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Times-Advocate, 1981-04-01, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, April I, 1981 Enjoy best season Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH The 1980-81 hockey season came to an abrupt end for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Paul and Perry Pooley. The Poolevs, Exeter's contribution to the Buckeyes lineup enjoyed an excellent season in their first try south of the border. In addition to leading the Buckeyes in scoring, Paul Pooley was named co -rookie of the year in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Paul scored 28 goals and added 31 assists for 59 points in 38 games. Eight of his successful shots came on power plays and he also added two goals while his team was playing short handed. Perry was also well up on the Ohio State scoring ladder with nine goals and 15 assists for 24 points in 37 games. Ohio State lost to Northern Michigan by a 6-4 count in a two game total goal series for the league championship. Memories come back It was interesting to read a story in Sunday's Toronto Star about the Young Canada pee wee hockey tournament in Goderich. The article reported that one of the tournament founders Guy Emmerson was recalling some of the amazing teams that have appeared in Goderich in the past 32 years. It said one of the most remarkable teams to appear in Goderich came from St. Joseph and they arrived with only eight players, five sticks and Eaton's catalogues for shin pads. This is where the article was in error. The team was actually from Mount Carmel and Jack Morrissey was the fellow who Loaded eight youngsters in his own vehicle and headed out with very little equipment in- cluding cricket pads for the goal tender. We believe that was the year they won at least two games and Frank Dalton scored at least a dozen goals. His father Jim was the proprietor of the Mount Carmel store at the time. Sports on stage We just learned this week that one of the plays being presented this summer at Blyth Summer Theatre will have a sporting theme. The play will actually be a musical comedy, but, it will be based on the life and hockey career of one of the greatest hockey players of all time, Howie Morenz. The play is being written by Blyth Theatre founder Keith Roulston, who has been in the newspaper and writing business for many years. The play will be named Fire on Ice and will show that Morenz had a great sense of humour and was just as colourful off the ice as he was on skates. When hockey oldtimers argue about who was the greatest player of all time you will hear the name of Howie Morenz just as often as Bobby Orr, Maurice Richard or Gordie Howe. In 1950, Howie Morenz was named theNHLplayer of the half century. He also was the NHL most valuable player winning the Hart trophy for two years and the Art Ross trophy three times as the league's leading scorer. Morenz scored 40 goals in one 42 game season with the Canadiens. His salary at that time was about $1,600 a year. Morenz died at the age of 34, about two months after he suffered a broken leg. Helping Roulston with his research on Morenz are Toronto Star sports reporter Milt Dunnell who was a young sports writer with the Stratford Beacon Herald in the 1930's when Morenz was known as the Stratford Streak and his sister Gertrude Bushfield who still lives in Stratford. Marlene Morenz, daughter of the famous oldtimer is married to another famous former Canadien Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion. Their son Danny plays for the Winnipeg Jets. The Morenz play in Blyth should turn out to be very interesting and entertaining. Get your tickets early. A subway series The South Huron intermediate hockey league playoffs have wound down to the final championship round and ardent fans of both clubs won't have much travelling to do. The final pits the Zurich Buckeyes and the Hensall Sherwoods against each other and it could be called a subway series similar to the old World Series clashes between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants or Brooklyn Dodgers. In semi-final play, the Hensall Sherwoods downed the Forest Boyds in four games while the Zurich Buckeyes also took four games to eliminate a very stubborn Centralia College team. The Saints are to he congratulated on putting up a strong effort with a limited amount of personnel to draw from. The only player they were allowed to use outside their own ranks of students was goalie Eugene Glavin. The final series between the Sherwoods and Bt ^keyes starts tomorrow night. Thursday at the Hen- sall arena at 8 p.m with the second contest slated for the Zurich arena. Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. This series should provide an excellent brand of hockey for all area fans. The games .should draw crowds as it is the only form of hockey left locally. Well done, Irish A word of congratulations should go to players and management on the Lucan Irish juniors for an ex- cellent season. Although eliminated by the Belmont Bombers in four straight games, ttie Irish put up a good fight and were in contention in most games until the third period. It's the best record and the first time in their 11 year history in the OHA western that the Lucan club has been able to get past the first round of playoffs. Irish ousted from Junior One of the most successful seasons in the history of the Lucan Irish junior hockey club came to a close Sunday afternoon. The Irish were defeated 7-2 by the Belmont Bombers and eliminated in four straight games in the OHA Western junior "D" finals. Belmont advances to the Ontario Hockey association final and will meet Delhi or Stayner for the provincial Junior 'D' championship. Delhi currently leads Stayner two games to none in semi-final play. After Sunday's loss in Lucan, Irish manager Bob Taylor said, "It was the first time in 11 years that we have won our division cham- pionship and reached the Western final." Taylor continued, "In other years we have always FINAL IRISH GAME — The Belmont goalie comes out to grab the puck in the last junior game of the season in lucan, Sunday. T -A photo Sherwoods beat Forest, meet Buckeyes in final The Hensall Shci woods scored two victories this week to advance to the championship round in the South Huron intermediate