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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-30, Page 10Page 10 Times-Advocate, December 30, 1976 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh. Good reading BANTAMMONOUR — Dave Atthill was named the most valuable player on the 1975-76 Exeter bantam. hockey team and won a trophy donated by the Ray Brooks family. Above, Dave accepts the trophy from Pat Brooks. T-A photo Junior Hawks in second, play in Zurich, Sunday night Kings and will travel to Wood- stock Sunday night to meet the Royals in a 7 p.m. contest, The game against Preston was only 45 seconds old when Rick Fifield put the Jets on the scoreboard with a successful shot on a three-way effort with Brian Murphy and Doug Galloway. At 5.14 Scott Graham hit the Preston net on an unassisted effort and at 16.28 Ken McCut- cheon stole the puck in the Lucan Atoms eliminated a The Lucan atoms reached the semi-final round of the annual Great Lakes atom tournament in Port Stanley before being eliminated. The Lucan youngsters started off in great style Monday mor- ning with a resounding 22-4 victory over Shedden. They came back in the afternoon to edge Dorchester 3-1 in a very well played contest. Tuesday afternoon they were eliminated by Bothwell by a 2-0 • score. The second Bothwell goal came in the dying moments with Lucan sending six forwards on the attack. Jeff Shipley went on a scoring spree in Monday's win over Shedden with a nine goal per- formance. Next line came Brian Haygarth and John Grace with three goal efforts each. Tim Shipley and Brent Ban- nerman each fired two successful shots and scoring in single fashion were Rob Hardy, Lester Arts and Sean Holden. The Lucan goals in the 3-1 victory over Dorchester came from the sticks of John Cook, Jeff Shipley and Brent Bannerman. The manager of the Lucan team is Jim Shipley and Ken Freeman handles the coaching duties. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS "t1 On the 4405TX . . . But hurry! Our stock is getting low. 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Robertson turned in a steady performance as the Jesters outshot the Jets 39-28, Just as the game ended John Leclair of the Jesters took a swing at Jim Pinnegar of the Jets and a fight was on. Jack Chip- chase was given a game misconduct for attempting to help his team-mate. During the course of the night Leclair picked up three minor penalties, two majors and a match, Bill McNutt 94 John Hessels Larry Maison 79.3 90 Niel Romphf 76 Carl Hefford 76 74 Wayne King Larry Dobson 74 73 Glen Vickery Terry Romphf 72 Randy Stanlake 70.4 70 Brian Wedlake Jim Romphf 64 Tim Oliver 60 A guest speaker from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters will feature the next meeting of the Exeter Claybird gun club. It will be held January 10 at 7 p.m. at South Huron District High School in Exeter. The gun club is considering expanding into a sportsman's Following are the year end One of the Christmas gifts we received has provided plenty of interesting reading. It's the book entitled "The Leafs — The First 50 Years". It is a 290 page book with complete records of the Toronto Maple Leafs over their first 50 years and includes a large number of excellent pictures. The record of each of the 377 players appearing with the Leafs during the half century appears in the book, of that number of Leafs, 37 were goal tenders. Thegirst Leaf netminder was John Ross Roach and many stars have appeared between the pipes for the Leafs since that time. The top names have to be Lorne Chabot, George Hainsworth, Turk Broda, Johnny Bower, Harry Lumley, Terry Sawchuk and Jacques Plante. The distinction of being the only Leaf goalie not to allow an NHL goal goes to Ross "Lefty" Wilson, the long-time trainer of the Detroit Red Wings. Wilson went into the nets for the Leafs during the 1955- 56 season on a Saturday night when regular goalie Harry Lumley was injured in a game against the Red Wings. In those days teams were not required to carry a backup goalie and very few did. When emergencies oc- curred, the stands and opposing benches were searched for anyone willing to stand between the posts for the balance of the game. Anything that ever happened to a Leaf hockey club is portrayed in this book including comments by Foster and Bill Hewitt who have been the voices of the Leafs for all of those 50 years. Bill Hewitt did his first play-by-play on radio on a Young Canada broadcast in 1936 when he was only eight years of age. That was the year that Imperial Oil took over sponsorship of the broadcasts. Bill Hewitt tells about one of the most unusual incidents in his broadcasting career. It happened in Chicago. He tells it this way: "In those days our broadcast location was often right in the middle of the crowd. We'd buy up six or eight seats and go to work. The Chicago Stadium was jammed for this particular game and the crowd had spilled over into the aisles. I notic- ed a little old lady sitting on the hard cement steps so I in- vited her over to sit in the empty seat behind me. She was happy to accept and thanked me profusely. During the intermission when I was off the air she chatted about the game and told me what an ardent Chicago fan she was. She was delighted with the Hawks' 2-0 lead. The Leafs tied the score in the second period and we chatted again during the next intermission. This time she was less responsive and far less amiable. Late in the game the Leafs scored two quick goals and took a commanding lead. I threw a commercial cue and during the break I turned to say something to the lady. She stood up, glared at me, whacked me over the head with her hockey program and stalked out." In his message at the front of the book, Maple Leaf Gardens managing director Harold Ballard says the Leafs are the greatest attraction to ever appear at the Gardens. Ballard goes on to say, "Frank Sinatra or Muhammed Ali may fill the Gardens for one night but the Leafs fill the place for 50 games a year and have been doing it since 1946. In fact there is no record in any sport or entertainment in the world that has matched this." The Leafs have had only 11 captains over the past 50 years. They were Hap Day, Charlie Conacher, Red Horner, Syl Apps, Bob Davidson, Ted Kennedy, Sid Smith, Jim Thomson, George Armstrong, Dave Keon and the current captain