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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-30, Page 10Page 10—The Wingham Advance -Times, March 30, 1983 ck taps u idget ,.y Peter Bauer The second weekend of action began early Thursday morning as the final days of the Wingham Midget Tournament wound down. In Thursday's opening game, Goderich routed Listowel 10-3 in the 'B' division. Goderich built up a 4-0 first -period lead, made it 5-2 after two periods, then coasted to a 10-3 final. Brent Williams and Trevor Erb each had two -goals for Goderich, while Mike Town, Ken Berfelz and Tom Newbigging replied with singles for Listowel. WALKERTON 7 KINGSVILLE 3 Paul Snodgrass led Walkerton to a 7-3 win over Kingsville as 'B' action continued, firing four goals in the winning cause. Chris Fritz added two more for Walkerton. Barry Pretty and Aful Nanda combined to give Kingsville a 2-1 first -period lead, but by the end of the second stanza Walkerton had gained the upper hand with a 5-3 Lead as they skated to a 7- 3 final. UNiONVILLE 8 FERGUS 5 Brad Adams scored three goals, pacing Unionville to an 8-5 decision over Fergus in the third 'B' division game of the day. Ron Goodall had the hat trick for Fergus, while Paul Drone and Bill Homer added singles. ZURICH 5 TEESWATER 4 Action switched to the 'D' category, where Zurich came out on top of a 5-4 count over a tough Teeswater team. Zurich led all the way, but Teeswater kept things close. Teeswater trailed 1-0 after the opening period and 4-3 after two periods, but Rob Ferbrier tied the score just 13 seconds into the final period to make things in- teresting. Bob Snell, who had two goals in the contest, fired the eventual winner at the 9:42 mark, giving Zurich the narrow victory. LUCAN 4 — RIPLEY 2 The next game was also a close contest, with -Lucas edging Ripley by a close 4-2 count with Brian Butchart firing the insurance marker for Lucan with 1:34 remaining in the game. The score was tied 1-1 after the opening frame, but Lucan took a 3-2 lead after two periods and never relinquished it. Tim Shipley, Brent Bannerman and Jess Crawford potted the other Lucan goals, while Sean Johnson and John Hawclyshyn replied for Ripley. UNIONVILLE 7 WALKERTON 4 Action returned to the 'B' division, where a determined Unionville team erased a 4-1 deficit to defeat Walkerton 7- 4. Walkerton had led 3-1 after the first period and at 8:49 of the secondperiod enjoyed a 4-1 lead, but a tough Unionville team battled back, firing six straight goals to register the im- pressive come -from -behind win. Paul Snodgrass had two goals for Walkerton while Chris McKenna had two -for Unionville, with Brad Adams scoring the game winner at 4:48 of the final frame. KINGSVILLE 9 FERGUS 8 The final match of the evening featured a shootout between Kingsville and Fergus, with Kingsville coming away 9-8 winners. Mike Pratt's fifth goal of the game with 1:12 remaining broke an 8-8 tie and Kingsville held on for the win. Dean Fritz had four goals for Fergus, who led by a 4-1 count after one period and 6- 3 after two. 'C' CHAMPIONSHIP—.Brett Cameron, captain of the Wingham Lions Midgets, accepts the trophy and con- gratulations from Shirley Walker after the team captured the division title with a 5-4 victory over Tavistock in a thrilling finale to the Wingham Midget Hockey Tourna- ment on Sunday night. e key tour TAVISTOCK 10 WIARTON 3 Friday's action began with Tavistock squaring off against Wiarton in the 'C' division. Tavistock went ahead quickly, holding a four -goal lead by the 8:39 mark of the first period, before Wiartonbegan to chip away at the lead. Shawn Ellis and Darryll Pinell made it 4-2 as the period ended. Just 17 seconds into the new period, the lead was cut to 4-3 on Dan Symons' goal, but Tavistock regrouped, scoring six unanswered goals to run away with a 10-3 decision. Greg Hanlon, Roger Wagler, Bryn Gladding and Larry Zehr each had two goals for the winners. RIDGETOWN 4 STAYNER 3 The second game of the morning featured a good matchup between Stayner and Ridgetown, with Ridgetown edging their rivals 4-3 as Darren Coll potted the winner at 7:15 of the final period. The two clubs emerged in a 1-1 tie following the first period, with Stayner ahead 3- 2 after two, but Ridgetown battled back for the win. Mike Balasin, Tim Wright and Robert Anderson were the other marksmen for Ridgetown, while Bob Lowe, Dave Spagnolo and Brent Walsh scored for Stayner. MiLDMAY 4—LUCKNOW3_, The next