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Times-Advocate, 1981-04-08, Page 40• Page 10 Times -Advocate, April 1S, 1981 Beat Hensall four straight Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Anything can happen in sports and usually does. Remember back to 1967 when the young New York Mets shocked the entire baseball world by winning the World Series. Probably the greatest upset ever witnessed in professional hockey came Saturday night when the Ed monton Oilers eliminated ' he Montreal Canadians in three straight games. It was not only the upset, but the way the Oilers did it that was surprising. Most experts predicted the veteran Canadiens would work up little sweat in ousting the upstart young Oilers. The three things they forgot about were young legs, enthusiasm and desire. Add to that the Oilers had little to lose as that's exactly what they were expected to do. Wayne Gretzky will be getting a lot of the credit and he surely deserves it. but, it took a complete team effort to stifle the Habs. We saw only a few glimpses of the series. hut. it seemed the relentless forechecking of the Oilers stopped the Montreal rushes before they could get started. One of the biggest reasons for the upset could be scouting. The Edmonton club apparently spent many hours going over Montreal films and studying sc1.::ting reports gathered over the last month. The Canadiens may not have been over confident but. they had to take the Oilers a bit lightly. How could a team that had to struggle to make the playoffs he ex- pected to give the third best team in.the league over 80 games much trouble' The Oilers were prepared mentally and physically. They had to be to beat one of the best teams in hockey. Checking and penalty killing were the two big reasons the Canadiens were throttled. The Oilers were on top of Guy Lafleur every time he was near the puck. Lafleur picked up only one assist in the three games. The Montreal power play which has been con- sidered second probably only to the New York Islanders was impotent at the hands of the Edmonton checkers. In 17 power play attempts the Habs could only score two goals. Wayne Gretzky attributed his club's upset win to discipline, good skating, hard hitting and great goal tending. Maybe he could have added, "It's all in the stick." Gretzky said Sunday morning, "We had them frustrated, but, we knew we had to win three straight. With their history of coming back, we knew we couldn't afford to play a fourth game." The Oilers accomplished what only two other NHL teams have been able to do against Montreal. It was only the second time in 88 series that the Canadiens have lost in a sweep and the first time since they lost' four straight to the Detroit Red Wings in the 1952 Stanley Cup playoffs. The truth? Probably the biggest understatement from Maple Leaf coach Mike Nykoluk appeared in Monday's Globe and Mail. The headline attributed to Nykoluk said, "Maybe we're not good enough." Fans stayed away from Maple Leaf Gardens in droves Saturday night. Those that did, saw in the first 20 minutes the' Worst playoff period in Maple Leaf history. The Leafs .could manage only four shots on goal while the Islanders scored five times. Goalie Paul Harrison who played the last two periods turned in a good performance and opens up a lot of second guess- ing on the Toronto backstopping problems. Harrison achieved a goals average of 2.7 with Dallas of the Central league and that should have been enough for a better chance with the Leafs. Soccer registration Any youngster in Exeter and area wishing to play soccer this summer has one last chance to sign up. Officials of the Exeter Minor Soccer Association will be at the South Huron Rec Cen're Saturday mor- ning between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to accept late registrations. Off to Ontario finals Five athletes from South Huron District High School have qualified to advance to all -Ontario finals in two different sports. Catherine Patterson who won the Huron -Perth in- termediate gymnastics championship Tuesday went on to win similar honours at WOSSA Saturday in St. Thomas. She will now participate in the OFSAA cham- pionships set for April 25 at Scarborough. In badminton. Ronnalee $ogart and Maja Gans combined to win the girls doubles titles at both Huron - Perth and WOSSA levels. In mixed doubles Lisa Stretton and Doug Hoffman finished second at WOSSA after winning at Huron - Perth. The four badminton stars from South Huron will be proceeding to the all -Ontario finals to be held April 24-25 at Kapuskasing. Exeter Minor Soccer Registration Rec Centre Saturday, April 18 1000 a.m 1:00 p.m. Registration for boys and girls ages 5 — 17 Registratio'r Fee $10.00 please bring OHIP Number Anyone who has soccer boots which are too small can bring them to the Rec Centre for sale or exchange. Registration forms can also be picked up from Mike Cregan aj Bank of Montreal, Ex- eter. r f • • Second crown in a row Buckeyes win South Huron title The Zurich Buckeyes cap- tured the South Huron hockey league championship for the seccuid straight year by dumping the Hensall Sherwoods in tour straight fta mes After taking the first two games a week earlier by Iden t r: a i 5-3 scares the Ruckeees won 5-3 in Hensall 'htecdxy night and