The Citizen, 1986-12-30, Page 12fAbt 12. THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1986.
In January Blyth Oldtimers hosted CKNX Trybards in a hockey game [?] at the Blyth and District
Community Centre. More than 800 fans packed into the arena but somebody forgot to keep score.
Intermediate hockey
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Kincardine, Brussels, Monkton,
Milverton, Drayton, etc. all within
easy driving for the team support
ers. Nolongmidnighttrips with
late hours. Do the fans appreciate
this? Try getting a seat for a
Lucknow-Ripley or an Arthur-
Drayton game. Two years ago
Lions Head and Woodford played a
deciding playoff game in front of
2,300 fans in the Bayshore Arena,
Owen Sound. The Jr. A. Owen
Sound Greys averaged 1,200 fans a
game. Last year the same two
teams drew crowds of 1,800 and
2,000 in a semi-final series.
So make Sunday night in
Brussels, Intermediate hockey
night. The game is for you fans.
You won’t be disappointed and
maybe, just maybe, you will meet
an old rival from by-gone years.
HUGH NICHOL
BRUSSELS.
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Novices lose heartbreaker
BY RUSTY BLADES
On Saturday, December 20, the
Blyth Novice were in Brussels for a
match up against the Elma-Logan
novice. Elma-Logan Novices are
playingtheirgames in Brussels
this season as the Monkton arena
has been condemned due to
structural problems.
This was a game of individual
performances and very little team
play, although Blyth once again
shut down the opposition and
skated home with a 5 - 0 victory.
The two teams felt each other out
in the first period before Blyth
exploded for four unanswered
goals in the second frame.
Nifty, playmaker Brian McNich-
ol set up the fitettwo goals as he fed
defenceman Peter Craig who
scored on a shot from the point and
he also put a shot on the net that
was deflected past the goaltender
by Chris Howson. Henry Bos then
took over and scored an unassisted
goal on a fine individual rush. The
scoring in the second period was
closed out by Ryan Chamney on a
shot from the slot as he was fed
perfectly by winger Henry Bos.
Blyth closed out the game with a
goal in the third period on some
fine puck control and passing skills
displayed by the team on one of
only a few occasions in this game.
Cowan, Wilson spark
Blyth tyke wins
Ryan Chamney won the face off
in the Elma-Logan zone and drew
the puck to Peter Craig on defence
who then relayed the disc to Henry
Bos, who was playing the other
defence position on this play.
Henry fired a cannonaiding drive
towards the net that was chipped
by Jason Rutledge to Ryan Cham
ney in front of the goal. They found
the open net with his shot to make
the final score 5 - 0 in Blyth’s
favour. Thiswas an exceptional
display of unselfish teamwork that
everyone knew would have to be
prevalent the following day in
Parkhill as the team headed for a
Silver Stick showdown with Bel
mont and Ilderton. Once again the
dynamic duo of Chris Lee and Mike
de Jong came through with another
shut-out as they also displayed the
excellent goaltending that would
be needed in Parkhill.
Their first game of the tourna
ment was on Sunday, December 21
as they faced off against an
entertaining squad from Belmont.
After a scoreless first period,
Belmont opened up a commanding
2 - 0 lead to start the second
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BY KATHY BROMLEY
On Dec. 20, the Blyth tykes
travelled to Teeswater for a
tournament amongst other Tykes
in the surrounding districts. Each
team played two games and at the
end of the day, everyone received a
Tonka Toy of his choice in memory
of the tournament.
The first team that Blyth faced
was Walkerton. This game was
nothing short of breath-taking for
the Blyth spectators with the
unending number of shots taken on
Walkerton’s net, only to dribble
past or hit the goal post.
Only seven seconds into the
game, the team’s MVP for the
game, (and later proved to be for
theday also), Jeff Cowan, raced
away with the puck and made a
quick attempt to score. Unfortun
ately, it slid past the corner of the
net.
Numerous shots were taken,
with the boys demonstrating their
over-excitement, with their shots
being so close, yet not close enough
to count. This excitement must
havebeensometypeof bug that
was spreading, for the parents
were experiencing it also.
Walkerton then opened the
books, scoring the first two goals of
the game, but net minder, Corey
Shannon saw to it that they were
the only two goals.
Jeff Cowan’s determination con
tinued on and finally paid off with
him obtaining a hat-trick — three
goals, and then some!
Jeff opened the books for
Blyth, scoring the first two goals,
followed by Greg Blok scoring the
third, and back to Jeff again to
score twice more to finish off the
game, with Blyth defeating Walk
erton by a score of 5 - 2.
In the afternoon, after lunch was
served to build the boys’ energy
level back up again, they watched
the game between Ripley and
Walkerton. Now if a game was ever
one-sided, it was this match!
Thank goodness Ripley wasn’t the
opponent during the tournament.
These young lads had the ability
and caliber of a much higher
ranking division, with their stick
and puck handling, not to speak of
their skating! They came out to
bomb W alkerton with a score of 38 -
0. How’s that considering that they
played for 51 straight minutes -
the clock was never stopped -- and
the players had to change alter
nately every three minutes. I’m
sure they had to average a goal
every minute! Now this was a
hockey score that was sure to make
a person wonder at first glance if
the sport of hockey had gotten
mixed up with that of football.
When the second game arrived,
Blyth faced Tiverton. Coach Barry
Bromley, used a different ap
proach this game. Instead of
having the usual and dependable
goalie, Corey Shannon in net, the
team played in the net alternately.
This gave Corey a chance to display
all of his excellent talents on the ice
also.
Within the first three minutes,
Jeff Cowan, did his thing by
obtaining a hat trick. His first goal
was scored only six seconds into
the game. Then, only a minute and
a half later, he repeated it and
placed the puck in Tiverton’s net
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