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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-04-02, Page 20WEEKENDS PAGE TWENTY Zuric ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Bantams Win Series 3 Games To 1 (by Doug Turkheiut) ,Monday proved to be a big day for the Zurich Bantams as they clumped Sunderland 9-3 in the fourth game of their best of five series to win the all - Ontario title in the "E" category. The game was played in Sunder- land. In a game that witnessed the poorest pair of referees of the entire season, Pat Bedard bang- ed in five big goals to lead the locals to their victory. Bill Bedard aided the cause scoring three goals and collecting.three assists. Gerald Weido aded the extra marker and chipped in with five assists. Sunderland goals were scored by Don Gordon with two and Bob Marquis with ane. At the 6:10 mark of the first period after pressing hard against the Zurich team, Sunderland came up with the first goal off Zurich Peewees in Goderich Tourney (by Doug Turl<heim) The Zurich PeeWees, who were recently taking part in the Goderich Young Canada Hockey Week, were put out of further competition after winning one game. ZURICH 4 - BELMORE 2 Zurich played the first game of the big event and came home with a 4-2 victory over Belmore. Wayne Schilbe opened the scoring for Zurich and before two periods were over Belmore had scored twice to take a slight 2-1 edge going into the last stanza. Wayne Clarke tied the score at 2-2 and minutes later Greg Love and Barry Hess each scored once, to give Zurich their vict- ory. BELMONT 6 - ZURICH 1 In the second game of the _tournament for Zurich, they . met a strong Belmont team and were downed 6-1 to eliminate them from further competition in the week-long program. Belmont had only a 2-1 lead by the end of the second period and it looked as if Zurich had a chance to come home with a second victory, but in the last stanza everything started going wrong for the locals and Bel- mont scored four big goals to oust the Zurich team. The lone Zurich goal was accounted for by Fred Mommer- steeg. STARLITE Rill I THEATRE E Friday and Saturday—April 3-4 (DOUBLE FEATURE) HeOlf fighters (Calor) John Wayne, Katherine Ross The Lost Man (Dolor) Sidney Peltier, Joane Shimkus BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8 p.m FIRST SHOW AT 8:15 p.m. ONE SHOW NIGHTLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE the stick of Don Gordon. ,Two minutes later Zurich started rallying and before the period ended Gerald Weido and Bill Bedard had shot the locals into a 2-1 lead. Before one minute had passed in the second stanza, Bill Bed- ard started Zurich off on a five goal rally. At the 1:10 mark Pat Bedard gave Zurich a 4-1 lead, and within two minutes, start- ing at 14:45, Sunderland scored their last two goals. At the 17: 45 mark Zurich again rallied for three goals to give them' a com- fortable 7-4 lead at the end of two periods. The three goals were scored by Pat Bedard, with two and Bill Bedard one. In the last stanza Zurich play- ed a strong game of defensive hockey, holding Sunderland to a stand -still for niost of the period. Sunderland, after real- iing they couldn't possibly win, started playing rough hockey and caused Bill Bedard to draw blood twice. The referees seemed to always be looking the other way or didn't want to see the sight of blood and so didn't hand out any penalties in the mishaps. Pat Bedard scored the two Zurich goals in the last stanza, one at the 11:00 mark and the other at 15:10 mark. There were only eleven min- or penalties called with Zurich getting the cheap calls and draw• ing six, while Sunderland got away with anything and received five. The Zurich team have played hard all season and well -deserve the appreciation of all local fans. LOSE SECOND GAME Last Wednesday night the Zurich Bantgms fell short of a 6-3 defeat to the Sunderland team in the OMNA final play - downs. The loss of this game forced a fourth game in Sunder- land, Zurich took a 2-0 lead in the early minutes of the opening period, only to see Sunderland come hack and tie the game at 2-2 before the period ended. Rick Grenier's goal was the opener for Zurich at the 2:43 mark taking a pass from Gerald Weido at centre, went breaking in on a breakaway and flipped the puck in the top left hand corner. Minutes later Gerald Weido gave Zurich their 2-0 lead which was short-lived as Don Gordon and Bola Marquis each scored their first goals for Sunderland. In the second period things started getting tough for the Zurich gang so S.underland's Bob Marquis blinked the red light to put them ahead 3-2. Zurich, now pressing the play as much as possible, didn't tie the game until the 19:45 stark of the second to end the period 3-3, with Bill Bedard accomtnt- ing for the goal. Both teams started out rather slow in the last stanza, both looking for extra breaks to put theta ahead. At the 9:26 stark the roof starting to fall in as Bob Marquis again scored for Sunderland to shoot then into a 4-3 lead. Minutes later Don Gordon banged in his second goal to give them a pretty com- fortable lead. At the 14:45 marl< Sunderland was awarded a pen- alty shot because a Zurich play- er covered the puck in the crease. Bob Marquis deked goal- ie Don Ayotte to tie the series to one game each. There were nine minor pen- alties called With Sunderland drawing five and Zurich four. WIN THIRD GAME Last Saturday night the Zurich Bantams