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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-03-03, Page 8Win TO111111011101It In ,Defeat ey 7 3 1.11,11.1norlimm111101111.0"..wwwwwomm Wiwi Arena News 'WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 1:30 r , 3:30 p.m. Mothers and Tots 7 p.m. Pee Wee Exhibition Game Teeswatey vs Wingham M ID- WINTER • • 50% to 25% OFF EARRINGS — BEADS -- BRACELETS ETC. CLOSED MONDAYS SCHMID'S JEWE C LLERY AND HI NA OWNERS —'W. JOS. AND DEAN E. AltNEW PHONE' 528.3532 LUCKNOW SUNDAY, MARCH 7 2:00 p.m. Pee Wee (OMHA Playoff) Cayuga vs Teeswater' 3:45 p.m. Midget Playoff Paisley vs LucknoW 8:00 p.m. Juvenile Playoff Clinton vs Lucknow THE ‘1.1C0(14014 SENTINEL,. ,LUCRNOW, ONTARIO WEDN.ESDAY, AAARCH 3, 1974 Midgets One and. One With Paisley Lucknow Midgets travelled to Paisley Saturday for the first game in their best five series in W.O.A.A. consolation . playoffs with, the boys -to the north. This was a close checking contest with the emphasis on defence, standout goal tending and close calls. Midway in the first period, Paisley took advantage of a Lucknow penalty to score what proved to be the only goal Of, the game.. • If the Lucknow attack seemed a little less determined than usual, it' was probably caused by the noon starting time, when a knife and fork are more familiar in the hands of most • midget -age lads, than .a hockey stick. Final score was Paisley 1, Lucknow O. 'The second game of the series, was played in Lucknow ,Sunday night with the local team coming our on top of an 8-4 score. •' Paisley led 2-1 at the end of the , first period and strengthened their . lead by notching the first marker in the second period. Lucknow got rolling with three goals in the second and few-in the third before Paisley got back On 'the board with the final 'goal of the game. Lucknow •marksmen were Rick ' ifIlowald.from Jim Van Osch; Terry Armstrong :unassisted; Grant Gil- christ from Steve Hamilton; Mark Frayne unassisted; Tom O'Keefe from Alex Irvin; Rick. Howald from Alex Irvin; Alex Irvin from Allan Murray and Mark Frayne; and +by Jim Van Osch unassisted. The third game in the• series will be played• tonight, Wednesday, in Paisley with the fourth in Lucknow. ti Oust lifiii4itay In 3 Straight • Lucknow Midget, hockey team) eliminated Mildmay in 3 straight games in the VV.0,A.A, consolation playoffs 'as they, romped to a 9-2 victory on honie ice Tuesday night. t Mildmay scored the first-an final goals of the game, wit Lucknovv chalking up two in the first period, three in the second'and four in the third. Lucknow marksmen 'were Mark Frayne 4 goals; Tom O'Keefe and. Pat Murray 2 each and Grant Gilchrist one. Assists were credited to Alerlrvin 3; Erie Cayley and Rick Howald 2 each with singles going to Rick Conley, Ed MacDonald, Terry Armstrong, Jim Van Osch and Tom Sinnett. RipleyMidgets Win OverBlyth Blyth. Midgets came to' Ripley Friday night to start the final round in the VVOAA "E" championships. These teams are always well matched, but excitement reached its peak, when with the score tied, and Ripley two men short, Mike Pollock scored. About a minute later,, still in the same situation, Larry Farrell beat the goalie to make the score '5-3. The Ripley squad never looked back, and, ended 'the game with a 9-5 victory. Robert Regier beat the goalie 5 times,: with Mark Stanley, Chris: McGarvey, Larry Farrell and Mike Pollock each scoring, once. The second game was in Blyth Monday night. Ripley won 8-5 to win ,the W.O.A.A. Midget "E" Champion- ship. They play Langton this week end in the O.M.H.A. playoffs. Lucknow's Flea heekey, team won the, championship trophy in ,the annual. Tyke tournament 'in Myth on Saturday, Todd Ritchie Was picked as the most colourful player for the Lucknow team. Four teams were entered, Rip- ley, Blyth,'Belgrave and Lucknow. In ,the, first game, . Lucknow defeated Blyth 3 to 2. '' Grant Murray 'scored 2 goals' and had 1 assist with Todd Ritchie scoring the other goal and getting one assist. Alex West and John D. MacKenzie each received one assist, In the second 'game, Ripley defeated Belgrave. Blyth then defeated Belgrave for the consola- tion final. The championship, game provid- ep another exciting, game for the fans with Lucknow defeating Ripley 7 to 3. Ripley were leading the local boys 2 to 0 in the first period and then the Lucknow m started playing outstanding hyt.i. Todd Ritchie. scored 4' goals; Grant Murray scored '3 goals and received 3 assists, with Brian De Since last writing two weeks back, the Lancers finally put a four game winning streak together and "made the league playoffs. Last week's deadline was missed because of all the confuion over. a, Protest from Clinton. . The protest was denied and Lucknow won the last playoff spot, two points over. Hanover and Clinton. • On. February 18 Lucknow,went to Goderich and dropped a crucial, game 8 to 1 to Godetich. - At, that point the end' ` of the season certainly looked close, as the Lancers ; had to win all three remaining games to stay alive. Paisley came to town on Friday, the 20th and faced a real fired up team. They started slowly, as usual, and spotted Paisley a 3-0 lead in the first period, before Jim Murray finally lit the fire. PaisleY was never in the game from ,that point on. As the boys racked up a 7-3 win in front of a pleasing home town crowd, scoring was well spread over the team. 'Jim Murray had 3 goals, with singles going to Donald Mann, Harvey Livingston; Dave MacKinnon and. GrahaM Hamilton. This was a four point game as time was, running out for playoff deadline. On Satutday the Lancers got two points the easy way as Acton never showed. 'We wish to thank the fanS for their understanding with the situation and for' coming back with great support. The following day the Lancers went to Clinton for the final do or die game. They took control of th'e game right from the start and led Defeat Teeswater Lucknow Atoms warmed up for the -beginning of the W.O.A.A. Consolation. Series' by defeating Teeswater 8-0 on Monday night in the Litcknow arena in an exhibition game., • Scoring for Lucknow were *Wayne Phillips, three goals; Paul Pickard, two goals; George Alton,' two goals and one assist; David Emberlin, one goal and one assist. Other assists went to Kenny Irwin two;' Jamie Bere two; and Duane Rivett one. Lucknow is now scheduled to play Mildmay'in the first round of the consolation , series. Their next hOme game will. be Monday night. all the way through a bruising duel. Jim Farrish started the scoring from - Steve Hackett and Paul Frayne in the first period. The Lancers 'skated hard and never let down to lead the whole game. Bob O'Donahue 'was very steady 'in net holding Clinton to 3 goals. Graham Hamilton with `2 goals, Paul Frayne with one and John Eniberlin with : two rounded. off the scoring for a 6-3 win. The defencemen played a particuiatly effective game and came in for some high praise. Assisting on the goals were Jim Farrish and Graham Hamilton, One each and two each: to Ross Forster and poug Stevenson. Clinton lOdged a protest for too many players signed and after . three° anxious days and a trip to Stratford to' a meeting, the Lancers Were officially in • the playoffs against Goderich. The playoff was late starting. and Goderich lost the starting game to us in Lucknow on. Friday night. --Goderich -came out strong before a large and lively crowd and took a, 4-1 lead ending the first perio.1 Lucknow dominit- ed the second period completely with a switch of goal tenders to Jim Frayne. The period ended with Lucknow's , 4 unanswered goals putting them in the lead 5-4. The Lancers let down a little and the sailors kept coming on