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Zurich Citizens News, 1970-02-19, Page 12PAGE TWELVE ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1970 Dominions Make Playolfs Despite Loss Even though they lost their home game on Sunday to the Belmont Sunsets, the Zurich Dominions gained fourth spot in the western division of the OHA Junoir D grouping when the same Belmont crew defeated the Lambeth Flyers 5-3 on Saturday night. The Sunday score in the local arena was 6-8. Lambeth staged a terrific late season spurge that saw them threaten tie local squad for the fourth and last playoff position. They were undefeated in their last ten games, until they ran into Belmont in Saturday night and suffered their first loss in so- me time. Had they won that game, and the last of the season against Mitchell last night, they could have ended up one point ahead of Zurich, if Zurich failed to beat Exeter in their last game of the schedule on Friday night. This game will be played in Exeter, and the Dominions will be playing under Bob Johnston, who is going to fill in for coach Doug O'Brien during his absence. Both the new coach and the players are sure they can end their slump on Friday night, and regain their early -season form that saw them play nine games without a loss. In the semi-final series of the playoffs the Dominions will face the Belmont crew, and in early season play they downed the same team 4-0 and 6-2 before hitting their slump. They also tied one game with the same team, Gary Gavey shot the visitors into a 1-0 lead at the 4:25 .mark of the first period on Zurich Peewees Tie Ripley Six (by Doug Turkheim) In the first game of the second set of series the Zurich Pee wees played to a 5-5 tie with Rie Zurich led in the scoring for most of the game as Derek O'Brien with his first goal, Wayne Clark and BarryHess were first period scorers or the Zurich team. Before the period ended, Ripley made the score read 3-1, in favour of Zurich. In the second period Zurich was unable to come up with a goal and Ripley narrowed the lead to 3-2. The last stanza saw Ripley take a 4-3 lead , but before the period ended Derek O'Brien had tied things up at 4-4, to force t11 game into an over- time period. Mid -way through the ten- minute overtime period Derek O'Brien again gave Zurich the lead with his third goal, and with only ten seconds remaining in the overtime period, Ripley again scored to end the game in a 5-5 tie. Sunday afternoon, and at 9;03 Kevin. Landon scored to make it 2-0 for Belmont. At the 11:49 mark in the same period, John McKinley slipped. the puck by Bob Bishop to bring the local squad right back into the game. The Dominions held a slight edge in play during the first session, but failed to conte up with any more goals. Once again it was the second period that proved to be the downfall of the local team, as they allowed Belmont to score two un- answered goals for a 4-1 lead, Brian Abbey and Bob Leslie were the marksmen. In the third period the Dominions roared back strong and played their best hockey in several weeks. At the 5:28 mark Aubrey Bedard banged in a pass from John Loader, and four minutes later Ron Corriveau let a drive go from the point and easily peat Bishop in the Belmont net, Once again Loader earned the assist on the goal. With the locals pressing hard and goalie Rick Jeffrey pulled in favour of an extra attacker, Murray Shain managed to get a shot away on the open net and it found it's way into the right spot to give the visitors their 6-3 margin. A total of 17 penalties were cal- led in the game, with only seven of them going to the Zurich crew. Rick Jeffrey played his first game of the season for the local squad and turned Leafs and Bruins Play Tie Game In House League (by Doug Turkheim) • CANADIENS 2 - HAWKS 1 Saturday morning in House League play the Canadiens registered a 2-1 victory, over the Hawks. Both teams came up with the only goals of the game in the first period, as Dave Clark and Ken Regier registered for the victors. Richard Mommersteeg scored the only goal for the Hawks. There were two penalties called in the game, on to each team. LEAFS 1 - BRUINS 1 In the other game in the House League action the Leafs and Bruins fought to a 1-1 tie. At the mid -way mark of the first period Gary Rau shot the Bruins into a 1-0 lead. In the second period of play Martin Gelinas tied the game and neither team was able to register the winning goal for the remainder of the game. The Leafs drew four penalties. CARPET BY BARRYMORE and CROSSLEY KARASTAN Armstrong's Linoleums A Corlons FREE ESTIMATES luitaikvie Main Street . - Zurich in an outstanding performance, despite the 6-3 score. John McKinley left the game after two periods with a broken hand, received when he was slashed below the wrist by a Belmont player. No announcement has been made as yet regarding play- off dates, but the details will probably be worked out in the next few days. In the meantine, the Dominions are scheduling as many practice sessions as possible to see if they can regain their early season form. Both coach Bob Johnston and the players are confident they can come back strong and take Belmont in the semi-finals. The other round of playoffs has the first place Exeter Hawks tangling with third place Lucan Irish. 