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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-15, Page 114444 44444 44 44944444444,4 ii)444 ii4444444 , 44,10-04(i)41)4444kio' 44444,44: • -44 (.V4 4444, .4. (i)444 4444 41104Ci 4!S•1 The Wingham Advance -Times, Feb. 15, 1984—Page 11 44' 4444 4444444404 444444444 444 44441444444 ir144 .sd ,&1044.1v.s1 :+1 , L4' 400 o,:a:o.o.aan00040000000.o. no4ao- o.o.00 - .00noo. eria "rrrt. ,o l000- krmEtereilltk. (i) (-A1000000,00.21 - 4449 _ 4.4 Ironmen-Baron series at 3=0 for By Peter Bauer Hockey fans were treated to some of the most exciting hockey this past week as the Wingham Ironmen met head-to-head with a fiercely competitive Hanover Barons squad in a best -of -seven semi-final series in the opening round of Junior C playoffs. The hometown Ironmen have jumped to a commanding 3-0 lead in the series with game four to be played in Hanover Friday at 8:30 p.m. The fifth game, if necessary, is scheduled for Wingham Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The rivalry that brewed and simmered throughout the regular season continued with both clubs playing superb hockey with very little separating opponents. In all three matches to date there was a one -goal dif- ference. The Ironmen won two games in Wingham by identical 4-3 counts and,th had to grind out an exhausting 6-5 win in Hanover last Friday in the second period of overtime. ,GAME I — IRONMEN 4, BARONS 3 In the opening game of the series last Tuesday, the Ironmen appeared sure winners early in the third period as they enjoyed a 4-1 lead. However the Barons WINGHAM IRONMEN JR. "C" STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PLAYER Troy Pocaluyko Kevin Coultes Rick Scrimgeour Jim Legrand Steve Nicholson Rick Schiestel Pete Goodall Brett Cameron Len Stamper Ken Fitzgerald Doug Craig Rob Willis Craig Anderson Mark Foxton Dave Montgomery Ron Schistad Jeff Newbigging Sean O'Donaghue Paul Kenyon Doug McFarlane Tim Brown Paul Robinson Jim Dennis Murray Houghton' GP G 28 35 26 29 27 14 26 15 30 17 24 12 28 7 29 8 27 7 30 6 25 '- 3 29 24 22 10 24 5 15 4 .33 3 1 Kurt Whitfield Byron Thompson Total Goals. , 4 10 5 4 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 7 0 187 A 34 28 40 23 18 16• 21 18 18 13 14 11 4 8 7 7 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 PTS 69 57 54 38 35 28 28 26 25 19 17 15 14 13 11 12 5 4 3 3 2 1 0 ,0 0 PIM 67 10 74 18 28 58 137 12 38 78 35 40 28 14 12 16 20 14 0 0 2 0 0 scored two goals just 31 seconds apart midway through the period to make things closer. Then they applied tremendous pres- sure, forcing Rob Schistad to make some remarkable saves to preserve the Iron - The Barons opened the scoring in the first period on a pretty play as Bruce Kuntz drew Peter Goodall to the• right side on a two -on -one break, then slid a pass onto the stick of winger Geoff Butson who deked Schistad to the ice and parked the puck behind the sprawled netminder. The Ironmen struck back quickly just 41 seconds later as Jim LeGrand found himself alone in front of Scott White on the lip of the crease, LeGrand raised the puck high over the shoulder of the goalie just under the the bat trick that included the game winner with 1:45 left in the second overtime period. Once again the Ironmen built up what appeared to be a comfortable lead going ahead by a 3-0 count. They saw that lead completely disappear as they fell behind 4-3, and were forced to come from behind to tie the score at 4-4 and send the game into overtime. The first ten-minute period saw both teams score once, sending the teams into a 20 - minute sudden death period from which the Ironmen emerged victorious. Stamper and Coultes were the marksmen in the first period with Stamper's point shot deflecting in off a body in front. Rick Scrimgeour found Coultes alone in the slot and he stickhandled with the puck until he could flip it + _ .by a helpless netminder. 54 31 crossbar. 39 14 The Ironmen went ahead Troy Pocaluyko made it 3- 49 33 to stay when Kevin Coultes 0 23 seconds into the second 41 15 fired the second rebound by period on a shot from the 36 34 White on a power play at point that seemed to have 26 11 57 40 19:17. White had made a pad surprised White. The Barons 21 27 save on a shot from the right responded with four goals in 48 28 faceoff circle then 'another less than eight minutes with 48 36 on a shot from close range Tim Davis, Ross, Robbie 21 12 before Coultes managed to Darrow and Kuntz doing the 41 27 beat the stingy goalkeeper. damage. 