High school hockey on the ice, season rolling

 

What do you get when you eat a slice or two of pizza and then throw in a slice or two of cake? Why you get a really, really good ending to the 2012 T-Ball season in Morrisburg. 

Last Monday night, July 30, the 30 youngsters who participated in this year’s T-Ball season organized by Paul Sheldrick got together at the Morrisburg Legion for their wrap-up party. 

After Sheldrick welcomed the players and their parents, Bob Paradis, who was one of the parent volunteer coaches, called for a round of applause for Paul. 

“I had a great time this year and I really hope this is the start of ball coming back to this community,” said Paradis. “It you guys want to come back, then I’m in it for good. I’ll stay with you right through.”

Paradis recalled how he and his brothers enjoyed playing ball when they were growing up in the community and stressed how he would like to see the game’s return.

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of the community, the youngsters enjoyed a wonderful wrap up party which included the donation of the hall and the ice cream by Morrisburg Legion Branch 48, the cake donated by Blue’s Cafe and the pop donated by Valu-mart. 

The kids wrapped up their final night of action on the field a week earlier with a fun-filled Olympic event. 

“From the first day the kids played until the last, we saw big improvements,” said Sheldrick. “Their throwing improved, they learned how to scoop and throw and they showed us some incredible base running techniques. From start to finish we saw a definite improvement and I can’t thank the parents enough for stepping up and helping out. 

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After an extended break in their schedule, the South Dundas Peewee B1 House Lions were back on the ice Friday night hosting to defeat the North Leeds Stars, 5-2. 

The Lions are currently sitting in third place on the East Division with a 1-1-2 record.

The Lions had opened a 3-0 lead going into the third period and needed a strong period to finish off the Stars, but would the schedule break hurt their legs late in the game. 

The Stars began using the body a lot more later in the game and a great  check in the neutral on Lions defenceman Devon Dumoulin actually led to the Lions next goal. 

After the hit, the puck went into the Star end zone. As the Stars defenders watched the check, Kendrew Byers and Max Garlough skated in alone and Byers wristed a shot home to extend the Lions lead to 4-0.

The Lions continued to press and Jaxon Weegar had two chances, the first on a shot from the slot that went wide and the second when Brady Smith kept the puck alive at the blue line, sent a pass down to Weegar who passed across the crease to a wide open Kurtis Markell whose shot was stopped by Stars goaltender Kaleb McCulloch.

The Lions jumped on the power play on a Stars tripping penalty and opened with some excellent passing which led to a few shots.

However, the Stars were the ones to capitalize when a Stars forward got the puck just right of the slot, and then backhanded a shot just inside the top corner to get the Stars on the board. 

The Stars did not let up and  40 seconds later a defenceman went end to end and buried a shot low in the net to make the score 4-2. 

Off the face off, the puck came into the Lions end and the Stars got another scoring chance before Jonah Bennis picked up the puck in his own end, went coast to coast and deked out the Stars goaltender to bury a backhand shot into the open net for a 5-2 Lions lead that they would close the game on.

The Lions starred the game a little on their heels and on one occasion Lions defenceman Sheridan Caines picked up the puck, passed it to Connor Dumoulin at the Stars blue line. Dumoulin drove the net and beat the goalie to open the scoring only a minute into the game

After a  few other scoring chances for Lions Lucas Bennis and Sam Gould (who was playing in his first game of the season as he just came off the injured list) it was Max Garlough who would be johnny-on-the-spot when Devon Dumoulin went end to end on a rush. Dumoulin had the puck knocked away right and it ended up in Garlough’s possession. One stride and a shot low to the glove side gave the Lions a 2-0 lead.

In the second, the Lions extended the lead to 3-0 when Devon Dumoulin went end to end and shot over the goalie’s trapper. 

Noah Keeler and Aden Casselman teamed up to help defend Lions goaltender Wesley Alexander as he was forced to make several big saves in the second period. 

The South Dundas Peewee B1 House Lions are next in action on home ice Saturday, November 17th at 2:30 p.m. when they host the

NGS Braves.

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The outcome to the 2012 regular season of the Men’s Roller Hockey League will all come down to this week’s (Thursday, August 9) play when the New Blue and White Lightning meet head on for first place.

The two added another pair of wins last Thursday night, August 2, and for three weeks running they remain tied for the league’s top spot.

With the season schedule calling for the first place team to play the second place team (and third versus fourth place) in the final regular season games, this Thursday night’s action should lead to the crowning of a regular season champ.

Last Thursday night, the New Blue doubled the Red Rockets 14-7, while White Lightning collected a 13-7 win from the Morewood Monkeys.

The Red Rockets hold down the league’s third place with nine points, while the Morewood Monkey dwell in the basement with just three.

It was another Justin Elliott night as the New Blue went to work on the Red Rockets, jumping ahead early on for a 5-2 lead in the first period.

Elliott connected for a total of seven goals and added a pair of assists while Connor Hodgson collected six counters off Rockets’ goaltender Chris Sloan. Jamie McIntosh potted a pair and Randy Markell added a single in the effort.

Chris Phifer was the big gun for the Rockets with four goals and Chad McMillan and David Patterson nabbed Blue goaltender Will McIntire for singles.

In other action, Lightning struck early against the Monkeys for a 4-1 lead. Although the Monkeys counted three goals in each of the second and third periods, they were never able to catch up.

Tyler Gallinger led the Lightning scoring with five goals, and Brandon Buma backed him with four. Rob Thurler collected a pair and helped out on seven others, while Billy Henderson and Tyler Brown were good for singles.

For the Monkeys, Jake Byers scored three goals, Chris Embury collected a pair and Mike Thompson and Tyler Jones beat Lightning goaltender Barret Brundige for singles.

Kyle Shane was in net for the Monkeys’ loss.

Action begins this Thursday night at 8 p.m. between the Blue and Lightning.

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