The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-04, Page 14PAIGE I --GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 , 1979
Lions were on€rof
The Goderich Minor
hockey system produced
several contending teams
in 1978 and one of the best
pee wee teams to play in
Goderich•din many years
enjoyed a successful
year.
The Goderich Lion Pee
Wees quickly assumed a
commanding lead in the
WOAA league, a lead
they refused to relinquish
through the season.
During regular season
and -playoff p.iay the Lions
The Goderich Lions peewees put together,a winning season in 1978 and won -
the title at the Kincardine_W[nter Games defeating the host.clu.b in the final.
'Captain David Gallow acceptd the trophy, •
Stars defeated in final
The Goderich Signal -
Star juveniles were the.
third Goderich team to
enjoy a fine, hockey
season as they, also ad-
vanced to the Ontario
championship final. •
The Juveniles were
also a strong team ' of-
fensively .and they ex-
perienced little difficulty
in wrapping up the WOAA
league title as- they lost
but one league game,..
And it reallywasn't a
question of whether the
league was that poor or
the Stars were a good
team. They were •a
competitive team and
proved it in tournament
and playoff action.
The first real test the
Stars faced was in -the
week=Yong Silver Stick
Tournament in
Mooretown, January• 28 -
February 4. They.played
impressive hockey at the
•
tournament and . won
three straight games in
the B division before they
bowed ' to the host
Mooretown. club in the
tournament semi-final, 8-
5.
To reachthe semi-final
the . Stars defeated
Amherstburg, Petrolia
and Forest before they
lost to Mopretown.-
The major competition
faced by'Goderich was in
tournament play or
exhibition play and they
began their Ontario
playoffs by winning with
the' same consistency as
they had during the
season.
In the first- series the
Stars easily took care of
Strathroy in three
straight games and with
that opening series win
they advanced to the
playoff semi-final against
New Hamburg.
New Hamburg wa-s----
little match for the local
juveniles ---as again -they
won the series in three
, straight gartles to ad-
vance' to the Ontario
finals, without having lost
a playoff game:
But the Stars soon
discovered ° that their
..
opponents inthe
championship final,
Borden, were a tough
physical hockey team.
Borden also entered the
final series witha
phenomenal season and
playoff record and,
boasted a string of games
without a loss before they
lost a few • games • to
Goderich in the series.
Borden quickly , took
command of the best -of -
seven series and won the
first two games by scores
of.10-8 and 10-2. The'third
game• :was played. in
The Goderich Signal -Star juveniles reached the Ontario finals this year and
bowed to a tough Borden team in six games. The Stars were a tough, com-
petitive team In both tournament and playoff action. (photo by?Dave Sykes)
- Goderich and the home
team desperately needed
a -win to stay alive in the
series. But Borden won
• the third game as well, 7-
4 and took a commanding
three: game lead in the
series.
With their backs to the
wall the Stars won two
straight games by scores
of 8-4 and were quickly
back in the hunt for a
provincial championship.
But. the Stars played
better on' the road for
some reason • as
evidenced by their two 8-4
wins in Borden, and in the
sixth game in Goderich,
Borden wrapped up the
series with a 10-7 victory.
This years juvenile
team started the season
• slowly but after about six
games they put their
game together and are
now a contending team in
the league.
Suns
among
best
Atoms
•
ran up an unprecedented
winning streak of 23
games before they fell to
defeat at the hands of
Hespeler in the Legion's
District tournament.
The ',,ions eased
through their WOAA
schedule with a
remarkable 17-- wins
against only two losses
and two ties. They cap-
tured the league title and
enjoyed a productive
tournament schedule as .
well.
In January, during the
Christmas break, the
Lions won the cham-
pionship at the Kin-
cardine -Winter games by
virtue of a 4-1 victory
over the host team,
Kincardine, ''in the final.
ghme.
