Busy weekend ahead for young Blyth Brussels Crusaders teams

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

This weekend will be a busy one for many Blyth Brussels Crusaders teams, with plenty of games on the schedule, many of them at home.

 

On Friday, Jan. 24, the U8 Burgundy and White teams will play a pair of Goderich Sailors teams, the U11 Rep team will play the Mitchell Meteors and the U21 team will play the Walkerton Capitals, all in Brussels.

 

The next day, the U6 team will be in Wingham to play the Ironmen, while, at home in Blyth, the U7 Burgundy and White teams will host South Bruce and the Wallace Sabres, respectively, in Blyth.

 

Later that morning, the U13 Rep team will play the South Bruce Blades in Blyth, the U9 MD Crusaders will host the Mid-Huron Huskies and the U9 LL Crusaders will play the Drayton Defenders, both in Brussels, while the U15 Rep team will play the Mount Forest Rams in Blyth.

 

The U8 Burgundy team will play the Mid-Huron Huskies in Clinton, while the U15 LL Crusaders will play the Mid-Huron Huskies in Brussels and the U21 team will welcome the Mitchell Meteors to Blyth.

 

On Sunday, the U11 LL Crusaders will be in Zurich to play the Thunder, the U13 Rep team will play the Saugeen Shores Storm in Port Elgin and the U21 team will play the Shelburne Wolves on the road, while the U8 White team will host the Howick Hornets in Blyth.

 

On Monday, Jan. 27, the U18 Rep team will welcome the Saugeen Shores Storm to Blyth, followed by another game the next night, this time in Mitchell against the Meteors. On Jan. 29, the U13 LL team will play the Listowel Cyclones and the U18 LL team will play the Kincardine Kinucks, both in Blyth and the U13 LL Crusaders will play a Jan. 30 game on the road with the Wingham Ironmen Yellow team.

 

Then, on the weekend of Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, the U11 Rep Crusaders will be in Teeswater for the annual South Bruce Tournament, beginning with games on Friday, Jan. 31 with the host South Bruce Blades and the Shallow Lake Lakers.

 

Looking back, on Monday, Jan. 20, the U15 LL team was scheduled to host the Mitchell Meteors in Blyth, but that game was cancelled due to the snow.

 

One day earlier, on Sunday, Jan. 19, the U11 Rep team lost to the AEMHA Ice Dogs in Blyth by a score of 2-1, while the U6 team played the Mitchell Meteors, also in Blyth, though a score was not kept for that game.

 

On Jan. 18, the U11 LL team lost to the Drayton Defenders Black team on the road by a score of 12-0, while the U9 LL Crusaders won an exhibition game with Central Perth on the road by a score of 5-1. The younger Crusaders teams were also very busy that day, with the U6 team in Howick to play the Hornets, the U8 Burgundy and White teams playing a pair of Huron-Bruce Blizzard teams in Lucknow and the U7 Burgundy and White teams playing two Mid-Huron Huskies teams in Hensall, but scores were not kept for those games.

 

On Friday, Jan. 17, the U15 Rep team beat the Huron-Bruce Blizzard in Lucknow by a score of 4-3, while the U13 LL team lost to the Drayton Defenders on the road by a score of 6-0.

 

Also over the weekend, the U9 MD Crusaders took part in their regional Silver Stick Tournament in Parkhill, beginning with a 2-2 tie with the Lambton Shores Predators on Friday morning.

 

The next day, the team lost to the Central Perth Predators by a score of 7-0 and then again by a score of 6-1 to the Dresden Junior Kings, meaning they didn’t see any championship round action on Sunday.

 

On Jan. 16, the U13 Rep Crusaders beat the Ironmen in Wingham by a score of 3-2, while the U15 LL Crusaders fell to the Central Perth Predators on the road by a score of 8-1. One day earlier, the U13 LL team lost to the Central Perth Predators by a score of 5-2 in Blyth and the U9 MD team lost by a score of 7-0 to the Mid-Huron Huskies in Bayfield. The U18 LL team played the Mid-Huron Huskies in Blyth that night as well, but a score for that game wasn’t available at press time.

 

On Jan. 14, the U11 Rep team lost to the Huron-Bruce Blizzard in Lucknow by a score of 8-2 and, on Jan. 13, the U13 Rep team lost to the Central Perth Predators on the road by a score of 4-1.

 

On Jan. 21, the U11 LL Crusaders were scheduled to play the Huron-Bruce Blizzard White team in Lucknow, the U13 LL and U18 LL Crusaders were due to play Jan. 22 games with the Mid-Huron Huskies and Huron-Bruce Blizzard Grey teams, respectively, in Blyth, and the U13 Rep team was to be on the road to play the Minto Mad Dogs on Jan. 23, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.