came up with another brilliant performance as they trounced Sunderland 7-2 in the third game of the best of five final series for the all -Ontario championship. Zurich was never behind as Pete Hesse opened the scoring for the local crew at the 4:50 mark of the first period. Mid- way through the period, how- ever, Bruce Prentice found the range to tie the game at 1-1 at the end of one period. The second period saw Zurich take a slight 3-2 edge, and it looked as if it could be a tight garne all the way. Again at the 4:50 mark Gerald Weido shot Zurich into a 2-1 lead and less than a minute later Pat Bedard scored his first of the garne to give Zurich a 3-1 edge. At the G:30 mark Don Gordon scored Sunderland's second goal to put them back in the game again. Zurich pressed the play for the remainder of the period, trying to increase their lead.by a few more goals, but couldn't seem to conte up with those all-im- portant breaks. In the last stanza Sunderland did everything but slip the puck by Don Ayotte in the Zurich net, who combined with Dave Cyr and Rick Grenier who both play- ed a solid game on defence, spoiled their every chance. The period was only 1:15 old when Dave Cyr and Rick Grenier cap- italized on a scoring play to shoot Zurich into a 4-2 lead. The rest of the game was Zurich all the way --Pat Bedard scoring his second goal to make it 5-2. Things were pretty well evenly matched until the 17:58 minute mark when Pete Hesse brought the fans alive again with his second goal. About a minute later Pat Bedard capitalized on his third goal to end the scoring at 7-2, There were a total of 12 minor penalties called in the game with Zurich drawing seven and Sunderland 5. Zurich Mites (by Doug Turl<heim) In a Mite hockey tournament sponsored by Dorchester in the Belmont Arena on Friday, the Zurich Mites came out on top to win the "A" championship trophy. The Zurich team won three games before the single day event ended. ZURICII 2 - S. W .LONDON 1 In the first garne of the tourn- ament for Zurich, the team was able to come up with a 2-1 over- time victory for the first win of the day. The game was tough all the way for Zurich as London came up with the first goal of the garne in the first period and Zurich couldn't seem to conte up with the tying goal for the remainder of the stanza. It wasn't until the last stanza when Zurich tied the scoring at 1-1, and as neither team scored for the remainder of the period an overtime session had to be played. In the overtime period Karry Bedard scored the Zurich goal to give them their victory. The first Zurich goal was scored by Grant Love. ZURICH 2 STONEY -BROOK 1 In the second game of the winning day, the Zurich Mites edged the Stoney -Brook team 2-1 to advance to the final game for the championship. Again Zurich was down one goal before they were able to come up with the tying marker and then score the winner. The two Zurich goals were scored by Steve Grainger and Grant Love, which was his sec- ond of the day. ZURICH 3 -LONDON E. OPTS. 1 In the final game of the day the Zurich Mites met London East Optimists for the champ- ionship trophy. Win Belmont Tournament Zurich was never behind in the Qanle with Grant Love scor- ing hiis third goal of the day to give Zurich a 1-0 lead. London managed to tie the game before Grant Love scored his fourth and then Karry Bedard banged in his second goal of the day to give Zurich the trophy. The trophy is on display in the trophy case in the Zurich arena. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1970 Hawks Win Title (by Doug Turkheim) Last Saturday morning saw the House League come to an end for another season as the Hawks shut -out the Canadiens 3-0, to win the House League trophy. For two periods each team skated hard and missed several chances that were labelled as sure goals. It wasn't until the third per- iod that Fred Morniuerstecg scored the first goal of the game to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead. The Canadiens fought hard to conte up with a tying goal but when their efforts failed the Hawk's Wayne Meidinger blink- ed the red light to give them a 2-0 lead, and before the final period had ended Danny Meid- inger banged the puck by the Canadiens goalie to give the Hawks a 3-0 shut -out victory and the House League title for 1970. There was only one penalty called against each team in the title -winning game. Following the game, the Haberer Trophy was presented to the winning team by the don- or, Fred Haberer. 0 Hensall General Win Over Zurich (by Doug Turkhcin) Last Thursday night the Ile n- sall Generals caste up with a 3- 2 victory over the Zurich Kings to stay in the semi-final series for the Rec League champion- ship. Zurich went into the game with two wins and a tie. Gerald Shantz shot Zurich in- to a 1-0 lead at the 13 minute niark of the first period, and two minutes later Charlie Sch- walm of Hensall tied the game at 1-1. Neither team was able to come up with a scoring play in the second period and the score still remained at 1-1 at the end of two periods. In the last period Hensall scored twice off the sticks of Charlie Schwann and Ken Park- er, before Zurich was able to score their second goal to liven things up again. But the goal didn't come until the 19:59 mark, with Bill Wagner scoring it. SEE THIS KROEHLER "CONCERTO" SUITE on Display in Our Show Window KROEHLER Oa. Cr,kte In Beautiful Country Oak Finish! */eSllahe lkhisdahe Main. Street — Zurich