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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-04-04, Page 1linton News-Record SgC9N1:0 msacT QN---Pages to 14 T, Burs., APril 4, 1 963-,-Clifit001 Mpw-Record—Post 9 swamp, while Paul McKenzie added three to the winning cause. Robert Peterson and Ken Foote bagged a pair each, while Angus MacDonald round- ed out the scoring with a single, Jim McIver was the lone Goderich sniper, spoiling Brian Burnside's valiant shutout bid. The kids will have a stiffer workout this Friday when they tackle their fathers in a match that should prove whether the older pucksters are really as good as they have been telling their sons. The match is slated to get under way at 7:00 p.m. at the Station arena and will be fol- lowed by a social hour. Mathieson will be on hand at the affair to present crests to the bantam squad for their fine showing in WOAA action this winter, when they reached the "D" finals in their first year in organized play, Two Area lassies Pass Skating Tests Two young Clinton figure skaters, after only four months instruction, successfully passed tests conducted in Wingham, Sattirday, Glenda Mere tried her three preliminary dance figures and passed them successfully and will 'now receiVe her dance pin. '.tie second girl, Mary jean Nellans, completed her prelim- inary figures, preliminary danc- es and her juniOr bronze dances. She Will also receive pins to Mark her accomplishments. The girls were trained this winter hi Clinton by club pro- feSsiorial, FaY0 Lea/c, Playing in the familiar con- fines of their own arena and before over 700 partisan fans, the locals wrapped up the Ser- ies with a comparatively easy 7-2 win, Monday. The victory gave them three wins and a tie in the f' e- match. They started out quickly in the game .and immediately gain- ed the upper hand with their superior skating and passing plays and Don Lockwood, Clin- ton's answer to Eddie Shack, opened the scoring with only a little over two minutes played. The speedy winger took a pass from John Cooper and made no mistakes as he drilled a blazer past fiery Bob Hodges in the Hespeler net. With Bob Schare sitting out a minor penalty, Clinton took advantage of the extra man to up the lead to 2-0 as Borden McRae scored the first of his G O CLINTON G Juvs Gain Sweet Revenge Against Hespeler # CLINTON'S LEGION JUVENILES WILL DESERVE PLENTY OF suppORT FROM THE [ jFuAvNESNWAEN,,B,THFEINY4MLEsETANTTTILEAt .NEWS-REDO va von 3 OHRANSANALIN sTAROANZA,13400 CLINTON GQ" LAEELS ON THIS PAGE $0 FANS MAY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AT THEN OME AND AWAY GAMES EY WEARING THEM ON THEIR COATS .L.OT'S "GO CLINTON GO"! LOCA JUVENILE OMHA INALS E Adastral Park Kids Drub Goderich Tackle 'Dads' in Friday Night Tilt Another Brawl? This may appear to be a couple of hockey players involved in a tussle, but it is actually Clinton's Borden McRae being given the usual con- gratulatory embrace by a team mate after he scor- ed another goal for Clinton in their series against Hespeler. (News-Record Photo) G O CLINTON G Oust Hopeler With 7..2 Win In Fifth Tilt RCAF Five Reaches Basketball Final After Lopsided Win Over Centralia "And now We're even" said. Don Dwyer es he congratulated the Clinton Legion juveniles efter they copped the fifth and deciding game in !their OMHA semi-final series against his Hespeler crew. And even they were, as the locals gained revenge for the loss to their foes in the same series last season, The series was a hard-fought battle all the way between the two prolific scoring squads, but Clinton gained a decisive edge in the lest three games to cop the series with three wins and a tie. In the series, which turned out to be a goalies' night- mare at times, the local squad out-scored their opponents by a margin of 45,30. It was An impossibility to pick out individual stars for the winners, as both dines and the defensive units worked hard at all times. The scoring was divided fairly evenly among the six forwards, and each unit was a serious threat every time on the ice, as they displayed a superior skating and passing attack that Hespeler couldn't match, The defensive units also played well during most of the , series, although similar to their forward cohorts, they did suf- fer a few lax moments, Goalie Don Freeman was at his best in the third and fifth games played in Clinton, when he kept the Hespeler squad off the scoreboard until mid-way through the final periods. The defeated squad resorted to bruising body-checks in an effort to slow down the locals, but they learned they re- ceived just as much as they handed out. Hespeler Protests Fans' Conduct An unwarranted protest by the Hespeler manaaemena slightly marred the series, but the OMHA didn't even bother to sit on the matter, which rappaered to be a move to get the Clinton home games switched to neutral ice, due to the fact Hespeler knew they were up against a difficult chore in beating the locals on their own ice, The Hespeler officials claimed the Clinton fans had inter- fered with their players in the third game in Clinton, and While there was one case of a fan grabbing a player, the crowd was well behaved throughout the series in both arenas. An OMHA official who attended the final game in Clinton, Monday, said he was "very pleased" with the conduct of the over 700 partisan fans, Hespeler had requested a re-play of the game on neutral ice and also asked that the final game be played on a different ice surface. However, they failed to win in the committee room and they fared the same on the ice. Next Series Not Set Just what team the locals will face in their bid for the Ontario Juvenile S" championship has not been decided as yet, but it will be either Parry Sound or Napanee, who are presently engaged in the other semi-final set, but won't be finished until. Saturday. The final will also be a best-of-five affair and will prob- ably be played as twin-bill home-and-home series. If the locals manage to win, it will be the first hockey championship brought to Clinton since the early 1940's when another juvenile team turned the trick. One of the players on that squad was Doug Bartliff, who is presently coaching the 1963 team, The names of •the local squad and their scoring records throughout the past season are listed below: Name of Player •Games Played Goals Assists -Points BOB LIVERMORE 24 46 36 82 JOHN COOPER 24 28 48 76 BRUCE COOPER 21 38 36 74 BORDEN McRAE 21 40 22 62 LAURIE COLQUHOUN 22 24 38 62 DON YEO 24 11 8 19 DON LOCKWOOD 12 9 8 17 DON COLQUHOUN „. 22 6 6 12 KEN OSBORNE 23 5 4 9 DOUG MACAULAY 21 1 7 8 RANDY GLEW 19 2 2 OTTO SMALE 24 3 2 5 ADRIAN DE COO 10 , 0 2 2' DON FREEMAN 24 0 1 Goaltenders Average: Don Freeman, 24 games; 127 goals. against Average is 5.3 goals per game, Scoring three goals in the first 43 seconds, the Adastral Park bantams went on to drub a Goderich industrial bantam six by a 14-1 count in an ex- hibition tilt this week. The area squad had things all their own way in the tilt, having it Won in the first min- ute of play. Billy MacKay paced the at- tack with six tallies in the Students Whip Staff Members The sttidents at RCAF Clin- ton showed little respect for their teachers, Thursday, humb- ling them 6.3 to win the 8ta- tion's inter - section hockey cha rnpionhsip, Calling themselves the Left- overs and representing the stu- dent's division of the winter's hockey play, they had little trouble ih whipping the Corn- ets, top team in the staff sec- tion. Caton Was the top scorer for the winners, banging in three goals for a hat trick, Ivany added a pair to the winning cause and Levert rounded out the scoring With a single. Lussier Was the top pla.yMale- er With a pair of assists, While Mattel and Boticbard lied one each. LeBlanc was a one Man show for the losers, accounting for all three of their goalS. Borden picked tip a pair of assists on the plays, while O'Conner help- ed on the other, The game was a Cleanly played eOnteet with each squad Sitting out three Mifiert, Battling back from a . four- goal deficit in Hespeler, Friday, the Clinton squad tied the home favorites 8-8 in an exciting overtime match. Although they out-played Hespeler throughout most of the game, the locals fanned on several good scoring opportuni- ties and were thwarted on other occasions by the stellar net play of fiery Bob Hodges. After a shaky start in the first period. when he allowed a pair of "softies", Don Freernan also settled down to play a stel- lar game and kept his squad in the match with some key saves. Hespeler wasted little time in moving into their attack as they had in the first home game and rapped in a single in the first two minutes and added two more before the mid-way mark of the first frame. They upped their lead to 4-0 at the 1,50 mark of the mid- dle period before Clinton fin- ally found their hsooting eye to pull right back into t h e game, Laurie Colquhoun started them off at the .6:55 mark of the middle frame on a neat passing play with Bruce Coop- er and they trimmed the margin to 4-3 when John Cooper and Bob Livermore banged in one each in less than a minute at the mid-way mark. Catching fire at the 7:05 mark of the second period, the Clinton squad gave their oppo- sition a lesson in positional hockey and accurate passing as they recorded an 11-3 win be- fore 525 "Go-Clinton-Go" fans, Wednesday. The teams battled through most „of the first half of the game in a scoreless tie with both goalies coming up with some fine saves. However, the locals took com- two on a play. with. Ken Os- borne near the rnid-way mark, Action remained hot and heavy throughout the remaind- er of the period and the locals exploded ,for two quickies in the last three minutes to take a commanding 4-6 lead at the end of the first stanza. Bob Livermore picked up his first of the night at the 17:14 mark on a nifty passing play With. Bruce Cooper and Laurie Colquitoun dented the twine .0 minute later with John Cooper setting up the play. Hespeler came out stronger in the middle frame, but Don Freeman turned aside every- thing they threw his way to protect the lead and then his mates exploded for another pair late in the stanza to pull the game out of reach_ of their foes. . McRae finished off a play with John Cooper and Lock- , plete control of the game in the second half, scoring five goals in a seven-minute stretch in the second period and adding four more in the first eight min- utes of the third to open up a 9-0 lead before Hespeler could get on the scoreboard. Don Freeman had a shutout going until the 9:58 mark of the final frame when Helmuth Loewen spoiled it with a sharp shot from the right side. Hard-checking Bob Livermore wood at the 10:06 mark and Livermore blinked the light at the 19:11 mark with Bruce Cooper picking up his second Assist, With the ice becoming in, °teasingly soft care to the large erowd and thehamicl weather, play slowed down in the final stanza and .became sloppy at times, However, Bruce Cooper pot- ted his squad's seventh goal of the night at the 9;07 mark on a well-earned play. Playing a man short, Clin- ton were hemmed into their own end and a Hespeler shot trickled past Freeman and was resting near the open goal when Cooper came racing in to bat it down the ice.. He then flew down after it and checked a Hespeler defend- er in front of the visitors' net and then whipped a shot past Hodges, Freeman but Laurie Colquhoun scored his second of the night off a faceoff in the Hespeler end to pull Clinton right back to within one goal. Foxed upped the margin to two goals again at the 7:40 mark with Ken Osborne sitting out a minor penalty but Bob Livermore added his third of the and low paced the attack in the tilt with four big tallies, potting his first two on plays with Don Yeo and Laurie Colquhoun in a period of only 13 seconds to get his squad on their winning ways. The rest of the scoring was divided evenly as John Cooper, Don Lockwood, Bruce Cooper, Laurie Colquhoun, Don Yeo, Borden McRae and Randy Glew all added singles. Laurie Colquhoun led in the assist department with three, After that, the locals • op- peered to have the game Well in bend and slackened their defence, Hespeler took advantage .ef this situation .to spoil Free-, man's shutout bid and Helmuth Loewen did the damage with his low drive at the 0;56 mark. .Hespeler whittled the margin to 7-2 at the 13:40 mark on a tally by Captain Don Parks, but that was as close as they could come es Freeman settled down to the fine play he ex- hibited in the last two Names on his home ice. The game was a hard-hitting affair and the referees handed out a total of 21 