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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-22, Page 8PAGE 8 - GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1979 Juveniles reach semi- final with ry exciting 2-1 win. BY DAVE SYKES The Goderich Signal - Star juveniles .reached the semi-finals in playoff action with an exciting 2-1 victory over Mooretown, Saturday. The win was the second. of the series for the Stars in the best -of -three affair after their opening game 7-6 victory and boosts them into the finals against New Hamburg. The first game of that best -of -five series will be. played in Goderich, Saturday at 8.30 p.m. The second game will te played in New Hamburg, Sunday. After the Stars opened the series with a 7-6 home ice win, Mooretown forced the deciding game with a 6-4 victory in Mooretown last Wed- nesday. Mooretown did the damage in the final period . of that game as they lead 2.1 after two . periods of play but out- scored Goderich 4-2 in the final 20 minutes. Mooretown led 2-0 after the first period but Goderich narrowed the disadvantage to a single goal on' a'second period goal vby Larry Daer. Mooretown built up a 5-3 lead late in the game but Dale Duncan scored his second goal of the period to again pull Goderich within a goal. Mooretown clinched the win with an empty net goal in the dying seconds of the game to force the third game. The final game in Mooretown, Saturday produced all the drama of playoff hockey and the Stars were able to.escape with a 2-1 win and a berth in the semi-finals. Duncan, who scored two goals in the previous game, provided the of- fensive thrust for the Stars scoring both their goals in the game. He opened the ga,me's scoring at 9,03 of the second period converting a pass from Randy Stoddart on a power play. Mooretowntied the game six minutes later on a goal by Murray Vrooman but Duncan netted the winner with just four seconds remaining in the second period, again on the power play. The final three minutes of the game was played in the Goderich end but the Stars were able to withstand the final Mooretown siege. One of the major keys to the Stars success so far in the playoff trail has been steady goaltending and Gerry Gaynor turned in another fine per- formance, Saturday. Vikings eliminated in tourney Members of the GDCI senior Vikings basketball team, led by, coach, Phil Bugler, congratulate the Timmins team after their loss in second round action in the Ontario AA basketbsall championship in North Bay last week. Under Bugler the Vikings enjoyed a fine season defeating Stratford Central In the WOSSA final by a single point. They lost both their games in the Ontario tournament but are the first Goderich team to make the AA final. ( photo by Barz) SPORTS PAGE Midgets one The Goderich Green and Parent Mustangs led the Ontario Minor Hockey Association Midget "BB" semi-finals Sailors force Mildmay to seventh BY DAVE SYKES With the help of a couple goalposts, some fine goaltending and a bit of crucial back up in the _nets_by Ken Meriam the Goderich Sailors forced a The Sailors tied the series 2-2 with a 4-1 home ice win Wednesday but then fell behind 3-2 with a 6-4 loss in Mildmay, Friday. Facing elimination Sunday the Sailors -rallied seventh and deciding from a 3-1 deficit after game in their series with two periods scoring three,_ i draax,_ ._.___..__._---_._......__._times ..__in ____the..-._final-----20- minutes to escape with a 4-3 victory and force the deciding game of , the, division final series. The final gam„e of that series was played in Mildmay, Wednesday with the winner- to ' meet the victors in the Dresden -Wheatley series. The Sailors evened the series at two games apiece with a 4-1 win in Goderich last Wed- nesday. The game was a dull, tight checking affair that the Sailors led 1-0 after one period, 2-1 after two and -then- wrapped with two goals in the final period. Jim Hayter scored for Goderich in thefirst period and ,Ron Sowerby scored in the second to regain the Sailor one goal bulge after Mildmay tied the game early in the period. Pul Kelly and Grant Shelton scored third period . go4ii for Goderich. Grant Shelton of the Goderich Sailors lifts the puck over Whldmay goalie, John Chantry in a playoff game in Goderich, Wednesday. Shelton's goal boosted the Sailors to