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Zurich Citizens News, 1969-01-30, Page 8PAGE EIGHT In connection with the Minor Hockey Day at Zurich last Saturday, rival coaches were asked to pick a star from the opposing teams. Below is the results of their decis- ions hi each game played: House League — Stars of the Game Bradley Clausius and David Clarke 144114 Mite League — Stars of the Game Paul Haggitt and Steven Grainger Zurich and Huron Park Squirts Wayne Schilbe and Randy Somerville Exeter and Zurich PeeWees Bob Brandt and Gerald Weido Zurich and Exeter lantayrls Ronnie Rader and Eandy Tiernan ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Juniors FinaHyLShake Jinx;jfBeat Lambeth 5-3 In Best Showing The Zurich Dominions came up with their best effort of the sea- son on Monday night whey bumped off the league -leading Lambeth Flyers, 5-3. The game was played in the St. Thomas Elgin Memorial Arena, and the locals seemed to enjoy the huge ice surface in the modern building. Last Thursday night in Hanover the Dominions had to come from behind to gain an 8-7 victory over the Hurricanes, On Friday night in Mitchell the Dominions came back strong in the third period, but fell one goal short of tieing the score; when they were edged out 4-3. On Sunday afternoon they suffered their worst defeat of the season at the hands of the Lam- beth crew, 7-0. The Monday night game was their fourth in five days. On Saturday night the locals will travel to Belmont, and bellow- ing their sparkling 5-3 win over Lambeth, they are quite confident they can upset the second -place Sunsets. The next home game for the locals will be this Sunday af- ternoon when the same Lambeth Flyers will pay their last visit of the regular season to Zurich. Zurich 5—Lambeth 3 In St. Thomas on Monday night the Zurich crew took a command- ing 3-0 lead in the first period, on goals by Butch Fleet, Stew Mustard and Ron Corriveau. All three goals were scored by the five-minute mark. The Dominions saw their lead dwindle to 3-1 early in the second period before Corriveau scored his second goal of the game on a Breakaway while his team was shorthanded. However, in the next three minutes Lambeth name up with two big goals to close the gap at 4-3. From this point on the Dominions came up with their most brilliant performance, skat- ing and checking like seasoned veterans. From the 8:25 mark of the second period . on Lambeth failed to come up with another goal, . Close checking by both teams featured the third period, and -Gary Geoffrey, in the Zurich nets, had to come up with numerous sensa- tional stops to keep the Flyers •off the scoresheet. With only five minutes left in the game and Lam- beth trying desperately for the tying goal, Stew Mustard banged in his second goal of the night to insure the locals of their first win of the season over one of the top teams, A penalty to Zurich with one minute to go gave Lambeth new life, and they pulled their goalie in a desperate attempt to beat Geoffrey. The Dominions came up with a sparkling perform- ance in the dying minute of the game, and kept the Flyers well away from scoring range. The line of Stew Mustard, Ron Corriveau and Richard Schilbe picked up nine points in the game, three to each member. Kevin Mc- Kinnon earned an assist on Fleet's goal Both teams had 32 shots on goal, while Zurich picked up eight minor penalties compared to five for Lambeth Lambeth 7—Zurich 0 Playing just the opposite type of hockey to which they played in St Thomas on Monday night, the Zurich Dominions suffered one of their worst setbacks of the season on Sunday afternoon, when the visiting Lambeth Flyers trounced them 7-0. The Flyers scored two goals in both the first and second periods, and then added three more in the third. Pete Jenkinson let the attack for the visitors with two goals, while Little, Thomas, Dufty, Elrick and Webster each scored one. Eighteen penalties were called in the game with 10 of there going to Zurich and eight to Lambeth. Minor Hockey Day hi Zurich Featured Twelve Teams in Hea y Action Al! Day The Minor Hockey Day held in Zurich last Saturday, sponsored by the Zurich Minor Athletic Associa- tion, proved to be a huge success as hundreds of interested parents and relatives attended the actVvi- ties. Stormy weather and near zero temperatures failed to cool the spirits of all the boys taking part in the big day. The only dis- appointment came in the evening when the Blyth Midgets were un- able to reach Zurich, due to stormy weather and unfavorable driving conditions. Six games were held throughout the afternoon and early evening, and following each contest the players involved were treated to light refreshments by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Zurich MAA. The association cleared about $100 on