BETHEL 5 – COMMUNITY 4
The first period ended in a draw with each team scoring a single goal. Joe Clemmer scored for Community with a low shot along the ice that beat the swooping glove of the goaltender. Delmer Frey assisted. Bethel tied the game with Tim Bauman sending Brock Shoemaker down the ice on a breakaway and he fired a shot into the top corner.
Community took the lead late in the second period. Fresh off a power play, the continuing scramble at the net resulted in Clemmer snapping the puck into the short side corner. Gerald Martin assisted.
Bethel stormed back to even the score again in the dying seconds of the period. Steve Wideman and Mike Veens set up Zach Bauman at the left face-off circle. Bauman blasted a low shot along the ice to send the puck to the back of the net.
Bethel took the lead for the first time in the game early in the third period. A two-on-one rush ended with a low slap shot by Brandon Shoemaker to roll the puck through the pads. Assisted by Mike Veens and Brock Shoemaker.
Bethel went on to add an insurance goal. Steve Wideman started the play with a pass to send Brock Shoemaker deep into the Community end. A pass from behind the net gave Brandon Shoemaker a shot into the open corner for the goal.
Community came back with two goals in less than a minute to tie the game back up. Sam Bauman scored with a tip in, and Tanner Hackbart snapped in a centring pass to tie the game. Assists were earned by Delmer Frey, Tony Martin, Joe Clemmer and Gerald Martin.
The tie was short-lived. Bethel stormed back late in the period. Brock and Brandon Shoemaker teed up Mike Veens at the point. Veens rifled a slap shot to send the puck to the back of the net and win the game.
DRAYTON 8 – LISTOWEL 4
Listowel outshot Drayton in the first period and was rewarded with a two goal lead. Phil Shantz stepped into a loose puck and wired a shot into the top corner for the opening goal. The second goal came with hard wrist shot by Curtis Wagler to the blocker side. Travis Kuepfer assisted.
Drayton came back in the second period to take the lead with four unanswered goals. Mark Scholten scored the first two to even the game. Robyn Curry stuffed in the go-ahead goal and Eric Deckers snapped in a wrist shot for the insurance goal. Assists were earned by Scott Nieuwland, Eric Deckers, Mark Timmerman, and Jerry Robous.
Listowel edged back into the game with a goal early in the third. Josh Shantz threaded a pass across the crease and brother Phil snapped the puck home.
Drayton responded with four goals before Listowel added one more in the dying minute of the game.The Drayton goals were scored by Rob DeWeerd, Eric Deckers, Robyn Curry, and Mark Timmerman. Assists went to Robyn Curry, Rob DeWeerd, Jerry Robous, Eric Deckers and Mark Scholten.
The final Listowel goal was snagged by Trevor Streicher.
FLORADALE 7 – MISSIONARY 0
A solid game by Floradale resulted in a shut out victory and a continued hold on first place in the regular season standings.
Floradale scored three goals in first period. They added only more goal in the second, but three more in the third.
Tim Freeman led the charge with two goals and one assist. Josh Martin, Javon Martin, and Nick Martin each had a goal and an assist. Mike Martin, and Brendan Jefferson scored the other two goals. Dan Martin earned two assists, with Ryan Weber, Ryan Martin and Tim Martin each earning one.
Jason Newton held back seventeen shots to earn his third shut out of the season. Each shut out has been against Missionary and all three games ended in a 7-0 victory.
MISSIONARY 2 – DRAYTON 2
A strong game by fifth-place Missionary resulted in an unexpected tie with second place Drayton.
Missionary opened the game midway through the first with a goal, but Drayton tied the score in the dying seconds. Brandon Bults rifled a slap shot on net and Dave Scholten snapped the rebound in for the Missionary goal. Pat Landman stepped into a loose puck and sizzled a low shot along the ice to tie the game up for Drayton.
The tie held until late in the third periooals d. A quick pass by Bryan Deen sent Brady Franklin with a break away. Franklin skated down the right boards and rifled a slap shot under the pads of the net minder for the goal.
Drayton stormed back as Eric Deckers and Robyn Curry created a scurry at the net and Brandon Rumph blasted a shot through the crowd to end the game in a tie.
COMMUNITY 2 – FLORADALE 2
The first period looked as though it would remain scoreless. But with less than two minutes left on the score clock, the teams exchanged goals for a 1-1 tie. Tanner Hackbart snapped a shot from the slot for the Community goal, assisted by Cal Martin and Joe Clemmer. Dan Martin answered for Floradale with a goal less than a minute later, assisted by Tim Freeman and Gary Martin.
Community took the lead in the second. Once again, Clemmer and Martin worked the puck around the net to set up Hackbart at the open corner. A quick release gave Hackbart the goal.
Floradale poured it on in the third period, out shooting Community 19 to 4. But it was the final shot that made the difference. With eight seconds left on the clock, Brendan Jefferson blasted a shot into the pads and snapped the rebound into the net to even the score and salvage the point for first place Floradale.
BETHEL 4 – LISTOWEL 0
Three quick Bethel goals in the first period made it look like it was going to be a blow out. However, Listowel settled the game down to keep the second and most of third periods scoreless.
Caleb Bauman scored the first goal from the opening face-off. Kyle Martin and Brock Shoemaker added the other goals late in the period, assisted by Brandon Shoemaker and Jim Wideman.
Bethel added one more goal late in the third. Caleb Bauman sent a pass across the crease and Brock Shoemaker tipped the puck into the open corner.
