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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-01-17, Page 8a Page 8 Times-Advpcate, January 17. 1979 Blow three-goal lead in Mitchell Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh I Exhibition games set Two exhibition games are planned for the South Huron Rec Centre this coming weekend. Friday night, the best from the nine teams in the South Huron intermediate hockey league will take on the St. Marys Flyers, an OHA intermediate club. The game will start at 8 p.m. and proceeds will be split three ways between the two competing groups and the Big Brothers Association of Exeter. Then Saturday night, members of the 1960-61 Ex­ eter junior hockey team will be reuniting to take on the Zurich Old Timers. Both games should be entertaining. The older junior versus the old timers game may not be as fast as the all star game but it should bring out some of the classier type of stickhandling which was prevalent back in days gone by. Age gap There was quite a difference in ages of two players when the WHA all stars lined up for a recent game against the Moscow Dynamos in Edmonton. Gordie Howe was at right wing along with his son Mark and rookie sensation Wayne Gretzky. The elder Howe will be 51 in March while Gretsky turns 18 later this month. Gordie’s age is more than his two linemates put together. In this particular game Gretsky scored two goals while Mark notched one and Gordie added a pair of assists. Looking ahead The Winnipeg Jets appear to have come up with the most unusual publicity stunt in recent years. The management decided to make their first draft pick of 1979 the first baby boy to be born in the province of Manitoba in the new year. To be eligible all parents were asked to send in the newspaper clipping announcing the date and the time of the birth of their future super star. At a future game the newest addition to the team will be presented with his official uniform and diploma recognizing his selection. Rico's back Ardent supporters of the Toronto Blue Jays and we'fall into that category were cheered considerably this week when Peter Bavasi and his group took the rubber band off their bankroll. The Blue Jays signed Rico Carty to a long-term contract and at a fancy price. This is the first time the Toronto club has paid out a big buck for their help., Carty is reported to be getting about $200,000 per : year plus a few fringe benefits. It seemed last year that as Carty went, so went the Blue Jays. After he was traded later in the 1978 season the Jays won only 13 of their last 45 games. The loss of Carty also affected their other long ball hitter John Mayberry. With the two big men reunited we expect a lot of home runs and runs batted in during the coming summer season. There were apparently two big reasons why Carty turned down offers from at least four other teams to sign with the Blue Jays. First of all, none of the other clubs could offer him assurance that he would be in the lineup day in and day out. Carty is reported to have said that he feels much safer having his wife, five daughters and one son liv­ ing in Toronto than in the large cities of the United States. When his active baseball career is over Carty is assured a position as the Toronto scout and represen­ tative in Latin America. Time moves on Time moves on and waits for no one. That statement can be vertified by members of the 1968 world champion Detroit Tigers. When the Tigers spring training camp opens in Lakeland, Florida in about seven weeks only one member of the 1968 club will be on hand. The only survivor is ace left handed reliever John Hiller and he says 1979 will be his last season as an ac­ tive player. The second last old Tiger to go is Mickey Stanley who was told by the Tigers last fall that they no longer required his services. Stanley turned down an offer to remain as a Tiger coach saying he couldn’t live on that type of salary. He is now a salesman for an industrial vehicle repair business. Sport shorts On the subject of high pay to free agents in baseball, Kansas City Royals general manager Joe Burke commented, “Right now, 10 percent of the players are making all the money and the rest are jealous. It’s ironic that Pete Rose known for many years as Mr. Hustle waited until late in his career to make the biggest hustle of all for 3.2 million dollars. NOTICE We have purchased the assets of the business formerly known as South Huron Roofing and Eavestroughing of Exeter. We can now provide you with seamless aluminum eavestrough, as well as sales and installation of aluminum siding and accessories/doors