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By TOM CR EEcH
The Exeter Hawks continued
their winning ways this week,
throttling the inept Mt. Brydges
squad 6-2 Saturday evening in
Mount Brydges and edging the
league leading Lucan Irish 2-1 the
next evening in Exeter,
Sunday's game in Exeter was
Junior D action at its best. The
game featured end to end rushes
by both teams along with stellar
goaltending by Randy Lovie in
the Exeter nets and Kevin
Lightfoot between the posts for
the Irish.
The Irish struck first on a goal
by Mike McIntyre at the 5:48
mark of the first period. Glen
Percy, after avoiding a check by
an Exeter player, found Marty
Wraith who was stationed to the
right of the Exeter net, McIntyre,
after receiving a return pass
from Wraith, drilled a shot past
Lovie to the lower right hand
corner of the net,
The Hawks came back with a
goal of their own 56 seconds later.
John Van Gerwen scored with
assists going to Fred Mom-
mersteeg Jr. and Ken Pinder.
Van Gerwen, in an attempt to
centre the puck from behind the
Lucan goal, hit the goaltender
and the puck trickled into the net.
Late in the period, the Irish
came very close to taking the
lead in the game. McIntyre fired
a shot from just over the Hawk's
blueline with Lovie making the
stop. McIntyre picked up his own
rebound and fired once again
with the Exeter goaltender
making one of his finer saves of
the evening.
The first period saw the Hawks
unable to capitalize on their 3-
power-play opportunities with the
Lucan club doing some good
penalty killing.
The second period was only 34
seconds old when defenceman
Bob George scored the winner for
the Hawks. Taking a pass from
Ken Pinder, George ripped a
hard slapshot past the Lucan net-
winder from just inside the
Lucan blueline. John Van Ger-
wen earned an assist on the goal,
The Hawks narrowly •missed a
third counter when Lightfoot in
the Lucan nets stymied a
breakaway effort by Rick
Ingram mid-way through the
second period. Ingram was
unable to get a good shot on net as
he was being harassed by a
Lucan defender.
With less than 6 minutes
remaining in the second period
the Irish had one of their best
opportunities of the night to tie
the score. At 13:58 Matt Muller of
the Hawks was sent off for
hooking. 1:09 later Noel Skinner
joined him in the penalty box for
high sticking.
The Irish were unable to mount
a sustained 'attack with Steve
Jennison and George on defense
and Pinder as the lone forward
continually keeping the Lucan
attack off-balance.
The fast pace of the game
began to take its toll with a total
JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS — is a nice time to win some money, and that's exactly what happened to Ed
Pountney of Exeter, winner of $400. in the Exeter Centennial Soccer Club's draw. When asked what he was
going to do with his winnings Mr. Pountney said he was going to put it in the bank. This was an expected
answer as he is an employee of the Exeter branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. He is shown receiving his
cheque from Damian Solomon, left, soccer club president and Ruth Durand, RAP chairman. T-A photo.
Jets dumped by Perths, Huskies,
for fourth loss in seven starts
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The on again, off again Lucan-
Ilderton Jets dropped two games
in a row this past weekend, losing
3-2 in overtime to the Durham
Huskies and getting dumped 5-2
by the Stratford Perths.
Friday night, the league
leading Huskies needed an extra
period to do in the Jets as the
regulation time ended with the
score 2-2. Scott Graham and Rick
Fifield with goal number 17
tallied for the Jets.
Sunday in Ilderton it was a
different story, as the Jets fell
behind by 4 goals in the first
period to the Perths and couldn't
make up the difference in the
final two periods.
Terry Uniac led the Perths with
two goals, with singles going to
Mike Kennedy John McLean and
John St. Cyr.
Player-coach Steve DeGurse
and Rick Martin put in the replies
for the Jets.
It was the Jets fourth loss in
seven starts, and their tenth of
the year.
De Gursewas unable to put his
finger on the problem, saying
that the Jets "played a good close
game against Durham, but the
loss put us in the hole for the
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of 7 minor penalties being
assessed including concurrent
minors for elbowing to the Irish
Don. Latta and the Hawk's Pin-i
der.
The third period saw a con-
tinUa tion of the type of play which
had characterized the first two
periods. The Exeter squad came,
within inches of uping their total'
when Brian Taylor hit the cross
bar of the Lucan net, Muller, of
the Hawks standing in front of the
Lucan net failed to get the
rebound with Lightfoot pouncing
on the puck.
