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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-02-24, Page 88 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 24,1988 FIGHTING FOR A SPOT - The Seaforth Centenaires are fighting for a spot in the playoffs, and Kevin Malady was fighting for a spot in front of Mitchell goaltender Steve Stapleton Friday night in Mitchell while Dean Hyatt tried to move him, Mitchell took the first game of the series 5-2, then beat the Cents' in the second game in Seaforth 9-8 on Sunday. The third game will be played in Mitchell this Friday. Bader photo. Centenaires need wins The Seaforth Centenaires lost the first two games of a best of five playoff series against Mitchell on the weekend, and are now in a position where they have to win three straight to get into the playoffs. FRIDAY, 5-2 The first game of the series was played on Friday night in Mitchell. Seaforth opened the scoring in the first period as Kevin Williamson let go a blast from the point which was deflected into the net by Neil Cor- bett. Rob McEwen assisted on the play. The Hawks, however, were not to be out- done in front of their hometown fans, and they put in a tying goal on a power play. Then with less than a minute to go in the period Mitchell winger Tim Campbell broke down the left side and snapped the go-ahead goal over Trevor Fortune's shoulder. The second period was hard fought by both clubs as they battled for the next goal, but goaltending was the story of the period as Trevor Fortune kicked out 15 pucks, and Hawks goaltender Steve Stapleton saved 12 to keep the period scoreless. Early in the third period Mitchell extend- ed their lead to two goals, and at 16:09 they got an another insurance goal. The Centenaires struggled to get back into the game, and at 17:33 Terry Pugh centred a pass which Neil Corbett slid past Stapleton. With two goals to catch up the Centenaires pulled goaltender Trevor Fortune for an ex- tra attacker. But they failed to penetrate the Mitchell defence and at 19:31 the Hawks got an empty net goal to end the game in their favor. SUNDAY 8-9 On Sunday, playing on home ice, the Centenaires got off to a sloppy start. Mike Betties was the only Centenaire to score a goal in the period. assisted by Brad Beuttenmiller. Mitchell, on the other hand, got all kinds of breaks, and they took every inch the Cents' gave them to score four goals. Faced with a three goal deficit going into the second period the local club tried to pick away at the Mitchell lead. Ten -v Gray was set up by Kevin Williamson for one power play goal, and then Kevin Melady scored short handed assisted by McEwen and Pugh. But Mitchell started cashing in on their scoring opportunities too, and in the later half of the period they matched Seaforth's goals with two of their own. Betties, who was to have a five point game, got the Centenaires on the scoreboard in the third period, assisted by Williamson and Mike Schoonderwoerd. Terry Gray, a midget player who did an ex- cellent job filling out the Cents' defensive lineup, got his second goal of the game on a power play. There was a scramble in front of the Mitchell net and Betties got the puck back to Gray who drove it through the crowd and into the top corner. Mitchell scored again to try and stave off the Cents' comeback, but Brad Carter team- ed up with Beuttenmiller and Betties to br- ing them within one goal of the Hawks. With a little over a minute left in the game the Cents' pulled their goaltender, and Betties went on the ice as the extra attacker. At 0:44 Betties knocked in the tying goal assisted by Gray. The 10 minute overtime period was a heart -stopper, but the Centenaires were plagued by bad penalties and Mitchell scored two power -play goals. Williamson kept any hopes of winning the game alive for the Cents' as he beat Stapleton with a slap - shot from the blueline in typical fashion -Carter assisted. But with less than three minutes left in the overtime the Centenaires failed to come back a second time. The game ended 9-8 in Mitchell's favor. Seaforth has yet to beat Mitchell's team, although they did tie them in regular season. If the Cents hope to make it to the playoffs they are going to have to prove they can beat the Hawks -three times. The next game of the series, will be in Mit- chell on Friday night, and if a fourth game is needed it will be played in Seaforth on Sunday. Tweens win round On February 16, the Seaforth Tweens played their second game of a best two out of three playoff series in Exeter. Seaforth won by a score of 10-1 to win the first round of playoffs. In the first period Seaforth tallied five unanswered goals. Strong defence playing in this period kept Exeter off the scoreboard. Andrea Gingerich's shut -old was spoiled at the 10:11 mark of the second period when Exeter scored its only goal. Seaforth picked up five more goals in the second period. Tracy Fortune led the way for Seaforth' with six goals and one assist. Jill Betties scored two goals. Kim Rati and Cheryl Mc- Elwain picked up singles.