Darryl Sittler. Umpire retires One of the top major league baseball umpires for more than 25 years has announced his retirement. He is Tom Gor- man, the senior man in the National league for many years. Gorman was the guest speaker at the 1976 Exeter Lions club sponsored Sportsmen's Dinner and kept all in atten- dance in stitches with his endless stories. A good sense of humour is a prime requisite of any sports official and it has helped Gorman get out of many in- cidents which could have been more tragic except for the right word at the right time. The date of Tuesday, February 8 has been announced for the fourth annual Sportsmen's Dinner at the Exeter Legion hall. In upcoming weeks we will be listing the names of the guests which will be coming from all facets of the sporting world. Continental senior publicity It was interesting to see statistics of the OHA Senior Continental league in a recent issue of the Hockey News. Statistician Nick Martin of Stratford is doing a great job of compiling records and forwarding these to the teams and the media. Inclusion in the Hockey News can do nothing but good for the league. One of the interesting facts gleaned from the latest statistics is that only two shutouts have been recorded in the senior league this year in the first 65 games, The shutouts were turned in by John Robertson of the Lucan- Ilderton Jets and Brian Caley of Durham. Randy Roth of the Jets has moved into second place in the league's scoring race with 33 points, one point back of the leaders Terry Warboys of Stratford and Brian Hind of the London Kings. Jacques Cousineau is tied for seventh spot with 27 points. Brian Murphy of the Jets leads in the penalty depart- ment with 96 minutes and Ed Robb has two overtime goals to lead in that department. Randy Roth of the Jets is the second player with two career overtime goals and they are the fastest two in league history, one at nine seconds last year and the other in 23 seconds to beat the Stratford Perths 7-6 on December 17 of this year. The Jets expect to have former London Knight junior Rick Martin back in the lineup in the very near future. Mar- tin who starred with the Jets last year has not seen action this year due to an injury suffered this past summer on a construction job. liACPYNEvii YEAR The Lucan-Ilderton Jets won their only outing this week in the Ontario Hockey Association Continental Senior league and were able to pull within two points of the league leading London Kings. The Jets have 31 points com- pared to 33 points for the Kings but the London club has played three games more than the L-I team. Wednesday night on home ice at the Ilderton arena, the Jets scored all their goals in the first period on the way to a 4-1 victory over the Preston Jesters. The Jets were at home last night, Wednesday to the London Pee Wees The Exeter pee wees scored a 6-2 victory over Dorchester in Shamrock minor league play Tuesday night. The game was played in Dorchester. The Exeter club turned in a well, rounded performance with two goals in each period. Bill Glover and Dave Shaw were the first period marksmen for Exeter with Mike Clark providing assists on both goals. In the second session, Scott Pincombe took care of the Exeter scoring with two successful shots. Dave Shaw picked up a pair of assists. Scott Batten started the third period counting_ by converting a pass from Steve Prouts Mike Murray completed the scoring on a play started by Scott Batten Cold weather is a strain on a tired battery. At 32°F., a battery is about 35 percent weaker than at 80°. k * Driving safety tips are available free. Write American Safety Council, 154 Edgar Rd., St. Louis, MO 63179, and ask for their Ten Commandments of Safe Driv- ing. 4 4 Coolant recovery and return system may help prevent overheating. It's inexpensive. 4 * 4 Test your own brakes from the driver's seat, Push the pedal down, If it goes more than halfway to the floor, that's too far. 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Tavistock has a slight edge in the very important loss column with only four while the Mitchell and Exeter clubs have each lost five times. The Hawks swing back into action Sunday night at the Zurich arena when they play host to the Port Stanley Lions. Game time is set for 8 p.m, In Thamesford Wednesday the Hawks moved into a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period of play extended the margin to 4-1 at the end of. 40 minutes of play and stayed even with their opposition on the final period with three goals apiece. The game was only a minute and six seconds old when Matt Muller put the Hawks on the scoreboard on the unassisted effort. In fact, five of the seven Exeter goals came on solo plays without any assists being credited. The other opening perrod score for Exeter came from the stick of Ken Pinder at 6:50, In the middle frame, captain Steve Jennison fired a successful shot on a solo dash and on a power play attempt Rick Ingram converted a pass from Phil Knight. was reversed only moments later when Pete Fulmer scored while the Hawks had a man advantage. Only 23 seconds later, Phil Knight registered for the Exeter team to restore the four goal margin. The next two Thamesford goals came on power plays midway through the third period by Max Lindsay and Jim Armstrong. The final Exeter score with less than six minutes left in the game came from the stick of Phil Knight, his second goal of the night. The Hawks were called for 13 penalties compared to eight for Thamesford, Jim Ferguson and Steve Jennison of the Hawks were involved in fights and Phil Knight was sent off for five minutes for high sticking. association so anyone interested in hunting, fishing, archery or just conservation is asked to attend, In the last club shoot of the year, Bill McNutt and John Hessels tied at 21 each. In class D Doug Bender fired a 16 to defeat a new shooter Ed Lindenfield with 15, L. Hoffman recorded a 14, averages for club members: Leroy Hoffman 56 Jody Mosurinjohn 52 Doug Bender 47 Kitchener Pavelick 46 Bill Inch 44 Bill Armstrong 32 Jeff Romphf 46 Calvin Stanlake 44 Linda Oliver 32 Bonnie McNutt 32 Sue Maison 28 Jan Vickery N/S Thamesford's first goal came at 15:03 of the second session and was shot by Max Lindsay while Steve Jennison of the Hawks was off for elbowing. 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