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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-11-15, Page 8THE W INGHAM ABVANCE TIMES Boston Junior Bruin...Dan Scttisler (8) screens Wingham Ironmen netminder Steve Schwartzentruber during the first period of Sunday afternoon's international, exhibition contest. The Junior Bruins edged the Ironmen 5-4. Junior Bruins edge Ironmen 5.4 After suffering three lopsided defeats in their tour of midwestern Ontario, the Boston junior Bruins posted their lone win on Sunday, by edging the Wingham Ironmen 5-4 in front of 130 paid fans at the Lockridge Memorial. The Bruins took a 3-1 first peri- od lead and were in front 4-2 go- ing into the final period. After tak- ing a 5-2 lead midway through the third period, the Ironmen scored two in less then a minute to get. to • within one. The Ironmen pulled netminder David Bartman in favor of an ex- tra attacker in the final minute, but were unable to net the equalizer. The game started off rather une- ventful, with neither team really doing much hard physical ehl6k- ing. However, about midway through the opening period, the se- rious checking started and players on both sides were soon playing hard physical contact hockey. Boston opened the scoring at 9:12 of the first period as Ed Duf- fy flipped the puck into open cor- nerof the net after starting Wing - ham netminder Steve Schwartzentruber made a save at the opposite corner of the net. Just 19 seconds later, the Iron - men ev'ened'the score as Brad An- derson fired a shot through a maze of players that found its way past Boston goalie Matt Berg. Scott MacDonald received the assist. The junior Bruins regained the lead at 15:20 when Dan Fontas was sent into the clear, and he slid the puck between Schwartzentru- ber's pads. Three minutes later, the Bruins took a two -goal lead when they caught Schwartzentruber napping after playing the puck behind the net with Wingham on the power play. Boston defenceman Jeff Rus- so claimed the puck at the Wing - ham blueline and his shot was de- fleeted up into the net by the Wingham goaltender as he tried to get back into the net. Paul Dorsey gave the Bruins a 4-•1 lead at 12:18 of the second pe- riod when he fired the puck over Schwartzentruber's glove. David Bartman took over in the Wing - ham net at the next stoppage of play• Wingham got back to within two at 16:12 when Jason Becker scored from a scramble. ¶ric Sik- kenga and Brent Robinson assist- ed. Matt Keating regained the three -goal advantage for Boston when he scored from close range at 10:15 of the third period. Brad Robinson reduced Bos- ton's advantage to two when his lob shot handcuffed Bruin t - minder Berg at 10:57. Anderson and Sikkenga received assists. The Ironmen got back to within one, at 11:50 when Anderson beat Berg with a hard blast from the point. Brad Robinson and Justin Murray received assists. Schwartzentruber and Bartman combined for 38 saves in the Wingham net, and Berg made 36 saves in the Boston goal. The Ironmen took 10 of the 16 minor penalties assessed by refer- ee Steve Gould. Junior volleyballers to WOSSA • The Madill Mustangs junior boys volleyball team qualified for the WOSSA championship, by winning the Huron -Perth tourna- ment held last Thursday at the Upper Thames Senior Elementary School in Mitchell. The WOSSA championship will be played at Arthur Voden Secon- dary School in St. Thomas on Sat- urday. Madill was first in Huron County and went up against Mitchell, fourth in Perth County, in their opening match and took both games, 17-16 and 15-7. The Mustangs played Goderich, third place in Huron County, in their second match and took both games, 15-9 and 15-6. After losing 9-15 to Stratford St. Michael's, second in Perth County, in the first game of their third match, the Mustangs came back to win game two 15-6. The Mustangs finished the round-robin in first place in their pool, and played Stratford Central in the semi-final and won both games, 15-3 and 15-7. Madill played South Huron Panthers of Exeter in the all - Huron County final. The Mus- tangs won the first game 15-7 and then took the second game 15-9. The senior Mustangs were also at the Huron -Perth championships, with the senior boys tournament being played at Mitchell District Secondary School. Madill played well in the open- ing games of the three matches they played, but did not play as well in the second game. The Mustangs opened up against St. Marys, and after drop- ping the first game 15-11, lost the second game. Madill went up against the Goderich Vikings in their second match and lost out in both games. In their' finaLmatch of the round robin against Stratford Northwest- ern, the Mustangs lost both games. Senior coach Barry Simpson said the Stratford teams, especially Central were really strong this year. • Legion Pee \Vees split SVOAA g coach Mark Foxton, and assistants Murray Foxton, Gary Forster, Brett Cameron, and Rob Gallaher. The Wingham Legion Pee Wees split their WOAA Pee Wee league games last week. On Monday night,"'the team travelled to Zurich and scored a 9- 5 decision over the host club. An- drew Laing and Jake Henderson paced the victory with a pair of goals each, while Don Schiestel, Matt Dinning, Kent Readman, Zack O'Krafka and Kent McPher- son added singles. However, it was a different sto- ry Thursday evening on the famil- iar surface of the Lockridge Me- morial Arena as Seaforth came to town and posted a 9-6 decision. Jamie Chester and Matt Snow scored two goals apiece in a losing cause while O'Krafka, and Laing netted singles. This year's Legion Pee Wee squad is comprised of goaltenders Zane Davies and Joel Leitch; de- fenders Greg Machan, Kevin Hopf, Jamie Chester, Justin Mac- Tavish, and Jerrad Riley; aEd for- wards Andrew . Laing, Curtis Knight, Matt Dinning, Jake Hen- derson, Zack O'Krafka, Kent Readman, Don Schiestel, and Matt Snow. The team is coached by head WEBNESINO4 NOVEMBER 15, 1895 Madill hosts county championship After scoring an impressive 63- 33 decision