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THE CITIZEN,THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2006. PAGE 9.
Locals return from 'Little Stanley Cup'
Grant
Sparling and
Collin
Whitfield of
Blyth, had an
experience of a
lifetime when
their hockey
team competed
recently at the
legendary
Quebec
PeeWee
GRANT
Tournament in
SPARLING Quebec City.
Sparling and
Whitfield play for the Huron-Perth
AAA Lakers PeeWee hockey
program - and they and their
teammates were one of 56 AAA
The Wingham Juveniles defeated
Lucknow this past Friday night to
clinch the WOAA C championship.
Trailing 1-0 with under a minute
left in the first period Adam
MacDonald tied the game with help
from Greg Tiffin and Kirk Stewart.
In the second period Wingham
scored two much-needed goals to
take a 3-1 lead into the intermission.
Goals were scored by MacDonald
and Stewart with MacDonald
earning an assist' on Stewart's goal.
Lucknow scored with just over
one minute left in regulation time to
make the final minute interesting,
but Wingham prevailed and will
now advance to the OMHA semi-
finals against Forest.
Game one of that series will go
Saturday night in ForeSt with game
two going Sunday afternoon in
PeeWee teams from 16 countries
invited to the 47th Annual World
PeeWee Championship.
The Lakers won exhibition games
against the Victoria Kings and
Hershey Bears, a tournament select
team from Pennsylvania, sponsored
by the Hershey candy company.
In an honour for the team, the
Lakers played against the Rive-Nord
Rockets, a Quebec City team
immediately following the opening
ceremonies at the Pepsi Colisee
(former home of the Quebec
Nordiques before they relocated and
became the Colorado Avalanche).
Before a partisan crowd of over
8,000, the Lakers won the game 1-0
and moved on to play the
Philadelphia Junior Flyers, another
Wingham. The time was not
determined yet at press time.
select team assembled for the
tournament. The Lakers came out a
little flat, and managed only nine
shots in a 4-1 loss (the fourth was an
empty net goal), which eliminated
them from the tournament.
This is the first Lakers team to
participate in the tournament, and
the players took the opportunity to
pin trade, watch other games with
teams such as Moscow, Finland,
England, Munich and several of the
best programs from North America,
and to look for former NHL players
at the games.
People like Mark Messier, who
was there to support his father, head
coach of the New York Jr. Rangers.
The winner of the AAA
tournament was Detroit Compuware,
The Blyth Atom Local League
team has started its round-robin
playoffs. The team will be playing
the Mitchell, Goderich I and
Goderich II teams.
On Feb. 16 the team played
Goderich I at .,home and came away
with a 3-2 overtime win.
Scoring for the Bulldogs were
Wes Thompson . from Kennan
MacDonald and Matt Van Wyk,
Mike Van Wyk unassisted and in
overtime Mike Van Wyk from
Caroline McDowell and Matt Van
Wyk.
Game two on Feb. 23 was also a
home game this time against
Mitchell. The game went to
overtime but the Bulldogs lost 2-1 to
The Saugeen Maitland AA Midgets
are presently involved in two rounds
of playoffs. They began their series
against Stratford for the provincial
playdowns on Thursday, Feb. 23 in
Howick. The Lightning defeated
Stratford 3 - 0 to take a 1 - 0 lead in
the best of three games.
The first goal was scored by
Kendall Whitfield on a pass from
Joelle Reid and Jenny Bults. Stacey
Scholten scored a short-handed goal
to put the girls up 2 - 0. The third shot
to cross the goal line came from the
stick of Alison Quennell, assisted by
K. Whitfield and Jenelle Reid.
Cassy Stafford earned the shutout
in net.
On Saturday Saugeen hosted the
Waterloo Ravens to begin the first
round of playoffs in the North Metro
Girls Hockey League - west division.
There was no scoring in the first two
periods as the Saugeen Maitland girls
outshot their opponents but couldn't
get the puck into the net.
However, early in the third, Tara
O'Reilly managed to sneak one by
the goalie on a pass from Courtney
Sutherland.
Late in the third, Sutherland was
able to get another one in the empty
net to end the scoring at 2 - 0.
a team which includes players from
the U.S., Canada and Europe.
"The players, their families and
our sponsors deserve a lot of credit
for making this once-in-a-lifetime
trip possible, says Dave Partridge of
Exeter, the team's head coach.
"Expectations were high for this
tournament, and we were not
disappointed. The boys should be
thrilled that their hard work earned
them an invitation. They were well-
prepared and they worked hard.
The Quebec experience will provide
many memories for our team
families, and it will better prepare
the boys for similar opportunities in
the future."
On off days, the team toured old
Quebec, went snow tubing and even
the visitors. Scoring the lone goal
was Mike Van Wyk from brother
Matt and McDowell.
Game three was on Feb. 25. The
team travelled to play Goderich II.
After being down by four at the
end of the second, a pep talk and a
challenge from the coach, the team
came out flying in the third and
scored four to tie it and got into their
third straight overtime game.
Once again the Bulldogs sealed
the victory with a goal from Mike
Van Wyk with Laura Higgins and
Matt Van Wyk assisting.
Other scorers for the game
included Thompson, Higgins, Heidi
Raynard and two more from Mike
Van Wyk.
Syd Brown was strong in net, as
she earned the shutout.
On Sunday, the team travelled to
Waterloo to try to clinch the first
round. However, the Ravens were
thinking otherwise. Although the
Lightning outshot Waterloo 33 - five,
the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
The Ravens scored first on a
shorthanded breakaway, on one of
their five shots in the second period.
visited the Ice
Hotel, one of
only two- in the
world, where
they learned
t ha t
temperatures in
the guest rooms
may reach -40
at night.
The Laker
PeeWee team
includes 12-
year old players
COLLIN
from across
Huron and Perth WHITFIELD
Counties, and
three from Oxford. Coaching staff is
from Listowel, Stratford, Woodstock
and Exeter.
For game four the team visited
Mitchell looking to avenge the
overtime loss they had the previous
week. The team came out strong and
beat the hosts by a score of 5-0.
Scoring for Blyth were Thompson
and McDowell and Mike Van Wyk
each with two. Assists went to Matt
Van Wyk with two, Dalton
Richmond, H. Raynard, C.
McDowell and Mike Van Wyk with
one.
The team travelled to Goderich on
Tuesday, Feb. 28 then has another
home game on Sunday, March 5 at 5
p.m.
To keep up on all Bulldog teams
please check out the website at:
www.blythminorhockey.on.ca
In the third, the Lightning had 15
shots, but the players were only able
to get one by the goalie. Whitfield
scored a beauty goal, shooting top
corner, on a pass from Reid.
The tie forced a third game in the
best of three series, which was played
in Howick Monday night at 8:30 p.m.
The Lightning then travel to
Seaforth to face Stratford on
Thursday evening (tonight).
For fun
It was an entertaining day for broomball fans at the Blyth
arena on Saturday afternoon as the players enjoyed a fun
day of play. One of the Bantams girls gets ready to take her
best shot in this match against the Bantam boys. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
Juvies down Lucknow
to take WOAA title
Atom LL begins round robin
Lightning to 2 playoff rounds
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