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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-12-10, Page 29Midgets, win consolation title in Port Elgin tourney The; Goderich Legion Midgets won the Consolation Championship in the Port Elgin hockey tournathent last Saturday. The locals' first opponent was Shallow Lake, who beat then) 8-7 when they scored five seconds into overtime. Goderich gave up a few bad goals which proved costly; one of which occurred in the final minute ..3,;..t, tnreM the extra period. Goal scorers were Wayne Nivens wan two, Mark Cauchi, Barry Thompson, Gary Erb, Byron Bowman and Mike Radford. uL. , tl:". !`q rYlP nn against hometown Port Elgin and won a 2-1 thriller in overtime. It was a different Goderich team that stepped out on the ice for this se- cond game. As the score indicates, it was a very close game as there was no scoring until the final five minutes of the game, though both teams had many chances. Goaltender Jay Williamson was brilliant honors for his outstanding performance. throughout the game. outstanding performance. Goderich met Flesherton in the consola- tion final and emerged with the champion- ship with a 7-5 win. Goderich carried their excellent play from game two into this game and jumped into a 3-0 lead in the first period. Byron Bowman opened the scoring halfway through the opening frame. Tom Bean and Beauge diew Om. i SiSts. Goderich scored their second goal When Cauchi, while laying on the ice, tipped in a MacKinnon shot with two minutes remain - For -t.' Pio?ht sernn(is )reg in the pt-'-'—' later, Dave Duncan completed a passing play with Rod Nurse and Thompson. Flesherton came to life as they outscored the locals 2-1 in the middle period:Radford scored the lone Goderich goal with assists going to Duncan and .End to end rushes highlighted the game and the new forward line of Nivins, Erb and Scott Glew provided the muscle up front. Port Elgin drew first blood when they scored with 4:16 remaining. Goderich turned up their play another notch and equalized the count when Dave Duncan lifted the puck high over the down Port Elgin goalie. Barry 'Thompson anti Bowman set up Duncan. In overtime, both teams had their t T;lgin Lille, nFf nf the crossbar and Goderich had a breakaway and many other chances. With 36 seconds remaining in overtime, Goderich won it when defenceman Ian MacKinnon picked up a loose puck in the slot and fired it home to advance Goderich to the final. Jay Williamson received player of the game worts Bowman. Goderich continued apply Bowman. continued to apply the pressure and had many close in shots but they could not add to their lead. In the third period, Flesherton made it close after getting a few breaks and good bounces. Goderich scored first as Nivins scored his third goal of the tournament with defenceman Darrell Durnin and Glew assisting. Erb scored the winning goal on a .'hot from t_hc point after taking a pass from Nivins and Glew as the crowd chanted Erb -Erb -Erb. Flesherton scored twice but Thompson provided the in- surance goal with a little over two minutes left in I,ile game. 1JUli( ail u::u )(auto_,_ o,,t the assists. Duncan also received the game MVP award. Goderich hosts St. Marys at home Satur- day night beginning at 8:30 p.m. and then travel to Dorchester Sunday night. SECTION GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1986—PAGE 1B Rebuilding Sailors drop 7-4 decision to Walkerton .,•v --�- The Goderich Sailors lost their only game, in Junior -C hockey on the weekend, dropping a 7-4 verdict to the Walkerton Blackhawks Sunday in Walkerton, but it was a moral victory of sorts for the cellar - dwelling Sailors, whose record now stands at one win, 10 Losses and two ties. The Sailors have been gradually rebuilding after almost folding at the beginning of the season and are now ap- proaching sdme degree of respectability organizationally and on the ice. Several new players have been added to the roster and the Sailors should have a full bench when they host the league - leading Hanover Barons here Friday night at 8:30 p.m. The Barons are running roughshod over their opposition in the league this season, but the Sailors are hop- ing to improve on their own performance when the Barons hung an 18-2 beating on them two weeks ago in Hanover. The Sailors are obviously not going to be a big threat to anyone this season, .but sur- vival of the franchise, which is now in only its second year, 'seems assured. The' ex- ecutive has'several fundraising projects in mind, including a draw for a weekend for two in Toronto, with tickets to an NHL game and a February 14 Valentines Dance. On the ice, coaches Dick Madge and Dale Duncan are working hard to improve the team's performance. '1'he game in Walkerton saw the Sailors