17 ' 17 The Ironmen added to Starting goaltender Mike beat Schistad on the stick 11 5 their 2-1 first period lead Campbell was replaced at side. 12 5 . with the only goal of the this point by Schistad. Tim Brown, brought up 23 17 second period when Len Campbell played well but from the Midgets, scored the 3 .3 . . Stamper snapped a wrist with the Barons on a roll it only goal of the second 6 3 1 2 shot from the point that was an important move. period, batting in the 5 4 found its way. through a Schistad came in and rebound following ' a 3 2 . maze of players again on the completely stymied the scramble in front of the goal 2 2 power play. The key to this Barons for the remainder of while on the power play. 1 tion time Rouw tied the game at 2-2 goalie. shoulder. To say that it must be disheartening for the Barons would be the understatement of the year, but they have shown tremendous spirit and sportsmanship throughout the series. They have lost graciously in three gamer that could have gone either way and will be put to the test this weekend as they face possible elimination. The crowd recovered once again and prepared itself for another nerve-racking period. The players, already exhausted, came out once more to continue to grind things out. The back breaker came with 1:45 seconds remaining in the period as Stamper completed his hat trick. His shot from the left faceoff circle handcuffed White and somehow the puck dropped behind him. It was not the most spectacular goal, but in a game that featured outstanding goal- tending, someone would have to get a break and the Ironmen were the fortunate ones. GAME IRONMEN 4, BARONS 3, In Sunday's game, neither team allowed the other any leeway. Throughout the contest, the teams were never more than one goal apart. The Ironmen took the lead at 8:07 of the first period when Pocaluyko deflected Stamper's point shot en route to the goal. Brian Sweeney tied the score at 19:42 with a powerplay marker, while the Ironmen were two men short. He rifled one from the slot to 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 4 GOALTENDER STATISTICS GOALTENDER MP OP GA AVG PMI SO Rob Schistad 993.54 16.565 61 3.682 0 1 Mike Campbell 806.06 12.435. 61 ' 4.906 4 180.00 30.00 122 4.294 1 Empty Net Goal Against FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS TEAM W. L T PTS Wingham 19 8 3 41 Port Elgin 17 8 5 39 Kincardine 15 11 3 35 Hanover 15 11 4 34 Walkerton 6 20 4 16 Clinton 6 21 3 15 •WED:-THURS. • AT MOO P.M. • cony • • • a • • • • • • • • • • • a a • AITACINO COMO' 54.1$11 RESTRICTED. DRUGS EFIUT AL • VIOLENCE • • • • • • • • • • • • a • • • • STARTS FRIDAY, FEB. 17 FRI.-SAT. 1 a 9 SUN.-THURS. MOO The feel -good movie of 1983." Nod How much love, sex, fun and friendship can a person take? BIG CHILL In a cold world you need your friends to keep you warm. • RESTFtICIED mfg.. .• .i••1 Aci c..41 goal was good puck control S tam er came through on a screen shot from the in Baron territory with- the The Ironmen too must be careful not to allow the Barons to bounce back and must continue to get top goaltending and play disciplined defence. The Ironmen also must get more offence from their other lines as the big line continues to pile up the points offensively. Coultes has led the attack with four goals and seven assists in the first three games of the playoffs, piling up a tremendous amount of ice time. Bob Hopper and Terry Merkley were the winners of $94 in the 50-50 draw. THE WEEK IN REVIEW Tuesday, Ironmen 4, Barons 3; Thursday, Bears 5, Kinucks 3; Friday, Ironmen 6, Barons 5 (double overtime) and Bears 3, Kinucks 10; Sunday, Ironmen 4, Barons 3. The Barons will host the Ironmen this Friday evening at 8:30, while. Kincardine travels to Port Elgin for an 0444 4444440 40" 44444044444444 44444 ookia. °cal squad . „ratirrrgernioar:* .4r.,..40,41,104.91141.4 0 0.4.0 1M115#1 lolbrotrl .0.1,:•ga. O.* 04X A FALLEN HERO—Jim LeGrand ended up flat on his back, but not before he had fired in the winning goal in a 4-3 lronmen victory over Hanover Sunday afternoon. The goal, assisted by Kevin Coultes and Troy Pocaluyko, restored the Wingham lead after a scrappy Hanover team had fought back three times to tie the score. YBC Bowling Scores BANTAMS The Buttercups lead the league with 65 points, followed by the Roses with 62, the Violets with 47, the o hi.,-secq ' t _peered that 8:30 start,Game five of ____Dafdlae , odils with 45, the Car - puck with good moveinent evening, this time firing Schistad got a piece of the Wingham- airnover series nations with 41 and the Lilies before setting up for the shot. from the left faceoff circle. puck. Coultes then scored his will be played Sunday at 2:30 ' with 25. The home team went After a scoreless third fourth goal of.theplayoffs