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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-01-10, Page 10Page 10 Times-Advocate, January 10, 1979 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Need h< In last week’s column we reported that the first junior hockey team ever organized in Exeter would be reuniting for an exhibition game in the near future. We said that was the team of 1960-61. But ap­ parently that is not correct. Received a call Saturday night from Jack Fuller who was a member of the 1951*- 52 Exeter juniors. The team was in existence for only one year and Jack could not remember who the manager and coach were. He did say that other players on the team in­ cluded Bob Wade and Murray Brintnell. We did a thorough check of the 1951 and 1952 files of the T-A and could find only three references to a junior team. The first was on December 20, 1951 when the schedule was printed and included teams from Wellesley, Palmerston, Seaforth and Goderich in ad­ dition to Exeter. The January 22,1952 issue showed Exeter losing to Goderich by a score of 10-3. The Exeter goals were scored by Fuller and Schroeder and Young was listed as playing exceptionally well in the Exeter goal. The only other mention came later in the season when the intermediate team handled by Jim Fairbairn and Bunny Ford brought Gord Cann and Bob Wade up from the junior club. If anyone has any further information on that first junior team as to manager, coach and players we would be glad to hear from them. Draw draws nearer Lucky draws and' lotteries have become as frequent as new cereals on the market in the last year or two. One of the latest is the OHA Power Play lottery which is operated by the Ontario Hockey Association and tickets sold by players and coaches in the Exeter Minor Hockey Association. This makes six lotteries for which tickets can be purchased locally. The OHA power play lottery is the only one where monies from the sale of tickets are returned directly to the area in which they are sold. Monies can come back into the community from the other lotteries but in other indirect ways. Funds from Wintario have been very important in the con­ struction of a large number of new arenas in the province in the last two years including the new com­ munity centres in Exeter, Lucan and Hensail. Also the sale of Loto and Provincial tickets help many groups and the Cash for Life lottery is in­ strumental in aiding the mentally retarded cause throughout the province of Ontario. The first draw for the OHA lottery will be held on Saturday, January 27 with seven prizes being drawn for. They range from $2,500 to $100,000. Tickets for the January 27 draw are still available from any one associated with Exeter Minor Hockey Association. Gun complaints A recent communique from the Ontario Federa­ tion of Anglers and Hunters included complaints on the new federal government gun regulations. The Federation believes that federal officials have clearly misrepresented the facts and their inten­ tions for the implementation of>a system requiring new gun owners to purchase a firearms acquisition certificate and pass certain police checks. The 18,000 member conservation organization is concerned that the government has said one thing but is doing another. In their pamphlet, “Questions and Answers on Gun Control”, the government stated “no document will be required for long guns they already own. Federal officials now advise that no manufacturer or gunsmith will be allowed to return a firearm to its owner following repair unless the owner purchases a firearms acquisition certificate. This requirement is apparently being imposed despite government assurances in advertisements to the public which stated, “if you own your own guns and store them safely, it won’t affect you at all.” Federation president Harvey Goldsmith of Toron­ to said this legislation must be amended to correct this situation. Even the government publication en­ titled, “Gun Control in Canada”, which was produced after Bill C51 was passed says that “those persons currently in possession of hunting and sporting rifles will not be required to obtain firearms acquisition cer­ tificates for those weapons, but only for new ac­ quisitions. “If you can’t believe a government publication, what can you believe?”, says Goldsmith. Ontario’s chief firearms officer J.C. Villemaire was amazed when the OFAH told him of the government’s intentions with respect to repaired firearms and at first didn’t believe it. He first heard of it from the sportsmen’s