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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-10-17, Page 20Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Hockey again The 1979-80 season of the National Hockey League Despite having to settle for a split in Thursday's doubleheader in Goderich the two South Huron, District High School Football teams provided the most exciting action in many years. The juniors bounced back from a 14-0 deficit in the last seven minutes to edge the Goderich Vikings 15-14 in a game described by coach Doug Ellison as "the most exciting in many years." Despite a 13-9 loss to Goderich, South Huron senior coach Ron Bogart commented after the game, "It was the best game we have played in a long, long time. It was a good hard hitting game. While the juniors kept their unbeaten streak alive, the seniors dropped their first game of the season. Both clubs will be back in action tomorrow, Thursday. The juniors travel to Palmerston to meet Norwell and the seniors will be on their home field to play host to Stratford Central. Juniors control Throughout the junior game, South Huron con- trolled the ball. The offense moved the ball well, but, not when in the Goderich end of the field. Goderich scored the first touchdown of the game early in the second period and went ahead 7-0 as the convert was good, The South Huron offence moved the ball from their own five to the Goderich five T • LADY GOLFERS — Trophies were presented Saturday night to the best female golfers at the Ironwood course this summer. From the left are low gross Helen Burton, low net Gail Skinner and most improved Marlene Parsons. T-A photo Hawks take exhibition yard line in 20 plays but failed to score, The Vikings scored their second converted touchdown on the third quarter, The South Huron defence controlled the Goderich backs well except for the two major scores, With seven minutes to go in the final period, the Panthers stopped Goderich on a third down and one yard situation. They were able to move the ball 35 yards in six plays with Gary Spurn and Norm Regier doing most of the ball carrying. Gary Spurn went over from two yards out on an off- tackle play and Dave Shaw passed to Bill Glover for a two point convert. The Panthers broke through to block a Goderich kick with two minutes to go. Four plays later John Kernick ran a reverse for 22 yards for a touchdown and the score was tied at 14-14. Doug Fischer booted the extra point and the Panthers pulled out the sensational 15- 14 win. According to coach Doug Ellison, quarterback Dave Shaw called his best game ever and the offence turned in their best game to date. Dennis McBride played a strong game at defensive tackle filling in for Mike Clarke who was sidelined by the flu. Others turning in key tackles on defence were Jamie Chaffe, Dale Ker- slake, Gary Spurn, Bill. Glover, Jim Siddall and Dave Delbridge. Norm Regier with con- sistently good runs off tackle was named the South Huron offensive player of the game. Offensive honours went to Dennis McBride for outstanding efforts at defensive tackle in addition to his regular position at offensive tackle. Seniors fall behind The South Huron seniors also fell behind early in their game. After moving the ball for four consecutive first downs, a punt was blocked and Goderich scored a 50 yard touchdown on their firstplay from scrimmage. With terrible weather conditions prevailing, play went back and forth. The first two SH points came in the second quarter when Doug Hoffman tackled a Goderich ball carrier in the end zone. Goderich scored a touch- down in the third period, but, the convert attempt was blocked by South Huron and the score was 13-2. Another potential Goderich score was th- warted when Brian Mercer made the tackle after a 60 yard Goderich punt return. Two key screen passes set up a 35 yard pass and run play with Dave Bogart hitting Rick Lindenfield. Doug Hoffman converted and the game ended 13-9 for the Vikings. Most of the South Huron offence came through the air Bill Glover's goal with less than five minutes remaining, gave the Exeter Hawks their first exhibition win of the season as they trimmed Seaforth 8-7 at the rec centre, Friday. In their opener, the locals dropped a 7-1 verdict to Mitchell and were then hammered 12-0 by the Lucan Irish. South