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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-08, Page 10Page 10 -•-They Wwgham Advance -Times, Feb. 8, 1984 ` ins double het trick Sangster leads Tykes in romp over Belgra The Win,gham Optimist Tykes defeated Belgrave 14- 0 last Saturday led by Brett Sangster's double hat trick. Todd Harrison, Wingham's goalie, earned the shutout. Marc Poulin opened the scoring for, Wingham two minutes into the game, assisted by Shane Pegg and Ken Hogg. The first period continued without further scoring. In the second, Pegg scored an unassisted marker to get things rolling. His goal was followed by two unassisted markers by Sangster. Pegg then scored his second goal of the game, assisted by Murray MacLeod. With less than two minutes left in the period, Sangster chalked up his first hat trick, assisted by Andrew Forrest. The third period opened with an unassisted marker by Jonathan Lane. MacLeod, one' of Wingham's defen- cemen, then pounded the puck into Belgrave's net, assisted by Sangster, who went on to score three more goals in the course of the period to earn his double hat trick. Two of his goals ww re unassisted and Jonathan Balzer earned the assist on the third. Ryan Leibold Recreation Report BY RENNIE ALEXANDER Rec. Director The Wingham Figure Skating Club will be hosting its annual figure skating carnival ' next Friday eve- ning, Feb. 17 at 8 o'clock at the Lockridge Memorial Arena. The theme for this year's carnival is "Space Capers". The 20th annual Wingham Midget Tournament is also fast approaching. In keeping with the mid -winter school break, the tournament will start a week earlier than last year, which is March 15 to 18 and 24 and 25. Make plans to come out and support the Wingham Midget team and the tournament' The Wingham Minor Ball Association will be spon- soring a dance at the Legion March 3 to help support the organization. The hockey games this week at the arena are as follows: Fri., Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m., Atoms vs. Seaforth; Fri., Feb. 10, 8:30 p.m., Royals vs. Durham; Sat., Feb. 11, 10 a.m., Atom "B" game; Sat., Feb. 11, 3 p.m., Tykes vs. Brussels; Sat., Feb. 11, 8:30 p.m., Ladies vs. Tiverton; Sun., Feb. 12, 2:30 p.m., Juniors vs. Hanover; Sun., Feb. 12 7:30 p.m.. Midgets II vs. Port Elgin; Mon., Feb. 13, 9:30 p.m. Industrial league;, Tues., Feb. 14, 10 p.m. Industrial league. slipped the puck past the opposition's goalie, assisted by Poulin. Lane then snapped the puck into the upper corner of the Belgrave net for his second unassisted goal of the game. Pegg earned his hat trick, assisted by Barton Cameron and Lane. Throughout the game, Eric Deyell made his presence felt in the scrambles around the net. Deyell charged fearlessly into the fray. Jeremy Brown stopped Belgrave in its rushes by standing his ground and letting no one past. Each of the Wingham boys gave his best effort. Last week's ind, hockey league action Staintons moved back into second place in the Wingham Industrial Hockey League's standings with a 5-2 win over Bridge Motors last week. Ken Tervit, Brian Lachance, Warren 'Moore, Stan Stapleton and Dale Hussey had a goal each for Stain - tons. John Allen and Joe Lemieux scored for Bridges. The Crawford Dodgers rolled over the the Advance - Times Newsboys with a 8-1 drubbing. Steve Thompson had the hat trick for Crawfords, while Phil Beard, Ross Poll, Bob Armstrong, Jack McPherson and Pete Snow had singles. Doug Doig ruined the shutout for Ben Blackwell, in net for Crawfords... EYEBALL-TO-EYEBALL—Ben Blackwell in the Teeswater net went eyeball -to - eyeball with Royals' Dave Burns at the edge of the crease Sunday afternoon. On this occasion Blackwell's quick reflexes saved the day, but Ben saw a lot of rubber as the Royals downed their rivals 9-2 in a chippy contest. Optimist Atoms win two and lose one last week Last Saturday evening, the Normanby Atoms came to town for a meeting with a determined Winghain Op- timist Atoms team which defeated the visitors 6-1. Wingham showed a well- balanced attack, forecheck- ing the puck with authority. Peter Poulin played a strong game, scoring _two _pretty goals, especially his second one, which was set up on .a fine passing play from Dave McKee. Scott Neil continues to make his presence felt, scoring two goals and adding one assist. Other point getters were McKee with a goal and two --assists--.and _ Rob l-iarrison with a goal and an assist: Andrew Gibson had another good game in net and had the fans on their feet in the dying minutes of the game, making a sparkling save on a Normanby breakaway. Last Friday evening, the local Atoms hosted Mount BREAKAWAY GOAL—Brett Cameron made no