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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-03-28, Page 16PAGE 16 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1974 Shipka takes lead in hockey playoff series Corning through with a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory on Tuesday night in the fifth game of their best -of -seven series in South Huron Hockey playoffs, the Shipka Colonials took a 3-2 lead and could end the series in the sixth game Friday night.. Last ,Friday night the Zurich crew won the third game of the series' 7-4, to take a 2-1 lead in games, but nn Sunday afternoon the Shipka gang came right back to upend the locals 7-2 and tie everything up at two games each. If the series should go seven games the final will be played in the local arena on Sunday afternooi Jim Guenther was the big difference in the two teams Tuesday night as he banged in three goals for the winners, two of them within 15 seconds of each other in the second period, Pat Bedard got Zurich on the scoreboard early in the first period when he slapped in a pass from Ron Desjardine to give the locals a 1-0 lead. With only seven seconds to play in the opening stanza, Bill Hoffman flashed the red light for Shipka to tie the score at 1-1. The second period was only about six seconds old when Richard Schilbe shot the Flyers into a 2-1 lead, when he scored unassisted. Four minutes later Bob Merrier found the range for Zurich to give them a 3-1 lead, which looked good for a while until Guenther took over and banged in two goals 15 seconds apart, tying the score at 3-3. Guenther gave Shipka a 4-3 lead eraly in the third period, and the margin looked good until the closing minutes of regulation time. With less than a minute and a half to play and Zurich pressing hard for the equalizer, Ron Corriveau bang- ed in a pass from Pat Bedard to tie the score at 4-4 and force an overtime session. The overtime was only a little over a minute old when Dennis Morrissey scored what proved to be the winning goal for Shipka. His team was short- handed at the time. An outstanding performance by Percy Bedard in the Zurich net, especially in the overtime session, presented the Colonials from scoring on many occasions when it appeared all they had to do was shoot the puck in the net. Bedard has been coming up with sensational goal -tend- ing all through the series Seven minor penalties and one misconduct were handed out to the Shipka crew, while Zurich were called for two minors. ZURICH '7 -SHIPKA 4 ' Coming up with their best performance of the season last Friday night, the Flyers coasted to an easy 7-4 victory in the third game of the series. They took a 2-1 lead in the first per- iod, and then increased it to 6-3 by the end of the second. Both teams scored once in the third. Ron Desjaidine opened the scoring for Zurich in the first stanza, only to have Jack 5tanlake come right back for Shipka before the midway mark Before the session ended Rich- ard Schilbe banged in a pass from Kevin McKinnon to give the locals their 2-1 lead. The second period was al- most half way over before Des - Jardine came through with his second big goal of the game, and then in the next two min- utes Pat Bedard found the range for the locals and Schilbe came up with his second goal of the game, to give the locals a 5-1 lead. At the 13.35 mark Larry Laye scored for Shipka only to have Bob Merner come right back with another for Zurich. Jim Guenther ended the scoring in the second session when he scored for Shipka with less than a minute remaining. Kevin McKinnon combined with Merrier. early in the third to give the Flyers a 7-3 lead, and then Dennis Morrissey scor- ed the final marker of the game at the midway mark. Outstanding goal -tending by Percy Bedard in the Zurich nets gave the locals the spirit they needed to lift them to the victory. Bedard even turned aside a penalty shot without any trouble in registering the 7-4 win. SHIPKA 7 - ZURICH 2 Zurich came up with their poorest showing of the series on Sunday afternoon when they came out on the short end of a 7-2 score in the fourth game of the series. Even though they led 1-0 at the end of the first period, they quickly fell behind for the rest of the game as Shipka came through with three goals in the second and added four more in the third. Zurich came up with their second goal of the game in the third period. Kevin McKinnon opened the scoring at the 2.09 mark of the first period when he slapped in a pass from Richard Schilbe and Rick Grenier. Both teams work- ed hard for the balance of the session, but neither managed to find the range. The second period was only three minutes old when Steve Kadelecik tied the score at 1-1, and then two minutes later John Becker shot Shipka into a 2-1 lead. Before the period. ended Shane Burley gave the Bears a 3-1 lead, and from that point on theynever looked back. By the midway point of the third period Dan Dalton and Gord Vincent had both scored for Shipka to give them a raiiimmimiiiiiisiamminuassumamor SAVE NOW! commanding 5-1 lead, and then Paul Corriveau came through for the Flyers to make it 5-2. Another goal by Vincent made the score 6-2, and then with only three seconds left in the game Dennis Morrissey banged in another to give the visitors their 7-2 margin. 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