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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-01-08, Page 15e r °S to- win tournament gold med A Goderich Atom houseleague team lost its opening round game in the Strathroy Tournament last week but rebounded with three straight victories to win• the gold medal in the consolation round. The only loss Goderich suffered came in the first game as Strathroy scored in over time to edge Goderich 5-4: It was a tough Loss forGoderich as they fought back from a 3-1 irst period deficit„ to tie the genie and send it into overtime. Shawn Carver scored the first Goderich goal but Strathroy responded with three straight goals before the close of the first period: to lead 34. Goderich got second period goals from Ryan Farrish and David Boyce to tie the game. Strathroy went ahead again in the final minute 'of the se- cond period but Boyce's 'second goal of the period with five seconds remaining tied the score 4-4. Strathroy won it in overtime. Goderich rebounded with a big effort in its second game Friday defeating Lucan 6- 0 on the strength of a three -goal perfor- mance by Andrew Scott. Goderich jumped into a 3-0 lead after one period as Drew Macaulay scored two goals, and Scott the other. Scott added single goals in the se- cond and third period to complete his hat - trick while' Jason Lajeunesse scored the other Goderich goal. Jamie -Redmond picked up the shutout in the Goderich net. In the semi-final game Saturday, Goderich exploded for four goals in the final period to break open a close .game and defeat Parkhill 6-2. Leading 2-1 in the final period, Goderich scored three Straight goals in a minute and' i half to put the game away. Shawn Carver led the offence with two goals while Macaulay, Dave Edward, Derek Stinson and Scott 'added one goal apiece. Boyce, Bryan Lamb, Trevor Bazinet, Scott Mathieson and Macaulay picked up assists. Goderich clinched the gold medal with a 4-1 win over Parkhill Leafs in the consola- tion .championship game Saturday. Goderich led 1-0 after one period on an unassisted goal by. Boyce. The Atoms in- creased the lead to 3-0 do goals by Bazinet with Lajuenesse assisting and Scot scored from Carver and Farrish before Parkhill scored late in the period. Goderich carried a 3-1 lead into the final period and • scored die only goal.of the period to clinch the consolation champion-• ship. Scott scored the final goal. „' The team members included Jamie Red- mond,. Steve Hogan, Jeff Phelan, Ryan Farrish, Shawn Carver Andrew Scott, Ryan McClinchey, Don Rivers, Jason La- jeunesse, James McDade, Trevor Bazinet, Bryan Larnb, Dave Edward, DaveiBoyce, Dave Bogie and Derek Stinson. -Jim Far- rish and Glen lamb coached. Novices pay respect Members of the Garb aqd Gear Novice • hockey team observed a minute's silence before Saturday's„game with St. Marys in memory of their manager, Paul Rivers who died suddenly Christmas Day. Although they tried hard, the team lost the game 5 -1. From the left are Trevor MaeAuley, Bryan Hodges, Jason Meriam, Rob Kinihan and • Ken McLarty. In the picture at right, Ken McLarty fights for the puck while Jeff Volland, background skates in to assist. (photos by Sharon Dietz► • Novices) drop 5-1 decision to St. Marys in league action '!fie visiting St. Marys Novices scored twice in ,both the first and second period. and went on to defeat Goderich Garb and Gear Novices 5-1 in Shamrock League play here Saturday. Steve Hudson and Kevin.McCotter each scored twe goals in the first to periods to boost St. Marys into a 4-0 lead heading into the final period. Goderich scored its only goal of the game at 2:48 of the final period as Ken Mc- Clarty, scored on an unassisted effort. St. Marys replied with a goal three minutes later to produce the 5-1 final score. • On Saturday, the Garb and Gear Novices will entertain Lucan in a league .game at the Goderich arena: Novice B teams win and tie in three league games The two, Goderich Novice B teams managed a win and a tie in three Huron -n Perth Tier I1 league games the past week. The Novice B Orange team went on a goal -scoring spree in a Dec. 29, league game in Exeter winning 11-0. In a game, played here Sunday, he Novice B Orange team dropped a 4-1 decision to Zurich. In the game in Exeter, Goderich scored four goals in both the first and second period. and added three goals in the final period en rout to the victory. Brad Phalen Ied the 11 -goal assault with four goals and two assists for a six -point ef- fort. Team-mate Mark .Johnston also scored four goals while Ben Armstrong scored two goals and Bryan Currie chip- ped in with a single. Dwayne Leddy led the assist parade , with four while Shane Webster had three, Mike Otterbein and Darryl Fielder had two each and Johnston, -Currie and Steve Bogie had one assist apiece. In the game here Sunday, Zurich led 1-0 after one period, increased the margin to • 3-0 after two periods and coasted to a 4-1 ^ win over Goderich. Mark Johnston scored the lone Goderich goal' midway through .. the final period with Steven Hamilton assisting. In other novice action, the blue team • scored the lone goal of the final period to tie Blyth ,2-2 in Huron -Perth' action Satur- day. Twice Goderich came from behind to tie game. With Blyth leading 1-0, Jeremy Powell scored early in the second period to tie the game. John MacDonald and Greg McLarty assisted. , Blyth took the lead late in the second period but McLarty's goal midway through the final period tied the game. Powell assisted on the tying goal. Team Canada beat itself ' The Canadian hhcl4ey scene has been full of activity in recent weeks on beth the junior and professional hockey fronts. The Toronto Maple Leafs believe they have started the new year oft right by sign- ing Czech defector Miroslav Ihnacak. With all the attention he is getting; you would think it's the second coming of Gretzky. Although the acquisition may be good for „ the team, there is little doubt the new Ihnacak will make much of a difference. -The Leafs haven't exactly been tearing up the league these days and a Stanley Cup does not loom on the horizon. Ihnacak will be able to show what he has to offer tonight when the Leafs play the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmon- ton Oilers. Let's hope Ihnacak will live up to his ad- vanced billing and won't turn out to be a bad Czech. Turning to the international hockey scene, the World Junior Championships are now overg and the Russians made January 1986 a month to remember for Canadian hockey fans. It was a dream come true for Team Canada last Thursday night at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. It was a chance for the•Canadian team to defend their cham- pionship against the Russians in front of their home fans. Early in the game, it was unclear whether the home fans were going to help or hinder the performance of Team • Canada. • To the fans, .it was a showdown between good and evil and not just another hockey game. For the participants on Team Canada, it was their big chance to impress the NHL scouts and he rest of the world. The Canadian team thought they could bodycheck their way to the championship. They gave the Soviets a lesson in hard knocks, but the Russians in turn showed Canada how to play hockey. Throughout the game, the Canadians belted the Soviets around the rink. In previous years North American teams were effective using he "go into the boards and grind it out” style. But after last year's 5-0 loss to Canada in. the World Junior tournament in Helsinki, a Moscow newspaper, criticized the Soviet players for not being "real men". The turning point of the game came at the 10 minute mark of the first period when the Team Canada captain Jim "the goon" Sandlak knocked Semak, a Russian for- ward, into the penalty„ box. To that point the Russitln bear was -quite, dormant, 'but after that check and the reaction of the fans, the Soviets turned, on the burners and Semak scored late in the period to avenge his earlier ride into the penalty box. Sandlak was assessed three minor penalties during the game for various of- fenses. He was given two for charging and one for tripping. The Soviets managed to score twice while Sandlak was w the box. As•the game got out of hand, the Cana- dians got rougher and began to hit harder. The rough play and unsportsmanlike con- duct was encouraged by the fans. l3ut, the incidents did not go unnoticed. After the game, Montreal General Manager Serge Savard was appalled by the chippy play of he Canadians when the game was out of hand. The biggest 'flaw in the Canadians per- formance against the Soviets, apart from. their chippy play, could have. possibly been their attitude coming into the game: The Soviets played as a unit for the good' of their country. They knew that there is little hope Of them playing in the NHL. On the other hand, the Canadian players knew they had to impress" the scouts. Whether consciously or unconsciously, they may have held onto the puck a little bit longer looking for that moment of glory. • When going into the boards, they didn't just follow through on the check. They us- ed the stick to show the scouts their durability. In each case the Soviets took Bantams whip ip St. Marys 94 1 in league action The Goderich Elevator: Bantams got a five -goal performance from Scott Garrow to defeat St. Marys 9-4 in Shamrock League action here Saturday. Goderich led 2-0 after one period, in- creased the margin to 6-1 after two periods and each team scored three times in the final period to produce the 9-4 final. • Bill Whetstone, Byron Bowman, Jason Million and Barry 'rhompspn scored the ether Goder•ich'goals. A total of 24 minor penalties were assess- ' d in the game ,14 to Goderich and 10 to St. arys. Most of them were roughing „in- - A St. Marys player was also assessed la 10 -minute misconduct and a •garne Misconduct penalty. This weekend the Elevator Bantams will be participating in the Silver Stick Tourna- ment in Watford. , .cr Sailors looking for firstwin of BY TD The Goderich Junior 'C' Sailors will still be looking for their first win of 1986 when they take to the ice here Friday night 'against the Wingham .Jokers at 8:30 p.m. The Sailors lost both their games last weekend, 14 -1 in Kincardine Friday and 7 - 3 in Walkerton Sunday. Friday, the Sailors went into the game with only 12 skaters and by the