Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-03-18, Page 12teTir
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'Fhe 17th annual Wingham
Mit et llgekeyy Tournament
will': begin this Thursday,
Match 19, at 8 p.m. with
Wingham facing" Off against
Listowel.
The tournament will con-
tinue Friday, March 20, with
Teeswater meeting Brussels
at 5 p.m. and Drayton
tackling Howick at 6:4$ p.m.
As an added feature to the
Friday night games, the
Wingham Ironmen will be
playing at 8;^30 p.m. All
tournament passes and daily
admissions to the event will
be Honored for the Ironmen
game.
This year's • tournament
will schedule 32 teams in a
40 -game series. The teams
accepted into the event are
as follows:
"AAA" Division, Milfred
Michigan; Fraser, Michi-
gan; The Michigan Travel-
lers, Detroit North West,.
Waterloo, Stratford, Ottawa
and Chatam;
"B" Division, Wingham,
Listowel, Kincardine, Han-
over, Goderich, Meaford,
Unionville and Merriton;
"C" Division, Seaforth,
Shelbtitrne, Elmvale, Tavi-
stock, Forest, Southampton,
Stayner and Wasaga Beach;
"D" Division, Drayton,
Brussels, Zurich, Howick,
Mildmay, Ripley, Markdale,
and Teeswater.
The tournament ' com-
mittee has been working
hard preparing for the event
and clubs, organizations and
individuals are again giving
100. per cent support. Some of
the many committees are
advertising, welcoming,
.ticket taking, registration,
billeting, food, refereeing,
trophies and opening
ceremonies. This will cer-
tainly be a true community
event.
Anyone able, to help take
two billets for one of the
following nights, Saturday,
March 21, or Saturday,
March 28, please contact
Allen Harrison, 357-2646 or
the recreation department at
357-1208.
Public skating has been
cancelled at the Lockridge
Memorial Arena for the next
two weekends, however
there will be skating on
Tuesday, March 24, from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Mixed 'spiel
drew winners "
The Al Matheson rink won
the 11 o'clock draw and was
the overall winner in the
annual Wingham Mixed
'Spiel sponsored by Western
Foundry. The Art Carr rink
won the 9 o'clock draw and
was second overall.
The rink skipped by Barry
Reid was secondin the 9
o'clock draw, with the Jack
Goodall rink third. The
Casey Casemore rink won
the consolation.
In the 11 o'clock draw, the
Bill Hanula rink was second
and the Grant Coultes rink
third. Earl Fitch's rink took
the consolation prize.
Snowmobile
Assoc. draw
The Wingham and District
Snowmobile Association held
its Lucky Dollar Draw
during a spring dance at the
Howick Community Centre
Saturday evening.
Mrs, Lou • Andrews of
Cayuga won the. $500 prize
_.`..a,nd_, James Thompson,
Bluevale, took home the $200
win. The $100 draw was won
by Don Henry of Bluevale.
The four $50 winners were:
Lorne Wilson, Brodhagan;,
Charles McDonald,
Lucknow; MA" Searson,
Bluevale, and Inez
Williamson, Harriston.
Game three Friday night
Ironmen lose a
By Peter Bauer
The Wingham Ironmen
dropped a 5-3 decision to the
Essex 73's and find them-
selves in a rather precarious
position. They now trail the
73's two games to none in the
best -of -seven quarter final,
all -Ontario playoff round.
For the second night in a
row the Essex club made
good on the few scoring
chances it had to take the
Ironmen 5-3 in Esx. The
lronmen again played well
enough to win, but two costly
Mistakes ,resulted in Essex
goals and good goaltending
by Bill Wuerch held the 73's
in the lead until Dale Flood
scored an empty net goal to
sew up the win.
The Ironmen had the
better scoring chances in the
opening period with Wuerch
making a key pad save on
Jay MacLaurin in the slot
following good pressure by
the Wingham club. Wuerch
was down on the ice but just
,managed to kick his leg out
in time to deflect MacLau-
rin's goalmouth, hot lit the
corner.
Wuerch made a good stop
on Brian Tenpas on a shot
from the right faceoff circle
after a neat passing play by
Larry Donaldson to Ken
Cousins and then to Tenpas.
Doug Gamble made a
great glove catch at the
other end of the rink
following a faceoff to his
right. Flavio Seve'rin's point
shot was labelled for the top
left-hand corner, but Gamble
quickly snapped the puck up
before it Could enter the net.
