Lions and St. Lawrence Division have tough time at Fall Classic

The South Dundas Lions were unable to get on the scoreboard in Upper Canada Minor Hockey Midget B Rep playoff hockey here Saturday night, as the Char-Lan Rebels collected their second consecutive win to claim the East Division championship and the right to move on to the Upper Canada five-point, league championship series.

The East Division championship series opened in Char-Lan, last Wednesday, February 26, with the Rebels claiming the first two points up for grabs with a 5-2 victory.

They brought their game to Morrisburg, Saturday March 1, for win number two by a 3-0 count. That gave them the East Division Championship series four points to zero.

Last Wednesday night in Char-Lan, the Rebels went up 2-0 in the first period before Jordan St. Louis (from Josh Black) was able to put the Lions on the scoreboard.

Then in the second period, the Lions counted a big goal from Josh Black (assisted by Jordan Smail and Spencer Heldens). The 2-2 tie held into the third period when the Rebels got two in a row.

They scored their fifth and final goal in the empty Lions net for the 5-2 victory.

Josh Martineau and Zack Frawley shared the Lions goaltending.

Back home in Morrisburg, it was a much tighter game with the Rebels taking a 1-0 first period lead. That lasted throughout the second and into the third period when the Rebels counted another pair.

Zack Frawley was in net for the Lions.

The Rebels will next play the winner of the Kemptville/Perth West Division series for the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League Championship.

The Lions, who won the league’s Sportsmanship Award for the least penalized team, expect to compete in a couple of tournaments later this month.

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With just three exceptions, the executive of the South Dundas Minor Hockey Association remains unchanged with president Jeff van Moorsel returning for another term.

The annual general meeting of the association was held last Tuesday, April 24 with the various reports given for the year.

President Jeff van Moorsel said it was a great year for the association with two teams winning championships, the Novice B Lions and the Bantam Rep Lions. van Moorsel expressed his thanks to all the coaches and the executive for a job well done.

He mentioned too, that fees for the South Dundas Minor Hockey Association have been increased for next year by $50 at all levels, save Initiation, due largely to the increasing cost of ice, which is the association’s biggest expense.

Ice rental costs for the 2011-12 season were $83,035.24, up from $76,577.55 the season before.

With registrations totalling $79,245, the association counted heavily on fund raising which brought in $35,400 and donations which accounted for another $4,000.

After ice rental, the biggest expense was refereeing at a cost of $17,304. Insurance (coaches and players) cost $7,236 and another $6,375 was spent on equipment. 

Other costs were for instruction, league fees, trophies and banners and general and administrative expenses. 

With a total revenue of $120,169.13 and total expenses at $122,921.44, the association dipped into its reserves for the second consecutive season. Last year the association reported a small loss of $2,300.

Although experiencing back to back years with small losses, the association remains healthy, financially. In addition to the fee increase, plans are in the works to recruit more children into the Initiation program.

Referee in Chief, David Lapier reported the South Dundas referees had a great year, claiming the local association has the best referees in the league.

The association’s web master, Jason Broad, shared some of the stats regarding hits on the website.

Joining the executive of the South Dundas Minor Hockey Association for the 2012/13 season are Mike Domanko in the 1st vice-president position and Jamie Smith as 2nd vice president and Risk Management rep.

Also new to the executive is Tanya Domanko who will be Co-registrar with Cassandra Barry who has handled the position for a number of years.

Past-president Gary Hart returns as fund raising coordinator. 

Also returning are Secretary Andrea Cartier, Treasurer Pam Mullin, Rules and Discipline Chair and Referee-in-Chief David Lapier, Coaching/Development Coordinator Bruce Mullin, Equipment Manager Rob Perry, Ice Scheduler Steve Martineau, Referee Assignor Lisa Schwerdtfeger and Web Master Jason Broad.

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The Seaway Kickers U13 Mixed team extended their undefeated season record to 7-0 at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois June 27, with a shutout over Nepean City’s M4 team.

Scoring started early in the first half with a one-timer in the corner by Oakley Beavers making it 1-0 Seaway. 

Less than five minutes later, Aaron Tibben planted a goal past Nepean City’s goalie, 2-0 Seaway.

Still in the first half, Beavers landed his second of the night on the Nepean City net, 3-0 Seaway. 

Devin Dumoulin and David Swerdfeger also scored making it 5-0 at half-time. 

Nepean City’s change in goalies at half-time ended Seaway’s scoring run. However, Nepean could not get a rally started in the second half. 

Final score for the game, Seaway Kickers 5, Nepean City 0. Travis McInnis and Oakley Beavers shared the shutout. They face Nepean City’s M3 team on July 4, in Iroquois. Game start will be at 6:30 p.m.

Seaway Kickers U15 Girls defeat Nepean Hotspurs

NEPEAN – The Seaway Kickers U15 Girls team visited the Nepean Hotspurs June 26 at l’école secondaire publique Omer-Deslauriers in Nepean. 

Final game score was Seaway Kickers 3, Nepean Hotspurs 1. 

Goals were scored by Julia Paulino and Jessica Ferguson (two). Courtney Moreau was goalie for the game. 

The U15 Girls host Nepean City’s G1 team July 3, before playing three games in Ottawa on July 6. 

Pictured right,  Seaway Kickers forward Aaron Tibben shoots the ball past Nepean City`s goalie for the second goal of the game. 

The South Dundas Minor program continues every Saturday morning with the 450 players that started the season on May 25 now well on their way to their World Cup Finale planned for July 26-27.

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