contest had Mildmay winning 4-3 in overtime against Lucknow in the 'D' division, as Murray Fischer fired the winner at 1:53. Lucknow had a 3-1 lead after two periods on goals by Perry Van Osch and a two - goal output by Grant Murray. Bryan Kueneman, Kevin Inglis and Rob Barth countered for Mildmay. TEESWATER 9 RIPLEY 4 Blake Flett and Don McFarlan scored three goals each to pace Teeswater to a 9-4 win over Ripley in 'D' action. Flett reeorded a true hat trick, scoring three consecutive goals in the second period to break open what was a close game. Mike Nicholson had three goals for Ripley, while Mitch Twolan added the only single. WIARTON 7 STAYNER 2 The final two games of the day were both in the 'C' division, with Wiarton registering a 7-2 win over Stayner as Rob Urbshott scored twice with Terry Schnurr firing the game winner at 7:31 of the first period. Dave Spagnolo had two for Stayner. TAViSTOCK 6. RIDGETOWN 1 Steve Clark opened the scoring for Ridgetown, giving them an early 1-0 lead, but gave up six straight goals as Tavistock went on to defeat them 6-1. Brad Stere led the attack with two goals, while Larry Schwartzentruber, Kevin Yantzi, Rob Wiffen and Rick McIntosh added singles for the victors. HOWICK 5 — BLYTH 4 The first game in Satur- ^41 'D° CHAMPIONS for 1983 at the Wingham Midget Hockey Tournament are the Howick Midgets, who downed Lucan 7-3 in an entertaining game Sunday afternoon. Diane Thynne presented the championship trophy to Howick Captain David Harding. day's activities was a cliff- hanger, with Howick trimming Blyth by a 5-4 count as Kevin Ruttan scored the game -winning .goal with just 1:01 left to play, breaking a 4-4 tie. Doug Craig had two goals, with Steven Atcherson and Brent Brooks adding singles for Blyth. Kevin Hallman, David Harding, Steve Wright ''and David Robertson an- swered for Howick. MERRITON '8 ST, BENEDICTS 7 Merriton won an 8-7 shoot- out against St. Benedicts as both clubs displayed their firepower. Glenn White scored four times, including the over- time winner at 1:52, to lead his club to the win, while Andy Hawrylow added two goals. Glen Edey scored twice for St. Benedicts while Flavio Giro's lone goal forced the overtime period, tying the game at 3:08 of the third period. LUCAN 6—ZURICH 1 Tim Shipley paced the Lucan attack with three goals to help defeat Zurich 6- 1. Other Lucan scorers were Rob Hardy, Lester Dewan and Mike Dewan. Derek McKinnon was the lone marksman for Zurich. LISTOWEL 4 ST. BENEDICTS 3 Listowel fought back from a 3-2 deficit to win a 4-3 decision over St. Benedicts ey in overtime. Jamie Fischer forced the overtime by scoring the tying marker with 5:53 remaining in regulation time. Todd Hutton gave Listowel the win as he scored 7:15 into the period. John Henry and Bill Scheeringa had the other Listowel goals. Mike Heally had two and Glen Edery the single for the losers. MERRITON 6 GODERICH 2 The final game; of the day saw Merriton win 6-2 over Goderich. Ttl game was tied 2-2 at 10:13 .of the second period, but then Merriton took control, winding up with the 6-2 win. Chris Maxwell had two goals for the winners, with Glenn White, Andy Hawrylow, David Brown and Paul Hoekstra adding singles. Trevor Erb, and Chris Sideris replied for Goderich. The final day of com- petition Sunday featured the 'B', 'D' and 'C' cham- pionship matches and the 'B' consolation game. Unionville edged Merriton 7-6 for the 'B' title, while Howick downed Lucan 7-3 for the 'D' trophy and Wingham held off Tavistock for a 5-4 win and the 'C' championship. In the 'B' consolation game, Kings- ville trounced Listowel 12-3. These games are reported in detail in a separate story in this issue. Optimist Tykes win consolation trophy The. Wingham Optimist Tykes, led by Andrew Gibson, skated around the ice holding the Novice consolation trophy Sunday at the Palmerston Novice tournament. The victory was the culmination of four games of intense team play. The consolation trophy was wrestled from the Wallace (Kurtzville) Tykes in an exciting game which ended up 2-1 for Wingham. In period one, Andrew Halerwich scored for Wallace, but Matthew Hunter replied with Wingham's first goal of the game at 14:39, assisted by Ryan Deyell. The score remained tied at 1-1 until the third period when Deyell and Hunter teamed up again. This time Deyell scored, assisted by Hunter. In their first game of the tournament last week, the Wingham Tykes were defeated .6-3 by Drayton. Deyell scored for