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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-03-28, Page 6Ready Mix COWRETE Plant 215.P93 3 Rg ..icignce,228.-6901 CrA.MMQOWERR Second draw winners After ten weeks of play in the second draw of the Exeter men's curl- ing club with 40 rinks participating, a rink skipped by Jim Hewitt emerged as the champion. Above, the winning quartet display their winning form. Front, Mel Gaiser and skip Hewitt. Back, Bill Allison and Bill Lamport. T-A photo Area minor clubs had a busy week pionship at the numerous tour- were able to come with a cham- Saturday's program. back gamely in BramptonThurS- and district minor hockey teams neys held throughout the province during the school holiday, they did gain a goodly number of wins. Lucan youngsters were elimin- ated in their third outing. playing a 3-3 tie with Paisley. day to down Hornepayne 2-1 but tournament at Goderich, Exeter and Hensall clubs reached the lakeport town Friday, Bev Skin- were unable to overcome a deficit second round of play while the ner's Exeter boys were knocked sels in one of the best games of off by strathroy 4-3 while Hen- by Plattsville by the same score. Hensall won their first game on shots on goal Wednesday after Lucan were edged 4-3 by Brus- sall were sent into the discard In second round games at the Although none of the Exeter In the annual Young Canada tion playdowns. On Saturday the The Exeter novice team fought a 3-1 count to Stoney Creek and BUCHANAN LEADS HENSALL locals were on the short end of were out of the tournament. tams, winners of their first round in the first game of the next round but lost the second to the able to hang onto the early lead early in the week, edged Ayr 8-7 same team 5-3 to be eliminated. utes of play on successful shots from the sticks of Terry Mattson, as Plattsville roared back with sall pee wees in the scoring department in Hensall as he fired marksmen in the 3-3 tie with Paisley were Bill Consitt and Peter Jantzi, goal edge in the first five min- and Lloyd Allan. They were un- one goal late in the first period a goal in each game. Other sall youngsters built up a two and three more in the second. At Georgetown, the Exeter ban- Kevin Buchanan led the Hen- Against Plattsville, the Hen- incurred in a 2-0 loss to the Buchanan maintained his goal same club, Wednesday, losing a game pace with a score at the total goal series 3-2. 7,35 of the closing period, At the annual midget tourney in Hespeler, the Exeter team was FAIL TO HANG ON in action three times during the In their Goderich Outing, the week. The locals entered in 'IV , Exeter pee wees held a 3-2 lead classification but were put into past the halfway mark of the third "3" play because of a lack of period but were unable to hold entries in that division. off a late scoring splurge by stratlwoy and were ousted 4-3. In their first outing they were blanked 5-0 by Grimsby on Wed- Perry Stover scored at 5.25 neSday but bounced back On of the first to equal a lira Friday with their best effort of minute Strathroy counter for the the season to upset. 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QAL~L, GOO.I SPORTS Fly .Ross ,Haugh. arena Sun0aYge the Exeter Hawks lost a Close 5-4 decision to the Mitchell club in the opening Mlle of the series,, A spectacular cOsplay of net- minding by Bob Trutter ' espec- tally in the period, kept the Exeter aggregation from revers- leg the score as the play was to the Mitchell end of the rink for most of the final twenty minutes. Trutter took over in the NM- Aen cage from. starter Jim gauze after Exeter's second goal Of the game at 11;29 of the first session. As has been the case in most of the recent 8441es for the loca l Juniors, they wasted little time in getting the Spring started. This time it took Hill Fairbairn only 13 seconds to put his team one up on a play with line-mates Scott Burton and Hill chipchase. Less than two minutes later the score was even as Charlie Robertson took a, long pass from pave O'Donnell and caught the top right hand corner of the net behind Jim Glavin. Still in the first five minutes of play, Scott Burton scooped a loose puck up from a close-in scramble and put the Exeter Hawks In front 2-1. Mitchell captain Don Vipond tied the score late in the first period as he raced in alone from the blue- actually a *initiated floorl A colourful combination OfpakeS sealed betweero layers Of plaStie - PlaStic that paints 'on right over yOzEr old Jloorand walk. Ho :Me) about that QorOlo Howe.continues to amaze hockey fans