mistake after he was set free on a breakaway late in the second period against the Walkerton Black Hawks. He made a nifty move and tucked the puck into the net to give Wingham Ironmen a 6-3 lead. The Ironmen went on to win '7-5 and nail downmtop spot in the upcoming playoffs. NO CONTEST—Scott Fritz in the Walkerton net never had a chance as Kevin Coultes was set up perfectly at the corner of the crease for the go-ahead goal that gave Wingham Ironnien a 2-1 lead early in the second period. The goal was set up by Jim LeGrand, who twisted and turned and hung onto the puck until he could find the open Forest in an exhibition match and ended up on the short end of a 4-0 score. Mount Forest has a good- skating'• club which played excellent positional hockey and didn't allow the local boys to get untracked, especially in the first two periods when the visitors went ahead 3-0 and could have'increased the lead Had it not been for a strong defensive corps and Gibson's goaltending. In - the e third period Wingham came to life and had several good scoring opportunities, but was unable to get on the scoreboard. Mount Forest was held to a single goal to end the game. All agreed it was a good opportunity to meet a team of this calibre and, from the talk in the dressing room, the boys are eagerly looking forward to a return match. WINGHAM, 11, BRUSSELS, 2 Last Wednesday Wingham Lia►as Midgets capture consolation at Paisley Despite an early 4-1 Loss to Sullivan Township, the Wingham Lions Midgets managed to clinch the consolation championship at last weekend's Paisley Midget Tournament. En rotate to the championship the local team defeated Lions Head 13-2 and Mild- may 3-1. A flu bug hit the Lions Midgets before the tour- nament and centreman Ed Sweeney was pressed into action to play goal. In the opening game of the tourney Wingham went down to a 4-1 defeat at the 1'rtands of Sullivan Township. Sweeney was beaten four times, but couldn't be faulted on any of the four goals. Doug Stephenson was the only Wingham scorer, played Brussels in Belgrave, returning home with a convicing 11-2 victory. Wingham , took over from the opening face-off and controled the game throughout, scoring six . unanswered goals in the first period. Brussels was unable to .muster an attack against a net. strong Wingham defense and_ A slzolo . effert_ees didn't help -their .own cause by taking .21 minutes in penalties in the game. ' Rob Harrison continued to show his scoring prowess by notching, five goals. and .an assist while McKee had a hat trick, Neil and Rob McKay had a goal and three assists each. Other point -getters for Wingham in the, game were Ryan Deyell with a goal and two assists, Tim Corrie and Poulin with two assists and Anesh Bodasing with an assist. The Atoms next home game is this Friday night at 6:30 p.m. against Seaforth. denting the twine at the 7:07 mark of the second period. Wingham went on a scoring .spree in its next game, downing Lions Head by a 13-2 count. Doug' McFarlan scored no less than five goals in the game, while linemate Jason Goodall chalked up a hat trick. Jeff Bloemberg added a pair of goals with Tim Brown and Bill Haines picking up singles. In the consolation championship game, Wingham faced a strong Mildmay team and came out on the winning end of a 3-1 score. Paul Robinson and Goodall both scored in the last minute and a half of the first period with Bill Cameron assisting on the \first goal and McFarlan on the second. Mildmay drew within one foal at the 13:53 point of the third, but McFarlan preserved the win with just 26 seconds remaining in the game, assisted by Goodall. The final score read Wingham, 3, Mildmay, 1. ICE CHIPS — Wingham's Lions Midgets showed a lot of heart in this tournament. They played shorthanded, with several players out with the flu and a number of others playing while sick. And none of the Wingham fans will forget the gutsy performance of Sw.eeney who filled in as goaltender and did a spectacular job. Congratulations to the Wingham Midgets on win- ning the consolation championship at Paisley. Royals romp to 9-2 win over Teeswater Falcons By Bill Johnston It was Royal hockey last Sunday at the local arena as, in a rare Sunday home game, the Royals downed their Teeswater neighbors 9- 2 in WOAA Intermediate hockey. Wingham struck early as Rick MacLennan threaded one through the legs of Teeswater goalie Ben Black- well a mere 1:25 into the game. Add to this Dave Stephenson's solo effort and a goal by Mike Montgomery and the Royals were riding on a 3-0 lead at the end of the first. In the second, each team picked up a pair of goals. Larry Meyer struck early for Teeswater's first goal, a mere 54 seconds into the period. The