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Southpoint Sun - 19
Flyerettes were local women’s hockey champions in ‘72
By C. Scott Holland While sifting through some older hockey photos, the one that caught my eye was that of the 1971-72 Leamington Flyerettes. The team had played in an all-girls hockey league for several seasons and showed their abilities in ’71-72 by winning the Four-Star Ladies Hockey League regular season title and then taking the playoff crown, all while only suffering one loss. With skill and perseverance, the Flyerettes swept rival Tilbury Kinettes for the championship, taking the series 3-0. But the last two games were close and could have gone to either team. The Flyerettes won game two by a 1-0 score. The heroine of that contest was Leamington’s
Pat Mifflin, who broke a scoreless deadlock at 12:56 of the third period when she drilled a Marie Riley pass into the Tilbury net. In the final game, Tilbury surged ahead 1-0 in the opening period on a deflected shot by Cathy Goodreau that eluded Flyerettes goalie Jackie Taggart. The club rebounded in the second when Mary Jane Whittle pumped a slapshot which knotted the score. Shortly thereafter, Trudy Wheeler connected on a similar slapshot and made it 2-1. The two teams battled the rest of the way, however, when the final buzzer sounded, the Flyerettes had won the game 2-1 and along with it, the Four-Star Ladies Hockey League playoff championship.
The 1971-72 Leamington Flyerettes won the Four-Star Ladies Hockey League regular season title and playoff crown. Team members were, front row (seated), left to right: Trudy Wheeler, Pat Mifflin, Marie Riley, Mary Jane Whittle. Middle row: Judy Pepper, GM Henry Wheeler, Jill McMullin, Nora Pinch, Barb Impens, Jackie Taggart. Back row: Val Mills, Janie Quick, Diane Drummond, Ev Impens. Trudy Hall. From the C. Scott Holland collection
Two LDMHA champs decided in OT By C. Scott Holland Back in 1972, the Leamington District Minor Hockey Association’s playoff championships had two very exciting games that were decided in overtime. Those contests took place in the Bantam and Atom divisions. In the Atom game, Wheeler Dealers edged Tann’s Alignment 2-1. The Wheeler team fell behind 1-0 when Pat Dibbley put Tann’s ahead. But Mike Burden of Wheelers knotted the game at 13:49 of the second and the score remained that way until overtime. The hero was Brian
Biekx, who unleashed a 50-foot blast that a defenseman failed to corral and the Tann goalie lost track of. The puck bounced past him to give Wheeler the playoff crown. The Bantam game was just as thrilling as Otton & Malott nipped the Rotary Club 2-1. This one was a battle of two outstanding goaltenders – Tracy Rekuta of Otton & Malott and Joe Wickham of Rotary. Don Goddard opened the scoring, which put Rotary ahead before Jerry Omstead fired the tying goal to balance the score. The two netminders handled all the pucks headed their way until
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members were Tracy Rekuta, Jerry Omstead, Mark Neufeld, Rob Hillier, Werner Schmidtgall, Chris Duncan, Alan Harris, Jerry Rougoor, Scott Wilson, Mark Williams, Brian Edwards, Doug Seili, Wayne Johns, Doug Fletcher, Randy Foldesi and Rick Zwiers. In the top photo are members of the Wheeler Dealers. From left to right are Darrin Harrison, Mike Burden and Brian Biekx. Biekx notched the game-winning goal at 6:40 of the extra frame. In the bottom photo are four members of the Otton & Malott team. From left are Jerry Omstead, Tracy Rekuta, Werner Schimdtgall and Chris Duncan.
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6:40 of overtime when Werner Schmidtgall rifled a shot that Wickham just missed snaring. This contest was also an extremely clean one with only one penalty handed out. The Wheeler Dealers (Atom) winning team members were Richard Young (goal), Tim Kuli, Mark Vickery, Gary Guyitt, Terry Quick, Rick McDonald, Mike Burden, Kevin Symons, Perry Girardin, James Ives, Brad Charette, Brian Biekx, Darrin Harrison, Trevor Wiper, Scott Jackson, Gord Stevenson and Steven Simpson. Otton & Malott (Bantam) winning team
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