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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-01-12, Page 6Poge 6 Defeat Exeter, N.H.Tie strong Montreal club Local atoms play well in United States tourney 'hp Fxpfpr atonic were in was against Kxprpr ■ ■ . . __ _____■was against Exeter. No, thats not an error. The • Exeter club travelled to Exeter, New Hampshire and finished second in a four team series. The Atom club along with coach Bill Batten, manager Shirley Pratt and a large number of parents left The Exeter atoms were in Exeter over the weekend and turned in excellent per­ formances in a three game tournament. One of the wins Times-Advocate, January 12, 1978 Coming soon Spotlight Less than four weeks remain until the fifth annual Exeter Lions Club Sportsmen’s dinner is upon us. Each year the Lions are able to come up with an excellent array of top notch speakers and this year is no exception. Normie Kwong will be the headline speaker for the dinner to be held Tuesday, February 7 at the South Huron Rec Centre. Kwong was better known as the China Clipper when he roamed the backfield for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Western Conference of the Canadian Football league. Two performers in the 1977 Grey Cup game in Montreal will be in attendance at the local dinner. One is Glen Weir who was named the top defensive player in the Grey Cup game and since named to the all­ Canadian team. The other is John Konihowski, a flanker with the Edmonton Eskimos. Also representing football will be former Toronto Argonaut backfielder Bill Symons and the Toronto club’s present general manager Dick Shatto. Representing the Toronto Blue Jays will be rookie sensation Bob Bailor and one of the team’s hardest working pitchers veteran Dave Lemanczyk. One Canada’s brightest stars at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal was pentathlon competitor Diane Jones. Diane who is now married to footballer John Konihowski will be in Exeter earlier in the day of February and will be appearing at South Huron District High School. She will be showing an Olympic film and talking about track and the Olympics. The’game of hockey will be represented by former NHL great and former Maple Leaf coach Red Kelly and Larry Jeffrey who had a lengthy career with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. From figure skating comes two of Canada’s brightest young stars. They are Sherri Baier of Mitchell and Robin Cowan of Kitchener. Golfer Ken Doig of Seaforth will also be there. Keeping the whole show running smoothly will be master of ceremonies Bill Brady of CFPL radio in London. Tickets are now on sale from any member of the Exeter Lions Club and are $25 for adults and $15 for elementary and high school students. While a number of ladies have attended the dinner in previous years, a special effort is being made this year to attract more this year, especially with two ladies on the guest list. Receipts for income tax purposes are available. All proceeds will go to help crippled children. Good tourney Everyone connected with this past weekend’s junior hockey tournament held at the South Huron Rec Centre should be congratulated on putting together a very successful program. The brand of hockey was excellent with the two area clubs, the Lucan Irish and Exeter Hawks proving they can take care of most competition. The Irish won the title be defeating the Hawks 6-5 in the championship contest. It was an exciting game from start to finish as were most of the other six games. Exeter Friday morning by bus headed for Toronto International airport. From there they flew to Boston and then a 45 minute trip to Exeter in New Hampshire. In their first game Saturday the locals dropped a 1-0 decision to Concord, New Hampshire. The Exeter club held a good edge in territorial play and shots on goal but couldn’t put the" puck in the net. Saturday afternoon it was a match-up between the two Exeter teams and the Ontario boys scored an impressive 5-1 victory. Sean Whiteford scored two goals to lead the scoring attack. Scoring in single fashion were Bill Fisher, Jeff Pfaff and Allan Pym. Sunday morning the Exeter Ontario club were pitted against Alexander Park of Montreal. The Quebec club had chalked up decisive wins over the two New Hampshire teams by scores of 9-0 and 9-3. The impressive wins by Montreal had little effect on the local atoms as they came Jets lose in Continental, out skating and stayed with their opposition all the way and gained a 2-2 tie. Scott Lovie put Exeter into a 1-0 lead in the first period only to have the Montreal club come back with two goals. „ George Pratt put the puck into the Montreal net late in the second period and the balance of the game was scoreless. The Alexander Park team is reported to be the second best atom team in the entire city of Montreal. play four times this week The Lucan-Ilderton Jets lost their only start this week in the Ontario Hockey Association Continental Senior league, a 9-5 decision to the Preston Jesters in Preston, Friday night. The Jets are in action four times this week and will be attempting to escape their spot in the league basement. They were in Woodstock last night, Wednesday and Well done, atoms a ' The same weekend the Exeter atoms proved they can hold their