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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2016-03-02, Page 13Valerie Gillies Photos Clinton News Record Luke Vick of the Clinton Radars was presented an award recognizing him surpassing a franchise record of 400 points and 224 games played. The presentation was made by Steve Campbell on February 5 before the first playoff game of the 2015-16 season. Vick shares his hockey story Valerie Gillies Clinton News Record Luke Vick was recently awarded a plaque from the 2015-16 Clinton Radars Team and Executive for achieving 400 points and for playing 224 games dur- ing regular season over his hockey career with the team. Radars player #20 was asked to share his hockey story with his fans. He described his journey up to this point in an e-mail to Joe Liv- ermore, writer of Joey's Corner which chronicles the Clinton Radars games. The e-mail was shared with the Clinton News Record. Vick began with, "Growing up in the small town of Seaforth, Ontario, hockey was life. I can remember going down to the arena and spending countless hours on the ice trying to perfect my game." Seaforth was his home team through- out his minor hockey days. He related, "I had some good success, but always falling short of winning a champion- ship." Not attaining this elusive goal was not going to deter this budding athlete from continuing on in his hockey journey. While in bantam hockey, Vick had the opportunity to "affiliate with the Seaforth Centenaires Junior D hockey team which really gave me a lot of experience." Junior C hockey was played with the Wallace - burg Lakers where Vick led the team in scoring. His stay with the Lakers was brief. Vick explains, "I left Wallaceburg three quar- ters of the way through the season as I signed with the St. Mary's Lincolns Junior B hockey team." Vick had four successful seasons, both on and off the ice, with the Lincolns. "I had a lot of fun being part of that organization and really wished I could have won a championship there:' Following Junior B, Vick decided to play Senior A hockey with the Clinton Radars. He commented that, "what started off as a 'goon' league has really developed into a highly skilled league Luke Vick, #20 of the Clinton Radars, rounds the Seaforth Centenaires net during playoff action in Clinton on February 5. with lots of talent!' Vick is a perfect example of the high level of skill and talent present in the Sen- ior A hockey league. In his ten years with the Radars he not only surpassed the scoring record that resulted in the recent presentation, but has set other new records in the franchise. Vick is still chasing his elusive goal of a championship. He reveals, "I truly hope that this is the year that I can finally win a championship and be able to share it with everyone who is part of the Clinton Radars on and off the ice:' As with most dedicated hockey players, Vick follows the teams and players in the national leagues. His favourite player is Patrick Kane, currently with the Chicago Blackhawks, which is Vick's favourite team. No player achieves the level of success that Vick has experienced without the influence and experience of being part of the various teams throughout his career. Vick recognizes this stating, "I am very grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of this organization as it is first class:' The Clinton Radars "have treated me with nothing but respect." Vick adds, "I would also like to thank all the fans who have supported the Radars through the thick and thin:' Wednesday, March 2, 2016 • News Record 13 Radars even up season at 1-1 On Friday night, Febru- ary26, the Petrolia Squires defeated the Clinton Radars 6-5 in the first game of the best of seven series for the South - em Division championship. Before the game in front of a packed house, Clinton's Kurtis Bartliff was presented with the League's scoring championship by WOAA Senior A Hockey chair- manAllanDickson. Kurtis's scor- ing statistics for the season had him scoring 31 goals and adding 35 assists for 66 points. Dickson also made mention that the next 4 scorers behind Bartliff were from the Radars. They included Luke Vick with 62 points, Tyler Doigwith 59 points, Ryan Mur- phy with 56 points and Sean Con- sitt with 44 points. After the puck dropped the Radars cashed in early at 2:02 while on the powerplay. Mike Jar - mut 's booming slapshot from the point found the cage after Tyler Doig and Kurtis Bartliff worked the puck around in the perimeter. The lead didn't last long as Petrolia's Tom Moxley evened the score at 1 apiece while on the powerplay. About 4 min- utes later at 7:14 Radar's Sean Consitt scored on a backdoor pass from Tyler Doig while on the powerplay. At 12:52 Consitt gave the Radars a two goal lead as he scored on a goal -mouth pass from Bartliff Just 3 minutes later at 15:11 and again on the power- play Kurtis Bartliff gave Clinton a 4-1 lead with Luke Vick setting up the goal. Before the period had ended, Petrola scored a power- play of their own to narrow the Joey's Corner Joe Livermore score at 4-2 at the first intermission. In the second stanza Petrolia scored the only 2 goals to even the score at 4-4. Norm Leger and ZackMacNaught did the scoring damage. In the third period, goals by Chris Wilson and Jeff Paulley gave Petrolia a 6-41ead. With Clinton goalie Marc Nother on the bench for an extra attacker, Radar's Sean Consitt scored at the 19:42 mark to make the final score 6-5. With the goal, it completed the hat trickfor Consittwho played a very strong game and, even though it was a losing cause, Sean was still named the first star of the game for Clinton. Tyler Doigwith 4 assists and Kurtis Bartliff with 1 goal and 2 assists also played strong games. Bartliff's 4 goals lead the way At Petrolia on Saturday night, February 27, the Clinton Radars evened up the best of seven series at one game each by defeating the Squires 5-1 in a penalty -filled contest Clinton was handed out 11 minor penalties and one 10 -minute misconduct while the Squires had 15 minor penalties and three 10 -minute miscon- ducts and 1 game misconduct Back to the scoring highlights. After playing a lackluster game on their previous encounter, the Radars rebounded to show why they captured first place in the southem division this yeas Scor- ing sensation Kurtis Bartliff pro- vided most of the offensive power as he notched 4 goals to go along with 1 assist. High -flying centre Luke Vick added 3 helpers and Stefan Salituro added a goal and 2 assists. Tyler Doig, DerykWhite- head and Mike Jarmuth contrib- uted 1 assist each. The Radars' Kurtis Bartliff opened up the scoring in the first period at 16:53 as he converted a 2 -on -1 rush withLukeVickto give the Radars a 1-O lead. In the second period while on the powerplay at 10:37 Bartliff scored his second goal on a one - timer with Salituro and White- head helping on the playJust 5 minutes later at 15:18 Bartliff completed his scoring spree while on a powerplay again. Bar- tliff's one -timer on a beautiful setup from Luke Vick gave Clin- ton a 3-0 cushion. Before the sec- ond frame ended, Petrolia scored their loan goal at 16:30. The Radars scored the only2 markers in the third period as Kur- tis Bartliffscoredhis fourth goal of the game from the slot area at 0:42 with thehelpergoingto Salituro andVick Stefan Salituro closed out the scoring at 6:54 of the third on a beautiful setup from Mike Jamiuth and Tyler Doig. The Radars outshot the Squires 52 to 27. The series is now evened up with game 3 back in Clinton on Fridaynight, March at8:30p.m. • OFFICE HOURS The Office Hours for The Clinton News Record are as follows Mondays - 9am - 5pm Tuesdays - CLOSED Wednesdays - 9am - 5pm Thursdays - 9am - 5pm Fridays - 9am - 5pm ws R 53 Albert St., Clinton, ON PH: 519-482-3443 • www.clintonnewsrecord.com