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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1968-03-07, Page 8PAGE EIGHT HARD WORKING QUARTETTE— These four young men have worked their hearts out during every game for the Zurich Flyers. From the left back row) are Jim Pfaff, a real driv- ing forward who has been the spark - plug on more than one occasion; Craig Chapman, double -duty man who is equally at home as a forward or a de- fenceman, and Earl Wagner who scored the winning mark in last Sun- day's game. In front centre is Rick Jeffrey, the great goalie who recently joined the team from the Zurich Juveniles. (Citizens News Photo) ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 19$8 Flyers Tie Series With St. Clements; Final Game In Milverton Friday Night With two big victories, 6-5 last Friday night in 11Iiiverton, and 5.4 on Sunday afternoon in Zurich, the Zurich Flyers have bounced right back into contention in their best -of -seven playoff series yith the St. Cle- ments Saints. The series now stands at three wins each, with the seventh and deciding game scheduled to be played in Mil- verton this Friday night, a 8:30 p.m. The comeback is a. great trib- ute to the plucky Flyers, who were traling at one point in the series three games to none. With their backs to the wall they trounced the Saints last Tuesday night in Zurich 10-2, and since then they have never been idle. Many fans were con- fident the Flyers would fight back to tie the series. at three games each, and the locals have now shown these people that their confidence was not in vain. One of the big factors in the Flyers' oarneback has been the sensational goal -tending of young Rick Jeffrey, who has virtually robbed the St. Cle- ments crew blind in three con- secutive games. In the game at Zurich on Sunday, he saved the day at least on four St. Clements breakaways, as he out- manouevred the fast skating forwards each time. Rick play- ed for the Zurich Juveniles dur- ing the regular season. Zurich 6—St. Clements 5 The Flyers blew an early 2-0 first period lead and then fought back to earn the 6-5 victory in Milverton on Friday night, Dick Bedard emerged as the star of the game, when he banged in a sizzling shot from inside the blue line at the 11:58 mark in the third period, far the winning goal. Two goals within three min- utes of each other by Craig Chapman, early in the first period, gave the Zurich crew their early lead. On the sec- ond goal, Chapman picked up the puck deep in his own end and stick -handled down through the entire St. Clements team, cleanly beating Dave Bender in the Saints net. Early in the second period, Hinsberger banged in a rebound for the Saints and then at the 7:40 mark Farwell scored to even the count at two each. With only three minutes left in the middle stanza, Earl Wag- ner scored a picture goal to shoot the Flyers into the lead again. The third period was only six seconds old when Jim Pfaff gave Zurich a two -goal lead with his goal on a pass from Wagner. Two quick goals by Bender and Good for St. Cle- ments brought them right back into the game. At the 6:38 mark Wagner scored his sec- ond goal of the game to give the Flyers another temporary lead, but less than a minute later Good scored his second goal of the game .to, tie the score at five -all. With eight minutes left to play, Dick Be- dard came through with his blistering drive to give the Zur- SHADES OF YESTERYEAR.—Remember when they used to line up to see hockey in Zurich? They're doing it again. This picture was taken last Sunday in front of Zurich's new arena just minutes before the sixth game between the Zurich Flyers and the St. Clements Saints began. Over 800 fans crowded through the doors to watch the two teams battle it out. Zurich emerged victor by a score of 5-4. The Iocal crew had been down three games to none in the best of seven series but roared back with three straight wins to tie the series. The final game in Milverton on Eriday evening will decide the winner of the WOAA Intermediate semi-finals. (Citizens News Photo) od and (By Gerry Rader) Z. Kings 7—Z. Braves 3 George Suplat and Gord Hay each scored a pair •of goals to give the Zurich Kings their first win the Ree league play- offs last Thursday night, The Kings-outskated the Braves 2 to 1 in the first peri- od on goals by Bob Johnston and Larry Merner. The Braves first period goal was scored by Don O'Brien. Gord Hay and George Suplat score two more goals in the second for the Kings, but short- ly 'after the Braves came back strong on goals by Jim Pfaff and Don Hesse to make the score 4 to 3 in favor of the tongs. In the last period it was