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The Citizen, 1989-02-01, Page 14THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989. PAGE 15. Bulls move into second despite ambush by Braves The Brussels Jr. D Bulls moved into second place in the standings over the weekend with a record of 17 wins, 14 losses and two ties. Saturday night the Bulls used six powerplay goals to easily handle the visiting Mitchell Hawks 9-3. The Bulls’ Paul Coultes opened the scoring five minutes into the game on passes from Fritz and Blyth Atoms squeak out win BY RUSTY BLADES The Blyth Atoms completed their regular schedule last week when they travelled to Zurich on January 25 and squeaked out a 5-4 win. Brian McNichol opened the scor­ ing as he wristed an unassisted rocket past a startled Zurich goalie. After Zurich tied the game. Chris­ topher Howson gave Blyth a 2-1 first period lead. He took a pass in the slot from Ryan Chamney and flipped the puck over a fallen goalie. Henry Bos gave Blyth a 3-1 lead midway through the second period as he finished off a fine individual rush with an unassisted Talsma, and followed minutes later with a Ron Strome goal from Rutledge. The Bulls ended the period scoring with 33 seconds left on the clock when Rutledge scored on a goal-mouth scramble with assists going to Wheeler and Kieffer. The prettiest goal of the night was scored early in the second as power play marker. Zurich’s hustle and determina­ tion finally paid dividends as they notched three straight goals to forge ahead 4-3 with time running out. With just under four minutes left in the game Ryan Chamney tied it up as he took the rebound off Jonathan Collin’s shot and scored on a backhand just out of the reach of the sprawled Zurich netminder. Just 58 seconds later Jason Rut­ ledge counted the winner as he redirected Scott Arthur’s shot through a maze of players. Brian McNichol also earned an assist on Ron Strome went end to end to up the score to 4-0. At this point tne Bulls relaxed and Mitchell fired two quick goals for a 4-2 score. The turning point of the game came when Mitchell was awarded a two-man advantage for 1-39. The penalty-killers held the fort and the Bulls added their fifth goal late in the period - Rutledge from Camp­ bell and Robertson. the goal as he initiated the scoring drive. Although outplayed by Zur­ ich the Blyth squad bounced back late to shade Zurich 5-4. Congratulations to the Blyth Atoms who played four penalty free games in the recent Esso Penalty Free Sweepstakes. The team opens the playoffs at home tonight, February 1 against Huron Park, a team that has been hot recently. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Minne­ sota North Stars goaltender Don Beaupre, when asked if being only 5’8” and 150 pounds created a problem: “I just have to stop the puck, not beat it up.” The Bulls sealed the win with four powerplay goals in the third, two by Rutledge and one each by Fritz and Campbell. Jeff McGavin stopped 35 shots for the win. Sunday afternoon the Bulls were completely humiliated by the Tavi­ stock Braves 12-3. It’s hard to believe but the opening 25 minutes of play was scoreless before Tavistock explod­ ed for six goals in the second and added six more in the third. Goalscorers for Brussels were Craig Robertson, Paul Coultes and Bruce Johnston. The Bulls were outshot 48-25 with John Steffler keeping the score as close as it was as Tavistock completely outhustled the juniors from start to finish. Referee Rick Jacklin had an easy game calling only seven minors. Congratulations goes to Marty UIC Rates for 35 Trust Companies 524-2773 11 % 111'3/8% 3-5 yrs. mo. H 1 yr. ann. Bayshore Trust K Security Trust Rutledge whose 4 goal - » point weekend established new Bull team records for goals, assists, and points, in one season, breaking the previous records all held by Tim Fritz. Jr. D league records for each however are well out of reach for Marty this season. The Bulls travel to Seaforth Friday night for their only game this week. Game time is 8:30 p.m. Bulls $50 ticket winner was Isobel Campbell, Listowel: $100 ticket winner was C.I.B.C. staff, Atwood. LEAGUE STANDINGS l 1 1 1/2 % B 3-5 yrs. ■ Bayshore Trust1 W-L-T Pts. Lucan 26-5-0 52 Brussels 17-14-2 36 Exeter 15-11-5 35 Tavistock 16-12-1 33 Mitchell 14-13-5 33 Wellesley 8-19-4 20 Seaforth 2-24-3 7 Brussels Pee Wees rebound Brussels Pee Wees rebounded from a heart-breaking overtime loss to Seaforth Tuesday, Jan. 24 to shut out Seaforth Wednesday night and tie their best-of-three WOAA pee wee playoff series at one game each. On Tuesday night Seaforth scor­ ed with only 32 seconds left in the game to tie the score then scored with 2:53 remaining in the 10 minute overtime period to take the victory. Seaforth scored with only 11 seconds gone in the first period then added a second goal a minute later to put the Brussels team back ■6n their heels early. Matt Lee scored with 54 seconds left in the period to give Brussels some momentum. But Seaforth came back with two more early second-period goals to take a commanding 4-1 lead before Brussels got its game in gear. Tim Machan started the charge with a goal from Wayne Alexander and Matt Lee. Just 30 seconds later Brad Beuermann scored from Dave Lewington. Randy Beuermann tied the score on an assist from Tim Machan. Todd Machan put Brus­ sels ahead with 6:35 left in the second period, assisted by Matt Lee and Tim Machan. After so much scoring the teams went scoreless through the rest of the second and all of the third until Seaforth tied the score in the last minute, then took the win in the overtime period. Brussels left little room for such suspense Wednesday night how­ ever as they struck early and often to take a comfortable win. Matt Lee gave Brussels a lead just over a minute into the game when he was set up by Wayne Alexander and Brad Beuermann. The teams played scoreless hockey until Greg Fritz gave Brussels a 2-0 lead with 4:16 left in the period with Todd Machan and Trevor Machan getting the assists. Chris Stevenson gave Brussels a com­ manding 3-0 lead with 23 seconds left in the period. Randy Beuer­ mann and Tim Machan scored the assists. Brett Clarkson scored the only goal of the second period from Brad Beuermann and Randy Beuer­ mann. In the third period, Tim Machan set up Matt Lee for the only goal to give Brussels its 5-0 final total. BRUSSELS & AREA HAVE A BRAND NEW OFFICE OUTFITTER! Where in Brussels? Oldfield Pro Hardware and Radio Shack Radio /hack of Course! Brussels 887-6851