the day's activities, after all ex- penses were paid. House League All -Stars The first game on the schedule at 12:30 saw the House League All - Stars formed .into two teams, and the Rockets came up with a big 12-1 win over the Flyers. Danny Meidinger and Richard Regier were the big guns in the Rocket's victory, each scoring three goals. Ron and Larry Smith each scored twice, while Ron Regier and Greg Thiel accounted for the other two goals. Steve Durand scored the lone goal for the Flyers. Mite Ali -Stars The second game on the pro- gram pitted the Lions All -Stars against the Tiger All -Stars, and and in this contest the Tigers eked out a thrilling 3-2 victory. Paul Haggitt paced the Tigers in their victory with two goals, while Timmy Bedour scored the third. For the Lions Barry Over- holt and Stephen Grainger each scored once Zurich Squirts 7—Huron Park 1 Wayne Clarke, with two big goals, sparked the Zurich Squirts in their 7-1 victory over the visit- ing Huron Park squad. Fred Mom- mersteeg, Jeff O'Brien, Randy Mc- Kinnon, Wayne Schilbe and Danny Meidinger each scored once. For the visitors Jimmy Bonner blinked the red light once. Zurich scored two goals in each of the first and second periods, and then added three more in the final. Zurich PeeWees 6—Exeter 0 The Zurich PeeWees had an easy tone of things in their game with Exeter, as they came up with a convincing 6-0 score. They banged in one in the first, added two more in the second and then came up with three more in the third. Gerald Weido, with three big goals, and Pat Bedard with two, paced the Zurich attack. Kim Mc- Kinnon, scored the other goal for Zurich. Seven penalties were called in the game, with four going to Exeter and three to Zurich. Zurich Bantams 6—Exeter 6 With only one minute left in the game, John Mommersteeg scored his second goal for the Zurich Ban- tams, to give his team a 6-6 draw with Exeter. Zurich had taken a 1-1 lead in the first period, only to have Exeter come back strong in the second and take a 4-2 lead. However, in the third period the .locals came to life again and scored four goals while holding the visitors to two. Other marksmen for Zurich were Ronnie Rader, Pat Bedard, Ronnie Clarke and Gerald Weido, with one each. For Exeter John Muller led the attack with two goals, while Don Miners, Jim Musser, Randy Tiernan and Dick Fairbarn each scored one. Only two penalties were handed out in the game, one to each team. The Bantam game was the end of the afternoon program, and in the evening the Goderich Mites played the Zurich Mites in the first game. The highlight of the evening was to have been the Midget game between the high- flying Blyth crew and the strong Zurich club. Goderieh Mites 10—Zurich 0 The Zurich Mites met the tough- est competition of the day when they faced Goderich in the eve- ning program, and came out on the short end of a 10-0 score. The visitors scored three in the first, five more in the second and then added two more to their total in the last session. Danny Plouffe led the scoring parade for Goderieh with five big goals, while Mike Nephew was next in line with two. Other marks- men were Larry Daer, Hugh Hanly and Ron Kirkoonnell with one each. The program committee of the Zurich Minor Athletic Association, consisting of George liaggitt, Dori O'Brien and Glen Weido, were in charge of the day's activities. All refereeing was done by volunteers from the ranks of minor teams in Zurich, 0 MORE SPORE'S • ON PAGE FOUR Mitchel! 4—Zurich 3 Zurich Dominions came a skate lace away from tying the Mitchell Hawks in OHA Junior D competi- tion last Friday night, but only bad luck and Hawks' goalie Chuck Wildgust kept them from it. The Hawks gained an easy three- goal lead during the first two peri- ods before the Dominions caught fire in the third. In the final 10 minutes of the game Dominions rebounded for two goals and very nearly scored a third with a min- ute remaining. Hawks scored the only goal of the first period on a power -play. Don Murray rifled the puck in from 10 feet catching the top left corner. Hawks' Chuck Wildgust and Gary Geoffrey, Dominions' goalie, kicked out an equal number of shots dur- the remainder of the period. At 5:00 of the second period, Keith Finnigan took the puck from teammate Dave O'Donnell at the blue line and went in alone. His shot glanced off Geoffrey's stick, hit the post and bounced away from the net. Two minutes later, Finnigan capitalized on another pass from O'Donnell. He scored from five feet. Near 9:00, Hawks' Brian Melady caught a rebound and slammed it under the Zurich goalkeeper. Mitchell held a three -goal lead, Dominions started to play hoc- key only in the closing five minutes of the period. At 16:13, Kevin McKinnon fired the puck at Wild - gust from 10 feet. It hit Wild - gust's pads and