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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-04-19, Page 7OUSTED —Although they lost only four games all season. the Lucan-ildertori Combines dropped three of them to Port Dover as ills Sailors won the 01 IA Intermediate —B" semi-final round 3-1 with three straight wins, The Combines won 23 in a row before losing their final game of the season and then ousted Philipsburg and Clinton in. the league playoffs. Shown above are: back row, left to right, Doug Go t uty, sub-goal: Doh Hord, trainer; Bev I:rhshott. Terry ilodgins, Don. Urbsholt, Tom Collings, Walt Strothers, Ray Yelle. Carl Leitch. and Harvey Langford., president. Front row. Steve Storey. Harry Wraith, Don Fletcher, Keith Scarborough, Stu O'Neil. 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The Belly Si", let thr total Pinfall by only 126 pins in Clinton a , they sl it,4ed a reel hip and luck battle. TM ,. won gainer with three and 28 point inargtns and dropped games by 1.0, 30 and 100 pins. however. tiles; eouldn t match 'lie Clinton crew to Exeter as the visitors started out with •.urea of 1,226. 1.231 and 1.325. They finished up with 1,193 and a low 1;071. but the locals still eonldn't talte a game from. them. Clinton wit lnow meet (lode- . ch in the -A" finals, Still represented Exeter is ~till represented in the "B" playoffs. a the locals came bark, from a .6.4 deficit in Zurich to lake all five panics on the local lanes Saturday to enter the semi-Iri- na Is. The squad lost the total pin- fall by a slim 5,281 to 5,195 margin in Zurich, while they came back with a total of 5.826 in Exeter With Zurich • managing; only 4.750. The local team will now meet Goderich in the "B" final. 0PW11119: PLISte4 in play. ° ff Exeter The Lucan-Ilderton Combines were ousted .from further ac- tion, Monday, when they suf- fered their worst defeat of the season with an 11-3 trouncing at the hands of the Port Dover Sailors in Loran. 'Winners of 30 of their first 31 games, the Combines could- -11A: match strides with the liUsky Sailors in their final three games, losing them all to- give the Lake Erie squad l,he OHA semi-final round 3-1. Port Dover will now meet Vxbridge for the intermediate -"B" championship. The powerful Sailors jumped "thin a 5-1 lead in the first period in the final match and were never in trouble as they romped to their win, although they were out-played in the final two periods, ' How ever, the Combines were "fereed to gamble and the Sail- ors appeared content to wait 'for the breaks to add to their • margin. with Dennis Leeson turning aside praetically every- thing the .Big Eight champions threw his way. Big Walt Gardner paced the one-sided attack with three goals, proving why he is rated one of the best players on the squad. One of the fastest men en the ice, the 190-pound wing- er dented the twine in each 'period and was a constant The Port rhy.eat every t i me „. the iee• ted their semi-final series with Dover Sailors knot- .poug :UV eday and George ,stire h am c hippe d i n with a the Lucan-ilderton. Combines, pair and single markers came Wednesday. when they tied, off the sticks a Doug Walton, won and clinched. the game on the strength of three goals in Don Snow, jack Reeves and. Hart. the last four minutes in Lucan, Inhn —Eleven of the 14 Sailors M tin g an 8'6 Win, Big Doug Loveday tied the game at the 16:26 mark of the Collings pots two final stanza. and then speedy • Tom Collings .paced the lAt• Walt Gardiner fired the winner can-Ilderton. squad on the score 45 seconds later and put the ;sheet with two goals, while clincher in. an open net with 'Don Fletcher notched the third. 15 seconds remaining. ;Stu O'Neil, Harry Wraith. Ray Each of the prolific scorers *Yelle and Max O'Neil Picked picked up three markers in the 'up assists on the tallies, contest, while George Burcham • It was a hard fought battle and Ernie Hollingsworth ac- .all the way and the checking conned for the others. -was herd, but only five. minor Torn Collings and Stu O'Neil .Penalties Were handed out with paced the Combines' attack :the Sailors drawing three. Ken with a pair each, while Ken. Loft served both for the Conn- Loft and Dusty Aldis picked up shines. but he took a Sailor to singletons. .the sin bin with him on both The teams started their high .occasions, scoring exhibition right off the Present awards opening whistle and had a 1,1 At a centre ice ceremony tie before two minutes had :heitveen the second and third been played,. Loft Opened the with only one second left on the game four minutes later the clock „ .Steve Storey was with Burcham being the marks- the best player on the ice for man. Both Walt Mummery and. the Combines despite the fact Loveday had shots blocked by he did double shift in the see- the Lucan-llclerton. goalie, but and and third periods when their winger finally banged the ,lack Parks retired early due disc into the cage • on a to ill effects from a bad cold. scramble, Storey failed to score, missing The Combines evened the on several attempts that he count at 2.2 at the 11:39 mark just failed to get breaks on on a neat play 