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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-03-16, Page 6FOR ALL ..GOOD SPORTS .13y Ross .Haugh Good fan support EXETER ARENA 1130 320 HURON ST. W, Exeter 236.1007 -Phone 235.0660 Chevrolet -,-Oldsmobile Eiceter I Page 6 Times-Advocate, March 16, 1967 Hawks take one game lead in junior 'C' group final play How important is fan support to a hockey team? This is a question that is asked quite often and is sometimes hard to answer. In the case of the just concluded Shamrock junior series between the Exeter Hawks and the Point Edward Redmen, terrific support by the local fans stirred up the Hawks who were on the brink of elimination. The Hawks travelled to the border town Thursday, down one game in the series and needing a win to stay in contention. They rallied in the third period to post a 7-5 win behind the cheering of close to 300 Exeter fans. With an edge in the series and home ice sup- posedly in their favour, the Point Edward club were confident of winding up the five-game set Thursday. They failed to realize how much vocal support would affect the Hawks and spur them on. In complete contrast to the third game of the series the local juniors played a different brand of hockey when they gained a two-goal lead late in the third period. Instead of just trying to get rid of the puck in their own end, they were making their passes deliberate and slowing down the trend of the game. Back on home ice Friday, the Hawks took control of the game late in the first period and went on to take a decisive 10-4 victory and gain a berth in the league "C" final. A successful penalty shot effort by Dennis Morrissey with less than two minutes left in the opening twenty minutes of play put the Hawks in front 2-1. Morrissey made no mistake on his way to the net as he skated very slowly and drew the goalie completely out of position before flipping the puck home. This seemed to take the steam out of the visi- tors and they could not get close again. The largest crowd of the season, 1,039, was on hand at the local arena for the deciding game. The Hawks are meeting the Dresden Kings, first place finishers in the regular schedule in a best-of-seven series for the league title. The first game went in Dresden Tuesday and the clubs return to the Exeter arena for the second contest Friday at 8:30. The Exeter club held an edge over Dresden in season play, winning three out of four games played. When it comes to playoff time previous re- sults can be thrown out the window and anything can happen. It should be a wide open, fast skating series as the Dresden boys do very little body check- ing. would be called if anything else was thrown settled down the 1,039 exuberant fans, the largest crowd of the season. For a few moments after the warnings, play seemed to slow down and then the scoring broke loose again, three goals coming in a span of less than two minutes, Burton was again in on a $uc — Please turn to page 7 valuable member of the visiting club was hit squarely in the eye with an egg and was taken to South Huron Hospital to have some shell removed. A fan was also removed from the arena by members of the local police force. Previous to this occurrence, Several bombs and other objects were thrown on the ice. Repeated announcements that the game Three goals in the last ten Minutes of play gave the Exeter Hawks a 4.3 win over Dresden Kings in the Kent County town Tuesday to take a one game lead In the Shamrock Junior "C" final. The second game is scheduled for the Exeter arena Friday at 6:30 and the teams return to Dresden for the third game Sun- day. The fourth contest of a best-four-of-seven series will be played at the local ice house, Tuesday, March 21. Othergames if necessary will be in Dresden March 24, Exeter March 25 and Dresden March 28. The Hawks made the group final by downing Point Edward Redmen on two consecutive nights, 7-5 in Point Edward Thursday and 10-4 on home ice Friday, to win the beet-of-five series, three games to two. Captains meet after game A friendly handshake after a hard fought hockey series is a good sign of sportsmanship. In the above picture, captains Craig Chapman of the Exeter Hawks and Keith McLean of Point Edward exchange greetings after the final contest. Chapman also scored the winning goal in the Hawks. win over Dresden in the first game of the league final. — T-A photo MEMO TO THE WOMEN of EXETER AND DISTRICT Bantams in final of Shamrock minor Usually the man of the house shops for building and remodelling materials. But every once in a while, an extra special value comes along that is of extreme in- terest to women. This is one of those times: Exeter's four minor