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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-01-25, Page 9THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 4s, 1!U-11 Steve Geiger First star in Junior 'D' all- star hockey game. Seaforth Cents' player first star in all-star game A veteran forward of the Seaforth Centenaires was the first star at Saturday night's Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D"evelopment League All-Star Game at Lucan. Steve Geiger, 17, of RR 1 Zurich earned the honour for his two goal and three assist performance, although he insists he didn't deserve credit for the second goal. In any case he helped the Western Division trounce the East 14-5. Geiger, who has 40 points from 16 goals and 24 assists for the Centenaires so far this season, played on a line in Saturday's showcase game with Seaforth teammate Steve Mclnaily and veteran Rob Boville of the Mitchell Hawks. All three are centres so took turns sharing the middle in Saturday's game. Mclnaily also had a good game, finishing with a goal and three assists. • 'Veterans Greg Deprest of the Lucan Irish and Shayne Robinson of the Exeter Hawks were second and third stars, respectively. Both are former 100 -point players in the division. Goalie Adam Agar, formerly of the Seaforth minor system but now playing with the Mitchell Hawks, Filtered the game with the, West enjoying a 9-2 cushion in the third period and allowed three, goals. Zimmer leaves Centenaires shortly after returning to team It was a case of "easy come, easy go" for the Scaforth Ccntenaires last week, who lost assistant coach Bob Zimmer who returned to the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League as head coach of the Listowel Cyclones. He replaces Scott Long fired earlier in the week. Zimmer, from Stratford, returned to the Cents as assistant to head coach Maurice Guy in December after a short and unsuccessful sunt as coach and general manager of a junior team in Great Falls, Montana. He was head coach of the Seaforth Juniors from 1990-92, and has more than three decades experience in the coaching game. Last year he was head coach and manager of, the Midwestern B League's Elmira Sugar Kings. "Zim was very up front about the whole thing," says Seaforth manager Gregor Campbell. "He approached us a couple of week's ago and said there was a possibility of an opening in Listowel, and had a closed door meeting with our guys after last Sunday's game in Lambeth." "We were lucky to get him back in the first place but will miss his experience," the Seaforth manager adds,"for my money he's the best in the business with under- achievers, but we couldn't come close to matching the Listowel offer and this is a great opportunity for him." Zimmer said the Listowel deal was "long term" and it was a case of taking it now or the offer maybe not being around if he waited. He has offered to continue to help out with the Centenaires here when and if he has the time. Ouy, who got into the coaching game as an assistant to Zimmer in Seaforth in 1991-92 and took the squad to the Division Final for the first time in a decade last season with a franchise record eight - straight playoff wins, continues to have the second best all-time record as coach of the Centenaires' Only co -coaches Bob Ward and Tom Chcssell have accumulated more wins, which they did between 1984- 86 while earning the team's only Oniarlo Hockey Association championship. • 4 • : t , •G PHOTO ALL EYES ON THE PUCK - A player for the Red Division Exeter Atoms races for the puck while Strathroy player and goalie eye the puck during Saturday's Optimist Atom Tournament. The Exeter team lost 8-1 in the finals to a team from Strathroy. OPTIMISTS PRESENT ATOM HOCKEY AWARDS - Jack Bedard, of the Seaforth Optimists, presents Exeter Atoms captain Daryl Weiss with a plaque for his team, which were -finalists on Saturday at the Optimist Atom tournament. The team lost to Strathroy in the Red Division final on Saturday. Seaforth had defeated Waterloo on shots after a 3-3 tie but lost to Exeter 2-1 on Saturday. Dublin -area native hot in St. Marys Greg Van Bakel SCUIRIEE BY ANDY BADER from Mitchell Advocate The grit, determination and skill of Mitchell Minor Hockey product Greg Van Bakel has taken him to St. Marys this hockey season, and not surprisingly, he's flourished. The 16 -year-old son of John and Marg Van Bakel of RR 2 Dublin has successfully made the leap from bantam (with a little Junior Development mixed in) to the Midwestern Jr. 