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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-04-11, Page 19Bantam team captures tourney consolation final On Easter weekend the Howick added his second goal early in the Bantams travelled to Hanover to period to give Howick a 4-1 lead. participate in the fourth Annual Ryan Gallaher fed Wheeler a perm Saugeen Country Hockey Tourna- fect pass. Two consecutive goals by ment° Calhoun and Kevin McFadden nar- rowed the Howick lead to 4-3° Feldskov came up big in the final five minutes when the Howick defensive system broke down. A blocked shot by Livermore at the point in which the puck bounced to Weber broke the pressure as Weber slid the puck down the ice into an empty Chesley net with just two seconds showing on the clock. Howick played three games on The result was a 5-3 victory for Good Friday. An 8 a.m. start in Howick who advanced to the next --Hanover against the host team did round. Christian Feldskov and not inspire the team to great feats. Dennis Wintemute shared goal - The boys simply came out flat. tending duties for Howick. Howick's lone goal of the game Game Four came at the seven minute mark of Howick 3, Palmerston 1 the first periods.when Philip Liver- Once again on Saturday morning more's low wrist shot found the the team played an early 8 a.rn. corner of the net. Andrew Weber game. The location was the Ayton drew an assist, complex. For some reason the boys cannot get their intensity level up for these early contests. A much improved Palmerston team gave Howick a real scare. Goaltenders Feldskov of Howick and Phil Nethercott of Palmerston kept their respective teams in the game by making many good saves especially on power play situations. The first two periods were scoreless due to their fine performances. All goals weirs scored in the last five -minutes of the game. It took a pin -point pass by Chris Reichard to Philip Livermore at centre ice to break the deadlock. Livermore split the defense and beat Nethercott low to the glove side to give How - ick the 1-0 lead. Weber also drew an assist. Two minutes later Livermore took a pass from Weber and snapped a high shot from the slot past Nethercott for his second goal. Thirty-four sec- onds later Sheldon Dinsmore, on a fine individual move, scored a wrap around goal from behind the Palmerston net. This proved to be the insurance marker Howick needed. Ryan Gal- laher was given an assist on the play when he tip the puck to Dinsmore from the corner. Derck Cherry ruined Feldskov's bid for a shutout when he scored a power play goal with 1:37 left in the match. With the win Howick advanced to the consolation cham- pionship against London Minor who defeated Newmarket. Game Five Howick 4, London Minor 3 Game Three The Howick crew saved their Howick 5, Chesley 3 best hockey of the tournament for Howick moved to the Chesley the consolation championship held arena from Hanover for their third at the Hanover Colliseum. game of the day. The boys were London was a strong team com- very tired for the third contest but posed of only Minor Bantams. They managed to push themselves to a 5- were small in stature but every one 3 win over Chesley had a good set of wheels and the team was well-balanced. The Howick attack was led by Andrew Weber and Philip Liver- more who gathered three points each. Weber fired the hat -trick and Livermore scored a goal and had two assists. The first period was scoreless as goalies Feldskov of Howick and Jay Bradshaw of London held their ground. Howick opened the second peri- od with a man advantage. After missing several chances the power play clicked with Weber taking a pass from Livermore to beat Brad- shaw with a flip shot. Rusty Parnal took advantage of Howick lapses in their defense corps to score two Livermore then rushed end -to- consecutive goals to give London end to finish the play off with a the lead. deke of the goalie. Sean Calhoun With 32 seconds left in the period Philie u in r11 '42 -AZ q ° . *its�+_ , f`. p; ,. all alone iti Beat "'Bra shiw witli a Twenty-four teams entered the tournament this year. It began with an eight division round robin for- mat with three teams in each divi- sion. Howick, Hanover and Bel- mont were in one division with the top two teams advancing to the "A" round and the last place team dropping to the consolation side. In the second and third periods Hanover's Joel Lahn took over as he recorded a hat -trick by scoring one goal in the second period and two in the third. Jason Stephens also added a goal for Hanover. Only the fine work of Christian Feldskov in the Howick net kept the score at four. The final result was a 4-1 decision for Hanover. Game Two Belmont 2, Howi k 1 In the secondg a e Howick squad put forth a great effort but fell short of Belmont by one goal. The game was scoreless after one period. Jamie Faulds scored the only goal b1 'the Middle- frame to give Belmont a 1-0 lead. After only 25 seconds of play in the third, a power play goal by Philip Livermore tied the game at one each. Andrew Weber and Ryan Gallaher set up the goal. At the four minute mark Belmont once again restored the one goal margin as John Dance hit the twine. Later in the period Christian Feldskov tried desperately to keep Howick in the match when he stopped a penalty shot by Dan Black, Belmont's fine captain. Feldskov was pulled for an extra attacker in the last minute of play but Howick could not muster the equalizer despite a couple of good opportunities. The 2-1 loss pushed Howick to the consolation round. The guys lacked their usual top notch backchecking and good pass- ing skills and seemed to play as individuals, not as a team. There was no scoring in the first period. Howick out -scored Chesley 3-1 during the middle session. All the Howick scoring was done in 56 seconds. Philip Livermore scored an unas- sisted goal when he intercepted a pass while playing short-handed and beat Mike Patterson cleanly. Kyle Wheeler's goal was a carbon copy of Livermore's when he also intercepted an errant pass to beat Patterson. (wore for,C esley bei4 ?e, Peri- od conclude ;.,,p,"i°?? Tiv ?Fin Two goals were scored by each team in the third period. Wheeler deke. It was a short-handed goal. The second period ended 2-2. Weber gave Howick. a 3-2 lead early in the third frame as he recorded a power play goal. Weber tipped in Chris Reichard's shot. Gallaher also assisted on the play. London pulled their goaltender with under a minute to play and the move paid great dividends when Chris Mooney scored with 28 seconds left in the game. With the score tied a five minute overtime was upcoming. After 52 seconds of overtime Livermore and Weber put on a passing clinic with Weber pulling the trigger to give Howick a 4-3 lead. This time the Howick defense pulled together with some strong checking to ensure the victory and the Bantam Consolation Champi- onship. RON'S ROUNDUP It was the most games the boys have played in a tournament this year. Andrew Weber, the Howick captain, received a banner on behalf of the team from tournament chair- man Peter Howard. Congratulations to Philip Liver- more for being named Most Valu- able Player. Each member of the Howick team received a small banner. Con- gratulations to the Hanover Tour- nament Committee for a well-run tournament. 1 flJ. The Winewin Advantaaa_ e , 40 LEE BRUNARSKI, a Grade 6 student at Howick Central School. at the school. did the crab walk at the recent sports-athon Requires Only One $20.00 Deposit to Register Special Offer Check our window display and our prices! 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