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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-03-12, Page 22PAGE 8A—CiiDERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986 Stor delay sul s erich Lions Goderich wins two dames. to advance to semifinal round Thursday The 37th edition of the Goderich Lions Club Young Canada Week Peewee Hockey o Tournament may welrbe remembered for the games that weren't played. . The worst storm of the, winter of 1985-86 paralyzed Southwestern Ontario Friday ,.resulting in the cancellation of the opening four games of the 58 -team tournament in- cluding the Goderich-Acton game and the opening ceremonies. It Marked the first time in recent memory that weather forc- ed the cancellation of games. Play began Saturday morning and tourncament chairman Bill Chisholm had to accomplish some juggling to get the four game§ in Sunday. While,the schedule may have been rear- ranged because of the storm, the results. were rather gratifying for Goderich and its Lion peewee hockey team. The Lions got off to an auspicious start in the tournament winning its first two games. On Saturday afternoon, Goderich dumped Acton 4-1 and later that day the .team whipped Exeter 8-0 to earn a berth in the championship semi-final Thursday at 2 p.m. against Hanover. Mayor Eileen Palmer dropped the ceremonial first puck after opening remarks were offered by tournament chairman Chisholm, . Palmer and Lions president Paul Spittal. The two tc—r- rnay hFvc bean lolled by the speeches for the opening period was a quiet one. Much of the play was concen- trated in the neutral area of the ice and when a player made a break, he was thwarted by great goaltending. Both Ac- ton's Caswell and Goderich's Lumley turn- ed in fine performances: The second period belonged to Goderich'.s Chris O'Neill. He bumped in two quick goals in a 30 second span mid- way through the period to give Goderich a crucial two -goal lead. The goals also woke up the partisan Goderich crowd. The flow continued into the third period as Goderich scored its third goal at 3:40 as O'Neill dug the puck out of the corner and fed Brian Lane for the goal. Play in the third period was delayed for several minutes by the .unfortunate injury to referee Rick Telfor, when he was struck down by a puck. The rest may have been what Acton needed as they came back after the delay to score the only goal of the game. Goderich responded with a goal when Lane batted the puck up into the mesh with less than two minutes remaining in the game to boost Goderich into a 4-1 lead. r• ; GODERICEI-EXETER In second round action, the Goderich Lion Peewees got a three -goal perfor- mance from Shawn Talbot and shutout goaltending from Bob Lumley to handily. defeat Exeter 8-0 in B Division play. The victory was the second straight of the tournament for the Lions and propelled the club into the semi-finals against Hanover Thursday. Hanover defeated Listowel 5-4in overtime in the first game of the tournament Saturday morning and then hung on to defeat Owen Sound by an identical score to advance in the cham- pionship round. In the Goderich game, the Lions jumped into a quick three -goal lead scoring three times before the game was three•and a half minutes old. Brian Lane put Goderich ahead by a'goal after one minute of play with Kevin Moss assisting and after Aaron Duckworth had scored to boost Goderich into a two -goal lead, Lane scored his se- cond of the period converting a pass from 'linemates Andre Cauchi and Sean O'Brien. The teams played through a scoreless second period and Goderich clinched the , victory scoring five straight goals in the third period. Talbot led. the five -goal assault in the final period scoring three times, two on unassisted efforts. Tim Har- rison and Paul Hamilton scored the other Lion goals to complete the 8-0 victory. Tweens edge Exet r 7-6 in final play SPORTS SHORTS VffiliffigNO In ringette action, Goderich Lions Tweens defeated Mitchell two games straight on March 1 in the semi finals. Tracey Melick was top scorer with five goals and two assists and Tara Haylow followed close behind with three goals and two assists. Also helping out the Goderich team was Jennifer Hamilton scoring three goals and one assist, Shelley Alcock with two goals and two assists, Alesha Glousher and Trish Romig each scored one goal with Denise Johnston, Jackie Crawford, and Sherry Supiet each picked up an assist. In ringette play over the weekend, the tweens squeezed by Exeter in the first game of the finals 7-6 to take a one -game lead in the best -of -three final series. Melick picked' up three goals and two. assists, Trish Rumig scored two goals, and Alesha Glousher `and Jennifer Hamilton contributed one goal a piece, with Shelley Alcock picking up an assist. Julia Merner gave Exeter a helping hand with her two