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Nicholson leads Midgets
in taking Mitchell series
Steve Nicholson's goal in
the second period of over-
time gave Wingham a 7t6
victory over Mitchell last
`Thursday night in the fifth
and deciding game of the
WOAA Midget quarter-
finals.
Mitchell drew first blood at
1:13 of the first period. Then
Wingham had a burst and
scored three goals in a row:
Brett Cameron at 11:53,
from Nicholson; Paul
Robinson, on a picture play,
from Cameron and
Nicholson; and, Cameron's
second at 13:55, from
Nicholson and Doug Wood.
At 2:05 of the second
frame, Mitchell drew within
one goal, but Mark Foxton
got that one back at 13:11
from Tim Brown. Mitchell
scored again 35 seconds
later. But Nicholson took just
a minute to regain
Wingham's two -goal lead
from Rob Willis.
Mitchell came out flying in
the third period, scoring two
in a row to tie the game at
five -all and send it into
overtime. In the first
overtime period, Cameron's
third goal gave Wingham an
early lead at 2:01 from
Wood. But Mitchell scored
with just 1:22 left in the
period to tie the game again,
sending it into sudden -death
overtime.
It was then that Nicholson
became the hero, drilling a
slapshot past the Mitchell
goaltender at 4:30 of sudden -
death overtime, assisted by
Willis and Cameron. The
final score, after double
overtime, read Wingham,
seven, and Mitchell, six.
ICE CHIPS—This was
probably the most exciting
game of the season with
scoring opportunities galore
at both ends of the rink.
Mitch Braun came up with
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preserve the win. The
contest.was hard-hitting, but
clean, with only seven minor
penalties assessed in over 60
minutes of play. Wingham
now meets Clinton in the
WOAA semi-finals.
Goderich rink
wins mixed spiel
The Keil Insurance Trophy
for the 9 o'clock draw at last
Saturday's mixed bonspiel at
the Wingham Golf and
Curling Club went to the
Jamieson Ribey rink of
Goderich with three wins
and a plus of 11. Other team
members were Faye Ribey,
Joan Hibbert and Donald
McKenzie.
The ,Mike Sheppherd rink
of Wingham was second, the
Tom Cunningham rink of
Auburn was third, while the
Len Archambault team, also
of Auburn, was fourth. The
consolation prize went to the
Murray Adams rink of
Londesboro.
In the 11 a.m. draw,
Murray Shiell of Wingham
won the Mason and Jean
Robinson Trophy with three
wins. His team members
were Patty Shiell and Roy
and Mary Robinson.
The Roy Pennington rink
of Teeswater was second, the
Murray McKague rink from
Wingham, third, and the
Keith Elston rink of
Wingham, fourth. Grant
Vincent of Belgrave and his
team won the consolation
prize. Mrs. Murray Adams
of Londesboro won the lucky
door prize, donated by the
Riverboat Restaurant of
Wingham. Other lucky
prizes were claimed by Mrs.
Murray McKague and Keith
Elston, .both of Wingham.
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BLUES CARRIED THE PLAY in the first period, but
tenacious checking by the Royals held them to just one
goal, allowing Wingham to come back in the second
Series tied at two
period and go on to win 3-2 in overtime Friday night. It
seemed that wherever there was a Blue, a Royal was
never more than one step away.
Lehman fires winner in otime
to pace Royals to 3-2 victory
By Bill Johnston
It was playoff hockey at its
best as the Wingham Royals,
showing a lot of spunk, upset
the Harriston Blues 3-2 in an
exciting, overtime game at
the Wingham arena Friday
night.
Steve Lehman got the
winner at the midpoint of the
overtime period to tie the
best -of -seven series at two
gmaes each.
The Blues certainly
carried the play in the first,
getting the lone goal of the
period at 3:42 as Wayne
Williams broke in alone to
score on the first shot of the
game.
From that point on, the
Blues seemed to carry the
play but the Royals checked
at close quarters and Hugh
Nichol back in the nets was
in top form as he guarded the
cordage cage in superb
fashion, robbing the Blues at
every turn of the stick and
swish of the puck.
