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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-03, Page 15WINGHAM'S KINSMEN BANTAMS brought home a lot of silverware this year in one of the team's most successful seasons. Team members and coaches are: back, John Fryfogle, Joe Walker, Jason Coultes, Chris Michie, Bill Kinahan, Terry Daer, Jeff Tolton, Bob Mar- tin; front, Paul Brophy, Corey McKee, Chris Fryfogle, Murray Foxton, Brett Martin, Rick Leachman and Dave Heinmiller. Jason Ducharme is absent from the photo. Rockers end season with strongshowingat By Fraser Strong The Wingham Rockers ended their season of shinny with a fine display of disciplined action inthe. Kincardine "Oldsters" hockey tournament last weekend. Through the preliminary games last Friday and Saturday, the locals posted one tie and two victories. This gave Wingham first place in its division and a bye to the A championship game I; , • TWi SOUS!! PlRIK T Sunday. Last Friday night saw the Rockers open against the Owen Sound Legion Old- timers. Although Wingham controlled most of play it was Owen Sound that struck for the first goal with 24 seconds remaining in period one. Continuing to work hard, the Rockers tied the game at one -each when Fraser Strong finished off a passing play from Bill Tolton and Bill EA Re WATCH OUT!' They've got to clew op the worst crime district in the world. Bet that's no problem. They're the worst police tom in the Universe. HELD OVER Fri. a Sat. 7 & 9 pm Sun. to Thurs. • pm POLICE TIER FIRST ASSIGNBENT 'LYCEUM TKEATK Phone 357-1630 for. 24 hour movie information & ADULT 1f ACCOMPANIMENT The first time seems like the worst time, but It's the one time you'll never forget! PLAYING FROM FRIDAY TO THURSDAY APRIL ;^ 5TH TO APRIL 11TH. SHOWTIMES FRIDAY AND -j` SATURDAY AT 7:00 P.M. AND 9:00 P.M. SUNDAY TO THURSDAY AT 8:00 P.M. ONLY, • • S24-9981 • y if N coDERICN S ANG!) 1 E. RE -OPENING APRIL 5 Showing Fri., Sot. & Sun. IF JASON. STILL. HAUNTS YOU.., YOU'RE NOT ALONE flaw NE 1318 ARTY new beginning SECOND • FEATURE yl • .n 7AL V,OI,Mfr n....... s...,14 o.,. HORROR DUDLEY MOORE , DEFENSE ADDED FRIDAY ONLY CHEEtH & CHONG'S Up in Smoke Oiggb2.2se",°"H ••e•wase••e••e•ee•eee••eeee•eee•••ee•e•e: • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • O • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Robinson. The third period was scoreless and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. In game two versus the Halton Hobos, the Rockers again had the better scoring chances but, for two periods at least, the scoreboard claimed it was a 1-1 draw. Strong converted a pass from George Skinn to give Wingham a 1-0lead, but Rick Osborne pulled Halton to the t tie after two periods. In period three Strong stepped out of the penalty box and Jim English tipped a the team to stick to the strategy, forecheck the opposition doggedly and the victory would be assured. In period one Hanover checked a Wingham player off the puck, passed to a mate and he made' no mistake in giving the' Legionnaires a 1,0 lead. This only drove the Rockers harder and the hard work and a little luck paid off wo minutes later when Strong, English, Bill Robin- son, Bill , olton and McKee buzzed around Finley in the Naover net. After failing to spore . on several attempts the Rockers jumped on the scoresheet to tie the game at 1-1. Strong had attempted a pass over sticks to English in the clear. Instead he hit the goalie's back and the disc dropped into the net. English and Bill 1'olton'drew assists. In the second period the Rockers lept ahead 2-1 when Ray Walker back -handed a shot into the upper corner: Ron Beecroft land Len Houghton drew assists. Hanover came back in the third to knot it at two -all after regulation time. In the 10 -minute overtime period, Wingham took a 3-2 lead when Davies and English combined on a give - and -go with Davies bending the twine. Aitken of Hanover broke some hearts when he tied the game again to end one period of overtime. Sudden -death overtime followed and lasted seven minutes until Chuck Niessen scored a controversial goal to ice the victory for Hanover. The final score was Hanover 4 and Wingharn 3. The Rockers were stunned the loss, but can be proud a terrific effort against a ry strong Hanover team. The Rockers' defensive e of Tolton, Ken Balzer, binson, McKee and Rob urie came up big in this rney and the goaltending o of Tom