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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-03-20, Page 15Robert DeVrles takes a face-off for the Exeter Bantam 'AE' Cornhuskers during a game against Six Nations on Wednesday night. Exeter was eliminated from OMHA semi-final action in three games. Exeter Cornhuskers eliminate RT, Times -Advocate, March 20, 1996 Page 15 Midget series tied at one Zprioh Thunder come back from three goal ZURICH - Zurich Thunder Brown assisted on the play, scolh d.a big come from behind vic- The third period was all Zurich as • tory in Walpole Island on Sunday Bryan Denomme tied the gain evening, with a 5-4 win. The Thun- with assistance from Mark Durand. der allowed the home team a 3-0 With 12 seconds left in the game, a bad midway through the first peri. face-off took place deep in the Wal- od but answered back with goals pole end. Dan Finkbeiner circled from Jarrett Jaffrey assisted by the net with what appeared to be a *ad Brown and Jason Becker got wrap around but Slid the puck to . itrich on the scoreboard. 'Chad Mark Durand who drove it home Desjardine scored from Neil Beau- for the victory with five seconds champ and Bryan Denomme to left on the clock. Eric Lecornpte bring the Thunder to within one. also drew an assist. In the second period, .Walpole Is- In game one at Zurich on Satur- land regained a two -goal lead on a day evening; Walpole Island went Shdrthanded situation with two men home with a 4-3 overtime decision. in .the penalty" box- limed Jeffity Zurich's Brad Brown . got the with his second goal of the game _game's first goal from Alin Jeffrey. replied to keep the game within one Walpole Island answered that goal again. Andrew Bedard and Brad a minute later, but Chad Desjardine deficit to tie series assisted by Bryan Denomme put the Thunder ahead 2-1 atter one pe- riod. The teams traded goals in the sec- ond period with Alan Jeffrey scor- ing an unassisted goal with 41 sec- onds left, sending the teams to the dressing rootn with Zurich leading 3-2. The third period remained score- less until Walpole tied the game with just 1:10 showing on the clock. That sent the teams to over- time with Walpole Island scoring a sudden -death victory. Next game in the series is Wednesday in Walpole Island at 8 p.m. The teams return to Zurich for game four on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Hensall Peewees win Saugeen tournament HANOVER - The Hensall Pee- wees travelled to Hanover on March 9 and 10 to participate in the Saugeen 12 team tournament sweeping all five games to capture the "A" championship. Coach Dennis Martin said play- ing five games in two days was tir- ing for the Peewees and he was surprised at the intensity level they maintained throughout the tourna- ment. The exhausted Peewees captured the "A" title Sunday after beating a heavily favored team from Kincar- h dine. Martin said he outlined a three point strategy for success. from OMHA playoff con ten tion ei he y aensmen had to make their play at the bine cine, the for - Chris Skalkos T -A staff EXETER - The Exeter Bantam Additional Entry Cornhuskers end- ed their season after being swept in the OMHA semi-finals. The Bantams lost three games, 5- 4, 8-3 and 2-0 to a strong skating team from Six Nations crushing their hopes for a berth in the All - Ontario Finals. Exeter opened the series at home last Wednesday losing a close 5-4 game in overtime. Chad Monteith and Jon Campbell scored a pair of goals for the Bant held on to a. 2=0 1 feting a break down in their own entd allowing their opponents to tie the'ame and then claim the ' vic- to only seven seconds into the ex- tra period. Ryan Munn, Wayne Cole and. Menteith scored for Exeter in the second game on Saturday but the Bantams were kept off the score- board in the third and final game_ held in Exeter Sunday night. "They were a good defensive club and I was surprised at how well they moved the puck," said coach Gavin Snell. "We took stupid penalties at crucial times and we didn't capitalize on all our power play opportunities," he added. Snell wasn't discouraged about dropping the first two games against Six Nations. They lost the first two fames in their seriesmat fir two. Prior to Dresden they put out For- est in a long series that took an ex- tra game to decide the winner. But the Cornhuskers couldn't repeat the feat and failed to go the dis- tance with Six Nations "After two long series like that we were physically and emo- tionally drained," said Snell. Overall, Snell was pleased with his team's performance throughout the playoffs and the regular season. The Cornhuskers finished first in the Shamrock Additional Entry League with an impressive 18-2-1 record. "We were on fire!" said Snell de- scribing his team's season. This came as no surprise con- sidering his roster contained six re- turnees from last