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— SPOKE, CCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, March
29, 1999
Alberta team dominant
Condors clipped by Cougars By Brian Smiley
week, however,
that
wasn’t the
case.
After the opening two games of the
Canadian Colleges Athletic
Association
(CCAA)
round-robin
Mount Royal had
who would
decide
Cougars were the favourites for
Conference,
medal
at this
pummeling
After
tournament.
No.
the
1
won
Deer, which they
hockey championships, the No. 2 nationally ranked Mount Royal the gold
just finished a
tough five-game series with Red
Colleges
Alberta
while
being
to
Athletic
Conestoga
March
hadn’t played since
After
3-2,
represent the
5.
penalized
for
ranked Cambrian Golden Shield
high-sticking, a defensive lapse
12-4 on Wednesday night, the
the
Cougars easily handled the Condors on Thursday night at the recreation centre by humbling
man
Conestoga
Lattery to walk in on goal and
to the tune of 6-2.
Mount Royal, with
their
two
played the puck and forgot
about the body, allowing Dustin
score
on
easily
victories, secured the first spot in
Anthony Gignac
and their opponent for the championship was Conestoga, the winner of the game between Cambrian and
of the period.
national
the
final
Conestoga.
The
ranked
not
won bronze
nationally,
'Ontario Association
in
the
Colleges
Athletic
(OCAA)
tournament
the
week
was
the gold
before,
but Cambrian
goaltender
at the 4:5
About midway through period,
game
the
got
1
mark
the
a
first
little
scrappy. That scrappiness through
the
Condors,
by
Condors led to the first Mount Royal goal. The Condors defence-
first
Mount
two games surprised coach Scott Royal
Atkinson. “It’s
said.
a
little
Leigh Walker of the Mount Royal Cougars blasts a shot off the Conestoga crossbar. Mount Royal had no trouble putting the puck in the net, as they defeated Conestoga 6-2 on March 18 at the recreation centre in Conestoga’s opening game of the CCAA championships. (Photo by Brian Smiley)
chippier,” Atkinson
“We have
to
be prepared to
made no mistake point of the
adapt.”
Ryan
first
Edwards
in that
Atkinson said his team hadn’t
both teams
adapted yet and that out of the 120
scoring at 18:51 of the
by Mount Royal. played so Royal Mount effectively that maybe they should have awarded only a gold medal and left the other medal on the
minutes his team had played in
putting the Condors
medal team
tournament and
yet,
got clobbered
mantel
CCAA headquarters
two games, they’d only reaUy played up to their potential for about 60 of them. their
Lattery scored his second goal of
game when the Condors’
for
the
next year’s tournament.
line corps
The Cougars played the first period Uke they hadn’t played in a
the
at
passed the puck right to
opposing
skated in
blue-
all
player.
Lattery
alone on Gignac and
midway
at the
finished first
down
the
frame,
3-0.
the
Condors
effective job taking the
was surprised by
did
an
man, but
the Cougars’
lack of physical presence.
“They don’t play a physical game,”
“They don’t
particularly
Galemo
game,
the
bungled
but
a
three-on-one opportunity, going offside.
Conestoga coach Ken Galemo thought
Conestoga had a chance early in the second period to get back in
period.
said.
finish their checks.”
The Cougars showed Conestoga what an odd-man break should look like when they had a two-on-one of their own and Sheldon Szmata converted at
make it 4-0. The Condors could have
11:41 to
down and gone or
goal
this
vented
their
fmstrations by taking senseless penalties (like
Cambrian the night enough
before), but they decided
was enough.
On
a pretty cross-ice pass from
Mike Traynor, MacDonald took two whacks
close to cutting their deficit
in half, but put the
puck
off the
After two periods of play the
Condors saw themselves down 4-1. They had momentum going
Mount little more
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game. However,
series.
ished at 7-2-1. first
game
The
final
it
was not
shock
considering
the
$6.50 first
place with a record of 8-1-1. the other
hand the B. Clams
Marlene Ford,
went to work on
ticipating teams.
“They played well,” she
Conestoga captain Jason Snyder fed Sean Murray whose
shot
first
was stopped by Mount Royal goalie Jason Pricker, but in the
ensuing scramble Murray was able to put the puck behind the
netminder to make the final 6-2.
Atkinson Conestoga’s
was
by
impressed
effort.
“They played hard and worked Mount Royal coach
hard,” the said.
power-play
three
and
goals
a
shorthanded goal.
“I’m really pleased with
their
Conestoga coach Galemo
Ford was
title also
how smoothly without
any
pleased
with
the league ran,
major
fights
or
roughness.
“The league went well,” she was happy with the out-
said. “I
On
come.”
Members of the B. Clams are Kyle Beimes, Nick Dorscht, Greggs Tayler, Chris Bach, Dave Hammond, John Tarentelb, Will Levine, Jeremy Van Leacke and
par-
said.
their
fin-
assistant athletic
was happy with both
against the wall, the $6.50 Pitchers 6-2, forcing a
5-3.
Pitchers finished the season in
director,
Clams
game
to
lost
was somewhat of a
of the series 9-3. With their backs
beat the B.
After Szmata took a five-minute major for high-sticking with less then five minutes left in the game,
intramural hockey
the third and deciding
the
the Condors could
match.
said.
hockey concluded on March 16 at the recreation centre and in the finals it was the B. Clams over the $6.50 Pitchers two games to one, in the best-of-three
The B. Clams won
Once again
Royal came out with a
be for the Pitchers and they
season
third.
have given up, but decided to show the Cougars that if they meet again they’ll be in for a tougher
heart,”
third
than a
after less
Leigh Walker scored Mount Royal’s last goal at 9:14 of the
into the third period, but
Clams claim
Intramural
5-1
The Condors gave up
crossbar.
its
it
the Condors
came
Keeping Conestoga College
make
minute played in the
power play.
puck before finally putting it back of the net at 15:07. The goal seemed to spark the Condors who started to put a little more pressure on Mount Royal. Up until this point anyone scoring in the stands would have said the Cougars were totally dominating the game. On a nice 2-1 rush the Condors
By Brian Smiley
left
defenceman,
Ian
in the
B.
them without a Derek Descoteau went in on a breakaway and slipped the puck by Gignac to
blueline
assistant captain
at the
Condor’s goaltender Anthony Gignac is under seige as Mount Royal storms the Conestoga goal. While this scramble didn’t result in a goal, Mount Royal had built up a 5-1 lead early in the third period, en route to their second victory of the CCAA championships. (Photo by Brian Smiley)
the Condors.
After a collision on the Condors’
third.
lain
sleep after
to
jump than
Jode Constable.