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Times-Advocate, 1979-03-21, Page 11At local rec centre, Sunday Times-Advocate, March 21, 1979 11 Meet St. George in semi-final HAWKS WIN BIG — The Exeter Hawks had complete domination in what turned out to be Report on English soccer ing the initial shot. SECOND EFFORT PAYS — Exeter Hawks rookie Brian Mercer, one of the leading playoff scorers, missed on this breakaway in this week's opener against Belmont, but. his second effort paid off. After his shot was blocked by Wayne Boughner, Mercer skated behind the net and came back out in front to lift the puck over the Belmont goalie who was still down after mak­ ing the initial shot. Staff photo the final game in the OHA Western Junior D final played Saturday in Belmont. Scoring the Hawks seventh goal in a 10-4 victory was Jamie Calawell. T-A photo Coach attends clinic Hawks beat Belmont four straight T4aurIre nnn. __r iu_ *The Exeter Hawks con­ tinued their surprising playoff performance this week, ousting the southern loop champion Belmont Bombers in four straight to advance to the Ontario semi­ final for the third con­ secutive year. While they had enjoyed some supremacy over the -Brian Bombers in earlier season meetings, the Hawks were even more dominant in their playoff meeting, outscoring the opposition by a wide 27-10 margin and they were never in any trouble with the ex­ ception of their own home game on Friday when they had to come from behind to win by a 5-3 margin. The Hawks will now meet St. George in a best-of-seven­ series in the next round. The first game will be in St. George Friday at 8:30 p.m. with the return contest at the South Huron Rec Centre Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. So long, good buddy Resorting to some CB radio lingo, the Hawks said farewell to Belmont with a 10-4 in the fourth game played on the southern champ’s ice, Saturday. The locals broke a 1-1 tie at the 17:40 mark of the first period and were never headed as they came up with their most productive game of the series. They moved ahead by a 6-2 count in the second frame and then reached coach Ron Bogart’s target of 10 goals with another four 'in the third. Jamie Caldwell paced the attack with a hat trick performance while defen­ ceman Ken Pinder main­ tained his scoring pace with a two-goal effort. The singles came off the sticks of Brad Taylor, Fred Mommersteeg, Mercer, Terry Caldwell and Kerry Bedard, Mommersteeg picked up two assists to lead in that department, while helping out on one each were Don McKellar, Ken Varley, Jamie Caldwell, Steve Jennison, Bedard, Taylor and Dave Bogart. The Hawks fired 51 shots at Wayne Boughner, while Randy Lovie had 32 aimed in his direction. The locals scored on two of their 12 power play chances, while ■ holding the Bombers on their nine minors. Lovie keeps 'em in Surprisingly enough, the Bombers were at their best in Friday night’s third game played in Exeter, despite the fact they trailed the series by two games at that point and were away from home. They took advantage of some lack lustre play by most of the Hawks to enjoy a 2-0 leadXby the end of the second, and only some superb netminding by Randy Lovie Hept the Hawks close enough to allow them to rally in the final stanza to post a 5- 3 verdict. • Belmont scored on a power play in the first and added the second early in the middle frame. The Hawks finally got •untracked in the final stanza, whittling the cdunt to 2-1 at the 2:44 mark when Brian Mercer stole a puck while killing a penalty and set up linemate Preston Dearing. Two minutes later, Jamie Caldwell took a pass from Dave Kinsman to even the count at 2-2 and Mercer then scored the go-ahead tally on another passing play with Dearing. At the 13:28 mark, Ken Pinder finished off a play with Fred Mommersteeg and Mercer to give Exeter a 4-2 margin, but the Hawks then ran into penalty trouble, Belmont pulled to within one at 15:53 and continued to press with Jhe man ad­ vantage, but Pinder pulled the game out of reach when he teamed up with Mercer and Mommersteeg again to score the clincher while a man short with two minutes left in the game. Lovie ended up with 22 saves in the game, while Boughner had 21. Belmont won the penalty parade by a narrow 13-12 margin. Win away As they did in the Mitchell series, the Hawks continued to play well away from home and made their first trip to Belmont a success with a 5-2 win on Wednesday. Belmont gave indications of being tough on their own ice as they scored after only 30 seconds of play and held that lead for the first half of the stanza. The Hawks finally evened the count at the 11:46 mark when Don McKellar fired home a pass from Fred Mommersteeg, while Brian Mercer gave them their lead in less than a minute when he finished off a play with Preston Dearing. Dave Kinsman then went to work in the middle frame to up the margin to 4-1 as he counted twice. Dearing assisted