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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-01-26, Page 8• Paye 8 Times -Advocate, January 26, 1983 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Get your tickets now This is the second last issue before the 10th annual Exeter Lions Club Sportsmen's Dinner and time to remind everyone interested, better get your tickets now. The lineup of speakers this year is again top notch and tickets will likely be at a premium. They remain at $30 and compared to the $50 charged for a similar dinner in London a night earlier, this is a real bargain with many of the same speakers in attendance. All proceeds go to aid crippled children. Bobby Hull will be the headline speaker and the former star in the NHL and WHA should have plenty of good information to throw out. Hull spent his entire 15 year NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks along with seven and a half seasons with the Winnipeg Jets and part of the last year with the Hartford Whalers. The Golden Jet was named to the NHL first all star team eight times, to the second team twice, won the Art Ross trophy on three occasions, the Hart trophy twice and the Lady Byng and Lester Patrick trophy each once. In his full 23 season career, Hull played, 1,474 regular season games, scored 913 goals, added 895 assist' for a point total of 1,808. , His highest goal total in one season was 80 with the Jets of the WHA in 1975-76. Best for the Hawks were 78 scores in each of his last seasons in the NHL. Others to grace the head table to be introduc- ed by wrestling great Lord Athol Layton will be Ontario's Lieutenant Governor John Black Aird, two former Timmys Malcolm MacDonald and Dan Altan, current Tammy Christine Easter- brook, footballers Chuck Ealey and Glenn Weir, Ernie Whitt of the Toronto Blue Jays and representatives of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Expos. Need more trades It appeared for a couple of weeks that the trades the Toronto Maple Leafs made with the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers were what they needed to become a playoff contender. The Leafs are still not completely -out of con- tention for a playoff spot with more than 30 games still to go, but, their chances don't look too great. Acquiring of Gaston Gingras and Dan Daoust from the Habs gave the Leafs a short term lift and ,they were undefeated in six straight games and then the roof fell in again: With Rick St. Croix 'coming froin the Flyers the goaltending situation has improved. In hit first three games in which the Leafs could only get one point St. Croix played very well and was not the reason for the defeat. In Wednesday's loss to % ipeg Mike Palmateer was lifted after giving up three goals in the first period, but, it wasn't all his fault. If your defence and forwards allow the opposition to get 19 shots on goal in a 20 minute period there is a problem. , After the loss td Winnipeg, coach Mike Nykoluk said his team played like fools. The pro- blem is it wasn't April Fool's Day or not even close to it. It's fine to say it's time for more trades, but, what teams are willing to give up any top notch talent midway.. through the season when most of the clubs are also looking ahead to the playoffs. Other general managers should be quick to jump at any trade talks with the Leafs. A quick look at the last five years will sliow most of the Leafs traded away are starring for their new clubs. If Ballard had all of these back and play- ing with the same gusto his club would not be in last place and well behind the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings who are far from being strong forces. The two ex -Leafs who are fitting in very well in their new surroundings are Lanny MacDonald and Darryl Sittler with Calgary and Philadelphia, respectively. Thursday night, Sittler notched his 30th goal of jhe season and his 1,000th point in regular NHL action while MacDonaldleads the league in scor- ing with more than 40 goals. Could be Saskatoon Blues Much frivolity has been generated by the rumours that the St. Louis Blues of the NHL could be moving to -Saskatoon for as early as the 1983-84 hockey season. The jokes may be turning to seriousness as the present owners Ralston Purina have accepted the offer of Bill Hunter to buy the team with the hope of getting the WHA organized and is not too well liked by some of the current NHL owners with Harold Ballard of the Leafs being particularly opposed. Blues broadcaster Gus Kyle who is a native of Saskatchewan joked on one broadcast that 18,000 persons•would fill Hunter's proposed arena every night as that would be the only place Saska- tooners could go to keep warm. Fans in Saskatchewan are optimistic ih get -- ting an NHL club and cite the success of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders in the CFL with at- tendance from all parts of the province. The hockey sl'tuation is quite different from football with 40 home games as opposed to pro- bably