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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-12-14, Page 13Goderic` SIGNAL flTAR 135 YEAR --49 V EAATIC3N GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7,1983 SECOND SECIION Goderich Novices make it to consolation final in tournament t But lose two in Shamrock League a Jeff Rau slaps the puck away from the St. Marys stick, knocking him off balance during Saturday's game at the Goderich Arena. The Goderich Novices lost 3-1 but played well. photo by Anne Narejko) BY ANNE NAREJKO The Goderich Novice A team travelled to Strathroy to participate in the Early Bird Tournament over the weekend of November 26. The team made it to the consolation final but lost 5-3 to Thamesford. Goderich was not in top form during the first game of the tournament when they faced -off against Byron. The locals were blown off the ice, losing by a 12-0 score. They had opportunities to score while Byron was shorthanded but could not find an opening behind their opponents goalie. Having the opportunity to play a second game payed off for them as they; squeaked by Forest 3-2. Goderich opened the scoring with a goal by Bryan Hodges midway through the first period, giving some confidence back to the team. Andrew Scott was credited with the assist. Forest managed to tie the score with less than two minutes left to play in the first period, but Hodges and Jeff Rau connected to score with only 42 seconds remaining, giving Goderich a 2-1 lead. Forest held Goderich scoreless during the second period and managed to tie the score, but the local team kept battling as Hodges netted an unassisted goal to give him three for the game and advance his team to the consolation final. Consolation Final Goderich played a catch-up game of hockey when they met Thamesford in the consolation final, losing 5-3. The Novices were held scoreless during the first period but allowed the puck to go in their own net twice. David Boyce scored Goderich's first goal to bring his team within one, but Thamesford slide the puck into the Goderich net seconds later. Jason Lajeunesse opened the scoring.in the third period when he took a pass from Drew Macaulay and put the puck behind Thamesford's goalie. Jason Hayter scored an unassisted goal to tie the game at three all, but the Goderich team could not hold on as they allowed two goals in the final two minutes of play, causing them to lose the consolation final 5-3. Regular Action In the Shamrock league, the Goderich Novices went down to a 3-1 defeat on hoine- ice when they met St. Marys on Saturday, and a 6-4 defeat when they travelled to Exeter. St. Marys first goal was scored on a fluke shot from the blue line that trickled past Goderich's goalie in the opening seconds of the game. Goderich came back to even the score when Jason Hayter took control of the puck at centre ice, did some fancy stick handling to get past three St. Marys defenders and raise the puck over the goalie's shoulder. St. Marys came back in the second period to score two quick goals, taking the lead 3-1. Both teams were held scoreless throughout the third period, giving St. Marys victory in the first meeting between the two teams. Exeter 6 - Goderich 4 Exeter has emerged victorious from both of their meetings with Goderich. The first game was a close 5-4 win for Exeter and the second meeting, on Sunday, ended 6-4 in their favour. With home -ice advantage, Exeter scored one in the first period and another two in the second before Goderich's Jason Hayter brought his team to life. Bryan Lamb was credited with the assist. A total of six goals were scored in the third period. Exeter scored the first one followed by Jeff Rau's goal. Exeter came right back with another goal of their own and then Hayter netted two in a row for Goderich, giving him a three goal night. Bryan Hodges earned the assist on Rau's goal and Bryan Lamb was awarded an assist'-orr-one of Hayter's goals. The final goal of the game was scored at 2:32 by Exeter, giving them a 6-4 win. Pee Wees defeat Parkhill and Ilderton On' Friday, December 2, The Goderich Lions Pee Wees travelled to Parkhill and defeated the host team. The local lads were slow to start but the astute goaltending of Shawn Currie encouraged the skaters and a final score of 7-2 was realized. Andre Cauchi sparked the attack with three goals and two assists while left wing linemate Chris O'Neill