everywhere with his outstanding play, Despite the fact he celebrates his 40th birthday on Sunday, he still cavorts around the ice like a youngster, setting records that are likely to, go untouched in the his,. terY of the National Hockey League. Howe, who is the game's greatest scorer with 688 goals in 22 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, rattled in his 38th goal of the year on Sunday night in Detroit. There are others who have also exceeded the 30 mark this year, but when you stop and consider that Howe is almost 40 and lit's the 12th time he has managed the feat, it sounds little more exciing, But then Howe has been doing the unexpect- ed since early in 1950 when he scored 35 times to launch a memorable hockey career. Since his first 20-goal season, Gordie has enjoyed 11 seasons over 30 goals and four years over 40, With three games left on the regular schedule he has an excellent chance of reaching the 40-goal plateau for the fifth time, At the same time he is giving Stan Mikita of the Chicago Black HaWks a real battle for the scor- ing championship, At the moment Mikita has 83 points, only three more than the Red Wing star and they each have three games to go. It will certainly be an interesting week for the two scoring leaders as they face each other in two of their remaining games. Jim Russell of town, who is Howe's greatest admirer in this area, suggests that Gordie could give himself the best birthday present ever by winning the scoring championship on March 31 in Chicago. He has already won the league scoring title on six occasions and led the league in goals five times. In his 22-year NHL career, Howe has scored a total of 1,582 points which is a record that will probably never be broken. At the moment only one other National hockey league performer has reached the 1,000 point mark which is a far cry from Howe's present total. John Belive'au reached that coveted plateau on March 3 with a total of 424 goals and 576 assists. Since then the Montreal star 'has picked up a few more points and, rates as the top scorer in Montreal Canadiens' history. The previous Montreal record was held by Maurice Richard who scored 544 goals and drew 421 assists during his NHL career. Getting back to Howe, many theories have been advanced as to why he keeps on going so strong- ly in the tough competitive sport of pro hockey. The reasons could mount as high as his goal count, but we will list a few of them. He doesn't waste any motion 'on the ice, he takes superb care of himself, is one of the most remarkable physical specimens ever to play any sport and has a perfect temperament for his particular business. Did you know that Howe started out as a goalie? These were in the early days in. Floral, Saskatchewan when they used to get up at five o'clock in the morning to get in some practice before school. Howe says he played his first hockey in a good rink because it had a heated shack. Some guy would be in charge of ringing the cowbell. When he rang it, the forwards and defence would change. The guys in the shack would come out to play and those outside would go in to warm up around the stove, "I couldn't skate too well, so they made me the goalie," Howe has recalled many times. "I didn't mind it except it was awfully cold out there. When I got older, I got a little smarter. I learned to skate better and played forward. I didn't get to see all the game, but I got my turn in the shack." The temptation here is to say if Howe stuck to goaltending he could have made us forget Frank Brimsek, Bill turnan, Terry Sawchuck, Glenn Hall and the other great ones. lie probably could, too. NEW TEAMS PROVIDE SURPRISE Although the NHL season still has one week to go, play between the six new clubs and the same number of existing teams has been completed. Most people have been pleasantly surprised with the showing of the expansion teams in their first year in the big time of pro hockey, While the six established. Eastern clubs won 86 of the scheduled 144 interlocking games, the rookie franchises justified their elevation to hockey's major circuit by grabbing one of every three points resulting from games between the tastern and West- n division clubs. Nei,V York Rangg ers gained the most front the interlocking schedule, winning 17 and tying three of their 24 games while Montreal Canadiens won 15 and tied three and Chicago Black Hawks took 15 and tied five. Boston Bruins were able to win 14 times against the new clubs and gained one draw in 24 outings. Even Detroit Bed Wings, last in the East, came out ahead