eight at the most for football and travelling to games in the winter could be more than difficult. It was ironic to note that the day Ballard was opposing the proposed move, stock of Maple Leaf Gardens went down while Ralston Purina went up. Three games in hand get split, five points .out of final playoff spot Iiswks Despite a split with the Thedford Browns this weekend, the Exeter Hawks saw their hopes fade a little more as the Seaforth Centenaires posted two victories. The wins give : the Centenaires a five -point lead over the locals for the fourth and final playoff spot in the northern division of the Junior "D" loop. However, the Hawks have three games in hand and can At home Friday, Sunday still control their own destiny as their season winds" down with only seven games remaining. They'll host two games this weekend. Friday night, the Mitchell Hawks are in tow and on Sunday the Thedford Browns return for another engagement. The battle with their namesakes from Mitchell could have been envisioned as an easy two points in view of the last outing when Exeter won by an easy 8-1 count. But this week, Mitchell scored. two upset wins over the second place Lucan Irish to keep alive their slight playoff hopes. The Tavistock Braves clin- ched top spot as they won twice this week, while Lucan holds a comfortable seven - point lead over Thedford in second place. Seaforth trails the third place Browns by on- ly four points. After winning at home, Fri - , the Hawks led Thedford at the end of two in Thedford, Sunday, but the Browns re- bounded with three tallies in the final frame to pull out a hard-fought 5-4 win. The Hawks enjoyed a slight edge in play in the game but were thwarted on several good scoring opportunities by Browns netminder Brad Milner, who ended up with 31 saves, compared to the 24 registered by Mike Tadgell. Dale Timmermans, who started the season with Ex- eter before joining Thedford, came back to haunt his former males as he scored once and set up another tally. Bill Glover potted two tallies for Exeter, one on a powerplay, while Jeff Rowe ind Mike Clark notched the singles. Clark's goal was a short-handed effort late in the second that gave Exeter their lead. Picking up assists for the locals were Tony Underhill, Pete Tuckey, Tony Jones and George Tomes. Thedford sat out 10 of the 18 minors called in the game. Win with ease At home, the Hawks jumped into a 3.1 lead at the end of the first, out -scored the Browns 4-0 in the second and then coasted to an 8-3 Bantams win two contests The Exeter bantaitls gpored two impressive victoPies ever Ilderton this week by scores of 8-1 and 5-2 and 4-1 decision to Strathroy in Shamrock league play. In the 8-1 win, capt*iri Chris Tiedeman was the milk Ex- eter player to score two goals as the marksmanship .w s well spread around. Attiis�s on both goals were proVided by Jim Lewis and Pail Melecke. Scoring in single fash on were Sean Whiteford, BF an Quinn, David Woodfine, im Lewis, Paul Melecke and on Loucks. Ron Loucks was the top playmaker with four ass tits. helping on two goals aplete were Melecke and Tim Moore. The lone Ilderton goal Was scored by Mack Campbell on passes from Derek Gahons and Mike Thompson. Jim Lewis led the Exeter scoring attack in the 5-2 win with a three goal perfor- mance while David Wgodfine and Paul Melecke scored in single fashion. Getting one assist each for Exeter were Lewis, Terry Zachar, Tim Moore, Brian •Quinn, Ron Loucks and Ted Lawson. The Ilderton goals were fired by Dave Murray and Pat 1 ennedy. In the loss to Strathroy Ron Loucks notched the only Ex- eter score on a three-way ef- fort with Jim LeWIS end Chris Tiedeman. READY FOR ALL STAR GAME — Checking the program prior to Saturday's South Huron hockey league all star game are team manager John Baker, coach Jack Chip - chase, league president John Snell and statistician Bob Somerville. T -A photo V souTN "aHNL� BUCKEYE ALL STARS — The Zurich Buckeyes were represented on the South Huron hockey league all star team by Dan Lagerwerf, Ron Roder, Kris Bedard and Rick Moody. T -A . hoto 800H.L.*TH 47 *SH. • `. ALL STAR MARAUDERS — Representing the Centralia 'Marauders on the South Huron hockey league all stars were Matt Muller, Blair Hearn, Mark Cronyn and Jim. Hayter. T -A photo Beat South Huron North Oxford victorious A four goal first period allowed the North Oxford all stars to get a great start on the way to a 9-4 victory over the South Huron all stars. The game was played in Hensall Saturday night. Novice edged by Strathroy The Exeter novice hockey team dropped a close 5-4 deci- sion to Strathroy in regular Shamrock league play, Sunday. The Exeter club started off quickly with the only two goals of the first period. Steve Rankin scored on an unassisted effort and Ryan Stewart hit the Strathroy net on a three-way combination with Jason Heywood and Ryan Lindenfield. The third and fourth Exeter markers came in the second period and both were fired on unassisted efforts by Jason Heywood. Best Interest 13% We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to ar- range for the highest interest being of- fered on Guaranteed investment Certificates •subject to chonye eaiser•!