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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-01-18, Page 12.r. Tap Wingham Advance -Times, Jin,.. 18, 1.984 Beat league- leading Harvesters Howick Juniors win three straight After losing the final game to Grand Valley at the Exeter tournament, Howick returned home Wednesday night to score a come -from - behind 8-4 win over Southampton. .. The first period was all Southampton's, as that team scored three unanswered goals. After getting some time to ponder, Howick came out in the second and started to skate and play its game. Darwin Weber opened the scoring" halfway throUgh the period on a pass from Paul Charlebois. Charlebois netted the second less than a minute later, deflecting a shot from the point taken by Mike McDougall. Following some hard work by Mark Leslie and Jeff Fisk, Leslie tipped the puck past the Southampton goalie to tie the score. Jamie Bradstock finished the period's scoring, taking a pass from Brian Cowan to send the teams to the dressing room with Howick up by one. Danny Nickel, who had just been sighed over the weekend to again fill the roster, opened the third period with two goals. The first one came on a three- way passing play with Charlebois and Leslie and the second on a power play with Charlebois and John Mock assisting. Leslie netted two more before the period ended, with Charlebois picking up two more assists. Danny Nickel also assisted on the last goal. Both Charlebois and Leslie had big -nights, picking up six points and four points respectively. Nickel showed he still has the ability, picking up three points in his first game. HOWICK vs. BRUSSELS Howick Juniors traveled to Harriston Saturday to host the Brussels Bulls. The game was riddled with penalties, but Howick tool#lhe win by an 8-5 score. Brussels opened the scoring on a close -in battle on a power play I with Ken Higgins and Paul Johnston doing some fine stick work. Howick came back with two, with Mark Leslie tip- ping in a pass from Paul Charlebois after John Mock had slapped the puck from the point, Darwin Weber notched the second goal on a combination with Mock and Leslie. Brussels came back again before the period ended to score a goal by Tim Fritz, assisted by Johnston and John Slaney. The period ended in a 2-2 tie. Brussels opened the scoring in the second on a power play as Don Wilson took advntage of a lapse to score an unassisted goal. With half the period gone, Howick came back with two, with Leslie tipping in a pass after some hard skating by Ironmen suffer double loss at hands of Hanover Barons By Peter Bauer The Wingham Ironmen's hopes for a first -place finish in the Junior C Central Division suffered a serious blow on the weekend as they dropped both ends of a doubleheader to the Hanover ions. Friday night the Ironmen droped a tough 3-2 decision to the Barons at Hanover in a game which either team could have won. However lady luck was not on the Ironmen side. Wingham then suffered a 6-3 loss Sunday as the Barons played disciplined hockey, • . shutting down the Wingham offence for two periods and then exchanging goals in the third as they skated to a 6-3 win. IRONMEN 2 BARONS3 Excellent goaltending was the highlight id- Friday's contest as the clubs created excellent scoring chances at both ends of the rink. The Ironmen spotted their _rivals a 2-0 lead on two give- aways, then tied the game with two second -period scores before falling behind by a 3-2 count at the end of the period. The Barons then relied on Scott -White in the Hanover net to wrap up the win as the Ironmen pressed for the equalizer throughout the third period. Steve Reay opened the scoring at the 8:34 mark, intercepting a cross -ice pass by Rob Willis, who fanned on the pass as Reay swooped in and blasted the puck high over Rob Schistad's shoulder on the glove side. At 10:59, Brian Sweeney made it 2-0 as the Barons, on a line change, sent in both forwards while fresh troops hit the ice. The two forwards , double -teamed, checking Len Stamper off .the puck, and Sweeney's shot