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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-01-14, Page 7%%%%%%%%%%%%%14,%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%•••%%%%%%%%%%%%%• % FARM OF JOHN.:. HOWARD, RI :7 LUCKNOW Concession 11 and. Ashfield Line Road (4' Corners West of Lucknow - South) CONCERNING Come and "attend this inforMative meeting, s e Limousin cross cattle and learn the many advantages of this fast growing breed. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 't4,,11!74' TH111140CKNOIN .$1111171NIELt 'WOW ONTARIO PAGE: SEVEN ;ilkdOn lnia 1975 oA:;..44:44* • Sudbury-nor photi,.. DAVE.FARRISH a:rugged defeiiiirian , .; • * The following,article appearedin " early December ;in the Sudbury Star and concerns Dave Fairish, son, of iVIr, and Mrs. Duncan Farrish of Lochalsh, playing hockey :with •Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Junior A League, It was given to ,The Sentinel 'by Tom Morrison of Little Current, „ . Manitoulin Island, "who keeps a close eye on hockey in that area: BY DANNY GALLAGHER' Star Sports Writer Intimidation may be the strong- ' est word in;Dave, Farrish's vocabu- lary. By intimidation, he doesn't mean spearing or slashing. But, he loves' intimidating opposing players• .by talking to them in an attempt to psyche them out, to wear them down. "A big part of my game is to talk a lot," says the • 19-year-old defenceman with Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior 'A' League. "In front of the net, you talk to people." Bodychecking 'also plays' a' large role in 'Farrish's expeTiments• in psyching out the opposition. "A. good, hard , check does more damage than anything," he heliev- . "After that, when• players come up to the blueline, they tend to look up and see where they are. I'm not in the game unless I get a pretty good check in at the start," :he explains. "The NHL is looking for guys who can hit." . Because of his aggressive charac- ter on the ice, Famish thinks he is entitled to some of the penalties he receives from the referee.- "You have to be tough in front of the net and you're going to get the penalties," .he says. It's no secret that referees watch Famish closely since he tends to be physical, with the opposition. "The ref is always looking back at me because of my past record," he says. . "Hockey is entertainment for the people and it's up to us 'to make it exciting for them. People know when I'm hitting. That's why intimidation is important. "• Farrish is Wolves' 'most spectac- .ular defenceman. At 6'1", 190 pounds, he does many things in an efficient manner. Well-known to Sudbury fans are his patented slapshots, rushing abilities,, body- checking, toughness and backward skating./ "You have to be -able to skate," he explains. "My backward 'skating is probably one of my better assets. My forward skating • has to be improved. l'ye been told that by the scouts. I'd like to get stronger, skate better and build up my legs.'" , ' Farrish hails from the Small farming community of Lucknow, 90 miles west of London 'on Lake Huron. 'He started playing junior C hockey When he was 14. He moved up to Stratford Junior B's for the 197243-season before being• draft- ed 'by Sudbury for '73-74. LEFT WINGER Wolves scout Barry Mackenzie drafted him as a' left winger but, he has played very 4paringly in that ' position since joining the team. ' Farrish is in his third and „final season with' Jerry Toppazzini's crew. He's off. to the -finest start of his Major .Junior "A" career. SO far, he has clicked 17 goals from his defence position. In most names, be has played with a-bothersome ankle injury., "I only had abOut.50 per cent of my mobility," he recalls, "It was pretty.sore. ' The reason I kept on plaYitig wagbecause I Was The 1975 highway record in the south of Bruce county Was by. far the most disastrous of any year yet. Twenty-wo persons /were killed in 14 accident's. The greateit number year!? STAYED. HERE During the ,OHA playoffs last spring, thele was some 'talk that Famish would jump to' Houston Aeros of the World- Hockey Association with John -Tonelli of Toronto Martboros. Tonelli went, but Farrish decided to play his final year in Sudbury. "I have no regrets," he says -about the Houston move: "I'm ' having a good year. I don't mind waiting a year as long as I get there (pros)." Farrish's main defence partner has been Randy Carlyle, also in his last season with Wolves. "We see a lot of ice time together," Fattish says. "I have a lot of confidence in him,'.' Fairish reiterates the opinion of .many that Wolves are potential Membrial Cup champions in 1976: "It's good to get off to. a good start like that. It's so much easier to play when you are winning. The rookies have come a long way. 'They're going to help us. . We're not• about to be beaten by anybody," Farrish emphasizes. "It's an exciting team this year." The Sudbury rearguard is--look- ing to June, • 1,976 with much enthusiasm. That's when ,the National Hockey League draft fakes place. , That's going' to be the most important part ()fifty life," he says. "The draft is so unpredictable.." He' . makes it known, that a few scouts have talked „to him. "I know hockey is going to be my livelihood. I'm not going to end 'up: quitting. I put everything into my ' hockey.' Parrish says the Worid Hockey Association doesn't provide him much appeal. killed in any .12-month period was a total reached twice: The. Walkerton OPP detachment • serves, seven tovinships and four„". villages. Only one person was killed during 'the year on streets of ,% an urban centre. Head-on collisions proved the, greatest killers with 12 losing their. lives .in the four accidents of this"... type. One of these collisions took- five lives, the second worst in county history. It occurred, November 1st, five miles riorth, of Paisley. Six were killed six years ago in a 'head-on crash, 3' miles ,northWest ,of Walkerton. , • Fourteen se re killed on county: roads, with ilium BOA 3 from Walkerton to Southampton claim- ing the heaviest toll, seven. Six lost their lives on provincial highways, four on Highway 4 and • two on Highway 21. A. Carrick , Township road was the , site of one „ person's death.. Two deaths resulted when vehic- lis struck trees, two others when the cars were ditched. Types of accidents each claiming one of the 'remaining victims were,. snowmo- bile-car, bicycle...car, motorcycle- car, car-train, farm tractor-car 'and pedestrian-ear. Five of the victims were females. . Twelve of those . killed were drivers or operators, nine 'were • passengers and one a pedestrian. The average age of the victims was 28 but the age scale went from 14 years to 84 years. In the majority of cases the road and weather conditions were good. Hovveirer, only three per,sons were killed in daylight hours. The period from. 10 a.m. until 4.30 p.m. was fatality-free. ---- ;— January, February, May and October were fatality-free months. November had . the worst record with five killed. There 'were four killed in both April and July.. All but three of he victims were, from Bruce County., scoring goals. Being in your third year, you can count more 'on your eiperience and playing ability."' He's looking for a 100 point season. In his first campaign -• 1973-74.- Farrish scored 11- goals and 20 assists for 31 points. But, his most impressive statistic' was the 205 minutes he spent in the penalty box in 58 games. • Last' season, he came through and doubled his points output with 18 goals. and 44' helpers. His minutes. in the sin bin increased.ta 242. ' In his final. year, Farrish believes he is, starting to mature.: '"I'm more thoughtful when I'm rush- ing," he says. "He (Jerry) doesn't want • me anymore than 10 feet inside the (opposing) blueline. Last yearvl was careless. 'I think I've got a more defensive style this