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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-09-06, Page 66—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Soptomber O, 1995 McLlwain wants to help Continued from page 1. "You hate to blame injury but.,.obviously I'm behind the 8 -ball, not necessarily written off, but I ' have to go into training camp and show it was an injury that slowed me down and when I'm healthy I can play with the best of them in the league." Time will tell, perhaps in the next six weeks. If management has already "closed the book" on him, McLlwain feels he may be made available to the waiver draft. "I actually want to stay in Ottawa," he says. "You go through the rough points and you can sort of see a light at the end of the tunnel - with a young team that is starting to jell a bit. It would be fun to be part of that team that can win hockey games." They were a long way from the playoffs but Ottawa's for- tunes improved in their final dozen games last year. Dave's game was on the upswing too, playing on a line that seemed to have the right chemistry, with Troy Mallete and Scott Levins. The trio clicked and the Senators won five of their final seven games. "I felt I could play another 30 games and hockey was fun for us again," McLlwain says. Though the team lost about a dozen one -goal decisions last time around, Dave knows that's not what people will see when they peruse the stats in the history books. The bottom line is the Senators must start winning more hockey games, or more heads than Dave's will roll. "We have to," he says. "A new rink is coming into Ottawa and we have to fill that rink. They are not going to come and watch a team that is playing way under .500 hock- ey. „ McLlwain says all those talented young legs that started to jell for the Senators at the end of last season, and with important off-season additions such as Steve Duchesne, Ot- tawa is capable of playing .500 hockey at home right now, and should now attempt the next logical challenge on the climb to respectability - also winning as many games as they lose on the road. • HOCKEY SCHOOL Dave's now annual hockey school ended here in Seaforth Last Friday, before summer's last long weekend. Enrolment was down this year but he says it continues to be "great working with the kids and instructors...and it's definitely something I want to continue." Competition is also fierce these days in the hockey school business. When the local school started it had a large area to draw from and its only competition was in London, but 'since then similar schools have sprung up in Kincardine, St. Marys and Stratford. En- rollments are down across the board for many established schools, McLlwain says: "I think it's survival of the finest. If you can sell your product and show that the kids learn something and have a little fun you can be successful. Maybe everybody's a bit finan- cially strapped these days" That's something Dave isn't, Being an eight-year NHL veteran has its perks. It's a life most young males in this country would trade their souls for at some point in their Saturday morning hockey dreams. McLlwain has played for the Penguins, Winnipeg, New York Islanders, Buffalo, Toronto Maple Leafs and Senators. "We all sometimes struggle at different jobs," McLlwain says. "I've enjoyed it 100 per cent. Sure there are low spots... "I think what I went through when I was traded a few times there in one year made me mentally stronger. It made me realize just what the game is all about. "It's not just - go out and play. There is the, politics part of it. It is a big business now and different teams move guys for different reasons. "I wouldn't trade it for the world. I've enjoyed it. I pick up things every .day. I just don't know what I would do without hockey in my life. "I try to act as normal as I can, like the average person from Seaforth. I just like to fit in and be a person from a small town. "And they can never take that part away from you." Sower WESTERN ONTARIO SOCCER LEAGUE SENIOR Second Division/ Central (Aug. 26 result) Marconi 1 AT ST. COLUMBAN 1 STANDINGS Name WL T F Benfica 15 1 1 91 Lon United 11 2 3 28 St. Columban 9 5 3 28 Falcons 9 5 1 30 Exeter Cents 7 8 2 34 German Can 6 6 3 34 Marconi 6 8 21 31 Olympics 5 8 4 24 Albanians 4 10 1 33 Nairn 2 11 3 17 Maltese 1 10 5 20 Future Game - Thur. Sept. 7 - St. Columban at Benfica, 6:30. A I'IS 15 46 14 36 23 30 13 28 35 23 38 21 35 20 26 19 61 13 61 9 46 8 EAGER TO GET AT IT - Seaforth's Dave McLlwain had his worst NHL season ever last year, and his team - the Ottawa Senators didn't do much better. The bottom Bulls down Cents in annual rookie game The Brussels Bulls put an end to a tradition of "sister - kissers" by beating the Seaforth Centenaires 10-6 in their first exhibition game of the junior hockey season Friday, their now annual Rookie Game. The past two such games between the two area teams, who play in different Ontario Hockey Association leagues, ended in draws. - It was the first time in five exhibition games over the last three seasons the Centenaires have lost to a Western Junior C League opponent. Seaforth dominated the opening 22 minutes of the game, leading 4-2 after the first period, but the Bulls then found some intensity and dominated the well-auended game at the Seaforth and District Community Centres. 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