penalties. Clinton won the penalty par- ade as well, picking up 11 of the trips to the sin-bin with five coming in the last period as they appeared to be eager to settle a few scores after they had the win sewed up. liner into the net 30 seconds later to even the count at seven goals. Both teams turned on the pressure in an effort to notch the winner and Hespeler broke the tie at the 13:22 mark when Hoewen scored from a scramble in front of the Clinton net. However, Clinton continued to apply the pressure and speedy Don Lockwood finished off a play with Bruce Cooper and Ken Osborne at the 15:58 mark to send the game into the extra session. Although both squads showed the strain of the high-flying action, they kept the fans on their feet in the 10-minute ses- sion as they battled for the winner. . Clinton carried the major share of the play, but again Missed on two or three good chances as they failed to hit open corners., Both clubs drew one penalty in the overtime but neither could take advantage of the extra man as both goalies and defensive units came through with some fine play. There was a total of 19 pen- alties called in the game with Clinton picking up 10 of them. .Hespeler scored two power- play goals, while Clinton banged in three, having a two-man ad- vantage twice in the game. while Livermore, Yeo, Bruce Cooper and Lockwood each had a , pair. The game was late in start- ing due to the fact the OMHA slipped up in auuointing ref- erees and Clinton's Ken Engel- stad and a Goderich referee did a fine job in filling in, handing out only five minor penalties as they kept the two ardent foes well under control. It was close to midnight be- fore the game was finished. Clinton RCAF basketball squad had an easy time in win- ning a berth in the Training Command playoffs, drubbing Centralia 80-26 in the Eastern Canada final this week. The local squad will now meet the Western winners, who are eXpected to be a tearn from RCAF Winnipeg. Clinton completely clorninat, ed play in the genie against Centralia and their leading scorer, sharp-shooting Dave Nelson, came within one point' of tying the total output of the losers. He hooped a total of 25 points on 12 field goals and the lone foul shot he was awarded. Of the nine local players, only one failed to hit the scereSheet as they seared at Will against their arch rivals, Jack McDonald Was second in the statistics with 16 points, while George Sinclair added 12 and Mike Nunn had 10. McCauley paced the Centre- Ha attack with seven points, while Al Wiper hit for five. The remaining seven players all had tWo. Clinton wasted little time in pulling the game out of reach of their visitors as they out- scored them 3841 in the first half. The lineups and scoring for the squads was as follows: CLINTON—Dave Nelson 25, Jack McDonald 16, ("kedge Sin- clair 12,, Mike Nunn 10, Duke Wiclzyk 5, Eon Cunningham 3, "Mead" Nurmi. 4, Kitching 2 and Sandy' Sanders, CENTRALIA — McCauley 7, Wiper 5, MeCarroll 2, McCurdy 2, Wong 2, Wolfe 2, ThoinpSon 2, Velinga 2, rind BUM 2, Clinton juveniles' dressing room was full of smiling hockey players and tear"). officials/ 1VIonclay, after the locals had ousted I-leSpeler ,its, gain a berth in the' OMHA "13" final. The smiles being displayed above arO worn by, from the • left: truce Cooper, Doug Andrews, manager; Doh Freeman, Doug 'Batt- liff f coach; 13 eb Livermore and Don LoCkwood, The Livermore came back with his second of the period at the 15:01 mark to knot the count at four each, but. Hespeler left the ice to start the third with a 5-4 lead when John MacDonald scored on a solo effort at the 16:05 mark. Hespeler took a two-goal lead at the 30-second mark when Parks drifted in through the. night at the 9:24 mark the Clinton defence to beat, Don Lockwood blasted a CLINTON G Battle From Behind For Draw At Hespeler Last Hall Splurge Nets 11-3 Victory pat on the head from Andrews and lartliff was Well deseryed by Freeman, who Shut-out the visitors until mid-way through the final period, The cut over Cooper's nose and the patch over LoeltWood's eye show that the locals had a rough time in the series,- but the victory appears to have deadened any pain that May have resulted from the wounds,