in their interlocking schedule with 14 wins. Toronto Maple Leafs were the only estab- lished club to show a debit record— winning 10 and tying three times. The hew clubs provided highly entertaining hockey in all 12 cities with very few of the games being runaways for the established six. The Stanley Cup final, pitting the winners of playoff rounds in both sections, will give a fair indication of how far the new clubs have advanced in their first year. Only the Oakland Seals have encountered se- lions financial problems although the Philadelphia Ayers will suffer a big season loss because of "an ill wind that blew no good." The roof on the new $.1.2 million Spectrum in Philadelphia was blown off during a wicked storm a few weeks ago forcing the Flyers to finish the sea• son on the road. General Manager Bud POile estimates the lost revenue from home games, 'increased travelling ex- pentes, splitting of gates with other arenas, along With returning of money to Season ticket holders, toUld Cost the club about 000,000, ViiiiiiiteitiatiaiNiiiiiiiiifiliiitioigiiitihiitlitiiinirifthiliosi-011ffiliffigmajmi4OMNIMINfii • • "• " Shop at Home. ,,,, ,,,, The hawks are sure to be one ef the teams participating in the Ontario Junior "n" finale, but as f417 as Exeter fans are con, cerned it could be the wrong The Mitchell Hawks are pur,. rently two games up on the otor hawks in a, best-of-Seven prPVtncia4 semi-final to decide a winner to meet either Hoh, PaYgeon or Marmora in the final set. Mitchell drew first Wood ,on Exeter ice 84045 with a 5-4 decision in a very exciting con, test and returned to their own rink Tuesday to come up -with a 0-3 win. The third game is set for the Exeter arena Friday at 800 with the fourth contest back in Mit- chell Monday at the same time. If further games are necessary in the series they will be played in Exeter Tuesday, April 2, Mit- chell Friday April 5andaseventh contest in Exeter on Saturday, April 6. Although the Exeter Hawks have been unable to come up with a win against Mitchell in the first two games they actually gained the first victory as manager Bob Baynham won the toss in decid- ing which club would haye home ice for a seventh and deciding game. All the local club needs to do now is win a few games to be able to take advantage of the coin toss win by their manager. GET MOST SHOTS Although they were on the short end of the score in Mitchell Tuesday, the Exeter Hawks had a good share of territorial play and outshot the home club 42-35. Again it was the spectacular goal tending by Bob Trutter in the Mitchell nets that kept the Exeter boys from scoring more than three times. Mitchell moved into a quick lead on a goal by Larry Pickett at the 2.09 mark of the opening period and upped the lead to two on the first of two scores by captain Don Vipond as time was running out in the period. The Exeter Hawks fought back gamely in the second and evened the count with less than five minutes to go as Scott Burton and Bill Fairbairn were able to put. the puck behind Trutter. A rash of Exeter penalties in the last two minutes of the sec- ond period that extended into the third were costly as Mitchell scored twice before the locals could get back to full strength. Dick Harrow, playing for the first time in the series, scored at 19.20 of the second and Vi- pond fired his second of the night at 1.28 of the third to put the Exeter boys behind 4-2. Harrow, a top scorer for Mit- chell during the regular season was out of action for two games as the result of a match penalty Incurred in the Caledonia series. Scott Burton put the local Hawks back in contention as he successfully completed a play with Bill Chipchase, at the eight minute mark of the closing ses- sion. With the Exeter club pressing for the tying goal, Larry Pickett broke loose and went in alone to score what proved to be the winning Mitchell goal at 12.05. A couple of minutes later Danny Gloor rapped in an insurance counter for Mitchell. The largest crowd of the seas- on at the Mitchell arena this year, 1,365 watched the exciting Tues- day contest, BIG CROWD The largest crowd of the seas on, 1,0'79 was on hand at the local Ilee and flipped in his .01n re- bound. Tbe PXeter team was hard pressed through most of thefirst Perim! as they were assessed five of the seven penalties The Mitchell club, oanpq out flying in the second period and Danny Gloor took .a quick pass from Dennis Rughey and put his club out In front 3-2 at the 17 second mark, The hometown Ilawks wasted. 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