and windows etc. Ken McCann Enterprises Ltd. RR #2 Crediton Phone 234-6401 ,1 Hawks lose in final hope at first The Exeter Hawks blew a three-goal lead, ds well as their final hope of taking first place, when they dropped a 6-5 decision to Mitchell on the latter’s ice, Tuesday. . The locals rebounded to bomb Tavistock 9-3 at the rec centre on Friday, while Sunday’s game against Port Stanley was postponed due to weather conditions. The Hawks take to the road this week with a Friday night game in Tavistock and a Sunday encounter with the Irish in Lucan. They have only two home games remaining. Facing Mitchell for the third time since Christmas, the locals spotted their hosts a 1-0 lead and then came up with three goals in the first and another early in the se­ cond to lead by a 4-1 count. Mitchell evened the count by the midway mark of the third and then added two more, before Exeter pulled to within one with a tally late in the final stanza. Exeter dominated play in the first period, with Randy Lovie only recording two saves. However, he was a busy man in the next two periods, facing a total of 36 shots. Jamie Caldwell and Ken Pinder paced the Exeter at­ tack with a pair of tallies each, while Pinder added an assist for a three-point night. Rookie. Preston Dear­ ing potted the single tally. Brian Mercer led the ILDERTON RINK WINS — A rink skipped by Gerry Dillabough from the llderton Curling Club won the annual Royal Bank bonspiel staged at the Exeter Curling Club, Saturday. Local branch manager Jene Seller, right, makes the presentation to the top rink. From the left are: Dan and Tim Prohaszka, Gerry Dillabough and Tom Kachan. Staff photo Bantams win two in tournament, novice crew split, pee wees lose The Exeter bantams remain in contention for the “B” championship at the Clinton tournament, following two wins Jhis week. On Thursday, the locals scored a 3-1 win over Clinton in their first encounter and then posted a 7-0 victory over New Hamburg on Sunday morning. They’ll face Hanover on Friday, with the winner advancing to the final against the top team in the other four-team “B” division. In their first start, the Exeter crew enjoyed a wide margin of play against Clinton, but couldn’t put the puck in the net. They trailed 1-0 early in the first, and despite their many chances, appeared to be in trouble until Dave Shaw scored the equalizer on a neat play with Bill Glover with about fiveminutesleft in the game. They were playing short-handed at the time. Mike Clark then scored the winner and Shaw put the game out of reach when he hit the open net in the final seconds. John Kernick paced the win over New Hamburg with two goals, the singles being registered by Trevor Boyle, Bill Glover, Tom Coates, Mike Clark and Dave Underwood. Jim Siddall had three assists and Dave Shaw added a pairh In a Shamrock tilt, Wednesday, the local ban­ tams scored with less than a minute and a' half left to break a tie with St. Marys and went on to a 3-1 victory. The Exeter crew opened the scoring in the second when Dave Underwood stepped on the ice on a line change and was in the clear to finish off a play with Bill Glover and Jamie Chaffe. St. Marys evened the count at the 6:38 mark of the third and the teains appeared headed for a tie when Mike Clark batted in a puck on a play with Glover. Underwood then gave them the insurance marker when he was sent into the open on a clearing pass by Tom Coates and deposited the puck in an empty net. Waxers split The Exeter Waxers split a pair of novice games this week, clipping Mitchell by a 3-0 score, then dropping a 4-0 verdict to Lucan on Satur­ day. Terry Ouimet scored a pair for Lucan, while Jeff Bond and Tim Hayter picked up the singles. The game was closer than the score indicated as the Exeter crew missed on several good scoring attempts. Wednesday night, the Waxers entertained Mitchell and emerged with a 3-0 win, the shutout being shared by netminders Fred Gregus and Shawn Moore. The teams battled on scoreless terms for two periods before Steve Lingard popped what proved to be the winner at the 3:06 mark when he stick-handled > from his own blueline past a number of defenders and . beat the netminder on a nif­ ty deke. Jon O’Connor then broke loose for two goals as the Exeter crew maintained the pressure. Rob McKnight picked up assists on both goals, while B.J. Batten drew one. . Moral victory The Exeter pee wees lost 3-1 to St. Marys in their Wednesday night contest at the rec centre, but it was something of a moral win for the locals. In their last outing against St. Marys they were bombed 9-0. The goal was their first in four games. The locals were in the con­ test until the last two minutes, due mostly to some stellar netminding by Rick Gilfillan. