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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-12-18, Page 16PAGE SIXTEEN ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1969 Dominions Lose to Exeter; Beat Lucan 4-3 The Zurich Dominions, after playing eight games without a loss in the western division of the OHA Junior D league, suf- fered a humiliating 11-1 defeat on Sundayafternoon, at the hands of irst-place Exeter Hawks As a result of the loss, the stand- ings in the g.roup remain the same with Exeter firmly settled in first place, and Zurich in second, five points ahead of Lucan. It was only the fourth loss of the season for Zurich. For the locals, nothing went the right way after a hectic first period, in which the visit- ors jumped into a 2-1 lead. Both teams skated hard and played a real good brand of hockey in the first 20 minutes, with the Dorn - inions drawing first blood at the 5.13 mark. John Loader was the marksman for Zurich with the assists going to Bill Stirling and Bob Langille. Before the period ended Larry Haugh had scored his first of four goals for the Hawks, and Randy Preszcad- tor registered the other. Aubrey Bedar1, filling in at centre -ice for injured Rich Schilbe, was cut above the eye and had to have six stitches before the second period started. In the second period the Exeter crew started rolling fast and the locals seemed to wilter away, as the visitors pumped in four unanswered goals. They added five more in the third period to give them the victory that shov- ed them five points ahead of the Dominions in the league stand- ings. Larry Haugh was the big dun in the Exeter victory, scoring four goals. Barry Baynllam aided their cause with three, while Larry Laye, Rick Schell, Joe O"Rourke and Randy Preszcadtor each registerd one. In the third period Bill Stirling was nicked on the chin and required a cou- ple of stitches to fill the gap. A total of 22 penalties were called in the game, with 13 of them goingto the local squad. Close to 50 fans were on hand to watch their locals go down to defeat, but were not too dis- appointed after the fine showing the team have made to date. Zurich was still playing without two of their star centre -men, Rich Schilbe and Kevin McKin- non, cKinnon, who are both out with in- juries. ZURICH 4 - LUCAN 3 The Zurich Dominions finally broke the Irish in Lucan last Wednesday night, when they carne home with a thrilling 4-3 victory over their arch -rivals. Sensational goal -tending by Gary Geoffrey, especially in the third period when Lucan tried everything possible to tie the score, played a big part in the local victory. Tom Hodgins shot Lucan into a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, and despite many close calls at both ends of the ice, neither team managed to dent the twines again in that initial session. There were only two penalties called, one to each team, as both teams stuck to playing the game fair and square. At the 8.17 mark in the second period Bill Stirling banged in his first of two goals in the game, when he capitalized on a neat passing play from John Loader and Bill Taylor. Four minutes later Loader made no mistake when he let go with a drive from close in to easily beat Jerry Freeman, in the Lucan net. Stirling and Bruce Schoen- hals drew assists on the play. However, a minute and a half 1a• ter Hodgins scored his second goal of the game for the Irish to tie the score at 2-2. With just a little over a minute left in the middle stanza, Stirling beat Freeman for the second time on a pass from Loader and Schoenhals, to give Zurich a 3-2 lead at the end of the second period. The third period was only three minutes old when Ron Corriveau slapped in a pass from a line -mate Aubrey Bed- ard, to give the locals a com- manding 4-2 lead. For the next 15 minutes the Irish crew hemmed Zurich into their own end of the ice, and this'is when Geoffrey rose to sensational Bantams Win. Two (by Doug Turkheim) Monday night the Zurich Bantams met the Huron Park team in an exhibition game and, gave their goalie an 11-0 shut- out. Pat Bedard was the big gun for Zurich as he rifled in five goals. Ron Rader and Gerald Weido blinked the red light twice. The other two goals were accounted for by Pete Besse and Brad Oke. Zurich scored twice in the first and added seven more in the second. Pat Bedard then scored twice in the last stanza to end_the attack. There were four penalties called in the contest with each team drawing two, Wednesday night saw another victory for the Zurich Bantams as they blanked Adastral Park 15- 2. Pat Bedard was the big gun for the Zurich crew as he blinked the light five times. Next in line was Bill Bedard with a hat trick. Gerald Weido, Dave Cyr and Ron Rader each accounted for two goals. Joe Kenda added the extra marker. Adastral Park's two loaners were scored by Dan Johnson and Ken Gerow. Zurich scored six times in the first period and four times in the second, holding Adastral Park off the score sheet. Adastral Park scored both their goals in the first two minutes of the last stanza, Zurich also added five more goals in the last period. SKATE SHARPENING WITH NEW PRECISION EQUIPMENT ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK Porch Railings, Posts, Interior Railings (Plastic Covered) ALIGNMENT :w. TOWING SERVICE A® WELDING EL PHONE 236-4622 -- ZURICH heights to hang onto the 4-2 lead for the Dominions. Finally with only 35 seconds left in the game and the Lucan goalie pulled in favour of an extra at- tacker, the Irish managed to bang one by Geoffrey, with Randy Mason getting credit for the goal. Of the 13 penalties handed out in the game, only six went to Zurich and seven to Lucan. Three stars of the game, as picked by a panel of Lucan fans, were Gary Geoffrey, Bill Stirl- ing and Tom Hodgins. PLAY EX3IBITION Since the schedule for the Zurich Dominions has them out of action until Saturday night, December 27, an exhibition game has been lined up for this Sunday afternoon, when they will tangle with the Zurich Fly- 4fi ers, intermediate entry in the WOAA. Game time is 2 p.m. Following some recent cont- roversay over the amount of publicity given the last exhib- ition game between these two teams, the contest is being list- ed as a grudge match, and both clubs will be going all out for a victory. Hockey fans can be sure of seeing some real good, fast action, with very few pen- alties, as the players all stick to the game and work hard to see how many goals can be scored. The juniors will hold regular workouts during the two- week layoff, and by the time the schedule resumes they hope to have Rich Schilbe and Kevin McKinnon both back in the line- up, The host the Mitchell Hawk; in Zurich on Sunday afternoon, December 28. Midgets Lose To Adastral Park (by Doug Turkheim) Last Wednesday night the Zurich Midgets were hosts to Adastral Park on Zurich's home ice and lost 4-2. Adastral Park being the only other team in the league with Zurich, the two teams are now tied with three points each. Adastral Park goal scorers were David Scott, Alan Langlois, Terry Mason, and Ed Swab. Zur- ich goals earned by Gerald Weidc and Randy Becker. Zurich took a one goal lead early in the first period and held it until the 5:13 mark of the second. Adastral Park added one more goal before the period ended. Adastral Park scored twice in the last period with Zurich only blinking the light once. LIVING ROOM TABLES CARD TABLE SETS CEDAR CHESTS T'Y'A MIRRORS Wide Assortment NEW SHIPMENT OF Pictures and Lamps MATS and RUGS DO YOU STILLfxa > x� HAVE A ss LIST OF LAST } MINUTE GIFTS? . 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