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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-25, Page 10PAGE 10—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979 Suncoast Suns win champions: at Seaforth atom tournament +1.1h. nm The Suncoast Suns defeated Kincardine 4-1 in the championship game last Sunday to win the "A" series at the Seaforth Winter Carnival Tournament. With a minute left in the first period, Kelly Alliri took a perfect pass from Dave Telford while playing .a man short and beat the goalie to give Goderich a 1-0 lead.'The =Suns took complete control in the second period when Ron Chapman scored on a hard shot from the hash marks with David Jewell assisting. 'Three minutes later Todd Gilchrist took a pass from Kevin Telford atcentre ice, streaked on from the right side and tucked the puck under the goalie to make it 3-0. Before the period ended, Shawn Larder scored in the top right hand corner to make it 4-0 as Steve Schutz and Chris Sideris assisted. Kincardine got one back at the close of SP the second, but were stopped by Goderich goalie Jay Williamson the rest of the way. The Suns, the only undefeated team in the tourney defeated Exeter 5-1 in the opener. The localsmissed many scoring chances in this game but David Jewell .got the Suns going, banging in two quick goals on perfect passes from Scott Garrow in the second period. Exeter came back to make things close and the score was 2-1 after two periods. Bud Todd Gilchrist scored from a scramble in front of the net early in the third with Kelly Allin assisting, Darren Doak followed this goal up shortly after, with a tally on a shot from the point. Before, Exeter had regrouped. Todd Jeffrey, who played a very strong game, .also scored from the point and this was • the way the game ended. The toughest and most exciting game had to be the second game, a 3-2 squeaker over Newmarket, David Jewell, the Most Valuable Player of the tournament scored on a pass from Todd Gilchrist with 55 seconds left to win it for Grderich. The game developed early into a goalies' duel as both the Newmarket Netminder and Gpderich goalie Jay Williamson were called upon many times to hold the op- position off. The line of Kevin Talbot, Steve Schutz and Shawn Larder who never had a goal scored against them in the whole tourney, opened the scoring with Talbot being put into a bre-aka-way bySehutz. -- The big Newmarket team got on equal grounds before the first period - ended and then scored in the first minute of the third period to take a 2-1 lead. But Scott Garrow made an out- standing effort by checking the Newmarket RTS defence, weaved his, way past two defenders and tied < the score with a shot to the corner with three minutes left. Jewell's goal made the Suns happy victors • and enabled them to meet Kincardine in the first of two games with the Kincardine team. In this first meeting with Kincardine, it wasn't until Jeff Scott, the Goderich goalie in this game, made two key stops with Goderich win ng 1-0, that turned the—'game as the Suns built up leads of 4-1 and 7- 2 before the game ended 7-4. David Jewell notched four goals and an assist in :this game: Scott-Garrow had a goal and assist. Kevin Talbot who , had opened the scoring in another game did the same this game with Shawn Larder assisting. Darren Doak scored from the point again with Steve Schutz assisting to round out the scoring. Outside of the scorin spree of the Jewell,' Garrow and Chapman line, combined with the strong defensive play of the Talbot, ' Schutz, Larder line, hi-lites of the tournament had to be the penalty killing of Dave Telford, Kelly Allin, Todd Jeffrey and .Kevin Telford in the cham- pionship game. The of- fensive blueline play of Curt McPherson and Chris Sideris kept scoring drives alive the whole tournament. The 1 work of Darren Doak in his own end to get the puck out of his zone was outstanding. Ron Chapman's, Dave Telford's and Todd Gilchrist's backchecking efforts at key points in the games, stopped potential breakaways. It was the consistent defensive team play along with steady goaltending from Scott and Williamson that made the Suns winners and "A" Series cham- pions. Riders raise '6,000 Over 100 snowmobile miles through area -enthus iss-ts i71 -az -e d- c-otan try sided: It too -k -- through a 50 mile trail Sunday in the Foresters annual ride for cancer. Forester officals were enthusiastic about the response this year, the largest in the history of the charity ride. The ride began at the Forester Hall in Ben - miller and covered 50 Juveniles molded into contending.. team BY DAVE SYKES Despite a slow start to the 1978-79 hockey season the Signal -Star juveniles have been molded into -le-gititnate contenders in the Shamrock juvenile league. The Stars added two more victims to their " recent winning streak with victories over Dorchester and Delaware in Shamrock league play last week. They dumped Delaware 5-2 in Mount Brydges last Tuesday and rolled over Dor- chester by the lopsided margin of 11-2 in Dor- chester, Sunday. In Mount Brydges, the