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first, but Jeff Pfaff evened the count early in the third when he was sent into the clear on passes by Darren Vandergunst and Brent Dawson. St. Marys potted the winner at the 7:19 mark of the third and then added an insurance marker a few seconds later to dim any hopes the locals had of pull- ins ah upset. Lose in Zurich In an exhibition game, Saturday, Zurich novice edg­ ed the Exeter houseleague all-stars by a 3-2 count. Zurich jumped into a 1-0 lead in the first on a goal by Dave Stephans and upped the margin to two when Dean Martin scored on a play with Stephans in the se­ cond. Exeter finally hit the score sheet early in the third when Robbie Humer bounc­ ed a shot off a Zurich skate into an open corner and Steve Anderson evened the count shortly after on a play with Allan Blomniaert. Zurich pulled out the win with just over a minute to go when Mike Cyr found an open corner on a play with Stephans and John Parke. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL Hockey At Its Best! SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE WED. JAN. 17 6:00- Lucan vs Exeter Novice 7:00- East London vs Exeter Pee Wees 8:00- East London vs Exeter Bantams 9:00- East London vs Exeter Midgets SUN., JAN. 21 6:00- Mt. Brydges vs Exeter Novice 7:00- East London vs Exeter Atoms <11IIIIIHI llllll lllllimill III lllllllll lllllll — Exeter Minor Hockey Fund Raising assist department with ’ three, with singles going to Terry Caldwell, Dave Kinsman, Phil Knight, Don McKellar, Dave Atthill and Dave Bogart, Exeter served five minors, while the hosts had only four in the face-paced tilt. Mitchell scored on two of their power plays, while Exeter potted one with a man advantage. Bomb Braves Friday night, the Hawks had an easy time disposing of the Tavistock Braves. They led by a >7-3 margin at the end of the second and coasted through the third to their victory, Tavistock stuck with the Hawks through the first period as the score was knotted at two each, but Ex­ eter blew the game open with four goals in the last two and a half minutes of the middle frame. Jamie Caldwell paced the scoring attack with a hat trick performance. Daye Bogart added a pair while recording singles were Ken Pinder. Don McKellar. Dave Kinsman and Brian Mercer. Pinder added four assists to lead in that Department, while Preston Dearing and McKellar helped out on three each. Fred Mommersteeg drew two assists and recording one each were Mercer, Bogart, Kinsman, Caldwell and goaltender Randy Lovie. The contest was cleanly played with Tavistock pick­ ing up one penalty and the Hawks had three. Exeter scored on their lone power play attempt. Dance Sat., Jan. 20th S.H. Rec. Centre Music By "STAR TREX" Dancing 9-1 Door Prizes J SH all-stars set for tilt The South Huron Hockey league all-stars will have a potent lineup when they face the St. Marys Stonetown Flyers at the South Huron Rec Centre, Friday. The all-stars, drawing two players from each team, will have several fprmer junior stalwarts in their lineup for the contest which gets underway at 8:00 p.m. The benefit game is being staged for the area’s Big Brothers group. A bar. will be open at the rec centre and admission to the game is $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for children. Playing goal for the team will be John Hay ter, Grand. Bend; Dave Holmes, Cen­ tralia College; and Terry Gale, Thedford. The defensive units will feature Ron Lackhart, Parkhill; Ron Corriveau, Goderich; Dan Stanlake, Grand Bend; Jim Ferguson, Hensall; Zurich; and • Thedford. The three Rick Schilbe, Forbes, Kettle Point; Dave Sharp. Thedford. Patrolling right wing are Rob Thoman, Parkhill; Fred Campbell, Hensall; and Ron Funston, Centralia. Randy Funston, Cen­ tralia; Cam MacDonald, Goderich; and Brian Gilpin, Centralia College complete the team at left wing. LeRoy Walker of the Parkhill Merchants will coach the squad. The referees are being donated by the South Huron Referees’ Association. I Personal Service, Personal Satisfaction Try us for., . A COMPLETE LINE OF CROSS COUNTRY SKI EQUIPMENT ALSO SNOWMOBILE SUITS AND BOOTS! WE RENT ROWE'S SPORTS & CYCLE GRAND BEND 20% OFF centres are Zurich; Jim John Graham, Jim Laird, I SOUTH BEND SPORTS Your Local Skidoo Dealer Exeter 235-0600 JERRY MacLEAN & SON AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Our Store Is Big Enough To Serve Your Needs . . . 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