on both and Mercer helped out on one. Belmont pulled back within reach later in the second, but McKellar put the game on ice for the Hawks with his second of the night at the 13:28 mark of the third on a play with Jamie Caldwell. Randy Lovie was a dominant factor again in the win as he stopped all but two of the 40 shots fired at him. Boughner had 26 saves |n the contest which saw only minors, six to Belmont. Win opener After a sluggish startAfter a sluggish start in which they spotted the Bombers an early lead, the Hawks caught fire in the final half of the opening game to post a decisive 7-1 margin. The visiting Belmont crew picked up nine penalties, which was only about half the number most Exeter fans thought they deserved, and the Hawks scored on four of their power play op­ portunities. Ken Pinder evened the count in the first period when he moved around the defence and used Brian Mercer as a screen to beat Wayne Boughner. At the 12:46 mark of the second, Mercer scored the winner when he missed on a clear breakaway, but went behind the net to get his own rebound and came out in front to lift the puck into the net before Boughner had regained his feet. Mercer ended up with two goals and two assists to pace the scoring. Dave Bogart added a pair of goals, while the singles were fired by Pinder, Jamie Caldwell and Kerry Bedard. Preston Dearing and Phil Knight had two assists and helping out on one each were Caldwell, Brad Taylor, Steve Jennison and Pinder. Randy Lovie stopped all but one of the 20 shots fired at him in another solid per­ formance for the Hawks who had 27 shots on the Bel­ mont net. i ft LET'S HEAR IT — The Exgfer crowd stands to give Brian Mercer (4) an ovation after he scored in the opener against Belmont and his team mates joined in the accolades. Preston Dearing is shown beside him, while moving in to give Mercer the usual pat on the rear are defencemen Staff photoDave Bogart (16) and Ken Pinder (7), BELMONT'S LAST HURRAH — The Exeter Hawks finished off the Belmont Bombers in three straight games. While the final Bomber goal of the year is on its way past Randy Lovie, Hawks players Dave Bogart, Dave Kinsman and Jamie Calawell look on. T-A photo Jlta. The dipper Unisex Marauders back to wail OPEN Tues, to Sat. 9-5 p.m. Thurs. Evening Phone 235-2009 Operated by Lynda Bower 319 Eastern Ave. BREAK IN SERVICE YOU BREAK IT IN/ WE BACK YOU UP AT Rollie's. Ride your bike for two weeks and we'll go over everything and make all adjustments. Go with sales with service at. . . ROLLIE'S SPORTS & CYCLE « GRAND BEND Don't Miss The Exciting Action Hockey Playoffs SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE OHA Junior 'D' Semi Final ST. GEORGE VS EXETER HAWKS Sun., March 25 - 2:00 p.m. The Goderich Merchants have bounced back to take a one game lead over the Cen­ tralia Marauders in their South Huron intermediate hockey league semi-final series. After losing the first game of the series, the Goderich club downed the Marauders 9-3, Thursday and 5-4, Mon­ day. Both games were played at Huron Park. The fourth game of the best-of-five series is set for the Huron:Park arena, Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. The winner of this series meets the Zurich Buckeyes for the league cham­ pionship. The Buckeyes ousted the Parkhill Merchants in three straight games to qualify for the finals. In Monday’s game most of the goals were scored in the first two periods. Goderich scored the only goal of the first period and upped their - lead to 5-2 by the end of 40 minutes of play. Tom O’Brian notched the first period Goderich marker. Early in the se­ cond, Mark Cronyn struck for the Marauders with two quick goals to give his club a temporary lead. Captain Ron Funston assisted on both scores and single assists were picked up by Bob Snell and Matt Muller. Goderich came roaring back in the last half of the middle frame with four goals. Brian Thompson scored three times and Dave Graf added a single. With only 13 seconds remaining in the second ses­ sion, Matt Muller put the Marauders a little closer as he completed a three-way combination with Mark Cronyn and Bill Hodge. The only score in the third period was fired by Blair Hearn of Centralia on a pass from Bob Snell with minutes left to play. By DAVE SILCOCK I was recently plunged into the midst of the English Soccer scene for two very hectic weeks of coaching seminars, drills, and obser­ vations. I quickly came to realize how little I knew about coaching and how out dated my few ideas were. Observing and par­ ticipating with the modern day professionals of British soccer was a thrill as well as an up-grading experience. But my eyes were open wider when I saw schoolboys in action, some of them very young. Seeing these boys created a problem that is most unique. Many of the youngsters have mastered the skills of the game to levels never at­ tained by their teachers! These high levels of skill