goals and two assists. Becky Morgan scored two goals, Jaine Rowe and Becci Farquaar each scored one, with assists going to Brydon Gryseels, and Elizabeth Coates for Exeter. The tweens play their second playoff game in Goderich Monday Mar. 7 at 7:30 p.m. :egic.n Blues win atom championship In Atom houseleague pla3foffs, the Legion Blues took the title over the Goderich Flyers with a two wins, two ties and one loss playoff record. The first game played February 17, the Legion Blues took a 7-2 win over the Flyers, with Shawn Carver leading the team with four goals. In the second game, the Flyers tied up with the Blues by taking the win 3-2, with Dave Boyce scoring two goals for the Flyers. The third and fourth games both ended in ties with Scot Mathieson, Ryan McClin- chey, and Jason Lajeunese scoring for the Flyers and Shawn Carver scoring two and Donny Rivers picking up one for the Blues in the 3-3tie. r ,,,,.,,k, s, The Blues won the championship Alija a 3-2 win over the Flyers in•the fifth game. Shawn Carver; Ryan Farrish •and Dave Edwards each scored one for theBlues and Shane Pollock and Boyce claimed the two goals for the Flyers. titian'. ih above, an Ac( rive Goderich he `otl rich Li0.004$41.0,,p444. a Week. raamen.. gilt iiif f a)lelay+ start as the first n00.0.04:',40004 L1 ings g beck t►MM frac c and ibe i► e7nii>i cere s + re he l l bcf�lre i� me w bieh tii Lions wt 41. ft1Me phots . er,it oyes the puck m froiitaf• his owiu.uet w fie s ursu a *lite, other plioios, Chris tan itet ur1 irne<'Sa Green Machine wins tavern title Overtime goal by Lewis puts Machine in final against Sunset BY DAVE SYKES The deciding game of the semi-final series between Murphy's Green Machine and Bedford Flyers last Wednesday, much like the three=game series, featured a bit of everything. There was some solid forechecking, swift rushes, a few extra shoves, good drama, some heady play, good goalten- ding and two overtime sessions to decide the victors. But in the end Wednesday, it took a deflection seven and a half minutes into overtime before Green Machine was the deblared the winner in the battle of the taverns with a 5-4 sudden -death victory. Bill Lewis tipped Greg Smith's shot from the point behind Rob Cummings in the Flyer goal to thwarta Bedford comeback ' that saw the hotelers rally from a 4-1 deficit midway through the final period to tie the garne with seconds remaining and force the overtime. The win was the second overtime victory " ' 4 „ � 3'• "�' r;;""`. .!w 'j for Murphy's. The won the first game of the series 7-6 in overtime but Bedford rallied with a 10-5 win in the second game to set the stage for the final game of the series Wednesday. , The deciding' game of the .series. was made up of two components. . Green Machine dominated the first two periods and also two minutes of the third period and built up a 4-1 lead. 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The Atoms also lost against Aurthur in overtime play and took a win over Palmerston. In the consolation game, Goderich held a 4-3 lead over Shallow Lake after two periods, with Todd Papple scoring three and Jeff Beange claiming the fourth. Shallow Lake tied up the game after three periods and scored the winning goal in overtime play. In the first game played, Goderich fought a, hard battle against the Aurthur team. Goderichheld the lead 3-2 after two periods with ' Papple scoring two and Jamie Stanley scoring the other. Buy t end of the third Goderieh had score another but the Aurthur team struggled and managed to tie up the game with.1 se- cond remaining in regulation play.. The overtime period saw Aurthur score their goal in a shootout against Goderich. The second game gave Goderich a win over Palmerston 4-2, with Chris Dickson taking two goals, and Andrew McCarty and Todd Papple scoring one each which led the Atoms into the consolation finals. . DuOlicate Bridge Club Nuala Conlon and Anna Godley combin- ed for 51 points to take first place at a four - table Howell game at the Mar. 3 meeting of the Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club. Martina Schneiker and Mary Donnelly combined for 46.5 points to take second, Betty and Ray Fisher followed close behind with 46 points and Esther Garrow and Betty Garland took fourth with 45 points. In the Mitchell game played Mar. 4, .Jean Papernick and Verna Worthy' were first overall with 106 points. The averarge score was 81. Joanne Gilchrist and Lee Ryan were se- cond in the North-South section with 97 points and Maryann Dempsey 'and Dawna Sproule and Evie McDonagh and Donnelly tied at third with 96 points. P.K Venkiteswaran and Aelian Weerasooriya topped the East-West sec- tion with 94 points while Kay Duncan and Conlon finished second with 84,5 points and Jane and Brian Cere and Brian and Chris B,,eeve tied at third with 81.5 points.