at p.m. at Wingham, if Kendra Merkley had the ahead by a 4-1 count On.whut ?prod Coultes scored two _ p: 49,. after;Me..;Ironmen necessary,. and Iftcgrdipi, girl's . proved to be , game -minutes iniii the twit controlleil tile: face? whire— Al' ro`st Pia -high single of 1.13 -and Elgin Sunday the high double of 199 was winning goal. This time, overtime .period, tipping in enjoying the man advantage. as well. • rolled by Julie McGrath. Goodall connected on the 'the puck from the right side The Barons came right back Todd Harrison had the boy's power play. Brett Camerofl.. of the goal. However, . the though as Ken Nixon beat • 5%. ' , high single of 155 . and the ' won the faceoff in Baron Barons came right. back 36 Schistad through the pads seCeinds later as the Ironmen with 3:50 left to play. to the left point. Dave. gave the puck away at their Montgomery's hard shot was own blueline. Steve Reay kicked out by White but the skated in, deked Schistad to 1-: • V* territory, dropping the puck rebound ended up oh the ice and then tucked the Cameron Goodall at the right point and Midgets were totally 102; Adam Deslauriers 118; stick. He his hard shot beat White fed Pu dominated, by Seaforth last Joshua Johnston 135, 131; cleanly. Tuesday evening at Seaforth Terry Thynne 108; Mark Wingham Rockers when the hosts trounced the Steffen 108, 120; Aaron - The game appeared to be ck behind the sprawled The Ironmen bounced right back as LeGrand fired the game winner at 17:45, drilling the puck by Tim Peart over his stick -side high double of 266 was rolled Lions Midgets by Joshua Johnston. 'eliminated h" Other games of. 100 and over were rolled by: lierri Seaforth tea-fft Cleghorn 109; Jennifer --Remington 104; Julie The Wingham Lions McGrath 100; Steven Double wrapped up but two quick goals midway through the period changed that scenario. Chris Ross drilled a 25 -foot shot from the slot by Schistad's glove hand after he had made an earlier 'save. Then just 31 seconds later at 9:58, Butson blasted a shot from the right point to beat Schistad cleanly. The Barons pressed for an equalizer, but could not beat him again. Rob Campbell of Mildmay was the winner of $57 in the 50750 draw. GAME II — IRONMEN 6, BARONS 5 The second game of the series was a gruelling contest last Friday night with both clibs playing -to the limit of their endurance. Coultes had a five -point night for Wingham, figuring in the first five goals with two goals and three assists, while Stamper went on a rare scoring rampage, notching MUM TRICATIE .•47-4k. Phone 357-1630 for 24 hour movie information PLAYING FROM FRI. TO THURS. FEB. 17TH TO 23RD. SHOWTIMES FRI. AND SAT. AT 7:00 AND 9:00 PM. SUN. TO THURS. AT 8:00 PM ONLY. LAST TWO DAYS WED. AND THURS. FEB. 15TH AND 16TH. ONE SHOW AT 8:00 PM ONLY. viRiims- 7,1 wolitim • '' Al • # ' ,,i•ort• STARTING FRI. FEB. 24TH. visitors with a convincing 13- Chapman 107. wintwo last week 5 victory. JUNIOR BANTAMS Seaforth had a 4-0 lead The Bluejays lead the league with 69 phints, By Fraser Strong could have tied the score in after the first period. . Inone of the most exciting the final minutes. Wingham came storming oldtirners' games this year, Bill Crawford and Jim back to draw within one goal Seaforth defeated the Wild, both formerly of by the midpoint of the second Wingham squad by a close 4- Wingham, led the Cooksville on goals by Ed Sweeney, Jeff 3count last week. ' (Mississauga) "Sno-Caps" Walden and Paul Kenyon. The local boys had heard against the Rockers of After .Seaforth pulled of the strength of the unit Wingham in a two -game set ahead 6-3, Bill Haines gave from Seaforthduring the year and as a result, went into this game fired up emotionally. Unfortunately Wingham was iirithout the scoring punch of Jim English and Ross Davies -for the match and the ranks were depleted further when George Skinn was struck by a high stick in the first period which necessitated a trip to the Seaforth hospital for three or four stitches. However the remainder of the team reached deep and played „ a superb game despite being short-handed. Wingham played two gang -buster periods on the large ice pad at Seaforth and actually led by a 3-2 count at the end of the second. Ken Balzer knifed home a picture pass from Rob Laurie to open the scoring. Then Bill Robinson banged home the feed from Dave Magee to give the boys a 2-0 advantage. John Cullen completed the scoring for Wingham when he was set up by Tim Tolton. The teams were unable to take a rest break after the second period as there Seemed to be insufficient ice time to allow it. This fact certainly hurt Wingham more than Seaforth