Chris Flood gave the home
club a 1-0 lead as he broke m
on a . two -on -one with his
brother Dale. Chris took the
pass, then deked Gamble to
the ice before backhanding
the' puck into the net. That
goal came late in the period
at 16:39 and was the .only
scoring play during the first
20 minutes.
Chris Glenwright made it
2,0 at 2:17 of the middle
frame as Mike Montgomery
was caught flatfooted, with
Glenwright sweeping to the
outside instead of moving
into the slot. Gamble had
made the initial save but
after losing sight of the puck,
moved to return to his feet.
At this point the puck came"
loose and slid across the goal
line.
Pete Goodall put the Iron -
men on the scoreboard less
than two minutes later as his
poirit shot went all the way
through a maze of players,
with Wuerch being screened
on .the shot. Just over a
minute later at 5:12 Ken
Cou$ins tied the score as he
rifled one from the top of the
right faceoff circle after the
defenceman moved ,away
from him.
However, before the
period ended, Glenwright
scored his second, blasting
one by Gamble on a three -on -
one break. That goal came
with 27 seconds remaining in
the period.
The Ironmen started fast
in the final frame and the
line of Tenpas, Donaldson
and Cousins went to work.
Wuerch made consecutive
saves on Tenpas and
Donaldson to hold the Iron -
men off the scoresheet,
forcing a faceoff. Right off
the draw the line went to
work again. This time Ten -
pas was able to beat Wuerch
following a goalmouth
scramble.
However just under two
minutes later the 73's re-
gained their one -goal lead as
the Ironmen became sloppy
in their own zone and liter-
ally gave the puck away for
the go-ahead goal. Everyone
seemed to be standing still as
Chris Flood moved in and
just got the puck behind
Gamble. Before that goal
- Gamble had made two key
Saves, one on- a breakaway
that should have been whist-
ledoff-side.
Following the 73's fourth
goal Chris Flood again had a
chance 'on a break, but
Gamble came up with a good
THE PUCK SQUIRTED
goalie, but the defence managed to clear the rebound
and prevent any damage as the 73s took a 2-0 lead in
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their playoff series with a victory over the Ironmen'at
Essex on Saturday. (Photo by David Tiffin)
Belgrave Midgets
first in tourney
The Belgrave Midgets took
first place in the first annual
Wiliiamsford Hockey
Tournament held Saturday
and Sunday near Owen
Sound. '
The local team defeated
Desboro 8-3 Saturday
morning and slipped by Port
Elgin 3-2 Sunday to advance
to the finals. Belgrave
downed Shallow Lake 5-3 in
the final match to win the
championship trophy.
Each local team member
gave 100 per cent during, the
tournament and they were
commended by the officials
for their sportsmanlike
conduct.
Eight teams, most of
which were from the
Williamsford area, par-
ticipated in the tournament.
Fastball executive
to attend OASA annual
Several executive
members of the Wingham
Bob Foxton BP Intermediate
Fastball Club will attend the
1981 Ontario Amateur Soft-
ball Association annual
meeting in Peterborough
April 3-5, to . support
Wingham's bid to host the
1981 OASA intermediate C
playoff tournament.
The BPs, 1980 OASA Inter-
mediate C finalists, sub-
mitted a comprehensive
presentation to the OASA
executive outlining , high-
lights of Wingham a few
weeks after the tournament
held last year in Camlachie.
Coach Doug Neil and
stl
to
'As -time ttcke
'en continued
Oust missed on a
of" good chances,
esp ;tally in the last four
minutes.gf, the game. Tenpas
Made a:" Rpod set up to
DslnhidsQn, who just missed
on an attempted hp in.
Dale.Fld finally put the
icing an, -.01 game when he
scored, MO an empty net
with Gible caught halfway
bet'ween'.tl a goal and the
he.1 h. That goal was scored
at 18.:44. In the last minute of
plax the, Ironmen had per-
haps: fire great chances, but
Wuerch,ear ie up with the big
stop. • '
it wasthe, second time that
the Irgnmeia appeared to
have been the better club on
the ice but.fqund themselves
on the" wrong end of the
score. The 73's are a bigger
club but `appear sluggish and
cumbersome — that is to
date. They have one good
thing 'going; ,for them. They
have mastered the long pass
almost to perfection. In the
third' periiod they had per -
a !bleawa a match o
eV onet" aw+te
they :do seem. to .
dated by the Ir alnen v I n
they decide hit
Th`sten are smaller
but seem to carry thew
weight better than the 73's.
