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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-12-29, Page 8More than 700 attend Shoot-outs necessary The 20 teams entered in this year's Exeter novice tournament made it the largest on record, and the competition between those teams possibly ended up being the most exciting on record as well, There was only one lop-sided victory recorded in the 25 games held at the rec centre on Monday and Tuesday. Most of the games weren't decided until the late minutes of the third period and there were five overtime con- tests. Four of those overtime games were settled by a shoot-out, with seven players from each of the participating teams taking penalty shots, That proved to be another of the exciting events for the fans and the players. It didn't take long for the teams to indicate that there would be some exciting moments in the eighth running of the tournament as the Exeter Waxers opened against Mitchell to get the event underway and the two teams ended up in a 2-2 deadlock after regulation time. This set the stage for the ex- citing seven-man shoot-out, with Mitchell emerging as winners with two successful shots while the Waxers couldn't dent the twine. This moved Exeter into the consolation side of the tour- nament and they tackled the Sarnia Indian Reserve lads in, their next encounter. The two teams traded first period goals and then Sarnia potted three in a row past Fred Gregus in the Exeter net and it appeared that the locals would soon be on the sidelines. However, they then caught fire with three straight tallies in the second period to knot the count 4- 4 and Paul Mellecke scored in the third period to give them a one- goal victory and send them into the consolation final against Parkhill, Parkhill dominated play throughout that contest and posted a convincing 6-0 victory to take the silverware. Bryan Quinn paced the Exeter scoring in the contest with Mit- Before time slips away, we'd like to take this time to say, "Have a happy, healthy New Year . . . each and every single day!" All the best to youl Located A Mile East of Exeter GOLF CLUB Off Highway 83 May your ' fairways be wide and your sandtraps few as you tee-off into a gala year! Thanks. HOLIDAY BUSINESS HOURS: DEC. 28-29-30 9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M. DEC. 31, JAN 1.2 . . .... CLOSED EN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR GOTT NYTT AR EIN GUTES NEUES JAHR PROSPERO AND NOVO GELUKKIGE NUWE JAAR " BONNE ANNEE FELICE ANNO NUOVO GODT NYTAR PROSPERO ANO NUEVO HAPPY NEW YEAR "MAY NATION SPEAK PEACE UNTO NATION" THE COACH HOUSE EXETER TRAVEL CENTRE TRAVEL SERVICE DEVON BUILDING HAMILTON ST. MAIN ST. GODERICH EXETER A4 MOTTO OF THE B.B.C. Page 6 Times-Advocate, December 29, 1977 Novice tourney largest most exciting The Exeter Hawks hold down first place in the Ontario Hockey Association group three as the regular schedule slowed down for the holiday season. Friday night the Hawks scored a 4-2 victory over the Belmont Bombers who lead group two and Monday afternoon they suffered a 12-4 loss at the hands of the Mitchell Hawks. The Exeter club now has 33 point%, six more than the second place Lucan Irish in their own grouping. Belmont has 23 points to lead the other division, For their only action this com- ing week the Hawks travel to Seaforth Friday night to meet the Centennaires in an 8:30 p.m. contest. Only early goals In Mitchell Monday afternoon the Hawks took a 1-0'lead in the first period and stayed close to Mitchell for the first half of the second frame and then the home club pulled away on the scoreboard. The first Exeter score came at 5:44 of the opening period as Ken Pinder completed a three-way combination with Fred Mommersteeg and Matt Muller. Phil Avery scored for Mitchell halfway through the period to create a 1-1 tie after 20 minutes of play. The Hawks hit the scoring mark again at 1:01 of the second period as Fred Mommersteeg registered on a pass from Ken Finder. Mike Avery replied for Mitchell at. 2:22 and three minutes later Paul Elliott scored to put the home club ahead 3-2. At 6:18, Brian Taylor, the league's leading scorer put 'the puck into the Mitchell net on an unassisted effort and it was the last time the Hawks were on even terms. Before the middle stanza had' expired, Mitchell counted four more goals. They came from the sticks of Mike Avery, Dennis Fischer, Brad Fisher and Ron Elliott. The final Exeter score came on a power play at 2:08 of the third period and was fired by Ken Pinder with assists going to 4aPp New Year Horton, John Varley, Brian Campbell, Iry Ford, Carl Nickles, Jeff O'Brien and Walt Tiedeman, .meals for the players and fans were prepared by the mothers of the Exeter atoms to raise funds for that team's upcoming trip to an in- Phil Knight and Matt Muller, Third period Mitchell goals were