In a final effort to salvage a tie,
the Irish pulled their goaltender
with 1:10 remaining in the game.
The Hawks withstood the
pressure but were unable to put
the game away with a goal into
the empty Lucan net. Both teams
played short handed for the last 9
seconds of the game with Jen-
nison of the Hawks and Ed Robb
of the Irish going off for high-
sticking.
Saturday's game in Mount
Brydges was characterized by an
abundance of penalties and a
lackluster performance on behalf
of the home squad,
Referees Gerry Bishop and
John Willin called a total of 86
minutes in penalties not including
second period game miscoun-
ducts assessed to Mt. Brydges'
Al Betterley and the Hawk's Don
McKellar.
The Hawk's domination of the
game was complete with the
Exeter squad taking 22 out of 35
penalities and not allowing their
opposition to score until the third
period.
Fred Mommersteeg Jr. opened
the scoring for the Hawks at the
23 second mark of the first
period. Pinder and Van Gerwen
assisted on the goal.
The Hawk's second goal came
off of the stick of Ingram with the
assist going to Phil Knight. The
Mt. Brydges' squad were unable
to mount a sustained attack due
in part to the 7 penalties which
they took.
The Hawks struck twice more
in the second frame with goals
at the 10:04 mark by Pinder and
an unassisted marker by Gerald
Weido at 18:00. Van Gerwen and
Fred Mommersteeg Jr. assisted
on Exeter's third goal.
Mt. Brydges was unable to get
anything past Laurie Skinner in
the Exeter goal even though the
Hawks took 10 out of 17 penalties
handed out in the second period.
The third period was
highlighted by Fred Mom-
mersteeg Jr.'s second goal of the
game with only 22 seconds having
elapsed. George and Van Gerwen
with his third assist of the
evening aided in setting up
Mommersteeg's goal. Mt.
Brydges finally hit the score
board at 3:10 with a goal by Rob
Middleton on passes from Randy
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Toth scored the second Mt.
Brydges goal with assists going
to Warner and Malcom Smith.
The final goal of the evening 1:4
came from the stick of George dit
with Ingram garnering an assist. V-
The Hawks next game is
Boxing Day, December 26, when g
they take on the Seaforth Cen-
tennaires in Seaforth.
By FRED YOUNGS
I don't know what it is that afflicts teams that em-
ulate from Toronto. They look super on paper, invincible
even, but when it comes down to actually winning games
they are the most lackluster, hapless bunch of athletes
that have ever been assembled. They just don't seem to be
able to cut the cake as far as being a cognizant workable
team. In plain terms, they are lousy.
Take the Argos, that reasonable facsimile for a football
team that wins the Grey Cup every year . . . in August that
is, when it is predicted that this will finally be the year of
the Argos.
However, something happens between the exhibition
season and the real season and the Argots look like a rag-tag
team again and have to fight for a playoff spot, if they are
lucky. They've gone through some good coaches and some
brilliant players in their quest for a team that visitors will
not laugh at, and yet they always seem to come up with
empty hands and another loser. The Argos keep CP air in
business with their infernal and constant air lifts, shuffling
players faster than a Las Vegas card dealer shuffles cards.
And what has happened to the Maple Leafs? Remember
the halcyon days of Punch Imlach and his proteges, when
the Leafs were more then the fifty-fifty team that they are
today? When they came back after losing three straight to
win the Stanley Cup in our Centennial year? When Bower
and Sawchuck were the best goaltending team that had ever
hit the NHL, with an awful lot of credit going to Stanley,
Baun and Brewer? They went downhill is what happened
and now they can beat Montreal and tie Philidelphia back to
back and drop their next game against Washington. No
great fire here, but then comparing Red Kelly to Punch
Imlach is like comparig a Shirley Temple kiddies cocktail
to Napoleon Brandy.
So, now there is a new Toronto sports team, a team that,
on paper, should be one of the finest teams in the realm of
professional hockey. On paper they should take the league
championship, should have the leading scorer in the league,
mop the decks with their opponents and any other cliche
you can think of that denotes superiority and strength.
That's on paper though.
On the ice it is a different story, as the Toronto Toros
are about as solid as a sieve, a leaky one at that.
