Atom B Rep Lions stretch unbeaten streak with 1-1 tie

 

Second round, Upper Canada Minor Hockey League playoff action between the South Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions and the Char-Lan Rebels promised to be a ‘close encounter’, and in game one, indeed, that is just what it was.

The Lions and Rebels, who met three times during the regular season and collected 3-3 ties in each encounter, squared off in their first playoff game in Morrisburg on Sunday, and when it was over, the Lions were left clinging to a 1-0 victory.

After scoreless first and second periods, the Lions got on board 4:20 into the third period with a Spencer Heldens goal from a beautiful pass from Cameron Chayer.

Heldens beat Rebels goaltender Jasper Leroux on the glove side for what would turn out to be the winning goal.

The Lions came out roaring early in the first period of the game, to create three great scoring chances,  but each stopped by Leroux in the Rebels net.

However, it wasn’t just a one man show.  At the other end of the ice, Lions goaltender Zach Frawley was just as impressive. When the Lions defence tried to pinch at their own blue line and gave up a breakaway in the first period, it was the Big Z who stopped the Rebels’ attempt.

The second period featured great end to end action with scoring chances for both teams, but again it was Frawley and Leroux responsible for the scoreless results.

In fact, Frawley came up big for the Lions with just over 5:24 left in the third period when he made a huge glove save to keep the Rebels off the scoreboard and allow the Lions to hold onto their 1-0 lead.

The Lions traveled to Williamstown, Monday night for game two of the series where they were handed a 4-0 loss. Detailed results of the game were not available at press time. 

Game three of the series returns to Morrisburg, this Thursday night at 8 p.m.

The South Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions finished the regular season in second place in the East Division, five points behind Cornwall. In their 24 game schedule, the Lions had 15 wins, two losses and seven ties. They scored 117 goals and gave up 41 and were assessed 418 minutes in penalties.

In their first playoff round series, they took on the North Dundas Demons and swept the four point series in two straight games.

The series opened in Morrisburg on February 13, with the Lions dominating play for a 7-0 win. Game two was played in Winchester, and again it was the Lions all the way with a 6-0 victory for a second consecutive shutout for Frawley.

Scoring for the Lions in game one were Evan Mullin and Randy Fawcett with two goals apiece. Singles were added by Andrew Jarvis, Drew Minish and Spencer Heldens. 

After taking a 3-0 first period lead, the Lions were held from the scoreboard by the Demons throughout the second period. They worked their way to four goals in the third period for the 7-0 victory.

In Winchester, on February 20, the Lions again took charge early in the game to go up 3-0 in the first period. They added another three in the second for the 6-0 victory.

Evan Mullin produced another pair, while Andrew Jarvis, Spencer Heldens, Ben Michels and Josh Black added singles.

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Consistent would be the best word to describe Richard Greer’s play at the annual Upper Canada Men’s Open on Saturday.

On his way to a one under par 71 and the tournament win, Greer, who plays out of the Beaconsfield Golf Club posted, three birdies and 13 pars. His round was marred by just two bogeys, the first on the par four first hole and the second on the par three seventh.

The long-time golfer turned the corner with a one over par 37 and picked it up a notch on the difficult Upper Canada back nine with a two under par 34, thanks to back-to-back birdies on the par four 16th and 17th holes.

The course, in fantastic condition, drew rave reviews from the 35 competitors who played in three flights.

Greer’s closest competition came from Ottawa golfer and defending champion Paul Nooyen and Cedar Glen’s Rick Barkley who were tied with 78s.

The only other golfer to break 80 was Kirk Barkley (Morrisburg) who posted a 79 for the win in C flight.

Two strokes back, in second spot, was Upper Canada’s Jr. Thompson with an 81 and after that it was Bernie Variault (Upper Canada) and David Myers (no club affiliation) tied with 91s.

B flight had the closest finish with three players tied for top spot with 81s to force a one hole, sudden-death playoff on the par four ninth.

They included Upper Canada’s Mike Laurin and Nationview’s Larry Gordon and Shawn Lapier who plays out of Iroquois.

In the playoff all landed good drives and all missed the green on their approach shots from 150 plus yards out.

Gordon, who was first up, put down the challenge with a chip that ended up inches from the cup. Lapier’s chip left him a six foot putt while Laurin’s bunker shot checked well short and left him about a 12 footer.

Lapier and Laurin missed their par putts and Gordon tapped his in for the B flight win.

Other low scores in B flight were an 82 shot by Rod Pittman of Nationview, an 83 from Upper Canada’s Richard Guthro and an 84 from Upper Canada’s Jim Beckstead.

Following the top three shooters in A flight were Upper Canada’s Tom Thompson, Jamie Scott and Lance LePage and Cedar Glen’s Kurtis Barkley all tied with 80s.

The players was divided into flights with the 11 player A flight including players up to a nine handicap,  15 players in B flight with handicaps from 10 to 13 and C flight including nine players with a handicap range of 14 and up.

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