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Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
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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.
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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. They were successful in a sectional
competition in St. Thomas in the novice dance class and
qualified for the Ontario-Manitoba trials held in Sarnia.
The nine teams in the
South Huron Hockey League
will send two players each to
a benefit all-star game
scheduled for the South
Huron rec centre on January
19.
The squad will face the
Intermediate “B” St. Marys
Flyers. Proceeds from the
gate will be split three ways
between the South Huron
league, St. Marys and The
Big Brothers Association in
Exeter.
Teams in the league are
Zurich, Hensail, Centralia,
Centralia College, Thedford,
Grand Bend, Goderich, Ket
tle Point and Parkhill.
The game gets underway
at8:00p.m.
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