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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-11-26, Page 23GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26 1986, -PAGE 7A Goderich . goalie Gaynor glows The Goderich Sailors were defeated by the Walkerton Blackhawks here Friday night by a 5-1 score. The Blackhawks scored the only goal of the first period when Scott Girdler put the puck behind Sailo6goalie Randy Gaynor. The Sailors scored a power play goal, playing with a two-man advantage, just 41 seconds into the middle period. Chris Sideris,the Sailors' leading scorer, notched his ninth goal of the year to deadlock the contest. Defenceman Jim Beattie and left winger Darren Doak received assists on the play. Ken Helmka put the Blackhawks back on top and a power play goal by DaVe Artibello in the last minute of the period gave Walker- ton a 3-1 second intermission lead. Randy Fritz and Scott Biesenthal scored for the Blackhawks in the third period while goalie Dave Al was blanking the Sailors at the other end of the rink. Randy Gaynor played well in the Sailors' net, despite the five goals that got by him. The Sailors' "hound line" of Darrell Dur- nin, Darren Doak , and Chris Sideris generated the best scoring chances for Goderich, but, overall, the Sailors were unable to take advantage of their scoring opportunities. "We don't have a lot of goal -scoring poten- tial in our lineup," explained Sailor coach Dick Madge. "We have to try to play sound defensive hockey and hope we can get a few breaks around the opposition's net. Our game -plan has to be built around reducing the number of mistakes , we make defensively.' The Sailors played without two regular defencemen Friday. Kevin Telford was sit- ting out a suspension and Daryl Madge was sidelined with an injured shoulder. Both should be back in action this weekend. The Sailors play at home Friday at 8:30 p.m. against the Port Elgin Bears. In three previous meetings, the Sailors and the Bears have tied twice and the Bears won the other game by one goal, 7-6. Sunday, the Sailors travel to Hanover to play the first -place Barons who have lost on- ly one game so far, a 4-3 setback at the hands of Port Elgin. The Sailors have been using several midget players in their lineup, and they have been crucial to the Sailors survival this season. "Without these midget players, we would be in big trouble," Madge said. "We are pleased with the co-operation we have received from the midget coaches in allow- ing us to use them." The midget team is in first place in the Shamrock League standings,: and are undefeated so far in lea # ° i'lhy: ", '"` '' "We hope the experience the kids get playing with us will benefit the midget team, too," Madge said. Darrell Durnin, Barry Thompson, Tom Bean and Byron Bowman have played especiallyell in their games with the Sailors. Gary) Erb had a solid outing filling in on the depleted Sailor defence Friday as well. Gaynor plays well in defeat wks sc:piip S 'lora despite yielding five goals Walkerton 5, Goderich 1 First Period 1 WALKERTON Girdler, Scott (Fritz, Web) 2:24 Second Period 2 GODERICH Sideris, Chris 9 (Beattie, DoakI 0:41 (pp) 3 WALKERTON Helinka, Ken (Artibetto, Fritz) 8:36 4 WALKERTON Artibello, Dave (Fritz) 17:09 (pp) Third Period 5 WALKERTON Fritz, Randy (Girdler) 4:34 6 WALKERTON Biesenthal, Scott (Web)12:00Oh) PENALTY MINUTES: Walkerton 50, Goderich 48 GOALTENDERS: Walkerton- Al, Dave; Goderich- Gaynor, Randy Dave Al of the Walkerton. Blackhawks turned aside numerous close -range chances Friday night in Goderich as the Walkerton team took on the Sailors in a Junior `,C' match -up. Walkerton built a 3-1 second period lead and added two more in the final frame as Goderich was stymied by Al in the Walkerton goal. Chris Sideris was the only Sailor to beat Al. (photo by Andy Bader) Sailors' Scoring Stats Byron Bowman Daryl Madge Trevor Erb Darrell Durnin ChrisSideris Shawn Larder Wayne Nivens Ken Huff • Barry Thompson Tom Bean Darren Doak Jim Beattie Pete Willems Tun Riehl litany .. Joint Graham V Richard Boddy John Thompson • Kevin Telford • Shawn Durnin Trevor Martin Todd Jeffrey Bruce Culbert Mark Cauchi Jeff Dupee Greg Townsend Randy Gaynor ilf MI:'•ill! GP 6 8 5 7 9 10 3 9, 7 4 8 11 3 59 2 6 2 7 2 1 1 10 1 11 G A Y 1 1 2 4 5 9 4 4 8 2 2 •4 9' 7 16 5 8 13 2 1 3 0 1 1 o 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 6 9 2 1 3 Season's Pass Okay, folks, let's play a little `What's my line?. First off, place all bets and pay atten- tion. The information needed to win the pot will be flowing fast and furious. I'm not too old and certainly not as young as I used to be. To be specific, I turn- ed 22 last September. Standing 5'11" tall, weighing in at a -not - too -paltry 195 pounds I'm interested in sports. Weekly sports which derive in and, out of this community. I have fairly short (until it gets long ) light brown hair. I wear glasses 92 per cent of the day and I started at this office last Wednesday morning. Any guesses now? I was born in a hospital in Burlington, Ontario. I don't remember much of that, but my mother sure does. I lived the first 12 years of my existence in that city with three younger brothers and, of course, dear old mom and dad. No cats or dogs