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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-11-08, Page 7Mi nor Hockey...The winners of the chocolate bar campaign were announced last week by Wingham Minor Hockey. Taking the $150 first prize was Nickolai Ruttan-Rude, left, with 330 bars sold. Shawn Vaughan, right, took the $100 second prize with 150 bars sold. Kevin Hopf, centre, sold 146 for third place and $50. Doug Macintyre, back, made the presentation. Mi- nor Hockey is still waiting for some money to come in before announcing the total raised. Ironmen salvage tie with Bulldogs By JIM BROWN dogs a two -goal advantage. The Advance -Times The Ironmen got back to within one at 1:50 of the second period The Wingham Ironmen earned when Scott MacDonald skated just a single point on the weekend around the net and beatKincar- as they played a couple of Western dine goalie Jeremy Beatty. Eric Junior 'C' Hockey League con-. Andrew and Tim Good received tests. assists. The Ironmen needed a pair of The Ironmen enjoyed a two - unanswered goals in the third peri- man advantage for 1:27 early in od', Sunday. afternoon, as 'they the tniddle period but:were unable managed a 7.7 'draw with the Kin- kr score. The team's best chance sardine Bulldogs. In Mount Forest with the two-man advantage came on Friday, the Patriots scored a 3- when Lane's shot from the point 2 decision over the Ironmen. was deflected by Murray into the The lack of an effective power pads of Beatty. play and sloppy play in their own Just seconds after killing off the zone inhibited the Ironmen penalty, Kincardine regained their throughout the contest. two -goal lead as Holmesfired his 'Taking a 2-0 lead by the seven second marker of the game. minute mark of the opening peri- • The Bulldogs took a three -goal od, the Ironmen .quickly found lead at 8:11 when Gunsontallied themselves tied with the Bulldogs. his third of the game, this time a And, by the end of the opening pe- shorthanded effort. riot], the Bulldogs werein frbnt-4.. Gunson tallied his fourth of the 2. game at 13:55 to give the Bulldogs Kincardine maintained their a 7-3 lead when he stole the puck two -goal advantage in the middle at the Winghaitt blueline. stanza as both teams fired three The Ironmen pressed late in the goals apiece. Wingham netted the period and Lane scored at 18:29 to only two goals of the third period. put the Ironmen down by three. Kyle Wheeler opened the scor- Sikkenga and Becker assisted. ing at 1:33 as `he shovelled the Sikkenga put the Ironmen down puck into the net after being set up by two at 19:03 when tucked the by Eric•Sikkenga and Jason Beck- puck under a sprawling Beatty. Chris Buchanan and Becker re - Justin Murray gave the Ironmen ceived the assists. a 2-0 lead at 7:01 as he fired the Kincardine's Chris Knott re - puck into the net from close range: ceived a checking from behind Assisting on the power play goal major at 3:37 of the third period were Brett Sangster and Jonathan after checking Tim Good into the Lane. boards in front of the Ironmen The Bulldogs got into the game bench. He was helped off the ice at 8:08 when Jonathan Holmes by trainer Keith Carson and Sik- took advantage of some sloppy kenga. Bulldog coach Doug Dun - play around the Ironmen net and lop was also ejected from the fired the puck into the back of the game. net. Brent Williams put the Ironmen Just over a minute later, the down by one at 12:03 as he ripped Bulldogs pulled even when Mark a low shot between the goalies. Wappett fired a low shot through 'a pads. Andrew and Tim Schultz re - maze of players and past Steve ceived assists. Schwartzentruber. Wheeler evened the score at The Bulldogs took the lead at sevens after being fed the puck by 15:59, just 11 seconds after Wing- Murray. Sangster also assisted. ham's Jason Meriam went off for The Ironmen were assessed 16 roughing, when Geoff Gunson put minutes in penalties by referee the puck between Schwartzentru- Rob Veccia. The Bulldogs were ber's pads. handed 12 minors, one major , and With one second left in the peri- four misconducts. od, Gunson netted his second Jason MacDougall's power play power play goal