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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-29, Page 11GOALIE TODD ROOT made a sprawling save to stop Troy Pocaluyko, who was set up by Kevin Coultes on a Wingham power play late in the third period Sunday. The big line for the lronmen played a strong game, especially in the 5-3 first period, pacing Wingham to an 8-6 win in the opening match of the playoff against Port Elgin Bears. lronmen win shootout 8-6 in opening match of final By Peter Bauer The Wingham Ironmen emerged from a shoot-out in the first gameof their group final series against Port Elgin Bears with an 8-6 win. It was .a goaltender's nightmare as they fell victim to deflections, screens and some strange bounces. Kevin Coultes, Troy Pocaluyko and Jim LeGrand r returned to the Port Elgin zone and mounted good pressure, resulting in the first goal. Troy Pocaluyko slid the puck under the pad of Todd Root after he had made ..the initial stop. Kevin Coultes then stole the puck behind the Port Elgin goal as Root misplayed it. Coultes scooped up the puck, skated the to the righlThrt3�e—Fret-and backhanded the puck into the vacated goal. The Bears regrouped and scored twice to even the count at 2-2. Paul Longpre fired a rebound past Mike Campbell as he followed up a rush by linemate Brian Lush: At 6:03 Bill Jacques tied the score. As Don Matheson's shot off the backboards flipped high into the air, Jacques managed to, knock it down and sweep it past Campbell before he could get set. Coultes scored a power scored two goals each for Ironmen, while Steve Nicholson and Brett Cameron added singles. The.. two ,clubs started the scoring spree in the opening period, producing eight goals. The Ironmen found themselves on top by a 5-3 count after the first 20 minutes of play. They jumped to a quick two -goal lead less than four minutes into the game. The Bears had just managed their first shot at the Iron - men net, ringing it off the goalpost, when the Ironmen l THE sau/16E LAST 2 DAYS WED. & THURS. 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Peter Sinclair scored a shorthanded goal near the midway mark of the period after Camp a ai ed to deflect the puck with his stick. The Ironmen regained the lead for good when Steve Nicholson finished off a splendid three-way passing play. Cameron took a pass near the blueline and dropped the puck back to Dave Iviontgornery who spotted Nicholson on the left wing. Jim LeGrand rounded out the first -period scoring, converting Rick Schiestel's pass for the fifth Wingham goal. In the second period, Pocal>riyko was the lone Wingham marksman while Richard McLay and Lush replied for the Bears, making it 6-5 after two periods. the third period to give the Bears their sixth goal, while Jim LeGrand scored the eventual winner midway through the period. Cameron fired an insurance marker past Root after waiting for his linemates to flood the zone. He used his wingers as decoys, beating Root cleanly with a shot from the right circle. Although there were about 300 people at the game, the turnout was poor compared to other years when the arena was filled to capacity for the final round of group playoffs. The Ironmen will travel to Port Elgin Thursday night for an 8:30 game and return home to host the Bears Saturday night, also an 8:30 start. They will play the fourth game of the best -of - seven series Sunday af- ternoon at 3:00 at Port Elgin. Linda Arthur won $76 in the 50-50 draw. Port Elgin earned a berth in the final round with a 6-2 win over Kincardine Kinucks Wednesday night at Port .E.J in The Kinucks put up a disappointing effort and the Bears did not have to work hard for the win as Kin- cardine seldom - mounted a sustained attack, appearing to lack the desire to win. The Bears emerged with a 2-i first -period lead on a pair of goals by Lush, with Dave Petteplace responding for the Kinucks. They stretched that to a 5-1 spread in the second, with Gary Tucker, Larry Misselbrook and Peter Sinclair connecting. In the final frame the clubs ex- changed goals, with Jim Hayward scoring for Port Elgin and Brad Fitzsimmons countering for Kincardine. Grp T'' ke 2-1 lead in series 0 ;U By Bill Johnston Showing lots of hustle and muscle, the Wingham Royals showed no mercy as they bombed Tara 6-1 to take a 2-1 lead in their best -of -five series °in WOAA In- termediate hockey action at the local arena Friday night. The first „period featured exciting hockey with end-to- end action. At 3:27 Jim McGee converted a Jay MacLaurin pass to open