Vikings Upend Lions

Tied for first place with Cornwall in the East Division, the South Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions added another mark in their win column with a 6-1 victory over Perth here last Monday night.  

Riley Barry and Andrew Jarvis, both had solid nights as they worked out three point performances. 

Drew Minish (from Riley Barry) started the Lions scoring in the first period, when his shot beat Perth goaltender, Scott St. Jean low on the blocker side. 

Minutes later Braeden Smith answered for Perth when left unattended in front of the Lions net. 

Late in the first, the Lions ran into penalty trouble to Randy Fawcett and Toby Mullin which gave Perth a five on three advantage.  

On the penalty kill, however, Andrew Jarvis gained possession of the puck and skated through the opposition for a short-handed goal against St. Jean on blocker side for a 2-1 Lions lead. 

The Lions got a big scare just over five minutes into the second period when a mad scramble in front of  goaltender Zach ‘Big Z’ Frawley resulted in  several scoring chances. However, the Big Z was able to keep his composure and sent them packing.  

At the other end of the ice, the Lions had a lucky break when a weak wrist shot by Josh Black fooled St. Jean on the glove side.  That was followed, with less than a minute remaining in the period, when Riley Barry’s (from Jarvis) snapshot from the blue line beat St. Jean for a 4-1 Lions lead.

The third period was filled with penalties.  

With 2.02 remaining, Jarvis scored his second of the game, assisted by Barry, and then Barry with help from Josh Black and Toby Mullin  finished it off for the 6-1 Lions win.

The game featured excellent performances from Frawley ‘BIG Z’ who was not feeling well, and from Riley Black who played defence for the first time this year.

The Lions have a busy schedule coming up. On Monday, October 24 they were on the road to play Char-Lan and next Wednesday, November 5 they are in Alexandria at 6 p.m. On November 6 they are in Cornwall and on Monday, November 7 they hare back home against Long Sault.

The Lions are tied for first place with Cornwall with eight points.  They have posted 28 goals and given up just eight.

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The South Dundas Midget House Lions finished off their season last Tuesday when they worked their way to the championship final of their March break home tournament.

After defeating Smiths Falls 3-1 and Cumberland 4-2 in preliminary round action, the Lions met Clarence Creek who claimed the tournament championship with a 6-2 win.

The Lions got rolling in the tournament, a non-body contact affair, with the 3-1 win over Smiths Falls.

With Hunter Jones in net, the Lions went up 1-0 on a first period goal by Chase DeDekker, assisted by Joel Johnston and Brody Picotte.

After a scoreless second period Dustin Morrison struck for Smith Falls early in the third period to tie the game 1-1.

Darrin Stinson then took over, scoring for the Lions, unassisted, to restore their one goal lead.

With 5:08 left in the game, he pushed the Lions advantage to 3-1 with help from Graydon Baylis.

In game two against Cumberland, the Lions struck early and struck often to go up 3-0 in the first period.

Baylis kicked it off with help from Sawyer Gillard, and then Gillard made it 2-0 with Parker Hart providing the assist.

Lions goal number three came from the stick of Brandon Bass with Jason Gallinger providing the assist.

While Lions goaltender Josh Martineau continued to hold Cumberland from the scoreboard in the second period, the Lions struck for one more.

This time it was Justin Schwerdtfeger doing the counting with help from Eric Swank.

Cumberland charged back in the third with an Alex Caudle-Dimillo goal, but that was it until the last minute of play when Jonathan Belleville struck for their second. 

The Lions held on for the 4-2 win and the right to advance to the championship against Clarence Creek.

Each of the four teams in the tournament played two games and then were ranked on period scores, and goals for and against.

Clarence Creek earned the first place ranking with 9.5 points with a 7-1 win over Cumberland and a 4-1 win over Smiths Falls.

South Dundas was second with 8.5, and Smiths Falls and Cumberland ended up tied.

Smith Falls defeated Cumberland 3-2 for the B championship.

In the A final, the Lions were unable to contain Maxime Brazeau who counted four of the six Clarence Creek goals. 

Singles were scored by Marc Andre Boucher and Sean Humen.

Scoring for the Lions were Graydon Baylis from Sawyer Gillard and David Plamondon, and Brody Picotte from Plamondon.

Jones and Martineau shared the goaltending duties.

The tournament marked the end of the season for the Lions who finished third in their division in the regular season.

They turned it up a notch in the playoffs to eliminate the Akwesasne Wolves in quarterfinal action and the Smiths Fall Bears in the semi-finals.

They lost to North Dundas in two straight games in their bid for the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League East Division championship.

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CORNWALL & DISTRICT–Plans for local 55 plus winter games are under way, as the district prepares to send a team to the Ontario 55 plus Winter Games in Huntsville, February 26-28.

The local games will kick off with prediction skating, scheduled for Monday, November 12 and Friday, November 16 at the Benson Centre in Cornwall. Convener is Robert Peladeau (613-931-1641).

Glengarry Curling Club in Maxville will host a qualifying mixed bonspiel. The Stuart McKay rink from that club is the Ontario 55 plus Winter Games champions from 2011 in Haliburton. 

Dates are being finalized and information will be sent soon to local curling clubs.

Other qualifying events which will take place in the next couple of months are duplicate bridge and hockey, which has two age divisions (55 – 64 and 65+).

Alpine skiing and nordic skiing held their qualifying events in February 2012.  District 8’s Nordic Ski team won the Ontario team award in 2011 so will be defending that title in Huntsville.

Any 55 plus seniors wanting more information may contact the District Winter Games coordinators: Stanley Fraser (613-525-3777) or Monique Patenaude (613-543-3453).

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