Stars scored four second period goals to snuff a Delaware comeback and win the game 5-2. Goderich held a one - goal lead after the first period of play and in- creased their lead to three goals in the second period before Delaware mounted a comeback. Delaware_. scored two goals to pull within one of Goderich but the Stars rebounded with two goals in a 30 second span to claim the win. The Stars got their entire goal production from the line of Hugh Hanly, Roger Lewis and Larry Daer. .. • Lewis scored the first three Goderich goals and then when Delaware put the heat on, Hanly .and Daer added insurance markers. Daer added three assists to his goal and Hanly chipped in witha pair of assists. The . line was again prominent in the second game scoring six of the team's 11 goals. Lewis again scored three goats wile ` linemate Hanly added two and Daer one. Daer was credited with four assists and, Hanly three and Lewis°two. Gerry Wunnink, Rick •Leddy, Ian Chisholm, Rick Stoddart' and Rick Rawson scored -one goal apiece. Chisholm, Leddy, Daer and Rawson all scored on unassisted plays. Goderich held a 2-0 lead after one period and Dorchester was still „ in •the game after the second period, trailing 5-2. But the Stars offence refused to let up and pounded Dorchester goaltender, Steve Rader, for six unanswered goals in the final period. Next Sunday the Stars will play in Lucan and on January 31 they will begin play in ' the Mooretown Silver Stick tournament. Their first opponents in the tour- nament will be Aylmer. Kinsmen thon successful _ Over sixty cross country skiers put their leg muscles to work for cystic fibrosis research in the Kinsmen third annual ski-a-thon, Sunday. The skiers raised over $3,000 in pledges which the Goderich Kinsmen Club will donate to cystic fibrosis and the ARC workshop sponsored by the club, The participating skiers followed a 10 kilometre route from the Zehrs parking lot that wound through the Goderich Township cemetery, Feagans gravel pit and back to the starting point. The skiers collected pledges on a per kilometre • basis and organizers said it was the most successful ski-a- thon to date. The club members groomed the trail and provided food and a resting area at the finish. Pledge money should be collected as soon as possible and taken to the Royal Bank Over 60 cross country ski enthusiasts dotted the Goderich Township cou try side Sunday in the cross country ski-a-thon sponsored by r e GOderi-ch ithisnien Club. The siders raised over $3.000 in pied es that, will be used for the ARC industries workshop sponsored by !he club and a portion of the money will be- donaLed to the cl,ystie fibrosis foundatinti. • (pfioto by Dave Sykes) most snowmobilers at least four hours to complete the ride. Officials estimated that over $6,000 would be raised for cancer research from. the pledges. One participant, Herman Fisher, alone raised approximately $1,200 in pledges. The ride was originally scheduled for January 14 but it was postponed because of poor weather conditions. Although the event conflicted with the Kinsmen ski-a-thon in Goderich there was a good, turnout for both events. A member of the Forester Club checks the 'pledge sheet of ,one the par- i icipanLs in the snowmobile marathon held Sunday. Over 100 snowmobilers blazed through the 50 nide-route and raised over $6,000 for cancer research. (photo by Dave Sykes) Steelers impressive in Clinton BY DAVE SYKES The Goderich Lakeport. Steel Bantams managed just a single point in a three game round robin series in the Clinton Bantam tournament but the statistics are deceiving. The Steelers were able to gain a tie in one of -the games ,against Wood- stock but their' spirited play throughout the tournament indicated they were competitive with any of the A and AA teams participating in the tourney. It took some out- standing goaltending to keep Goderich out of the 'win column as they controlled• much of the play in their first two games. They lost the first game to . Preston 4-3 and tied Woodstock 1-1 in the second. In their final game they lost 2-0 to Georgetown, an AA club. Despite losing by a single goal to Preston the Steelers held a wide margin in play and had a third period goal disallowed that would have tied the game. Preston scored the only goal of the first period and carried that one goal. lead into the final period. Play opened up in the final period and Preston jumped into a two -goal lead before Goderich beat . Preston netrninder, Todd Benninger for two goals to tie the game. Preston then scored two goals in nine seconds to take a, 4-2 lead and Goderich pulled to within a goal midway through the period but were • unable to tie the game. Tom Smith, Rick Stahl -and- David Gallow scored goals for Goderich. Goderich again was unable to convert their scoring chances into goals in the second game and settled for 1-1 tie against Woodstock. Mark Crawford put Goderich into the lead with first period goal from Brad Armstrong but Woodstock tied the game with a goal early in the second period to earn the point. The Steelers were