the scoring for the Royals. At 8:10 the Royals took a 2-0 lead as Murray Baier let one go from just inside, the blue - line which caught the corner of the net. In the second, the Royals Duplicate Chris Bell scored late in bridge results Phone 357-1630 for 24 hour movie information PLAYING FROM SUNDAY TO THURSDAY MARCH 4th to 8th SHOWTIME: ONE SHOW AT 8:00 PM EACH EVENING PLAYING FROM WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY FEBRUARY 29th to March 3rd SHOWTIMES: WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY AT 8:00 PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY AT 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM HOW DO YOU KILL SOMETHING THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE ALIVE. She was born bad. Plain and simple. Somewhere deep on a darkened assembly line. Christine. A'58 Plymouth Fury with a taste for blood. She's taken control of her teenage owner, Arnie. • Her previous owner is not alive to warn him. And now she's steering straight for the one person in her way. Arnie's girlfriend, Leigh. rir,'/t.----x716--- +,,$ isit ♦ 6r::-� again did all the scoring. Maclarin, parked at the goat crease, managed to get his stick on a pass -out from the corner and the puck took a crazy flip over the goalie and into the net. At 11:00 on the power play, the -Royals raised the count to 4-0 on a pretty three-way passing play from Rick Jacklin to Rick MacLennan to Sandy Fitzgerald breaking for the net and, with a dip of the shoulder, a long stride and a fake, Sandy tucked the puck behind Steve Martin in the Tara net. At • 16:24 Rick MacLennan got one of those gift goals, as the Tara goalie made the The Wingham Advance -Tinges, t`eb. 29, 1984—Page 11 initial stop but the puck squirted loose to MacLennan at the opposite side of the net and lie, with evidept ease, tapped it into the yawning net, Ahead 5-0c gopng into the third, . it took a mere eight seconds to raise the score to 6-0 with a strange goal as Jacklin's long- shot took a weird bounce off the back- boards, finding its way off the goalie's skate into the net. Tempers heated up with a steady stream of penalties as the Royalsoutmuscled and manhandled Tara at every turn of the play. For the last 10 minutes of the period the Royals found themselves playing two men short time and again and it was during one of these shorthanded periods that Tara's Mery Misch spoiled Ron Smith's bid for a shutout, deflecting a shot into the net. It was two aired and bat- tered attered teams that skated from ' the ice at game's end, the Royals happy with this Bene- - sided win. WHISTLE STOPS — A good crowd was on hand for this one and both teams responded time and time again to the rooting of their fans. The Royals certainly played good, heads -up hockey for the win and their Bloemberg fires winner as.Royals eli Tara f-� at both ends of the ice. For the Royals, the line of Dave Golley, Rick MacLen- Riding a wave of en- nan and Sandy Fitzgerald thusiasm, the Royals ended again looked great, coming it quickly as Dave Burns up with the early goals. passed to Jeff Bloomberg Hard-working Jim McGee just off the edge of the circle 'combined with Rick Jacklin and his shot found the mark. for the big goal which sent With the flash of the red the game into overtime with light, the Royals had the the Royals up and Tara victory and the series. down. And in overtime Midget Jeff Bloemberg, a late ad- dition to the lineup for this game when Dennis Knox was a late scratch, once again came through in a big way, blasting the winner just 48 seconds into overtime. The Royals now will play a best -of -seven series with the winners of the Lion's Head - Durham series, with the first game tentatively scheduled for this Friday night at the local arena. Let's see a good crowd on hand for this one! Yvonne McPherson and Omar Haselgrove captured top 'spot in last week's duplicate bridge club play. Jim Alcorn and Wilfred French were second, Belle Herbert and Jean Whitby, third, and Margaret Mundell and Elaine Colvin, fourth. By Bill Johnston The Wingham Royals came from behind Sunday night to tie the game and went on to win 4-3 in over- time, ousting Tara from the opening round of the WOAA Intermediate -playoffs. Tara, playing in front of a hometown crowd, was just 41 seconds from evening the best -of -five series at two -all when the Royals, with the extra attacker, evened the count and went on to win, taking the series three games to one. Tara went ahead 1-0 in the first period on a goal by Ed Matlock, with assists from ' Dave