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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-05, Page 13Mi ets whi 64to tie fi BY T. D. The, Goderich Green and Parent Midgets squared their best -of - seven Ontario Minor Hockey Association finals at one game each with a 6-1 victory over Borden here Saturday. Borden had won the first game of -the series by a 3-1 score in Borden last Thursday. Third game of the All- Onta,rio finals was played last night (Wednesday) in Borden while game four goes here tomorrow night (Friday) at 8 p.m. The Goderich squad had difficulty adjusting to the fast skating style of the Borden team and ran up against some sen- sational goaltending by Borden's David Geffros in the first game. The Mustangs had won ten straight playoff games with relative ease before meeting Borden and had not had to push them- selves. They found out that nothing less than their best effort would be good enough against Borden. Although Goderich had more than their' share of play in the second and third periods and outshot the Borden team, Geffros held them at bay with his superb goaltending. The first period was scoreless and 'featured end to end action on the Targe Borden ice surface which provides lots of skating room for these two fine -skating teams. Borden got on the scoreboard first when Mark Guerris scored frorrn a scramble in front of. the Goderich net at 2:03 of the second period. Forty-six seconds later, Rob Trebish got the equalizer when he and Dan Maillet went in on a two on one after they had been sprung loose by a pass from defenceman Robert McDonald. Guerris put Borden back on top with his second goal of the night on a shot off a faceoff in the Goderich end with just over three minutes left in the second period. The Mustangs had four power, play opportunities in the third period but were unable to beat Geffros despite sustained pressure in the Borden end of the rink. Even with a twowlan advantage and their goalie pulled to give them three extra skaters in the last minute, the Goderich team could not close the two goal gap opened by Borden when Paul Passero scored with just under four minutes left. Playing at home Saturday, the Mustangs rden 1 series 1-1 played probably their best hockey of the year in their 6-1 victory. They never stopped skating and consistently finished their checks in a style that gradually slowed the Borden squad down. Borden again drew first blood when Mark Guerris scored on a rebound that he lifted over a sprawled Steve Gallow after only 27 seconds of play. Goderich tied it up on a power play effort when Dan Maillet banged in a pass -out from behind the net by Rob Trebish: Rob McDonald also received an assist on the play. The first period ended in a 1-1 tie;'but'Trebish put the home team in the lead to stay in the first minute of the second period when he finally got the puck behind Geffros after banging away at a rebound in the Borden crease. Mike Hodges and Larry . Madge were credited with assists on the Trebish goal which also came on a power play. Madge got the next Goderich goal less than a minute later when he streaked across the front of the Borden . net and knocked another rebound out of mid-air past a defenceless Geffros. Linemates Trebish and SPORTS Maillet assisted. The rest of the second period was scoreless again thanks to Geffros who stoned the Goderich attackers on at least four clear-cut breakaways. Borden threatened a comeback early in the third period and Steve Gallow came up with some big saves of his own at the Goderich end of the rink, but as the period wore on the Borden skaters slowed down noticeably and the Mustangs controlled the ploy, scoring three times in the last four minutes of the game. 'Steve Walters fired in a slapshot from the point in a play with Maillet and Madge for the first one and then Jim Costello dented the twine from the left side after taking a pass from Ken Reid. Larry -Madge ended the scoring when he beat a frustrated Geffros with a snap shot from the slot for his second goal of the game. Rob Trebish and Dan Maillet were credited with assists on Madge's goal. A fine crowd was on hand for the game here Saturday and another near -capacity turn out is expected for the game here Friday for the fourth game of the series. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5,1979,—PAGE 13 Mike Hodge of the Green and Parent midgets slams into Borden goaltender David "Geffros in the second gameof the final series in Goderich, Saturday. Goderich won the game 6-1 despite some superb goaltending by Geffros, to tie the series at one game apiece,after Borden wan the opener, 3-1 in Borden. The third game of the series was played in Borden, Wednesday and the, fourth game will be played in Goderich, Friday at 8 p.m. (photo by Dave Sykes) Bogie rink second in final The Benmiller Forester rink finished second °to British Columbia in the Forester Dominion Curling Championship in Oshawa last week. The Forester rink of Cam Bogie, skip; Hawkins, lead; KI'ages, vice and Sailors must win in fifth game of series ________ —.VESQ'KFS Ln r.,ter..th.e.di.a C playof-f— Satu.rd.a_y..before_dr-gpping .