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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-03-05, Page 6•-mi NHwOM aiwassrasat, WWII* s. ISM Playoff plot thicket*. Cents split i Irish, who doth protest od, and that's the way it stood until roughly two pori - ods later, at 7:25 of the third when Scott Henderson equal- ized by tapping the puck home from a goal -mouth aesemblc. The goal was offi- cially credited to iinemate Jarrett Jeffrey, but all in the Centenaires' dressing room later said "Scotty" scored it. Greg Matthison and Jason Hayter set Seaforth's other Henderson, captain "Hendu," free with .the passes that led to ,his overtime breakaway. He made no mistake on the winter, beating Lucan goalie Nathan Maudsley cleanly, with a Burr a:aot .high to his suck aide. Wood picked up his third - straight playoff victory in the Cents' net. Seaforth out -shot the Irish 33-26. Exeter has made it through to the Morenz final. They swept Mitchell in four games in the other, all -Hawks, Moron semi. Throe of those wins by the defending OHA champs were decided by one goal. Game six, if necessary, is scheduled for Seaforth Friday night at 8:30, with game seven scheduled for Saturday night at Lucan. :6treforth's Cautoaaires aur- wind, the lush protested that teemed "The ,Mother of .all rratuit to the OHA. question - Weird 'Weekends" .in the ing the eligibility of Moran Division, emerging McKillop native Mark Van with a three games to one Dooreu, an affiliate player IOW over the.Lucan-hiwltt4 in with the Seaforth minor sys- their Morenz Division first tern. round hockey piayoff. The Lucan coaches told the team they did it, because they figured Seaforth would have done it to them in the same circumstances. The Cents were notified of •this protest Friday and filed a detailed official defence by registered mail Saturday. WINGER WATCH They hadn't been notified by the OHA of any ruling or possible hearing an the com- plicated cross jurisdictional technicality as of ,}mss time Tuesday. So until whenever, exactly where this little late winter soap opera stands is any- body's guess. Meanwhile veteran winger Van Dooren, who has done nothing wrong and only exactly what he was told to do, was forced to sit on his hands in the stands in frustra- tion Saturday night. And the rangy 18 -year-old local rightwinger might have • made a difference in this ten- sion -filled encounter. Maybe. Because the Irish used more than luck to stay alive by edging:them 4-3, with a goal at 3:11 in overtime: in front of roughly 350 fans at the Seaforth arena Saturday .night. The two teams .in green go at it again tonight (Wednesday) at Lucan, at 8:15. • Three of the first four games in this strange melo- drama have been decided in overtime. Last Wednesday night at Lucan. Jason Henderson scored 49 seconds into OT to give the Centenaires a 2-1 win, and what seemed a com- manding 3-0 lead in the best - of -seven OHA Junior "D"evelopment League series. • But. the best .laid plans of mice and men... With their backs to the wall and grasping at straws'in the $antams ousted Novices keep winning Matt Carnochan's hat trick Seaforth Saturday at 6:15 paced • Seaforth's novices Co pSeaforth'satom "II"s got a 5-3. win at Wingham Saturday, giving them a two • games to none lead in their best -of -five Western Ontario Athletic Association champi- onship final. Game three is at Wingham again Thursday at 7:15, and if a fourth is neces- sary it will be played here in Seaforth Friday night at 6:15. .Other local teams that are still alive faltered in minor hockey playoff action this week. • clobbered 8-1 here Thursday then -10-1 at Lambeth in the first two games of their best - of -five playotT. Game three was at Seaforth last night (this paper had already gone to. press). Game four if necessary is scheduled for Lambeth tomorrow (Thursday) night at 7:15. Meanwhile. Seaforth's novice "1I"s open their best - of five series on the road with The bantams were elimi- Stephen Township tonight. Games two and three are nated on home "ice Saturday. scheduled for Seaforth. losing 6-4 to Harrow. The Sunday .at 3 p.m. and next visitors swept their best -of- Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. five OMHA quarter -final. • . Our midgets . are on a bye . The• atom "1"s are. hard to figure. Seaforth started their best -of -five series -at Harrow Friday nightvwith.a•lep-sided 8-0 win, but the Stars were on the short end of two one - goal decisions on home ice Saturday and Sunday so now trail two games to one. Harrow beat them 4-3 in overtime here Saturday after- noon, then 5-4 Sunday after- noon. The latter Toss was par- ticularly hard _ to take. Seaforth was two men short because of penalties but still led 4-2 with 2:39 left in the game. Harrow netted the win- ner with 25 seconds left in regulation time. • Game four is at Harrow Friday night at 9:15. with a fifth. if necessary, _back at and as of Monday were still waiting to play the winner of