own in North American competition by placing second in a tournament in Exeter, New Hampshire. The locals beat Exeter, New Hampshire 5-1, lost 1-0 to Concord from the same state and then held a strong Montreal Alexander Park club to a 2-2 tie. The only damper on an otherwise entertaining weekend for the Exeter boys and their parents oc­ curred Sunday afternoon when one of the parents, Glenn Fisher, suffered a heart attack at the Boston airport. Glenn was reported in a stabilized condition in a Boston hospital, but is expected to be there for a cou­ ple of weeks. Our editor Bill Batten who coaches the atoms remained in Boston with Mrs. Fisher. We expect him back by the weekend. Next week’s issue should con­ tain much more information on the Exeter trip to Ex­ eter. For this week we were able to glean a little infor­ mation on the tournament along with pictures from films Bill sent back with his wife Kaaren Sunday night. FETTES TOURS FLORIDA Join one of our fully es­ corted coach tours to the sunny south. All tours feature modern washroom equipped highway coaches and first class accommodation. 14 DAY CIRCLE FLORIDA — features Ocala, Daytona, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St, Agustine, Silver Springs, Kennedy Space Center, Cypress Gardens, Disneyworld, Marineland and much more departs Jan. 14, Feb. 11 and Feb. 25 14 DAY FLORIDA/N ASS AU — travel the same circle route and cruise in luxury for a weekend aboard the S.S. 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Barry Baynham was successful on a power play with Ian McTavish and Joe O’Rourke assisting at 12:29. At 16:47 Ray Love bagged his third goal of the game on a three-way combination with Gary Ferra and Brian Murphy. A minute later, Ed Robb completed the Jets scoring while Preston was on a power play. Jamie Robb and Barry Baynham assisted. John Robertson in the Jets goal faced 44 shots while his mates fired 36 shots at Paul Steffler in the Preston net. will then be at home at the Ilderton arena for their next two contests. They play host to the Preston Jesters Friday night at 8:15 p.m. and the Strat­ ford Perths Sunday af­ ternoon at 1 p.m. The Jets go to Stratford Tuesday night for a return engagement with the Perths. Against Preston Friday, the Jets fell behind 2-1 at the end of the first period and although they tied the score early in the second the Jesters lead went to 8-2 at one point in the third period. Ray Love was the only marksman for the Jets during the first 20 minutes' of play on passes from Gary Ferra and Barry Baynham. Love was again the suc­ cessful L-I shooter in the All all-stars Irish, Hawks The Lucan Irish and Exeter Hawks won all positions on the all-star team selected following weekend Junior “D” nament held at the Huron Rec Centre. The Irish who won the grand championship with a 6-5 win over the Hawks in the final placed goalie Scott McNair, defenceman Randy Kraul and left winger Dean Densmore on the select team. Representing the Hawks ' were defenceman Phil Knight, centre Jamie Caldwell and right winger Fred Mommersteeg Jr. Caldwell scored nine for the Hawks in games. The All-star team chosen by Derry Boyle and Wayne Pearce. the tour- South goals three The Hawks will be on home ice Friday night to meet the Tdvistock Braves and Sunday they travel to Port Stanley. GIVING EXETER'S HISTORY — The Exeter atom hockey team took a number of books of Ex- 'eter's history on their weekend trip to Exeter, New Hampshire. Above, Jeff Pfaff presents a book to the American Exeter's rec director Doug Dicey. Other atoms in the picture are Rick Gilfillan and John Wells. T-A photo was JUNIOR ALL-STARS — The all star team from the weekend junior hockey tournament was made up entirely of members of the Lucan Irish and Exfeter Hawks. From the left are Phil Knight, Jamie Caldwell and Fed Mommersteeg of Exeter and Randy Kraul, Scott McNair and Dean Densmore of the Irish. T-A photo Hawks continue in first three points up on Lucan The Exeter Hawks con­ tinue in first place in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior “D” group three with 37 points, three more than the second place Lucan Irish. Friday night the Hawks downed Mt. Brydges 6-3 at the South Huron Rec Centre. The Irish playing in Mt. Brydges Saturday night were held to a 7-7 tie. It was Lucan’s second game of the day. The two top clubs have played the same number of games, 24. The three point differential comes from three more Exeter wins and three additional ties for Lucan. Good effort The Hawks win over Mt. Brydges Friday was described by coach Ron Bogart as “the best game they have played this year.” In the first period each team scored one goal, but the Hawks scored three times in the second session to take a lead they never relinquished. Jamie Caldwell chalked up the first Exeter score on a pass from captain Steve Jennison and Brad Glover replied for Mt. Brydges. Dave' Kinsman scored his first of two goals at 4:04 of the second period on passes from Brion Penhale and Randy Parsons. Later in the middle frame, Matt Muller con­ nected with passing help from Fred Mommersteeg and Ken Pinder and Pinder hit on a pass from Steve Jennison. The third period Exeter goals came from the sticks of Dave Kinsman and Don McKellar. 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