HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-04-11, Page 14Page 14 Times-Advocate, April 11,1979 Need to win twice on road
Hawks blow lead, fall behind to St. George in semi-final
The Exeter Hawks put
themselves on the brink of
elimination when they blew
two-goal margins on two oc
casions at the rec centre,
Sunday.
St. George Lions, by vir
tue of a 6-5 triumph, took a 3-
1 lead in the OHA best-of-
seven semi-final and had the
opportunity to oust the
Hawks in last night’s game
in St. George.
The Hawks received a gift
from the weatherman to get
home ice for Sunday’s fourth
game in the series. It had
been scheduled for Friday
night in St. George, but the
Hawks couldn’t get out of
town due to the weather con
ditions.
However, they couldn’t
hold on to their two margins
in the game and watched
their hopes of making it to
the finals for the third
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straight year take a decided
turn for the worse as the
Lions scored three times in
the last half of the game to
pick up the win.
The winners scored the
first goal of the game at the
6:40 mark of the first after
the Hawks had carried most
of the play. A screened shot
from the blueline found the
corner behind Randy Lovie.
Exeter evened the count
late in the period when Brad
Taylor picked up a rebound
off a shot by Ken Varley and
had an open net staring him
in the face. Terry Caldwell
also picked up an assist on
the play.
At the 8:23 mark of the se
cond, Dave Kinsman scored
on a similar play. Ken
Pinder had sent Brian
Mercer down the left wing
and the rebound off his drive
came out to Kinsman who
had an open net and he slid
the disc into it. Phil
Knight moved them into
their first two-goal lead six
minutes later on one of the
most electrifying solo
dashes ever seen at the rec
centre.
The lanky defender picked
up the puck in his own end
and elided the entire St.
George team as he darted up
the ice. He faked goalie
Mark Northey out of posi
tion and then lifted a back
hander into the cage, ear
ning himself an enthusiastic
ovation from the partisan
crowd.
However, St. George
took advantage of a letdown
by the Hawksand came back
with two goals in the final
three minutes of the middle
stanza to even the count at 3-
3.
Fred Mommersteeg gave
Exeter another one-goal
margin at the 3:03 mark of
the third when he drilled a
shot into the top corner on a
play with Don McKellar and
Jamie Caldwell.
They then enjoyed their
second two-goal lead when
Brian Mercer teamed up
with Preston Dearing to
score while they were killing
off a penalty at the 8:24
mark.
Once again, the Hawks
seemed to think they had
enough margin and slowed
down their attack and once
again the Lions took advan
tage of the situation to pop
three goals and record the
win.
The tying goal came on
power play when Rob Simp
son batted a puck out of the
air into the cage and the
winner was fired by Tom
Fergus. Randy Lovie
managed to get his glove on
the winning blast, but it pop
ped out of his mitt and
trickled over the goal line.
Lovie ended up with 18
saves in the game, one less
than recorded by Northey at
the other end. The Hawks
drew seven of the 13
penalties handed out by
referee John Willsie.
GAME NOTES - Sup
porters on both sides were
glad to see Willsie step on
the ice as he is considered
one of the best officials in
the OHA. However, Exeter
fans weren’t quite convinced
of that at the conclusion of
the game when he failed to
call a hooking penalty when
Phil Knight was hauled
down in one of the final last-
ditch attacks by the Hawks
. . ., "You can’t win if you
stand around'and watch",
commented a disappointed
Ron Bogart, who lamented
the lack of hustle shown by
some team members after
the squad had built up their
two margins and then
watched them disappear ...
if the Hawks win last night’s
game in St. George, they’ll
go back there for a Friday
night game and the seventh
game would be in Exeter
this Sunday afternoon ... if
the Hawks lose, it will still
be considered another
banner year because they
weren’t even expected to
win their own division, let
alone make it to the semi
finals ... the solo dash by
Phil Knight in the second fans as one of the great in
period on Sunday will be dividual efforts by one of the
long remembered by local Hawks.
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MISSED IT — Doug Fischer (19) of St. George missed on this scoring attempt as he couldn't
knock down the puck in front of Randy Lovie. Ron Bilcke and Phil Knight managed to get the
flying disc out of danger.Staff photo
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TIES IT UP — St. George defence man Rob Simpson deposits
the puck behind Randy Lovie to knot the count at 5-5 in Sun
day's game at the rec centre. Simpson scored on a power
play, batting the puck out of the air as he crossed in front of
the net. The Lions went on to win 6-5. Staff photo
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SUCCESSFUL DASH — Phil Knight, foreground, looks back over his shoulder after firing a
backhander into the cage for the Hawks on Sunday. It culminated one of the most electrifying
end-to-end rushes ever seen at the rec centre as the lanky defenceman eluded the entire St.
George team and then faked the goalie out of position. Don McKellar arrives on the top of the
crease for a possible rebound, but there was none. .Staff photo
Doublers hold had
With only one week
remaining in the regular
schedule in the Exeter
Legion mixed dart league,
the Doublers hold a three
point lead in first place.
The Doublers have a point
total of 90 while the
Sassenachs in second spot
have 87 points. Deadlocked
with 86 points apiece in third
place are the Itchy Niters,
Flying High and DR’s.
The Winkers hold down
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Out of Space have 76, Fami
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Completing the standings
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Shiphunters 60, CB’ers 59,
Canscotts 53 and Chances 48.
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Winkers 4 CB’ers 1
Sabres 4 - Chances 1
Out of Space 4 - Canscotts 1
Shiphunters 3 - Scotties 2
Nicky Tams 3 - DR’s 2
Doublers 3 - Outlaws 2
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Flying High 3 - Sassenachs 2
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Sassenachs vs Sabres
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Doublers vs Chances
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Scotties vs Canscotts
Flying High vs Winkers
Itchy Niters vs Nicky Tams
Outlaws vs CB’ers
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