HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-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
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Times -Advocate, March 20, 1996
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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
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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.
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