They also i>ave;a slight edge
in'EitTif sharing game. If the
Ironmen come oat hitting in
game three 'they could put
the Essex club in a pressure
situation. The team we have
seen to date does net look
like it should have made it to
this round of the playoffs, yet
it enjoys a two -game lead
and could wrap up the series
this weekend.
Future games are Friday,
March 20, in Wingbetn at 9
p.m. and Sunday, March 22,
in Essex at 5:30 p.m., •
WHISTLE STOPS: It was
mentioned by an onlooker
that the Essex netminder
had horseshoes somewhere
on his person. To which„
another spectator replied,
"More like the whole
Horse!"
Bantams now advance
to OMHA semifinals
The Wingham Kinsmen
Bantams advanced to the
OMHA all -Ontario semi-
finals Sunday with a 5-2
victory over Kingsville to
,win the best -of -five series
three gamesito two.
The fourth game of the
series had -been played in
Kingsville Saturday, with
the home ch b winning 6-4 to
force the fifth game. Kings-
ville had a 2-0 lead at the end
of the first period and went
ahead 4-0, in the . ;Second
before Do* Stephenson
soared for. Wingham,
assisted by .rim Dennis and
Mark Foxton;, At the end., of
the second,' Kingsville led 5-
-,
With the score 6-1 in the
final frame Wingham
finally came.: to life. Steve
Nicholson started the ball
rolling ,at 7:36, assisted by
Tim ,.. 'B!'oiyPi ,road . .rot'
NicholgOn apkao again, with,
Brett) .caMethn,tearning an
assist. IC am on scared at
11:$1 from ,Houghton and
Jim Dennis, but time ran out
on Wingham with the Score 6-
4 in Kingsville's favor.
This set the stage for the
deciding game of the series:
to be played in the Lockridge
•Memorial .Arena Sunday
. afternoon. The aiaa was
electric as the teams faced
off to start this important
contest. ,
others from the executive
will travel to Peterborough
to support their bid for the
tournament. At least two
other communities also have
made bids for the tour-
nament, but the BPs are
hopeful their submission will
be judged the best. The host
for the tournament will be
announced at Peterborough.
A number of team
members already have
begun working out at the
local high school in
preparation for the up-
coming fastball season.
Coach Neil reports there are
several new players trying to
crack the lineup this year.
Kingsville opened the
scoring at 2:58: of. the first
Period, but Mark Foxton got
the equalizer .on a blast from
outside the blueline"at 7:06, -
assisted by Dennis. 'Twenty
seconds later' Kingsville had
regained the lead,' but that.
was their final score as the
Wingham 13antarns roared
back . with' four straight
goals.
At 5:27 of the middle ,
period Paul ,Kenyon scored, ,
assisted by 'Brown. and
Willis, to tie the game.
Cameron scored what
proved to be the winning goal
20 secondsaater from a goal -
mouth scramble, assisted by
Houghton and Nicholson.
In the final. frame
Cameron scored his second
goal, assisted by Nicholson,
at 10:30. Big left winger
Doug McFarlan scored an
insurance marker at 11:51,
assisted by Sean Bray,"
sealing the 5-2 victory. The
win : gives the Bantams a
berth in the Ontario Minor
Hockey • Association semi-
finals., •
ICE CHIPS—Eighty-five
minutes in penalties were,
handed out in the game, 29
minutes to Wingham and 56
to Kingsville. Strong penalty
killing by Wingham kept
Kingsville off the score-
board
• Brett Cameron
dominated ' as , a penalty
Ater,. ,. Pfath g `irri' oner'of the-'
fiiilest "'displays of stick
handling and puck control
ever. seen.; in .the Wingham
arena. The Wingham team
showed that hard work and
hustle wins hockey games.
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June Tomkins 482-9320.
Irene Okahashi 482-7165.
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GRANT GNAY and Tony Gardonio mix it up in front of the Essex net early In the
second period of the game between Essex and the Wingham lronmen last. Friday.
Essex won the game despite being outplayed by the Ironmen.
(Photo by David Tiffin)
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