over the South Huron Panthers last Wednesday in the fi- nal game of the 'regular Huron County high school girls basket- ball league season, the Madill jun- ior Mustangs beat those same Pan- thers in a semi-final game on Friday. Centre Andrea Hiller hooped 20 points for the junior Mustangs against the Panthers in :the final game of the regular season last Wednesday. The junior Mustangs finished the regular season with a perfect 8-0 mark. The senior Mustangs fell 36-30 last Wednesday to finish the sea- son with a 2-6 record, tied with the Panthers. Madill went to Exeter last Thursday and posted a 34-30 decision over the Panthers in the tie-breaker to play against the Goderich Vikings in a semi-final contest on Friday. The junior Mustangs led 17-4 after the first quarter and were ahead 31-15 at halftime. With a 51-21 lead after three quarters of play, coach Chris Coulthard gave his starting centre a rest, as she watched the entire last period from the bench. Michaela Johnston collected 11 points and Kathyrn' Alton hooped 10 points in a winning effort. Pau- la- Kwan chipped in with eight points. The senior Mustangs were in tough against the Panthers, but were just unable to take advantage of their aggressive checking. Neither team was able to find the basket in the first half of the opening period as there was no basket scored until the midway point of the first period. Madill trailed 5-4 after the first period and were behind 20=15 at halftime. The score was 26-21 for the Pan- thers at three-quarter time. Angela Huber hooped nine points for the senior Mustangs with Marlene Huber, Sandra Mur- phy, and Melissa Evers each hit- ting for four points. After beating the Panthers 32- 14 on Friday, the junior Mustangs take on the winner of the Seaforth- Goderich semi-final today at 2 p.m. at the Madill gymnasium. Hiller again paced the Mustangs offence with 16 points. Johnston hooped eight points in a winning effort. The senior Mustangs won the tie-breaker last Thursday in Exet- er, with Marlene Huber leading the Madill offence with nine points. Coach Steve Merner said that almost every player was involved in the senior Mustangs scoring! At the semi-final contest in Goderich on Friday, the Mustangs put up a valiant effort but fell 42- 38 to the senior Vikings. Ironmen earn tie with Barons The Wingham Ironmen earned another point on the weekend in Western Junior 'C' Hockey League play as they skated to a 4- 4 draw with the Hanover Barons. The Barons and Ironmen re- mained tied for third spot in league standings, with 15 points, but the Barons had one game in hand on the Ironmen. Wingham was again plagued by an ineffective power play as they enjoyed two two-man advantage situations during the contest, but were unable to put the puck past Hanover goaltender Greg Hellyer. The Ironmen did get one power play marker, but the goal came with just two seconds left in the manpower advantage situation. While the power play was inef- fective,, the Ironmen penalty kill- ing was strong, limiting the pow- erful Barons to just one power play goal. It was effective at, the start of the second period when the Ironmen were shorthanded for 3:36 with Jonathan Lane sitting out two minors received late in the first period. In the third period, the penalty killers 'did an excellent job when the Ironmen were two -men short for 55 seconds. Ironmen Kyle Wheeler went down in third minute of play when he was checked' while trying for a pass from Jason Thompson. He came back for the start of the sec - Bulls suspend Mustard, Ball. resigns as GM The Brussels Bulls will he glad when the 1995-96 Western Junior 'C' Hockey League season is over. The team has not been having much success on the ice, having just three wins and a draw in 11 contests. The Bulls were handed their worst setback of the season on Fri- day when they fell 13-1 to the Mount Forest Patriots. Pete Ryter netted the lone Brussels goal. The team is also having prob- lems off the ice. Ken Ball has re- signed as the general manager due to personal reasons. Head coach Mike Henry will serve as the inter- im general manager. Player Sheldon Mustard still be- longs to the Brussels Bulls, but he will not be seeing any more ice time this season, as he been sus- pended by the team. and period, but later. left the game with a charley horse. After a scoreless first period, Hanover opened the scoring at 8:05 of the middle stanza when Chad Woollard deked Wingham goalieDavid Bartman, after being set up by Mike Traynor. Scott MacDonald tied the score at 11:41 as he broke in on a two- man break away and beat Hellyer with a low shot on the glove side. The play resulted when former Ir- onmen Deryk Hastie misplayed the puck in the neutral zone and ended up dumping the linesman. Justin Murray and Eric Sikkenga received assists. The Ironmem,. took the lead at 17:51 when Sikkenga circled the Hanover net after getting a pass from Brent Robinson, and beat Hellyer with a low shot on the glove side. At 5:18 of the third period, Ja- son Howes pushed the puck across the goailine. with his stick to even the . score at 2-2. Just six seconds later, Joel Lahn gave the Barons the lead when his shot from just inside the Wingham blueline caught the inside of the post on Bartman's glove side. The Ironmen pulled even at 8:32 as Nic Goetz fired a loose puck over a sprawled Hellyer as the Ironmen were putting pressure on the Hanover net. Sikkenga and Thompson assisted. Wingham regained the lead at 12:05 when Brett Sangster fired the puck into the top corner, after Hellyer misplayed the puck. Chris Buchanan received the assist. With 6:30 left in the game, the Barons netted the tying marker when Traynor shovelled the puck under Bartman as the Ironmen were sloppy defensively. Bartman played a strong game in goal for the Ironmen, making 29 saves, 15 in the third period alone. Hellyer made 32 saves in the Hanover goal. The Ironmen took 14 of the 29 minor penalties assessed by refer- ee Steve Gould. 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