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Times-Advocate, 1978-02-23, Page 8Page 8 Times-Advocate, February 23, 1978 «*rwl ■* Spotlight f By Ross Haugh Leaf tips At the recent Sportsmen’s Dinner sponsored by the Exeter Lions club former Toronto Maple Leaf coach Red Kelly talked very freely about his former team and some of the reasons why they are not as successful as some would like, Kelly who is now involved in an aircraft computer system company said the main blame for the current performances of the Leafs can be blamed to decisions made 10 years ago and added, “I can’t be blamed for this”. He said it goes back to the time of NHL expansion when the Toronto owners opted to sell their players for good prices instead of following the policy used by the Montreal Canadiens. Instead of taking cash, the Montreal club went for top draft selections and this has allowed them to es­ tablish solid depth. Kelly said one player who could make a big difference for the Leafs is Erroll Thompson if he could get motivated. “He is capable of scoring 40 goals a year if only he would get moving,” added the former Toronto coach. Kelly’s words must have been far reaching as the very next night Thompson scored two goals and was the first star of the game. Jack Valiquette is another one in Kelly’s opinion who could get the Leafs rolling again. On Valiquette who is temporarily in the minors Kelly commented, “He could certainly turn things around. He is one fellow who can handle Bobby Clarke of Philadelphia on faceoffs.” His only remark about Leaf captain Darryl Sittier was, “He’s a great leader that any team would be proud to have.” About Tiger Williams, he said, “As you know Tiger never backs away from anyone. He meets the opposition anywhere.” “Lanny MacDonald is one Leaf that is sought by every club in the league. Lanny can score with probably the best wrist shot in the NHL, is an ex­ cellent checker and puts his team ahead of everything else. All teams would love to have him”, added Kelly. The following comments were made of other Leaf performers. Borje Salming — “He’s maturing and gaining control.” Ian Turnbull — “Likes to be defensive. He’s stub­ born.” Mike Palmateer — “He’s a cocky youngster, but, it’s good cockiness.” Kelly indicated the Montreal Canadiens were a good example of Canadian unity, saying, “the Habs are a good mixture of French Canadians and English. They work well together. ” Impressed with centre All of the visiting celebrities we talked to were impressed with the new facilities at the South Huron Rec Centre. Brian McFarlane said the centre would be an ideal spot for the NHL Oldt.imers to play an exhibition game against some area team. In addition to McFarlane other members of the oldtimers include Eddie Shack. Andy Bathgate. Bobbv Baun and Ivan Walmsley. New bits of law We read with interest a copy of a recent address by Canada’s Minister of Fitness and Amateur Sport the Honourable Iona Campagnolo. In speaking to the Sports Federation of Canada an­ nual meeting she started like this, “I think it unfor­ tunate that only one of the parts of the famous Murphy’s Law is well-known — this is, the part that goes: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. I want to vouch as a Minister for 16 months, and the one specifically responsible for the federal role in Sport, Fitness and Recreation, that the preceding two parts of Murphy’s Law should never be forgotten. These are: “Nothing is as easy as it looks” and “Everything takes longer than you think”. Indeed, this triple wisdom of Murphy’s Law is so applicable to sports and its difficulties that I’ve been tempted, in more bitter moments, to add a fourth sec­ tion to Murphy’s Law, going like this: “If everybody doesn’t want it, nobody gets it”. But that’s only for momentary vengefulness and, as a politician, I remind myself all the time that even solid majorities are not everlasting or not everybody, or even close to it, loves you all the time.” Mrs. Campagnolo said a recent Green Peper on amateur sport may have been tentative but it was to encourage leaders of sports groups to fill in a federal program with their own considered ideas. She said “we have taken all criticisms and suggestions under advisement. In a few months you will be seeing what we propose.” Exciting playoffs Hockey fans in this area are certainly in for lots of excitement during the just started OHA Junior ‘D’ playoffs. Although the Exeter Hawks won the first playoff game quite decisively over the Lucan Irish Sunday night, the series is far from over. The Irish won the first Hawks annual junior tour­ nament in early January by beating the host club and the last scheduled game between the two teams ended in a draw. The final series between the winner of the current Exeter-Lucan and likely the Mitchell Hawks will also be exciting. In two of their last scheduled games, Mitchell tied with Exeter and defeated Lucan 1-0, The rec centres in Exeter and Lucan should be packed for the entire series. The second game was played in Lucan last night, Wednesday with the third contest in Exeter Friday night and the fourth back in Lucan, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Hawks take junior playoff lead over Irish The Exeter Hawks faced two “must” situations this week, and came through with stellar performances in each case, scoring a total of 18 goals in the two outings. Thursday night, the Hawks travelled to Mt. Brydges, needing a win to capture their second straight Western Junior "D” league championship. They won that by a decisive 9-3 margin to finish one point up on the Mitchell Hawks. Their points was also top in the two divisions. It was the first home loss suffered by Mt. Brydges this year and spoiled any thought former Hawks coach Rockey Wiese had of stopping his former players from gaining the league championship. That win put the Hawks into a battle with the Lucan Irish in a best-of-seven loop semi-final and Exeter responded to the challenge of winning the first game in that set with a convincing 9-4 win at the rec centre before over 500 fans, Sunday. That series continued in Lucan last night (Wed­ nesday) and the third game will be played