from close range beat Schistad cleanly. Early in the second period, Troy Pocaluyko moved in along the right side and, -" using his winger as a decoy, slipped by a defender and surprised White with a quick "shot 'that beat him to the glove side. Jim. LeGrand scored a power play goal al•" 6:08, drilling a shot from the blueline that found its way behind White. The game winner was scored at 11:09 of the period on a three-on-tw.o break. Bruce McLaughlin took,_Pete Goodall to the outside before flipping a perfect pass to Paul Nixon on the fly up the middle. He tipped the puck past Schistad, who had no chance on, the play. , The Ironmen tried desperately to tie the score, but White played superbly to shut them out in the third period. IRONMEN3 BARONS 6 The Barons proved to be too much for the Ironmen on Sunday as they played tough, disciplined. hockey, shutting down the Ironmen offence for two periods while they built up a 3-0 lead and then Mike McDougall and Scott play with Drost and .Dorren Norman scoring after being - Foerter. Then the line of set up by Dan Hill and Jamie Paul Charlebois, Darwin Bradstock, putting the Weber and Mark Leslie hit Howick team on top again. the scoreboard. Again Brussels took ad- Mike McDougall, on a vantage of a power play to power play, slapped in a goal draw evert, with a goal by after taking a pass from Kevin Wheeler assisted by Bradstock. Murray Hunter Ron Bowman and Brian finished the period for the Tenpas. However Howick Harvesters to send the teams notched two more goals, a to the dressing rooms with shorthanded goal by Howick'kip by two. Bradstock after Rob Drost Bradstock opened the had won the draw and second period with an another by David Hardy, unassisted goal less than one who finished the play after minute -into the period. Norman led. a rush up the Hunter got his third to pull boards. Brian Cowan also the Harvesters close, but received an assist, starting Darwin Weber, with a pass the play deep in the Howick from Hilli,replaced that goal. . end. Hunter_# then assisted en Howick now went to the two goals to close the gap to dressing room , up by two one, but Howick came back goals. with only 37 seconds left with The .third period saw a goal by Drost, assisted by Howick come out and score a Kyle Reading, to stay , two quick goal by Richard goals up ` going into the Moore, assisted by Dan dressing rooms. Nickel and Weber. Another The third period saw Drost power play saw Charlebois •''° open the scoring after taking take a pass from Weber to a pass from Bradstock. notch Howick's eighth goal. Flear of the Harvesters The final, goal came from returned ,the goal four Brussels, scored by captain minutes later, but this_was Tenpas assisted by Todd all the goals they would get. Wheeler. Bradstock notched his third Howick thanks Harriston of the game after taking a Minor Sports for the in- pass from Reading. vitation to play and hopes This was a good game for he ame. the teams took exchanging goals in the everyone enjoyed t g the fans as third. HOWICK DOWNS few penalties, only five for Once , again it was Steve GRAND VALLEY Howick and six for the Har - Reay who opened the scoring Howick Juniors registered vesters. as he broke in on a three -on- their third win in a row by - The next home game will one break, blasting a shot defeating the league -leading be on Sunday, Jan. 22, a from 20 feet out that beat Grand Valley Harvesters by return match against Mike Campbell. In the latter half of the period, Tim Davis snapped a wrist shot over Campbell's glove,., side shoulder to make it 2-0 after one period. Richard Grubb was the . lone marksman in the second period, snapping a shot past the outstretched netminder following a scramble in front of the goal. Kevin Coultes scored twice --for the Ironmen in the third period and Ron Schistad scored a single as Wingham tried to challenge for the lead. Unfortunately for the hometown rooters, the Barons replied with three goals"of'their own as Reay, scored once and Davis finished off his hat trick, scoring twice. The Ironmen still cling to