added one goal and three assists and right winger Jeff Hodge added one goal and two assists. Another goal was added by George Sideris assisted by Greg Alcock and Rob Dempsey. Brian Lane, assisted by George Sideris, completed the scoring drive. Lonnie Rumig played a very strong game on defense and disrupted numerous Parkhill scoring attempts. Shawn Currie in goal had his strongest outing of the year. on Saturday, December 3 the Lions played host to Ilderton and proved most ungracious by defeating their guests by a score of 11-2. The local attack was led by George Sideris with four goals, Tim Har- rison tallied three times and added two assists, Greg Alcock added one goal and two assists. Brian Lane had one goal and one assist, while Shawn Talbot added one goal and one assist and Chris O'Neill one goal. Jeff Boyce, Andre Cauchi and Greg Dewinter added two assists each, while Jeff Hodge had a single. Pat Donnelly capably handled the net -minding duties and foiled a number of Ilderton scoring chances. The local Pee Wees have been gaining momentum in the past couple of weeks and face the Strathroy team at the local arena next Saturday. Atoms defeat Exeter 9-6 Sunday Two well played games helped the Goderich Atom team boost their record to two wins, seven losses and three ties. On Saturday the local team played host to St. Marys and came away with a 2-2 tie.' On Sunday they travelled to Exeter and came home with a 9-6 victory. Aaron Duckworth opened the scoring when he took a pass from Paul Hamilton to jump to a quick 1-0 lead. Mark Philips was also credited with the assist. Early in the second period, Duckworth feed Hamilton the puck to give Goderich a Wn►tui!AU►e ►eau, UUL Vue minute Pater St. Marys came back to get on the scoreboard. Goderich could not hold the St. Marys attackers off in the opening minutes of the third period as the visiting team put the puck past the Goderich netminder to tie the game. In Exeter, Goderich took an early lead with an unassisted goal by Paul Hamilton, but Exeter evened the score minutes later, and then went ahead 2-1. Goderich's Aaron Duckworth took a pass from Hamilton, followed by an unassisted goal by Sean O'Brien. With only 56 seconds left to play in the first period, Exeter put another goal on the scoreboard to tie the game at three all, but Goderich had the last say in the period as Jeff Beange scored to end the period with a 4-3 score in favour of Goderich. Goderich came out fighting in the second period with Beange scoring two more goals, giving him his third for the evening. One of his goals was unassisted and the other goal was assisted by Chris Erb. Corey Adams slide the puck into Exeter's net moments later giving him an unassisted goal also. With only seconds remaining in the second period, Ryan Fagan scored to give Goderich an 8-3 lead. It was Exeter who made it on the scoreboard first in the third period, after being shutout in the second, but Goderich quickly followed with an unassisted goal by Sean O'Brien. Exeter did not give up as they scored a goal right after O'Brien's and another one with only 32 seconds, but their last minute efforts were all in vain as Goderich headed home with a 9-6 win. The Atoms next game is on Saturday when they play host to Exeter. Goderich has defeated Exeter in both of their matches this season. SFDRTB SDRT8 The Goderich Minor Hockey Association will be holding their monthly meeting on Saturday, December 10 at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of the Goderich Arena. Jim Pollard, an O.M.H.A. representative will be in attendance. Any parent wishing to approach the executive should phone 524-8467 prior to December 8 so their name can be added to the agen +++ On Saturday, the Children's Little Theatre will be performing two skits at the Livery, starting at 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Goderich Recreation Department, the children have been practising since October 1 and will perform The Lonely Fir Tree and Father Hits the Jackpot. Children performing will be in two categories; 10 to 13 -year-olds, taught by Mary Anne Dempsey, and six to nine -year- olds, taught by Diana Scott. +++ The Western Region Public Schools held their annual volleyball tournament last Wednesday in Goderich. The boys played at Victoria School while the girls volleyed for the championship at Robertson. The grade four to six students came from