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Zurich Citizens News, 1970-01-08, Page 14PAGE TWELVE ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1970 Dominions Still in Second Place The Zurich Dominions, during the last two weeks, have won two games, tied one and lost one in the western grouping of the OHA Junior D league. They tied Belmont 3-3 in Belmont, defeated Mitchell 6-3 in Zurich and 6-1 in Mitchell and then this past Sunday they lost to Bel- mont 6-2 in the local arena. The local squad are still in sec- ond place in the group standing, six points behind Exeter and only one point ahead of Belmont, who have played two games more than the Dominions. Last night, Wednesday, the local squad played in Lambeth, and on Sunday afternoon they host the Lucan Irish in the local arena. ZURICH 3 - BELMONT 3 The Dominions came from be- hind in their 3-3 tie with Bel- mont and scored on a power play goal with less than three min- utes to go in the game. Shane McKinnon gave the Dominions a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, and this lead held up until the 7.33 mark in the second stanza, when Murray Dale knotted the score at 1-1 for Belnont. Two minutes later Murray Shall]. gave Belmont a 2-1 lead, and hen with less than two minutes remaining in the period Stu Mustard scored a picture goal on a breakaway to tie the score at 2-2. At the 2.54 mark in the third period, Gord Weaver beat Gary Geoffrey in the Zurich net to make the score 3-2, and the Belmont crew unleashed a power- ful offensive against the Domin- ions. Only the outstanding play of Geoffrey kept the Belmont crew off the score -sheet for the balance of the game. With time running out the Dominions began to bear down and with Bill Taylor playing right wing with Ron Corriveau and Stu Mustard the trio clicked to score the equalizer at 17.20. Corriv- eau grabbed the puck from a centre -ice face-off, passed to Taylor who carried it deep into the Belmont zone and then flip- ped it over to Mustard who made no mistake in picking the top right-hand corner of the net. A total of 16 penalties were handed out in the game with 12 of them going to Belmont and only four to Zurich. ZURICH 6 - MITCHELL 3 Before a home -town crowd in the Zurich Arena on December 28, the Dominions rallied from behind an early 2-0 lead for Mitchell, and easily won the game 6-3. By the 13 -minute mark in the first period, Glen Nicholson and Al Harrow had scored for Mitch- ell, to give them an early 2-0 lead. With less than three min- utes to play in the period, Stu Mustard scored from Bruce Scho- enhals and Ron Corriveau to give the locals a new start. Neither team managed to score in the second session, although they come up with a period of good fast hockey. The third period was only one minute old when Mustard bang- ed in his second goal of the game to tie the score at 2-2, and Hien in the next 15 minutes John Load- er scored three goals and Bill Taylor one to give the Dominions a commanding 6-2 lead. With less than two minutes left in the game Mitchell was awarded a penalty shot and Nicholson flip- ped the puck past Geoffrey high in the right-hand corner of the net. Seven penalties were called against Zurich in the game, with eight going to Mitchell. ZURICH 6 - MITCHELL 1 The Dominions came up with their best effort of the season last Tuesday night in Mitchell, when they skated to an easy 6-1 victory over the Hawks. There was little doubt of the outcome of the game right from the open- ing face-off, as the local crew skated and checked as if it were a matter of life and death. Ron Corriveau was the big scoring gun in rhe game for Zurich as he notched three goals, Stu Mustard, Fred Armstrong and Randy Decker each scored once to help the local's cause. Mustard opened the scoring at the 4.07 mark of the first period, and then in the second Corriveau, Armstrong and Decker scored in that order. Corriveau scored both Zurich goals in the third period. Garry Geoffrey looked to be well on his way to his second shut -out of the season until near the end of the third period, when a fluke shot by Greg Strath - dee got by him. Zurich out -shot the Mitchell squad 63-21 throughout the game, and in the last two periods allow- ed only seven shots on goal, two of them in the third and five in the second. The entire team played out- standing hockey in registering their fourth victory of the season over Mitchell, and both the forwards and defencemen skated hard and back -checked well. A total of 30 penalties were called in the game, with 20 of them going to a perturbed Mit- chell crew and only 10 to Zur- ich. Mitchell picked up two HOCKEY IN THE ZURICH ARENA SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 2 PM. O.H.A. JUNIOR "D" LUCAN IRISH vs ZURICH DOMINIONS This space provided through the courtesy of Dominion Hote Your Hosts: Marg and Ross Johnston zumell majors and a major misconduct. BELMONT 6-ZTJRICH 2 The Dominions lost only their second game in 12 starts on Sun- day afternoon when a determin- ed Belmont crew upset them 6-2. The locals stayed with the visit- ors for the first two periods, but then in the third the roof fell in as the Sunsets scored four unan- swered rianswered goals. Brian Abbey gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the first period, and early in the second John Willsie made it 2-0 before the Dominions found the range. Two goals by Ron Corriveau and Bill Stirling, two minutes apart in the dying minutes of the per- iod, gave the locals a new lease on life, and local fans were hope ful their herds could rebound in the third. Belmont lost little