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Careful!
The puck edges away in a tense moment in front of the net in this Bantam game in Brussels
on Wednesday night. The opener in a best of five series against Zurich was won by the hosts.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
win playoff openerBantams
The Brussels Bantams began their
best-of-five series against Zurich
last week, taking the opener on
Wednesday.
Adam McClure got the puck to
Greg Bowers midway through the
first period to open the scoring.
Matt McClinchey notched the first
of his hattrick in the dying minutes
of the period then watched as Zurich
Blyth PeeWees playoff
against Wallace squad
The BTyth PeeWees continued
their best-of-five series against
Wallace, Jan. 20.
After winning the first match-up
3-0, the team had a more difficult
contest in game two.
Wallace scored twice in the first
period and in spite of a second
period goal from Derek Youngblut,
the team could not rally for the win.
Tony Bean earned an assist.
The squad travelled to Wallace,
Jan. 26, and were again defeated by
a strong defence.
After giving up three goals to their
opponent, Blyth managed only one
of their own in the final minute of
Blyth Mites pull off
3-2 win over Wingham
Blyth Mites pulled off a 3-2 win
over the Wingham Mites.
Scoring first was Wingham's Cole
McKee, assisted by Trent Michie
and Brody Hunt. Wingham’s second
goal was scored by Trent Michie,
assisted by Austin Gibson and Brody
beat the Brussels netminder with
seven seconds on the clock.
Matt White and Cory Chapman
earned assists.
McClinchey proceeded to put two
more past the goalie and Steven
Ropp topped off the scoring on an
empty netter late in the third for a 5-
1 final.
Brad McKague, White and Jordan
play.
The goal was scored by Curtis
Robertson.
The following night, Blyth was in
desperate need of a win as they faced
elimination from the OMHA
playoffs.
Wallace against struck early,
putting two in the net in the opening
frame then adding one early in the
second and third.
Down 4-0, Blyth broke the shut
out when Robertson picked up a
pass from John McDowell for
Blyth’s lone goal.
The squad will now wait for group
playoffs.
Hunt.
Blyth’s goals were scored by
Connor Rodger, Ryan Plunkett and
Ashley Higgins. Assists went to
Autumn Wightman, Higgins, Dylan
Bromley, Hunter Dale, Curtis
Raynard and Ron Vercruyssen.
Campbell assisted on the plays.
The result was much different
when the squads met Jan. 31.
Zurich came out firing, scoring
two before Brussels broke onto the
board off a goal from McKague.
McClinchey assisted.
The home team racked up one in
the second and Brussels drew closer
early in the third when McKague
netted his second of the contest.
In spite of a goal by Ropp, with
Andrew McDonald helping out,
Brussels could only manage three
goals to Zurich’s six.
Looking to retake command of the
series in the third game, Brussels
netminder C.J Ashley made
outstanding saves to keep their
opponent off the board.
Though Brussels too was held
scoreless through the first two
periods, they opened up in the third
with goals from McClure, Chris
Jutzi and McClinchey to take the 3-
0 win.
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The Blyth Midget Bulldogs
opened their playoffs against
Normanby in a two-out-of-three
series..
The Bulldogs hosted the first
game and picked up an 11-5 win.
Micah Loder scored three times for
the Dogs, Joel Riley added two and
singles went to Darrin Austin, Chris
Bernard, Cole Stewart, Kirk
Stewart, Neil Salverda and Mike
Bean.
Assists went to Austin, three; C.
Stewart, three; Loder, two; K.
Stewart, two; T.J. Marks, Riley, M.
Bean, Tyler Kernighan and Brett
Bean.
The Bulldogs travelled to Ayton
for game two and swept the series
with a 7-2 victory. Cody Anderson
and Riley each scored twice and C.
Stewart, Loder and Austin notched
singles. Picking up assists were K.
Stewart, three; C. Stewart,
Kernighan and Anderson.
Travis Shelton and Jeff Elliott
combined goaltending duties for the
dogs.
The Bulldogs then moved on to to
meet Wallace in the WOAA semi
final. The best of five series opened
in Blyth Jan. 27.
The Bulldogs opened a 3-0 lead
after two periods and went on to a 5-
1 victory. Loder scored the hattrick
with C. Stewart and K. Stewart
adding singles.
Assists went to Austin, two; M.
Bean, two; Loder, Kernighan and
Bernard.
Shelton played a solid game in the
Blyth cage.
Game two of the series moved to
Kurtzville Friday, Jan. 21. The
Bulldogs scored the first goal, but
Wallace came back to take a 3-1 lead
into the third period. Riley brought
Blyth back to within one with eight
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minutes remaining, then scored the
tying goal with four minutes left on
the clock.
The game remained tied and-the
teams headed to overtime. One
minute into sudden death, K.
Stewart finished off a nifty passing
play from Riley and C. Stewart to
give the Dogs a 4-3 victory.
B. Bean scored Blyth’s first goal
with the assist going to Nate
Witherspoon.
Shelton was again solid in the
Blyth net.
Blyth returned to Kurtzville for
game three. Riley scored Blyth’s
first goal on a penalty shot early in
the game, however the Dogs again
fell behind, trailing 4-1 after two
periods. The team got goals from K.
Stewart, C. Stewart and Riley to tie
the game after regulation time.
A 10-minute overtime period
proved nothing, as each team picked
up a point.
Blyth now leads the series five
points to one point with game four in
Blyth Monday night.
Crusaders
play Elora
The Brussels Crusaders begin
their playoff drive Friday night as
they travel to Elora. The Crusaders
will play Elora in the best of seven
series in the A division of the
WOAA senior hockey playoffs.
At the league all-star game this
past weekend in Shelburne, the
Crusaders were represented by
Corey Campbell and Brett Fischer.
Both players earned assists in the
contest and were on the winning
South division team which defeated
the North 10-8.
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