Creeden and yne Drury was nothing rt of spectacular through - as is evidenced in the Is -against record. h well; it hes been ther good year. See you he fall! pass around Halton's defence to give Strong a breakaway. Strong made no mistake in lifting the puck over Reid in the Halton net after finally getting him to go down. - Wayne, Brown, assisted by English and Paul .' McKee, ieecithe vietoryl for-Winghmict with the final goal with 47 seconds left in the game. Wingham came out on top in a closely -played, tight - checking match last Saturday evening. The referees seemed to forget this was oldtimers' hockey with no body contact as they continually ignored the various fouls. Skinn opened the scoring with 4:38 remaining in period two. He was assisted by Brown and Ross Davies. B. Wilson of the Shelburne Relics pulled them even early in the third frame before Davies surprised the Shelburne goalie with a rocket into the upper net to bring the final count to 2-1 in Wingham's favor. In the championship game Sunday Wingham was pitted against the winner of another division, The by Hanover Legionnaires had of waltzed through their ve division with three big wins. Loaded with talent, Hanover lin posted a major obstacle to Ro Wingham's effort to capture La the A championship. Last tou year . the Oldsters, in a du similar situation, bumped off Wa the Rockers in a convincing sho 4-0 win. out Undaunted, Coach Doug goa Neil laid out a disciplined, ., 0 position -minded game plan ano on the chalk board. He told in t Tiverton forces Blues to sixth playoff match By Tess Nethery The Wingham Blues ladies' hockey team has been forced into a sixth game in the playoff series' with Tiverton by a 4-2 overtime loss to Tiverton Monday night. The host Tiverton team opened the scoring on a powerplay goal in the first period. The team's second goal came shortly after on a deflection. The Blues finally, got on the scoreboard late in the first on a hard-fought breakaway by Kaky O'Donoghue. In the dying seconds of the opening frame, Dianne Golley tied the game for Wingham with assists going to O'Donoghue and Brenda Christie. The second and third periods remained scoreless, despite many close calls for the Blues. In the subsequent overtime period both teams - played a close -checking, aggressive game. With 6:19 left in the overtime period, the Big Red scored what proved to be the game - winner. Another goal late in the overtirrle frame clinched the 4-2 victory for Tiverton. BLUE LINES—The Blues were pleased with their performance and are con- fident they will be the WOAA champions this Thursday evening. It should prove to be an exciting match and game time is 9 p.m. r I GOOD THINGS 1 'HAPPEN' 1 WHEN' YOU HEL' 1 RED CROSS 1 ltilt� - lililtt� ttililt� J Howick Atoms tie PeeWees in exhibition The Howick WOAA Atoms played an exhibition game against the Howick Tri - County PeeWees last week. Atom Aaron Stewart opened the scoring in the first period on a powerplay goal. Sheldon Dinsmore replied for the Tri -County squad in the second frame to tie the game at 14. Both teams scored in the third period. Stewart added his second of the game after his shot deflected off a PeeWee defenceman, Jeremy Taylor tied the game for the PeeWees with just under five minutes remaining in the „game, leaving the score tied at two - all, where the coaches decided to let it remain. ,The game was helpful in preparing the Atoms for their WOAA grand cham- pionship game this weekend in,Durha{n, 0 0 0 • Beaver prefer poplar trees, but when hungry will eat many other spcies in- cluding those of hard wood such as beech and oak. The Wingharn Advance -Times, Apr. 3, 1985—Page 15 Kin Bantams capture WOAA title, tournament The Wingham Kinsmen Gary White of Dorchester from Jason Coultes and Bantams won the WOAA title scored the lone goal of the Michie. last week by defeating third period, with the 6-2 win Wheatley did the only Clinton two games to one. advancing Wingham to the scoring of the second as Bill They then went on to end championship side. Wright slipped one around their season on a high note Wingham 4, St. George 1 the Wingham team and past by winning the St. George A hustling St. George team the goalie. They then tied the Tournament on the weekend. managed to keep Wingham match in the third when toTheThe first game of the -off the scoreboard for the ° Wright 'scored again.' Two first for Wingham