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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-02-15, Page 6PO THE WINDHAM ADYAHG* TI MES SRecreatl Over the net...Wingham goaltender Adam Skillen watches as the puck sails over the Wingham net as Walkerton's Manny Page gets stick checked by Ironmen rearguard Deryk Has - tie during game three of the Western Junior 'C° Hockey League contest Friday evening. Ironmen first to advance to next roundmin Jr. Cla off s Wingham Ironmen may , not know until the weekend who, they will play in their Western Junior 'C' Hockey League semi-final se- ries. The Ironmen captured their quarter -final series on Friday, by scoring a 2-1 decision over the Walkerton Blackhawks; in double overtime. With the victory, the Ir- onmen were able to win their se- ries in three straight games. Wingham opened the scoring in the game at 1:57 of the first period as Troy Fischer deflected a shot from the point past Walkerton goalie Denver England. Jeremy Creeden also earned an assist. However, tete Blackhawks con- trolled the play the remainder of - the period as they, directed 15 shots at Wingham goaleender Adam Skillen. The Ironmen were ,able to .direct just five shots at England. Wingham successfully killed off a pair of two -men short situa- tions, mostly due to the strong goaltending of Skillen. The Ironmen were able to domi- Bulls on long, cold road north Brussels -Bulls took a 2-1 lead in their 'best three of five Western Junior 'C' Hockey League quarter • final series against .the Wiarton Wolves on Friday, but the games scheduled for Saturday and Sun- day were postponed because of the weather. The Bulls jumped into a 3-0 first period lead on Friday on goals by Kevin Ball, Darrin Alvia- no on the power play and Ryan Wright. The Bulls took a 4-0 Icad in the second period on a goal by Greg McNevan. Jarret Ramey put the Wolves on the baord.in the second and Tim Beyer restored the four -goal ad- vantage for the Bulls. Dustin Weir scored to make it 5-2 going into the final period. Sheldon Mustard scored on the power play for the Bulls and Ryan Scott tallied a short handed marker for the Wolves. Ryan Sanders was in goal for Brussels with Curtis Sanford in net for the Wolves. The Bulls out - shot Wiarton 49-26, including a 29-8 margin in the first period. Game four in the series was played last night in Wiarton. A fifth game, if necessary, will prob- ably be palyed Friday. Bulls coach Scott Pettigrew said the Balls lost the services of rfor- ward/defenceman Brad Beuerman when he cut his finger off at work. Pettigrew said he was just return- ing from a eland injury. nate the play in the middle period, but were not able to add to their' lead. ' With 7:27 remaining in the mid- dle period, the Biackhawks evened the game at 1-1 as Brad Loomis deflected a shot past Skillen. Late in the secAnd period, Troy Fischer received a break away, but was stopped by England. Chris Fischer again seemed to be fight- ing the puck, as he fed a pass in the third period 'that would have put in the clear, but he was unable to control the puck and lost his sc-oring-opportunity. • Justin Murray was also stopped from point blank range by Eng- land as was rear guard Dcryk Has - tie. Skillen played strong in the third period as the Blackhawks again contolled the play, outshoot- ing the Ironmen 12-6. However, England also played a strong third period, as the Ironmen scoring op- portunities were from closer range. In the first 10 -minute overtime session, both teams had scoring WEDNESDAY, FEBRbARY 15,1995 chances, but it was the goalkcep- ing.at both ends that kept the score at one. In the 20 -minute sudden -death: overtime period, the Ironmen net- ted the winning marker at 13:48 as Ryan Gallaher led a rush from the 'blueline, fed the puck to Chris Fis- . cher in the slot and he beat Eng- land with •a, rising shot. Troy Fis- cher also assisted. Coach Bill Brown said Skillen played a strong game m goal for the Ironmen,especially in the first periods and again in the overtime sessions when Walkerton dominat- ed the play. ' Even though Murray did not get any points, the coach said it was one of the best games he has ever seen him play as an Ironmen. The Ironmen took 13 of the 24 minor penalties assessed in the game by referee Blake Moggy. Wingham's Brent Robinson was handed checking from behind major and game misconduct while the Blackhawks took a gime mis- conduct and Jason Fosold was handed a 10 -minute misconduct. Our precision team is golden in Durham The Wingham Precision Skat- ing Team, the Definite Edge, came home from the competition in Durham on the weekend with gold medals. Cupid's Capers is an annu- al competition attractgin over 60 teams from as far away as Chat- ham, Cambridge, and Markham. The girls skated particularly well in the second round. As they left the ice their coaches assured them that, win or lose, they could be very proud of their accomplish- ment. Midgets need a win Wingham Lions. Club Midgets had their backs up against the pro- verbial wall going into last night's game home game against Sca- forth. The locals dropped the first .two games of the best three of five series by identical scores of 5-1, and need a win to stay alive. The Midgets lost 'the first game of the series, played last 'Tuesday. Seaforth scored first, about four and a half minutcs into the game. But Wingham's Kevin Love chipped a shot over the diving net - minder less than a minute later to knot the game at one. Arley'Paut- ler assisted. The teams went back and forth for the rest of the period — mostly back, as in Wingham's end - until the visitors went ahead on a power play goals with just over a minute to play"in the period. Scaforth's Colin Dever- eaux leaned into a slapper from just outside the hash marks that bounced off one. post . and in off the other. Wingham putt. 