first place with 35 points, but Port Elgin has crept to with- in two points and holds a game in hand. The Bears have 33 points, with Kin- cardine right behind with 31 and Hanover now has 30 dr/ points. The Ironmen will play one game this Week, -traveling to Walkerton Friday .night for an 8:30 start. They host the Barons on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2:30. Doug Arbuckle won $37 in the 50-50 draw. Rockers down Sailors with persistent checking By Fraser Strong The Goderich arena was the scene of an exciting hockey match last Tuesday • night when the Wingham Rockers upset a slightly - favored squad from the port - side town 5-2. • The win was especially gratifying to our side con- sidering it was the stronger of the two Goderich teams and they had previously • defeated us 4-3 on our, home pond. This match was dominated by /the hard work and per- sistence of the Wingham group, as it continually th- warted the opposition at- tempts to clear its own end. Had it not been, for the quickness of. Duckworth in the Goderich crease, 'Wingham might well have added to its winning margin: Wayne Brown continued his scoring streak by netting the opening goal in the first period. Brown also hit the score sheet on the second goal when he assisted on a marker by Doug Scrim- geour. . Goderich showed it. would not die early by mounting an offensive attack ' that resulted in two quick goals to tie the game. But the Rockers were not to be denied on this occasion as they came out determined in the third.period. Ray Walker, assisted by Rob Laurie. put Wingham ahead to stay early in the third frame and the.Rockers' close checking produced two more markers before the game closed. John Cullen scored from Ken Balzer.and Fraser Strong added to the count wiith a goal assisted by Bill Robinson and Cullen to a 9-6 score. Southampton where the Howick opened the scoring Juniors will be playing after Dan Hill took a pass Friday night. from Rob Drost and Jamie Howick will be Bradstock, .but Murray represented at the all star Hunter came back for the game ' on Saturday by Harvesters to tie it up. Charlebois, Leslie, Brad- Bradstock notched the. stock, Hill and Foerter, with first of three on a three-way Chambers in the net. round out the stats for the team. The Rockers to thank all concerned for making the draw for the Conestoga rocker the success it was. Special appreciation goes to Layton -McBurney Furniture for its kind assistance in the raffle. The winner of the ichair was Louise Strong of Wingham. Recreation Report By RENNIE ALEXANDER Rec D,rector Remember, there is "Parents and Tots" skating every Tuesday from 9:30- 10:30 a nn. and every Thurs- day from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. There also is adult skating every Monday; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30. Public skating is held every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. There also is public skating and shinny, hockey every day at the outdoor skating rink at the Josephine • Street -ballpark. The large outdoor rink is provided free of charge, compliments of the Wingham Optimists. The games this week at the Tykes capture consolation Loekridge Memorial Arena are as follows: Thurs., Jan, 19, 7:30 p.m., Midgets vs. Brussels; • Fri., Jan. 20, 9 p.m., Royals vs. Lion's Head; Sat., Jan. 23, 8:30 p.m., Atom "B" game; Sun;,,Jan. 22, 5 p.m., Atom "B" game; Sun., Jan. 22, 6:30 p.m. Ringette vs. Brussels; Sun., Jan. 22, 7:30 p,m. Midgets vs r Lucknow ; Mon., Jan. 23, ,9:30 p.m. Industrial league; Tues., Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. Pee Wees vs. Mitchell; Tues., Jan. 24, 8 p.m. Bantams vs. Mitchell; Tues., Jan. ,24, 10 p.m. Industrial league. The Wingham Optimist At the 6:14 point of the Tykes (Novices) won the second period, Matthew consolation trophy at the Hunter pounded the puck annual Harriston Novice into the net, assisted by Tournament last weekend. Cameron. In the third In its first game, the period, -Lade scored his Wingham team faced off second of the game, assisted against Palmerston. Jona- by Cameron and at 13:23, than Lane scored early in Cameron scored, assisted by the first period to give ming= `�Lane.