for this family. Mom figured four boys was more than enough to handle. We as a unit moved to Freelton, a rural setting situated nicely between Guelph to the north and Hamilton to the south on Highway 6. I attended high school in Dundas at Parkside—home of the Panthers—until I graduated from Grade 13 what seemed like eons ago. But it wasn't, really. It was in June of 1983. Being accepted into the journalism course at Conestoga (Coconut is what we called it) College in Kitchener furthered my scholastic endeavors and after one - and -one-half years of that nonsense, I' graduated and was immediately hired to work as a reporter/photographer at the Mitchell Advocate. I've been there ever since. Still have any clues as to who I'm referr- ing? Keep reading. My parents still live, and, for the most part, play in Freelton. My brother Steve is an honors co-op business student at the University of Waterloo (where we kid him of his school's super OUAA football. squads). Scott, the family clown, is enroll- ed at Grade 13 in Dundas Highland Secon- dary School, where he too is doing very well. Jeff, the baby, is in Grade 11 at my alma mater where his claim to fame is the Junior Football team, where he played vir- er31 w, rt.hwhile position. He's big. eiows : Better yet, I know it too. Like 'said earlier, I've been toiling with another Signal -Star paper in Mitchell since January of 1985. My prime concern at that weekly' paper was sports. Having only a two-man editorial staff in Mitchell, I also performed other duties known to us newspaper types. It was fun. This opportunity to jump to the sports desk here in Goderich came up about one month ago, and here I am. I've been in Goderich before, so some people might remember me (although I doubt it). Early in 1984 (March to be precise), while I was still , in college, I worked for the Signal -Star during their an- nual YCW publication which hit the streets and arena throughout the March break. I helped cover the hockey -games. Does anyone remember? Does that huge clue help? Anyways, I didn't do much in town dur- ing that week, althoughh I did frequent the local ice surface a lot. To those players, era , into and whoever I ran into that suc- cessful week (Goderich won the 'AA' championship after they had been knocked out early in the 'A' division), I'm back. And you thought the town was safe again, didn't you? Wrongo. Okay, time is up. Have I jogged any minds, triggered any memories or caused any intellectual stir? I didn't think so. To all those who lost the bet, my name is Andy Bader. I'm the new sports writer here at the Signal and with your help, I plan to make these sports pages jump alive with news you've never seen, heard or even cared about before. So, in short, hello. I'll be seeing you around. Oh yes, and send the money in the mail, although I won't hold my breath. •O i6• -2 1 2 o 2 0 2 o 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 o 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Pat Donnelly (8) (left) of the Walkerton Blackhawks' splits the Goderich Sailors defence Friday night during Junior 'C' ac- tion in Goderich. Ragdy Gaynor played a solid game in goal for the Sailors despite the 5-1 defeat. (photo by Andy Bader) Elevator Bantams riding high with two The Goderich Bantam Elevators increas- ed their leaguestanding to six wins, one loss and one tie with victories over Exeter and Lucan this past week. In Exeter last Wednesday, the Elevators used a great team effort to outplay and outscore Exeter 2-1. All three forward lines played aggressively and the defensive pair- ings forced the play at the blueline. Jason Million and Mike Stegenstad stopped many opponents' rushes in particular. Goderich took the lead at the 2:58 mark with Tim Harrison scoring on a pass from Brian O'Neill. Both teams had great scoring opportunities but failed to capitalize on their chances. What proved to be the go-ahead and winn- ing goal came midway in the second period. Brian Lane picked up a loose puck at centre, skated down the wing and fired a shot beneath the Exeter goalie. Continued forechecking by Greg Alcock,' Andre Cauchi and George Sideris prevented Exeter scoring opportunities. When the home side did get their chances, especially in the third period, only the excellent goaltending of Shawn Currie kept the "goose egg" on the scoreboard. The bid for a shutout was lost, however, in the final two minutes of the game when Ex- eter scored on a questionable play. • In Saturday's action, the Bantams skated • Carver and Lebrun score two in win Mike Lebrun and Shawn Carver each action in Goderich Friday night. scored twice to pace the Goderich Pee Wee Huron Park got on the board first midway 'B' team to a convincing 9-1 triumph over through the middle period, but Goderich's Zurich in Huron -Perth hockey action Brent Anderson tied the game on an November 14 in Goderich. Goderich led 1-0 after one period of play on a goal by Sam Hosack. In the second frame, the locals built their advantage to 5-0 before Zurich replied with their only marker of the contest late in the middle period. Goderich added four more .goals in the final period to win easily. Cris Erb, Mark Melick, Jared Whalen and B. Anderson rounded out the scoring for the winners. A