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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-31, Page 24Pa sn Stan Stokes presents sportsmanship trophy to Ilderton captain umiates South River By Liz Turcotte Point Edward- moved into the C division consolation finals, by humiliating South River 6-0 in a Saturday morning game. Mark Whitlock gave Point Edward a 1-0 lead at 5:14 of the first period, with an unassisted goal. He skated around South River's defencemen and backhanded his own rebound into the net. Both teams skated fast and checked each other closely. End to: end rushes were not uncommon and both goalies had to keep alert to stop any shots that came their way. At 6:57 of the period, Whitlock scored another goal for his team. He faked the goalie out -of the net and backhanded the puck in behind him. Peter Hall and Roy Wager played a strong period for South River and seemed tobe in- front of the Point Edward net when they weren't carrying the puck down the ice. They had the opportunity of scoring, but Joey Barnes in net, foiled those plans. With only 52 seconds gone out of the second period, Whitlock scored his third goal. of the game. He jammed the marker in under the pads of South River's goalie, making the score 3-0 for Point Edward. Captain of thg Point Edward team, Craig Morgan, sent the next point into the South River net. Morgan moved in on the goalie, who, was coming out of the net to stop him. He then moved around and backhanded the puck in behind the goal line. South River had many scoring opportunities, but the difference was the,goalten-; ding. Joey Barnes, the Point. Edward goalie was alert and. quick kicking them out with his pads and catching them in his glove. Both goaltenders made some excellent saves in the third period also. The pace was fast and each team was • forechecking effectively. Point Edward's lead in- creased to five goals at 2:50 of the period. Mark Robichaud passed the puck across the goalmouth, and David Barr was waiting to tuck it in behind the goalie. Craig Morgan got his second goal of the game while his team was shorthanded. He took a quick wrist shot and neatly placed it in the left side of the net, Final score of the game was 6-0 for Point Edward. SCORING FIRST PERIOD: Point Edward, Whitlock, unassisted, 5:14 Point Edward, Whitlock (Morgan} 6:57 SECOND PERIOD: Point Edward, Whitlock, (Burdett) 0:52 Point Edward, Morgan(Whitlock) 7:05 THIRD PERIOD: Point Edward, Barr, (Robichaud) 2:50 Point Edward, Morgan (Whitlock) 8:55 `. Forest grabs first C division honor Rob Shrfer • -The C division final always promises ttobe .afine,e. It - was this year, as Forest defeated Ilderton 3-1 to take the .0 �cro`yn. It"was an excellent'game to'_ end a tournainent. Ilderton, 'who. had received the Stan Stokes sportsmanship award earlier inthe day, gave Forest a _clean, fast : game, `The . difference in the game wa - backchecking by.' Forest in the- od as Ilderton pressed ,fo r equalizer: Ilderton got the first goal in the game at 4:58 when David Noble found'. the. puck in a .c. gaalmouth`scramble and put R ' it past Forest "goalie Mike' • Rinker. Ilderton held a:slight edge in the period, but as the large Forest contingent got behind their team they picked up the pace, Early in the second period Forest tied it; up. Bill Hutton got -the puck at center ice, skated -past three defenders -and beat Bart Powell in net with` a ,shot under his out, •stretched leg. Ron Perriam scored the winning goal at 2:33. It was kating identical play in all s respects, and he put the shot --in the identical- place. • :Mike Rinker rade a good. • play at. 4:40 on =Scott; Dazs When -he was. robbed of a goat :-on a breakaway. Action in the third period ' bega' end to• end, withForest • getti g 15 shots in the face of I1de n pressure and back��- ch ing Ilderton to 'bold them to six shots There. were _no reaiiy g> ` scorn g -chances unto' at li f3l1 Bart ° Powell was witho crest. keptthemali e�" lderton _ ►n eed to skat faster circles around;' Forest, ' Forest `mac - otter checks at theirown blueltne ; . Ilderton, although' Isehind- only "one goal, refused to pull - their goaltender in -the -final` - seconds. It only made the: final -'Forest goal, look that much better.: ` With . 36 seconds left, Brad: Vance of Forest. scored on a:,. breakaway and the'' Forest fans Went wild. Forest wan the game 3:1. It was �simply.a super game - to end the tourneyfor anotljer year ,Ilderton •drew penalties, and- Foie '0 only two. Ilderton had the s ating.:_ability=- but._' were imply unable to ,,penetrates the powerful Forest defence. , Forest earns C final berth z u AG Point Edward captain congratulated by John Sully for fine consolation win .x Howard Elliott Forest moved on to the C Division finals when they defeated Brussels at the YCW tournament last week. Brussels put up a fight, but they lost the game 7-2, The Forest club ' opened the scoring at 3:33 of the opening period. That goal came from number five Ron Perriam. Brussels wasn't far behind as they scored after a scuffle in front of the Forest net. The time of that goal was 8:51. The faster Forest team dominated the game from that point on. They scored three more goals in the second period, all of which came after good passing plays. Those three scores came 7-7 from Greg Prong, Dave. Vanos and Greg Hodgins. Forest continued to dominate the game through the last Period using superior checking, shooting 'and organization as their weapons. They scored again at 1:03 of the period this time using the talents of Todd Duffield to further increase their Lead. Number six, Bob Metcalf got the next Forest goal at 10:52 and Greg Prong got his ;second of the game two minutes later. Brussels managed to slip in one more goal at 14:36, but by that time the game was pretty well over for them. The Forest team flooded the ice at the end of the game as the happy victors. • At least the mascot is happy • Bill Stanburry present Ilderton captain with C runner up 4 =_ 1+F