Crusaders, Ironmen to clash at Belgrave Community Centre

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

This weekend, the U11 Rep Blyth Brussels Crusaders will be in Teeswater for the annual South Bruce Blades Tournament, while the U9 LL team will head to Drayton for the Defenders’ annual Jamboree.

 

Beginning today, Friday, Jan. 31, the U11 Rep team will begin with a game against the host South Bruce Blades, followed that evening by a game with the Shallow Lake Lakers. The next day, the Crusaders will play the Penetang Flames and, in Drayton, the U9 LL team will play Kincardine.

 

In regular season action this weekend, on Friday, Jan. 31, the U11 LL Crusaders will host the Central Perth Predators and the U21 team will play the Listowel Cyclones, both in Brussels. 

 

The next day, the U9 MD team will play the Mitchell Meteors, the U13 Rep Crusaders will play the Bruce Peninsula Predators and the U15 Rep team will play the Listowel Cyclones, all in Blyth, while Brussels will host games between the U6 Crusaders and the Mid-Huron Huskies, the U13 LL team and the Zurich Thunder, the U18 LL team and the Huron-Bruce Blizzard Grey team and the U18 Rep team and the Mid-Huron Huskies.

 

On the road that day, the U8 White team will play the Mid-Huron Huskies in Clinton and the U15 LL team will play the Mid-Huron Huskies in Hensall, while the Wingham Ironmen and the U11 LL Crusaders will play an exhibition game at the Belgrave Community Centre.

 

On Sunday, Feb. 2, the U8 White and Burgundy teams will play a pair of Mitchell Meteors teams in Blyth, while the U18 Rep team will play the Kincardine Kinucks on the road, the U9 LL Crusaders will host the Listowel Cyclones in Blyth and the U11 LL team will play the Minto Mad Dogs, also in Blyth. On the road, the U15 Rep team will play the Rams in Mount Forest, the U13 LL team will play the Meteors Black team in Mitchell and the U18 LL Crusaders will play the Mitchell Meteors, also on the road.

 

As a new week begins, the U7 Burgundy and White teams will host two Goderich Sailors teams in Blyth on Monday, Feb. 3, while the U15 LL Crusaders will play the Mitchell Meteors, also in Blyth, and the U18 LL team will be on the road to play the Goderich Sailors.

 

The next night, the U18 Rep team will play the Saugeen Shores Storm and the U15 Rep team will play the Kincardine Kinucks, both in Brussels, followed by Wednesday, Feb. 5 games between the U9 MD Crusaders and the Mitchell Meteors in Brussels and the U18 LL team and the Mid-Huron Huskies in Blyth.

 

Looking back, on Sunday, Jan. 26, the U11 LL Crusaders lost to the Thunder in Zurich by a score of 10-0, while the U13 Rep Crusaders tied the Saugeen Shores Storm at six, also on the road. The U21 Crusaders lost to the Shelburne Wolves on the road by a score of 5-2 and the U8 White team hosted the Howick Hornets in Blyth, but a score was not kept for that game.

 

On Saturday, Jan. 25, the U13 Rep team beat the South Bruce Blades by a score of 5-2 and the U15 Rep team beat the Mount Forest Rams by a score of 2-0, both in Blyth. In Brussels, the U9 MD Crusaders lost to the Mid-Huron Huskies by a score of 7-2 and the U9 LL team beat the Drayton Defenders by a score of 6-2.

 

Also in Blyth, the U21 team lost to the Mitchell Meteors by a score of 6-3 and in Brussels the U15 LL Crusaders played the Mid-Huron Huskies, but a score was unavailable for that game at press time.

 

The U6 team played the Ironmen in Wingham, the U7 Burgundy and White teams played the South Bruce Blades and Wallace Sabres, respectively, in Blyth, and the U8 Burgundy team played the Mid-Huron Huskies in Clinton, but scores were not kept for those games.

 

On Friday, Jan. 24, the U8 White and Burgundy teams played the Wingham Ironmen and Goderich Sailors, respectively, in Brussels, but scores were not kept for those games. The U11 Rep team played to a 2-2 tie with the Mitchell Meteors and the U21 team lost to the Walkerton Capitals by a score of 6-1, both in Brussels.

 

One day earlier, the U13 Rep team lost to the Minto Mad Dogs in Palmerston by a score of 5-4, and, in a Jan. 22 game between the U13 LL Crusaders and the Mid-Huron Huskies, the Crusaders lost by a score of 5-2 in Blyth.