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Porkers attle to championship game with three straight wins
BY DAVE SYKES
Given the natural progression of. things,
O'Briens' Porkers performance in the
Ninth Annual Recreation League Hockey
Tournament here on the weekend would
lead observers to believe they should win
the championship next year.
The Porkers, B Division champ,ions last
year, put up an impressive struggle on the
A side of the recreation tourney this, year,
going all the way to the championship
' game before losing 2-1 to the Pike Lake
(Mt. Forest) Bruins here Sunday.
The next step for the Porkers, from B
champs 'to A finalists, is the A Division'
title.
While they may have lost the tourna-
ment championship game 2-1, the Porkers
were legitimate contenders for the title -
and were full value for their three wins en
route to the championship. •
The championship game provided a fit-
ting finale to a tournament that featured
some excellent hockey over three days.
A DIVISION
The championship game provided plenty
of excitement as Pike Lake scored a goal
-in the second period and one in the third to
win the tournament title 2-1 over O'Briens.
Pike Lake came by the' championship
honestly winning four straight games and
allowing only three goals in those four
games. Goaltender Chris Seifreid, who
recorded two shutouts in his team's first
two games and then gave up a stingy three
goals in. the final two games, was selected.
the tournament's top goaltender. •
. That award, however, could,have easily
been shared with O'Brien's Roy Wallace.
While his goals agains@.numbers were not
as impressive, 11 goals in four games,
Wallace kept the Porkers in. contention. On
Sunday alone, he earned his keep and was
• brilliant in the first two periods of the final.
Pike Lake enjoyed four ower play oppor-
tunities in% the first . period against
Goderich but an acrobatic Wallace held
them, scoreless. with, a number of,
remarkable stops.
The teams played through a scoreless
first period and Wallace's play frustrated
Pike Lake. O'Brien's finally" opened the
game's scoring midway through the se-
cond period as import Dan Maillett scored
on an unassisted effort.
The Bruins finally solved the Wallace
mystery with less than 'fiveminutes' re-
maining in the second period as Herb
'Cowen scored, also on an unassisted effort,
to the score 1-1.
Pike Lake scoredthe winning` goal late
• iiithe final period as Cowen set up team-
mate Lloyd Aitken for the game winner.
The 'road' to the final was relatively
smooth• for the Bruins in the opening two
rounds as they easily disposed of Murphy's
Green Machine 5-0 Friday evening and
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hammerd Wyoming 7-0 Saturday. Ralph
• Reeves scored two goals to lead the Bruins
Friday and he added two goals and an
assist Saturday, Tim Andrews also scored
two goals.
The semi-final game Sunday against.
'Leamington, the tournament defending
champion, was a classic battle. Mount
Forest had to score two third period goals
to tie the game and they then scored twice
in a shoot-out td win the game 4-2 and earn
a berth in the final. •
Fred McEachnie, who scored the first
Bruin goal and then added another in the
shootout was the game's MVP.
O'Brien's also played well winning three
. straight games to reach the final. The
Porkers outclassed Lucan 8-1 in its open-
ing game Friday on the sttength of a four -
goal performance by Dan Duncan, the
tournament's leading scorer with 11
points. Jim Fr}tzley, Wayne Draper, Pete
Bakker and Brian Moody scored the other
goals. '
Duncan put on another offensive show
,Saturday,scoring three goals and setting
up another for his second four -point perfor-
mance .in as many games as the Porkers
edged Sarnia'8-6: He set up what proved If
be the winning goal then scored an it
surance market late in the final period, ,
Bakker, Draper, Tom Crawford,
Maillett and Larry Gaynor scored one goal
each for the Porkers.
The Porkers also had their hands full in
the semi-final game and needed three
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O'Brien's Porkers' goaltender, Roy Wallace, was used to having
a flock of folk on his doorstep all weekend but he was equal to the
task helping the Porkers reach the A Division final of the
Goderich tournament. Team-mates Tom O'Brien (.8), Dan pun -
can (9), Brian Moody (5) and Gerry Gaynor (10) were on,hand to
help out on this occasion. hi the photo at left, Exeter discovered
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Sowerby leads
Machine to
championship
BY DAVE SYKES
A wild ending, in which three Exeter players were given
gross misconducts and another a game misconduct, mar-
red an otherwise superb performance by Murphy's Green
Machin? in the B Division championship game in the
Go rich Recreation Hockey Tournament Sunday.
Green Machine scored two goals late in the third period
to defeat Exeter 4-2 to win the B Division championship of
the ninth tournament.
The win was a come -from -behind effort for the
Machiners who trailed 1-0 after one period and were down
by two goals late in the second period. They scored two
goals in less than a minute late in the second period and
added two more in the third to clinch the consolation
championship.
Ron "Tag' Sowerby, selected the tournament's most
valuable player, was the catalyst in the Murphy's com-
eback. Sowerby set up the first Machine goal by Bill Lewis
in the second period, he scored the tying goal late in the se-
cond period and then added the insurance goal in the final
minute of the game. Bill Peters scored the other Goderich
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that Bill Lewis was a tough man to move from the slot while
Brian Moody (right) deflects a shot in action Friday against
Lucan. The Porkers won three straight games before losing 2-1
to Pike Lake in the championship game, Sunday. ( photos by
Dave Sykes)
Garb and. Gear
prepares for
playoff series
SPORTS SHORTS
The Goderich Garb and Gear Novices
resume their OMHA playoffs this Saturday
with a game against Sarnia Township at
the Goderich Memorial Arena at 4 p.m.