'on sold pressure throughout most of the second pe- riod. There was scramble after scramble around the visitors net, ' but Wingham couldn't but agoal, and came out of the period trailing 3-2 when Seaforth netted their third with about three minutes re- maining. The momerntum swung back to Scaforth in the third, loading some The Wingham team is coached by Michelle Blake and managed by Colleen Schenk. They compete in the junior 'B' division. The 18 members of the team are Amy Bu- shell, Jennifer Bushell, Leeanne Carter, Shannon Edgar, Johanna Evers, Melissa Evers, Tanya Franken, Stacy Hahn, Tammy Love, Erin . Magee, Cheryl McBride, Leisa McCall, Laura O'Hagan, Kim Richmond, Ginny Schenk, Christa Smith. Harmony Spivey, and Lattren Walker.' Junior girls win. five -team tourney Madill Mustangs junior girls volleyball team overcame a stormy ride to Listowel on Satur- day to win the five -team tourna- ment held at the Listowel District Secondary School. The junior Mustangs finished the round-robin with a 7-1 record, good enough for first place in their pool. They met Listowel in the semi- final and won two consecutive games to advance to the final. Agaipst Arthur in the final, the Mustangs won the championship in two straight games. Coach Nancy Stafford said they were surprised that Listowel fin- ished fourth in the round-robin be- cause. they were the only team to defeat the Mustangs. "Listowel was otir toughest " competition," she said. "The semi- final match was tougher than the final." The senior Mustangs were also in a tournament in Listowel and placed second in their pool: They wen( up against third place Rock - way in the semi-final and were de- feated in two straight games. to suggest maybe the ice was tilted towards the Victoria Street end of the rink on this night. They notched their fourth goal with 4:10 remaining. With.over two minutes left on the clock and Wingham on the power play, coach,. Bob Pegg pulled goaltender Craig Baynton for the extra attacker. The power- play fizzled and Seaforth elided up netting their goal of the night into the empty cage with 53 seconds left on the clock. Tehe Midgets made the -trip to Scaforth on Sunday, through the snowstorm, and despite a stronger on -ice effort still came out onthe Short end of a 5-1 score. They got off to a good start in this one, putting some pressure on the Scaforth end, and getting some strong goaltending from Scott Al- len in the first period. Neil Mow- bray capitalized on some strong Wingham forechecking to pick up a loose puck about`10 feet in front .of the Scaforth net. 1 -lis .rising 'slap - shot beat` the goalie high on the • glove side for the pnly marker of the first period. Despite several power plays, the locals were un- able to add to their lead. Thcy were also on the power play a lot in the second, but Sca- forth was the team takingadvan- tagc.Scaforth tied 'the game.about five minutes into the second peri- od on a short handed goal. They took a 2-1 lead on a power play four minutes later. The lead was stretched to 3-1 when Wingham's defence coughed up the puck to a Scaforth player in the slot. And,. Scaforth notched one more before .the second period was over to head into the third with a 4-1 lead. . Wingham's lack of • punch on the power play appeared to take the sung out of any penalties Sea - forth got, so the grecs• and white continued to send a steady stream of played to the penalty box in the thir dwith immunity. The third was scoreless, but a wild, and wooly affair, right to the end. Scaforth added their final mark- er with about 35 seconds left to play, on a break away. Wingham drew 34 minutes in penalties in the game, while Sea - forth was handed 50, but that didn't include the various miscon- ducts received as a result of the third period melee. Next Week: Our figure skating club Wingham figure skating club Annual test day held last week at local arena The Wingham Figure Skating Club held its test day last week at the Lockridge Memorial Arena. All the skaters did an excellent job. Those who achieved a high level in the testing are as follows First Figure - Johanna Evers, Tanya Good, Laura O'Hagan. Second Figure . Tammy Love. Third Figure - Jayne Vincent. Fourth Figure - Stacy Hahn. Preliminary Figure - Danny Martin. Junior Bronze Free Skate - Chrissy Kerr, Tami Kerr.: 'Preliminary Dance - Baby Blues - Theresa Moore. Junior Bronze Dance - Willow - •Amy Bushell, Danny Martin, Jody Walker. Junior Bronze Dance - Swing - Bridgit Cuckney, Kristen Palmer,Julie Brown. Senior Bronze Dance -14 Step - Cheryl McBride. Senior Bronze Dance Junior Silver Dance - Harmony Spivey. Junior Silver Dance - 10 Fox - Amy Bushell; Keats Fox Trot - Tami Kerr, - Rocker Fox Trot - Ginny Schenk, Jennifer Bushell, Erin Magee. Junior Silver Dance - American Waltz - Erin Mageem,Shannon Edgar, Johanna Evers, Tami Kerr, Laura O'Hagan, Lauren Walker. Senior Silver Dance - Pasa Dohle - Janelf Cretier. Senior Silver Dance Starlight Waltz Melissa Evers, Tammy Love. Senior Silver. Dance - Blues -• Melissa Evers. Senior Silver Dance -Kilian - Jayne Vincent. Gold Dances - Viennese Waltz - Jennifer Barrie, Jenni Kerr. - '. Gold Danek - Westminster Waltz = Andrea McBride, Shari Mundell, Stacy Hahn. Gold Dance - Argentine Tango - Jenni Kerr, Andrea McBride. Senior Bronze Free Skate - Jcnni Kerr. Abe 1: xn9htttn' 10)Jan-co-am/to 'l$ yf„!�� IiYy 4 it This is Our Most Popular Special Edition of the Year! The Wingham Advance -Times is preparing the Second Annual Salute To Family -Owned Businesses who are an extremely important part of our local economy. We will be listing businesses showing when they were established and prominently displaying their name ... for as little as $49.50. If you wish to have your "business prominently displayed with others in this area contact Audrey Currie or Norma Goliey. Phone: 357-2320 Fax: 357-2900 ebt trigbain Abionce- two 5 Diagonal Road Box 390 Wingham, Ontario NOG 2H0 NOTE° Deadline for this special feature is Tuesday March 7, 1995.