scheduled to play Milton in the third game but they were replaced by Georgetown an AA team. Goderich again pla ed well but Georgetown scored two third period goals to win the game 2-0. The Steelers coaching staff was pleased with the team's effort throughout the tounrey and. their poise " against stiffer iti compel on. 7.30 Saturday morning Despite the tough the 'Sailors dropped a tournament schedule the tough 3-1 decision to Steelers had to squeeze in Campbellford, who went a league game against Port Elgin, Saturday. The Steelers con- sistently trailed Port Elgin throughout the game but rallied for three third _period -goals to gain a 4-4 tie. Port, Elgin jumped in front by two goals after the' first period and outscored Goderich 2-1 in the" second period to hold a 4-1 lead going into the final period. The third period belonged• to the.. Steelers; however, as they got two goals from Darrell -Graham and a single from Jim Young to tie the gatrYe. The goals by Graham in the final period were his second and third of .the' game after he opened the scoring for Goderich in the second period. On Thursday Goderich- will play in Listowel and then Listowel will be in Goderich for a 6.30 p.m. game, Saturday. Sailor win moves team into share of first place BY DAVE SYKES The Goderich Sailors have onceagain earned a share of the division lead. Despite an impressive start to the current hockey season in which the Sailors jumped into the division lead they fell victim to a losing streak that stripped them of the lead: Until Friday night. Goderich again received a clutch three - goal performance from Dan Colquhoun as . they dumped league -leading Mildmay 8-6 in the friendly confines of the Goderich Community Centre. The win was,an im- portant one fr the Sailors as it moved them into a first place tie with Mildmay in their. .division. A loss would have put them four points out of first. The teams scored two goals apiece in the first period but the second period set the tone of the game as Goderich out • - stored Mildmay,5-2 to hold a 7-4 lead heading into the final period. Mildmay outscored Goderich 2-1 in the final period but a last minute goal by Wayne Rau clinched the win. Colquhoun scored both first period goals for Goderich while Scott Parks,.Dan Duncan, Ron Sowerby, Kevin Meriam and Colquhoun scored second period goals. Wayne Rau scored the eighth Goderich goal' in the last minute of play after Mildmay had pulled to within a single goal of the Sailors. Juergen Hellman played .a :strong game in goal for the Sailors stopping several Mild- may shooters from close range. On Saturday the Sailors participated in a tour- nament in Milverton and were eliminated in two games. In their first game at on to play for the A championship. They also lost their second game, 4- 0 to Dresden on Saturday and were eliminated from further play. However a bright pot of the trip was a showdown competi4ion won by Sailor, Dan Duncan. Duncan won both rounds Saturday and Sunday and copped the $50 first prize money in the final against Carl Stanley of Lucknow. • The Sailors return to league action this Friday with an 8.30 p.m. contest against Wellesley in the Goderich and district Community Centre. Midgets finally beat Walkerton The_ Goderich .Green and Parent midgets recorded two victories in WOAA hockey action on the weekend, defeating Walkerton 7-3 here Saturday and getting by Kincardine 8-4 in Kin- cardine Sunday. The victory over Walkerton was the first for Goderich in three meetings between the two teams. Walkerton had won the first two by identical 2-1 scores, but this time the Green & Parent squad broke Walkerten's tight - checking style and unleashed some scoring power to gain the victory. Mike Hodges was the big gunner ifor Goderich, scoring four goals ' and getting one assist. Don Elliott had a goal and an assist while Ken Reid and Rob Trebish chipped in with a goal a piece. Larry` Madge, Dan Maillet and Jim Costello had two assists each. Larry Gaynor and Mike Wedlock"had single assists. Paul Berberich, Dave Giesler and Mark Zippel were the Walkerton goal scorers. Sunday's game in Kincardine was a hard- hitting affair with both teams going all-out in the four -point game. Larry Boyce tlp from the midget B' Rob 'Trebish and Dan Maillet scered_two goals eachfor_ the Green and Parent squad. Rob Trebish and Larry Gaynor scored the other Goderich goals. Larry Madge had three assists for Goderich, Mike Hodges had two and Mike Wedlock, Steve Walters and Rob Mc- Donald had one apiece. Joe Zold and Doug Petrie had two goals each for Kincardine. Coach Bill- Fritzley's team played Wednesday, 'night in Mount Forest and meet Kincardine again here Saturday at 8 p.m. Oldtimers win 9-6 The Goderich Old- timers got a two -goal performance from Gabby Gaynor as they downed .Zurich 9-6 in exhibition play in Goderich, Sunday. Bill Kirk, Bill Gallow, • Don Moss, Jack Meriam, Buck Million, Ross Hillier and Ron ,Allin ea'eh scored one goal for Goderich. The Oldtimers return to action this Sunday with an exhibition game against Walkerton in Goderich.