early Icad when Gavin Sncli took a pass. from Brian Rich- ardsori and worked his way inti) the sl, -,t dropping the. puck back• Po Ryan Beckett who `blasted one through the five -hole. The Chiefs continued to play-well iln .Ut.:firs( rdrie><f and showed their sir n_: ;i specie fleets zctling'a Ie -v goal-. scoring • opportunities w hr le short-handed. Elmvale scented to be' struggling and could • only muster three shots on net. ones • oI which came off a breakaway. but . goalie Dennis Roth stood up to the shot preserving his team's one goal. leases. In the -second period. Elmvale he- gan to .lit their frustration laking :i pair of penalties simultaneously two minutes into the franc. - Exeter. wasted no time on the en- suing powerplay scoring quickly, with a two man advantage when Snell scored after tapping in a re- bound: Trevor Taylor and Ricliard- scin were credited with assists on the play. Elmvalc continued to suffer dis- cipline problems taking more pen- alties and again. Exeter pounced on the opportunity scoring a)Jttithcr powerplay goal when Taylor took a pass from Beckett and let a how- ivrr loose from the point. The goalie caught a piece of -it but •couldn't stop the puck from lodg- ing itself in the twine. With two mintes left in the upe- -hod. Exeter notched its fourth goal from an unlikely source.. Matt Sites. who .has only scored four goals throughout the season. found the mark alemhc puck squirted out from a scramble in the corner and ended up in front of the net where- Sims here Sims was standing. Displaying pa- tience and good puck control. Sims 'heat the goalie with a well placed hackhand. Jeremy_ Stewart and Rob Kobayashi were credited with the assist, - - Going into the third period with.a four goal • lead, the- home team looked like - it was going to run • away- with the game,- but Elmvale- was not ready to how. They re- grouped in the last frame to come hack with two unanswered goals. Elmvale notched the first one af- • ter a screen shot from inside • the blue line heat Roth. and scored again three minutes later after, Roth turned away a shot coming off a two -on -one.. but couldn't stop the rebound. . Facing elimination and sparked by the two quick goals. 'Elmvalc poured it oft and gave it everything •-'theyfiad.•iiovvever. Exeter- wasn't. ready' -to sit tight and play a dc- fensivc game and replied with some offensive rushes of theirown. The two-way battle went back and forth until Exeter Captain Marty deBruyn skated in with Stewart on a two -on -two. Stewart passed the puck off to deBruyn who scored off a hackhand shot from a bad angle to give his team a.5-2 lead. Elmvalc scored a minute later to bring themselves within two goals provincial championship after going the distance against of tieing the game and threatened to score again snapping two quick shots off the face-off, but Roth stood his ground preserving the lead for the remainder of the gamc. When the final burger sounded. head coach Henri deBruyn raised his anus in triumph and assistant. coach • Don Richardson bowed his head in relief while • the Exeter bench cleared for the traditional pile -on. . The large number of fans on hand to witness the game, blew horns and cheered wildly as captain Mar- ty deBruyn hoisted the OMHA Juvenile Championship Cup high above his :head and led - the team around the icc for the victory pa- -rade. The celebration spilled into the dressing room where players took turns sipping from the cup and smoking cuban'cigars to the beat of rock music blaring from the radio. The Exeter Volunteer Fire. De- partment was quick to respond to the arena after the game giving the team the honorary ride around town .on the bright red tanker truck while a procession of cars followed honk- ing their horns and shouting out of windows: "This feels awesome!" said M. . -deBruyn. "And we even made it ex- citing for the fans;' he said about the close. third period that kept spectators on the edge of. their seats. - DcBruyn credited the (earn. for keeping cool under the heat of the moment and for sticking to their game plan. "We were dumping the puck and staying out of the penalty box and when wc do that we can only win. he said. "Nobody heats us in our own arena.' he said pointing nut they were undefeated at home.. When asked what was the hest part of winning a. provincial title. deBruyn responded:. ."Having our pictures hanging in the foyer of this . building for the next 30 years." Trainer Mike Soldan said he and Don .Richardson coached four players on this squad since the tyke -level and to finally' sec them win a provincial title was an. in- describable feeling. 'I've been a part of winning a Elmvale Dennis Roth makes a glove -hand save during the championship game against Elmvale. senior a Junior ''D".