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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-02-02, Page 22fF • 7f, 1, b an ins • 135 Y ' G(iDERICH SIGNAL STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1983 SECOND SECTION otlericb Garb and Gear Novice tear} oa an exhibtion game against Zuri 2-1 on Saturday m Zurich and then defead Strathroy 3-2 in regular play on Sendai ut Strathroy. In Z Zurich, Goderich, got : on the. scorebo l d first with the only goal of the first period •scored , by. "Jamie ,..Stanley unassisted, The second period was ° scoreles'W. ith, Goderich and Zurich each. getting ei)e, goal in the third period. Goderichis was scored by Jason Jeffrey assisted by lan Bowman. In. Strathroy, .Qoderich scored the 'rat goal ,of the game and the only goal in the second period. ' This came )fin San Bowman' assisted by Jared Whalen and Jason. Jeffrey. Goderich and Strathrn each scored twice in the third period Goderich's goals came' from TOO People assisted by Mark Phillipe ,auctilim Jat d Whalen unassisted. ' The local Noviees will play Fort Huren in an,exhibition match here on -Saturday at 3;p.m. ' edf ord Flyers win Blyth learned some valuable but painful lessons in the B Division championship of the Goderich Recreation Hockey League Tournam►entSunday. Blyth held a 2-0 lead over Bedford Flyers in the championship game with less than four minutes remaining in regulation time 'and ended up dropping a 3-2 decision to the tenacious Flyers. Of course Blyth had to learn the hard way that a game is 60 minutes (45 in this case) and a team should never sit on a lead. , The Bedford Flyers capitalized on that lax attitude, recording a dramatic comeback that culminated with three_. goals in a two -minute span as the Flyers won the tournament B championship with a 3-2 win. Blyth took a one -goal lead in the game in the final minute of the first period as Wayne McDougall beat Derek Divok on a breakaway.That lead stood until late in the third period as both Divok and Blyth's Ray Hutchison played well in goal. The visitors scored their second goal of the game with just five minutes remaining in the game and appeared to have the win wrapped up. McDougall counted his second goal of the game from close in after scooping up a loose puck in front of the Flyer net after defenceman Jerry ll1osendale was checked trying to move the puck out of the zone. If the Flyers lights weren't out they dimmed considerably as Dave Steinbeck took a penalty for body contact with just three and a half minutes remaining in the game. However, just nine seconds into the penalty Rosendale sent Paul Corriveau into the clear on the left side and he finally beat Hutchison.with a shot to the glove side - to reduce the Blyth lead to 2-1. Just one minute lager, the speed and tenacity of Paul Kelly resulted in the tying goat with Kelly beating Hutchison to the short side. One minute later, Steinbeck atoned for his sins and'capied the remarkable Flyer comeback with- the winning goal. S tep- ping out of the penalty box, he took a lead pass from Kelly; went in alone, and beat Hutchison for the third Flyer goal of the game. The game -winning. Fgeala' earned Steinbeck the . games most valuable player.hunours. The Flyers advanced to the B Division championship with a 1-0 victory over Holmesville in semi-final play. The teams played through a scoreless first period and Kelly scored the only goal of the game in the second period, converting a pass from linemates Bruce Bowman and Phil Paquette. Derek Divok earned the shutout in the flyer net, In second round play, the Flyers defeated Seaforth 5-2 to keep their con- solation title hopes alive. The Flyers led 2- 1 after one period of play with Rosendale opening the scoring just 12 seconds into the game: Seaforth tied the game less than two minutes later but an unassisted goal by Bill Walters boosted Bedford back into the lead. The Bedford Flyers swarm Derek Divols after winning B title in tournament Sunday: (Photo by Dave Sykes) Seaforth again tied the game early iitthe second period but then Kelly and Paquette. took control of the game. Paquette scored midway through the second period "with Kelly assisting to .put Gaderich back into the lead and the two combined for a goal each in the final period to produce the 5-`2 final. Bedford entered the consolation side of the tournament after losing their opening game to the St, Clements Eagles, defen- ding A champions, 6-3. Despite scoring the first goal of the game, Paquette from Kelly, Goderich fell behind 6-1 after two period of .play. The Flyers made a modest comeback in the final period on goals by Rick Rawson and Kelly but the rally fell short. Blyth entered the consolation round after losing to Green Machine of Goderich in a shootout i!'ridarnight. The teams tied 7-7 after regulation playas Green Machine got two goals; from George Goddin in the final period, the tying goal with just 13 secorfds remaining; to force the shootout,. Green Machine won the shootout 6-5 as the teams