play some good hockey. The team fell behind 4-1 in the first period, but instead of collapsing, as has been their wont, .they battled back to match the Blackhawks goal for goal. Each team scored twice in the second period and once in the third. The Blackhawks got their goals from seven different players: Randy Fritz, Pat Donnelly, Joe Zettler, Scott Girdler, Scott Biesenthal, Mike Barry and Bill Knox were the Walkerton scorers. For the Sailors, Chris Sideris scored twice with Todd Graham and Shawn Larder scoring singles. Newcomer Rob Gibbons, who played his minor hockey in Goderich but now lives in London, was impressive in his debut and worked well on a line with Larder and Graham. Shawn Durnin also gave a good effort up front for the Sailors and Trevor Martin had a strong game on the blueline for the Sailors. Randy Gaynor, who has nailed down the number one position in the Goderich goal, again played well for the Sailors, making 44 saves. Sideris scores twice Season's Pass Andy Bader T®,a ®tea never a certainty A new promotional idea conjured up by the brass of the American Hockey League's (AHL) Nova Scotia Oilers last week was a flop, the media reported, but it was an interesting and novel idea. It's worth another try, but only under the right conditions. A "guaranteed win night" on Grey Cup Sunday (November 30) saw patrons of the Newmarket -Nova Scotia game issued a coupon which was redeemable for a ticket to the next game if the Oilers lost it. Sure enough, Newmarket defeated the Oilers 3-2. Dean Dachyshyn, director of marketing for the Oilers (the farm club of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers), said last week that more fans might show up for a game Sun- day, December 7 against the Moncton Golden Flames because season ticket holders will give their coupons to their friends. Why more sophisticated organizations with a probing interest in the future haven't thought of this neat promotional idea I'll never know. It's a good idea and more teams in any professional organiza- tion with any forethought (or attendance problems) should have considered such a proposal. Take the Maple Leafs for example. Before this year, where some measure of respectability has been attained, the Leafs, as , all hockey purists know, were dreadful. The epitome of disaster. If Harold and the boys had did the same sort of thing as these Maritime Oilers, Ballard would be a drunken whino in some Yonge St. alley by now. The guy would have lost his shirt. Just think of the circumstances–Ballard and his, cronies deciding to issue a coupon guaranteeing the Leafs winning a home game against, let's say, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh does the probable (even for them) and they defeat the hometown heroes. All of the patrons (16,328 of them.) wouldget in free the next home game and the tradition would be in place. A precedent would be installed for the entire civilized world to see. Never- theless, Ballard was smart enough to avoid such lunacy. The Gardens of Maple Leaf country were always full as it was, so he didn't have to bother with such an idea. Give the man some credit. Okay, maybe Harold's Maple Leafs were a bad example. Let's consider, say, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the Na- tional Football League a few years back. The Bucs were horrible when they earned the right to battle in the high-rise world of the NFL. They were the doormats of the professional football world, the armpit of Iran, the joke of the Russian embassy. The football (?) squad played something like 28 games without winning when they first entered the league. A perfect exam- ple. Consider this promotional idea, then, because surely the stands were vacant. So imagine that the Buccaneer hierarchy in- troduces this "guaranteed win night" and the attendance is not quite capacity. Coupons are issued and, voila, the Bucs lose. The people would get so sick of losing, they'd refuse to accept their coupons from their friends and neighbors. I know It would be like, "get away, pal, what you're here for. To peddle those blasted Buccaneer tickets?" No one would have what you call "friends" anymore, so forget the Lowen- brau. People would be locked in their houses afraid to answer the doorbell or -even recognize the presence of the mailman. It wouldn't be a pretty sight. Fortunately, the management of the Buccaneers didn't decide to install this procedure, and people still celebrate Christmas in the metorpolitan Tampa Bay area. My point of all this, is, then, quite sim- ple. This promotional idea CAN work in on- ly certain circumstances. Sites where at- tendance is a problem and mediocrity reigns supreme are ideal. Nova Scotia, in the heart of Stompin' Tom Connors coun- try, is one of these locations. "I think