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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-03-13, Page 15• +' Continued front page 14 In game two, Zurich took a com- manding lead in the series with a 2- 0 victory. Goaltender John Miners was there for the call, and gave a great performance for the shutout. Good checking and a stellar de- fence, won the game on goals by Alan Jeffrey and Mike Degroot both unassisted. Game three back in Zurich, was again another tight checking con- test, but Stephen came out on top with a score of 2-0, the latter goal going into an empty net. Back in Huron Park for game four was another exciting game as the Thunder came up short by a score of 4-3. With Stephen ahead 1-0, Brad Brown found the net to tie the score at one. Jarrett Jeffrey assisted on the play. Less than a minute later, Mark Durand gave his team a 2-1 lead assisted by team captain Alan Jeffrey. Stephen Township tied the score with 4:24 remaining in the second period sending the teams to the dressing room, deadlocked at 2- 2. In the third period, the home team scored two goals to take the lead 4-2, however a stubborn Zu- rich team, did not give in as Bryan Denomme, assisted by Chad Des- jardine and Mark Durand made way for an exciting finish, with five minutes left in the game. The Thunder continued to press hard for the tying marker, but Ste- phen goaltender, Joe Bierling re- fused to be beat and made a great save in the dying moments as Chad Desjardine and Bryan Denomme went in on a two man break. The series was exciting to watch, and every team member contribut- ed in their own way. The Zurich Thunder now ad- vance to the O.M.H.A. semi-finals in search of the All -Ontario Cham- pionship. Thunder now play Walpole Is- land. Game one is set for Saturday, March 16 in Zurich at 8 p.m. Game 2 is at Walpole Island on Sunday, March 17 at 5:30 p.m., with the coin toss winner hosting game three on Wednesday, March 20 at 8 p.m. Games four and five if neces- sary are set for Saturday and Sun- day, March 23 and 24, with times yet to be determined. 1-800-263-0626 THEDFORD - NEED SERVICE? - NEED PROGRAMMING? Allem Stak a ...Rut Sa Citlagataaiast The Home of Country Kable Zurich & Area Figure Skating Club presents laird! Its *ls•:. �: WIMP at the Zurich Arena Tickets available from members of the Figure Skating Club or b phoning - 519-236-4805 ADMISSION Adult $4., Children 6-12 year $1. 5 years & unde FREE _ . p, PORTS Midget Generals ousted by Lambeth Exeter. RSD Midget Generals succumbed to Lambeth losing their playoff series in four games. Chris Skallkos T -A staff EXETER - After beating them twice in the preliminary round rob- in, the Exeter Midget Generals lost their playoff series against Lambeth in faur games. The loss came as a surprise to the fans who watched the Generals sweep Lambeth, Dorchester, For- est and Strathroy in round robin play after completing a highly suc- cessful 10-5-5 season. "The series was a real shootout," said coach Dave Dalrymple point- ing out the high scoring in all four games. Exeter won the third game 5-4, but lost game one, 4-1, game two 8-6 and game four 7-6. "Both sides had offensive power...it could have been anybody's series," he said. This was noticeable in the final game with Exeter losing a close game by one point in overtime; and also in the fifth game when they beat Lambeth by one. Dalrymple credits three of Lamb- eth's players for engineering Exet- er's defeat. Dalrymple said the three players have led their high school team to OFSAA and their success has spilled over to their Midget team who had picked up on their winning habits. Likewise, Exeter has relied upon three of their own players for most Ryan Soldan playing for the Exeter Midget Generals fans on his own rebound during a 4-1 loss to Lambeth in the first game of the series. Exeter was eliminated last Wednesday after losing three games to one. of their points. Dave Farquhar, Ryan Beckett and Ryan Freiter have been the General's major point getters in the Lambeth series with Freiter and Beckett ac- cumulating five points, and Far- quhar notching six goals and three assists. "They have been our most pro - Stephen teams ready for back -to - .back championships The Peewee and Atom teams may both claim provincial titl, again this season . ,,,:1 LGi.i N,it..; STEPHEN.. TOWNSHIP - Last/ yeat. Stephen Township' Minor Hockey enjoyed a remarkable season. The Peewee "Rebels" and the Atom "Sonics" each brought home Ontario Championships after they swept their opponents in three games. As slim as the odds may seem, it just might happen again. This year, both teams are poised to repeat their performance and claim two provincial titles for the second consecutive year. The Stephen Peewees, beat Tiverton Thursday for the third and fi- nal time to clinch the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) championship setting the stage for a Stephen vs. Cayuga rematch for the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) semi- finals. Last year Stephen beat Cayuga in the semi-finals and went on to defeat Port Carling for the All -Ontario championship. Stephen has already taken one game in the best of five series slamming Cayuga 9-3 on Sunday. Jeff Finkbeiner scored five goals and picked up one assist to put his team up by one in the series. Teammates J.R. Davies, Cal deLange, Shawn Sherwood and Brayden Lord 'added one goal each. Coach Les Sherwood is confident his team can pull it off again but he isn't counting Ca- yuga out too quickly. "I think they will be able to get one back on us," said Sherwood who credits his team's discipline as the key to their success this year, especially near the end of the regular season. "Our main strength is our discipline. We don't spend a lot of time in the penalty box." A smart team with a scoring touch is the wining recipe for the Peewees. This was evident in their last game against Tiverton on Thursday. Brayden Lord led his team in scoring netting a hat trick and as- sisting J.R. Davies on a pair of goals. Davies scored again before the game was out for a hat trick of his own and Jeff Finkbeiner con- tributed a goal midway through the game to round the score out 7-5. The Atoms, by coincidence, are also playing Cayuga in the semi- finals. They have just eliminated Keady in three games to claim the WOAA final on the weekend. Last year, the Atoms beat Ops Township twice at home before taking the final game on the road to win the "E" championship. The third game was a wild come -from -behind shootout that saw Stephen overcome a four goal deficit in the third period to win the deciding game. Come from -behind -wins are something this year's Atoms have specialized in as well. They tied Keady in their third game after trailing 4-1 with only eight minutes left to play, and then banged home the winning goal in overtime. Coach Bev Thompson is optimistic he will win his next series against Cayuga; however, he isn't clearing a spot on his trophy case yet. "We still have a lot of winning left to do in the semi-finals," he said. The Atoms will be well rested before they meet Cayuga in game one and Thompson feels they will be ready. The Atoms greatest strength is their offensive prowess. Five out of his six forwards have scored 100 points so far this year with team captain Scott Davies breaking 200 on the weekend. /"We have a lot of guys who can score up front and they can't rely do just shutting down one or two guys to beat us," he said. Thompson isn't surprised both teams are retracing their footsteps and is confident they both have the potential to go the distance. The Cayuga teams will roll into Stephen Township on Saturday for back-to-back Peewee/Atom games. The Atoms play tentatively at 2 p.m. and the Peewees at 3:30. Both will travel to Cayuga on Sunday. 6 ductive line throughout the playoffs," added Dalrymple. Ryan Soldan also chalked up four points and defenseman Brian Rich- ardson had two goals and one assist while playing a very physical game behind his own blue line. Dalrymple said he was happy with his team's performance, how- ever, the players have taken the loss to heart. "They took it (the loss) pretty hard at first," said Dalrymple. "We worked hard and came close...but 11's always hard to lose a series in overtime," he said. Tires-At'vocate, March 13, 1996 Page 15 ' Exeter Tae Kwon Do students, left, Robert Khamsouk and Colin Grasdahl display certificates registering their black belt status under the Kukkiwon World Tae Kwon Do Federation. Both were tested at the Bluewatcr training Centre in Samia under the fourth degree black belt, Mas- ter James Taylor. C. -ITCH SO\IE GREAT HOCKEY .AC1 !O\! tall -With o 0ttEN ? STEPHEN y• TWP. ARENA • 4%,„," 2 p.m. Stephen Atoms vs Cayuga 3:30 p.m. Stephen Pee Wees vs Cayuga Read the sports pages for news on both teams Sat. 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