group and verified it with Ot­ tawa by telephone. Apparently he will do his best to correct the situation. Half right Half right is better thap being completely wrong. That’s how we feel after Sunday’s semi-final games in the National football league. Two weeks ago when eight teams were still in the running we picked the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams to meet in Super Bowl 13 on January 21, The two finalists are now decided. They are Pittsburgh and Dallas. As the result of another peek into our crystal ball, it will be Pittsburgh 27, Dallas 24. BoosT YOUR HOME TOWN It’s Good For You Locals are good hosts Finish in second place Mitchell wins Exeter junior championship The Mitchell Hawks skated off wjth the cham­ pionship and the $500 first prize in the second annual junior “D” tournament at the South Huron rec centre this weekend, with the Exeter Hawks again finishing in the runner-up spot. Mitchell, who lead the northern group, sidelined Seaforth and Wingham before subduing the hosts in an exciting 7-4 victory before over 400 fans. A couple of early “give­ aways” by the local Hawks helped Mitchell to their win as it took some steam out of Exeter’s attack. “They seemed a bit hungrier than we were,” coach Ron Bogart said Monday morning. “We were good hosts anyway.” The three-goal margin enjoyed by Mitchell was not indicative of the play as the outcome was in doubt until they salted the win with two gogls in the last two minutes of the championship. Exeter literally started out on the wrong foot, when Jay Heinbuck flipped a face-off shot towards the foot of defencteman Phil Knight, and the latter inadvertently kicked it into the cage in his attempt to clear it out of harm’s way. To prove his face-off shot was nq fluke, Heinbuck, a minor midget, added Mit­ chell’s second goal pn a similar play later in the period. Exeter hit the score sheet after 18 seconds of the second period when Terry Caldwell was sent into the clear on passes by Ken Varley and Dave Bogart and he slapppd a shot through the legs of Bob Ward. Former Exeter minor puckster Harold Davis got . that one back, but the Exeter crew evened the count when they caught their second wind late in the period to get a pair of tallies. Brad Taylor scored the first with the help of Varley and Caldwell, while Don McKellar notched the other on a play with Jamie Caldwell and Bogart. Ken Pinder shot Exeter into a 4-3 lead at the 54 second mark of the third on a neat play with Brian Mercer and Preston Dearing, but Davis came back to haunt his former allies with two goals, the winning marker coming on a power play at the 11:05 mark. With Exeter pressing in the final stages, Mitchell broke past the pulled-in point rpen for two insurance tallies in the last two minutes. TOURNAMENT ALL-STARS — Following the conclusion of the Exeter Minor Hockey Association Junior “D" tournament, the makeup of the all-star team was announced, From left to right are defenceman Bernie Haines of Wingham, goalie Bob Ward of Mitchell, defenceman Phil Knight of the Exeter Hawks, centre Jay Heinbuck of Mitchell, left winger Harold Davis of Mitchell and right winger Fred Mommersteeg of Exeter. T-A photo Jets drop three more contests, despite good on ice performance The Lucan-Ilderton Jets suffered three consecutive defeats this week in Ontario Hockey Association Con­ tinental league play but each game they turned good efforts. Wednesday night Chatham, the Jets lost by a 4- 2 score to the King Grain Maroons; Friday they were defeated 10.-6 by the London Kings and Sunday night they were on the short end of a 5-4 score to the Woodstock Royals. This'coming week the only action for the Jets will be Friday night when they play host to the Durham Huskies. Game time at the Ilderton arena will be 8.15 p.m. The game in Woodstock Sunday was close from start to finish with never more than one goal separating the in in in Exeter dominated the shots-on-goal statistics with 34, compared to the 24 aimed at Randy Lovje. The teams were assessed five minors each, with each picking up one power play tally. Capsule reports on all the tournament games are as follows: Exeter 4-Belmont 2 In the opening game, Saturday, the Exeter Hawks blew a 2-0 first period lead, but came back late in the second to score two more and post their win over the southern group leading Belmont Bombers. Jamie Caldwell started things at the 4:07 mark of the first on a power play with Fred Mommersteeg and Phil Knight. Brad Taylor made it 2-0 at the end of the first with the assists