Huron exhibition tilt Two South Huron in- termediate league hockey teams started the exhibition season Thursday night at the Stephen township arena when the Centralia College Saints downed the Centralia Marauders by a score of 8-4. The Marauders will be back in action tomorrow night, Thursday when they take on the Grand Bend Mariners at the Stephen township arena at Huron Park. Game time is 8:30 p.m. Ken Vanos scored three times to lead the College scoring attack in the 8-5 win over the Marauders. The College took a 2-1 first period lead on goals by George Black and Ken Vanos while Blair Hearn replied for Centralia on passes from Dennis Carty and Pete Wuerth. The scoring procedure was reversed in the middle frame with Perry Knee and Hugh Wilson counting for the Marauders with assists going to Rick Durrelle and Randy Somerville. The lone CCAT goal came from the stick of Ed Michuisiswiez. In the third period, Ken Vanos scored twice for the College to complete his hat trick performance and single goals were added by Rick Vanos, Jim Coffey and Ed Michuisiwiez. The lone third period marker for Centralia came from the stick of Ron Fun- ston on an unassisted effort, KIPPEN SHOOT Burt Mahaffey with a score of 24 led the com- petition at Sunday's shoot at the Kippen gun club. Bryan Beer, Jack Bell and Dan Crerar were tied for second with identical scores of 22, Grant McGregor and Bob Baker scored 20, Jamie Caldwell 19 and Paul Ritchie 18. The Hawks open their season this Friday night when they host their perennial foes from Lucan at the rec centre at 8:30 p.m. Dan Bell was a two-goal man for the Hawks in their win over Seaforth. Potting the other tallies were Dave Kinsman, Bryon Baker, Ken Varley, Dwight Consitt and Cam Haist. Kinsman, Jeff Fuller and Kerry Bedard had a pair of assists each, while helping out on one. were Glover, Consitt, Larry Dawson, Terry Caldwell, Varley and Mike Clark. Steve Sararas and Steve Wells shared the netminding duties and stopped 22 shots. Exeter scored four power play goals, while the visitors had three in that category and added one while playing short handed. Ken Varley scored the only Exeter goal in the 7-1 loss to Mitchell in their first exhibition game last Tuesday. Mitchell led by a 3- 1 count at the end of two, and potted four unanswered goals in the third to win going away. The Lucan Irish, looking like one of the teams to beat in the area Junior "D" loop, had an easy time in posting the convincing 12-0 win on Wednesday on their own ice. Paul Medd paced the at- tack with three goals, while adding a pair were Jeff Marshall, Jeff Hartman and Richard Lather. Picking up singles were Keith Hartwick, WANTED Cars & Trucks for scrap and resaleable parts. Highest prices paid. Turn that old fence, appliances, batteries, copper and farm machinery into cash. Give us a call. Miller's Auto Parts , Scrap Metal Dealer R.R #2, Crediton 234-6343 SCOTTS LEATHER & TACK SHOP 120 Sanders St. W. Exeter, Ont. Phone 235-0694 Complete Line of Western Saddlery, Bridles, Halters, Bits, Pads, Girths. HORSE HEALTH CENTRE Fly Wipe, Shampoo, Absorbine, Etc. 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Mercer, Greg Front, Doug Hoffman, Doug Raymond, Jeff Fuller, Brian Rader, Jamie Everleigh, Dave Campbell and Ed Hunter-Duvar. Hockey At Its Best! SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE WED. OCT. 17 5: 9:00 Belmont vs Exeter Midgets FRI., OCT. 19 8:30 p.m. Lucan Irish VS, Exeter Hawks SUN., OCT. 21 is underway and there are as many new looks as a new- born baby. The many changes include every facet of the game from new teams through managers, coaches and players themselves. Then again, some of the looks are old. Take for in- stance Gordie Howe who is trying to get back into the NHL at the age of 51. Not far behind Howe in age and experience are Dave Keon and Bobby Hull. The four new teams, but old from the WHA should prove popular at the box office with several name players and at least as successful as any of the expan- sion teams over the last 10 years. Each of the old WHA clubs has a young and well publicized leader. Wayne Gretzky who has been amazing everyone since he started pee wee hockey in Brantford will draw sellout crowds to all games of the Edmonton Oilers at home or away. Gretzky scored 110 points for Edmonton last year and is