first period, while unable to minutes later, however, put one into the net them- Coultes scored the winning started at 8•60 a.m, and,1 despite their usual lack of goal from Brophy and skill at early hours, the boys Four minutes of the second Mere' came out flying to lead period had elapsed before BANTAM BITS season— fofor was theend ofthe Dorchester 3-1 after the first Martin scored on a play fromo a period. Paul Brophy got to Kinahan. Before the period thisboy hockey team, but the work early and scored 11 was done McKee had scored Fryfogle, s did tnd cnage b seconds into the period from fromMartinand Joe Walker MMaartin,eprrooudnthis ye Bobas Corey McKee. ° to rack up his 100th goal of they won the WOAA title, Dorchester's Jeremie theseason. Brooks put- his team on the St. George opened the reached the quarter -finals in scoresheet, but Wingham scoring in the third when OMHA plaChas, won fours bounced back 12 seconds Dave Lewis caught andt tournament championships later with McKee roaring in Wingham nappingand and two out of three con- ' to score unassisted. Jeff scored from Mark Weber solation finals. Tolton from the WMHA and Scott Wilson. Rick naGoalie most avaluableFoxplayer er Bantams, filling in for an Leachman scored from theed Sutton Tournament met injured player, scored the McKee and Martin on a nice in Pa BTousnament third goal from Brett Martin setup and a short while later and Paul Brophy was named and Chris Michie. Martin scored from McKee George Tournament. valuable thent.yer BWingham 'a 4-1 vie In the second periodthe team won the Most Martin scored from McKee tory. Sportsmanlike Team award and Jason Moore, another Wingham 3, Wheatley 2 0 at the Sutton Tournament. addition from the WMHA The championship game All the players and coaches Bantam squad. McKee was played at 5:30 p.m. are to be congratulated on a scored another unassisted Sunday. Wingham took job well done. goal at 5:29 and then charge in the fust period and Thanks to Jeff Tolton, defenceman Terry Daer scored two unanswered Chris Fryfogle and Jason charged up the ice to pop one goals, the first on a play Moore from the WMHA in on a play from Brophy and from McKee to Martin who Bantam team who filled in Kinahan to give Wingham a tucked it into the Wheatley for injured players ih the 6-1 lead. ° goal. Kinahan then scored final tournament. Super X Atoms lose to Arthur in the playoffs Arthur captured the Wellington -Perth Minor Hockey League cham- pionship last Friday as the team defeated the Wingham Super X Atoms three games to one in the best three -out of -five series. The score of last Friday's game was not indicative of the play. The hometown squad may have lost 6-3, but the boys played an excellent game and the score was tied at three -all midway through the third period. Matt Elmslie was called upon to make many °'ex- cellent saves in the Wingham net as Arthur was able to penetrate the Wingham defence. Shane Pegg, Clement Wai and Ivan Skinn scored for Wingham, with assists going to Gavin Hodgins, two, Pegg and Terry Thynne with one each. The Arthur team was presented with the cham- pionship trophy and deserves full credit for the win. In Wingham's only win of the series, the boys came out flying. They were down two games to none and were determined not to let Arthur sweep .tho„--series,,. . 4't4 d.,, Wingham controlled the play throughout the match as the team forechecked well and did not allow the Arthur skaters to break out of their own end. Pegg led the Wingham attack with a- hat trick, while Marc Poulin added the single marker in the Wingham 4-2 win. Wingham assists went to Hodgins with two, Wai, Todd Harrison and Gord Welch with singles. The Super X Atoms con- cluded the regular season with a 6-1 win over Iarriston recently. Wai led the Wingham attack with a hat trick, while Ivan Skinn added a pair and Pegg had a singgle. Assists went to 1=Iogt? ;' ttii: Pektf, tiVd and Welch and Thynne, one. The team finished the season with 41 wins, 11 losses and 4 ties. The boys scored an incredible 318 goals, while allowing only 123. Congratu- lations on a superb year. BANTAM B TEAM WINS--Wingham's Bantam B team traveled to Clinton last Wednesday evening and came away with the WOAA crown, winning the best two -out - of -three series. Coaches Ivan Metcalfe and John Rich- mond accompanied the boys on the customary ride on the fire truck when the team returned to Wingham.