Hornsby and Rick Laver. The Royals got things rolling in the second, tying the score at 5:40 Sandy seconds left to send the game Fitzgerald's so effort and into sudden -death overtime. taking a 2-1 ead as Rick MacLennan fl hed the red . light with line ate Fitz- gerald drawing an assist. Excitement mounted in the third as Tara tied it up at 10:06 and, with less than three minutes to play, Dave Hornsby's goal sent Tara ahead 3-2 and the Tara team appeared to have tied the series. With less than a minute to go, Royals' goalie Ron Smith had hardly hit the bench when the extra attacker, Jim McGee, took a pass in the slot from Rick Jacklin in the corner and made no mistake, putting the big black pill in the. Tara cage with just 41 WHISTLE STOPS - It certainly was a big come - from -behind win for the Royals and a very tough game for Tara to lose. Although Friday's game had ended in a rough and tough finish, this game was a good clean one, with end-to-end action and good goaltending Royals even series *iWOver By Bill Johnston The Wingham Royals played a strong third period to rack up a 3-1 win in the second game of their best -of - five WOAA playoff series against Tara last Wednesday night. The win at home evened the series at a win each. - Nary a goal was scored in the first period - as the goalies, Royal Ron Smith and Tara's Steve Martin, seemed to take turns in the spotlight, coming up with some sound goaltending to guard their respective nets in true Scrooge fashion. a mere 29 seconds later with Just into the second period a pass from Dave Golley to at 2:33, Tara jumped into the Rick MacLennan, the lead with an unassisted flashing red light signaled a effort by Mery Misch. At 3=1 lead for the Royals. Tara 3:40, while Tara's Brad pressed but ., the Royals Angel watched from the reached for extra effort and penalty box, the Royals' with solid goaltending, a power play peppered the solid defence and hard - Tara net and, taking a pass working forwards kept Tara from Rick Jacklin, Jay off the scoresheet. MacLaurin fired a shot that WHISTLE STOPS — There was partially blocked by the is nothing as exciting as paw of the Tara goalie but good, close -checking, low- , scoring playoff hockey, and this game certainly had it. managed to trickle over the line to even the count at one. Both teams pressed hard, but solid goaltending sent them into the dressing rooms tied at one. The Royals hit the ice on the fly in the third period and applied early pressure. At 1:25 Rick MacLennan threw ,a pass to Jeff Bloemberg just inside the blueline and his low shot evaded numerous bodies just off the crease and needled its way into the netting to send the Royals ahead 2-1. Applying further pressure Coultes leads PeeWees in p I ay n over Wiarton off wi Jason Coultes scored four goals and added two assists to lead the Wingham Legion Pee Wees to an 8-4 victory over Wiarton Sunday in a WOAA playoff game. The game was played in Wiarton and the win gave Wingham the best -of -three series in two games straight. Wingham now will meet Durham in the next round of playoff action with the first game to be played in Wingham this Sunday at 2 p.m. Wiarton's Terry Koshan opened the scoring at 10:32 of the first period. Wiarton held onto the lead until the 10:28 mark of the second period when Coultes connected for, his first goal, an unassisted marker. Wingham's Sean Rathburn gave his•team a 2-1 lead, with Coultes and Jeff Tolton assisting. Then Coultes and Joe Walker added goals to increase the count to a 4-1 lead for the 'Hometown team. Wiarton added two more to cutthat lead to one, but Coultes scored his third to give Wingham a 5-3 lead after two periods. Shawn Thompson opened the scoring for Wingham in the third by drilling a shot into the top right corner of the net. Wiarton's James Brough cut the lead to 6-4, but Coultes' fourth and Walker's second goal rounded out the .t, wring. Jeff McKe t led in Wingham's assist depart- ment with three, Rathburn added two with single assists going to Brad Crawford and Walker. ' In an exhibition game last Tuesday, the Legion team tied Ripley 3-3. Coultes, Rathburn and McKee were the Wingham marksmen. Ripley's Tom ''Fry scored with only 2:50 remaining to deadlock the score. In the game, Michael Elmslle, John MacDonald and Tolton drew assists. ICE CHIPS—The Legion team has two tournaments coming up in March. The local boys meet Dresden in their first game at the Goderich Young Canada Week and in the Flesherton tourney, Wingham will meet Sehomberg in game one. The team displayed