Wingham at the six -minute mark of the second period, assisted by Matthew Hunter and Gavin Hodgins. Deyell scored again at the 12 -minute mark, assisted by Gibson. Wingham's final goal of the game was scored by Jonathon Lane unassisted. Scorers for Drayton were Todd Hesselink, Steve Borhanon, Ryan Blackwell and Brad Culp. Last Friday afternoon, the Wingham boys faced off against the Orangeville Rotary Team. The Wingham Tykes won the game 8-1. In the first, Matthew Hunter scored at 2:31, assisted by Deyell. In period two, Ivan Skinn scored an unassisted goal at the 12:50 mark. Paul Warren responded with Orangeville's only goal. Once the Wingham players got started there was no stopping them. At 9:38, Lane scored an unassisted goal and at 7:22, Deyell scored, assisted by Matthew Hunter and Murray MacLeod, Deyell scored again at 5:15, assisted once more by MacLeod. In the third period, Deyell got a breakaway and scored unassisted at 8:01. At 3:42, Brad Hunter got a goal, assisted by Michael McKay, who was playing his first game with the Optimist Tykes. Finally, Deyell drove the puck into the net for his fourth goal of the game. He was assisted by Matthew Hunter. Andrew Gibson played a good game in net for Wingham and frustrated the Orangeville players by making several spectacular saves. Sunday afternoon in their third game, the Wingham Tykes defeated West Howick 4-0. Gibson, Wingham's goalie, earned the shutout. Gibson frustrated all of Howick's strong drives and hard shots. In three games in net over the course of the tournament, he allowed only two goals. Deyell opened the scoring for Wingham with an unassisted goal at 4:03 of the first. He came back at 14:31, assisted by Hodgins to put Wingham ahead by two. Lane scored at 4:57 of the second, assisted by Clement Wai and Matthew Hunter clinched the game with a goal at the eight -minute mark, assisted by Deyell., The win led the boys into the final consolation game against Wallace. Brendan Magee, Jonathon Balzer and Mike Tiffin frustrated . drives into Wingham's end by clearing the puck and feeding their Barton Cameron, Andrew Forrest and Todd Harrison supported their teammates by their spirited and aggressive play. - Each of the Wingham boys proudly received his in- dividual trophy and the players and their parents express appreciation to the Palmerston tournament orgaizers for their hospitality. Snowmobile assoc. installs new executive A special executive meeting of the Wingham and District Snowmobile Association was held last week to install its new executive for the 1983-84 season. The group's past president, Lloyd Benninger handed over the reigns of power to incoming President Don Watson. Other new officers are: Hilda Filsinger, first vice; Anne Vader, secretary; Valdeane Ged- cke, treasurer; Joe Arkell and Dave Ross, trail coor- dinators. Continuing in office for a second year are: second vice, Ted Weiss; member- ship chairman, Herb Kenyon, Doug Filsinger, public relations: Wayne Lamb, bulletin editor; Gail McEwan and Gene Porter, membership 'committee. Other directors are Murray Scott, Bill Bain, Wray Gedcke, Peter Keil, Ross Davies and George Nichol. Representatives to the Bruce Regional. Snowmobile Association are Doug Filsinger and George Nichol. Discussion was held about a limited summer program about which members will be informed at a future date. ACTION WAS FAST- FURIOUS around the Howick net early in the second period, as Lucan pressed for another goal in the game for the °D' championship at the Wingham Midget Hockey Tournament 'on Sunday. A Howick, Unionville also win Howick player keeps a grip on his check while another clears the rebound. Howick trailed 2-1 late in the se- cond, but scored two quick goals in the final minute to grab the lead and went on to win 7-3. Wingham repeats as C champs in Midget Hockey Tournament By Peter Bauer Playing in front of a large and enthusiastic hometown crowd, the Wingham Lions Midgets repeated as 'C' division champions in the Wingham Midget Hockey Tournament with a 5-4 cliff- hanger victory over Tavistock Sunday night. Tavistock opened the scoring in the championship game at 4:55 on Rob Wiffen's powerplay goal. Wingham then fought back with four straight goals, as Mark Foxton scored two and Paul Kenyon and Steve Nicholson got singles. Tavistock Captain Bryn Gladding got one back to make it 4-2 with only seven seconds left in the period. Roger Wagler scored the only goal of the middle frame, closing the count