At the period's end, the
Royals emerged on the low
end of a 1-0 score.
In the second, the Royals
got things rolling. At 4:01, on
a pretty one, Rick Jacklin
threw a pass from the corner
and Steve Lehman, getting
hit in the crease from more
than one angle, managed to
stick the puck into the net to
raise the Royal fans in
unison at the flicker of the
red light.
At 6:38 while Blues' Doug
Berfelz watched from the hot
seat in the sin bin, the Royal
powerplay shifted. into high
gear with puck control ex-
traordinaire and Dave
Bartliff's blast from the
point saw Rick Jacklin
pounce on the rebound and
net it to send the Royals
ahead by one.
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Frank Galvin has one last chance
to do something right.
Royals had killed off a
penalty, a momentary let-up
and bingo, the Blues tied it
up as Burt Newman fired one
home. At period's end it was
anyone's game as the score
read Blues 2, Royals 2.
The third period was
hockey at its best: good
scoring chances at both ends
with more than one ringing
goalpost. Roving Reeves in
the Blues' net came up with a
big one on a breakaway
chance by Royals' Dave
Stephenson, while enough
could not be said of the
heroics of Nichol in the
Royal net.
In cool, crisp fashion he
stopped Blues' ,big gunner
Wayne Williams as he broke
in alone. Time and again at
one post, Nichol's r darting
hand snared a shot low to the
other side, leaving the Blues
shaking their heads in
disbelief.
It was good, exciting play-
off hockey with only one
penalty and, at the end of
regulation time, it was still
all tied up at two and the
stage was set for the ex-
citement which only over-
time hockey can dish out.
Early in the overtime
period the Royals picked up
a penalty, but the skaters did
a terrific job of keeping the
potent Blues' powerplay in
check.
At 5:20 it happened: a lead
pass from Knox to Jay
MacLaurin sent Lehman
over the blueline and, using
the lone defenceman as a
screen, he picked the corner
just inches from the post
with a perfect shot. The
denting of the twine had
every fan on his feet and the
roars of enthusiasm rang
from the' rafters as the
Royals ,jumped into a "3-2
lead.
Excitement mounted to a
new high as, with just under
three minutes left in the
overtime period, the Royals
picked up a penalty. With
both teams showing signs of
fatigue, the Royals reached
for new strength and did a
fabulous job of keeping the
Blues at bay. With less than
a minute to go and the face-
off in the Royal end, a hush
came over the arena, but the
Royals came up big, winning
the faceoff and controlling
the puck, giving the Blues
nary a chance of getting the
equalizer.
To the tired Royal bodies,
the sweetest music heard in
a long time was the buzzer
ending overtime and
signifying a big 3-2 win for
the Royals to tie the series at
two.
WHISTLE STOPS—What
excitement! What a game!
For sheer entertainment and
tension, nothing beats
overtime hockey. It was a
big win for the Royals:
It has often been said that
a goaltender can win a game
for you, especially in the
playoffs, and certainly Hugh
Nichol in the Royal net was a
big factor in the win with his
spectacular heroics in this
one.
Every skater for the
Royals dug a little deeper
and the reward was a big
win. The hero of the night
was No. 27 for the Royals,
Steve Lehman. He not only
got their scoring started, but
got the winner in overtime.
A special word of praise
for one of the Royal
veterans, Tom Irwin, who
came up with a terrific third
period as he appeared to go
on the warpath, heading off
more than one Harriston
attack at the blueline with a
bruising check. That
crushing check on Fred
Blues grind to 7E3 win
rnswmpliFFIFF9EMEEttiel
over Royals in game th
y Bill Johnston
The Harriston Blues took a
2-1 lead in their OHA Int. C
playoff series with the
Wingham Royals with a 7-3
win at the Harriston arena'
last Wednesday night.
However play was much
closer than the score would
indicate.
The tone of the game was
set early when at the 50 -
second mark Blues' Fred
Hardy attacked Royals'
Dave Stephenson in the
centre ice zone. When the
combatants were separated,
the referee levied on the
aggressor, Hardy, no less
than 19 minutes in penalties
and an early shower, while
the Royals picked up a mere
two minutes.
