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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-03-11, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, March 11, 1981 Win Friday in overtime Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH The 1980-81 hockey season may really seem long to the executive of the South Huron hockey league and president John Stephens in particular. The league executive has spent many hours in dealing with player eligibilities and has ruled with an iron hand in suspending teams and players. It all started more than a month ago when at least four players on the Parkhill Merchants roster were deemed to be illegal and one of the Forest Boyds was in a similar situation. The Parkhill team was suspended for the balance of the season and all points and statistics were wiped out Then a week ago, a discrepancy was found in the playing card of Glenn Nicholson of the Zurich Buckeyes. It appears that the address showing on Nicholson's driver's licence was not the same as his actual residence which put him outside the legal area for the Buckeyes to draw players. The league constitution calls for a copy of player's driving licence to be attached to his playing card for purpose of establishing residence. As a result of the latest infraction, Nicholson was suspended for the balance of the season and all points won by the Buckeyes in which he played were stricken from the records. Also. the Zurich representative on the league ex- ecutive was suspended until at least the end of the first round of playoffs. These reprimandatory actions may sound severe. but. all have been dealt with in the same manner ac- cording to the league constitution. We know that the executive and president Stephens will be receiving a lot of criticism, but• hope they stand up for the league's rights and continue to operate a top notch organization. The league executive is in an unique position that they don't have any higher body like the OHA or CAHA to look for in getting any guidance. All the decisions are made at the local level and this probably is the best way to operate. The South Huron league since it's inception some eight years ago has operated on the same high prin- ciples anowe would certainly hope they continue to do so. Congratulations Although they failed to survive the first round of playoffs in Huron -Perth Conference basketball ranks. the South Huron senior Panthers compiled their best record in many years. The Panthersonlylost one game during the regular schedule as they finished on top. Their only loss was to the Goderich Vikings in overtime at the South Huron gym about a month ago. Coach Terry O'Rourke called this year's senior boys team as the hardest working he had ever coached at South Huron. The most impressive statistics for thePanthersthis year were not found on the scoreboard, but• were registered on the performance chart. In particular in a come -from -behind 51-46 win over Listowel to clinch a playaff spot, the chart indicated that South Huron had outrebounded a much taller and stronger Listowel team. The Listowel coach was so impressed with this dimension of the South Huron game that he asked coach O'Rou.rke what rebounding drills he used in practice. The improvedPanther reboundinggame is a major reason for the team's success this season. Congratulations. fellows for a great season and next year should he better than ever. While passing out acolades we shouldn't forget the Exeter junior Hawks. This club showed tremendous fight in coming back from a three game deficit to win two straight and then match the Mitchell Hawks stride for stride before bowing out in overtime. TheHawksare nowevenwith namesakes in Mitchell oyer the past four years of playoffs win which each club has won twice. Coach Ron Bogart has not decided about his being back tor next year. but, we would guess he will take another crack at trying to outfox Bob Zimmer. his coaching rival in Mitchell. 