SPORTS FLASHBACK 1972: Steinbach Juveniles are provincial “B” champs

A come-from-behind 7-5 win in Roblin Saturday night and a 2-1 victory in Steinbach Sunday afternoon clinched the Manitoba juvenile hockey championship for the Steinbach Huskies.

The team advanced to the finals against Roblin on the strength of series wins over a Niverville-St Malo team and a team from Hartney.

Although they trailed Roblin by period scores of 3-1 and 5-3 in the first game of the series, the Steinbach team came back with four big goals in the first period of the game to walk away with a 7-5 victory and set the stage for a sweep in Steinbach, Sunday.

Roblin’s Merv Doering opened the scoring for the home team and Steinbach replied with a goal off the stick of Ray Mutcheson. Larry Kowan and Merv Safronez added goals for Roblin before the period ended.

The teams traded pairs of goals in the second with Ernie Hiebert and Art Peters scoring for Steinbach and Craig Pulesky and Dale Doering giving the home team the lead.

Vic Peters scored the first of four unanswered goals for Steinbach in the final 20 minutes. Reg Penner notched a single, while Vic Peters and Ernie Hiebert added their second goals of the evening for the 7-5 win.

Andy Stoesz was in the nets for Steinbach for the rematch Sunday afternoon and Roblin managed to best him only once.

Steinbach took the lead in the game in the first period on a goal by Reg Penner. Gary Kowan tied the score in the second, but Ernie Hiebert scored for Steinbach to give the home team the margin of victory and save them a second trip to Roblin.

The same lineup, with the exception of a few players ineligible for high school play, will be in action at the Steinbach Arena this weekend, when the Sabres host the provincial high school championship tournament.