hockey league. The Sherwoods eliminated the Forest Boyds three games to one. After each team had won one game a week earlier, Hensall won 8-6 in overtime, Thursday and wrapped up the series with a 9-5 Sunday victory. Late scoring Most of the scoring in Sunday's windup game came in the third period. Hensall led 3-2 after two periods of play. In the first period, Dave Kinsman converted a pass from Steve Knight for the Sherwoods and Jim Laird replied for Forest. In the second session, Dwight Consitt scored for Hensall on a pass from Terry Caldwell and the latter converted a pass from Lloyd Allan while Larry Hutton hit for Hensel]. The Sherwoods hit for two quick goals in the first four minutes of the third period and were on their way to victory. Terry Caldwell counted two goals in the final 20 minutes of play. The first came on a pass from Gary Davies and the second was on an unassisted effort. Rick Ingram also fired an unassisted goal and scored passes from Al Bell and Jamie Caldwell. Scoring in single fashion were Lloyd Allan and Jamie Caldwell with assists going to Terry Caldwell and Gary Davies. Completing the scoring for Forest with one goal each were Rob Sullivan, Dave Ulrich and Jim Laird. Two overtime goals gave the Sherwoods their 8-6 win over Forest Thursday night and a one game lead in the series. The first period was all even with each team scoring two goals. The Boyds were first on the scoreboard with suc- cessful shots by Rob Sullivan and Jim Laird in the first half of the opening session. Laird's score came on a power play. The Sherwoods hit the scoring column for the first time at 14:06 of the first RUMBALL MOTORS 6 th ANNIVERSARY Rumball Motors would like to Thank their customers for the past 6 years of patronage. We are looking forward to tak- ing care of your Auto Body needs in the future. For Complete Auto Body Repair • Frame, Rust and Collision Repair • Paint • Free Estimates RUMBALL MOTORS Dashwood 237-3302 period as Ken Varley con- verted a pass from Dwight Consitt. With only 33 seconds left before the first intermission, Terry Caldwell fired the second Hensall goal on a pass from Ken Varley. The Boyds again took over the lead with the only two goals of the middle frame. The successful marksmen were Dave Ulrich and Rick Vanos. The second goal came with only 46 seconds left in the period. Murray Connolly put the Sherwoods within one goal at 5:15 of the third period on a pass from Dave Kinsman. A power play goal from the stick of Rick Ingram at 10:43 with the assist going to Terry Caldwell tied the score at 4-4. The Sherwoods took the lead for the first time in the game at 12:38as Ken Varley hit the Forest net on a pass from Terry Caldwell. About two minutes later the Hensall lead rose to two goals as Dave Kinsman registered on a three-way combination with Murray Connolly and Jim Ferguson. The Boyds refused to give up with a two goal deficit facing them. Chris McGregor scored on a power play at 16:30 and with two minutes remaining. Jim Laird fired the game evening goal and forced a 10 minute overtime period. In the extra period, Murray Connolly notched what proved to be the winner at the 55 second mark on a pass from Al Taylor and Taylor scored the insurance goal on a pass from Dave Kinsman with two minutes left. Referees Iry Ford and Tom Miller assessedtotal of 18 penalties with 10 going to Hensall. The Sherwoods now meet the Zurich Buckeyes in a best -or -seven series for the league trophy. The first game will be played tomorrow night, Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Hensall arena with the se- cond game Sunday afternoon in Zurich at 2 p.m. Speaking of trade relations, some people would love to. CLOSED Monday April 6 For Final Conversion To Our Credit Union's New CU -DATA ON-LINE SYSTEM Clinton Community CREDIT UNION 374 Main St. Box 126 Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S0 Ph. 235-0640 been knocked out in the first round. This time we were able to put things together pretty well and coach Dave Revington did an excellent job. Injuries hurt us in the playoffs." Asked about next year, Taylor said, "We will lose seven players due to overage. They are Paul Medd, Jeff Hartman, Jeff Marshall, Kevin Wood, Bob Hodgins, Kevin Gilmour and Dean Densmore." The Irish have had the same executive for their entire 11 year span in the Western junior league. They are president Clare Stanley, manager Bob Taylor and OHA contact man Jim Freeman. The club won 20 games, lost 10 and tied four in the regular season. Their playoff record was eight wins and two losses before losing four straight to Belmont. Similar to most of the four games in the final series, the Irish stayed in contention Sunday for more than half of the game. The only goal of the first period was scored by Brent Stephens of Belmont on passes from Bob Hannah and Ted Brulotte. The Irish tied the score at 13:41 of the second period on a goal by Kevin Hartwick on a three-way combination with Bob Hodgins and Keith Hartwick. The Belmont club went ahead with two goals in a space of 27 seconds late in the second period. Scoring were Doug Wintermute and Earl Horton. , The third period was only 49 seconds old when Dwight Simpson counted for Belmont to increase the lead to three goals. The Irish fans grabbed a little glimmer of hope at 2:30 when Doug Latta finished off a neat three-way passing play with Brad Degraw and Jeff Edwards, but, that was the last chance they had to cheer. In the last 10 minutes of play, Mark Heipleh scored twice for the Bombers and Bob Currie added a single goal. The game was held up for about 25 minutes early in the third period when a section of glass near the Belmont goal was shattered. Referee Rick Singleton was busy handing out 33 penalties with 14 going to Lucan. In Wednesday's 6-2 logs in Belmont in the third game of the best -of -seven series, the Irish again started strong and held a 2-1 lead at one point early in the second period. The only goal of the first period came from the stick of Kevin McLaughlin of Belmont. Kevin Hartwick put the Irish on the scoreboard for the first time at 2:17 on a play started by Jeff Marshall and Kevin Hartwick put his club in front a minute later with assists going to Brian Murray and Doug Latta. 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