to 4- 3. Foxton finished off his hat trick at 5:47 of the third period, picking up a rebound at the right of the Tavistock goal, moving to the left and firing the puck into the open corner to give Wingham a 5-3 bulge. Following that goal, Wingham had a perfect opportunity to ice the win as it played with a two-man advantage but looked less than spectacular on the powerplay. - Tavistock then had the same opportunity, as the home team took some foolish penalties and was forced to play two men short for two minutes and a man short for an additional two minutes. Brad Stere brought a hush over the Wingham fans as he scored at 9:43 with three minutes left in the second penalty. Tavistock continued to apply good pressure, but good defensive work and solid goaltending by Rob Schistad kept them from tying the game and preserved the 5-4 victory. Wingham had made it to the finals by skating to a 5-2 win over Durham in the 'C' division opener the previous weekend, following up with a 3-2 overtime win over a tough Mitchell team. Tavistock found its way to the finals by soundly defeating ..Wiarton 10-3 Friday morning and then trouncing Ridgetown 6-1. HOWICK WINS 'D' CHAMPIONSHIP Earlier in the afternoon, the Howick Midgets claimed the 'D' title with a 7-3 victory over Lucan in a hardfought game that was closer than the final score would in- dicate. Brent Bannerman gave Lucan an early 1-0 lead in the first period before Steve Wright's long shot found the net to leave the score deadlocked at 1-1 at the end of the first period. . In the second, Jeff McFalls again put Lucan ahead as Howick had trouble finishing off its plays around the net. However two quick goals at the end of the period sent Howick into the dressing room with a 3-2 lead on goals by Kevin Ruttan and Dave Harding. Howick pulled away in the third period, as Ruttan netted his second as did Harding and Kevin Hallman added two more. Mike Dewan scored the third Lucan goal, and that team spoiled any chances of a comeback with penalties late in the game. Kevin Ruttan was named the most valuable player in the 'D' division. Howick had advanced to the final by registering a 5-2 win over Lucknow in last weekend's t action and knocking off a stubborn Blyth team 5-4 Saturday morning. Lucan started off with a 4-2 win over Ripley Thursday night and followed that with a 6-1 victory over Zurich Saturday. UNiONVILLE TAKES 'B' CHAMPIONSHIP Unionville edged Merriton 7-6 in a scoring battle that almost came down to the last shot on goal to win the 'B' division title on Sunday. After leading by a 4-2 count after the first period and 6-4 after two, Unionville saw its lead slip away as Paul Hoekstra, who had four goals 'for Merriton, scored twice early in the third period to tie the score. However Dave Francey's late goal with 4:09 remaining proved to be the winner as Unionville clipped its op- ponents 7-6. Neither goaltender had a particularly good game, however the Unionville goalie came up with a good glove save on a shot in the final seconds to preserve the victory. Paul Takahashi and Rod Beckett had two goals each for Unionville, with Brad Adams,, and Mark Mateer rounding out the scoring. Glenn White had the only other Merriton goals. White won the MVP award for the 'B' division, as he scored seven goals in three games. Unionville earned a berth in the championship playoff by first defeating Fergus 8-5 Thursday afternoon and then taking a 7-4 decision from Walkerton in the final game played Thursday. Merriton defeated St. Benedicts 8-7 early Saturday, then came away 6-2 winners over Goderich late Saturday evening to qualify for the final. CONSOLATION WINNERS In consolation finals, Elora blasted Wiarton 14-3 Saturday to win the 'C" Belmore downs Blues By Nancy Bieman The Wingham Blues fell behind one game to none in their WOAA finals against the Belmore Sugar Kuties Sunday afternoon in Belmore. A goal scored by Belmore's Kate Kieffer with only six seconds left in the first overtime period lifted her team to the victory. The game remained scoreless throughout the first two periods, in spite of many scoring opportunities. The Wingham girls each gave 110 per cent and their efforts paid off when Julaine Adams carried the puck from centre ice with tremendous authority to leave three Belmore players behind and finally tuck it past a surprised goaltender at 11:26 of the third. With just over four minutes left in regulation time, Janet Schefter shot the puck through a maze of players