- a senior "A" and "AAA" championship and 1 can honestly say this was the sweetest one of them all." said Sol- dan. "It's been 15 years coming and I was happy to see this team win it." Soldan also added winning thc provincial title was a fitting way for Trevor Taylor, Gavin Snell. Ben.Amtstrong and Rob Ko- •hayashi to cnd their season since they will he over-agers next season and will not return. "These guys arc (cam leaders and deserve to go out with a hang," said Soidan who also credits team man- ager John Rasenberg for running a "class act." • Choosing to remain behind the scenes and avoiding the lime -light at every turn. the modest Rasenherg couldn't help but shakea few hands during the po.tgamc celebration. "Wheel we were on the road we travelled in style and he (Ra- senberg) did everything he could to keep the players happy making juvenile hockey in this town a classy organization:, said Soldan. Dripping wet after an impromptu champagne. shower. compliments of the team. head coach Henri de- Bruyn was overflowing with pride. "We lost on Saturday because they (Elmvale) drew us into pcn- Stephen 11A1)OC.. - The Stephen Town - .hip Peewees bowed out of their :111 -Ontario playoff series losing there third tonsecutivc gamc to Ma- • (kit- on 1 -ridgy night. Alter dropping the first two games at boric. ))sing both by one goal. Stephen needed to win the next three Fairies on the road. hut lit the hill suffering a 10-3 loss at the handsof their opponents. i)espite out -shooting Madoc. the honer te:un lumped to a quick four coal lead by, the 10 minute mark of the best period and wcrc leading 5- 1 by the end of- the frame leaving Stephen n„ shame Io catch up in Peewees ousted in finals the do-or-die game. "it wasn't the kind of 'genic like we had at . home. When wc had them here we were chasing them all the time." said coach Jamie Wilson. The Peewees lost game One 3-2 and game two 7-h in two close cnd-Io' cnd battles that could have going ei- titer- way last weekend. "If, we would ha%c won any of .those games things.rnay have been differ- ent." hF said. "But it was a matter of ho scored the last goal." Wilson said he wasn't dis- appointed shout losing to Madoc calling the train and their fans a "class -act". however. Wilson said the referee officiating the game Icft a bad taste in his mouth. . . in the second period Stephen .scored, but the goal was- called back. Stcphcn captain Cal Dclangc asked the referee why the goal was disallowed and attempted .to relay thc answer hack to Wilson on the bench. Duc to the music playing over the P.A. system between face- offs Wilson couldn't hear what his captain was- saying and beckoned him to come closer and speak loud- er. Without warning the referee! sud- denly gave Wilson a 10 minute misconduct: Taken hack by the All -Ontario finalists, the Stephen Township Peewees "the Black Angels." Back row,. from left, trainer, Phil Wigdls, Scott Davies, Jessica Davies, coach Jamie Wilson, Roman Wilson, Brian Dixon -assistant captain, Jesse Schroeder. 'Front row, from left, Cal Delange-captain, Jeff Rollings-assistant captain, Gary Sauder, Henny Pfaff "A" Eric Widdis and Aaron Geiger. Missing: assistant coach Gerry Oelange. call. Wilson asked the ref why he was awarded the penalty and the ref responded by evicting him from the game. "He told me to 'get out of here' and I didn't know why. I wasn't ar- guing with hint...) wasn't even talk- ing to him. I was trying to (copt- municate) with my captain." said Wilson. "When you call hack a goal in an All -Ontario gamic. a game of that importance. I at (cast should he told why. but he wouldn't. even let my captain tell etc." Wilson said the game was lost at that point and his dismissal wouldn't effect the outcome of the gamc. but he felt the referee's ac- tions were unjustified. "1'm wasn't upset about losing to Madoc. I was upset because he didn't let me finish the gamic on the bench." he said. adding a number of Madoc fans also disagreed with the refs actions. "That was a sour note for etc." • Despite the dismal outcome. the Stcphcn Township Peewees had a successful playoff season sweeping Thedford • in the semi-finals after defeating Drayton in a close see- saw.crics that went the distance in- cluding a dramatic overtime win in the fifth and sinal game. Wilson said heating Drayton was ' a tremendous team accomplishment and a hands -down highlight of the season because Drayton had won this year's International Silver Stick tournament. Refusing to let the Iasi Madoc gamc dominate his memory of the season. Wilson chose to focus on the positive and credits the players for pulling together as a teatn. "We had a good hunch of kids. I could take them to any tournament and not worry about supervising them," he said. "They cared about one another and they were really team oriented." attics, but today we turned the -other cheek and executed our . game plan.' said deBruyn sucking .on a stogie. "when it came down to .the crunch everybody put the team first,- he "said adding the fan sup- port has bcen`tfcmcndous through- out the playoff series. "1'm glad it 'went the distance and I'm glad we won it at home in -front of our fans." - Richardson agreed. "I've always said this team was a winner and 1 had complete con frdcncc in them." he said. "They played like a championship team because they wanted it :-..and I can •: tell you everyone of those guys de- served it." - Islanders International Sledge Hockey Tournament, Markham . Huron County Ice Picking Sledge Team - Novice series Hensall Sledge Hawks - March 28 - Hensall Sledge Hawks 3 Vs. 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