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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-03-20, Page 11THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1969 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Zurich Flyers Leading Monkton After skating to an easy 12-8 victory in the second game of their best -of -seven series for the WOAA Intermediate D Title, last Friday night, the Zurich Flyers came out on the short end of a 13-9 scoring spree on Sunday afternoon in Monkton. They still lead the series two games to one, with the fourth game of the series being played in Zurich last night, Wednesday. The fifth game is scheduled for Monkton on Friday night, and if a sixth game is necessary it will be played back in Zurich on Sunday afternoon. ZURICH 12 - MONKTON 8 In the Friday night game, Bob Carlile was the big gun scoring four goals, one in the first and third and two in the second. Jim Pfaff and Bob Johnston both tal- lied twice, with single markers going to Dick Bedard, Pete Pos- ti110 and Earl Wagner, and Ken Smale. Zurich went into a 4-1 lead in the first period, and then saw Monkton roar back strong with six big goals in the second to their three, to tie the count at 7-7. The locals fired right back in the third period and outscored Monkton 5-1, to give them the comfortable 12-8 victory. MONKTON 13 - ZURICH 9 After jumping into a 6-1 lead by the 14 -minute mark of the first period, the Flyers seemed to wilt away and allowed Monk - ton to outscore them 6-1 in the second, on Sunday afternoon. Again in the third period the Monkton crew scored five goals while holding the Flyers to two counters. Hensall Novice Team Loses to Strong Southampton Crew hi Ch t pionship t (by J.H. Lyndon) "The Big 0" from Hensall met their match last week and suffer- ed two defeats, which put them out of running. Southampton now continues on to the finals. "The Big 0" 3- Southampton 5 "The Big 0" managed to score t in the first 33 seconds of the first period on a great effort by Jamie Caldwell, much to the disgust of Southampton defence, as they went to clear the puck, they put it in their own net. The second period saw South- ampton forge into the lead on two goals by Stephen Smith, only to have Garry Koehler tied the game at 18:58 mark. For the first part of the period, the game was even and then Southampton's Steven Smith beat Bob Clement three times. Jamie Caldwell managed another goal for "The Big 0" before the game ended, Southampton Win- ning. "The Big 0" 2 - Southampton 7 The second game of the series was played in Southampton on Friday night. A bus was laid on and about thirty loyal supporters made the long journey to Southampton. It was a typical start, as the weather deteriorated during the afternoon and by six o'clock a fair size snowstorm was in progress. After passing Goderich the storm was left behind and the remainder of the trip made in clear weather. The first period saw lots of action but no markers and it looked like a pretty tight game. The second period, it seemed as though the Arena fell on the Hensall team, as Southampton proceeded to put away four unanswered goals scored by Dan McLeod 2, Steven Smith 1 and Douglas Johnston 1. During the third period, Steven Smith and Dan McLeod both had another marker before the Big 0 finally made the score board on a goal by Doug Smith. Southamp- ton's Donald Schular finished the scoring for the Southampton team, and Perry Mattson scored for "The Big 0". Thus, ended the game. Southampton winning two straight will proceed on to the finals of the grand championship. "The Big 0" has one remaining exhibition game with Goderich on Friday March 28, to end a most successful and enjoyable season of hockey. ANNUAL MEETING of the Hay Township Municipal Telephone System will be held in the Hay Township Council Room, ZURICH on THURSDAY, ' MARCH 27, 1969 at 2:00 p.m. JOSEPH HOFFMAN Reeve WAYNE C. HORNER SeeretaryTreasurer Bob Merner was the big scor- ing threat for Zurich in their losing cause, as he slapped three goals by the Monkton goalie. Larry Willert and Jim Pfaff each scored two, while Bob Carlile and Pete Postill accounted for the other two Zurich goals. A total of 17 penalties were handed out in the chippy contest, with nine going to Monkton and eight to Zurich. Grand Bend Hopes For Harbour Work Chances of some concrete steps being taken to improve harbour facilities at Grand Bend are fav- ourable after a visit to the summer resort village by Public Works Minister, the Honourable Arthur Laing. After inspecting the entire har- bour area at the Bend along with municipal officials, Middlesex MP James Lind and Mr. Dumphey, a Public Works engineer, the min- ister has asked his department to take a good look at what can be done to improve conditions. Grand Bend Reeve Orval J. Wass - mann said after the meeting he was "encouraged by the attitude of Mr. Laing" and hoped something would be done soon. "It was the best meeting we've ever had with government officials on this problem," added Wassmann, The Public Works engineering department is being asked to come up with their recommendations before the end of May. so they can be included in fall estimates if any work is going to be undertaken. PAGE ELEVEN Zurich PeeWees Lose Final Game of Series to Plattsville With Fluke Goal A fluke goal with about four minutes left to play in the game gave Plattsville a 4-3 victory in the third game of their best -of three series against Zurich Peewee team, on Tuesday night. Platt- sville had won the opening game of the series on their home ice, only to have Zurich come back strong in the second game at home and register, an 8-5 victory. By virtue of having won the flip of a coin for the location of a third game if it was needed, the Zurich crew were fortunate in playing the extra contest back on their home ice. The series was the semi-final round for the OMHA Peewee E cham- pionship, and the winners will now meet a team near Lindsay for the final round. Goals by Dennis Hallman and Benny Doan early in the first period gave the visitors a quick lead, but before the session had ended , Pat Bedard flashed the red light for Zurich to put them right back into contention. At the 5;40 mark of the second period Doan scored his second goal for the visitors, and then midway through the frame Gerald Weido scored his first of two big goals to bring his team right back to life. With five minutes gone in the third period, Weido scored his second goal on a neat passing play with Pat Bedard and Kim McKinnon. From that point on the Zurich crew really came to life and did everything but score. The heartbreaker carne with just four minutes to play in regulation time, when the puck hit one of the Zurich players sticks and bounced crazily into the top corner of the net. Even though they tried desperately for the equalizer in the dying minutes of the game, their hearts had been broken and they failed to come up with the big goal they needed. ZURICH 8 - PLATTSVILLE 5 With their backs to the wall in the second game of the series last Friday night in Zurich, the Peewees fought desperately to come from behind after the first two periods and register a con- vincing 8-5 win. The visitors led 3-2 at the end of the first and 5-4 after two periods were completed. Kim McKinnon was the star of the garne for Zurich as he came up with five big goals. He scor- ed his first two in the first period and then added three more in the ' big third. Gerald Weido,Derek O'Brien and Brad Oke each scored once. As well as his goal, Gerald collected six assists in the game. The visitors went one goal up early in the first period, but five minutes later McKinnon register- ed his first marker for Zurich to keep the locals in the game. Be- fore the period ended, however, the visitors had scored two more, and McKinnon picked up his sec- ond. After Plattsville scored their fourth goal early in the second, Weido came up with his marker on an unassisted play. Brad Oke came up with his goal just near the end of the period to leave the score at 5-4 for the visitors. 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