Brookside, Colborne, Robertson, Victoria and Hohnesville Schools. Finishing in first place for the boys' division was Hohnesville, but due to a shortage of time, they could not determine a second place finisher. Victoria took the girls' championship with Colborne's girls winning the consolation title. GDCI girls finish season BY TD The GDCI girls' basketball teams came to the end of their season last week. The Senior Vikings were defeated 53 - 40 by London Westminster in a challenge match to determine entry into the WOSSA cham- pionships and the junior Vikings were eliminated in the WOSSA quarter finals 93 - 18 by powerful Sarnia St. Pat's. The senior Vikings played well in the early part of their game Tuesday at Westminster, leading 8 - 2 in the first quarter. The Vikings then missed three straight breakaway layups allowing Westminster to stay in the game. Goderich led 8 - 4 after the first quarter but by half-time the Wildcats of Westminster held a 23-16 edge. The Vikings pulled to within four points of Westminster in the fourth quarter with two minutes left in the game, but with time running out, the Vikings were forced to foul to try to get the ball. Westminster players made the free throws to pad their lead. Kim Fritzley had 19 points to lead the Viking 'attack. Cathy Gallow and Mary O'Neill added six points apiece, Anne Allan had four, Allison Graham got three and Christine Stapleton had two points. Coach Phil Bugler's Vikings had a fine season with an overall record of 29 -10. The Vikings lost only two of their starters and seven of the ten players on this year's team will be returning next season. This, along with the good crop of rookies moving up from this year's junior Vikings, gives coach Bugler another promising season next year. The junior Vikings, who won the Huron Perth championship were unable to contain the explosive Sarnia St. Pat's team. Playing without two starters and trying to overcome the effects of a two week layoff because of exams, coach Lynn Meyer's Vikings were no match for the Fighting Irish who went on to win the WOSSA championship, defeating Sarnia Northern 64 - 28. Jenny Allen, with six points, topped the Viking attack. Shelly Teal had four points, Sarah Alexander and Katharine Muphy had three apiece and Mary Catherine Stapleton had two points. Goderich Bantams gave it their all at Clinton tourney BY C.B. What might be classed as a hectic weekend of hockey, the Goderich (Elevator) Bantams continued in their Clinton tour- nament on December 3 and 4. On the strength of their wins against Preston and Petrolia the weekend before, they entered the second phase Saturday afternoon against St. Clair Beach. The boys played tremendous hockey winning 4 - 3. Mark Burbine opened the scoring for Goderich three minutes into the first period assisted by Ian MacKinnon. St. Clair Beach evened it up before the period ended. The second period had barely begun when Byron Bowman made it 2 - 1 for the locals, Scott Garrow and Mark Burbine drew assists. St. Clair Beach again tied the score and play was end to end. Then Scott Garrow picked up a leading pass from Rod Nurse, fought off two opposing players deeked the goalie and popped it in the top corner of the net. ALLitaftAterw T. Trying to avoid the sweeping stick of the St. Marys player is a unidentified Goderich Atom A bouncing puck is hard to control at the best of times, but with this St. ad's p a yer player. The Atoms had a two goal lead during Saturdays game but St. Marys came back to banging the Goderfeb forward's ettek, the task was twice as difficult. The local Atom team tied St. Marys at the Goderich Arena last Saturday, 2.2. (photo by Anne Narejko) He It at two all. I photo by Anne Narejko) In the third period Dave Duncan scored Goderich's fourth goal assisted by Darrell Durnin. St. Clair Beach scored their third goal and tension mounted. St. Clair Beach then started to really pour it on but the Goderich boys kept checking and breaking up plays until time ran out. Unfortunately for the Goderich team they lost the services of Scott Garrow who received a serious concussion from being severely checked into the boards. Because of the design of the tournament Goderich's next opponent turned out to be St. Clair Beach again on Sunday morning. If the boys had won this second game they would have had it all. However, such was not the case as they dropped the decision 2 - 1. The boys fought hard