again going to Mommersteeg and Knight. After Belmont tied the game, Mommersteeg scored thewinner at 13:56markof the second with Preston Dearing and Brian Mercer drawing the assists. Ken Pinder* then gave the Hawks the insurance marker on a power play with Knight late in the period. Randy Lovie made 16 stops, several of them from close-in. Pat O’Biien and George Sweeney. Bob a Junior'D' HOCKEY SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE missed most of the game after sustaining an ankle injury. Mitchell coach Zimmer was even in the Tavistock dressing room giving the squad a pep-talk as Wingham took on the role of tournament“un-favorites” with their arrogance. Tavistock opened up a 4-3 lead at the end of the second and the teams were at 5-5 mid-way through the third before Tavisock succumbed, due in part to the rough­ house tactics of the Ironmen who picked up 11 minors, compared to the three served by the Braves. Exeter 9-Lucan 2 In Sunday’s first semi-- final, the Hawks and Irish battled to a scoreless draw in the first period, but the locals caught fire in the, second with five goals and quickly dispelled any. hopes I Lucan had of repeating as champions. Jamie Caldwell paced the attack with a hat-trick, while Don McKellar and Preston Dearing added a pair each. Ken Pinder and Dave Atthill added the singles. Phil Knight earned assists on five of the first six goals to be top point-getter. Dearing, Caldwell and McKellar added one assist each to their totals and Dave Bogart had a pair. Ken Pinder, Fred Mommersteeg, Brian Mercer and Dave Kinsman had one assist each. Jeff Hartman and Keith Hartwick- were the goal­ getters for the Irish. Randy Lovie played his best game of the tournament in stopping 31 shots, with both of Lucan’s efforts coming on power plays in the third period. Mitchell 4-Wingham 2 This semi-final contest was in doubt until the 19:11 mark of the third period when Mitchell took ad­ vantage of a power-play to break a 2-2 tie. The clincher was an open- net goal with 20 seconds remaining, Wingham were never headed until the winner, as they drew first blood with a power play near the mid-way ■g^rk^yie first with Mitchell; evening the count just 17 seconds before the end of the period on their own power play. Wingham took a 2-1 lead at the 10:04 mark of the second and Mitchell again knotted the count with a power play tally six minutes later, setting the stage for the hectic third period. * Neither team could score on power plays early in the final stanza and then Wingham enjoyed a man advantage at the 15:00 mark but couldn’t get the winner. At the 18:30 mark, Wingham’s Ed Haines was banished for tripping and Dan Deloyer popped’ the^ winner for Mitchell, probably the first time a pro­ Exeter crowd had ever cheered a Mitchell victory. Wingham showed their; lack of class as one. player and the coach picked up gross misconducts at the end of the game from referees I Fri., Jan. 12 Tavistock vs Exeter Hawks 8:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 14 Port Stanley vs Exeter Hawks 7:30 p.m. BY LARRY SNIDER High heat and hard use break down transmission fluid just as they do engine oil. This may cause transmis­ sion failure. Have fluid checked regularly. SteerE This WayLucan 7-Cayuga 3 The defending tournament champion Lucan Irish scored after only 32 seconds • and had a comparatively easy time disposing of the Red Wings in the second contest. The Irish built up a three- goal lead by the end of the first and were ; never seriously threatened. Keith Hartwick and Brian Murray paced the win with two goals each, while the singles were added by Kevin Hartwick, Paul Medd and John Jongeneel. Lucan picked up 11 minors and Cayuga turned two of them into goals against Kevin Wood, who stopped 32 shots, half of them in the third while his.jnates were coasting on their lead. two clubs until the final minute of the third period. In the opening session, Mike Brodie counted for the Royals and Bill White replied for the Jets on a pass from captain Barry Baynham. The Jets moved into a 3-2 lead by the end of the second period on successful shots by Ed Robb and Rick Banks while Mike Embro replied for Woodstock. _______ ____ Jamie Robb and Gary ; ciUb Refused to give up and they came back with a goal fgom the stick of Jamie Robb ’‘‘'at -49.34 with Ed Parkinson and Randy Kraul assisting?