Bruins give Cougars a thumping
Roger Varley
One statistic says it all about last Friday's tilt at the arena between the Uxbridge Bruins and the Schomberg Cougars: shots on goal. The Bruins fired a total of 43 shots at Cougars goalie Ryan Potvin, while Uxbridge's Robbie DiMaria faced only 17. As a result, the Bruins came away with a 5-1 victory.
The Bruins launched an onslaught against Schomberg in the first period, firing 17 shots at Potvin, but Potvin only allowed one to get past him. Ryan Shier picked up a rebound off Potvin's pads and fired the puck into the net. Jordan Fitger and Colin Glecoff registered assists. Throughout the period, the Bruins pressed the Cougars in their own zone with sharp, accurate passing. The Uxbridge blue-liners, led by Jordan Bonner and Tyson Lotton, were impressive.
Midway through the second period, Schomberg managed to hit the scoreboard when Wesley Redshaw picked up a power-play marker. However, Devin Hollands responded with what proved to be the game winner a couple of minutes later, assisted by Isaac Mengers and Kyle Butt. As the period wound down, Lotton potted the third goal, assisted by Cameron Meek.
The rest of the game was all Bruns, as the home team scored two more; another by Hollands and one by Luke Kemp.
The Cosmos selected Kemp as player of the game for the Bruins and Redshaw for the Cougars.
On hand for the game was the Bruins' latest addition to the team: Kane Poland. Poland, 19, comes to the Bruins from the Caledon Bombers Junior B team. Before that he played Triple A in Barrie.
A defenceman from Aurora, Poland said he was not happy playing in Caledon. He said Bruins general manager Trevor Cox has been watching him for some time and he expects to be on the ice with the team tomorrow (Friday) night when the Bruins host the Caledon Golden Hawks at 7:45 p.m. The following night, the Bruins head to Georgina to take on the second-place Ice.
Bear pause: Bears will be flying through the air once more at the end of the month with the reinstatement of the Bruins' Teddy Bear Toss. The event was an annual Christmas tradition with the Bruins until the installation of netting around the ice surface made both the teddy bear toss and the weekly Chuck-a-Puck contest impossible. However, with last summer's renovation, which included removal of the netting, Chuck-a-Puck is back and the Teddy Bear Toss will be held on Jan. 30. Fans are urged to bring in a new Teddy Bear (preferably wrapped) to throw on the ice after the first Bruins goal. Children who bring a bear will have free admittance and all the bear collected will be donated to the SickKids Hospital. Along with the teddy bears, the Bruins will also donate that night's Chuck-a-Puck and 50-50 proceeds to Sick Kids.