• Getting assists were Janice Rodney with two, Jodie Hugill with two, Kris Gemmell with two; and Kerry McMillan, Melody Turner, Kim Rau and Cheryl McElwain with one each. As the Tweens now have a watltover until the second round of playoffs, they will be playing an exhibition game against Strat- of playoffs ford in Seaforth on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. RINGi t i a. WEEK To commemorate National Ringette Week, the Tweens played an exhibition game with the Pee Wee hockey team on February 14 at the arena. The girls were fired up for this game qs they were about to show the boys exactly who could play ringette. The boys got car- ried away with the body contact which of course cost them and the girls came out the winners by a score of 2-1. In the first period Cheryl McLlwain started the scoring off for the Tweens, followed by a goal for the Pee Wees scored one minute later by Steve Papple to tie the score at 1-1. In the second period the Tweens took ad- vantage 'of the Pee Wees' penalties and Tracy Fortune scored a power -play goal to win the game 2-1. The boys found out jabbing the ring isn't as easy as it looks. Thanks guys for the game. Seahawks tied with Kincardine in series The Seaforth Seahawks have finished their regular season and have .one win and one loss in their first playoff round against Kincardine. KINCARDINE 10-SEAFORTH 9 The first two games of the best of seven series were held in Kincardine, and in the first game held on Friday the Kings won 10-9. Seaforth's Doug Anstett opened the scor- ing in the game assisted by Rob Core, but penalties put the Seahawks at a constant disadvantage and the Kings scored three times to get an early two goal lead. Sean Vandongen cut that lead to one. on a short- handed goal before the period was out. Paul McClure assisted. The second period saw the 'Hawks take over the lead. The Kings scored with their first shift at 19:36, but from then until the last shift the scoring was exclusively Seaforth's. Four go: i:, including one power play goal, went past Kings' goalie Bryan Cutting. Jim Campbell got the first, assisted by Rob Core and Dave Murray; Bill Dale scored next with help from Don Heard and Doug Anstett; Murray got the go-ahead goal on a power -play with Gerrard Ryan and Novice win first game of : hockey playoff The hockey season is nearing its end. The Seaforth Novice team won the first game in the first round of playoffs against Mitchell Saturday. The score was 2-0 on home ice. The entire lame was filled with some great back and forth hockey. There was lots of passing and both goalies made a great number of saves to keep their teams in the game. It wasn't until there were only 24 seconds left in the second period that Pat Coyne scored for Seaforth, assisted by Chris Marion and Shaun Anstett. The third period still saw both teams pass- ing that puck. But it was Seaforth again who managed to count on the scoreboard with a goal by Chris Marion, assisted by Shaun Anstett and Brandon Nash. Jr. Belles find game tiring,fun Turning thoughts to the Celebration of Na- tional Ringette week. The Seaforth Junior Belles turned out February 14, to show their fathers and friends how it's done. The Jr. Belles were ready for the challenge, feeling quite confident. However to their surprise the fathers were just as keen. The fathers executed ,some superior ringette skills but also received 22 minutes in penalties. It just goes to show that ringette is not as easy as it looks from the sideline. Rick Wook scored the first goal for the fathers, unassisted. It was a competitive game for the girls as the fathers put on a good show. The netminder for the Jr. Belles was kept on het Waits its Paul Ran received a pass from Bill Carnochan to score the se- cond goal of the game. The girls were determined to score a goal as Tammy Nash skated in for the attack, but was surprised to find the net was on backwards. That did not stop her as she flip- ped one into the net to put the girls on the scoreboard. The fathers were quick in responding just one minute later as Dale Ratcliffe scored off a pass from Rick Wood. The girls were not about to give up as Melissa Whitmore started the second period off with a goal, and just five seconds later Tammy Nash blasted another one by goalie Jim Sills to tie the game at three. The pressure was on but the fathers pulled through as Jim Etue sneaked one by to put the fathers in the lead. Paul Rau followed with his second goal of the game. The girls were only able to score one more as Melissa Whitmore scored a pass from centerman Lisa Henderson. The final score was 5-4, in the father's favor. The girls would like to thank the fathers for devoting their time to help promote the sport of ringette. Also for setting an exam- ple that ringette can be played by people of all ages. Seaforth Atom The Seaforth Atom Is won the W.O.A.A. Championship finals with two victories over Durham on the weekend. On Friday the Atoms came up with a 7-0 victory over Durham. Goals for Seaforth went to Mike Weber 2, Mike Watt I, Mike Devereaux 1, Mike Maylon 1, Boyd Devereaux 1 and Joe Murray 1. Assists went to Mike Devereaux 2, Boyd Devereaux 2, Mike Watt 2 and singles to Mike Weber, Mike Hugell, Steve Mclnally, Jason Henderson, Joe Murray and Dean Finnigan. Campbell; and Ryan got a goal of his own„ assisted by Rob Core to widen the gap. Kin- cardine kept the. game close as they made good on a penalty shot with only 15 seconds left in the period.. Kincardine carpe into the third period to, play hockey, and before even two minutes hhaadd passed Campbell had regained the lead 7-6. p evened things up on a Seaforth power -play assisted by Dave Mur- ray and Don Williamson, but only 23 