'between Cot- , the, turning point in the hogs and Aldis. Collings car- game came in the first period tied the puck from his own end when Max O'Neil drove in to an d a fte r s plitti ng th e Sailors' bang a puck off the post after defense, put a pass on Aldis) heating Leeson and the Sail- stick and the speedy St, Marys ors picked up the rebound to star a low drive into go back and beat Scarborough- the bottom corner. clad O'Neil's connected it would The final goal of the period have made the score 3-2 rather gave the homesters a 3.2 lead than the 4.1 margin, for the and came on a power play Sailors . . , the official pro- with Hollingsworth sitting out gram of the Port Dover six a double minor, Tom Collings lists their average weight at grabbed the faceoff in the 177 pounds, with six of then Sailors' end and alter Strothers going over the 190 mark. Ron and Don Urbshott failed in their attempts from the blue- line, Collings took a pass from the side of the net and deftly deposited the disc behind Lee- son. Split in second Collings came hack with hit second In the middle period to give the homesters a two-goal spread al the 6:46 mark when Aldis poke-checked the puck away from a defenseman, took a shot: that was blocked, but Collings wa.s on the right spot to tip the rebound into the mesh, However, a defensive lapse enabled the Sailors to whittle the lead to 4-3 when Loveday, picked up a loose puck in the Combines' end and skated from behind the net and poked the disc into a corner. in the opening minutes of the third period, Loveday came back to even the count on a play with. Burcham. Stu O'Neil put the Combines one up at the 3:14 mark when he took a pass from Loft after brother Max had dug the puck out of the corner. but the Sailors rallied right hack in a little over a minute to even things again with Hollin.gs• worth being the marksman. Scarborough went down on his knees to block the shot, but the puck glanced off his stick and trickled in under ,his legs, The scoring remained fast FLORIST and furious in the first half of the period and Stu O'Neil gave the Combines a 6.5 lead at the 235-2603 7:02 mark when Max won the faceoff and passed back to Loft, who in turn flipped the puck to Stu. who picked the Lop corner, 'The Combines appeared to have the Sailors in check as they protected their lead but Loveday and Burcham came sailing in and the blond winger fired a backhander into the net to even the count and Gar- diner notched the winner when he picked up a poor clearing. pass to walk in all alone on Scarborough. Game Comments—The Com- bines were the better team when they forechecked but late in the game they appeared to lose their drive and the Sailors took advantage of it to win the game . . Although Loveday has been the leading scorer for the Sailors this season, he is strictly an offensive player and rarely_ comes hack into his own end, contenting himself to wail at the ; blueline for a break, The Times-Adv0We, April 17, 1962 twat. Dobbs for Dodge: This Weekrs .$peciat 1957 QLOSMOtilLE Two,Dooft HARDTOP Power brakes, Automatic and Radio ONLY ..$9.8 TOO Exeter Molar Sa les Fred Dobbs, Prop, George 235.1130 235.1250 Fred 235.005 periods, officials of the Big Eight loop presented. trophies to the champion Combines and also the individual awards, Harvey Langford, president of the club, and manager Ilarry Wraith accepted the sil- verware on behalf of the club from. league secretary Bill Bat- ten. Keith Scarborough re- ceived the trophy for the best goalie and Don "Boom" Gra- vett of the Exeter Mohawks was presented with. the most valuable player award by vice- president. Don Urbshott. Gra- vett, who was the league statis- tician, presented the scoring trophies to Max O'Neil and Steve Storey of the Combines, who tied for the honors with 75 points each figured in the scoring. Candy Novelties BUNNIES, CHICKENS, EGGS, ETC — SOLID & FILLED 104‘ 650 $1,10 $1.50 $1.75 and up NEILSON'S, ROWNTREE'S. CADBURY'S CHOCOLATES $1.00 $1,25 $1,50 $L75 $2.95 $3.50 Gifts for her CII '1 NO. 5 $3.50, $6.00 and up ELIZABETH ARDEN BLUE GRASS COLOGNE . $2.50 YARDLEY LOTUS SPRAY MIST $2,50 GAME COMMENTS — Al- though it was evident that the Combines could never catch the Port Dover crew, they never Firmi and. Jack Reeves top the once gave up in the contest list at 210, while their leading which is indicated by the fact scorer Doug Loveday weighs in Collings scored his last goal at 200. Tie, win, clinch tilt in final four minutes scoring for the homesters when he deflected Stu O'Neil's shot into an open corner at the 1:06 mark and Gardiner came right back 30 seconds later to even things up on a similar play when he was left alone to the left of Scarborough and hang- ed a pass into the short side, The Port Dover six came back to take their first lead in FREE Grease Gun HUNTLEY DRUG STORE EXETER . Telephone Ontario tt j, 235.1070 SHELL \\A //,/ :EITHER WAY, YOU SAVE TIME: AND MONEY; Shell's cartridge lets you load your gun in seconds , . . eliminates the muss and fuss of wasteful ,hand loading. And you can .use Shell M.P. greast on ALL your farm inachintry,.Call us today, ART CLARKE 2354820 Exetdr