the Kings alI the way with three big ones in their favor. Eric Smale, George Suplat and Gard Hay collected the Kings' goals as the Braves were left score- less. There were only three pen- alties in the game with two go- ing to the Braves and the Kings ings Lead Rec getting the single. Referees for the game were Doug O'Brien, Jim Bedard and George (Butch) Sweeney. Dashwood 8—Hensall 7 Bob Hoffman gave Dashwood a one -game lead in the best -of - five semi-finals last Thursday night against Hensall in Rec league play, by scoring five un- answered goals. Dashwood were down five goals until the 2:25 mark of the second period and came back strong with a victory. Hensall managed to 'collect four goals in the first period as it looked like the Generals were going to wallop Dashwood, but the Bears came back with five goals in the second period. Hensall fired two more in that second stanza, but only able to get one in the last. Dashwood collected three more in the last period to give them an 8 to 7 win, Bob Hoffman collected five of Dashwood's goals with Bill Regier with a single. Hensall's sharpshooter was Grant Me- Clinchey with a pair •of goals. The other singles went to Mel- vin Wurm, Bill Taylor, Bruce Horton, Bob Carlile and Robert McNaughton. There were 12 penalties in the game with each team collecting six. Dashwood 6—Hensall 1 Bob Hayter scored three goals to give Dashwood a two -game lead in the best -of -five semi- finals in Rec league hockey last Sunday night. In the first period Hayter scored two of his three goals, along with Bill Schade's single, to give them a 3 to 0 lead. Dashwood collected two more goals in the second. Larry Lovie and Bob Hayter, with his third of the game, each blinked the light once, For Hensall Harry Moir got a breakaway to give Hensall their lone goal. In the final, the play was very fast. Dashwood were able to collect one, as Hensall were left scoreless. it was John Braid who fired In Dashwood's last goal, to give therm a 6 to 1 layzi:, score over the Generals. There were 11 penalties in the game, Hensall collected seven while Dashwood had four. Z. Kings 10--Z. Braves 5 The Zurich Kings walloped the Zurich Braves 10 to 6, to take a 2.0 lead in the best -of - five semi-finals last Sunday night in Ree league play. The Braves went all out and scored four goals in first. Don O'Brien fired in three while Don Hesse got the single. The Kings managed to score a pair in the first on goals by Jim Consitt and Larry Merrier. Gord Hay of the Zurich Kings scored three of his four goals in the second, along with Eric Sniale's single, The Braves re- niained scoreless throughout the period. The Kings started another big rally in the last period by scoring four more goals. Jim Consitt, Larry Merrier, Dick Be- dard and Gord Hay each fired in singles. The Braves were only able to find the net once in the last period on a goal DICK BEDARD Scores Winning Goal ich crew a one -goal lead which they hung onto for the rest of the game. In the dying minutes of the game St. Clements pulled their goal -tender in favor of an extra forward, but Jeffrey held the fort for the locals as he turned aside numerous shots that should have tied the score again. A total of seven penalties were handed out in the game, with four of them going to Zur- ich and three to the Saints, About 100 Zurich fans accom- panied the team to Milverton. Zurich 5 --St. Clements4 Before the largest crowd at a hockey game in Zurich for many years, well over 800, the Flyers came through with their third straight victory on Sunday af- ternoon to tie the best -of -seven playoff series at three games each. As in the previous game, the Zurich crew blew an early lead, but then fought back desper- ately to come up with the win. Midway through the second period, the Flyers were leading 4-0, but in the natter of less by Lorne Sparks. There were only two penal- ties in the game, with the Braves collecting both. Series "A" Best -of -Five Semi -Finals WLT FA? Dashwood 2 0 0 14 8 4 Hensall __- ._0 2 0 8 14 0 Series "8" Best -of -Five Semi-rinais WLT PAP Kings 2001'7 84 Braves 0 2 0 8 17 0 .01 than two, minutes the Saints had roared back with three big goals. Midway through the first period; Earl Wagner opened the scoring for Zurich when he tipped in a pass•from Bob John- ston..About three minutes later George Suplat found the range on. one of his lightning -like slap shots. Before the half -way mark in the second period, Jim Pfaff banged in a pass rrom Bill Hoff- man, and Dick Bedard scored unassisted, to give the Flyers a commanding 4-0 lead. Then at the 14 -minute mark the roof fell in for Zurich as the visitors slapped in