a 4-1 win in the game. Mildmay won the fifth game of the series 6-4 but the Sailors evened the count with a 4-3 win in Goderich, Sunday. The seventh and deciding game of the series was played in Mildmay, Wed- nesday. ( photo by Dave Sykes) Merchants lead series with two wins BY DAVE SYKES . The Goderich Mer- chants got right back in their semi-final series against Centralia, win- ning two' games last week. The Merchants bombed ' Centralia 9-3 last Thursday and then took a 2-1 lead in the.best-of-five series with a 5-4 win, Monday. Both games were played in Huron Park. - The • Merchants dropped the first game of the series but the two victories puts them one game away from a berth in the Intermediate C finals. Zurich eliminated Parkhill in three straight games in the other semi- final set and will filay the winner of this series in the final. The fourth game of the series "Will be played in Huron Park, Thursday and if a :Fifth game is necessary it will be played in Goderich, Sunday or Monday. Goderich broke the second game wide open in the final period scoring six straight goals after they were held to a slim 3- 2 advantage after two periods. Goderich led 2-1 after one period on goals by Phil Petrie and Paul Corriveau and each team added a goal in 'the second period with Tom O'Brien scoring for the Merchants. The Merchants put the game away in the final period with six straight goals. O'Brien and Corriveau added their second of the game and Cam McDonald added two goals in the final 20 minutes: Frank Hagen and Charlie Robertson scored the other Goderich goals. 4 uron Park's three goals were all scored on the power play as Goderich was assessed 13 minor penalties com- pared to eight for Cen- tralia. The Merchants then took a one -game lead in the series, Monday with a 5-4 win on the strength of a three -goal performance by Brian Thompson. Centralia took a 2-1 lead in the game early in the second period before , Thompson turned the game around., He scored three straight goals with the help of linemates Petrie and Len KOlkman and Dave Graf added an unassisted goal to boost the Merchants into a 5-2 lead. Centralia refused to give up and narrowed the margin to 5-3 with la power play goal with 13 seconds remaining in the second period. They pulled within a single goal of,the Merchants late in ththird period on their second power play goal. They also enjoyed a man advantage late in the game but were unable to send the contest into overtime. Goderich was assessed 15 minor penalties and one major for fighting in the game compared to eight minors for Cen- tralia. Team officials have been critical of the officiating in the series an lodged a protest despite their two vic- tories. Mildmay regained the series lead in game five with a four -goal effort in the final period to dump the Sailors 6-4. Kevin Meriam, Dan Duncan, Paul Kelly and Ken Meriam scored. the Goderich goals. The Sailors nearly hung up their skates for the season Sunday as they trailed 3-1 after two . periods but played a fine period of hockey in the final 20 minutes scoring three times to steal the win, 4-3: Rick Fremlin got the Sailors right back in the game early in th third period sliding a backhander into the corner of the net to narrow the Mildmay lead to 3-2. It was 'Fremlin's second goal of the game. Just two minutes later, Paul Kelly took a Duncan pass on a two -on -one situation and blasted a shot into the top corner of the net from a difficult angle, to tie the score 3-3. But the win didn't come easy for the Sailors. They had to kill a number of penalties in. the final period but won the game on a goal by Duncan at 13.58. Duncan poked in a rebound from close range after a shot from the point by Sowerby was batted around the crease area. Ken Meriam saved the game in the final period when he was forced to play goal for Juergen Hellman who vacated his postto clear an errant puck. Hellman,who went half way to the blueline to clear the puck, failed in his attempt and put the puck on a Mildmay stick. Meriam covered the net and blocked the shot while on his knees and managed to sweep the puck into the corner while in a prone position on the ice. Peewee B's play Saturday The Goderich Peewee B hockey team dropped the first _game of their semi-final series by a score 7-4 last Saturday. The second