to find the mark and tie the game at one -all. The match entered overtime with end-to-end rushes providing the fans with lots of excitement. The Blues' fans were the first to cheer when Adams took a shot that found the net after being deflected off the skate of Eileen O'Donoghue. The referees disallowed the goal on the grounds that O'Donoghue kicked the puck into the net. It appeared the game would end in a tie until Kim Leslie broke out of her own end and hit Kieffer with a perfect pass to come in and score with just six seconds remaining on the clock. BLUE LINES—Adams played her best game of the season, scoring Wingham's only goal of the game. She is a very keen, dedicated player and her hard work has paid off well for the team. Eileen O'Donoghue also skated hard and always seemed to be in the right place at the right time. Wingham Goaltender Esther Nethery kept the Blues in what might have been a one-sided game. Her many fine saves robbed the Sugar Kuties of many scoring chances. It seems Kieffer was not sure whether the game -winning goal was over the line when she rammed Nethery into the net, injuring her leg. The team wishes her a speedy recovery because she is its backbone and without her the team certainly will have its work cut out for it when the girls face Belmore again this Saturday night. So, for lots of playoff ac- tion, be at the Lockridge Memorial Arena this Saturday at 8 p.m. for a "do or die" match -up for the Blues as Belmore leads the best two -out -of -three series one game to none. Howick Juniors are eliminated Following a strong showing that carried them to the all -Ontario semi-finals against Tavistock, the Howick Juniors were, eliminated from further action by a 5-3 losk in the sixth game of that playoff series. The loss Sunday gave Tavistock a 4-2 series victory and advanced them to the finals. Scoring for Howick in the game were Mark Leslie, Troy Pocaluyko and Dorren Foerter. This was a rewarding year for the Juniors, as they have a young club and will lose only two players' next season. This was- jus!. Howick's second year. of competition in the OHA, and the team, and its executive expressed appreciation for all the support they have received during the season. consolation trophy. Terry West led the attack with five goals and Terry Hoelscher, 'C' division MVP, added three more. Elora led 4-1 after one period and 6-1 after two, erupting with an eight -goal barrage in the final frame. Gary Martin scored two goals and Shawn Ellis added a single for Wiarton. Mildmay won the 'D' consolation trophy with a 6-0 shutout of Teeswater Saturday afternoon. Paul Steever earned the shutout, the second in tournament play. Jeff Bros scored three times for Mild- may, with Kevin. Inlgis adding two and Bryan Kueneman the single. The consolation final in the 'B' division was just as lopsided, with Kingsville romping to a 12-3 win over Listowel on Sunday. Kingsville ` received a three -goal performance from Mike Pratt, and his offensive efforts were bolstered by two -goal per- formances from Jeff Reneau, Aful Nanda and Darren Stomp. The first period ended with Kingsville ahead by a narrow 3-2 margin, but they erupted for six goals in the second period to make it 9-3 after two. Listowel firepower was supplied by Todd Hutton, Tom Newbigging and Mike Town. Duplicate bridge play Mary Lloyd and Jean Aitchison placed first in last week's duplicate bridge play Louise Welwood and Yvonne McPherson were second, Margaret Mundell and Margaret Cruickshank, third and Elaine Colvin and Inez McGill, fourth. Wingham Rockers down Exeter 5-2 The Wingham Old Timers traveled to Exeter last week and, although missing a few players, still managed •to defeat the Moulting Hawks by a score of 5-2. . Exeter jumped into a quick lead, scoring at the 55 - second mark on a wrist shot from 40 feet out off the stick of Bill Chipchase. George Skinn evened the score at 1-1 at the 18 -minute mark on a fine, two-way passing play from Ken Balzer and Jim English. .One minute later, John Cullen put Wingham up by one with assists going to Tim Tolton and English. Skinn scored again in the second period, assisted by Ron Beecroft. Wingham outscored Exeter 2-1 ih the third period to make the final score 5-2 in the Rockers' favor. Skinn registerederthe hat trick with his third goal, from Cullen, and Cullen netted his second on a pass from Fraser Strong. This victory, brings the team's record to 22 wins, 15 losses and three ties for the season. 1