to give the Bull - goal at 2:25 of the third period, Esso Novices post 2 shut outs The Wingham Barry's Esso Novices recorded a pair of shut outs during the weekend. The Novices posted a 9-0 deci- sion over Milverton on Saturday, and blanked the Mitchell addition- al entry squad on Sunday, 6-0. Andrew GlasSidr, Jason Thomp- son and Joel Riley netted two goals apiece against Milverton. Single markers were added by Brittany Campbell, Brad Burton, and Evan Zinn. The hustling ,Wingham squad dominated the contest, allowing just a single shot on net. Nick Henderson recorded the shut out. The Novices travelled to Mitch- ell on Sunday and scored a 6-0 win. Riley paced the offonce with a three -goal effort. Zinn added a 'pair and Tom Pettigrew netted his first of the year. r< Friday, gave the Patriots the 3-2 wiri. Also scoring for Mount For- est were Jeff • Marshall and Ian Martin. Becker hada goal and an assist for Wingham with Wheeler also scoring. Sikkenga picked up a pair of assists.• Referee Dan Schmidt assessed 10 minors against the Ironmen and eight minors and a misconduct against the Patriots. Boston Jr. Bruins coming to town The Wingham Ironmen will get a taste of international hockey on Sunday as they host the Boston Junior Bruins. The Junior Bruins are making a four -game tour of midwestern On- tario. The tour has been organized by the Mount Forest Patriots of the Western Junior 'C' Hockey League. The first stop on the tour for the Junior Bruins is Hanover on Thursday, ' for a game against the Barons. On Friday, they travel to Elmira for a game against the Midwestern Junior 'B' League's Sugar Kings. The Junior Bruins takeon Mount Forest Patriots Saturday evening before playing the Ironmen Sun- day at 2 p.m. at the Lockridge Me- morial Arena. The Ironmen are hosting a' brunch for the Junior Bruins and the Ironmen players and coaching staff at 11:30 a.m. Sunday,. up- stairs at the arena. IDA Atoms handed 3 setbacks The Wingham IDA Atoms dropped the three games they played during the past week. Playing at the Lockridge Me- morial Arena on Sunday, the At- oms were blanked 2-0 by Howick. In Lucknow on Thursday, the Atoms were handed a 2-1 setback with Laurita McGrail getting the lone Wingham marker. Matt Pritchard and Jesse John- ston were the goal getters for Lucknow. Playing in Ripley on Oct. 28, the Atoms were handed a 9-4 set- back by the host club. Kyle Barlow scored two goals for Wingham with Mark Skinn and McGrail adding singles. Nic Cameron picked up a pair of as- sists with singles being received by Mia Bieman. John King and Shawn Vaughn. A. McKague posts first win in Wingham rink Competes in third event Continued from page 6 Twining of Bluewater 6-5, and Scott got by Alex McNeill of the Grey Granite Club 8-7. Gary Johnson of Durham dou- bled up Fred Fleet of Port Elgin 10-5. Murray Shannon of Hanover and Jeff Thomson of Chesley top the Division 'A' Formosa Springs Draft main event with 65 points. Shannon doubled up Wayne Foster of Meaford 8-4 and Thom- son downed Murray Miller of Grey Granite 6-1. In other main event draws, Richard Slumskie of Chesley edged past Richard Fraser of Kin- cardine 5-4, and John Ross of Port Elgin defeated John Clancy of Southampton 8-4. Vicky Gregg of Paisley leads the Division 'B' Formosa Springs Light second event, with 58 points. Gregg edged past the Tracy • Detzler rink 7-6, and Peter Kritz of Hanover doubled up Paul Mol - son of Bluewater 8-4. The McKague foursome moved into seventh place after six draws of play in the Division 'C'. The McKague rink fell to Twin- ing 7-6. Both rinks have 28 points. In other Division 'C' draws, Fleet defeated Scott 6-4, McCarthy downed the Trelford rink 7-2 to move into a first -place tie with McCarthy with 43 points, and Gary Johnston of Durham downed Alex McNeill of the Grey Granite Club 8-3. Shannon and Thomson led the Division 'A' Formosa Springs Draft main event with 55 points each. Shannon scored an 8-5 decision over the Fraser rink and Thomson downed the Clancy foursome 9-4. WINGHAM draw,: In other main event draws Fos- ter beat Slumskie 7-2, and Miller defeated Ross 7-5. 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