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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-10-19, Page 1818 News Record • Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Flyers' heart in the right place despite consecutive losses Richard Madge Operating a junior hockey team is not an easy task. The success of the team depends on a lot of things, such as money (lots of it), the quality of the surrounding minor hockey systems, fan support and a lot of volunteers. The Goderich Orr Insur- ance Flyers of the Provincial Junior Hockey League, the lat- est version of junior hockey in the town, are a strongly com- munity -minded organization. The people behind it work hard to give local and area young men a chance to belong to a team playing a game important to Canadi- ans. The team is like a family. Close, often life-long, ties are formed. The management ATTENTION ADVERTISERS! DEADLINES Our Weekly Deadlines are as follows: ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL Friday @ 2:00 pm Clinton e Nws Record www.clintonnewsrecord.com 53 Albert St. S, Clinton PH: 519-482-3443 POSTMEDIA OFFICE HOURS: Mon. - Fri. 9am - 5pm CLOSED TUESDAYS ESTATE LTE L 133 Main St., 1 Seaforth 519.600.1577 Direct 519.272.5413 THE SIGN THAT SAYS SOLD KIP'' HELP PHONE FREE EMERGERCY CALL 1400611410 B RUNAWAY,. SICK, IN D,NGER, IFI TROUBLE MAUREEN WILDFONG Sales Rep. 519-525-9954 Fige�.rtl L'al lq� 1 Q� ��:u` Tease Visit liw+rww.salli!'LgseafortII. orn T view All Our Li. t1n s COUNTRY LOT WELL MAINTAINED THE SIGN THAT SAYS SOLD AEI COUNTRY LIVING cares about the players and the players care about the team. The values the players acquire from the experience can be life -influencing. Here's an example. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Flyers were one of the first area teams to become part of the recogni- tion of this. The players are sporting pink skate laces. The young men involved know there is more to life than win- ning hockey games. If you are a Goderich Flyer, that is prob- ably a good thing because the franchise doesn't have a his- tory of winning much, but it is a well-run organization with the right objectives behind it. It's important to remem- ber that when you read that the team lost two more games last weekend. The players know winning is important. Games are played to determine a win- ner, but the players also know competing and giving their all is even more impor- tant. So, yes, the Flyers lost, 9-2, to Walkerton Last Friday, Oct. 7, in Walkerton, and 5-3 to the Kincardine Bulldogs Saturday, Oct. 8, at the MRC, but they will be back playing in Hanover this Friday, and here Saturday at 7:30 p.m. versus the Wingham Iron - men doing their best to get better. The Flyers found them- selves short-staffed in Walk- erton. Due to Thanksgiving commitments, school com- mencement, farming and a suspension, the Flyers were only able to ice eight for- wards and five defencemen. Head coach David Errington employed a 1-2-2 trap in the first period which limited the high -flying Hawks to a 1-1 tie, but the Flyers wore down 77774 LONDON RD., CLINTON MLS # 238539 $229,900 IMPRESSIVE HOME 166 TRAFALGAR ST., MITCHELL MLS # 805476 $169,900 IMMEDIATE POSSESSION 82 CHALK STREET, SEAFORTH MLS # 505271 $329,000 COUNTRY SIZED KITCHEN 76558 MORRISON LINE MLS # 182900 $259,900 38 BUILDING LOTS in the second. Down 3-1 with two minutes left in the period, they gave up a cou- ple of late goals and trailed 5-1 after two periods. The Hawks went on to outscore the Flyers 4-1 in the third to win 9-2. Jordan Caskenette and Josh Urbshott had two goals each for Walkerton, while Spencer Elder, Connor Patton, Chris VonDenBau- man, Reid Simmons and Graydon McArthur each scored once. Noah Kuno and Jack Fran- cis were the Flyer marks- men. Francis, Logan Kelling- ton, Mitch Newson and Trent Buchanan had assists. Saturday, the Bulldogs scored two first -period unanswered goals, but from there on the Flyers matched their scoring, with each team getting one goal in the sec- ond period and two in the third. The score was tied 3-3 with 10 minutes left in the game Flyers assistant coach Doug Cruickshank gave credit to his team for their three -period effort and felt that several players on the still -shortened Flyers' bench battled excep- tionally hard to keep the team in the game. "The hard work will eventu- ally pay off for us," said Cruickshank. Robert White led the Bull- dogs with two goals. Will Rick erby, Mike Osadca and Keegan Angel had singles. For the Flyers, Jack Francis, Riley Connors and Ryan Stulp scored, with assists going to Mitch Newson, Wyatt Carey, Tyler Stacey and Stulp. The loss for the Flyers was their eighth of the season to go along with one win and a tie in 10 games. F1ADEYOU� LOOK 16 FAIRWAY ROAD, EGMONDVILLE 23 ANN STREET, SEAFORTH 39520 BLYTH ROAD PT LT 25 BRIARHILL ROAD, SEAFORTH MLS # 918296 $419,900 MLS # 453723 $159,900 MLS # 191071 $219,900 MLS # 103737 $399,900 www.sellingseaforth.com ADVERTISING WORKS! r CALL LIS TO PLACE YOUR AD HERE