seconds later the determined Kings, took the lead again. Dave Murray teamed up with Tom Turner and Don Heard to tie the game at eight, but the Kings took a two goal lead that was too much for the 'Hawks to catch so late in the game. With 39 Seconds left Williamson, assisted by Anstett, brought his team to within one goal of Kincardine again but the remaining time was not enough for the Seahawks to get the goal needed to force an overtime period. KINCARDINE 5 - SEAFORTH 9 The second game of the Kincardine series went the Seahawks' way from the start. Heard started things off with his goal assisted by Anstett and Campbell, and was followed shortly by Dale, assisted by Van- uuu en and Gerry McLaughlin. Scoring went back and forth later in the period; but Anstett with Heard, and Murray with Jim Campbell and Core made sure Seaforth stayed ahead to come away from the first period with a 4-3 lead. Seaforth turned it on. again in the second period, and held the Kings scoreless while Jim Campbell scored once and Core scored twice. Murray assisted on all three goals while Vandongen and Jim Campbell also picked up assists. The Kings tried to get back in the game, and almost succeeded in the third period as they knocked in two early goals. But Jim Campbell slammed the door in their faces as he was set up for his second goal by Anstett and Core. Anstett put in the ninth goal assisted by Jim Campbell. The third game of the series was played Monday night in Seaforth and the fourth will be here on Friday at 8:30 p.m. In their regular season the Seahawks finished fourth out of the eight teams in their division with eight wins, eight losses and a tie. Three games were missed due to' weather and cancellations. Jim Campbell finished somewhere among the top four players in league scoring, although it is not known where yet. SCRAMBLE AROUND THE NET - Seaforth Pee Wee goaltender John Moylan smothers the puck during final period action against Tavistock Saturday afternoon in the 32nd Mitchell Pee Wee Tournament. Bader photo. Seaforth PeeWees in playoffs The Seaforth Pee Wees started their playoffs against Clinton this week. The first game was in Seaforth where the boys played a hard game but lost 9-1. At the end of the first period there was no score but in the second period Clinton came on strong and scored three fast goals. Seaforth got one by Steve Papple, assisted by Brian Melady and Kalen Carroll. Clinton scored another four in the third period and then two more before the clock ran out. Seaforth went back to Clinton with great determination and had a great game. Clin- ton got all three goals in the first period but Seaforth never quit and picked up one in the second and one in the third - before again running out of time. Jason Beuttenmiller and Brian Melady scored with assists' to Steve Papple, Paul Dolmage and Derek Gridzak. On February 15 Seaforth travelled to Zurich for an exhibition game. The boys had their morals boosted. They won 8-2 with a hat trick going to Kalen Carroll, Brian Little with two, one to Ken Hildebrand, Brian Melady, Steve Papple and assists to Matt McNichol, Paul Dolmage,. Steve Papple, Derek Gridzak and Brian Melady. Saturday the lads were in a tournament in Mitchell. The first game was against Tavistock and was there some good hockey. Tavistock got two quick goals but once more Seaforth guys didn't quit. By the end of the second the score was 4-3 in Tavistock's favor. In the third period at 13:23 Seaforth tied it up and at 14:16 got the go ahead goal. Goal scorers were Steve Papple with two and Jason Beuttenmiller got a well deserved hat trick. Assists went to Steve, Jason and Kalen. They met Mitchell on Sunday and were shut out, Better luck next year. Petites defeated by Mitchell The Petite ringette team met Mitchell for the first of their playoffs Saturday, February 20. It looked good in the first few minutes of the game but Mitchell over - Is win WOAA In the Championship game Seaforth defeated Durham 8.2. Goals for Seaforth went to Mike Weber with the Hat Trick and singles to Mike Watt, Mike Devereaux and Joe Murray. Assists went to Mike Devereaux 3, Boyd Devereaux 4, Mike Watt 2, Justin Rodney 1, Wayne Schoondertwoerd 1 and Joe Murray 1. Seaforth Atom Is advance to the quater- finals of the O.M.H.A. playoffs and await the outcome of Six Nations and Port Dover series. powered the girls and ran away with a 9-2 victory. Scoring for Seaforth were Carrie McLI- wain assisted by Kelly Rau and Kelly Rau assisted by Carrie McElwain and Lisa Gingerich. In Sunday's game the girls had their backs to the wall with a must win situation. Again they came out strong in the first period and scored early to take the lead. The play went back and forth then Mitchell tied it up with five minutes left in the first half. Now it was Mitchell's turn to score first but Seaforth only took seconds to come back to tie it up. Seaforth worked hard but Mit- chell scored two more goals near the end and won the game 4-2. Scoring for Seaforth were Carrie McLI- wain assisted by Kelly Rau and Jill Wood unassisted. That ends the girls' ringette season for this year except for the regionals in Kitchener on the weekend of March 25. RELAX FOREVER lc' Royalzone Ozone Machine with the purchase of a ROYAL SPA limited time offer GREAT INDOORS or OUTDOORS Looking for Opportunities to Grow? 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