notched by Brad Fisher, Dennis Fischer, Jim Smith, Phil Avery and Bill Stacey. Build up early margin Against Belmont Friday, night, the Hawks wasted little time in taking over command in the scoring department. They moved into a 3-0 lead at the end of the fia•-•st•period, traded goals with Belmont in the second period and held the visitors to a single score in the final 20 minutes of play. Brian Taylor and Fred Mommersteeg took care of the Exeter scoring with two goals apiece. Taylor opened the scoring on a solo effort at 11:07 of the first .1 period and Mommersteeg made it 2-0 less than a minute later as he converted a pass from centre Ken Pinder. The third Hawks marker also in the first period at 16:21 came on a power play. Brian Taylor pulled the trigger. Providing the passes were Jim Ferguson and DonoMcKellar. Jeff Thomas scored for Bel- mont at 14 seconds of the second period to spoil Steve Beer's bid for a shutout. With less than four minutes left in the middle frame, Fred .Mommersteeg completed the Exeter scoring on a pass from Ken Pinder. The only other scoring in the game came in the final period when ,Jeff Thomas notched his ternational tournament in Exeter, N. H. . . .Bob Osgood Sr. and Jr, were the scorer and timer_ for all but three of the games. . .Scott Batten and Mike Clarke worked in everyone of the 95 games, posting dressing room signs and directing the Finland oldsters in Seaforth An interesting hockey game has been scheduled for the Seaforth arena on Wednesday evening, January 25. An old timers team from Finland will be meeting the Seaforth old timers. The Seaforth club has been strengthened this year with the addition of four players from Mitchell and three from Zurich. Two former members of the Exeter Mohawks senior club are Seaforth natives and valuable members of the club. They are goalie Gar Baker and forward Ken Doig. The defence corps is made up of Don Morton and Ray Anstett of Seaforth, Ed Domage of Clinton and Dick Bedard and George Suplat from Zurich, The forward lines consist of Ken Doig:Bob Beutenmiller and Jack Mcllwain, all from Seaforth; Jack Muir and Jim Watson, Seaforth teaming up .with Zurich's Bob Johnston and George COveney, Roger Pauli and Bob Chereos from Mitchell. Petrolin Squires vs Lucan-ilderton Jets Friday, December 30 8:15 p.m. Hearn's Dairy and Homewood Farms are Jets Supporters, Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh `'Happy New Year As this is our last column for the year 1977 we will try and note a few of the highlights in the sporting field during the past twelve months. Locally the greatest accomplishment has to be the com- pletion and opening of the new Soutn Huron Rec Centre. A lot of credit goes to a lot of people for their constant efforts in making the one million dollar recreation facility a reality. At the official opening n August, OHA president Hugh McLean of London said Exeter was the first community to open a' new rec centre after a great number of existing arenas were closed early in 1976. At the time McLean said he felt like sending a thank- you note to Ontario Labour Minister Bette Stevenson for closing down so many arenas. In all instances new struc- tures are being built or the old ones renovated very exten- sively. The Lucan Community Centre while still under renovations has been open for hockey games in the arena part and dances in the auditorium. At Hensall a brand new structure is being built and will be ready in the .fall 1978 for all recreation activities in that area. Extensive improvements to the Babe Siebert Memorial arena in Zurich have allowed the building to remain active for some time. Local team accomplishments include the Ontario Hockey Junior 'D' championship win by the Exeter Hawks and the Huron-Perth junior football title won by the South Huron District High School Panthers. The Hawks appear to be shaping up well in their attempts to repeat as provincial champions. They currently hold a comfortable lead in their grouping and Friday night defeated the Belmont Bomb&s, the other division leaders. They now lead Belmont by 10 points and the Lucan Irish by 6 points in their own division. At the high school level in addition to the junior football championship won by South Huron special mention should be made of the outstanding performance of Paul Wareing at the all-Ontario cross country championships held in North Bay. The entire cross country team and coaches Joe Fulop and Carey Unich is to be commended for excellent efforts throughout the season. In the same vein, the local high school girls won the Huron-Perth field hockey championship under the direction of coach Jim Workman. Just recently two local wrestlers won titles at the annual Black and Red wrestling tourna- ment. They were Mike Westelaken and Rick Skinner. kthrilling event Possibly one of the most thrilling events in Ontario