their three quick goals, by Hinsberger, Bender and Schnarr. A temporary let- up by the locals caused the St. Clements uprising, but fortun- ately they came back to life in time to hang on to the one - goal lead. The third period was only three minutes old when Selman scored his second goal .of the game, to tie the score at 44. The tying goal was a heart- breaker for the partisan crowd of spectators, as many felt it meant the end of the line for the Flyers. However, at the 9:40 mark Earl Wagner teamed up with Craig Chapman and George Haggitt for the most colorful goal of the game, to give the locals a one -goal edge which they hung on to desper- ately for the remaining 10 min- utes. In those last 10 minutes of play, Jeffrey was again sen- sational in his goal -tending, especially in the last two min- utes after St. Clements pulled their goalie in favor of an ex- tra forward. Only four penalties were handed out in the game, with three of them going to the vis- itors and one to Zw•ich. The winner of this series on. Friday night will meet Crediton Tigers in the finals, with the first game scheduled to be played in the Exeter Arena on Sunday night. Crediton, who finished in first place this see - son, earned a right to advance into the finals when they elimi- nated Monkton in a beet -of - seven semi-finals series. 0 SENIOR MIXED LEAGUE February 29 Hi Hopes, R. Gascho 521 2 53 Ramblers, I. Frayne_ 596 5 96 S. Wins, D. Geiger__ 757 7 69 Varieties, L. Willert 547 0 92 Wh'p'wills, M. Rau__ 527 2 41 H'eyes, G. Denomme 651 5 111 H. single: Claire Geiger __ 367 H. triple: Delbert Geiger_ 757 0 Renew Your Subscription Now Big Minor Hockey Night at Menson Proves to be Outstanding Event (By J. H. Lyndon) Once again Minor Hockey night rolled around at the Hen- sall Memorial Arena and a full slate of events took place. The program got underway with a hockey game in the novice division at 7. p.m. The red team came out victors on a goal by Elwood Cody. Try as they may, the blacks could not obtain the equalizer. Winners of the two hockey sticks, pre- sented to the most outstanding player, (one from each team) were won by Doug Smith (red) and Jamie Caldwell (black), The second game featured the peewee division, team 1 and team 2. The No. 1 team win- ning and they had to work for it. Team No, 1 "3", team 2 "0". Only three penalties were hand- ed out. Winners of the out- standing player award: Peter Jantzi, Kevin Buchman. At this. point in the program, a very enjoyable interlude was provided by Pauline and Troy- ann Bell through the courtesy of the St. Thomas Figure Skat- ingClub. The Bell sisters per- formed admirably and proved there are other faucets to skat- ing besides that of hockey. Around nine o'clock hockey again became king with the Hensall Bantams taking on the Seaforth Bantams. Final re- sults were Hensall 2, Seaforth 1. Penalties during the game were even, three apiece. Don Nicholson, Seaforth, and Brian Campbell, Hensall, received hockey sticks for their out- standing play during the game. The grand finale of the eve- ning was the game between Hensall and Brussels Midgets. This was a very fast and hard - checking game in which the score was no indication of the game played. Penalties were Hensall, two, Brussels, four. Winners of the outstanding player award were Brussels, G. Valloree, and for Hensall, B. Pryde. Hensall defeated Brus- sels to a score of 5-2. It may be just a eoineidetrce, but then again, you our fans, who turned out in force to cheer for the boys could have made the difference in a win or lose. As it stands the boys put their best foot forward and showed they had something to offer in the way of entertain- ment and the playing of our game, "hockey". Thank you one and all for your support and help with Minor Hockey. Next year we may have more to offer, mismaimmaimiammin. 'ARENA SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 7 — Rec League Playoffs 7 p,m.— Hensall vs Dashwood 9 p.m.—Zurich Braves vs Zurich Kings FRIDAY, MARCH 8 — Nothing Reported SATURDAY, MARCH 9 — Morning—House League Hockey 12.2 p.m.—Figure Skating 2-4 p.m.—Public Skating 8-10 p.m.—Public Skating SUNDAY, MARCH 10 -- 2 to 4 p.m. --Public Skating Rec League Playoffs 7 p.m.—Zurich Kings vs Zurich Braves 9 p.m.—.Hensall vs Dashwood MONDAY, MARCH 11 Curling TUESDAY, MARCH 12 7 to 8 p.m.—M Y F WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 --- 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.. --Skating for Moms and Tots (Dabs, if they feel like it) Minor Hockey Playoffs This Schedule le provided through the courtesy of Dominion Hotel Your Hosts -- Marg and Ross Johnston DIAL 236.4371 — ZURICH