sewed up the title by winning 7-3 at the 7uri: h Arena Thursday night In Thursdays final con- test the Sherwoods looked as the would extend the cerins A.S.they tool: a 2-1 lead after the first period of play. 8!:k Schrlbe put the Sockeyes ';n trent at 3:23 of the t,rst ' errowi as he scored nt. nii \ started by Steve Rednr r e1/4: the n:rdway mark of the period. Rick Ingram scored on an unassisted ef- fort to put Hensall back on even terms and they went ahead three minutes later as Lloyd Allen converted a pass from Jim Ferguson into the Zurich net. The Buckeyes scored the only two goats of the second 20 minutes of play to take a lead which they never relinquished. Kim McKinnon started the second period scoring at 5:58 completing a three-way combination with captain John Graham and Rick Schilbe. With Tess than three minutes left Randy McKin- non hit the Hensall net on a pass from Kerry Bedard. With only 13 seconds gone in the third period, Kerry Bedard put the Buckeyes two goals in front with the assist going to Hick Shilbe. Hensall's final scoring cattle at 2:20 as Ken Varley registered on an unassisted effort. Only 37 seconds later, Ron Rader finished off a three- way passing effort with Mike Clarke and Jeff O'Brien to send the Buckeyes into a two goal lead. Kerry Bedard made the score 6-3 on a solo dash at 3:47 and Randy McKinnon wound up the Zurich scoring at 9:29 with John Graham and Mike Clarke providing the passes. Referees Claude Daw and Bill Smith handed out 13 penalties to the Sherwoods and 11 to the Buckeyes. All were minors, but. a miscon- duct to Al Bell of Hensall with eight minutes left in the third period. Following the win, league president John Stephens presented the chainionshlp trophy to Buckeyes captain John Graham. In Tuesday's game, the Buckeyes jumped into a 2-0 lead at the end of the firalt period of play. Mike Clarke and Kim McKinnon set up the first Zurich gal fired by Gerald Weido early in the opening session. 'Kerry Bedard upped Zurich lead to 2-0 as he converted a pass from Mike Clarke. Dwight Consitt finished off a three-way passing com- bination with Gary Kyle and Ken Varley to open the scoring for the Sherwoods early in the second frame while Kerry Bedard of the Buckeyes was in the penalty box for holding. Randy McKinnon put the Buckeyes ahead 3-1 at 7:57 with assists going to Kerry Bedard and Steve Bedour. Less than three minutes Kerry Bedard fired his second successful shot of the night on an unassisted effort. At 13:27 Pat Bedard counted the fifth and final Zurich goal on a play started by Rick Schilbe and Gerald Weido. Jamie Caldwell fired the second Sherwoods score of the game near the end of the second period. The only goal of the third period came from the stick of Dave Kinsman of Hensall on an unassisted effort. Penalties came thick and fast with the home ice BUCKEYES WIN SOUTH HURON CHAMPIONSHIP — The Zurich Buckeyes downed the Hensall Sherwoods 7-3 Thursday night to win the South Huron hockey championship in four straight games. Bock, left, Marvin Merner, Jeff O'Brien, Ron Roder, Kris Bedard, Gerald Weido, Kevin McKinnon, Ron Desjar- dine and Glenn Zirk. Centre, Gerry Rader, Isadore Laporte, sponsor Doug Erb, Pat Bedard, Steve Bedour, Kerry Bedard, Randy McKinnon, Carl Finkbeiner, Elroy Desjardine and coach Herb Turkheim. Front, Rick Schilbe, Dove Cyr, Greg Kirk, Juergan Hellman, Randy Oke, captain John Graham, Mike Clarke and Kim McKinnon. Staff photo In badminton and gymnastics Three SH athletes win at WOSSA Catherine Patterson of South Huron District High School added the WOSSA gymnastic intermediate championship to the Huron - Perth crown in St. Thomas Saturday.. She won the bars, beam - and floor events to amass a total of 31.37 point to win the title over Donna Morden of Woodstock by more than one full point. Starr Jesney, also of South Huron was third with 29.72 points. The South Huron star will be competing in the all - Ontario championships in Scarborough on April 25. Jackie Cottrell, also of South Huron was third in the junior section. Catherin Patterson ...wins in WOSSA In the overall WOSSA gymnastic team standings, South Huron finished third with 83.36 points and won the intermediate section with 54.8 points. The overall WOSSA badminton team standings saw South Huron finish with 18 points, only two less than the championship team from Ranting in London. Badminton Ronnalee Bogart and Maja Gans of South Huron District High School won the WOSSA girls doubles badminton championship Saturday in London. The two SHDHS girls won the Huron -Perth cham- pionship a week earlier and they now advance to the all - Ontario finals to be held April 24-25 in Kapuskasing. It was the second con- secutive WOSSA doubles ti- tle for Ronnallee Bogart. Last year she teamed with her brother Dave to take the mixed doubles cham- pionship. The Bogart -Gans com- bination won the cham- pionship with 15-10 and 15-3 wins over Linda Coulter and TIGERS PRACTICE The date for the first workout of the Dashwood Tigers baseball team has been changed. All prospective Tigers are asked to be at the South Huron Rec Centre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night April 16. Best Interest 1 51/4°10 We represent many Trust Companies. 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