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Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:18 |
Great Celebration for 1958 Dunnies sparks win
 Thanks to the 1958 World Champion Whitby Dunlops for traveling, some from great distances, and being part of the celebrations of winning the World Championships 50 years ago. March 9th, 1958 was when these amateur hockey players led by the architect, team manager Wren Blair, won the World Championship in Oslo, Norway. Today, 50 years later, they were honored in a beautiful pre-game celebration hosted by the Town of Whitby, The Whitby Sports Hall of Fame and the current Whitby Dunlops Hockey Club. Thanks also to Mark Hughes, Terry Johnson and Chris Dunlop from CKDO for your continued support.
There were many boys and girls decked in their Whitby Minor Hockey jerseys in attendance from the Whitby Minor Hockey Association. Thanks to president, Bill Schlitt, for arranging this.
After the ceremonial puck drop by Harry Sinden and Whitby Mayor, Pat Perkins, the current Dunnies played the 2nd game of their best 4 of 7 series against the 2nd place finishers in the EOSHL, the Simcoe County Sunrise Toyota Tundra.
It didn’t take the visiting Tundra long to find the Dunlop net. Richard Kazda opened the scoring 1:15 into the opening period and it seemed to be the “smartening up pill” that the Dunlops needed as they took charge after that to score 5 unanswered goals before the hometown crowd. The Dunlops found their powerplay and cashed in on 3 of the 9 chances they had. Dunlop captain, Peter MacKellar, got the team rolling just over a minute and a half after Tundra’s opening goal for Whitby’s first powerplay goal and later in the game Bob McQuat, EOSHL Defenseman of the year, potted 2 more. Dale Junkin and speedster, Colin Baker, rounded out the Dunlop scoring.
John Vecchiarelli netted the only goal in the 3rd period for the Tundra but by that time the game was out of reach. Chad Ford who stopped 38 of the 40 shots he faced got the victory in goal for the Dunnies.
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