'I'he Exeter club should he a strong contender for the league and provincial championships next year as only three of this year's players will be lost due to overage The three are Ron Bilke. Dennis Preszcator and Brad Taylor All have played on two provincial cham- pions during their minor hockey career. Could surprise some people A teww weeks ago on Hockey Night in Canada Don Cherry made a sort of uncomplimentary remark about Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers who is current- ly leading the NHL in scoring. We would guess that Cherry would be pleased to retract his statement in the next month if the Edmon- ton club tails to make the playoffs. Cherry has been named coach of the NHL team which will represent Canada in world competition in April and only players from teams missing the playoffs will be available Gretzky's presence would not only give the Cana- dian club some dignity but a better than average chance of being right in contention. The young star from 13rantford is the type of player well suited for international play. His stickhandling ability and puck control would be a great asset. In addition. the Europeans are well known for their grabbing and clutching and Gretzky gets plenty of that in the NI11, from players frustrated in failing to stop him with legal methods. 1 1WIIW141101 '4'! it AV 1 Meet again'in Lucan, Friday Irish win two struight over Mitchell The Lucan Irish came up scores came with the op -Harold Davis opened the score at 10:35 on passes from put his club ahead with 59 playing at full strength. Power plays help with two straight wins this position playing shor- scoring for Mitchell at 5:45. Doug Latta and Jetf Mar- seconds left. Paul Medd and Two power play goals by Power plaoals late in week to move ahead of the thanded. Keith Hartwick squared the shall and Kevin Hartwick Doug Latta assisted. the Hawks in less than a the first period and early in nor - Mitchell Hawks in their OHA The only goal of the second minute near the halfway the second gave the Irish a Western Junior "D" nor period came from the stick mark of the third period sent lead which they never thein group final playoff.,: of Keith Hartwick of Lucan the game into overtime. The relinquished. After losing the first game , .If . on a pass from Jeff Marshall marksmen were Rob Stovel Lucan um in front at of the best -of -seven series, Y ,11' `' V F �'., ; � . at 5:52 with the teams and Harold Dsvis. 6:49 as j Keith Hartwick ti fir. the Irish won 7-2 in Mitchell '','converted g converted a pass from Jeff Tuesday night and eked out a ''�.. t, ,� � Marshall while Mitchell was 4-3 overtime win in Lucan ,` 1 ` Saints all even enjoying a manpowerFriday night. ,x� vantage. The fourth game of the• John Sykes tied the score series was played last night, �. /'. `Z ` w I h Goderich for Mitchell at 16:36 and Jeff Tuesday in Mitchell. The Id , ` 1 _ $ Marshall took advantage of a The Centralia College the College storing at five fifth contest is slated for the �" , f g g power play situation at 17:57 Lucan Comunity Centre -. i Saints and the Goderich minutes of the first period on to put the Irish ahead again. Friday night at 8:15 p.m. ,x: ,7.t e.:, Merchants are all tied up at a pass from Joe Boyle and Jeff Hartman and Keith It took a second overtime a game apiece in their South Larry Gaynor tied the score Hartwick assisted. period to decide the winner £ z cY r r Huronhocke to ue best -of- for Goderich on a solo dash. { f t ' g five la off series. Goderich took a second In the first minute of the Lucan Friday. 1_ p Y middle frame, Mitchell scored .two third "`. x Goderich won the first period lead on goals by Rob wick fired in a pass from period goals to force a 10 game on home ice 4-3 and the Sudan and Paul Corriveau Brian Murray with Mitchell minute overtime period. -. Saints chalked up an 8-4 while Ken Vanos replied for again playing shorthanded. This proved to be scoreless victory on Stephen township the Saints on passes from Ed At 10:23, Jamie Shipley and two clubs started a 20 .., ; , arena ice. A goal by Len Michniewicz and Joe Boyle. finished off a three-way minute sudden death period. Kolkman with less than two Ken Vanos fired three Y combination with Paul Jeff Murray scored on a minutes left gave Goderich successful shots in the final Wraith and John Medd and pass from Doug Latta at 8:53 the opening game victory. 20 minutes of play with Ed about two minutes later of the second extra session to A CLOSE CALL -- Kevin Hartwick of the Lucan Irish bottles for the puck near the Mitchell Bill Lewis of Goderich Michniewicz assisting on all Keith Hartwick scored his send the Lucan fans home Hawks goal. In the foreground are Ron Glenn of the Irish and Mitchell's Tim Ball. T -A photo counted the only goal of the three and Mike Sadler second goal of the game on a happ��. first period. The second getting one assist. pass from Jeff Marshall. Penalties played a big part period was only three The other Saints goals Darryl Stacey scored the Mbehindminutes old when Ed were notched by Ed second Mitchell goal at 17:30 five