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Bulls open playoffs with win over Sailors
The Brussels Bulls look like they
will make short work of the
Goderich Sailors in the opening
round of the Western Junior C
playoffs. The Bulls took game one
in the best-of-five, first round series
9-2 on Friday night.
There was only one bright spot in
the game for the Sailors, who won
only one game all year. That was a
1-0 lead in the first period. With
Joe Walker and Steve Fritz in the
penalty box, Chris Reeves de
flected a point shot past Bulls net-
S ports
minder Jeff Roy for the early lead.
But after that, it was all Bulls.
Four goals in a two-minute span
basi-cally salted away the victory.
It was 4-1 after one, and 7-1 after
two. Sam Kulfofski, Corey McKee
and Steve Fritz had two each. Greg
McNevan, Jamie Hislop, and Jeff
McKee added singles. Jason McNi-
chol played a strong game picking
up three assists.
Bob Lumley was blasted with 46
shots in the Goderich net while the
Sailors could only muster 11 on
Roy.
Coach Scott Pettigrew said, “We
were four for 10 on our powerplay
and showed lot better puck control.
In the playoffs special teams can
often make the different so I'm
hoping we can keep that part of our
game strong.”
Game two was supposed to be
played Sunday afternoon but poor
weather condition forced the
Sailors to cancel. It's not clear
when or if that game will be
rescheduled. The Bulls and Sailors
locked horns last night (Tues.) in
Goderich.
From the Bullspen: Grand Valley
and Wingham split the first two
games of their series as did Walker
ton and Mt. Forest. This round
must be over by Sunday.
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Blyth Bantams win, tie to wrap up season
BY RUSTY BLADES
The Blyth Bantams gained three
of a possible four points last week
as they tied Wingham 1-1 in an
exhibition match at home on Feb.
3, then trounced Milverton 10-6 on
the road on February 7 in their final
regular season game.
Against Wingham neither team
could capitalize on the numerous
scoring opportunities due to some
stellar netminding. Christopher
Howson, playing his first game in a
month, scored a breakaway goal
after a good pass from Jerrod But
ton to open the game scoring 24
seconds into the second period.
There was no more scoring until
Wingham tied the game with just
under four minutes remaining in
the game as the teams played to a
1-1 tie.
Blyth took a skeleton crew to
Milverton last Friday night where
they watched Milverton build a 4-1
first period lead before coming to
life and whipping the home team
10-6. Every skater garnered at least
one point while Chris Lee came up
with some big third period saves to
Blyth Atoms sweep opening playoff
Blyth Atoms completed their
sweep of their first round playoff
series with Wallace Township by
winning two games last week.
After winning the first game of
the series 9-2 in Blyth, the team
went to Kurtzville Feb. 3 where
they scored a 6-2 win. Kurtzville
took an early lead in the first period
but Darryl Bromley scored from
Jeff Cowan to tie the score with
just 1:16 left in the first
The second period belonged to
Blyth as it added two goals to take
the lead for good. Mike Courtney
scored from Amanda Anderson
with 12:29 left, then Jeff Cowan
scored from Darryl Bromley with
4:51 left.
Cowan scored three more goals
in the third to salt away the easy
victory. The first two goals were
assisted by Darryl Bromley and the
final goal by Chris Carter. Wallace
scored its second goal with 4:15
left in the game.
Wallace fought back to make the
final game of the series, played in
Blyth Thursday, a close one.
Again, Wallace took the lead
with a goal at the 11:53 mark of the
second. Four minutes later, Blyth
tied the game on a goal by Mike
Haggitt, assisted by Mike Courtney
and Trevor Wilson. Before the peri
od ended Mike Courtney scored
from Darryl Bromley to put Blyth
ahead.
But Wallace tied the score early
in the third and the teams played
even for most of the period. With
just 46 seconds left on the clock,
Jeff Cowan scored an unassisted
goal to lock up the win and the
FINAL WESTERN JUNIOR C
STANDINGS
TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA
Hanover 30 25 2 3 53 202 71
Brussels 30 19 4 7 45 168 95
Gr. Valley 30 13 11 6 32 166 161
Walkerton 30 14 13 3 31 171 175
Mt. Forest 29 9 16 4 22 121 143
Wingham 29 7 18 4 18 129 173
Goderich 27 1 24 2 4 63 222
NOTE: Some games cancelled due to the weather were not
rescheduled.
BULLS STATISTICAL
SUMMARY
(FINAL)
PLAYER GP G A PTS
C. McKee 29 27 35 62
T. Norman 30 16 19 35
J. McKee 23 19 13 32
T. Sills 27 12 18 30
G. McNevan 28 15 12 27
S. Kulafofski 27 10 14 24
G. Vader 24 10 13 23
S. Vader 30 8 13 21
J. Hislop 27 8 12 20
J. Scott 26 12 7 19
S. Fritz 22 5 12 17
J. Walker 19 6 11 17
D. Burton 14 5 9 14
J. Baier 22 * 6 7 13
J. McNichol 13 2 9 11
S. Michie 26 1 8 9
Q. Lightbody 29 1 8 9
J. Coulter 29 1 5 6
B. Zabel 21 2 5 7
B. Carter 4 3 2 5
series.
The team opens its next series
against Hensall with a game in
Blyth, Thursday at 7 p.m.
Belgrave Novices
score thrilling
playoff win
Belgrave Novices began their
playoff series with Goderich Satur
day with a thrilling overtime win in
Belgrave. The game was dominated
by the goal tenders with Mathew
Snow coming up strong for the
home team.
Belgrave carried the play in the
first period but was unable to score
as Goderich took a 1-0 lead with
3:26 left. Belgrave was strong
again in the second and was
rewarded when Craig Marks scored
from Matthew Cameron to tie the
score.
In the third, Goderich again took
the lead but 55 seconds later, Aaron
Himmelman scored the tying goal.
There was end-to-end action in
the overtime period until with 5:18
left, Craig Marks scored from
Matthew Cameron to tie the score
and bring the Belgrave fans to their
feet to applaud the strong team
effort.
The team had tuned up for the
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curb the cockiness of the Milverton
squad.
Michael Bromley picked up five
points as he scored two goals and
assisted on three more. Christopher
Howson showcased his playmaking
skills as he notched four assists.
Jonathan Collins, playing centre for
this game, scored two goals includ
ing the winner late in the second
period, while also picking up an
assist. Michael de Jong, Peter
Craig, Benjie Hakkers and Tim
Lyons each had a goal and an
assist. Wilfred Datema and Ryan
Chamney rounded out the scoring
for Blyth with Chamney also pick
ing up two assists.
This 10-6 win clears the way for
Blyth to start the playoffs with a
clean slate and, hopefully, gel as a
team for a solid playoff run.
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