end of the gamehad,lost five of that number through penalties and injuries. Goalie Randy Gaynor found himself the target in a shooting gallery as he faced 64 shots from the Kinucks. The Sailors managed 2/ on Kincardine goaltender Bill Nightingale. The Kinucks led 2 -, 0 after an evenly matched first period, but it was .6 - 0 after -- the second and the .Kinucks had the ex- hausted Sailors on the ropes in the final period, scoring eight more times. The only Goderich goal came in the third period off, the' stick of Dave Gallow, assisted by Mark Burbine. The work of referee Paul Robson drew criticism from Sailors' coach Dap Duncan. The game marked the third in d row that Robson had done involving the Sailors and the relationship was not pleasant one. Hobson ignored infractions which led to chippy play whicnin turn led to fights, One particularly flagrant 'example Friday saw the Sailors' Rick Shakes felled' right in front of Robson by a vicious •elbow and/or butt'end. Shakes was taken to hbspital, but Robson assessed no penalty on We platy, • Sailors win one of three in Leamington tourney; BY TD . The Goderich Sailors won one of three games they played in the Leamington Junior 'C' hockey tournament•during the holiday break. - The Sailors defeated Woodhaven, Michigan, 8-6' after losing to Leamington 16-3 and Sim- coe 8-2. Thegame with Leamington found the Sailors short of players due to travel problems and injuries. • Pete Willems had two goals and an assist for the Sailors and Grant Garrow had a goal and before the period ended. Doug Dickson's two assists. s work in the . nets- -1rn roved as the .game In the Simce� game, the Sailors got second perioyd goals from Pete Wlllems, aexisted by , ' Daryl Madge and John Thompson and Rick Shakes assisted by Kevin Lee and Brad Arm- went overcome but tug the SMlor s' lead. runable to strong. ,The Sailors t seven d a 5-3 lead afterr the second period, riod b t the Sailoroals to s battled backeat the Michigan to take hevvictory by i seconds into Hawks the second scored aperiodain' jand upped gel scoring five unanswered goals. their lead to 6 - 1 midway through the David Gallow scored the winning goal on a play with Daryl Madge and .John Thompson ^ period. ' Daryl Madge one back for the with four Minutes left in the game. Gallow then added the insurance -marker, assisted by Sailors, scoring on gota blastoefromacthe paint Thompson, Shakes hads minute remaining. g Rick Shakes had a big�game for the Sailors, scoring three times and assisting on another with sixllems and Dave Gallow ain se sisted., Daryl goal. ,`' • , Each team scored once in ,tile th�rd Daryl Madge, John Thompson and Grant Garrow scoped the other' Goderich goals. Brad Armstrong had five assists, Thompson and Kevin Lee had three,apiece and Madge period. lain �Shakes 1 estsc red an and )amid ted and Gallow each had one assist. The Sailors return to league action here Friday, January p when they host the Wingham Jokers at 8:30 p.m. The Sailors go into the game with four vic- the ddsto k Scor d a short-handed goal for tortes in their last five league games. arousing the ire of the Sailors and their fans. At the conclusion of the game, Rob- son' requested a police escort from the building, but no incidents'involving Sailor players, officials or fans occurred. The Sailors' loss to Walkerton was a quite differentkind of game. Referee Doug Martin had the game well under control and there were no fights. The Sailors ac= tually' outplayed the Black hawks over much of the game, but the lack of consis- tent goaltending was a problem for the Sailors. ` John'Thompspn game the Sailors an ear- ly lead, taking a pass from Pete Willems and beating.D.ave Al with a backhander, but Walkerton scored four goals, at least 9 two of which were of the soft variety, both the pack and their dreams of a second championship away. In the 4-1 defeat to the Russians, I think the Canadians beat themselves. before they even stepped out onto the ice: The hometown fans did a lot for Canadian unity but little to help the junior hockey team on this night. Lions clip St. Marys 4-2 The Goderich Lions Pee Wees opened the New Year with a hard-fought, well-- deserved 4 - 2 victory • over visiting St. "Marys. . The never -say -die Lions roared with three berys r third 1r `0d 0 after gone, theoals for victory. Aftetailin Goderich tiedl;hc game on a powerplay as Andre Cauchi's vicious blast from the point beat the opposition goalie. Chris O'Neill and Tim Harrison made good passes to set up the goal.. Goderich fell', behind again by one and the second period ended this way. With eight minutes gone In the third period, Brian Lane's shot to the top corner with Chris O'Neill assisting tied the contest. Then, a minute$later;', Andre Cauchi's hard snap shot after taking a pass from Mike Stogenstad gave. the Lions a 3 - 2 lead'. With 50 seconds left natio game, great has- tle by' Shaun Talbot accounted for, the fourth Lion goal as he pounced on a tense .puck to beat the St. Marys goalie The Lions .wi l -play back to back games with Luean this weekend. The outcome of these two games will determine if the Lions will finish in the top of a very tough Pee Wee division. •