Royals got that one back as Dave Burns won the faceoff and the pass to Dennis Knox zoomed into the Ironmenfinally nail down first place in league division. By Peter Bauer The Wingham Ironmen finally nailed down first place overall in the OHA Central Division with a 7-5 win over the visiting Walkerton Black Hawks last Friday evening in Wingham. It was the last game of the regular season before playoff action begins this week. The Ironmen won the match by a 7-5 count but looked as though they were trying to allow their op- ponents to get back into the game as the Ironmen jumped to a 5-2 lead then saw that lead slip to a close 5-3 spread. However the Ironmen bounced back to make it 7-3 before the end of the second period. Once again they sat back and allowed the Hawks to come within two goals and in the dying minutes of the game depended upon Mike Campbell to come up with some of his best saves to preserve the win. The clubs emerged from the first period tied at 1-1 with the Hawks scoring first at the 4:29 mark. The Ironmen failed to clear the puck out of their own zone and found themselves down 1-0 after Wayne Hinsperger converted a Doug Busby pass in the slot for the opening goal. " Rick Scrimgeour tied the score for Wingham at 8:01 when he moved from the corner, deked Scot Fritz to the ice, then slid the puck past the netminder. The Ironmen exploded for four quick goals in less than four minutes with Kevin Coultes scoring twice while Ken Fitzgerald and Steven Nicholson added singles, making it 5-1 for the Iron - men. The Hawks mounted some pressure midway through the period resulting in two goals. The first carne at 10:08 on a shot by Paul Snodgrass. Less than two minutes later the Hawks connected" on the power play as Kevin Elliott poked a loose puck by Campbell after he had made a save on Glen Elliott. The Ironmen rebounded to score two shorthanded goals late in the period with Brett Cameron and Jim LeGrand credited with the sixth and seventh Ironmen goals. ' These would prove to be the big goals• as the Hawks scored twice in the first three minutes of the final frame with Dan McFadden and Kevin Elliott the marksmen. In the latter stages . of the period the Hawks pressed while enjoying the man advantage and Campbell was forced to make three Consecutive saves on othe same play. The win proved important as Port Elgin defeated the Clinton Mustangs 6-3, coming two points short 'of the league -leading Ironmen. The Ironmen wound up with 41 .points .while Port Elgin finished in second spot with 39. Kincairdine took third spot with 35 points, while Hanover - earned the last playoff spot with 34 points. Walkerton was fifth overall • ' with 15 points and Clinton finished sixth with 14. THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Tuesday, Kincardine, 9, Clinton, 2, and Port Elgin, 8, man. water's Larry Donaldson at 12:53 was wiped out as Dave Golley banked• a shot off a Teeswater defender and into the net to give the Royals a ''5-2 lead' after two' t'eriods. In the third, the fur started. to fly, first with Murray Black tangling with Teeswater's- Robert Mac- Donald, with Black picking up a game penalty as the aggressor. Later in the period Teeswater's Wayne Johnston got , the early Hanover, 3; Thursday, Port Elgin, 6, Walkerton, 9; Friday, Port Elgin, 6, Clinton, 3, and Wingham, 7, Walkerton, 5. In last Tuesday's game between Port Elgin and Hanover, the Bears emerged 8-3 winners, leading 5-1 after two periods and then skating to the 8-3 final. The third period was . marred by a bench -clearing brawl which saw six Barons ejected from the game. The Bears had five players removed during the altercation which started when a Baron player left the bench and attacked a Port Elgin player from behind. The Bears journeyed to Walkerton the next night to find a tough Black Hawks squad that had come to play the part of spoilers. Kevin Weber and , Kevin Elliott each had four-pointgames, both having two goals and two assists. shower after pummelling Royal rearguard John Rich- mond. The Royals shifted their shooters into high gear in the period with four unanswered goals from four shooters, Dave Golley, Sandy Fitz- gerald, Jay MacLaurin and Brent Day, to wrap up the one-sided win. WHISTLE STOPS — Once again the old rivalry was rekindled as these two teams hit the local pond. At the final whistle the Royals had the win — their third in four meetings this season. Dave Golley had a rewarding day Ironmen sweep awards banquet By Peter Bauer The Wingham Ironmen enjoyed a near sweep at this year's 'league banquet held last Saturday night at Hanover. The Junior "C" banquet was well attended with approximately 250 present. Nearly 50 people from the Ironmen team