of the seven goals in a rather chippy game with / I ■ o a wks Michniewicz tied the score Michniewicz, Brian Shaw with this time the Irish coming on a power play for the Saints on an and Dave McFadden. playing a man short. attempts. unassisted effort. The only third period The Irish finished up with The Irish led 2-1 after theplayaf home Thvrsda Scoring came quickly in Goderich goal came from the two third period goals. Ron first period of play and all y the last three minutes of the stick of Bill Lewis. Glenn scored with passing period. Phil Paquette and The game was again filled help from Keith Hartwick Rick Rawson registered for with penalties with Goderich and Brian Murray counted Goderich at 17:17 and 17:58 taking 22 minors and the on a pass from Paul Medd. and with 30 seconds Saints were assessed 17 The Lucan club took 11 of remaining Joe Boyle hit the minors and one major for the 21 penalties called by mark for the Saints on a pass spearing. referee Rick Williamson. from Captian Ken Vanos. The Saints tied the score at 3-3 at 15:27 of the final session as Ken Vanos scored on a three-way combination with Wayne Kibler and Mike Sadler. Goderich took 19 of the 29 minor penalties handed out by referees Wayne Corbett and Brian Campbell. Dart lead widens The Doublers have opened up a four point lead in first place in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. They now have 79 points. The Itchy Niters have moved into second place with 75 points and the Evil Eyes are third one point farther back. Last Chance are in fourth spot with 69 points. This week's scores were: Itchy Niters 4 Evil Eyes 1 Outlaws 4 Out of Space 1 Doublers 4 Last Chance 1 Shiphunters 4 Rowdy Ones 1 Family Affair 4 Scotties 1 Jaams 4 CB'ers 1 Canscotts 4 DR's 1 Winkers 3 Sassenachs 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Shiphunters vs Doublers CB'ers vs Scotties Evil Eyes vs Outlaws Out of Space vs Sassenachs 9:30 p.m. Canscotts vs Winkers DR's vs Itchy Niters Family Affair vs Jaams Last Chance vs Rowd Ones The Exeter Mohawks find themselves two points down to the Forest Boyds in South Huron hockey league playoffs after three games. The Mohawks and Boyds battled to a 6-6 tie in over- time Thursday night and Sunday. the Forest club broke loose .to record an 11-5 victory. The first game of the series played a week earlier ended in a 3-3 tie. The fourth game of the best -of -five series will be played tomorrow night, Thursday at the South Huron Rec Centre and the fifth goes Sunday night in Forest at 7:30 p.m In Sunday's game the Mohawks held a 4-3 lead after the first period of play only to have the Boyds score eight straight times to put the verdict away. The Mohawks scored their final goal with only one minute left. The game was only 23 seconds old when Jeff Fuller put the Mohawks in front on a three-way effort with Tom Ryan and captain Mike Anstett. Forest responded with goals from the sticks of Henry Veens and Dave Quinn before Exeter scored two quick goals in a space of 26 seconds. Mike Anstett notched the first rapid score on passes from Tom Ryan and Luc Gagnon and Brion Penhale registered on an unassisted effort. Henry livens scored again for Forest before Tom Ryan registered the fourth Exeter marker on a solo dash to end the first period. In the final two periods Rob Sullivan scored three times for Forest and single goals were fired by Henry Veens. Larry Hutton. Dave Ulrich. Bernie Murray and Jim Laird. Each score in overtime In Thursday's 6-6 deadlock each team scored one goal in overtime and had to settle for their second consecutive one point. Forest started out strong with a 3-1 edge after the first 20 minutes of play. Henry Veens notched two goals and Dale Quinn fired one successful shot. The only first period Ex- eter score came from the stick of Tom Ryan on a play air WIN STEPHEN TROPHY — Pfaff Electric won the weekend Stephen towraip rec tourna- ment. Above, Ken Govers presents the trophy to Pfaff captains Dennis Bierling and Larry Taylor T -A photo Bill Brock rink wins IOOF mixed bonspiel Sixty-four players took to the ice for the second annual . Brucefield 1.O.O.F. mixed curling bonspiel held at the Vanastra Curling Club on February 28. The early risers were on the ice at 9 a.m. and alt four sheets of ice were kept busy until 9 p.m. All teams played two six -end games and one eight -end game. After the action on the ice, all the curlers enjoyed a delicious pork dinner catered to by the ladies of the Vanastra Curling Club. Top winner of the day was a rink from Exeter, skipped by Bill Brock, third was Janice Brock, second was Ray Mills and lead Judy Mills. Congratulations to this rink. Individual draw winners were: 9 a.m. draw, first place an Exeter team of Bill and Janice Brock, Ray and Crediton Baseball Association BASEBALL REGISTRATION Boys and Girls All Ages Wed., March 18, 1981 STEPHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL 7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Birth Certificates and OHIP Number required Refreshments to follow t Judy mills, ; second place Ray and Marg Consitt, Ross and Beatrice Richardson of Hensall; third place. Ivan and Marg Lince, Jack and Jean Henderson. 