0 Zurich Bantams Advance to Finals (by Doug Turkheim) Last Wednesday night the Zurich Bantams won the second game in the series played with Drayton, as they trounced the visitors 15-2. John Mommersteeg, Pat Bedard, Bill Bedard, Dan Schilbe, and Brad Oke were first period scorers for the victors. Drayton didn't manage to come up with a scoring play in the first. In tie second period Pete hesse, Gerald Weido and Pat Bedard collected singles while Marty Van Vin and Morley Buchan scored the - only two goals for the Drayton team. Starting midway through the third stanza Zurich scored seven goals with Pete Hesse scoring Pais second and third goals, while singles were added Py John Mommersteeg, Bill Bedard, Gerald Weido, Pat Bedard and Dave Cyr. Zurich dominated the play throughout the game, and collected three out of four penalties called. The Bantam's will now advance into the semi-finals playing against Lions Head. ZURICH 4 - EXETER 1 On Saturday afternoon the Zurich Bantams travelled to Exeter to compete in the Minor Hockey Day there, and downed the Exeter team 4-1. Ron Rader opened the scoring early in the first period with an assist off the stick of Pete Hesse, Before the period ended Gerald Weido had banged in a pass from Bill Bedard. In the second period Pat Bedard was the only goal scorer to give Zurich a convinc- ing 3-0 lead. The last stanza saw Gerald Weido score his second goal of the game, before Greg Gregus finally found the range for Exeter. Gerald Weido and Pat Bedard were chosen as two stars of the game and Perry Stover of Exeter was the third. 0 Mites Win In Exeter Tournament (by Doug Turkheim) On Saturday afternoon the Zurich Mites also travelled to Exeter to play in connection with their minor hockey day and edged them 1-0. Neither team was able to come up with a scoring -play in the first period of play. At the 14:50 mark of the second period Steven Grainger banged in a pass from Randy Smale to give Zurich their victory. Each team drew one penalty in the game. Zurich Flyers Beat Play Brussels Here The Zurich Flyers maintained their undefeared record against the Dashwood Bears in WOAA Intermediate hockey last Friday night, when they staged a terrific come -from - behind effort to squeeze through with a thrilling 9-7 victory. In less than eight minutes they rapped five goals past Tom Glavin, in the Dashwood net, Dashwood held a convincing 7-4 lead with only nine minutes left in the game, but suddenly the roof fell in for them and the Flyers unleashed their scoring assault. Bob Johnston sparked the Zurich attack with four big goals while Bill Chipchase and Bob Carlile both scored two. The other goal was scored by Dick Bedard. For Dashwood Glenn Over- holt was top scorer with three goals, while Bob Morrissey, Bob Hoffman, Pat MclKeever and John Becker all scored once. The Bears jumped into an early 3-0 lead in the first period, while they held the high -scoring Zurich crew off the sheet, In the second session the Flyers came on strong and scored three times while the Bears managed only one. Dashwood came back fly- ing in the third period, and by the seven -minute mark they had increased their lead to 6-3. At '8.22 Bill Chipchase scored his second goal of the game, to bring Zurich closer, but 20 seconds later Overholt scored his third goal for the Bears to give them a 7-4 lead. At this - point the roof fell in for Dash- wood, as Bob Merner and Jim Hoffman were both sent to the penalty bench for a total of seven minutes for fighting and high -sticking. Then the Flyers took over, with Dick Bedard scoring first and then Bob Johnston banging in two quick ones within a minute and a half, to tie the score at 7-7. At 18.17 Bob Carlile picked up a pass from Barry Bloch and banged the puck past a bewildered Glavin in the Dashwood net, to give Zurich an 8-7 lead. To add insult to injury, the same play was repeated 25 seconds later when Bloch and Carlile teamed up on the same play, to give the Flyers their 9-7 victory and maintain their mastery over their arch -rivals. Even though many fans expected to see a rough and Dashwood Again; on Friday Night tumble battle the game was fairly clean, with only nine penalties called, including the majors. Five of them were against the Bears and four to Zurich. The game, which really meant little in the grouping, was the final of the regular schedule. Zurich is currently engaged in a three -out -of -five series in the C Minor series against Brussells, while Dashwood is playing Ripley in another series in the D minor category. 0 Midgets Lose First Playoff Game (by Doug Turkheim) On Friday night in the second set of play-off series, the Zurich Midgets were downed 9-3 in the first genie which was played in Ripley. Zurich took an early 2-0 lead as Kyle Harrison and Gerald Weido each scored with Tini Decker assisting on both plays. Before the period ended Ripley had made the score 2-1. When the teams came on the ice in the second period, ripley out -scored Zurich 5-1 as Randy Becker capitalized for Zurich. Everything went wrong in the last stanza with Zurich drawing one penalty after the other and also had an injury to right winger 'Gerald O'Rourke. Ripley scored three times in the last stanza with Zurich unable to produce a scoring - play. In a fairly rough played game the refrees Banded out twelve minor penalties and two majors. Zurich drew five minors and one major and Ripley , seven minors and one major. 0 SAFETY TIP Motorists! Here's a winter driving reminder. It is required by law to have clear Driving Visibility - front, sides and rear - whenever the vehicle is in operation. This means it is illegal to drive with windows steamed up, frosted over, or covered with snow. Westher conditions niay make this difficult at times, but remember.... You can't avoid a collision if you can't see one. 0 Specially -designed and insul- ated suits enable Ontario Hydro linemen to work on live lines carrying up to 500, 000 volts of electricity. HOCKEY IN THE ZURICH ARENA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20— 8:00 p.m. WOAA INTERMEDIATE "C" MINOR PLAYOFFS BRUSSELS B. P.'S vs ZURICH FLYERS This space provided through the courtesy of Dominion Hotel Your Hosts: Marg and Ross Johnston ZURICH