strong with two goals in the last half of the period. Jim Murray tied the game again with 5 minutes left to play and the Lancers took off again. Jim Murray scored again at the 2.15 mark to end the game 7-6. Goderich stayed right in thegame and , pulled the goalie out , but couldn't control the puck , in Lucknow's end. This game should indicate that the Lancers are worthy of being in Flea Tournament This Weekend This week end will mark the Lucknow' Flea Hockey Tournament on Saturday, March 6 sponsored by, Lucknow Recreation , ittee. Teams will be corn • ting for the Lucknow Legion C ampionship trophy and a consolation trophy donated by LucknoW Recreation Department. Teams . entered are Teeswater, Tiverton, RiPley, Belgrave, Blyth; Mildmay. Brussels and LucknOW: THURSDAY, MARCH 4 4:30 - 7:30 Figure• Skating 7:30 Industrial Hockey PlayOffs Holyrood vs Lucknow Kintail vs Ashfield I.M••••••••••0* SATURDAY, MARCH 6 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Flea Tournament 8:30 Intermediate Playoff (if necessary) Goderich vs Lucknow MONDAY, MARCH 8 4:30 - 7:30 p.in. Figure Skating 7:30 p.m. Atom Consolation Mildmay vs Lucknow TUESDAY, MARCH 9 8:45 p.m. Midget Playoff ° Paisley, va Luc kaow (If necessary) Due to game acheckding, there will be no Public Skating this week Sorry the playOffs and with a real team effort couledump the sailors right out of their skates early. Scoring went to Donald Mann, Pete Chisholm; Doug Stevenson, John 'Emberlin, Harvey Livingston and 2 to Jim Murray. Assists went to Paul •Frayne 2, Jim` Murray . 2, Dave MacKinnon 3 and one each to Stevenson, MacDOnald, Courtney and Hamilton. The second gaine back in Goderich on Sunday ended in a 3-0 score for the sailors. The play was much' closer than, the score. with GOderich goalie very shdrp on several shots. At writing time, the schedule. wasn't completely set ,as the 0.11-I.A. were pressuring to finish this round-by' March 7. ?The next definite home game will be Saturday, March 6 and in Goderich Wednesday, March 3. Kinsmen Undefeated in "Three Games Lucknow Kinsmen stretched their undefeated streak 'to three, games on Saturday night as they outscored the Ontario Provincial • Policeteam by a score of 8-6 in the . annual Kinsmen-().P.P. game. In a fun filled game, in assist. in . community service work, the Kinsmen 'Service ' projects will benefit by over $100. . A number .of assault charges, disappearance of referecs , and various other penalties were called to' add to the fun filled gantc. The 0.13,P, 'members are to he congrat• ulated for their sportwanship. Scoring for Kinsmen ,8 ere Andy Whitby two goals: Ritchie, Ken Johnston,. Ken Taylor, Terry Rathwell, Gary Ritchie and Murray Johnstone, one goal each. Included in the 0.P.P, lineup was Bill 'Nelson, a member of .the• Kincardine Police Department ,. formerly 'of Ltteknow. Groote, Sean. Culleton and Alex West each. getting 2 assists and Steve Hamilton- and John D. MacKenzie each receiving . one assist., The trophy was presented to John "D. MacKenzie as' captain, while the rest of the happy team watched. . The tournament will be one the boys, the coaches and the support- ers will not soon forget. FrOm the first game, to the final-game,' it was action at' its best. The parents and other members of the team are to be congratulated for their support towards the team in the tourna- ment. Lucknow will hold their annual Flea Tournament next Saturday, March the 6th. ' On. Sunday morning the local boys travelled to Goderich to play and came up, on top 5 • to 1. Goal scorers for Lucknow' were: Alex' West, 1 goal and 1 assist;, Todd Ritchie, 1 goal and 1 assist; Grant Murray, 1 goal and 2 assists; Brian De Groote, 1 goal and 1 assist; Chris Irwin; 1 goal; with 1 assist each to John D. MacKenzie and Steve Hamilton. Lancers Now In Playoff SpOes ith Godirkk014.floieSatiiiiday.