the Exeter and Forest series, . which is tied. Seaforth may possibly playoff against Exeter at both midget and junior levels in the next round. = Our intermediate girls didn't play last week and don't play at home again in their playoff round-robin with Parkhill. Watford and Belmont for another two weeks. They play Parkhill at the Seaforth and District Community Centres at 8 p.m. on St. Patrick's Day. March 17. Seaforth's peewee "1"s and "1I"s .were eliminated from OMHA playoffs .prior to last week. It turneci on a squeeze. Seaforth goalie Scott Wood stretched and stabbed defonceman Mike Robb's snapshot in OT, but it popped out of his glove. The backcheckers thought he had it and took their eye off Andy Marshall by the comer of the net, who tucked the puck over the line to win it for the all-of-audden, born-again Irish. Tim Barton scored twice for the Cents and Jason Murray got .their other goal. it was 1- 0 for Seaforth after the first period and 2-1 after the sec- ond. Lucan fired a pair of goals, one on the powerplay, in,a two'minute span early .in the final period to take the lead, but Barton equalized two minutes later. Lucan out -shot Seaforth 29 to 28. CENTS 1 IRISIL2 (OT) Seaforth seemed sluggish for much of Wednesday's game. but still hung tough and came from behind for the third time in the series. It was their second win of the play- off early in OT. Lucan's Roy Davis scored a "baggy" goal that drifted through a crowd on a power- play at 8:50 of the first peri - PHOTO BY ANDY BADER/ADVOCATE BEARS PUT OUT BY FINAUSTS - Seaforth District High School's Sean Ludwig (23) scored 17 points but the senior Golden Bears still came up short in the WOSSA A" prelimi- naries against Mitohell, who themselves lost to St. . Thomas/ St. Joe's in the final. Goderich junior B hockey proposal on hold, ice time a problem for the 1998-99 season. This group's draft budget estimates an annual operating cost of $ 116.000. Connor said several large sponsors have expressed an interest. Other "Junior Pirates," according to the letter "received and filed" by the Goderich roc commiuee, are: manager icon 'Crawford, coach Kevin :Merriam, secre- tary -treasurer Ron Burt, sec- ond vice-president .Alvin Darr and first vice-president Mike Hodges. A move is afoot to get a junior B hockey team in Goderich. , The town's recreation com- mittee recently tabled a request for ice time at the Hockey heritage e1 hibit planned/ Huron may help Hockey is to get star billing for six months at the Bruce County :Museum in Southampton later this year. And Huron County may become involved making it a joint venture. It is the first time the Hockey Hall of Fame has allowed its material logo out on loan to a community museum. The exhibit, called "Our .Hockey Legends - The History of the Sport in area Counties and Canada" runs June 27 to Dec. 31. In ;his museum -and social services report to Huron County Council on Jan.' 2, Goderich .museum/director Claus Breede said planning for the ,hockey display is ongoing with the .Bruce museum. Artist :Ken Danby, whose specialty is sports, has agreecl ;to let the Bruce ,museum to ,use his well-known painting "At The Crease" ,s,$, e;logo .for the show. arena from "Junior Pirates president Dan Connor" He is the president of the senior team by the same name in town, an Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) outlaw, new on the scene two years ago. Goderich hasn't had an OHF Ontario Hockey Ass- ociation junior team for. about five seasons. Those old Sailors drew fans but didn't win too many junior games in the Western C League. They owed a lot of money for ice time before they went belly up. The application process is "a long road" cautioned Batt Swaim at the OHA. Goderich minor hockey decided not to support the junior bid at a Jan. 14 execu- tive meeting. "It's a question of ice time right now," said vice-presi- dent Watson Huff. "We've already lost a lot of ice time to the Pirates." He also said minor hockey hoped to have a midget team next season, and there just would not be enough room for midget and junior J3 at the local arena. Connor said there were too many obstacles for next sea- son, but said the backing would be in place and the group wants six hours of is time ' r week the next year, An open house will be.bosted by tree Council of the Towjship of Hibbert at the Township Hall in Staffa on Wednesday, March :12, 1997 8.-00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. to discuss various restructuring proposals for the County of Perth. A r,epresentative from Lite County will be in attendance to answer and .ex lain any concerns regarding its county -wide proposals for restructuring. Jim Bell, Pat Taylor, Clerk-Teeaaurer Clerk -Treasurer County (4 1' rth Township of Hibbert All Deposita Withn L►mhs5.6%Hatesto Vurcauon b YEAR ANNUAL 85% I5% 3.05% 1•r tiler 5 4 Nor 00 w View C Missal LLCCJJJJ . N 01 16 *mull, Doug Elliott B. 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