probably the most eagerly awaited NHL youngster since the days of a youngster from Parry Sound pulled on No. 4 sweater for the Boston Bruins, The brightest star with the Hartford Whalers will be Mark Howe. Although Mark scored 107 points last year he has been moved back to defence for the club's first NHL season. Heading the Quebec Nordiques into the NHL will be Real Clouthier. He gained WHA fame with 283 goals and the same number of assists in five WHA seasons. Showing his consistency as a playmaker and goal scorer he counted 75 goals and 74 assists during the 1978-79 season. One of the smallest of the new stars is 23 year-old Morris Lukovich of the Winnipeg Jets. At five foot nine and 170 pounds, Lukovich may be small by NHL stan- dards. but. he is tough. Last year for the Jets, Lukovich scored 65 goals and picked up 119 minutes in penalties. One of the biggest questions which will probably be answered fairly quickly is, "How much will the loss of Ken Dryden, Jacques Lemaire and Scotty Bowman affect the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens have a history of winning and we doubt the loss .of two players and a coach will make that much difference. Over the 'years they fared well through losses of fellows like Maurice and Henri Richard. Jean Belliveau, present coach Bernie Geof- frion, Frank Mohovlich, Jacques Plante and Doug Harvey. Hockey fans in general will be keeping a close watch on the coaching situations in Toronto, Buffalo and Colorado, where major changes took place. The coaching chores at Buffalo and Toronto could be almost called a switch or trade. Roger Neilson leaves the Leafs to become assistant to Scotty Bow- man with the Sabres while Floyd Smith takes over in Toronto after a short stay in Buffalo. While we don't know what Floyd Smith's salary will be in Toronto, Scotty Bowman gained about $75,- 000 a year by jumping to Buffalo and Don Cherry's salary in Colorado is more than double what he receiv- ed in Boston. Cherry is said to be getting in $150,000 a year from the Rockies. His Boston salary was $60,000 per annum. Despite an 80 game schedule for the 21 teams, only five of these will be on the sidelines when playoff time rolls around. The first place teams in four divisions will make the playoffs along with the 12 teams with the highest points regardless of division they play in, There will be no byes in the first round this year. Each of the 16 qualifiers will compete in a best-of-five preliminary series. After that all rounds will be of the best-of-seven variety. The NHL all stargame will be played in February 5 in the new Joe Louis arena in Detroit. Will attract Fans While the four newest additions to the National Hockey League may not be too successful this year as 'far as winning games are concerned they are a sure thing at the box office at least for the first year. The four former WHA clubs should be playing before sell-out crowds and by next year one of these will have the largest attendance of any of the 21 teams in the NHL. The Edmonton Oilers at the moment have a capacity of 15,598 and this will grow to 18,558 when seat expansion at the Edmonton Coliseum is com- pleted by the start of the 1980-81 season. The Winnipeg Jets are in the midst of upgrading their seating to 15,342. At Quebec the Nordiques will have to settle for this season at least with a seating capacity of slightly more than 10,000. The Hartford Whalers will likely be playing most of the season in the 7,265 seat Springfield Civic Centre. They moved there last year when the roof of the new arena in Hartford caved in. The new complex in Hart- ford to seat about 16,000 is hoped to be ready by February. There is a wide range in ticket prices amongst the 21 NHL clubs. The lowest price range is that of thec Washington Capitals from $4.50 to $9 and the Colorado Rockies are next at $5.50 to $12. The top prices at $18 are charged by the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings are next at $17.50 each. Toronto Maple Leaf prices range from $5 to $15, Winnipeg Jets prices are $7 to $13 and the Edmonton Oiler ducats are selling from $9 to $12.50. Page 2A, Times-Advocate, October 17, 1979 A seven minute comeback Exciting finish gives Panthers junior win 4:00 St. Marys vs Exeter Novice 5:15 Oakridge vs Exeter Midget II Dean Densmore and Tom McGorman.