the brand of hockey- it is capable of by showing good hustle in Wiarton Sunday. Recreation Report Both goalies were spec- tacular, time after time. The win was earned with an all- out effort by every Royal every time he hit the ice. It was close -checking and at tames a little chippy, but certainly not lacking in excitement. Rick MacLennan was on the move at full throttle for the Royals and was rewarded for his efforts with a goal and an assist. Rick Jacklin saw a lot of ice time and did a superb job as general in command of the blueline brigade, clearing the puck out of harm's way time after time and being especially effective when the Royals played shorthanded. Once again Midget Jeff Bloemberg was back with the big boys, playing with polished poise and for an encore he fired the big goal, the winner. It was nice to see Murray Baier back in action after a leg injury. Royal Dave Stephenson watched from the sidelines, nursing a shoulder injured in the last game of the regular season. BY RENNIE ALEX7O Rec. Director IR 1 solid hitting seenllsd to upset the,Tara boys, Slowing them by a stride or so and forcing them to abandon their passing attack for weak individual efforts. It was fitting that if Tara was to score it would be Mery Misch, as he logged a lot of ice time and, together with goalie Steve Martin, seemed to be the only bright spoil in the Tara crew. For the Royals, the Pepper Line of Dave Golley, Rick MacLennan and Sandy Fitz, gerald played well as a unit, coming up with two big goals in the second. Jay MacLaurin was the spark that launched the Royals as he set up the first two goals and got the third himself and,. in the third as the Royals played shorthanded, he won the big faceoffs in the Royal end. With this win the Royals took a 2-1 lead in the best -of - five series. Rockers split pair There will be a Softball Ontario Coaches' Clinic, Saturday, March 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the F. E. Madill Secondary School. A minimum of 25 coaches are needed for the success of this program. Those in- terested must be pre- registered by March 3. For more information, contact Doug Neil at 357-3492. The final date for sub- mitting applications for summer employment is next Saturday, March 10. Ap- plications still may be picked up at the town hall, the F. E. Madill Secondary School and the rec office. The hockey games this week are as follows: _ Fri., March 2, 8:30 p.m., Royals possibly; Sat., March 3, 3 p.m. By Fraser Strong The Wingham Old -Timers traveled to Mississauga last weekend for a return engagement with . the Cookesville Sno-Caps. Two games were played in the beautiful Mississauga Valley Recreation Centre, with the Rockers gaining a split. In the first game on Satur- day night the Cookesville team scored all its goals in the first period en route to a 3-2 victory. Gord Walker, Larry O'Brien and ex-Wing- hamite Bill Crawford did the damage for the Sno-Caps. Rob Laurie was the only Rocker to score in the period. A lack of persistent fore - checking on Wingham's part hurt any chances of applying sustained pressure in the Cookesville end. Finally, the second wind started to come and ghana began to control the play more and more. Two new players added to the Cookesville ; lineup, strengthened that team considerably and although John Cullen of Wingham notched a second marker for the Rockers in the second frame, the Sno-Caps hung on fora 3-2 win: .Following the game Cookesville hosted the Wingham players and their wives to a buffet at the Ramada Inn. Sunday it was Wingham's turn on the pond as they got. the "bounce" of the puck going their way. Strong opened the scoring with the first two goals of the game on assists from George Skinn and Tim Tolton. Colangelo brought Cookesville to within one, but Tolton from Strong Bantams vs. Durham; and English moved Sat., March 3, 8:30 p.m., Wingham ahead by two Juniors vs. Port Elgin; again. Sun., March 4, 2 p.m., Pee The teams traded goals in Wees vs. Durham: the third to make the final Sun., March 4, 7:`30 p.m., score 4-2 in Wingham's Midget II game; favor. Bill Tolton from Mon., March 5 9:30 p.rY ., Wayne Brown recorded the Industrial league playoffs. final Wingham goal. 4I Ptc JUMPING FOR JOY—Royals celebrate after Jay MacLaurin, parked at the goal crease, was set up by Mike Montgomery and flipped a high shot just underjhe crossbar to give Wingham a 3-0 lead in the second 4- y, period of Friday night's game against Tara. Royals put on a good show to score a 6-1 win and fake a 2-1 lead in the playoff series.