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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-02-05, Page 10prised Cooper who was helpless on the play. Less than a minute later Mark Ford found Cameron Smith alone on the right side of the rink with a pass that gave him the breakaway he needed to beat Cooper from the slot, twenty feet out. Exeter got on the scoreboard in the second frame, when Rob Smith and Dave Underwood set up Wayne Smith for the first goal. Kevin Stevens put St. Marys two up again before the end of the period. The two teams split goals in the third frame, with captain Al Gaiser scoring an unassisted power play effort for Exeter and Cam Smith adding his second goal of the game less than a minute later to cement the win for St. Marys. Exeter took two of the three minors called in the game. shutout victory in net. Exeter took five of the eight minors called, but killed them all off. Bantam "A" Ron Bogart said that his A's did not "come up with one of our better games" as he assessed their 6-3 loss to Teeswater in Minor Hockey Day action. Teeswater opened the scoring in the first period, just past the three minute mark. Their lead stood up for most of the period, before Jeff Fuller set up Dave Bell to tie the game. Fuller came back less then a minute later to put the A's one up for the first and only time in the game. Late in the second Teeswater tied the game and then added the goalhead goal ten seconds later. Tees water opened the scoring in the third, before Dave Bell deflected in a shot from Atthill. Teeswater added another two goals in the game, one into an empty net. Teeswater outshot the A's 27-20 on the game, and in the final two periods. Exeter had the shot advantage, 6-5, in the first period. The A's took six minors in the game. Bilcke and Randy Parsons. Mitchell tied it on a power play goal by Bill Meyers with less then a minute gone. Meyers came back again at 4:57 to put the visitors ahead. Bill McCreight with two and Phil Avery with one also added to the Mitchell total. Perry Pooley picked up the only marker for Exeter in the second. Taylor scored the third and final marker in the third for Exeter, on passes from Brian Horrell and Parsons. Phil and Mike Avery each added one more to the Mitchell total before the end of the game. Mitchell took six of the nine minor penalties called in the game. Juvenile The Juvenile team whomped a rec league team 10-3 in their match, played without the benefit of referees. Fred Campbell's two goals opened the scoring for the Juveniles on the first period. Steve Knight also added a marker in the first and Mark Hockey counted for the rec team. Campbell completed his hat trick in the third frame, with goals going to Kincaid and Jim Ferguson, Davis scored again in the third for the rec team. Surprisingly, enough, there were four penalties called in the game, probably because they were blatant offences. / The Juveniles took three of them, all four being tripping calls. Bantam "B" A first period marker by Williams from Hensall was all the Hensall team needed to skate to a 4-0 shutout win over the Bantam B team. Cameron and Baker set Williams up for the first goal after a minute and a half of play. His was the only goal of the period. Midget He came back again with 39 A five goal second period by the seconds gone in the second period„„Mitchell Midgets was the key to for an unassisted marker. "their 7-3 victory. Parsons, with an assist from Exeter opened the scoring with Williams, and Bedard, added to the only goal of the first frame, the totals in the third frame. coming from Brad Taylor who Bilcke and Sararas shared the converted passes from Ron HOW'S THIS FOR VALUE INC-61 28-CHANNEL POSYNIN GROUND C8 771ANSCE/10 ,SouElCil CONTROL ,, VOLUmEION,Oi f SN9TCN / PUSH TO.TALK BENITO/ CHANNEL SELECTOR COMBINATION MIKE/ SPEAKER Specially Priced at Only $ 1 5995 This is Just One of the Many Fine Realistic Products in Stock EXETER Radio Ihaeli S A DIVISION OF TANDY LEATHER CO, OF CANADA LIMITED UNE DIVISION DE TANDY LEATHER CO. DU CANADA LIMITEE AND TROPHIES 411 Main St,, Exeter 235-2261 Jets beat Kings 5-3 in London Three goals in the second period of play boosted the Lucan- Ilderton Jets to a 5-3 win over the London Kings in Continental Senior "A" action at the London Gardens on Wednesday night. The Jets opened the scoring in the first frame, when Jaques Cousineau and Rick Martin, with his eighteenth goal of the year gave them a 2-0 lead. Bill White, Rick Fifield and Randy Roth added to the total in the second to complete the Jets scoring. The Kings closed the gap a bit in the third period, with the only goal of the frame. Jim Walker had two for the home team and Marty Reynolds scored the other goal for the Kings. Brent Pennington has passed the previous mark for most minutes played by a Jet goaltender, playing 1525 minutes on 25 games and 25 minutes. The Jets have played 30 games. The past total was 1315 minutes. The jam of teams contending for third spot in the league has not abated, even though the Jets have now taken a four point lead over the Stratford Perths, The Perths have 28 points, followed by the London Kings and the New Hamburg Screaming Eagles with 27 each. All three teams have played 28 games compared to the Jets 31. The Jets Sunday game with Woodstock was cancelled due to the weather. Mount Brydges beats Hawks for