'B' Lincolns in St. Marys. Currently fourth in team scor- ing, Van Bakel has seen plenty of ice time with the second -place Lincolns. What has made him suc- cessful this campaign, according to Lincolns' head coach Terry Uniac, is his style of play, which see Sports Scoreboard, page 15 Simplified Huron Esposito `.;Ncoreboard" forms mid :drop boxes are now available at the newspaper and prominentlylocated in the front lobby or the Seaforth and District Community Centres. This will enable us to get the results from any game sheets, particularly away games, that do not pass by Recreation Director Marty Bedard's desk every Monday morning. These "Scoreboard" forms don't require much time and effort from managers or coaches to fill out. You don't have to be Shakespeare. Just the basics are required - who, what, when and where- legibly printed, first names and last. Deadline for inclusion in the coming week's paper is Mondays at noon. Late reports will not be used the following week. Anybody with constructive comments or suggestions can call Gregor Campbell at the Expositor office at 527-0240. has rubbed off on his colleagues and made him a noticeable entity out on the ice. That style of play is all too familiar with minor hockey fans in this town. "He's just been a tremendous player for us," Uniac said before last Tuesday's key match -up with St. Thomas. "He shows leadership well beyond his years. He's played tough for us and he's put points up on the board. For a kid, he's got the heart the size of a football. He's a real great addition." Uniac added that he's one of those players which everybody Tikes --coaches, teammates and opponents. "I wouldn't he surprised to see Greg Van Bakel the captain of this hockey club next year," he pre- dicted, comparing the rookie favorably with veteran Lincoln and current captain Dan Wildfong. Making the leap to Jr. 'B' was a goal of Van Bakel's this year. And he has noticed a difference in the level of play. "It's a lot faster and it forces you to play a lot smarter style of game," he said. A centre in his minor hockey days, Van Bakel has successful- ly made the switch to right wing. "I'm used to it now, and I kind of like it," he noted. "I like to work in the corners." With 13 goals and 18 assists on the season, he has seen plenty of ice time all year --regular shifts as well as powerplay and penalty killing duties. see Van Baked, page 15 Paul McLlwain MVP Seaforth hockey veteran Paul McLlwain was• selected as the most valuable player at the Western Ontario Athletic Association's Senior All Star Game earlier this month at Drayton. Paul McLlwain,"22, scored a goal and two assists in a losing cause for the South Division at Drayton Jan. 7. The North won the game 6-4. McLlwain played graduated from the Scaforth minor system then played for Seaforth's junior Centenaires for five seasons before becoming ineligible because he was overage after last season. He now plays for the Clinton Radars. Those Radars are having their problems. They remain pointless at the bottom of the standings after the WOAA took away the few points they had earned last week for using ineligible players. Paul's cousin Kevin McLlwain of Egmondville and Scott Jervis of Harpurhey, also play for the Clinton seniors. Cents steal victory with quick goals The Seaforth Centenaires started slow but saved the hest for last on the weekend. They tallied three times in the last 1:46 of the game at the Seaforth and District Community Centres Sunday night to steal a 7-5 win from the visiting Exeter Hawks. Friday night, also