hockey clubs are in various positions in Shamrock minor playoffs. One club, the bantams, have advanced to the league final, while the other three clubs are competing in semi-final play. The bantams lost to Stoney- brook 3-2 on Exeter ice Wednes- day in the first of a two-games- total-goals series and rallied in the return game in London Sat- urday to gain a 3-2 win to tie the count and force an extra game. On Strathroy ice Sunday, the youngsters played one of their better games of the year to win 4-1 and qualify to meet Lambeth in the loop final. The local midgets battled to a 1-1 draw with Stoneybrook in a London contest and played the second game here last night, Wednesday. In the only pee wee semi-final played to date, the Exeter boys were on the short end of a 4-2 and Bill Hourne had a couple of good shots at the net from close in before Young found the range, Two of Point Edward's top forwards, Bill Chivers and Len Fontaine, combined at 13:07 to tie the score, with the former netting the rubber while a team- mate was cooling out in the pen- alty box. The Hawks again came close several times in the next five minutes of action before Mor- rissey made his jaunt toward the goal with all players but goalie Geary on the sidelines looking on, to send the Exeter club to the first rest with a 2-1 edge. In the early minutes of the second frame play moved quickly back and forth with both goalies coming up with key stops. Tom Glavin in the Exeter nets made a quick glove stop on a low hard drive by Chivers near the seven minute mark for one of his best saves of the night. As often happens when a net- minder comes up with a brilliant stop, his mates moved right down to the other end of the rink and scored to up the Hawk lead to 3-1. Scott Burton, playing a stand- out game on the local defence, moved the puck into the Point Edward end and set a perfect pass on Gary parsons stick and the hard shooting left winger blasted a drive that Geary got a piece of but couldn't hold and the puck rolled in for goal number three for Exeter. With a two goal lead, the Hawks really caught fire and scored twice in the next two minutes. Hard working Bill Chipchase completed a nice play originated by Burton to net the first of the quick counters. Gary Parsons got the other on a blistering slap shot that just grazed the post on the short side. score to Huron Heights. In novice action, the situation could become a little confusing. The locals are meeting Lucan in separate OMHA and Shamrock series at the same time. Preceding the Hawks game Friday, the Exeter novice club was edged 2-1 by Lucan in On- tario minor play and Saturday afternoon suffered a 3-1 loss to the same team in Shamrock ac- tion. HIT BY EGG Parsons goal came only 18 seconds after an egg throwing incident that marred the contest and held up proceedings for more than 10 minutes. Mike Bolton, a Now you can protect your valuable woolens EASILY, ECONOMICALLY WITH AROMATIC CEDAR CLOSET LINING Mothproof your valuable woolens and furs with attractive, aromatic supercedar clos- et lining. You can buy a package contain- ing 16 sq. ft, for $6,99 this week at Conk- lin's. Tongue and grooved For ease of ap- plication. Offer Expires '6.99 March 25 King reigns male curlers BANTAMS BOUNCE BACK Steve Murley proved to be the spark plug that kept the Exeter bantams in the thick of the fight for the Shamrock crown. He scor- ed three goals in the last five minutes of play to give his club a 3-2 win in London Saturday, to tie the goals to count series at 5-5 and force an extra game in Strathroy. In the final contest Murley shared scoring honors with John "Skinny" Guenther, each netting two goals to take home a 4-1 win. Both Exeter goals in the open- ing game of the series that went to Stoneybrook 3-2 were fired by Peter Glover. PEE WEES BEHIND The local pee wees face a two goal deficit as they meet Huron Heights in the second contest of a total goals series later this week. Peter Kleinstiver and Perry Stover were the Exeter goal getters in the 4-2 loss on home ice, Wednesday. Competing in the Stoneybrook ACA tournament at London Sun- day, Bill Gilfillan's pee wees held Mountsfield to a 2-2 tie. Scott Litt and Butch Johnston trigger- ed the Exeter counters. The 12 and under boys see more action Saturday as they take part in Lucan's annual Shamrock pee wee tourney, seeing their first action at 1:30. FIRST AND LAST In picking up the go-ahead win on Dresden ice Tuesday, the Hawks scored the first goal of the game and then after the home club had scored three times, came back with the last three of the game to salt away the victory. It didn't take the local juniors long to get rolling as Mike Cush- man opened the scoring at 1:58 of