first win Mount Brydges, the Washington Capitals of the Western Junior D loop, winless and with the worst record in the league finally won a game Sunday night when they defeated the Exeter Hawks 6-5 in Mount Brydges. Steve Black's last minute goal gave the expansion club their first win of the season. Rick Moody and Phil Knight opened the scoring for the Hawks in the first period, with Knight's goal coming while they had a man advantage. Roy Greene closed the gap a little towards the end of the period and sent the two teams to the dressing room at 2-1. Barry Wadsworth scored the first of his two goals in the game at 3:32 to tie the score, before Brian Taylor scored his twenty- sixth goal of the season at 10:04. Taylor's goal came while Paul Brooks was off on a slashing call. Wadsworth tied it before the end of the second period. Mount Brydges went ahead for the first time in the game when Jeff Millar scored, but the lead was short lived as Taylor scored goal number two of the game just eight seconds later. Rick Moody made it 5-4 at 12:11 on an unassisted effort, and again the lead was shortlived, as it took Mount Brydges just 22 seconds to tie it with a goal from the stick of Malcolm Smith. When it appeared that the game would end in a 5-5 tie Smith fed Wadsorth who found Black for the game winning goal at 19:39 of the third. The game marked the return of Fred Mommersteeg to the lineup, who has been out with an injured hand. Mommersteeg was able to play only one period before he with- drew because of too much pain. 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In total there were 16, and each one had class, in fact everyone including myself I am led to believe, has class, but two of them stood out from the .owd, not with what they wore, not with what they said, but just because they were, Peter Dalla Riva and Teeder Kennedy were head and shoulders above everyone else, and it showed. Watching Dalla Riva was an experience. I didn't meet the man, but watching him move about, talk and carry on in the social manner that was expected of him was a treat. There were a lot of flashy suits and lots of fancy over- coats sported by the various members, but none could match him in what was essentially a simple, unfashionable suit and black turtleneck. The difference between he and the others at the head table came down to one fine point. He knew he had it, and didn't have to flaunt it, and the others are still in the process of trying to get it. Don't ask me what it is, but when you watched him you knew "it " was there. At a post dinner party, Dalla Riva was the single person in the room who didn't carry a drink with him. He didn't seem to need it to loosen up, as he was already easy, already moving. Teeder Kennedy was another story. To me Kennedy was a childhood hero and meeting him was a thrill, but the after effects of the meeting were more impressive. Natty, well dressed and impeccably careful with each word, he knew what and where he was going at each mo- ment. He slipped from my acknowledgment of him as a hero to my interview questions like he was changing from second to third. He knows all the angles, he knows all the plays and he knew what to do. He is what Dalla Riva will be in ten years. Kennedy was not evasive, yet he was not an easy subject. He came halfway and challenged you to meet him there. I like to think I rose to the task. His image as the country-man horse trainer is belied by his presence. He is a country gentleman, and if he lived in Toronto he would be a city gentleman. So these guys have got class, so what? This is supposed to be a sports column, not an etiquette-fashion column, what's the story? How does it fit? It fits quite nicely when you think about it. Athletes are a maligned group these days, and I am the first to admit that I am one of those who criticizes them. But the Sportsmen's dinner reaffirmed my faith, however fleeting- ly and however littler; in athletes as human beings, who go beyond the contracts and lawyers and the agents. Jim McKenny. McKenny is not a superstar hockey player by any stretch of the imagination, but he is compe- tent and he is famous. He is also a nice guy. Just generally a nice guy. Nothing more, but he comes on a little shy, and a little hesitant and that makes a lot of difference. McKenny could well sift through the evening without even a hint of cordiality or candor, yet he took the time and seemed to enjoy the mingling. He didn't seem forced, or pushed, he just was being Jim McKenny, letting his name be used for a good cause. He got in late, looking a little unprepared, and was sipping a Coke when I caught up with him. There are two standard questions to ask McKenny nowadays. How do you like being up on the forward line and how long are you going to be out with your injury. I tried both, and got what seemed to be a pat answer. Why not? I am just another jock jotter in another place who wants to know the same answers the Globe and Mail has been look- ing for, and getting for the last two weeks. So I tried another approach. What does Jim McKenny feel like when he scores a goal? He doesn't know he said, I don't score enough of them. He elaborated a bit, then fielded the next question on how he feels after a bad loss, suggesting that he has had a lot of practice since the Leafs lose badly often enough. Pop, pop and I and a lot of