see -saw battle culminated in a 3-2 Huron • unassisted effort. Huron park took a one -goal lead again late in the m ddle session but early in the third and final frame, Goderich's Mike Lebrun tied the game once . again. Sam 11osak drew the only assist on the goal. Less than two minutes later, though, Huron Park took the lead for good and won a nailbiter 3-2. Saturday, the Pee Wees played an exhibi- tion contest in Parkhill and dropped a 5-2 decision to the 'B' squad there. A return Park victory over the hometown Goderich match will be scheduled sometime in Pee Wee 'B' team in Huron -Perth hockey • January. Goderich .Lions Pee Wees lose two games. In league play last week the Goderich Lions pee Wees lost a pair of road games, 5-2 to Exeter and 8-0 to Lucan. Again§t Exeter, the hometown boys tallied fair times within a two -minute span w+htich proved to be the Lions undoing in the second period. In the third, the Lions outscored Exeter 2-1 as Kelly MacDonald scored with Paul. Wheeler assisting and An- drew McLarty tallied with Aaron Duckworth and Jason Jeffrey drawing assists, In Lucan, the Lions let their opposition off the hook in the first period as they could not connect on their many chances. Mark Philips and Paul Wheeler were the Lions standouts in these games showing ex- tra' effort on each and every play they were involved in. The next Lions' outing will be , on December 1 w►it an exhibition game in Clin- ton at 61441 pan. and then swing back into ac- tion at home on Deceniber 6 against Lucan. to a 7-5 triumph over Lucan who were the only team to have defeated Goderich so far this season in league play. Good skating and forechecking by the for- wards produced . two -goal performances from Shawn Talbot, Brian Lane and Greg Alcock with Andre Cauchi netting the other Goderich goal. Assisting on these goals were Tim Harrison with four, Chris O'Neill with a pair and singles by Mike Stegenstad and more wins Brian Lane. Goderich led throughout the game with period scores of 3-1, 5-4 and 7-5. Pat Donnelly played a steady game in goal for the locals, with his defence corps, led by Jason Million, keeping the Lucan at- tackers to the outside. Next league action in Goderich is Satur- day' with Strathroy providing the competition. Machinist Atoms play well but lose two close games The Goderich Machinist Atoms dropped a pair of close games on the weekend to Lucan 4-3 Saturday and 6-3 at the hands of Exeter Sunday. Andrew Scott opened the scoring for Goderich early in the opening period with an assist going to Bryan Hodges. Before the period ended, however, Lucan tied the game. The home team went ahead in the first minute of the middle period but two goals three minutes apart gave the visitors the lead. Chris Dickson and Scott (his second of the game) gave the locals the lead after two periods of play. Lucan tied the game midway through the final period, though, and scored the winner with less than four minutes to play. The following day, Exeter jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Goderich got one back on a marker by Derek Gilchrist midway through the second period. Early in the third period, Exeter regained the momentum and restored their three -goal margin. Chris Dickson and Jeff Rau scored two minutes apart for Goderich to cut into the Exeter lead but a pair of late goals by the home team put the nail in the coffin for the visitors. Outstanding performances for the locals were turned in by Jason Hayter, Mike McBride, Derek Gilchrist and Taylor Cicchini. Novices lose a pair on weekend The Goderich Novices dropped a pair of road games this past weekend, losing 8-0 to Lucan Saturday and 3-2 to Exeter Sunday. Lucan led 1-0 after one period, 2-0 after two and added six unanswered goals in the final frame to win easily. The following day in Exeter, the home. side opened the scoring early in the middle period only to see Goderich tie the count less than one minute cater' on a goal by David Lui ley. Craig Corrivieu and James Moody drew assists on the play. Before the middle period ended, however, Exeter took a one -goal lead again. Goderich once again tied the game early in the third frame on a goal by Trevor Mac- Caulay with Bryan Currie assisting. The game remained deadlocked until the last minute when with just 17 seconds re- maining in the game, Exeter's Chris Lerikos scored the winner in dranlatic fashion. Silver Stick tourney in Wingham Wingham will host its firstever Silver Stick Midget Regional' Hockey `tournament from December 4 to December 7. This is the first regional Silver Stick tour- nament in the area, and the only Midget Silver Stick tourney in Mid -Western On- tario. The tournament makes up one of 28 regional tourneys, with winners going to the North American Championships in Sarnia in January. Sixteen area teams will compete in two separate divisions: Mount Forest, Seaforth, Hanover, Exeter, Durham, Kincardine, Palmerston, Tara, Teeswater, Creemore, Paisley, Howick, Lucknow, St. Clements, Arthur and Wingham. Action gets underway Thursday, December 4 at 6 p.ni. with the opening cer- monies slated for 7:30 p.m. Divisional finals will be held Sunday, December 7 with the championship final scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Sunday.