as was evident in the first part of a long 30 minutes of straight time in the third period. The Seaforth skaters seemed to get stronger and McElwain in particular was flying as he registdred three of their four goals in this period to defeat .the Wingham squid 4-3. Wingham did .not quit though, and with a little luck lOgEtlIET. knight Ittgether, and i %et} tt)gether Nam, in the jinn* inintwinnt ntission their liges. tinn're ping Intek to get their htitliiie, Igt) here ktf t • AITKINO MOIR 141 001,1 \TI; Imo -"tom 111 Sant 111' • fNP vor )( Seen men %Oh one thing emu mon._ ItnfiliVION ()II 5' played in Blyth lastWingham more hope, weekend. The two players scoring with just 58 'seconds mentioned above were remaining in the second. But trained in the Wingham Seaforth fired four more Minor Hockey Association a few (? ) yeas back and goals in the third period . played with such locals as while Wingham's Jeff "Waxy" Walker, John Blomberg managed to get "I need a new stick" Fryfogle one for the locals. The final score read Seaforth 13, and George "The Botincer" Wingham 5. Skinn as youngsters. The Rockers were ICE CHIPS -- This was gracious hosts off the ice Wingham's second loss in a when they treated the row tO Seafoth and meant visitors to a fine meal at the Win am's elimination from Blyth Inn and a dance af- the OMHA playoffs. Seaforth terward, but that's where the now meets Durham in the hospitality ended. zone finals and Wingham On the ice, the Wingham drops back to WOAA- unit exploded for 10 goals in playoffs against Wiarton. last Saturday's game for a 10-3 victory and fought off a determine&Cooksville team for a 6-4 victory Sunday. These last few games for the Rockers are showing the results of our policy of sticking to positional hockey and constantly working on the basics, while adding in a few concepts from a par- ticular system. Unfortunately the author of our style and the man responsible for our success, has not been able to guide us the past while. Doug Neil had a painful injury while curling and presently is con- valescing in the hospital. You are sorely missed, Doug — by the Rockers and your Atoms and the many others who depend upon Your Skills. By the way, is there any sport you haven't mastered yet, coach? And, oh yes, Walker and Skinn outscored their chief rivals and exteammates, Crawford and Wild, four goalsto two. followed by the Eagles, 58, the 'Hawks, 49, Chickadee,s, 46, the Bluebirds, 37, and the Cardinals with 26. Theresa Kenyon rolled the high-single-of-21.4"ds—ta and the high double of 365 was rolled by Lori Tiffin. Robbie Harrison had thehigh srngle of 179 for theboys „. and thehigh double of 354. Other games of 130 and over were rolled by: Sherry Lynn Double 148; Kim Edgar 187, 166; Theresa Kenyon Tammy Cleghorn had the high single of 220 for the junior girls and the high triple of 592, while Lori Gavreluk had the high single of 151 for the senior girls and e high triple of 445. 143; Bonnie Loughran 143; Lori Tiffin 182, 185; Billy McGrath 144, 176; Jeremy Cameron 172, 133; Paul Edwards 162; Jason Steffler 153; Robbie Harrison 175; and Scott Neil 168. SR. JRS. AND SENIORS The Q-Berts lead the league with 73 points, follOwed closely by the Fall Guys with 72, the A -Team with 62 and the Jedis with 59. Ricky Leachman had the high single of 223 for the • jbojri analhe-hikh- triple of 624. Jamie Wall had the high single of 245 for the senior boys and the high triple of 601: Other games of 150 and over, were rolled by: Tammy 'Cleghorn 174, ' 198; Bruce McInnes 162, 158; Brian Steffler 163; Jamie Wall 168, 188; Darin Hickey 159, 161; Robbie Lamont 189; Ricky Leachman 185, 216; Michael Haugh 215, 164; Jeff Dennis 173, 179; Peter George 226, 192, 164; Graham Taylor 186, 200; Dwight Chambers 155, 158; Greg Perry 159, 163; and Tim Lewis 158, 190, 158. , .,.. . . 4. ;.,...,,,,,,,,,,i4.^,,,,,, 4,''''... \ ••'..,..'" ''',k•••,i.,,.•:•i4',0,,N...1%,,,i4,,,:.„. „... . . . . . • . . . . . . • • A THREE -WA Y RACE for the puck ended in a virtual dead heat as Rick Scrimgeour of . the lronmen raced from the penalty box to pick up a loose puck but was tied up by Robin Ferro and goalie Tim Peart, lronmen edged Hanover 4-3 in the third game of their playoff series Sunday. , negotwore,,,,grog.,550.."..gmog.:elgit,0,9gg.....,,,Nekkergentner,rengginntngniftranragAft STEVE NICHOLSON, out killing Cameron,- picked up a loose puck and almost found The top corner. Goalie a penalty in the with Hanover Brett zone Tim Peart, with some help from Ken Nixon, just managed to deflect it over the top of the net and preserve a 2-2 tie in the third .period. Irontnen went on to win 4-3.