others are confronted with a situation that they have rarely encountered, that of the athletes as a person. Consider this. Most of us view the professional athlete as game player; a professional competitor who has little value other then in the realm of entertainment and really that is all sports is, entertainment. We see them not so much as people with the same problem as us; and in this argument we have to forget inflated salaries and egoes ; but as persons without personalties. Surely McKenny does not live with or for hockey pucks, just as Dalla Riva isn't married to a goal post. They are real people. Astounding, eh? McKenny told me that he plays hockey because it is the best way he knows how to make a living. But don't you play for the glory, prestige and money Jim? You're ruining my preconceived notions of what athletes are. And you, Peter Dalla Riva, aren't you supposed to be a little less classy and a little more macho? But where does the human side end and the superstar ego take over? There is a line, a line which crossed sends you into the other side of the spectrum where the athlete is open to criticism both for his lifestyle and personality as well as the quality of his game. Superstars take that chance and many of them are sing- ed by the criticism. Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Johnny Rodgers and 0. J. Simpson all get it; the public questioning about his worth. Are they worth that much money? Should one man make so much for merely kicking or shooting? And the inevitable queries about lifestyles and personalities. So and so sounds like an idiot, look at him in his Rolls or Lin- coln or whatever trappings of status and class he tries to affect. That is the key . . they affect these traits unlike the lesser lights, and pseudo-class and pseudo-humanity is the most easily spotted paste up there is, But the others are different, they are merely going about their job, earning a living that is as much the same to them as our jobs are to us. In the end it is only the good ones who can do it easily, and that is where Kennedy and Dalla Riva come in. It is where McKenny, Wier and the others will end up because we won't let them be anything else, In the end we still crave another image and not.ust another guy, DAVE BOGART SMASHES at the puck in front of the net as Brian Mercer, 14 and Doug Brooks, far right, look on. photo by Robinson Minor Hockey Day successful despite losses by majority of Exeter teams Minor Hockey Day in Exeter, held January 31, was a success from most viewpoints, except the teams, who lost a majority of the games. Atoms Graham Hart's goal, midway through the final period boosted the visiting St. Marys team to a 2- 1 win in the Atom game played on Saturday. Don McNall opened the scoring for St. Marys late in the first frame when he beat Peter Dearing at 7:38. Brian Blackburn tied the game in the second for the home team, setting the stage for Hart's game winner in the third. St. Marys took all five of the minor penalties called in the game. Pee Wee "B" A fluke goal and a breakaway marker in the first period by the St. Marys club sank the Exeter Pee Wees in their Minor Hockey Day game. With just 35 seconds gone in the first frame, Chuck Richardson hit defenceman Jeff Blackman with a pass. Blackman carried the puck over the blueline and passed it into the corner to the left of Exeter goalie Paul Cooper. Danny Oliver, the intended receiver of the pass, had it hit his skate and it ricocheted on an angle across the ice and just inside the goal post past a sur- INTERCOUNTY DARTS — Ray Snell takes aim in a practice round before the Exeter intercounty dart team travelled to Clinton to compete Saturday. From left to right behind Snell are Mid Wallace, Les Webb, Dave Worby and Harvey Hillman, president of the league. T-A photo AUTO PARTS AT REASONABLE PRICES • Antiques (Bought & Sold) • Farm Machinery • Strap Metal • New & Used Steels • Towing Service • New & Used Building Material • Plumbing Fixtures MILLER'S AUTO WRECKERS & ANTIQUES RR 2, Crediton 234 -6343 Open 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. Intercounty Darts In 1972-73, the Ex-Clin dart club, based in Exeter and Clin- ton, began , play. In the three years since then, the Ex-Clin club has changed its name to Inter- county Dart League and grown to include 13 teams from Huron County. Harvey Hillman from Huron Park, who captained the Exeter team that won the championship in the first year of play, has been involved with the leagues since its inception, and has been president for the last three years. The league changed to inter- county status in 1974, with the first game encompassing the wider area of play being held on January 12. That year there were ten teams in play, two from the Exeter Legion, two from Clinton, Blyth and Lucan and one from Grand Bend and Albie. Each of the teams played for the Fur Lined Pot, a trophy donated by Hillman that went to the team with the high score, The league expanded again in 1975, incorporating a team from Huron Park, and after Grand Bend dropped out, a team from Brussels. The A team from Blyth won the championship that year. Play started with 14 teams this year, but Brussels dropped out of play. Blyth A again leads the league with 113 wins, followed by Goderich B with 102 and Exeter B with 101. Playoffs for the Fur- Lined Pot will begin in April.