Harriston's penalty killers
did a superb job of keeping
the Royals off the score -
sheet, although Wingham did
have several good chances
on the powerplay.
The Blues opened the
scoring at 10:01 on Ken
Williams' goal, and went
ahead by two as Bob Reid
created havoc in the crease
area and put the puck over
the line at 16:39 to give the
Blues a 2-0 lead at the end of
the first period.
Hitting the ice on the
powerplay, it took the Blues
only 50 seconds to get their
third goal of the game as
Wayne Williams banged one
in from close range.
The Royals got things
going with a pretty one at
3:24 as Ian Montgomery
threaded a perfect pass
through a tangle of legs in
front of the net to teammate
Gord Kinahan, who netted it.
This goal seemed to get the
Royals going and at 5:52 a
startled Ian Montgomery,
nonchalantly striding into
the slot area, was fed a per-
fect pass by one of the Blues
Locking in the corner had his a t�
eyes rolling like a pair of
lemons in a slot machine.
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ROYALS' CAPTAIN Rick Jacklln celebrates the goal that gave Wingham a 2-1 lead In
the second period Friday night. Just minutes earlier, Jacklln had set up Steve Lehman
for the tying goal.
from behind the net and
made no mistake, driving it
home for an unassisted
marker, much to the chagrin
of the Blues' goaltender.
Nearing period's end on
the powerplay, Harriston got
a big break. The red light
didn't go on and no one at
that end of the arena saw the
puck go into the net. In fact,
the puck was in the glove of
Royal goalie Ron Smith, yet
the referee signaled a goal
for the Blues. Everyone was
puzzled at period's end, but
the Blues went into the
dressing room ahead 4-2 on a
questionable goal.
In the third period, the
Blues went ahead 6-2 on
goals by Bill Berfelz and Bob
Reid. Rick Jacklin of the
Royals fired one home at
16:53 with Steve Lehman and
Mike Montgomery assisting.
When Harriston's hard-
working Paul Berfelz fired
home a shorthanded goal at
18:03 it was game over for
the Royals.
WHISTLE STOPS—The
play was certainly closer
than the score indicated.
Royals' failure to jump into
the lead with the man ad-
vantage for the biggest part
of the first ' period proved
their downfall.
Without a doubt Fred
Hardy's exit to the showers
in a mere 50 seconds must be
some record. (Wonder if the
water had time to get
warm.) Blues' ability to kill
off that long stretch while
shorthanded seemed to give
them added strength and
confidence in the latter
stages of the first, as they
out -bumped and out -hustled
the Royals to jump ahead by
two.
The Royals played ex-
tremely well in the second as
they carried the play. During
the game the Royals took
several hard check from the
opposition, but the biggest
blow of the game was that
goal awarded to the`Blues by
the referee as the clock in-
ched toward the end of the
second period. No one, not
even the loyal Blue fans in
the Royal end, could believe'
the referee when he awarded
the goal to Harriston.
Once again for the Blues,
Captain Bob Reid led the
charge like a loaded torpedo
into the Royal crease and
had a big night with two
goals and two assists. Bill
Berfelz did a superb job
applying pressure in the
Royal end with his never-
ending skating and he fired
two goals and picked up an
assist, while brother Paul
got a big shorthanded goal
and led the playmakers with
three assists.
Ralph Reeves in the
Harriston net played robber
on more than one occasion,
especially on Steve Lehman,
and Ron Smith, despite
absorbing the loss, was very
sharp in the Wingham net as
he was continually hounded
in the crease by the big Blue
goliaths.
Things almost got out of
hand near game's end as the
Blues started to lay on the
body, taking a run at Royal
after Royal, and no fewer
than three Blues were
resting on the penalty pines
at game's end.
For the Royals, the line of
Murray Black, Doug
Stevenson -and Randy Alton
played their positions well,
skated hard and came up
with a good solid game and
more than one. scoring
chance.
The refereeing in this one,
viewed from either team,
- left a little to be desired, but
the Blues were full value for
the win.
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