- Elmira's only goal ham a 1-0 lead, assisted by came 28 seconds later, Matthew Elmslie, Wing- scored by C. Platford and ham's goalie, who fed the assisted by G. Marlin. peck to lead. With only 27 seconds left in Wingham's second goal the game, Pegg jammed the was scored by Ryan Leibold puck across the line for a Bonnie Loughran 152, 162; on a pass from Marc Poulin goal while' he was lying on Rhonda English 134; Becky who was given the assist. the ice, assisted by Hunter. Sangster 192; Scott Neil 150, Even though the Wingham` The 6-1 win earned Wingham 139; Jeff Hollenbeck 150; boys controled the play, the consolation trophy, a Jeremy Cameron 160; Ryan Palmerston went ahead by banner for the local arena Deyell 136;Denton Cham one goal early in the third and a personal medal for each boy. bers .138, 149; Kevin Denton ea period. The local lads each Each of Wingham's boys 130, 151; Dean Tolton 132; gave every ounce of effort to his best. Elmslie and Rob Harrison 140, 151; and get the goal back, but simply gaveBilly McGrath 145, 163. could not pierce Palmer- Jason Moody, Wingham's SR. J145 AND SENIORS inders tm, each were stop's strong defence. neThe A -Team leads the Palmerston's fourth goal calledupon to make difficult league with 58 points, saves. Brett Sangster's will was shot into Wingham's followed by the Fall Guys empty net during the dying to give that extra effort was the he (� Beats with 53 and seconds of the game. The evidenced in his hard - the and hiswith46. final score was 4-2 for driving play as he led his Tammy Cleghorn had the Palmerston. Chris Herron wingers, Eric Deyell and junior girls high single of t202 he scored all four Palmerston Andrew Forrest, in putting and the high triple of„ 502. goals. on the pressure in a-nd Tommy Darling had the Wingham's second game around the Elmira net. junior boy's high single of 204 was against Clifford. At the Kenneth ' Hogg, playing and .thehigh triple of 507, •end of the first period, it was right wing, bulldozed the while Bruce McInnes had the ham. At 2:19 Puck into the opposition's HE SHOOTS! HE SCORES! -Dave Golley made some dazzling moves to get the Royals on the scoreboard early in the second period against Ripley. Taking a pass from Dennis Knox, he left a defenceman standing as he moved in and fired a shot high into the net past Kevin Harrison. ¥BC Bowling BANTAMS The ercups lead the league h 50 points and are tied h the Roses; also with 50. They are followed by the Daffodils with 42, the Violets with 33 and the Carnations with 30. Kerri Cleghorn had the high single of 125 for the girls and the high double of 245. Todd Harrison had the high single of 135 for the boys and Ivan Skinn had the high double of 236. Other games of 75 and over were rolled by: Danielle Heibein 82, 97 ; Andrea Plumb 83; Lisa Chapman 94; Tammy Thynne 79; Kerri Cleghorn 120; Kendra Merkley 85, 94; Adam Deslauriers 93; Joshua Johnston 91, 108; Michael MacKay 117, 84; Jonathan Lewis 104, 102; Ivan Skinn 128, 108; Steven Double 80; Terry Thynne 77, 94; Jen- nifer Remington 77; and Aaron Chapman 94. JR. BANTAMS The Bluejays lead the league with 55, followed by the Eagles with 47,,, the Hawks, 38, the Bluebirds, 33, the Chickadees, 31';' and the Cardinals, 21. Theresa Kenyon had the " high single of 212 for the girls and the high double of 382, while Jeremy Cameron had the high single of 172 for the boys and the high double of 332. -- Other games of 130 and over were rolled by: Sheryl Cleghorn 133, 167; Jane. Bateson 140; Lori Tiffin 201, 146• Theresa Kenyon 170; senior bo s high single of 195 a y nd the high triple of 500. Other games off 150 and over were rolled by: Tammy Cleghorn 151; Graham Taylor 155, 156, 184; Dwight Chattily. 191; Greg Perry 161; Jeremy Bloemberg 169, 160; Darin Hickey 183, 157; Robbie Lamont 156, 187; Michael Haugh 175, 163, 162; Tim Lewis 174; Bruce McInnes 157; Brian Steffler 164,154; and Tommy Darling 192.' 