time in hit- ting the scoresheet in the third session, and pumped in four unanswered goals to give them a convincing 6-2 victory. It was the first time this season that Belmont managed to defeat the locals. A total of 23 penalties were called, with 12 of them going to the Dominions and 11 to Belmont. OHA JUNIOR "D" Western Grouping W L T PTS 13 2 1 27 9 5 3 21 9 8 2 20' 9 7 1 19 4 .12 0 8 3 14 1 7 Exeter Zurich Belmont Lucan Mitchell Lambeth GAMES THIS WEEK: Wednesday - Zurich at Lambed Sunday - Lucan at Zurich As the schedule for the Zur- ich Dominions in the western grouping of the OHA`Junior D enters it's second half, Stu Mus- tard is leading the local's scor- ing parade with a total of 29 points, made up of 14 goals and 15 assists. Next in line is Ron Corriveau, who has 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 points. Tied for third spot are another two line - mates, John Loader, with seven goals and 11 assists, and Bill Stirling, with the same record for 18 points. Top ten in the Dominions scoring are: G A PTS Stu Mustard 14 15 29 Ron Corriveau 13 12 25 John Loader 7 11 18 Bill Stirling 7 11 18 Rich Schilbe 6 6 12 Bob Cook 6 4 10 Ron Henry 3 7 10 John McKinley 5 3 8 Kevin McKinnon 4 3 7 Fred Armstrong 1 6 7 0 Peewees Win (by Doug Turkheim) Monday nig'it the Zurich Pee Wees defated the Adastral Park crew as they controlled the play throughout the game and skated to a 6-1 win. Zurich scored two goals in each period with Derek O'Brien and Wayne Schilbe scoring in the opening period. Greg Love and Wayne Clarke scored in the last stanza while Barry Hess scored the two goals of the sec- ond period. Tlie Adastral Park goal was accounted for by Don Page. There were seven penalties with the visiting team collecting four and Zurich three. On the 22nd of December the Zurich and Huron Park Pee Wees battled to a 2-2 tie. Derek O'Brien scored in the first period and Wayne Clarke accounted for the extra marker in the last period. Both Huron Park goals were scored in the last stanza off the sticks of Peter Catlos and Terry McKellan. There were three penalties with Zurich collecting two and Huron Park one. Zurich Bantams See Plenty of Action; Win First Game in Silver Stick Tourney (by Doug Turkheim) Last Saturday morning the Zurich Bantams who have enter- ed the Silver Stick Tournament being held at Watford, won their first game 9-2 against the Sarnia Indians, The Zurich attack was led by Gerald Weido, Bill Bedard and Pat Bedard who each scored twice. Singles were addedby Rick Grenier, John Mommer- steeg and Peter Hesse. Zurich opened the scoring early in the first period and had a 4-1 lead by the end of the first. They allowed one goal to be scored against them in the second and the period ended 4-2. In the last stanza Zurich dominated the play, scoring five more times. There was only one penalty called in the game with it going to Zurich. The boys play again this Sun- day afternoon against the win- ner of the game played between Shedden and Lucknow. They ask the support of all local fans who can attend the game. If the team wins all games in Watford, they will travel to Port Huron to meet in the finals. ZURICH 6 - EXETER 6 On December B6, the Zurich Bantams tied the Exeter Bantams by a score of 6-6. Zurich goal scorers were Ger- ald Weido and Pat Bedard, who each had two counters. Singles were scored by Billy Bedard and Joe Kenda. Exeter's goals were scored by Wayne Regier Evith a hat -trick. Singles were accounted for by Pius Deitrich, Gary Rickman and Rick Gilfillan. There were no penalties called in the game. ZURICH 5- EXETER 2 Four days later Zurich again met Exeter at full strength and defeated them 5-2. Zurich goals were all singles accounted for by Ron Rader, Dave Cyr, Gerald Weido, Bill Bedard and Pat Bedard. Exeter goals were scored by Rick Gilfillan and Greg Gregus. There were four penalties called with Exeter drawing three and Zurich one. On the'29th of December the Zurich Bantams downed the Seaforth crew by a close 5-4 score. Gerald Weido was the big star of the game as he banged in all five of the Zurichoals. Gerald only needed the help of Pat and Bill Bedard, who each collected an assist on two goals. Seaforth goals were scored by Don Nicholson who scored twice and Brian Lane and Randy Mc- Clinchey each scored once. ' There were two penalties to Seaforth. House League Win One Game Each (By Doug Turkheim) In House League play Saturday December 27, the Hawks down- ed the Bruins 7-0. Danny Meidinger scored three tines and Fred Mommersteeg twice to give them their win. Singles were scored by Steve Haberer and Mike Denomme. There were two penalties to each team. In the other House League action on the 27th, the Leafs downed the Canadiens 7-3. Derek O'Brien scored four times for the Leafs to give them their win. Singles were scored by Greg Love, Larry Smith and Steve Smith. Canadiens goals were scored by Gary Love with two and Stephen Bedour one. There were four penalties called to each team in the game. Last Saturday in the House League the Canadiens downed the Hawks by a 3-1 score. Ken Regier, Francis Denomme and Dave Clarke each scored once for the Canadiens. The Hawks loner was account- ed for by Wayne Meidinger. There were two penahtes called to the Hawks and one to the Canadiens. The second game on Saturday morning saw the Leafs down the Bruins by a score of 5-0. All the leafs goals were singles scored by Paul Haggitt, Grant Love, Lindsay Laporte, Greg Love and Jeff O'Brien. Barrymore and Crossley Karastan Carpet Priced as Iow as $5.95 sq. yd. 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