have been achieved through the extremely powerful at­ traction which the game has exerted at three, four, and five years of age following which the game has become a dominant part of their lives. This naturally creates an intimidating challenge, for how can it be possible to teach children who seem to know more than the coach? To answer the challenge warrants the writing of a book rather than an article! On the professional level, the coach acts more as an administrator and financial tactician than a teacher. Soccer in Britain is today like a crazy gold rush! Just prior to my arrival in England, Trevor Francis, (also of Detroit Express), moved from a struggling Birmingham City to Not­ tingham Forest for a 2V2 million dollar transfer fee and waited two week before he made the Forest first team! A few days later, second rated goalkeeper Phil Parkes moved to a second division club for F/2 million dollars, then a third division full-back named Kevin Hird sold for an incredible 1 million dollars! Continental clubs are horrified by the ever spirall­ ing fees and top European coach Martin Lippens of Anderlecht rightly calls it “financial suicide”. It is a fact that two highly compe­ tent players in Germany can be bought for the price of one in England! On the day before I left England, Chelsea signed Yugoslavia’s top goalkeeper Peter Borota for a measly $150,000 from Partisan Belgrade. The present situa­ tion has brought more and more imports to the English Leagues and Britain’s Soccer troops will need to have their backs to the wall as the invaders move in. While the influx of foreign • stars makes the soccer scene more exciting to many fans, there definitely exists a t-hreat to Britain’s homegrown talent. British j coaches are not only faced with economic problems, ; but have to deal with grow­ ing unrest between their . players. My two week trip was in- j deed an exciting and up- ! grading experience. It has I left me with some deep 1 thoughts on the way the game has changed since my own personal involvement over a decade ago. I am very appreciative to the Ontario Youth Soccer and the North American Junior Soccer Associations for making my trip possible. Green win streak ends in Lucan loop By PAUL WRAITH The Lucan rec league playoffs have started with Salon 174 matched against the Blues and Hagen’s Hackers versus the Greens, the hottest team in the latter stages of the regular season. The two game series will be determined on a total goal count of both games. In the first game of the playoffs Salon 174 defeated the Blues 5-3. Two first period goals, one by Jim Thomas and the other from ■Andy Hardy, gave 174 a 2 - 0 lead going into the second. Then the Blues struck back with two goals by Scott Anderson and Rich Thomas but Pete Martens gave 174 a 3 - 2 lead before the second period ended. 174 outscored the Blues 2 -1 in the third on Hardy’s second goal of the game and Brad Taylor’s short handed goal. Anderson got his second of the game unassisted in the third also. Anderson, Hardy and Taylor were the three stars. The Hackers put an end to the Greens four game winning streak as they won 5 - 2. Don Coughlin opened the scoring for the Greens but the Hackers came back and scored four consecutive goals. Mike Wraith scored two in the second and Bill Darling added a single to give them a 3 - 1 lead after two periods. Bruce Cornish increased their lead to 4 - 1 but Gord Moon brought the Greens back within two. Jim Hodgins finished the scoring for the Hackers. Wraith, Cornish and Coughlin were the three stars and the Hacker’s goalie, Chuck Fredin, played a strong game saving many shots labelled goal. Food prices are so high that even vegetarians are starting to beef. One thing that has always bothered me - How DO they sell life insurance to a bachelor? five OMHA Bantam 'B' Semi-Final Late Game Surge TILBURY VS EXETER Sat., March 24 - 4:00 p.m. Fourth Game In Best-Of-Five The Goderich club broke Thursday’s game wide open with a six goal outburst in the third period to win handily 9-3 and even the series at a game apiece. The Merchants took a 2-1 first period lead on goals by Phil Petrie and Paul Corriveau while Ron Fun­ ston replied for the Marauders on a three-way combination with Matt Muller and Mark Cronyn. The teams traded single goals in the second period to allow the Merchants to retdin their one goal margin. Matt Muller was the Centralia marksman with assists going to Bill Hodge and Rick Funston. Tom O’Brian was the Goderich scorer. Captain Cam McDonald scored two goals to lead the Goderich onslaught in the final 20 minutes of play. Scoring in single fashion were Tom O’Brian, Frank Hageh, Charlie Robertson and Paul Corriveau’. The final scoring gasp for the Marauders came with only 45 seconds left to play as Randy Funston hit on a three-way effort with-Blair Hearn and Ron Funston. " Attention ball enthusiasts .. 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