was not successful on the field but certainly was in many other ways. The first year in the American baseball league for the Toronto Blue Jays brought excitement to baseball fans throughout Ontario. The highlights have to be their opening day win on April 7 over the Chicago White Sox in below freezing tempera'.ure.s at the CNE Stadium and a lopsided victory later in the season over the New York Yankees, The biggest thrill for opening day fans was the two home runs from the bat of first baseman Doug Ault. The 19-3 win over the Yankees right in Yankee Stadium stimulated by the five hits by third sacker Roy Howell will long be remembered. Prediction If anyone is interested in 'knowing ahead of time the result of the Rose Bowl game to be played in Pasadena next Monday, we have a hot tip. Look for Michigan to beat their recent California jinx and edge Washington by a score of 17-14. )RAW WINNERS — The winners of the first draw of the season at the 'xeter Curling Club was decided last Wednesday night. The winning durSome (back row) consisted If Brian Lbbb, second, Red Fairley, 'ice, (front) Mike Neitands, Lead and Roger Dougall, Skip. T.A photo chell, netting both of his team's goals. Mellecke picked up an assist on one of those markers. In the battle with the Sarnia Indian Reserve, Quinn and Mellecke again were the leading offensive players with a pair of tallies each. Picking up the single goal was Scott Heywood, Dave Russell, Dale Kints and Quinn were credited with assists in the game. Goalie Fred Gregus was the local star in the contest with Parkhill, despite the fact he allowed six goals. He was bombarded throughout and made several saves to keep the play close until Parkhill pulled the game out of reach in the third period. Seaforth ended up as the "B' champions as they whipped the Sarnia Indians 12-1 in their opener and then came back with four shoot-out goals to clip Mitchell 7-4 after the teams battled to a tie in regulation play. The champion then nipped Lambeth 2-0 to take the title in the final game on Tuesday. St. Marys captured the "A" consolation in that highly com- petitive division. They nipped Tillsonburg 4-2 in the final. championship was ,y Elmira, who started off v "., a 3-2 win over Walkerton „la then clipped Listowel 5-2. In the final they were out-played by Hanover, but managed to post a 2-1 triumph to take the honors in one of the most exciting tilts on the program. Both the championship and consolation final in the "A" division had to be settled in overtime. Galt and Southwest _London squared off in the consolation event and battled to a 2-2 tie in regulation play. They were unable to score in the 10-minute overtime and this set the stage for a seven-player shoot-out. Galt scored on four of their shots, while Southwest London . managed only three. The championship series was a two-game total goals event and Oakridge Acres nipped Burlington 2-1 in the opener. However, Burlington came back in the second game to even the series and the two teams then moved into a 10-minute overtime to settle the issue. Brian Tisdelle, one of the flashiest players in the tour- nament, scored at the 1:02 mark of the extra session to give Oakridge the title. Tournament notes -- Over 700 people attended the two-day event, many of them making rave comments about the new rec centre and the tournament: Many of the teams indicated they would be back again next year.. .even the referees drew praise from many coaches and managers and several asked that their com- pliments be passed along to the officials. . .the referees working the tournament included Al ran smoothly without a single hard-hitting games had to be argument or altercation on or off removed from the play due to an "injury" and that consitituted the ice. only a pair of cold feet for the Seaforth goalie who had little action in his team's 12-1 triumph over Sarnia, .the tournament GOOD SPORTS — One of the mandatory requirements of minor is that the teams shake hands at the end of the game. Tom Oke of the Ex- eter Waxers and Lon Rising of the Sarnia Indian Resery shook hands at the end of a close 5-4 victory by the Waxers over the Reserve. T-A photo ILDERTON ARENA teams, . .only one player in the Hawks split two junior games, but hold comfortable lead HEALTHY APPETITES — Members of the Exeter Waxers worked up good appetites after their second game in this week's annual novice tournament. From the left are, Dave Russell, Brian Quinn, Don Perry, Tom Oke, Steve Wright, Larry Lewis, Steve Anderson,B.J.Batten, Dale Kints, Fred Gregus and Jeff Dalrymple. T-A photo second score for Belmont, The Hawks outshot their Belmont rivals by 43 to 32, I- JIM MULL & SON LICENSED & INSURED TRUCKER • LIVESTOCK • GRAIN • FERTILIZER • FARM SUPPLIES KIRKTON 229-6439 For The Best In * PARTS * ACCESSORIES * SERVICE * RENTALS its lc\ L L VARNA 262-5809 4 ij