and executive and their escorts were delighted as members of the team collected four of the five awards3presented. Troy Pocaluyko was the winner of the rookie of the year award and was also the top scorer in ute league with 69 points (35 goals and 34 assists in 30 games). Peter Goodall was the recipient of the best defenceman award, while Rob Schistad and Mike Campbell shared the goaltending award with the best team average. Larry McPherson of the Kincardine Kinucks was the winner of the most valuable player award. The banquet and dance were a tremendous success due to a great turnout by all teams. Coultes led the Ironmen to their 7-5 win with two goals and two assists, while Troy Pocaluyko added three assists. The Ironmen began . their playoff series with the Hanover Barons Tuesday evening (Feb. 7). Game two is slated for Hanover at 8:30 p.m. Friday night with game three to be held back in Wingham Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Ron Riley was the winner of $47 in the 50-50 draw. The Bears will host the first game in that series Thursday night with the second game back in Kin- cardine Friday at 8:30 p.m. Ironmen Playoffs with two goals and a pair of assists while Dave Stephenson had a goal and three assists in the win. The Royals play host to Dutham this Friday at the local arena, game time is 8:30 p.m. On Sunday the action moves to the Teeswater arena as the Royals take to the ice at 7:30 against Lion's Head to make up an earlier postponed game. These are big games for the Royals with first place at stake and there should be some exciting hockey. Young athletes capture medals Young athletes from Wingham captured seven medals and a number of ribbons at an indoor track and field competition last weekend in Toronto. Topping the medal lists were Michael MacKay with a silver medal in the Tyke 50m- hurdles and Heidi Strong who won the silver in' a small field of competitors in. the Midget girls' shot-put. .: Bronze medals were won. by Jamie MacKay, who was decisively leading the Mite 50th hurdles when he tripped a few metres from the finish but still managed to' finish third;. Amy McDonald, third in the Tyke girls' 50m hurdles; Ryan Deyell, who won bronzes in both the Tyke 50m dash and 200m' dash, and Gary Burnstead, third in the Midget shot-put. Ribbons went to Jamie MacKay, fourth in the Mite long jump; Marlain Lindsay, sixth in the Tyke girls' 50m hurdles after tripping and falling in the final; Michael MacKay, fifth in the Tyke long jump; Jason Hickey, fifth in the Tyke 800m; Jason Daw, fourth in the Tyke 50m hurdles and the 800m run; Jason Moore, sixth in the Tyke 800m; Robbie MacKay, fourth in the Atom high jump. Other ribbon winners were Julie Leedham, who finished sixth in very tough com- petition in the Bantam girls' 1500m; Kim Martin, sixth in the high jump;',Anna Sakasov, fifth in the shot-put, and Jason Ducharme, sixth in the shot-put. A, total of 42 local young athletes, members of the Wingham Track and Field Club, were among the WINGHAM VS. HAN- OVER, (BEST OF SEVEN SERIES) ; Feb. 7, In Wingham at 8:30 p.m.; Feb -10, In Hanover at 8:30 p.m.; Feb. 12, In Wingham at 2:30 p.m.; Feb. 17, (If 'necessary) In Hanover at 8:30 p.m.; Feb. 19, In Wingham at 2:30 p.m.; Feb. 24, In Hanover at 8:30 p.m.; Feb. 26, In Wingham at 2:30 p.m. Games are subject to change. hundreds who competed in the Cobra Classic Indoor Meet at York University They are: MITES: Jamie MacKay; TYKES: Marlain Lindsay, Kerri McGrath, Beth Ward, Amy McDonald; Kendra Machan, Ryan Deyell, Michael MacKay, Jason Hickey, Jason Daw, Jason. Moore; ATOMS: Karen Clugston, Janie Bateson, Heather Bishop, Tiffany Marr, Angie Kerr, Amy Bateman, Tim Currie, Robbie MacKay, Andrew Mann, Scott Gilles- pie, Paul Sakasov, Dean Talton, Scott. Koyle; BANTAMS: Julie Leed- ham, Brenda Lee Loughran, Kim Martin, Christa Curzon, Francine Dimelow, Anna Sakasov, Peter Strong, Allan Baillie, Jeff Good, Paul Ed- wards, Adam Armstrong, Ian Ward, John MacDonald, Jason Ducharme, Darryl Daw; MIDGETS: Heidi Strong, Gary Bumstead and Andy Armstrong. Basil and Tanya Sakasov, who coach the elementary school -aged youngsters, reported the meet was a great moment for all the competitors and one they will long remember. It was a tune-up for the Ontario track and field championships to be held in three weeks time at the same location. They also expressed appreciation to the parents who attended and helped. The Wingham Track and Field Club was started last October by Robert Campbell and Maureen Lisle of Madill Secondary School and Mr. and Mrs. Sakasov of the Wingham Public School to provide coaching_ and training for local athletes. You . 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