2-0 for Wing Lane scored, unassisted, end. Marc Poulin, playing after outdistancing the hard - skating Clifford defence. •Then, Barton Cameron snapped the puck into Clifford's net on a pass from Lane who got the assist. While Wingham was short- handed, Randy . Dowler scored Clifford's only goal. Elmslie, in net for Wingham, stood up to in- tense pressure from the Clifford shooters. In period one, Elmslie had his stick torn from his grasp and yet managed to make the save. In the third period, a Clifford player got a breakaway and the force of his,shot knocked Elmslie onto his back. Once again, Elmslie made the save. The final score was 2-1 for Wingham which allowed Wingham to advance to the Consolation final against the Elmira Chambers Aliminum team. VVINGHAM, 6, ELMIRA, 1 ' For the third straight, .game, Lane opened Wingham's scoring. After weaving through heavy traffic, he drove the puck home unassisted, With only 26 seconds left in the first period, Leibold scored, assisted by Shane Pegg. defence, was able to outskate opposing shooters and force them to the boards. Todd Harrison played aggressive- ly to keep the puck out of Wingham's zone and Jeremy Brown always was in the right spot, to poke the puck away and pass it to his for- wards. Murray MacLeod -played good defence, while Jonathon Balzer also played all-out defence. An example of this hard play occurred during the third game, when Balzer stopped a breakaway by throwing himself out on the ice and managing to stretch and poke the puck away. The all-out effort of each boy was rewarded when the team members carried their trophy around the ice to the applause of family and fans. Bridge Club Elaine Colvin and Dimps Mothers, Ruth Currie and Omar Haselgrove and Nona Elliott and Jean Whitby all were tied for first place in last week's duplicate bridge club play. Kae Fergie and Wilf French were fourth. M idgets score 24 in pair Kincardine11) • eli hi Lions from tournament The Wingham Lions scorers in the OHA Junior C Midgets traveled to Burford league, with them tobolster on the weekend tq defend the the team. His hat trick. championship they won last proved to be Wingham's year. However, after downfall. ' defeating Bolton 8-1 in their opening game, Wingham ran Landry scored his first into a hot Kincardine squad goal at 13:47 of the first. and lost a squeaker by a 4-3 Doug McFarlan replied for count. Wingham- at 13:31 of the In their opening game, second to pull a teams Paul Tolton started the even. Kincardilit pulled scoring spree for Wingham ahead again just 24 seconds at 8:38, assisted by Doug later. McFarlan and Jason The third period was only Goodall. Just 20 seconds 32 seconds old when Tolton later, Goodall connected tied the score from Mc - from Tolton and McFarlan. Farlan and -Goodall, before Landry's second and third goals of the game gave Kincardine its winning margin. With the score 4-2, Jeff Bloemberg's blast from the blueline, from Goodall and Haines, drew Wingham to within one wit3 4:09 remaining. Wingham stormed the Kincardine net several times, but just could not get the equalizer. Bolton spoiled Mitch This was the best game of Braun's shutout bid at 12:03 the tournament, but un - of the third, but goals from fortunately Kincardine came the sticks of Stephenson, out a 4-3 winner. from Sweeney add Cameron, ICE CHIPS - Wingham at 12:08 and Tolton from Lions Midgets have every McFarlan salted the 8-1 right to be proud of their victory. performance in the Burford The competition in Tournament. They played Wingham's second game' of well'ehough to win it all and the tournament was it was a real team effort. The provided by Kincardine Wingham fans who attended Midgets, who brought Mich the tournament were very Landry, one of the top proud of the team. In the second period, Ed Sweeney gave Wingham a 3- 0 lead, assisted by, Bill Cameron and Doug r Stephenson at 7:41. Mc- Farlan made it 4-0 at 9:43 from Goodall. With just 42 seconds left in the second period, Paul Robinson scored Wingham's fifth goal from Tim Brown and Jeff Walden. Coultes leads Legion with three -goal effort