Saturday.
The following week, Saturday, 'Feb. 14
the Novices will host Wallaceburg in a 4
p.m. contest and on Sunday, Mooretown
will play here at 2:30 p,m.
In action here Jan. 24, Goderich lost a
tough 2-1 decision to London with the
visitors scoring the winning goal on ,a
penalty shot in the second period. Steve
•Linklater scored the lone Goderich goal in
the third period on an unassisted effort.
In a game Jan. 17, Goderich defeated
Blyth 4-1, in exhibition play. Craig Cor-
riveau, Steve Clarence, Jeff Volland and
Trevor Macaulay scored the Goderich'
goals.
Atoms lose
24 in Lucan
The Goderich . Machinist Atoms par-
ticipated int he Lucan Tournament on the
weekend and won their first game before
losing in the semi-final.
In the Saturday morning game,
Goderich defeated Petrolia 5-3. Bill In-
gham led the -attack with two goals while
Andrew Scott, Ryan Farrish and Chris.
Dickson scored one goal apiece. -
In the semi-final game Sunday,
•cGoderich lost to Ingersol, 2-1. Chris
Dickson scored the lone Goderich goal
with Drew Macaulay, assisting.
The Machinist Atoms also played Sarnia
Township in Ontario Minor Hockey
Association • (-OMHA) round-robin playoff
action and lost a tough game 1-0. The game
was played in Sarnia Township.
GDCI curers
advance in
highschool play
Green Machine Lost its first game to Pike Lake but re-
bounded to win three straight games and the B -Division
championship of the Goderich, tournarrient. Goaltender
Dennis Kerr was one reason tor the Machinery success.
Ron. Sowerby, the MVP,) Was another. (photo by Pat
Raftis )
The girls curling tearrli from Goderich
Collegiate advanced to the Huron -Perth
playdowns by virtue of victories at the re-
cent Huron curling finals at Vanastra Jan.
29. •
The team of Tanya Jeffrey, Jennifer
MacKinnon, Crystal Bissett and Laurie
Pentland won both their games in that
competition by scores sof 9- 3. They will be
competing against teams . from Perth
County as well as the runner-up from
Huron County on Wednesday, 'Feb. 11 at
the Exeter Curling Club, in hopes of advan-
cing to.the WOSSA Finals early in March.
The Boys team, skipped by Michael
Bogie .also competed, in the Huron
playdown, but ran up against a tough and
more experienced team from, Clinton,
which took the championship.
Grand Bend to
host annual
winter carnival
The Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce
is hosting "Winters a Beach", a unique
winter -carnival in the lakeshore village
Feb. 14 and 15.
The Winter ( arnival Friendship Event
will be a snos •ulpture competition in
which plans call for an eight foot square
block of snow, eight feet high to be provid-
ed for each team. First prize for the event
is $1,000 and each three-person team will
have two days to complete, the sculpture.
The carnival will feature a number of
events, including a cross country ski-a-
thon at Pinery Provincial Park; a
children's party Feb. 14 at Grand Bend
Public School at 8 p.m. and a children's
skating party Sunday from 2-4 p.m. A
steak barbecue is planned for Feb. 14 at 5
p.m. ania Sweetheart Dance will follow a
9 p.m. at the Legion. •
The Co-ed Snowpitch Tournament '
begins Saturday and wraps up Sunday
with the presentation of prizes including
$500 to the winners and $250 to the runners-
up. On Saturday there will also be
snowshoe tours. The Winter Carnival
chairman is Dave Sheppard.
Bridge Club
plans member -
guest night
Marg Hall and .John Wood combined for
45.5 points to finish first in a four -table
Howell game at the Jan. 26th meeting of
the Goderich Duplicate Bridge C1ub. The
average score was 31.5 points.
Martina Schneiker and Mary Donnelly
were second with 41 points, Bill Duncan
and,Ralph Kingswell, third with 34 points
and Betty and Ray Fisher, fourth, with 32.5
points.
Mary Donnelly directed a ten -table Mit-
chell game at the Jan. 27th meeting of the
club. The average score was 108 points.
Pat Stringer and Dawna Sproule were
first in the North -South division with 135
points andewere followed by; Brian Reeve
pad Graham Yeats, 131.5; Eleanor Er-
skine and Mary Donnelly, 126.5; Barb
Howe and Ron Moore, 118 and Betty and
Ray Fisher, 110.5 points.
Auleen Curry and Mary Lapaine topped
the East-West division with 121 points and
were followed by; Nuala Conlon and Kay
Duncan, 119.5; Don Godley ,and' Archie
Hamilton, 116.5; Joanne Gilchrist and Lee
Ryan, 1.16 -and Bill Duncan and Ralph -
Kingswell; 112.5 points.
On Tuesday, Feb. 10 members are to br-
ing a guest for Member -Guest bight.
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