(neale eicInsurance Brokers Inc. EXETER 235-2420 GRAND BEND 238.8484 CLINTON GODERICH 482-9747 524.2118 Participating for the South Huron all stars were members of the Hensall Sher - woods, Exeter Mohawks, Zurich Buckeyes, Centralia Marauders and Centralia Col- lege Saints. 'Exeter Mohawks coach Jack Chipchase and fiensall Sherwoods manager John Baker were in charge of the team. Carl Finkbeiner of Zurich.was the trainer. The North Oxford team's first two goals by Brian Dun- das and Glen Coghlin came on power plays early in the first period. Later in the opening session, Pat Payton fired two successful shots and the score was 4-0: Bill Scheuermann scored for North Oxford early in the second before the South Huron • team hit the scoreboard. Mark hit the net for the first time on a pass from Matt Muller. Both are Centralia .Marauders. The second SH goal was shot by Kevin Giffin of CCAT with passing help from Dave Kinsman of Hensall. The third South Huron goal came on a power play with three minutes left in the mid- dle frame with Exeter Mohawk Brad Taylor coun- ting on a three-way effort with team-mates Brad Taylor and Brian Mercer. Doug Kennedy, Steve Thomas and Glenn Coghlin counted for North Oxford later in the second period. Ili the third period, Don Brener scored for North Ox- ford and Dave Kinsman, replied for South Huron with assists going to Kevin Giffin A and Ron Rader of the Zurich Buckeyes. Midgets lose pair of games The Exeter midgets were defeated 4-2 by Ilderton and 10-1 by Strathroy in two Shamrock hockey league games this week: Marty Taylor converted a pass from Don Hamilton to account for the only Exeter goal • in the game against Strathroy. Against Ilderton, Scott • Lovie and Don Hamilton were the Exeter marksmen with assists provided by George Pratt and I'eter ,Janssen. Rob Stanfield fired two 11- derton goals while Craig Henry and Chris Jackson scored in single fashion. Hensall Minor Hockey Presents Hensall All-Star Rec-Hockey Tournament January^ 28, 29 & 30 Starts Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday - all day Championship - Sun. 1 and 3 p.m. All proceeds to Hensall Minor Hockey Juveniles get only one point The Exeter CTC juveniles managed only one tie in three outings this week, being tied_ 4-4 in the last second of their game, Thursday, with Parkhill. . They -were bombed 7-0 in Lambeth, Wednesday, and dropped a 6-0 verdict to Bel- mont on Saturday. In their only home outing, the locals jumped into a 4-1 lead early in the third, but then watched from the penal- ty box as Parkhill rebounded and scored the tying goal just an instant before the final buzzer. Mark Vandergunst, Dave Rowcliffe, Eric Tadgell and Brian Blackburn scored for the locals. Brent Atthill drew two assists and helping out on one each were , Tadgell, Blackburn, Rowcliffe and Vandergunst. In the two shutout losses, Exeter netminder Peter Dearing actually over- shadowed the Belmont and Lambeth netminders who recorded the shutouts. Dearing faced a steady bar- rage of shots in both games and prevented the scores from being more one-sided than they were. Exeter easi- ly won the penalty parades in all three games and at one point in Lambeth had no players left on the bench. Two had been tossed out, another five were in the penalty box and four were on the ice playing. The squad faces Port Stanley at the rec centre this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. TOP /RAINER — Jim Mor- rissey of Crediton has been named 1982 non - driving trainer of the year by Western Fair Raceway. At the same time Willow Wiper, a fiveyearoldpacer owned by Bob Homather of Zurich and trained by Morrissey was nqmed ag- ed pacer of the year by two Toronto based groups. triumph. It was a penalty tilled out 17 penaltiese, with wks andlthe Browns being assessed 16. The locals connected on one erplay and Thedford cap - tut zed on one. ill Glover was again the song leader as he potted a ha trick. Single tallies were recorded by Tony Jones, Pete ev. Dean Armstrong, Tony Underhill and Mike Clark. Clark also helped to set up four tallies, while Jones had three assists and Pete 'I'wynstra a pair. Helping out on single markers were Dave Jackson, Tuckey, Ed Willis, Scott Brintnell and Underhill. Mike Tadgell recorded 32 saves to ick up the win, while the Thedford nettminding duo h • s 26 saves. LEARN ALL ABOUT LEASING AN ALTERNATIVE TO BUYING YOUR NEXT NEW CAk/TRUCK Our free Brochure will explain In detail the pdvanfages of Leasing. You don't have to be p big company to realize the substantial ad- rantagej inherent In leasing over buying. Give us a ap11 today. We'll come out to your home or office and fill you in on all the details. 0 NMI WARNER AUr0 MARINE GRAND BEND 238-2391 MI V ICI 9 0 GOLDEN NARVIST FAR* SEAS 151 Thames Road Eesf. 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