game of the series against St. Thomas will be played in St. Thomas Friday with the third game to be played in Goderich, Saturday March 24 at 7 p.m. The fourth game of the series will also be played in the Goderich Memorial Community Centre, Friday, March 30. BY TD The GDCI Vikings lost both of their games in the Ontario• AA senior"boys' high school basketball tournament in North Bay last Thursday and Friday. The Vikings lost their opening round game by a close 45-43 score to North Bay Chippewa Thursday and then were eliminated from further play when they were beaten 64-28 by the Timmins Blues on Friday. Against North Bay, the Vikings led 26-16 at the half and 34-32 after three quarters but "we ran out of steam in the Last few 'minutes," coach Phil Bugler said. Dave MacKenzie scored 21 points to lead the Vikings. In the game with Timmins, Bugler said his team "just couldn't buy a basket." The Blues led 30- 13 at halftime and 51-26 after three quarters. "We had enough shots but they just wouldn't drop," said Bugler. Jon Barz led the Vikings with eight points while Dave MacKenzie, who averaged 24 points a game this year, was held to five points. Timmins was eliminated in the semi- final by the Niagara District Trojans who went on to win the championship with a 54- 38 decision over the Orangeville Bears. Despite their early exit in the Ontario finals the Vikings had a fine year, winning the first WOSSA "AA" championship in the history of the school. away from final two games to none following their 5-3 overtime victory over New Hamburg in New Hamburg last- Wed- nesday. Third game in the series was played in New Hamburg last night (Wednesday). If a fourth game is necessary it will be played here. Saturday at 8 p.m. The winner of the Goderich-New Hamburg series will meet the winner of the other semi- final between Borden and Gananoque for the O-.M.H.A. chain -pion -ship. The game last Wed- nesday saw New Ham- burg play much better than in the first game- of the series when they were bombed 6 - 1 by the Mustangs. Goderich led 2 - 1 at the end of the first period and held a 3 - 1 lead after two, but New Hamburg scored two unanswered goals in the third period, the second coming with just one minute and 13 seconds left in the game, to force overtime. A goal by leftwing,er Larry Boyce at the 3:29 mark of the ten minute overtime period proved to be the winner. Don Elliott and Mike Wedlock assisted on Boyce's goal which came on a fine shot from the left side that hit the far goal post and carromed into the net. behind New Hamburg goalie Rick Jokic. Larry Gaynor added an insurance marker, scoring on passes from Mike Hodges and Don Elliott. Hodges and Rob Trebish scored the first period goals for Goderich, with assists going to Gaynor, Elliott and Larry Madge. Madge scored the Mustang's goal in the second period on a pass from rightwinger Rob Trebish., Pete Moir, Mark Maue and Kevin Power were the New Hamburg goal scorers. Brian "Buckwheat” Shewfelt played a strong gathe in the Mustang's net, as did Jokic in the New Hamburg cage. Burger Bar evens series with Sifto Burger Bar erased a 4-1 Sifto lead scoring eight goals in the final period en rout to a 9-5 win in CHHL semi-final action. The come -from -behind win was the first of the series for Burger Bar and evens up the semi-final set at one win, one loss and one tie. The fourth and deciding game of the series will be played Sunday, March 25. Goals by Tim O'Brien, Dave Molson and two by Wayne Draper had powered Sifto into a 4-1 lead after two periods of play. ,Len Kolkman had scored the lone Burger Bar goal in the first period. Burger Bar, facing elimination, dominated the third period scoring eight goals to turn the game into a rout. Rob Standen led the third period outburst with a four -goal effort while team-mate Terry Schoemaker chipped in with two goals. Brian Thompson and Steve White added single goals for Burger Bar:'The winner of the series will meet Sunset in the CHHL championship series. Juergen Hellman of the "Goderich Sailors managed to get his pad down in time to make this save in playoffiaction against Mildmay, Sunday. The 6 Sailors scored three third period goals to win the game 4-3 and force a seventh and deciding game in the series. That game was played in Mildmay, Wednesday. ( photo by Dave Sykes)