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OHL: iWin forwards are confused by their treatment by offlclals,
but Knights brass says 'they know better' than to talk back
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Rupert twins rapped
for ripping OHI.
referees on ice
with four of the seven minor penalties
handed out in the Knights' 5-1 win.
I le toned it down Saturday night in a
7-2 victory over Guelph with only two
trills to the sin bin.
The 1 hunters want the Rupert twins to 1 le wonders, at times, if there is a
zip their lips. double standard aimed at hint and his
No more squawking at the refs. rough-and-tumble brother Ryan. "Some
"'They have a reputation of being refs, I feel like they call more penalties
aggressive forwards, but they r'an't talk," on Illi' and Ryan than others, so 1 don't
said Mark 1 hinter, the London Knights know," he said. "1 feel like I'm doing the
(GM. "It's too much. 1(151 lt';1Vt' It alone. same stuff other teams do t() us. 'they're
Let Mark and Dale 1lunter deal with a slashing me and they're not getting
referee issue. We'll talk to (()111. vice- called, so 1 feel like 1 should he able to
president) Ted Baker or (league director do the sante to them and I end up (in
of officiating) Conrad (1 lache). 'That's the box).
enough. You can't he talking, period. "1 don't understand, really."
"'flat hurts 0111' team and they know The frustration boiled over in the
better." Windsor game when Matt Rupert
Matt Rupert, who had six minor pen- thought his brother was slew -footed
allies in two wins over Windsor and right in front of the net.
Guelph on the weekend, doesn't sound "'they didn't call it," he said. "'then I
like someone who's crossed that bridge come back and get a penalty. 1 got
just yet. slashed in that game and my stick
"1 had eight minutes in penalties broke. They didn't call that. 1 feel like
(against Windsor) and 1 felt like 1 maybe we're drawing penalties, then not get
deserved two of them," the 19 -year -olid ting the call."
(;rand Rend native said. "MI those pen- It's not just Matt Rupert. Ryan is con -
allies, I feel like because (of) who I arn, fused, too.
they were called. 'There's nothing you "11 S('t'1115 every year, it gets worse and
can do and I feel like it's been unfair." worse," the Toronto Maple Leafs draft
Matt Rupert was slapped with an pick said. "The calls (against them),
unsportsmanlike -conduct penalty on Matt :s slash Friday wasn't that hard, but
top of a slashing call in the third period that same penalty I'm killing, I get the
ofa tie game against the Spitfires on Fri- stick slashed out of Inv hands. Some-
day at Budweiser Gardens. 1 le finished times, 1'11 (dive (to draw a call), but there
Bayview senior golf
league wraps up season
Lakeshore Advance 1ST LOW NET — RON WILSON
2ND LOW NET — LLOYD WALTERS
On Monday, September 30 the Bary -
view Men's Senior League held their
2013 season wrap up.
30 golfers participated and then
enjoyed a luncheon banquet where
prizes wen awarded to flight winners.
Winners were as follows:
A FLIGHT:
LOW GROSS — LEE VANDONGEN - 41
1ST LOW NET — STEVE NORTHEY
2ND LOW NET — TONY PRESTON
B FLIGHT:
LOW GROSS — DOUG ZAVITZ - 43
1ST LOW NET — LEN BOCK
2ND LOW NET — STEW PINSENT
C FLIGHT:
LOW GROSS — PAUL WEILAND - 52
CLOSEST TO THE PIN ON 2ND SHOT
WINNERS WERE: HOLE #2 — DOUG
ZAVITZ AND HOLE #9 — LEROY
MELOCHE
It was a good season and as usual
Bayview Golf Course was int excellent
condition.
Special thanks to lith and Chris
Masse and all the staff at Bayview for
another great year.
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wasn't a dive there:'
Ryan doesn't think the reputa-
tion he has developed stems
hack to his infamous two-
handed slash on former Soo
Greyhounds pest Nick Cousins
two years ago. 'Ihey IlaV(' always
answered the hell %viten their
stickwork has gone overboard.
"I think it's the style of play,"
Ryan said. "'Ihe refs hate calling
penalty -filled gam's and we're
the ones doing tht' beyond -the -
edge stuff. If you notice, have we
dote any scrums in the benches
or after the whistles lately? No,
it's all between the whistles still
- but now we're getting penal-
ties for it:'
They are, Ryan believes, less
effective players until they figure he scored I I tines, loo.
this out. "Yost can't focus on the penal -
Ryan Rupert was one of the ties, you have to focus on win
Knights best players in the play- ning the game," Matt said. "You
offs last spring with 11 goals. don't change flI)ythil)g 110(1 (11)1)1
That followed a rather unpro- tet the refs change the way yoll
ductive regular season, in which play."
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Ryan and Matt Rupert,
But change the way they talk
to the refs? 'I The Knights would
like that.
I ori nee Knights star David
llolland went through a stretch
in his fourth year where he vis
heti the box on a regular basis.
Ile adjusted and scored 57
goals.
"David would yell, then go out
811(1 block a shot," London assist-
ant coach Dylan Hunter said.
"'that's what you get from a char-
acter guy. 'they make up for it as
hest they can. 'Ihe Ruperts know
when they've said too much and
they conn' out and block a shot
with their faces.
"We tell our guys to not say
anything to the refs. 'That's the
roaches' job. You want to keep a
level head out there and vou're
not going to change the call.'
It's even harder to change that
than 8 reputation or two.
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