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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-01-01, Page 6ANDY BADER PHOTO COMEBACK IN THE HAWKS' NEST - The Seaforth Centenaires' all-star forward Tim Barton (#12) celebrates as team- mate J.C. Kirk finally gets the best of Mitchell goaltender Troy Chessell Friday night. Seaforth scored twice in the final eight minutes to come home with a 2-2 tie. They beat the same Hawks 2-1 Sunday night in Seaforth. Cents give fans something to cheer about The Seaforth Centenaires have pulled up their socks and look sharp to start the New Year. Steve Mclnally rapped home the winner in the wan- ing minutes, with 2:59 left on the clock Sunday night at the Seaforth arena as the Cents stung the Mitchell Hawks 2-1 in front of about 325 fans, the largest home crowd so far this season for the local juniors. Friday night at Mitchell in the front end of the tradition- al OHA Junior Development League Morenz Division hol- iday home -and -home series, in front of another healthy crowd, the Cents dispatched a two -goal deficit by striking twice in the final eight min- utes of regulation to come home with a 2-2 tie. In their final start before Christmas, the previous Sunday, Seaforth played an inspired game at Lucan, earn- ing a second -consecutive vic- tory over the Irish 6, this time by a score of 4-1. The busiest weekend of this season's schedule is what the Cents now have in store for them - three games in less than three days. Seaforth hosts Lucan Friday night at 8:30, travels to Parkhill for an 8:15 start Saturday, and to Delhi for a Sunday afternoon game at 2. The Centenaires are holding steady in the loss column these days, unbeaten in four, and looking in far better form than they were in the middle of December when they start- ed their busy Christmas schedule. Seaforth is now in second place in the Moretti: with a 15-11-2 record, three points up on Mitchell in third, but 10 points back of the divi- sion -leading and defending OHA champion Exeter Hawks. Seaforth goaltender Charles Robertson is likewise unbeat- en in the last four, a develop- ment which couldn't have come at a more crucial time for the team. He has kept the shooters in striking distance with big stops at the right time, and has lowered his own goals against average to a most respectable 2.71. He out -dueled the stingiest goaltending tandem in the Morenz - Troy Chessell and Scott Vosper - in the Mitchell games on the weekend. Captain Jason Henderson started the play Mclnal y fin- ished by beating Vos r for the late winner Sunda Seaforth. Steve Geiger opened the scoring for Seaforth midway through the first, but James Herr capitalized on a defen- sive giveaway as Mitchell equalized with just more than three minutes remaining in the opening 20. That's the way the score stayed until the end. Mitchell outshot Seaforth 32-28. JAWS OF DEFEAT Martin Van Den Hoven and Mark Mahon scored and the hometown Hawks were soar- ing along with a 2-0 cushion until Geiger connected on the powerplay for Seaforth with 7:22 remaining. It was only the fifth time the snake -bit Cents had beat- en Chessell in nine periods this season. Less than two minutes later Scott Van Dooren did it again, as Seaforth snatched a point on the road from the jaws of defeat, and missed a couple of good chances by a whisker in the five-minute sudden -death overtime. Seaforth playe 1 shorthand- ed because key players were down with the Eric Staff playmaking Hawks' l missed bo on a sch Blueli contin hocke colou Cen ali- t u. n, Mitchell's izard and the ading scorer, weekend games trip to Quebec. " r Greg Matthison s to play his hest ever in Seaforth . He will represent the at the annual league tar game in Lucan later s January. So will veteran orward Tim Barton. CENTS 4 IRISH 1 The Centenaires played solid from start to finish in front of another big crowd, holding Lucan (chipper from an overtime win over the division -leading Hawks at Exeter Friday) to a scant 13 shots on net. The Irish opened the scor- ing with a short-handed strike early in the second period, but a dribbler through the pads by Jarrett Jeffrey and a timely tap by J.C. Kirk after some persistent forechecking gave Seaforth a 2-1 lead heading into the final 20 min- utes. l SMITTIES MID WINTER Ly STARTS JANUARY 2nd - 9 AM Savings on Footwear For The Whole Family!!! r ss�o.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE sso.00 NAME. ADDRESS' PHONE #: CUT OUT AND BRING IN TO ENTER L 1 1/ J ENTER FREE DRAW FOR '50.00 CERTIFICATE NO PURCHASE NECESSARY A pretty goal by Scott Henderson and Matthison's "she's -all -over -but -the -crying clincher" ensured the Cents held their place in the stand- ings, with their second win over Lucan in a week. The Cents out -shot the Irish 34-13. 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