on home ice, the Cents were back on their heels early so spotted the division -leading Pon Stanley Lakers a 4-0 lead before storming back to tie it, but eventually dropping a 6-4 decision. The weekend split leaves the Cents a solid fourth in the nine - team division of the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior "D"evelopment League with a 17- 15-3 record, still one point back of third-place Exeter, but who have three games remaining with the Lakers. Seaforth has next weekend off and doesn't play again until next Wednesday, Feb. 1, when they travel to Lucan to take on the red hot Irish Six. Sunday night's stunning comeback allowed Seaforth to take the regular season's series from Exeter for the first time since 1985- 86. They finished with two wins, two ties and a loss against the always tough Hawks. Jason Henderson's empty net goal with four seconds on the clock iced the win, giving him a hat trick for the evening. The Ccntenaires twice trailed by two goals, 3-1 and 4-2, but Greg Matthison's second goal of the game with 1:46 remaining tied it. Thirty five seconds later Steve McInally's marker gave the Cents the lead for the first time in the game, and for good. Jason Cook, returning to Seaforth's lineup for the first time .since the start of December, also scored. Stunning comeback for Seaforth There were only two minor penalties called the enure game by referee Jeff Smith, both to Seaforth. Friday night the Cents tried to beat the Lakers at their own game early, but soon found they couldn't outskate or out -finesse the talented pace setters, falling behind 4-0 by the 6:51 point of the second period. Goals by Chad Papple, Jason. Hayter, Steve Geiger and Jason GREAT HOCKEY ACTION The Clinton Radars (Senior "A") VS. Palmerston Friday, January 27'h/95 8:30 p.m. at the Clinton Arena 'Cokh the simulcast horse races from Woodbine & The Meadowlands. Dunseith tied it for Seaforth oy early in the third, but the Lakers got the winner on a powerplay at 8:33, then an empty net goal in the final minute. I,AKERS 6 at CENTS 4 First period 1. P.S., Falulkner (Steele, Rush) 2;51 pp 2. P.S., Vandepeer, 6:32 sh Penalties • Lauwaert, C4th (high stick) 2:03; Rush, P.S. (trip) 5:22 Second period 3. P.S., Jalbert (Willsie, Goodhue) 4:00 4. P.S., Camp (Jalben, Wilkie) 6:51 5. C4th, 1laytcr (Carroll, Ti Banco) 8:28 6. C4th, C. Papple (Geiger, Ramer) 16:16 Penalties - NONE Third period 7. C4th, Geiger (Flanagan, C. Papple) 1:51 8. C4th, Dunseith, 6:20 pp 9. P.S., Camp (Bedford) 8:33 pp 10. P.S., Steele (Goodhue) 19:49 en Penalties • Steele, P.S., McInally, C4th (slash) 3:02; Hicks, P.S., (rough, cross check) 3;15; Carroll, C4th (hold) 6:46; Dietrick, P.S., Mcinally, C4th (rough) 17:06. Shots on goal: NA Goal: Port Stanley (Joworski); Seaforth (Swan) Referee: Raymond McManus Attendance: 180 HAWKS 5 at CENTS 7 First period 1. Ex, Farquhar (Glavin, Dalrymple) 7:17 $ 2. C4th, Henderson, 15:14 Penalties - Second period 3. Ex, Cousineau (Robinson, McBride) 2:06 pp 4. Ex, Robinson (Livermore, Burns) 9:03 5. C4th, Henderson ()eternally, Nahrgang) 10:47 6. C4th, Cook (Geiger) 10:58 7. .Ex, Cousineau (Farquhar, [lodge) 18:55 Penalties • Little, C4th (elh) 1:07; Carroll (rough) 6:57 Third period 8. Ex, Gilfillan (Cousineau) 10:21 9. C4th, Matthison (Ramer, Geiger) 10:29 10. C4th, Matthison (McInally, Ti Barton) 18:14 11. C4th, McInally (Carroll) 18:49 12. C4th, Henderson (McInally) 19:56 en Penalties - Shots on goal: NA Goal: Exeter (Kints), Seaforth (Nahrgang) Referee: Jeff Smith Attendance: 75 est CRAIG HARDWOODS LTD. • AUBURN • Buying Bush Lots or Selected Trees eat Ilea, TOP CASH PRICE FIREWOOD Have you considered Hardwood Slabs? They are approximately t/ the price of Body wood! We Deliver in 17 Cubic Yard Boxfuls. Bele /Amp 'ass Torose merit Deetossf 519.526.7220 McMaster Siemon AINSURANCE BROKERS INC. AUTO — HOME FARM — TRAVEL COMMERCIAL C'IAL LIFE *INSURANCE BROKERS RILL SIEMON VICKI SIEMON ANETTB McTAGGART DAN PROCTOR 68 Ontario Rd. 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