in the tense filled confrontation but just couldn't get any breaks. All scoring was in the first period. Darrell Durnin scored for Goderich with assist going to Rod Nurse and Dave Duncan. St. Clair Beach came back with two goals within seconds of each other -before the period ended. In the remaining two periods Goderich just couldn't buy a goal but they refused to yield any more either. At this point complications set in. Gratitude and thanks are extended from Goderich was due to play a regular league coach Wilkinson to the following players game in Parkhill at 3:30 p.m. Faced with from the "B" team who played like veterans this eventuality coach Wilkinson hid and made the win in Parkhill possible: Gary decided on the Saturday that he would send Erb, Mark Cauch;, Bob Allen, and Darren part of his team to Parkhill fortified with' Stanbury• some players from the Bantam "B" team and that is what took place. The bus picked up the "B" players in Goderich, drove to Clinton, picked up the "A" players going to Parkhill and took off. The boys from the "A" team had remained in their equipment. In the game at Parkhill the locals were victorious. Playing with only two lines, some of them very tired boys, they defeated Parkhill 4 - 3. The first period was scoreless. In the second period Shawn Larder opened the scoring with assists to Gary Erb and Dave Duncan. Parkhill came back with two goals before the period ended. Goderich scored three times in the third period. Dave Duncan scored the first assisted by Mark Burbine and Shawn Larder. Mark Burbine scored the second when he took a slapshot from his own goal line that travelled the full length of the ice and into the Parkhill net. There was a very short silence before the roar of the crowd became deafening. Darren Stanbury ("B" player) added a clincher with assists going to Shawn Larder and Mark Burbine. Parkhill added their third goal and pulled their goalie in an attempt for a tie. Goderich fought them off and nearly scored into an empty net. Still in their equipment, the boys jumped back on the bus for their dash back to Clinton to play at 6 p.m. against St. Clair Beach again. They made it with 15 minutes to spare. However, their efforts were in vain. In the third and final game Goderich lost 7 - 0. The strain of playing three games in such a short space of time was just too much. The boys had lost their edge, and in addition to Scott Garrow being out, Ian MacKinnon had injured his ankle in Parkhill and couldnt play the crucial game. St. Clair Beach was an excellent team from an "A" division, Goderich is classed in a lower category as "BB", but they were not seven goals better. The Goderich boys played as a team giving their best, and there was much honour in defeat. If they continue to perform as they did in the tournament, they will be a team to be reckoned with in their own league, and providers of some excellent entertainment to those who come to support them at the local arena. Bedford Flyers hang on to first place in Rec. hockey A three goal effort by Kevin Meriam helped lead Sunset to a 10-4 romp over Hodges during a game played on November 27. Tom Shiflett was the high scorer for Hodges with two goals. On the following Monday evening, Bed- ford defeated Clere-Vu 6-2. Ron Corriveau, Mark Frayne and Phil Paquette added singles towards the Bedford win. On Wednesday Bedford and Sunset played to a 3-3 tie. Bedford took an early 2-0 lead with goals by Joe Trebish and Phil Paquette. Then Sunset came back with three unanswered goals, two by Kevin M'eriam, while Steve Arbour added the single. Mark Frayne netted the tying goal for the Flyers. Clere-Vu bombed Ultramar 10-4 in Clinton on Thursday evening. Bill Crawford had four goals and added an assist to lead all scorers. The Rockets played again in Clinton on simony but could not handle Green Machine as they were beaten 10-7 by the Machine. Dave Groff scored four times and Bill Lewis had a hat -trick to lead Green Machine's offensive attack. In Goderich on Sunday morning, Ultramar out scored O'Briens 10-6. Paul Kelly and Rick McLean scored two apiece with singles being added by Dirk Wolter- beek, Ian McAdam, George Godin, Graham Hamilton, Paul and Pete Fegan. LEAGUE STANDINGS TP WL T PTS Bedford Flyers 12 10 0 2 22 0 3 19 5 2 10 4 7 1 9 4 7 0 8 3 7 2 8 3 5 1 7 2 7 1 5 Green Machine 11 Sunset 11 4 Clere Vu 12 Ultramar 11 O'Briens 12 Garb & Gear 9 Hodges 10