The Wingham Lions Midgets turned on the power last week and blasted Elma- Logan 12-8 and Clinton 12-1 in two games. On Tuesday night in the barn -like Monkton arena, Winghaiii outscored Elma- Logan as Jason Goodall had a hot night with two goals and four assists and line - mate Doug McFarlan added a goal and four assists. Jeff Walden scored a brace, with singletons going to Doug Stephenson, Paul Robinson, Ed Sweeney, Paul Tolton and Bill Haines. Thursday night in the Lockridge Memorial Arena, Wingham completely domi- nated Clinton, winning by sl lopsided 12-1 score. Doug. McFarlan led the scoring parade with a hat trick, while Paul Robinson, Bill Cameron • and Jeff Bloem- berg added a pair each. Paul Kenyon and Ed Sweeney each had one goal, while Tim Brown picked up a goal and four assists. ICE CHIPS - The Midgets could have used some of these goals in their second game against Seaforth. This year's edition of the Wingham Midgets is on the verge of becoming a power- house. With Mitch Braun between the pipes and ^three solid lines backed by a steady set of defencemen, all they need is the spirit to win. Jason Coultes scored three goals and added one assist to lead the Wingham Legion Pee Wees to a 5-3 win over Seaforth last Sunday night at Seaforth. Coultes opened thescoring at 11:55 of the first period, with Jeff McKee assisting. Seaforth's Brian Cook tied the score, which remained deadlocked at one at the end At Mitchell Monday the local team came away with a well-deserved 3-1 victory. Coultes, Strong and McKee were the Wingham marks- men. coultes' marker was a fine individual effort while the team was shorthanded. Michael Elmslie "drew the. onlyassist of the game, assisting on Strong's of the period. marker. Jeff Tolton gave Wingham ICE CHIPS -The Pee the lead again in the second Wees are now undefeated in period on a beautiful pasing . "their last four games. The play from `McKee and team also is staying away ,Walker. Then Coultes w nt from costly penalties. In the to work, scoring two goals in last three games Wingham aran of seyen seconds to ttas,, served. 10 ,minutes in propel the team to a 4-liead ' penalties while the op - after two periods. position has served 26 In the third, Toltotr in- creased the lead to 5-1 with his second goal of the game, Walker and Coultes assisting. Seaforth scored twice late in the game to make the final score 5-3. - At home last Tuesday, the Legion team hosted Goderich and came away with a single point. Shawn Thompson opened the scoring for Wingham, deflecting Peter Strong's shot from the point. Goderich evened the score with a goal by John Tzioumis. In the second, Wingham regained the lead as Tolton scored with Sean Rathburn and Walker assisting. The only goal of the third period came from the stick of Goderich's Brad Fisher with four minutes remaining, and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. , Wingham brought up Atoms Tire Currie, Scott Neil and Robbie Harrison for the game. All three played well and Harrison assisted on Thompson's •first -period goal. minutes. We hope to see Andrew Mann back in the line-up after suffering back problems. The team travels to Durham this weekend to play in the Little Husky Tournament. Stainton Spitfires get back on track The Stainton Spitfires got back on the winning track last week after a 6-4 decision over Bridge Motors. Warren Moore scored four and Kevin Tervitt had two for the winners, while Doug Purves, Dave Hicks and Gord Marr with a pair were the goal scorers for Bridges. In last Tuesday night's game, Crawfords crushed the Advance -Times 11-3. Pete Snow and Andy Keating each had hat tricks for Crawfords. Winners in the "Christmas Turkeys"- draw were Dan Montgrrn'er/, Kevin Doig and and Owen Curtis. Thanks to everyone who bought ticket. e 4 HEAVY TRAFFIC-Wingham . -onmen found it well-nigh impossible to get anything going in the .Hanover zone Sunday, as the Barons picked up anything that moved. Rick Schiestel and Craig Anderson found themselves all tied up as they waited for a pass from Ron Schistad at the point