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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-03, Page 14toms Get out the Wingham hock tory books. The Optimist -Atoms blank powerful Seaforth Atoms 2.0, groin of boys' first wi Seaforth in at least four seasons After giving Seaforth a bi scare earlier in the we travelling there and only loss — the locals got Seaforth ba the Lockridge 1Vlemorial Arerl<a put together their best game season for the shutout w Thursday night. The first period was scoreles showed signs that Wingham was a roll, with several near-mis the Seaforth goal and a few s defensive plays in Wingham's end. In the second period, Win opened•°the scoring at the hal mark. The three forwards --13 Pander and Skinn — crowded front of the net after a rebound three seemed to get a crack before Pautler finally pu shot over the kne Seaforth netminder. For m Wingham fans, that was a high right. there, the first time in roc memory that the local team has been in front of Seaforth. The visitors came back with a close chances of their own, rattl one off the goalpost and narro missing on a couple of'goalm passes, but , goaltender Cr Baynton and his defencenn managed to be in the right place the right time, holding on to shutout. In the third, the play went ba and forth with both teams having several chances to score, but una to dent the twine. Then, with 1 than three minutes left in the peri Jeremy Creeden took a pass on own blueline from Mark Gibson and drove down the left wing. Just as started cutting across the face o circle, Creeden spotted Travis Bai streaking into the slot and hit him with a goalmouth pass. Baier ma no mistake from that close in driving the puck into the back of th net and giving the Wingham Atom the insurance marker they wer looking for. The Seaforth team made a few more forays into the Wingham end but the locals held them off for thei first win over Seaforth in recent memory and giving goaltende Baynton his second shutout of th season. Seaforth 4, Wingham 2 The Atoms had travelled to Seaforth on the Tuesday night before Thursday's big win and although they gave the Seaforth club fits on the ice, they carie away 4-2 losers. Seaforth scored two goals in the ey his- first period, both by Shaun Austell, with assists on both to Boyd ed the Devereaux. Wingham got a for this shots on the Seaforth tow n over nothing too tough to handle. cal, but Seaforth scored first in thesecond, t f a Just 17 seconds into :,the period o®; ng 2 Devereaux, but it wasinthis from ck into Period ek goal by Pat G d k o that Windham got rolling. Travis of and Baler got Wingham's first ,goal about five minutes into the second, in on assisted by Josh Johnston and Mark Gibson. Then, with just under two s, butte minutes left, Baier got his second of on . the game to pull Wingham to.,within ses in one goal of the home team. Johnston trong and Mowbray picked up assists on own that goal: Seaforth's Devereaux scored an warn unassisted. goal just over a minute fway into the third period to push aier, Seaforth's lead up to 4-2, but the the Wingham boys didn't cave in. They All kept coming at Seaforth, breaking at it"up that club's smooth passing ut a rhythm. At least one Wingham shot sling rattled off the Seaforth goalpost and any another trickled along the goal line fight before goaltender Scott Wood dove ent on it to rob Wingham of goal number ever three This game was perhaps the best few possible prelude to Thursday night's frig contest, proving to the locals that Aly they could skate with this club, and outh just had to tighten up a bit more aig defensively to get their big win, en Wingham 3, Mitchell 2 at . The Optimist Atoms wedged a trip ' the to Mitchell between the two exciting Seaforth games and although the ck score would indicate a closegame, it didn't reflect the action on the ice. ble After a scoreless first period, ess Travis Baier put Wingham on the god, scoreboard just over a minute into his the second frame on one of his he patented high` corner shots. Mark Gibson and Neil Mowbray drew the assists. er Baier gave Wingham a 2-0 lead about four minutes into the third de period, assisted this time by Shawn Walker, but this is where the trouble e started. The Wingham gham team ran into officiating problems. Or, the e officials ran into officiating problems. Whatever the cause, the referees seemed to suddenly decide the game r was getting out of hand and that Wingham was the cause, so the r penalty parade began. Windham mgham e played -much of the third period short-handed, and the toll started to show. About five minutes into the third period, Mitchell Atoms scored their first goal, narrowing Wingham's lead to 2-1, then tied the score on a power play at the 11023 mark, and still the penalties continued. COMMUNITY CALENDAR KeiI SEE B OKERs LTD. Insurance - All types. Homes, business, auto, farm, life. WINQHAM 357-2636 GORRIE 335-3525 Vickie Brophy Wednesday, January 4 to `Tuesday, January . ..__.. 10,1989 Wed. Jan. 4 Thurso Jan. 5 Wingharn Board of Police Commissioners, Town Hall, Council Chambers, 7:30 p.m. Huron County Health Unit, Edu- cation Classes beginning Expectant Parent Edrl- cati o Please at R.N.A. School, Wing. Wingham Public ter 357-2264. Wi tilltles Commission, P.U.C. Of - 7:30 p.m. Shoot tn Party, WinghamLegion, 8:00 p.m. Everyone welco Ill-7 WEEK'S REST . a RvrE ..-_--..-0.-.--_eta. However, with Wingham playing shorthanded, Josh Johnston stole the puck on the VVingligni Winghambluelpe, fought off a stubbrtrn•Mitchell backchecker to go in alone -and beat the Mitchell goaltender on a pretty deice, and shot into the five. hole. Mitchell pulled the goaltender with about a minute left in the period and Wingham had two chances to put another marker on the board, API Per 1.4 but both. times the excitements was ap rattly too much with both shots going wide. Atom News: December Wasa good month for the Optimist Atoms. ,They're putting it -all together now and lookingfor a big second, half of the season and playoffs. The Atoms are now off until Saturday, Jan. 7 when they host Clinton in a 3:30 game at Lockridge Memorial Arena. LL 121 CLASVII CALL 357-2320 m Your, od Budget" 10 oz. Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Chicken Van Camp 14 oz. Camobell's Sou 2/1 Cheer 10 litre nn Beans with Pork 2/1 ,00 Laundry. Detergent Olinda 48 oz. 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