Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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Lindsay Memorial produces memorable games LEAMINGTON — The annual Southpoint Stars Keith Lindsay Memorial Hockey Tournament was held on the Highbury and Unico rinks this past weekend, with 32 teams competing under the banner of the Ontario Women’s Hockey League. The tournament featured 15 different centres among the four divisions — Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 22. The Southpoint Stars entered teams in the U11, U13 and U22 divisions. Sunday morning’s U11 semi-finals saw the Lucan Irish defeat Sarnia Lady Sting by a 2-1 score
Ravens goalie Kevin Ondic is ready to make a save against LaSalle. Photo submitted
U12 Ravens win a pair of games
REGIONAL — The Essex Southpoint U12 Ravens continued their quest on the Road to Redhats this past weekend by winning a pair of games. On Saturday, the Ravens travelled to Harrow to face off against the Erie North Shore Storm. After a two-week layoff the locals came out a little sluggish, but midway through the second, Tyler Thomas chipped the puck to Derek Dunn who skated in wide left and zipped his wrist shot in just below the bar. Two minutes later, AJ Youssef grabbed the puck behind the net and slid it out to Austin Goudie, who made no mistake burying his chance blocker side. The Storm scored next, but Dunn found the puck in the high slot and backhanded his shot over
the goalie’s outstretched glove. Ben Liebrock chipped the puck past the defence and sent Brayden Foster in alone with a pass, where he fired in his shot low glove. Nash Fuerth finished up the scoring as the Ravens won 5-1. Trent Chevalier stood tall in between the pipes earning the win, which punched the Ravens’ ticket to participate in the OMHA Championship Tournament in April. On Sunday the Ravens hosted the LaSalle Sabres in the Bluewater League playoffs. Four minutes into the game, the Ravens ended up giving up a short-handed goal to trail early. Two minutes later, Nathan Marius tipped the puck to Dunn who skated in and rifled his wrister in top shelf to even
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Lakeshore Lightning White edged Tecumseh Tiger Cats 1-0, while the Windsor Wildcats edged the Stoney Creek Sabres 2-1 in overtime. Lakeshore won the championship with a 2-1 win over Windsor. In the U22 division, the Stoney Creek Sabres shut out the LaSalle Sabrecats 2-0, while the Tecumseh Tiger Cats beat the Southpoint Stars 2-1 in a shootout. The only championship game to be decided by more than one goal followed, as the Tecumseh Tiger Cats beat Stoney Creek by a 5-3 score.
Blue U13 team beats Essex LEAMINGTON — In their third playoff game, Southpoint U13 Blue took on Essex Orange and came away with a 6-1 victory on a solid team effort. The Capitals applied a good deal of pressure right from the start but only managed to score one goal in the first period. Essex coughed up the puck in front of their own net and Southpoint’s Sean Amaral promptly put it away in the top corner. Essex matched that score, but that was the last goal they were going to get. Gavin Butiniello scored next off a Cristiano Antunes pass from behind the Es-
sex net. Jordan Beaudoin picked up a goal after putting in a rebound from a Sean Amaral shot. Butiniello scored again when he picked up a loose puck at centre ice, skated in and lifted a backhand shot into the top corner. Amaral scored his second on a scramble in front of the net. Andrew DeGoey had an assist on the play. Butiniello rounded out the scoring and picked up a hat trick when Jackson Weil dropped the puck back to him in the high slot. Gavin’s slap shot found the back of the net.
U9 squad drops game to Erie North Shore
LEAMINGTON — The Southpoint U9LL played Erie North Grey on the weekend. ENS won by quite a few goals, but that didn’t deter Southpoint from playing hard through to the end of the game. Southpoint had a number of players whose per-
formances stood out. Evan Williams, Ryker Pannunzio, Miles Hall and Nik Sawyer made a number of rushes down the ice with Hall scoring on one of those plays. Roslyn Ingratta made a great pass through centre ice to Alessandro Capogna, who went in
and scored. Thomas Fischer played a good defensive game, racing back down the ice to stop several Erie North attacks. Milana George showed a good understanding of where she should be while playing defense.
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the score. Kayden Cook then stopped a clearing attempt at the line and wired his snapshot in to take the lead. In the third, Cook found Fuerth in the slot who slid a pass across to Marius who shot, then banged in his own rebound. Midway through the third, Foster, from along the wall, passed to Liebrock, who found Lucas O’Neil at the side of the net and he pounded it in to make it 4-1. Maxim Pyne kept the puck in at the line to Fuerth, who skated in and back-handed his shot high blocker. LaSalle scored to edge closer, but Fuerth stole the puck at the blue line and went in alone to make it a 6-2 final. Kevin Ondic was on his toes in helping his team to the win.
in overtime, while the LaSalle Sabrecats Yellow beat their cross-town rival, LaSalle Sabrecats Black 1-0. Those games set the stage for the U11 final which saw LaSalle edge Lucan 3-2 for the championship. In the U13 division, the hometown Southpoint Stars beat the South County Blues by a 5-2 score, while the Ayr Rockets shut out the Mooretown Lady Flags 2-0. In an exciting final, Ayr beat the Southpoint Stars 2-1 in a shootout to take home the championship. In the U15 division,
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