Later the' Lions went on
to win the Zone C1.
championship in Exeter
on January 21. The Lions
ha.d.. 1 it le---tr-oub-le-
reaching the tournament
final as they disposed of
Blyth 6-1 'in the opening
round and dumped
Exeter 7-2 in the semi-
final. Goderich then won
the Legion zone cham-
pionship with a 3-0. vic-
tory over Brussels in the
championship game.
e-st
With tke win in the zone
tournament the Lions -
were eligible to compete
in the Legion District
tournament and •again it
was held in Exeter. Prior
to that tournament, the
Lions had put together a
?3 game unbeaten streak
that, as previously
mentioned, was' broken
by the Hespeler Pee Wees
who edged Goderich 2-l'in
the semi-final of that
tournament.
,Despite the success of
the Lions in league and
tournament play the
Ontario -playoffs provided
• the team with its toughest
competition.
In the first round of the
playoffs the Lions easily
disposed of Strathroy in
three straight games,
winning 3-2, 5-2 and 4 -0 -to
advance to the quarter
finals in the BB category.
The Lions' opponent in
--the q•uarter -•-finaai--s-eries—
wMs Sarnia. Township and
it was the toughest test
they faced in the playoff
trail to that date.
Goderich won the first
game of the series 6-3 but
Sarnia rebounded with
two straight wins to take
a 2-1 lead in the best -of -
five series.
ewee teams
Facing elimination the
Lions won two straight
games, 5-1 and 2-1 to
wrap the series and
advance to the semi-final
against Beamsville.
And since the Pee Wees
advanced to the semi-
final it marked the first
time that the local team
-would not participate in
Young Canada Hockey
Week held during the
March break. Since the
team was involved in
playoffs they were
ineligible to play in the
tournament and received
special permission to
play St. Lambert, Quebec
in the annual East-West
classic.
Aid the Lions looked as
though 'they were sure
b•ets to advance to the
Ontario finals in the BB
category y
jumped in front of
Beamsvilleas winningthequicthe
First two games of three
games. .
Goderich won the first
game of the series 6-3 and
Beamsville then tied the
best -of -five affair -with a
6-2 victory. Goderich then
took a one -game lead
with a 4-3 win in the third
game and needed just one
more victory to advance
to the final.
Beamsville denied
them that opportunity
. however, as they won the
'final two games • by
convincing margins, 9-5, '
8-2, to win the series in
the •fifth , and deciding
game.
Again this year the Pee
Wees stack up well
against local competition ,
and are now leading the
league.
Bogie rink reached
Ontario final
A Goderich rink
skipped by Cam, Bogie
was defeated,in the finals
of ' the British .Consul
Playoffs in Sarnia . by a
team they had defeated
earlier in the round robin
series.
The Goderich rink of
Bogie, Jack MacKinnon,
Dennis Lebrun and Ron
Klages lost to Windsor 7-4
in the final. In the first
round Goderich had
defeated Windsor 5-2 and
then lost to St. Thomas 8 -
It was the fourth
straight year that a
Goderich rink had
represented Division 13 in
the British Consul
Playoffs.
Bre Club scores
Arlene Gibbons and
Dawna Sproule combined
for a point total of 65 to
win a Howell movement
at the January 2 meeting
of the Goderich Bridge
Club. There were five
tables in play.
Bill Bradley and A.
Weerasooriya...were
second with 64 points and
the teams of Frank and
Jim Donnelly followed
with 631/2 points and Mary
Donnelly and Eleanor
Erskine had 621/2 points.
,- The Suncoast Suns
---A.tarn--A:11mSt a r-s-p-rodused---
some fine hockey , this
year and the team was
among the best in the
area. —
The Suns completed an
impressive season in the
WOAA league by winning
the league champiohsip.
they were also equally
as tough in tournament
play during the season
and in the Seaforth
tournament the Suns
reached the final before
they lost their first game
to Walkerton 4-2.
The Suns had racked up
three straight close
vi'etories en route to the
.tournament' .final arld
again were involved'in a
tight game -with
Walkerton for the
championship. During
the tournament the guns
defeated Exeter 3-1,
Listowel 2-1 and Hanover
2-1.
the Suns are also
eilioying a good start to
the 1978-79 season and are
currently leading the
.league.
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