—n-e-cess.azy- -i.t- wi-1.1.._be-_ action. a 5-3 decision Sunday to played in Wheatley, Wheatley Took a quick trail 3-1 in games in the Friday. two -game lead• in the best -of -seven series. The Sailors were full series with victories of 5-1 The fifth game of the value for their 5-4 win and 5-2 in Wheatley last series will be played in Saturday but needed a weekend. But the Sailors Goderich, Wednesday, late third period goal by got right back in the April 4. Game time is 8.30 Scott Parks to . secure series with a 5-4 win p.m. If a fifth game is their first victory of the With the help of questionable calls on two disallowed goals the Wheatley Omsteads carry a two -game lead over the Goderich Sailors Scott Park of the Goderich Sailors battlesfor a puck at the side of the Wheatley net against Don Higginbottom (6) in Intermediate C playoff, action in Goderich on the weekend. Park scored with less than twdi minutes remaining in regulation time to lift the Sailors 5-3 Sunday game will be p.m. (photo to to a 5-4 win, take a 3-1 lead Saturday. In played in by Dave Wheatley won the seris. The fifth' Goderich, Wednesday at 8.30 Sykes) series. Wheatley led the game 1-0 after one period but the Sailors rallied for three straight goals in the first four minutes of the second period to lead for the first , time in the series: Wheatley wasted no time in erasing .that deficit . scoring twice before the end of the second period to tie the game 3-3. The Sailors again took the lead midway through the final .period ona goal by Graham Hamilton with an assist going to Dan Duncan. Wheatley tied the score with _just three, minutes. remaining in regulation time but Scott Parks nailed down the first Sailor win scoring atk1ii3.06 from Rick Fremlin and Dan Colquhoun.. Colquhoun, Sowerby, 'Kelly, Hamilton and Parks scored • the Goderich goals. •The • Sailors had dif- ficulty clearingthe puck out of their own zone against strong Wheatley forechecking in the fourth game and it was costly as the visitors racked up an early lead and forced the Sailors to play catch up hokcey. • Wheatley scored three times -i n- the -first -per led,- added ed,-added two goals in the second and were able to sit on their lead. in the third period en. rout to a 5- 3 win Wheatley scored three times in the first period and Goderich could have been right back in the game but a goal *was disallowed, the referee ruling it was tipped in with a high stick. The Sailors got back in the game early in the second period as Rick Fremlin tipped in a rebound 'after linemate .Colquhoun was foiled by Paul Anthony in the Wheatley net. Wheatley responded with two more goals ,4to take a com- fortable 5-1 lead. Grant Shelton put the Sailors within striking distance scoring in the final minutes of the second period from Paul Rau and Cal Fremlin. The Sailors pressed in the third period but were only able to count one goal,with a two-man advantage; by Dan Duncan who slapped in a rebound , on Ron Sowerby's shot from the point. The series has been a hard hitting one and a few grudges are developing Jim Ron Jack between players and team supporters. Sowerby and ' Wayne Cowell were set to square off Sunday but the bout produced few punches. Dan Duncan was also involve din a skirmish at the end of the game in which Joe O'Rourke of Wheatley was assessed a game misconduct. , 50 bowlers .in league tournament Fifty bowlers par- ticipated in a men's open bowling tournament at" Little Bowl, Sunday in an eight game format. __................. After 400 games Joe Daer and . Ken Duncan tied for top position in the tourney with eight game totals of 1952. Daer and Duncan were awarded a cash prize for the first place finish. Heinz Sartori settled for second place with an eight -game total of 1932 .and was followed by Bill Reid with 1930. Prizes were also awarded to the top 10 players with the highest four -game totals and they included: Steve Allen, 1005; Joe • Abbott, 1,000; Jim McWhinney, 998 Kola„ ,.,y✓:illiams, 987.; _ Manfred Popersnitch, 975; Vince Young, 969; Al Fisher, 958; John Miller, 951; Tom Flynn, 950 and Wally Mil,ley, 945. In each of the eight games prizes , were awarded to the high single and the best score of-ithe day was recorded by �lkcinz Sartori with a 380. Other top singles were Jim McWhinney, 289 and 348; Joe Abbott, 320: Bob Rising, 308; Kevin Rumig, 341; Manfred Popersnitch, 306 andEric Miller, 294. Gift certificate winners at the tourney were Rolf Wirtzfeld, Clem Desjardine, Al Sanders, John Hakkers, Walter Bell, Brian McLean, Tom Willis, Roy Fisher, Lynn Finlayson, Gary Chambers, Jim Harrison, Doug Fyiller, Joe Stokes and George Warner. The tourney was the first of its type held in Goderich and was limited to league howlers. MacKinnon, second, reached the final of the Forester championship before losing to British Columbia, 7-4.. ' • Benmiller represented Southern Ontario in the seven team, round robin championship. Teams from Ontario, BC and Saskatchewan finished the • round robin with identical 5-1 records which forced a playoff. Benmiller received a' bye into the final and BC disposed of Saskat- chewan to earn a berth in the final against Ontario. In reaching the final 3enmiller recorded victories over Manitoba, , 6-5:Maritimes, 7=5; British Columbia, 6-5; Alberta, 4-I and Northern Ontario, 6-3. They lost one match to Saskatchewan by a 4-3 margin. The Forester rink had defeated British Columbiain round robin play but skip, Bogie, said they didn't curl very well in losing the final 7-4. The Benmiller ladies also represented Southern Ontario and finished in a fifth place tie. The team included; Faye Ribey, skip; Isabelle Eedy, vice; Barb Hawkins, second and Connie Connelly, lead. The ladies won mat- ches over British Columbia and Northern Ontario and lost to Alberta, Manitoba, the Maritimes and Saskat- chewan. Manitoba eventually won the ladies' title with an un- defeated record. Cal Freinlin of the_,Coderich Sailors is tied up in the crease by a Wheatley defenceman in Intermediate C playoff action in Goderich, Sunday. After losing the opening two games of the best -of -seven series, Goderich defeated Wheatley 5-4 Saturday but lost 5-3, Sunday to trail 3-1 in the series. The fifth game will be played In Goderich, Wednesday at 9: 36 p.m. (photo by Dave - Sykes)