The Citizen, 1988-03-23, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAUCH 23, 1988.
Blyth Atoms eliminate Mitchell, lead Clinton series
BY RUSTY BLADES
The Blyth Atoms eliminated
Mitchell from further play off
competition last Tuesday, March
15 as they travelled to Mitchell and
won another heart stopper 2 -1.
The goaltending was exception
al as they proved that hot
goaltending is essential for playoff
success. Michael Bromley opened
the scoring in the first period for
Blyth on an unassisted rush. His
wicked shot was juggled by the
Mitchell goalie as the puck bounc
ed out of his glove and into the net.
Mitchell tied the score early in
the second period but it was the
only puck that would cross Blyth’s
goal line.
It was Michael Bromley who
again came through in the crunch
as he notched the winner later in
the period. Ryan Chamney fed
Michael the puck and he raced the
Atom 'B' lose in Wallace tournament
On Saturday, March 19the Blyth
Atom B team travelled to the
Wallace arena to play in a
tournament.
The first game saw Blyth against
a very strong team from Listowel.
The first period was scoreless as
Josh Yanchus and the Blyth
defence played well. Early in the
second period Listowel opened the
scoring with three quick goals.
Late in the period Blyth closed the
gap with some fine team passing as
Blyth “A” Novice team captured the championship at the Blyth Little Lions Tournament March 12.
Members of the team are: [front row, left to right] Darryl Shannon, Chad Haggitt, Chris Bromley, Jason
Rutledge, Brad Anderson; [back] coach Wayne McDougall, Wes Wilson, Mike Salverda, Rob Johnston,
Chris Stewart, Fred Datema and coach Terry Rutledge.
length of the ice to steal the show.
The two teams battled end to end
the rest of the way but clutch
goaltending and some lucky breaks
gave Blyth an exciting 2-1 win.
This win sent the Bly th Atoms
into the group championship series
against Clinton. The first game of
this best three out of five series was
played in Clinton last Thursday,
March 17.
Blyth brought the luck of the
Irish with them on this St. Patrick’s
Day match up. With names like
McNichol, Craig, Leeand O’Brom
ley there was no doubt that there
were a lot of Irish players on the
team.
Although they didn't have a
Blarney Stone to kiss before the
game, they certainly had lots of
blarney to listen to before the game
as the coaching staff tried to wind
the team up.
After taking a 5-1 lead, Blyth let
Tim Lyons and Wilfred Datema set
Shawn Hakkers in to score a goal.
Tim Lyons then assisted on a goal
by Marc Bricker.
Early in the third period Listowel
scored once more but Benjie
Hakkers assisted by Tim Lyons and
David Boonstoppel allowed Blyth
to come within a one goal reach of
Listowel. A late rally by Blyth
didn’t produce any goals but
Listowel scored two goals. The
final score was Listowel 6, Blyth 3.
Clinton tie the game at 5-5 early
into the third period before Blyth
mounted a goal scoring explosion
of their own as they shocked
Clinton with a 10-6 win.
Every Blyth skater recorded at
least one point with Blyth sniper
Michael Bromley leading the way
with a hat-trick and five assists.
Ryan Chamney and Henry Bos
each recorded one goal and two
assists. Jerrod Button counted two
goals while James McNichol added
twoassists. Defencemen Jamie
Bromley and Peter Craig both
camethroughwith one goal and
one assist. Brian McNichol count
ed the other Blyth goal and
Jonathan Collins recorded an
assist.
This game was a confidence
builder for the rest of the series,
which continues in Blyth tonight,
Wednesday, March 23 and then in
The Blyth boys took the loss in
stride and came out flying for their
second game against St. Marys.
Marc Bricker opened the scoring
on a fine solo effort. Shortly after,
Tim Lyons scored assisted by
Marc.
St. Marys scored late in the first
period and tied the game at two,
midway in the second period. In the
third period goalie Josh Yanchus
proved to be in his best form as he
shut out the opposing team. The
Clinton on Thursday, March24.
Come out and lend your support to
these ice gladiators.
The Blyth Atoms participated in
the Brussels Optimist Atom tourn
amentlast Saturday, March 19.
They played the first game bright
and early Saturday morning
against Brussels. The team was
still sleepingas the game began
and they couldn’t seem to get all
the gear's working together as they
spun theirwheels until the final
buzzer sounded. Brussels scored
four goals to defeat Blyth 4-0 and
send Blyth into the Consolation
round where they played Huron
Park in their second game on
Saturday afternoon.
This dismal day of hockey for the
Atoms continued as they lost in a
controversial shootout3-2. The
first period was scoreless and Blyth
went up by a 2-0 count in the second
restofthe Blyth teamtook heart
from his fine performance and dug
deep to put Blyth ahead. Wilfred
Datema scored assisted by Joe
Fraser. Marc Bricker collected his
third point of the game on another
solo effort and Scott Arthur scored,
assisted by Aaron Sauve. Final
score Blyth 5, St. Marys 2.
On Sunday morning Blyth faced-
off againstastrong, rough team
from Fergus. Benjie Hakkers
opened the scoring for Blyth,
assisted by his brother Shawn.
With just four seconds left in the
period Fergus tied the game.
Early in the second period
Fergus went ahead by one goal but
Blyth came back quickly to tie the
game once more. Tim Lyons scored
the goal on a break-away. Fergus
wentaheadbutonce more a fine
passingplay resulted in aBlyth
goal as Shawn Hakkers scored
while Tim Lyons received an assist.
In the third period the Blyth boys
seemed to run out of steam and late
in the period Fergus managed to
put two past the Blyth goalie. The
final score was Fergus 5, Blyth 3.
This was by far the best team effort
for the Blyth boys and it is too bad
they had to lose. Next weekend the
boys will end their season with a
wrap-up tournament for the
Huron-Perth Tier II Hockey
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frame. Blyth scored a power play
goal to open the scoring as Michael
Bromley won a face-off in the
Huron Park zone. He passed to
Ryan Chamney who relayed the
disk back to defenceman Peter
Craig. Peter’s shot deflected off a
Huron Park defender and past the
prone goaltender. Sixteen seconds
later Michael Bromley made the
score2-0ashefoundsome room
between the goalie and the goal
post.
Penalty trouble contributed to
Blyth’s demise in the third period
as Huron Park scored twopower
play goals to tie the game and send
it into overtime. The two teams
played a five-minute sudden death
overtime period that failed to
produce the game winner. The
next tie breaker consisted of a
sudden death shootout, with the
game resting on the shoulders of
the goaltenders and the shooters.
Huron Park scored with their
first shooter while Blyth’s couldn’t
find the net and Huron Park
eliminated Blyth from further
tournament competition with this
one shot. This no doubt was a tough
loss for the Atom ’ s to accept but, in
reality, the team didn’t play
anywhere near their potential in
their two tournament games as
they lost to two teams who they
have beaten all season long.
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