went through nine shooters to determine a winner. In reaching the B final, Blyth defeated Exeter 4-2 and edged O'Briens Meats. of g%) Goderich in a shootout in the semi-final. • Lucan edges Strathroy to win `A' championship • Lucan: scored two goals in the final period to edge Strathroy 4-3 to win the Awl Division championship of the Goderie Recreatibn4iockey Teurnametrt Sunday The tournament . championship final offeredfast paced action despite the fact both teams had played earlier in the day. There was end to end action throughout the game and the lead changed hands several times. Strathroy led 2-1 after the first period of . play. ,but Lucan scored the only goal of' the second period;to tie the game•at 2 -2. -In the final period, Strathroy again took the lead • in the first . minute of play in the final„ period but Lucan rebounded with two straight goals to claim the championship. Jeff Hartman ;put Lucan in the lead midway through the opening period scoring' on an unassisted effort. Strathroy got that one back three minutes later on a 'goal by Terry'Smith and took the lead late in the first period as.Roland Kroh .con- verted a , pass from linemates Tom Wdodiwiss ani John Vanlieshot. Lucan tied the game in the opening minute of the second period on a goal by Brad Taylor and the score remained 2-2 heading into the final period. Strathroy wasted little time getting back into the lead as Bruce Cameron scored in the first minute of play after taking a pass from Jeff McLean and Alex Campbell. That lead lasted only for a minute as Rick Freeman scored for Lucan on the flowerplayto tie the game at 3-3. Strathroy had excellent opportunities to regain the lead as they enjoyed almost - :three -consecutive .manpower advantages but failed to take the lead. Lucan killed alt three minor penalties= -with excellent . penalty killing, keeping Strathroy off stride before the offence could move ef- fectively out of its own bone. The penalty killing paid off and Lucan took the lead for good as Dau' Marshall scored on an unassisted- effort while his team was short handed. Brad Taylor of Lucan was selected as the game's most valuable Mayer. Lucan pened the tournament with a 6-0 win ove Exeter Friday. 'Brian Noyes Saves like this'helped Lucan win the A title Sunday. (Photo by Dave Sykes) -paced file offence With—,two 'goals- They, kept their, winning streak alive SatOrday- with a 103 win over Green Machine. The game was tied 3-3•early in the third period but Lucan exploded for seven straight goals ' against a weary Green Machine team to claim the victory. Brad Taylor led the Lucan offence with three goals while Brad England and Bill Bannerman added two goals apiece. George Godin, Paul Sheafer and Bill Lewis scored the goals for Goderich. Oris "01 tfie' strange'r gas' *of `the-- tourname t was the -semi-final match between Port Elgin and Lucan. Lucan spotted P Elgin a 5-0 led after the first period of play and looked like they were out of the contest. •- However;; Lucan stormetl back with six straight goals in the second period to take a 6-5 lead ; into third period. They were almost as awesome in the third period scoring five more goals en route to a 11-5 win and a berth in the championship. . --•- -Dan-Marsha-h,-the.game'.amoSstJtaluab1e player, scored three goals for Luczm while team-mates Taylor and. England ailed two goals apiece in the dramatic come - from -behind victory. • Strathroy opened the tournament with a 4-0 victory over Hohnesville and then beat Owen Sound to advance to the A Division semi-final Sunday. they earned a berth in the championship by handily disposing of defending A champions, St:• Clements Screaming Eagles, 10-2. 1 9 GDCIboys'-ciirling team will represent region in Southwestern Ontario final Sixteen teams participated in the Fifth Annual Goderich Recreational Hockey Tournament on the weekend. Lucan and the Bedford Flyers were the winners. (Photos by Dave Sykes) GDCI- team left to right: Scott Collins, skip; Mark Jeffrey, lead; Doug Bundy, coach; Dan Durst, vice and Fraser Huyck, second. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) The GDCI boys' Curling team will represent this region in the Southwestern Ontario finals of the Pepsi Cola Junior Playdowrts in Stratford February 17 after winning for the region in Wingham this weekend. ' The GDCI team defeated a team from Chesley in a two -out -of -three contest. After losing the first game in an extra end, they came back to win their second game 10-4 and their third game 104. Coach Doug Bundy says the boys played exceptionally well in their last game with the lead and vice making some fine shots. The Goderich team advanced to the regional competition (including the region from Exeter to Owen Sound to Barrie) by first winning the zone competition in - Seaforth several weeks ago. The South- western Ontario finals will include teams from Guelph; Kitchener, Sarnia and London. GDCI boys' team members are Scott Collins, skip; Mark Jeffrey, lead; Dan Durst, vice;: and Fraser Huyck, second