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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-02-04, Page 26SECTION GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987 PAGE 9A s tourn4 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 e 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 Turn to page 40 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 n, 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 Turn to page 11 e 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. 1