the first frame on a play started by captain Craig Chap- man. The Kings, league leaders throughout the season, tied it up in little more than a minute of further action on a successful solo dash by defencernan Don Glassford. With time running out in the first twenty minutes of play, Fred Martin directed a shot past Exeter goalie Tom Glavin to give his Dresden mates a 2-1 lead. The entire second frame was scoreless, but the Hawks carried a big part of the play and out- shot Dresden 18-7. At 4:12 of the third, Clark Woolman fired home the Kings' third marker and the Exeter club seemed to be in trouble. It took them more than half the period to get rolling, but when they did the red light behind Dave Card in the Dresden nets blinked three times in less than three minutes. Cushman picked up his second score of the game on a pass from Paul Young at 10:36 to cut the deficit to one and Dennis Mor- rissey was able to tie the score on a solo dash at 12:01. A three way passing effort was successful at 13:20 to give the Hawks their fourth goal, that proved to be the winner. Craig Chapman finished off the play started by Mike Cushman and Ron Broderick. Larry Willert, who suffered an injured eye as the result of a high stick in the final game with Point Edward Friday, did not see action in Dresden, but could be ready for the second game of the series. ALL OUT A solid team effort with every member of the club out and skat- ing all night long, enabled the Hawks to turn in a convincing 10-4 win over Point Edward to take the series three games to two on home ice, Friday. The teams were evenly match- ed for most of the first period and the tide seemed to turn when Dennis Morrissey turned a pen- alty shot try into a goal at 18:13 to put his club in front 2-1. Morrissey made no mistakes on his way to the net as he skated and stick handled very slowly and made the goalie make the first move and calmly flipped home the rubber, In getting the penalty shot, Morrissey was dumped from be- hind while on a clean cut break- away. The Hawks opened the scoring at 10:08 of the opening period as Paul Young was able to left a backhander from close in over Point Edward goalie KellyGe.ary, Team-mates Dennis Morrissey DENNIS MORRISSEY ...scores on penalty shot SAVE HUNDREDS DEMONSTRATOR SALE 1967 CAMARO SPORT COUPE Deluxe interior, 327 engine, automatic transmission, floor console, custom radio, whitewall tires, discs. License E77266. 1967 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE SEDAN Automatic transmission, custom radio, whitewall tires, wheel discs. License E77269. Ok Used Cars Two of the three top rinks in the Exeter men's curling club third draw of the season were able to retain their first place leads in their respective divis- ions. King McDonald's f ou r so m e came up with a high point per- formance in last week's action to stay well in front of the rest of Tuesday's competitors with a point total of 4'7. A rink headed by Ross Hodgert has edged ahead in Monday action with a total of 43 points, one more than the leaders of a week ago, skipped by Jim Hewitt. Jack Urquhart and his mates have accumulated 38 points to lead the Thursday curlers, des- pite losing in their last outing. The Passmore brothers, Lorne and Almore are deadlocked in second spot with equal point rec- ords of 36, After numerous delays, play- offs in the second draw have been completed and a rink skip- ped by Bert Borland was suc- cessful in capturing the trophy. Other members of the winning group are Bob Dinney, Woodrow Davidson and Hugh Patterson. Last week's scores were: J. Hewitt '7 - L, Webber 2 L. Learn 8 - B. Alexander 8 D. Jermyn 10 - G. McCarter 2 D. Roelofson 8 - P. Hern 5 B. Morgan 11 - Reg Hodgert 9 Ross Hodgert 10 - A. pym 4 R. Murley 12 - H. Dougall 4 A. Clarke 9 - A. Westcott 4 K. McDonald 13 - P. Raymond 3 B. Borland 7 - M. Geiser 4 B. McLean 9 - B. Middleton 3 E. Powe 9 - A. Cann 6 C. Down 10 - W. Seldon 1 R. Marshall 8 - H, Snell 4 D. Weber 6 - L. Passmore 4 M. Hodgert 10 - J. Urquhart 5 A. Passmore 10 - R. Snell 2 n etner ss GUN SHOP One ladies rink still unbeaten Only one rink remains unde- feated after four weeks of action in the third draw of the Exeter ladies' curling club. Dor othy Marks and her mates have a clean slate and hold down top spot in Wednesday action. Shirley Davidson's foursome is best to date in Tuesday competi- tion and Marg Murley has her rink in front in Thursday play. Last week's scores were: H. Frayne 8 — E. Knight 2 T. Payne 8 — M. Ecker S. Davidson 10 — H. Webber 7 D. Elder 10 J. McDowell 3 B. Clarke 8—J. Weber 6 P. Simmons 13 M. Murley 7 A. Bray 11 E. Boyle 5 D. Pfaff 9 — E. Busche 3 D. Marks 9 — Mo Marshall 5 H. Frayne 8 L. Dobbs 5 M. Geiser 9 —11, Mickle 5 B. Bell 7 — H, Burton 5 M. Murley 6 A. McDonald 5 DEALER FOR ALL TOP LINES IN GUNS AND AMMUNITION 1966 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE COACH automatic transmission, radio, whitewall tires. License E79621. 