/6 Each team 'was assessed six minor penalties by referee Phil Jones. John Robertson in the Jets net faced 35 shots while his mates fired 28 shots at Ken Kitching at the other end of the rink. Westgate leads Mac Westgate scored three times, once in each period to lead the London Kings to Friday’s 10-6 vic­ tory over the L-I club. Randy Kozar was next on the London scoring parade with a two goal effort while single scores were registered by Jeff Dale, Chuck Robbins, Wally the third to tie the score and Ray Tilley put his club ahead 4-3 at 12.21? With less than a minute to go, Jets coach Pete Loveless pulled goalie John Robertson for a sixth .attacker in at­ tempt to score the equalizer. This move backfired as Tilley fired the puck into the empty net for his second goal of the night. After this goal which put Woodstock two goals up, the Keating, Mark Beach Bill Robbins. Brian Murphy and Parkinson each scored goals to head up the Lucan- Ilderton scoring. .The fifth goal was fired by Ed Robb. Dave Revington was the scoring leader with assists on all four goals chalked up by Murphy and Parkinson. Getting one assist each were Murphy, Parkinson, Bill White and Barry Baynham. and Ed two ¥ * * Pinging may be caused by gasoline with a too-low oc­ tane rating — OR the problem may be that dis­ tributor points are gapped too widely. 9 ★* Herr assisted on, Ed Robb’s score while Ed Parkinson and Brian Murphy provided passing help for the tally by • Banks. Ray Tilley scored twice in the final 20 minutes and Ted Long scored once to give Woodstock the margin of victory. Ted Long scored early in Maroons take early lead In Wednesday’s contest, the Chatham club jumped into a 1-0 lead in theifijr^ Local skater in provincial finals Mitchell 10-Seaforth 3 —...........................jjWth^tegular goalie Louis’^’ period, upped the lead to 3-1' Arts?< having gone AW0L‘, ‘ the Seaforth Centennaires were no match for the Hawks in this preliminary game. Mitchell scored after 53 seconds of play and had a 6-2 margin by the end of the first period. Phil Avery scored a hat trick to pace the win, while adding two was Bill Stacey. Battery fluid should be checked once a week, unless your car has one of the new sealed batteries. *** For the first time a member of the Exeter figure skating club has par­ ticipated with a partner in provincial competition. Plan SH all star test after 40 minutes of play and carried that margin to the end of the game. The L-I scores were not­ ched by Greg Roberts from Gary Herr and Ed Parkinson and Rick Banks with the assist going to Parkinson. Scoring for Chatham were Dan Gagner, Chuck Bosynak, Jim Pearson and Kevin Howe. The Jets were assessed three of the nine minoi\ penalties handed out by' referee Hugh Devin. The Maroons fired 33 shots at the Jets’ John Robertson while Jim Fraser at the other end looked at 25 shots. Not to worry. Red spark­ plug deposits are - common with unleaded gas. They may also come from slow-speed 'driving. * * * Extrapolating from current inflation and market statistics, one automaker sees average car prices rising to $10,000 by 1985. * Wingham 7-Tavistock 5 Called the “most exciting match” by most fans, the short-handed Tavistock Braves gave Wingham a real scare before they faltered in the third. Wingham, who arrived at the tournament as self- appointed favorites, wouldn’t agree to allowing three suspended players join the Tavistock lineup. This fired the Braves up enough that they almost turned the trick with only nine skaters, one of whom **Sixteen year-old Laurie Prout was in Sarnia Thurs­ day and Friday skating in the novice dance category with Bill Scriber of London.' The Sarnia competition in­ cluded about 90 skaters from western and northern On­ tario and Manitoba who had qualified in previous sec­ tional trials. Laurie and Bill turned in good performances in the December 1 and 2 sectionals in St. Thomas to qualify for the provincial finals. While failing to place in the top four in Sarnia, the local skaters gained valuable experience. They are eligible for the novice class for two more years. Laurie, a grade 11 student at South Huron District High School is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Prout. RR 1 Centralia. Another graduate of the Exeter club, Vicki Miller of Dashwood is in her second year with the Holiday On Ice show and is currently per­ formingin Manilla. ’ When cars cost more, you'll want to keep yours running well longer. Answer? Come t to Durham Huskies VS ILDERTON ARENA A SKATING PAIR — I ’ “ ' “ \... skating club participated with a partner in the figure skating championship held last week in'Sarnia. Laurie is shown with Bill Scriber of London. 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