year's team, as odll�el arat�t nals last year, and four players who came up from the All -Ontario championship Peewee rep. team': "I was blessed with a lot of tal- ent. It was just a matter of tuning in on their talent and, keeping them foctised," said Snell. Stephen Peewees clinch semi-finals Op en will defend their Chris Skalkos T -A staff CAYUGA - The Stephen Town- ship' Peewee "Rebels" clinched the All -Ontario Semi-finals Sunday sweeping Cayuga in three games. The Peewees earned a berth in the semi-finals when they beat Ti- verton last week winning all three ganies in the Western Ontario Ath- letic Association (WOAA) finals. provincial championship Stephen hosted the second game on Saturday defeating Cayuga 4-.1. Jeff Finkbeiner led the way for the Rebels scoring three goals assisted by teammates Danny Mosurinjohn and Adam Glavin who fed him twice in the third period. Shawn Sherwood added an unassisted goal in the second. The long drive to Cayuga didn't. Shawn Sherwood wins a face-off for the Stephen Township Peetyees during their second semi-final game against Cayuga f on Saturday. in the All -Ontario finals seem to affect the Peewees who executed a near repeat performance winning the third game 5-1. Stephen didn't waste any time jumping out of the gates scoring three quick goals. Sherwood struck first for Stephen notching a goal early in the first period with assists going to JR Davies and Brayden Lord. Finkbeiner recorded his second consecutive hat trick against Ca- yuga with a little help from his trig- ger man, Adam Glavin who set him up for two goals. Cal deLange and Jessica Davies also assisted. Finkbeiner's third goal came at 8:43 in the second period un- assisted. Brayden Lord and Brian Stuck - less teamed up to assist Jessica Da- vies who scored the fifth and final goal of the game. Assistant coach, Dick Lord said the three game series got a little chippy, especially in the second game when goalie Chris Glavin took a few cheap shots and.delayed pokes after the whistle. The Cayuga team was obviously frustrated at not being able to con- tain Stephen's offense led by Fink- beiner who had six goals in the se- ries. "They tried to double team him but it didn't work," said ,Lord. He also credits Glavin for standing up in net despite the intimidation'tac- tics posed by the Cayuga players and their fans. However Lord admits they had a little bit of luck on their side as well. "We seemed to get a few breaks but that's okay...we'll take any- hing 4e can get," he added. Last year Stephen beat Cayuga in the semi-finals before going on to defeat Port Carling for the All - Ontario championship. Lord said the Peewees are ready or a repeat performance and may ace off against Port Carling again or the provincial title. wards had to back check and we had to win in the comers," said Martin. "If we could execute this plan 1 knew our snipers would look after scoring goals.,.which they did." Goal scorers for Hensall were Brandon Martin with three goals, Tanner Ingram with two and Nic Bayley who also had two. Tanner Ingram fends off a defenseman while moving the puck up -ice for the Hensall Peewee team during a game against Brussels In Hensall. Ina scored five.goals and tw?0114 fiUrgt` n" ;b41t1 katers entertain in Holidaze on Ice carnival ZURICH - Boys dressed in groundhog suits and girls in Val- entine costumes made their way around the ice at the Zurich Arena and Community Centre on Sunday where about 60 skaters from the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Club performed to the theme of various holidays. The show displayed skaters of varied ages and levels including skilled senior solo performers and a first time appearance by skaters from the club's new adult program that began last year. Many of the year's holidays, from New Years to Christmas, were celebrated with costumes and accompanying music. "Each year we try (to) come up with a different theme... (and)...make more costumes," said Club President Brenda Schilbe. The 1995 carnival theme was A Trip Down Memory Lane, which centred around memorable music from past eras. The club modified costumes from that show to create new versions for Holidaze on Ice. Skaters from Zurich, Hensall, Grand Bend, Dashwood, Mount Carmel, London and Bosanquet as well as Hay and Stephen Town- ships skated in Sunday's carnival, which has been going strong for more than 25 years. Of the 90 members in the club, said Schilbe, most were involved with the show. "I think the highlight of the show is the little kids," she said. "This is their big day." Because the club is a small one situated in a small community, she added, help from sponsors is need- ed and appreciated. Stacey LaPorte, at left, and Sarah Stenhouse perform at the Holidaze on Ice carnival pre- sented by the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Club on Sunday afternoon. A 4