The payroll for the Toros has bought them a lot of big
names at a lot of big prices, like Paul Henderson, Frank
Mahovolich, and of course, Vladislov Nedomanski. Muchos
dollars are handed out by Mr. Basset, owner of this maybe
team of NHL orphans and expatriate Czechoslovakians.
The big problem with the Toros is their lack of defence.
They certainly have no problem scoring goals but defending
against them is another matter. Jim Doery, who does a
reasonable imitation of a defenceman when he wants to, is
the classic example. Most of the defence is more interested
in their offensive capabilities than they are in their defen-
sive roles, And as far as the forwards go, you might as well
pack in most of the skating dollar figures as far back as
checking goes. I don't think Nedomanski knows where the
other end of the rink is. He and most of his cronies play a
strong game that ends at the red line, which is not con-
ducive to racking up the points.
It is actually rather surprising that the Toros are so
weak on defence, considering that their coach is Bobby
Bann, a former Leaf defenceman who is noted for his teeth
rattling checks and strong defence Baun didn't score many
goals in his career, but I'd rather not be the one to figure
out how many he was instrumental in stopping. What the
Toros lack is a player the caliber of their coach.
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Right here, right now, I'm going to plug the Lion's
Sportsman's dinner again, and I am going to keep men-
tioning it until all the tickets are sold.
Les Webb tells me that there is still no confirmed word
on O.J. Simpson, but they are still trying to get the brilliant
back.
I won't reiterate the entire list again this week, just suf-
fice to say that the $25 ticket price is more then fair, con-
sidering the list of speakers, with or without O.J.
Considering the price of food today, the $25 is little
more then it would cost you to eat at home. The date is set
for the 3rd of February, and a ticket would make a nice
Christmas gift, or New Year's gift or any other gift you feel
inclined to give.
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As well as the banquet plug, I'm going to do the same
for the Novice Hockey Tournament coming up this
weekend.
Teams from Lucan, Elmira, Seaforth, South London,
Forest, Goderich, Strathroy, Listowel, Parkhill, Hanover
and Exeter will be playing from 9 in the morning to 8 at
night Friday and Saturday and from 1 to 7 on Sunday to
decide the winner.
The finals will take place on the last day, at 4, 5 and 6
p.m. There will be three classes taking part, with playoffs,
finals and consolation finals for all three classes, Exeter is
entered in the "C" class.
It should prove to be entertaining sport at the arena and
for those stuck for something to do on the Christmas
weekend, it will provide a nice outlet. Admission is 75 cents
for adults, and 25 cents for children per day.
See the schedule for the tournament elsewhere in the
sports this week.
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Out-on-A-Limb-Department here, as I go blithely into
the semi-darkness of predictions.
Although our football season is over, the NFL rages on,
and it is now playoff time, to be followed by the great
festival of commercial enterprise, with a bit of sport
thrown in, the Super Bowl.
It is my contention that the winners of the Super Bowl
for this year are going to be Cinderella Baltimore Colts,
who have stormed their way into first place and the hearts
and minds of football fanatics everywhere with their
astounding performance and comeback of this season.
If, in September, a sportswriter had had the gall to pick
the Colts as the champion this year he would very likely
have found himself quickly shuffled over to the obituaries
and his place taken by someone who had a little more sense
than to pick the last place team last year.
The Colts success story is astounding. After winning
their first game of the season and subsequently dropping
their next four in a row, including one to the perennial
losers the New England Patriots, they have rolled to 9
straight Victories.
Unlike Pittsburgh or Buffalo they have a well balanced
team, that is not dominated ,)y one or two players, but
spreads the work load equally amongst all of them. It takes
a little while to think of any individual names, and one
associates the Colts with tool work and unity, something
that is rather surprising in the day of O.J. Simpsons and Joe
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Stratford we didn't do anything in
the first period and were behind
going into the second and third
when we outscored them."
He felt the Jets have been
playing well, and lhave , lost
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the top 6 teams in the league
makes it very difficult to get a
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Durham leads second place
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after that it's anybody's ball
game as the next five teams are
separated by only 6 points.
The Jets are tied for fourth spot
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Both teams have played 20 games
and split them down the middle,
They trail third place London by 1
point and second place. Preston
by 3. Both Stratford and the Jets
are 3 points up on Woodstock and
New Hamburg with St. Thomas
in the cellar with 12 points.
The Jets broke the shorthanded
goal record this week, scoring
their twelfth of the season, The
old record was 11. DeGurse, Roth
and Martin all have three each to
their credit.
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