09 January 10, 2009 - ObserverXtra

20 | SPORTS
BLOCKED PASS Matt Snyder swipes the puck away from an Ayr player during the Wellesley Applejacks’ game against the Centennials Jan. 3.
Jacks: Still in search of turnaround game
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the bench in the penalty
box, but Lucan
made good on three of
four power plays.
Wellesley drew first
blood, as Parr scored
on the power play at
6:53. Doyle and Rob
Bolger logged assists.
With just over a minute
left in the first period,
Lucan answered
back with a power
play goal of their own.
Alex Regan (Chris Van
Kasteren, Zack Yeo)
notched the point.
Van Kasteren added a
power play goal of his
own midway through
the second, on a pass
from Yeo. With two
minutes left in the
second frame, Bolger
(Doyle) answered back,
to make it tied at 2-2 as
the teams headed to
the dressing rooms.
Lucan took the lead
41 seconds into the
third, when Nick Engel
(Kevin Dean, Mike
Spenser) knocked one
past the keeper. Parr
evened things up once
again at the sevenminute
mark, scoring
on a feed from Doyle
and Bolger.
But the Irish built
their lead back up
Now in play at international tournament
again, as Adam Hartman
(Alex Regan,
Engel) scored on the
power play with two
minutes left.
At 18:42, Lucan’s Yeo
was handed a slashing
penalty, giving Wellesley
the man advantage
for the remainder of
the game. Tsai pulled
the goalie and poured
shooters on the ice in
search of a tying goal.
But with a minute left,
Van Kasteren slid the
puck into the Jacks’
unguarded net for a
fifth goal.
Doyle (Parr) scored
on the power play in
PHOTO | JONI MILTENBURG
the final second of the
game, but it was too
little, too late and the
game ended 5-4 for Lucan.
With the losses, the
Jacks’ losing streak
deepened to 14 games,
which Litt said has the
players frustrated.
“It’s tough when
you’re on a losing
streak, but you’ve just
got to relax and not
clench the stick so
tight,” he said. “We
just have to keep working
hard. That’s the
way to win games, is
keep working hard.
There’s no real trick.”
GOLDEN AT SILVERSTICK The Woolwich Minor Peewee A Wildcats swept their second straight tournament Dec. 29, winning the regional Silverstick
tournament in Vaughan. The win qualifies the team for the International Silverstick tournament in Newmarket next weekend. Back row, from left:
manager Mike Lenaers, assistant coaches Jeff and Jason Blaxall. Third row: Alexander Uttley, Jason Gamble, Harrison Clifford, Nicholas Pavanel, Cole
Lenaers, coach Matt Kirkwood and trainer Dave Gamble. Second row: Luke Brown, Scott Martin, Bailey Nickel, Nathan Schlupp, Greg Huber, Cole
Conlin, Evan Martin and Adam Jokic. Front: Grant Kernick, Jayden Weber and Jared Wilson.
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erate enthusiasm for
the voting part of the
contest, said Snyder,
confident it’s a matter
of “when” not “if.”
“We have to be prepared,
when we’re
named to the top 10,
to hit the ground running.
“We want people to
know they can get involved,”
he added of
the voting process, to
be in place by Monday.
The contest is part of
the Kraft Hockeyville
reality show that appears
on CBC television.
The town or city
that is named Hockeyville
will have an
NHL preseason game
played in their community,
a CBC Hockey
Night in Canada broadcast
from the game,
and $100,000 to upgrade
their home arena.
Now its fourth year,
the Hockeyville title
has previously gone
to Salmon River, N.S.,
North Bay, Ont. and
Roberval, Que.
Events on Jan. 17 kick
off at 7 a.m., as a group
of “Local Legends” take
to the ice. At 9 a.m., a
procession is planned
from the Woolwich municipal
building to the
Elmira Arena – everyone
is encouraged to
show up with a hockey
stick in hand, dressed
in appropriate hockey
mode. The official opening
ceremonies go at 10
a.m.
After a Minis game,
what’s being billed
as the “largest minor
THE OBSERVER | Saturday, January 10, 2009
Hockeyville: Plans
for the next phase
hockey family in Canada”
will be on the ice
at 11:30 a.m. The group
includes Elmira’s Wang
family, with its eight
kids, and other large
families in the area,
Snyder explained.
There’s no charge to
participate in any of
the day’s events. It’s
also free to come out to
watch, though they’re
accepting donations for
the Friends of Hockey,
an organization that
helps ensure minor
hockey is accessible to
all.
Local service clubs
will be taking part to
make sure there’s food
available throughout
the 24-hour period upstairs
at the arena.
“We want lots of people
there,” said Snyder.
“It’s a great day out for
the fun of the game.”
Players and teams
looking to take part in
the marathon are asked
to contact Val Martin
at 669-2789. Organizing
the Mennonite squads,
Del Gingrich is at 669-
1138. Graham Snyder,
looking after the seniors’
hockey and the
learn-to-play segment
(the 5 a.m. time slot),
can be reached at 669-
1407.
Information about the
Woolwich Hockeyville
effort can be found online
at www.woolwichhockeyville.ca.
The official
Hockeyville entry
can be seen at www.
cbc.ca/sports/hockey/
hockeyville/communities/DanSnyderMemorialArena.html.
EDSS junior girls take it to the net
ALL LINED UP Lydia Frey,
left, sends the ball back
over the net against Cameron
Heights Tuesday.
The junior girls’ volleyball
team lost in four sets, 25-
13, 22-15, 15-25, 24-26.
PHOTO | JONI MILTENBURG