1965 CORVAIR MONZA SPORT COUPE 140 H.P. engine, 4 speed trans- mission, radio, whitewall tires. License E79628. 1964 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE SEDAN automatic transmission, radio, discs. License E79638 1964 OLDS. F85 DELUXE SEDAN automatic transmission, radio, white- wall tires. License E79620. 1963 CHEVROLET IMPALA 4 DOOR SEDAN automatic transmission, radio, whitewall tires, License E79641. 1963 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE SEDAN radio, whitewall tires. License E79861 . 1963 METEOR DELUXE SEDAN 8 cylinder automatic transmission, radio, whitewall tires, discs. License E79853 1962 CHEVROLET IMPALA SEDAN automatic transmission, radio, white- wall tires, License E78854. FANS COULD SPOIL IT While we feel the terrific backing of the fans, especially in Point Edward, was partly responsible for putting the Hawks in the final, a small minority of the fans were doing their best to have the locals come out on the short end of the score here Friday. Throwing objects on the ice during a game usually only results in a delay of the game while the ice is cleared, but the latest incident was of a far more serious nature. Some one threw an egg right after Exeter's fourth goal of the game in the second period and caught Mike Bolton of the visi- tors squarely in the eye. Bolton was taken to South Huron Hospital where pieces of egg shell were removed from his eye. At this point a fan was ejected from the arena and the crowd warned that any further throwing of objects onto the ice would cause the game to be called. We know that the Point Edward coach was pretty close to pulling his team off the ice at the time and although this would seem to be a rather unsportsmanlike move he would be protecting the safety of his team. Beside the safety factor, the egg throwing affair could have been costly to the Hawks. At the time they really had begun to fly and scored two quick goals to go ahead 4-1. Getting the fans straightened out and cleaning the ice took at least ten minutes. Fortunately the locals were able to carry right on with their torrid pace and scored again within 18 seconds of resumption of play. While on the subject of fan behaviour, the habit of fans booing when the opposing players skate out on the ice for the start of a period has always puzzled us. Certainly a fan is expected to give most of his vocal support to his favorites, but some ap- plause for the opposition certainly couldn't do any harm. In fact, an act of this nature could help to produce a better brand of hockey if both teams knew their efforts were being appreciated. FEW PENALTY SHOTS The penalty shot called at the arena during the fifth game of the Shamrock junior final caused us to wonder how many have been called this year. According to Gary Middleton, local junior statisti- cian, this was only the second one of the year. The other also involved the Hawks in a game earlier in the year in Dresden when Gary Parsons taking the try was unsuccessful. In the National hockey league to date this sea- son, six penalty shots have been called and four goals were scored. On three of the occasions the Toronto Maple Leafs were involved, On November 5 at Maple Leaf Gardens, Bob Nevin of the Rangers scored against Terry Sawchuck of the Leafs. Three weeks later, also on Toronto ice, the outcome was different with Frank Mahovlich beating Glenn Hall of the Chicago Black Hawks. Hall was again the victim the night of Jan- uary 5 as he failed to stop a try by Detroit's Norm Ullman in a Detroit Olympia contest. Early in Feb- ruary, Johnny Bucyk of the Bruins bested Ed Giaco- min of the Rangers in a Madison Square Garden game. The unsuccessful attempts were tried by Dallas Smith of Boston against Giacomin on Decem- ber 21 and Toronto's Pete Stemkowski failing to slip the rubber past Roger Crozier of the Red Wings in Toronto February 8. Incidentally, Norm 1.111man's goal on a penalty shot was a very important one in the career of the Detroit veteran, it was his third score of the night giving him his 10th hat trick in the NHL and made him a 20-goal man also for the 10th consecutive season. The three goal scoring effort was accom- plished in a span of three minutes and 19 seconds. REMINGTON WINCHESTER ITHICA MOSSBURG COOEY SAVAGE MARLIN STEVENS MEC LOADERS SHAMROCK JUNIOR 'C' FINALS Friday, March 17 Tuesday, March 21 DRESDEN KINGS EXETER HAWKS ..., _._ a 1 Eveninge Only Mon. — Fri. All Day Seturdey Snell Bros. Limited