Blyth Brussels Crusaders back on the ice for another season

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

The regular season is now underway for a handful of Blyth Brussels Crusaders teams after this weekend.

 

On Friday night, the U11 Crusaders welcomed the Huron-Bruce Blizzard Yellow team to Brussels, but lost by a score of 4-3, and the U21 team played the Shelburne Wolves, also in Brussels, and lost by a score of 3-2. The U18 Crusaders, however, beat the Howick Hornets on the road by a score of 5-1 in their first game of the season.

 

On Saturday, the U8 Black team played the Hornets in Howick and the U8 Burgundy team played the Cyclones in Listowel, but scores were not kept for those games.

 

Throughout the week - on Wednesday, Oct. 21 - the U13 Crusaders played the Huron-Bruce Blizzard Grey team in Ripley and the U15 team hosted the Wingham Ironmen Blue team in Blyth, followed by an Oct. 22 game between the U18 Crusaders and the Ironmen Yellow team in Wingham, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.

 

Tonight - Friday, Oct. 23 - the U21 Crusaders will be in Ripley to play the Huron-Bruce Blizzard in the lone Friday night game.
The schedule is busy for Saturday. The U7 team will host the Wingham Ironmen in Blyth, while the U8 Black and Burgundy teams will play the Ripley Wolves and Huron-Bruce Blizzard, respectively, in Ripley. The U11 team will play the Huron-Bruce Blizzard White team, also in Ripley, and the U21 team will host the Mitchell Meteors in Blyth.

 

The U13 team will play the lone Crusader game on Sunday, Oct. 25 when they travel to Zurich to play the Thunder.

 

On Monday, Oct. 26, the U13 Crusaders will host the Mitchell Meteors Black team in Blyth, followed by the U18 team taking on the Minto Mad Dogs in Palmerston the next night and an Oct. 29 game between the U15 team and the Ironmen Yellow team in Wingham.