in Exeter Friday at 8:00 and the fourth goes back to Lucan on Area girls help Jets The Ilderton Silver Jets, a team of 20 skaters from the Ilderton Winter Club, cap­ tured the senior title at the Tri State Precision Team Competition held in Euclid, Ohio, Saturday Three of these 20 skaters are Exeter area girls, Brenda Pincombe, Audrey Adkins and Laurie Prout. The Canadian Precision championship will be held in the Ilderton Arena, March 4. Atoms lose in OMHA The Exeter atoms suffered their first playoff loss, Friday, ending up on the short end of a 2-0 verdict to Lambeth in the OMHA zone semi-final. Playing on their home ice, the locals couldn’t get un­ tracked and goaltender Rick Gilfillan was kept busy throughout the contest as he came up with several big saves to keep the game as close as it was. Exeter came to life in the third period, but couldn’t find the range on their scoring chances. Lambeth scored a goal in each of the first two periods to take the victory. Second gafne in the best- of-five set will be played in Lambeth Sunday at 7:00. Sunday for a 7:30 start. The fifth game has been ten­ tatively scheduled for Exeter the following Tuesday. Friday night’s third game will be an added attraction for Hawk fans. The Exeter Minor Hockey Association announced this week that their share of the gate receipts would be turned over to Randy Lovie, the star netminder injured earlier in the season. Randy was in hospital for some time due to the knee injury and also missed over twb months’ work. He was the top netminder in the area Junior “D” league last year and has won several individual trophies while performing for the Hawks. Thump Irish The Hawks scored six goals in the third period, Sunday to easily dispose of the Lucan Irish in their playoff opener, after the visitors had rallied in the second. Exeter started out quickly and dominated play throughout most of the first period. John VanGerwen, who rejoined the lineup last month, started things off at the 10:11 mark for the first of his three-goal performance and the Hawks were never headed. Linemate Ken Pinder scored 28 seconds later and then VanGerwen notched his second to give the Hawks a 3- 0 lead at the end of the first period. However, they ran into penalty trouble in the middle frame and the Irish picked up two power play goals to get right back into the contest. Gary Herr and Cecil Nickles fired the shots, both coming on deflections from point shots. The first was scored with a two-man ad­ vantage and the second while the Irish played with one extra attacker. The Hawks wasted little time in pulling the game out of reach in the third period as they scored three times in the first six minutes and then HAWKS REPEAT lhe t xr.fr i Hawk ■ captuied then second sbcnglit Western Juniot 'D league championship tin- v.erk, t cig.ria Mitchell by one point. Gold Kirk, of Gold's Tiophie, presents his leaque champion'hip ‘.ilvciwaie to Stove Jetmi .on, Biioii layloi and Ken Pindei. T-A photo Funds from playoff game to aid injured goalie Proceeds of Friday’s third game of the OHA Junior “D” group semi-finals between the Exeter Hawks and Lucan Irish at the South Huron Rec Centre will go to aid an in­ jured member of the Hawks. Coach Ron Bogart said Tuesday that Friday’s game would be a benefit contest for goal tender Randy Lovie. game workout and has been unable to work or rejoin the Hawks in an active role since. He was hit on the knee with a shot and infection set in. He spent two weeks over the Christmas and New Year holidays in hospital. Lovie is a third year member of the Hawks and was one of the main reasons the team was able to win the Ontario championship last spring. He was the top goalie in the league along with his playing mate Laurie Skin­ ner. This season Lovie saw action in only eight games befor'e the accident oc­ curred. Bogart said he hopes the South Huron Rec Centre board of management will see fit to turn over their share of Friday’s game to the Lovie fund. Lovie was injured in Lucan on December 15 in a pre­ FOR HIS BENEFIT — Friday nights’ playoff game between the Exeter Hawks and Lucan Irish will benefit injured Exeter goalie Randy Lovie. The above picture was taken following the Hawks championship win last spring. He was injured in mid-December and is still sidelined. Sponsored By POKER RALLY Sun., Feb. 26 SNOWMOBILE CLUB Registration At Hully Gully - Varna 12-2 p.m. • Entry Fees $3.00 For The Best In * PARTS * accessories * SERVICE * RENTALS its VARNA 262-5809 THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF DASHWOOD INDUSTRIES LTD. SALUTES 70 YEARS OF SCOUTING IN CANADA added three power play tallies later in the period. Lucan rebounded for two tallies in the final three minutes, but they came too late to threaten the outcome of the contest. VanGerwen scored his third of the night in the final period, while Pinder picked up his second. Brad Taylor also added a pair in the third period onslaught, with singles coming off the sticks of Phil Knight and Brian Taylor. Fred Mommersteeg, although he failed to dent the twine, ended up as the night’s scoring leader. He helped out on six of the nine goals. Pinder, VanGerwen, Jim Ferguson and Randy Par­ sons drew two assists each, while Randy Fisher, Jamie Caldwell and Dave Kinsman helped out on one each. Exeter outshot Lucan by a 33-20 margin in the game which saw referee Pat O’Brien call a total of 12 penalties for the Hawks and eight for the Irish. Matt Muller and Rick Freeman engaged in the only fisticuffs of the night, while Marty Wraith drew a five-minute high sticking penalty. Score early and often In Mt. Brydges, the Hawks took a 4-0 lead in their final league tilt and never looked back as they trounced the Rocky Wiese coached squad. Phil Knight opened the scoring parade after four and a half minutes and following him in the first were tallies from Randy Fisher, Don McKellar and Ken Pinder. Fisher came back with his second of the night on an unassisted power play in the second and Fred Mom­ mersteeg added a pair, while Jamie Caldwell scored a single to give the defending OHA champions a com­ fortable 8-3 margin. 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