11 a.m. winners were: first place Gord and Eileen Ross, Bill and Audrey Rowe of Exeter; second place Harold Eilliott's rink from Sarnia; and third place, Barry and Sheila Davis, Jerry and Sandra Johnston of Vanastra. Door prize win- ners were Ivan Lince, Cheryl Edwards, Barry Davis and Helen Farrar. Draw prize winners were Ray Mills and Audrey Rowe. started by Luc Gagnon and Dave Jackson. The Mohawks returned the favour in the middle period by outscoring their opposi- tion by three goals to one and created a 4-4 tie. Brion Penhale hit for the first goal on passes from Jeff Fuller and Luc Gagnon. Mike Anstett was the next to hit the mark on a pass from Dan Webb and Tom Ryan converted a pass from Gagnon. The lone second period goal for the Boyds was shot by Chris McGregor. Forest went ahead again at 9:18 of the third period on a goal by Dave Ulrich and the lead held until the clock showed only 13 seconds left in regulation time. At this point Luc Gagnon completed a three-way effort with Brion Penhale and Jim Guenther. In overtime. Dale Quinn put the Boyds ahead at 2:38 only to have Jim Guenther of the Mohawks hit the Forest net at 5:15 with assists going to Bill Van Bergen and Brad Daters. The tying Exeter goals late in regulation time and in overtime came on power plays. Referees Bill Smith and Tom Miller assessed 18 penalties to the Forest club while the Mohawks took 14 penalties. Pfaff wins rec title Pfaff Electric of Exeter won the weekend Stephen township rec hockey tour- nament with three straight victories. Pfaff's defeated the Stephen all stars 8-2, Van- derVloet's by a score of 11-2 and the AilsaCraig Aces 9-1 in the championship game. To reach the "A" final, the Ailsa Craig Aces downed the Dashwood Tigers 4-1 and edged Zurich 4-3. The, Dashwood Tigers won the "B" consolation title with a 7-3 win over the Stephen All stars after beating Crediton Sho Gun and losing to Ailsa Craig. The Stephen all star win came by a score of 8-5 over the Exeter Trees. Other scores were Zurich 6 Crediton Sho Gun 5, Van- dervloet's 7 Trees 1. Don McKellar was named the moat valuable player in the tournament and Randy Lovie was chosen as the best goalie. Both are members of the championship Pfaff Electric club. w - . i st Ili .l■ .. MI 1.1 III NI 1111 illREPAIR SERVICE UTBRU We'll make your car LOOK LIKE NEW CALL TODAY HUNTER-DUVAR 1 1 1 Auto -body Call - 1 evenings ca229ll 2358945-17471 ig■MINIasl••roe INt•sowi Strong third period In the second game the Saints came on strong with six third period goals to post the 8-4 victory. Ken Vanos who paced his team with five goals opened Curlers from all points Visiting couples from as far away as Toronto, Forest and Granton will be in Exeter on Saturday and Sunday to curl in the Exeter Curling Club's annual St. Patrick's mixed invitational bonspiel. The event, sponsored by Victoria and Grey Trust Company, was originally developed by Lois and the late Lee Learn, well known area curlers and Exeter residents. Under their guidance, the bonspiel was founded to provide newer curlers with an opportunity to enjoy the game under circumstances that en- courage fellowship rather than keen competition. The present organizers, Don and Helene Cameron, are looking forward to the two-day event which en- volves three games of curling, a banquet, dance, pancake breakfast and prizes for every participant. Lucan Community Centre Presents NHL TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS OLD TIMERS vs LUCAN & DISTRICT SELECTS Fri. Mar. 20, 1981 8 p.m. Advance tickets Adults & students 4.00 At the Door $5.00 Advance Tickets Grade school children $1.00 At the door 1.50 Advance tickets available only to March 15 m vs. FOREST BOYDS PLAYOFFS Thursday, March 12 8:30 p.m. South Huron Rec Centre 1 l UCKY TICKET HOLDER WU.l. 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