we'll get some more fans in the building and hopefully it will turn out all right," Dachyshyn said after the NoVa Scotia promotion. The game in question (Nova Scotia an Newmarket) was attended by about 3,000 people, so 3,000 coupons would have been distributed. Think about the entire idea another way, though. If fans wanted to attend the nex game free of charge, they'd end up cheer- ing for the opposition. The "hometown" crowd would turn against their local team, curse their favorites up and down and wave the flag for the visitors. In most arenas it wouldn't make any dif ference because more often than not tha already happens. wiY/.Yui•"f.DH�'¢.II'�/;� �F ir, rsnui., Scoring Summary Walkerton 7, Goderich 4 First Period 1 WALKERTON Fritz, Randy rGirdler, Dursarn) :3:03 PPI 2 GODERICH Sideris, Chris 11 !Larder, Telford) 4:24 3 WALKERTON Donnelly. Pat (Ward, Weber) 5:18 4 WALKERTON Zettler. Joe (Barry, Donnelly) 11:05 5 WAI,KERTON Girdler. Scott (Dursam, Weber) 13:53 SHOTS: Goderich 9. Walkerton 22 Second Period 6 GODERICH Sideris, Chris 12 (Martin, harder) 3:48 7PGODERICH Graham. Todd 1 (Beattie, Larder) 4:32 8 WAI,KERTON Girdler, Scott (Knox, Weber) 11:35 9 WALKERTON Biesenthal. Scott (Girdler, Batte) 18:50 SHOTS: Goderich 13, Walkerton 14 Third Period 10 GODERICH Larder, Shawn 6 ( Gibbons, Telford) 10:12 (PP) 11 WALKERTON Barry, Mike Ileimka, Neil) 13:15 SHOTS: Goderich 12, Walkerton 15 TOTAL. SHOTS: Goderich 34. Walkerton 51 PENALTY MINUTES: Goderich 40. Walkerton 42 GOALTENDERS Goderich- Gaynor, Randy; Walkerton- Farrell. Paul Sailors' Scoring Stats GP C3 A P Chris Sideris Shawn Larder .Jim Beattie Daryl Madge Trevor Erb Wayne Nivens Darrell Durnin Darren Doak Pete Willems Tim Riehl Barry Thompson Byron Bowman John Thompson Richard Boddy Tom Bean John Graham Shawn Durnin Kevin Telford Todd Graham Rob Gibbons Ken Huff Todd Jeffrey 'truce Culbert Randy Gaynor Dave Duncan Matthew Morris Gary Erb Trevor Martin 13 12 7 19 14 6 13 19 14 3 8 11 8 4 5 9 5 4 4 8 4 3 2 5 7 2 2 4 8 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 10 1 2 3 9 0 3 3 7 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 10 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 5 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 9 0 2 2 I 1 1 0' 12 0 2 0 1 0 14 0 1 1 3 1 6 0 8 0 Future Games Friday December 12 Wanovpr at G`oderSundy�December 14 Goderich at Winghamy 4 p.m. 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Novice s bow out in Consolation Final In an eight -team 'A' Novice hockey tour- nament in Seaforth two weeks ago, the Goderich squad finished in the •consolation final, only to lose 5-0 tui a tough Orangeville team. Sarnia Township won the 'A' cham- pionship title., The two-day tourney featured teams from Goderich, Orangeville, Sarnia Township, Sarnia, Kitchener, Byron, South West Lon- don and Tillsonburg in the tough 'A' category. In the locals' first game Saturday morn- ing (Nov. 29), Tillsonburg jumped out tel a 2-0 first period lead and led 3-0 before Goderich's Brandon ,Corrivieu scored with assists going to Steve Linklater and Brad Jones. Goderich lost 5-1. Later Saturday afternoon, Goderich hustl- ed and worked hard the entire game and were full value for their 5-3 victory over South West London which catapulted the squad into the `A' consolation championship game Sunday afternoon. After SW London opened the scoring early in the first period, Brad Jones tied the count with an assist going to Steve Linklater. Less than two minutes later, London went ahead by a goal only to see Goderich's David Lumley tie the score again with a marker with just seven seconds remaining on the clock. Craig Corrivieu drew the lone assist ja on the goal. Jeff Volland put the local team ahead 29 seconds into the middle period with Lumley and James Moody assisting. Once again, though, London struck back and the score was tied heading into the final frame. Lumley then went to work as he notched two more goals–both unassisted–to give Goderich the 5-3 win to complete the youngsters hat trick. In the consolation final Sunday (Nov. 30), Orangeville and Goderich played a scoreless opening period but they built a 3-0 second period advantage which was too much to overcofne. Orangeville won the game 5-0. Pee Wees lose 4®2 The Goderich Lions Pee Wees played its first league home game since October this past Saturday and were edged 4-2 by Lucan. The Lions played very hard in the contest, but once again their inability to score on their opportunities proved to be their downfall. Paul Hamilton scored the Lions first goal as he picked the corner on a breakaway. Jason Cook tallied the second Lions' goal from Hamilton late in the third period. St. Marys will be in town this Saturday before the Lions head to London for a gam With the Sabres.