flew over bis head into the top left corner. Mitchell scored its last goal at 5:22 of the last 20 minutes, then died. O'Donnell broke in alone, deked Geoffrey and fired the puck in the low left corner. In the next 10 minutes, Domin- ions outshot Hawks 10-3. At 13:25 Zurich's Butch Fleet scored num- ber two on a power -play. Three minutes later he repeated his per- formance with a backhander from close in. With a minute and a half re- maining in the period, Dominions stepped on the gas, Geoffrey was pulled for an extra forward, but the move backfired in their faces. A loose puck from a goalmouth scramble in Mitchell's end was in- tercepted by Bill Taylor near the empty net. Taylor was forced to play goal for the next couple of seconds while Hawks momentarily rained in the shots. Twenty seconds remaining in the game, the puck moved into Hawks end again, and Wildgust repelled three hard shots from in close. Zurich 8—Hanover 7 Hanover Hurricanes came the closest to winning a game this sea- son last Thursday night, when they threw a real scare into the Zurich Dominions, and held them to an 8-7 verdict, Zurich played without three of four of their reg- ulars and coach Doug O'Brien brought three members of his Midget team up for the contest. Don Bartliff, !Bill Taylor and John McKinley led the Zurich at- tack with two goals each, while Mel Hohner and Butch Fleet each scored one. Zurich took a commanding 4-1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1 Zurich Peewees Win Two Ganges The Zurich Peewees, during the last week, came up with two big victories in regular league play, edging out Goderieh 4-3 and Mitch- ell 5-4. They lost one to Goderich on Sunday afternoon, 4-1, but showed effects of the big Minor Hockey Day on Saturday. Zurich 5—Mitchell 4 After allowing Mitchell to score two quiek goals before they tin - tracked in the first period, the Zurich PeeWees came back strong last Tuesday in Mitchell to come up with an impressive 5-4 victory. Before the period ended the locals had scored two 'themselves, and then they added one more in the second and another two in the third. In the second period Mitchell came back strong to score twice, and take a 4.3 lead by the end of that period. However, it was Zurich all the way in the third as they scored one to tie the score early in the session and then banged in the winner with only a few minutes left to play. Even though Mitchell pulled their goalie with two minutes left, the locals managed to hang on and earn their victory. Pat Bedard, with three goals, and Gerald Weido, with two, ac• counted for all the Zurich scoring. Each team picked up two penalties in the game. Zurich 4—Goderich 3 The powerful Goderieh Peewees came to Zurich last Wednesday night, and went back home with a 4-3 defeat pinned on them by the underdog homesters. Goderich scored three quick goals in the first period before the locals found the range, and with only two minutes left Barry Hess blinked the red light for Zurich. From the second period on the Zurich crew never stopped skating and checking, and Pat Bedard came up with three big goals to salt away the victory for the locals. Gerald Weido and Kim McKinnon assisted on all three. Three penalties were handed out in the fast game, with two of them going to Goderich and one to Zurich. Goderich 4—Zurich 1 Still suffering from the big day they had on Saturday, the Zurich PeeWees went to Goderich on Sun- day afternoon, and suffered a 4-1 setback. Goderieh scored one in the first, added two more in the second, and came un with their final marker in the third. Gerald Weido, on a neat passing play with Pat Bedard, scored the lone Zurich goal in the first peri- od. Even though he allowed Goderich to score four goals, Wayne Oke in the Zurich net came up with some brilliant saves as he stopped the fast -skating Goder- ich crew on numerous occasions. Each team picked up three pen- alties in the game. lead in the first period, but saw the Hanover crew bang in four goals to their one in the second, to tie the score at 5-5. Two quick goals by the Hurri- canes in the third period gave them a temporary 7-5 lead, but then the Dominions caught fire and came back with three big markers in seven minutes. Ten penalties were handed out in the game with five to each team. Gary Kyle played goal for Zurich. HOCKEY IN THE ZURICH ARENA FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 -- WOAA Intermediate "0" BLYTH MERCHANTS vs ZURICH FLYERS • 8:30 p.m. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 --- OHA Junior "D" LAMBETH FLYERS vs ZURICH DOMINIONS 2:00 p.m. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 WOAA Intermediate "D" BLYTH MERCHANTS vs ZURICH FLYERS 8:30 p.m. This space provided through the courtesy of Dominion Hotel Your Hosts: Marg and Ross Johnston ZURICH