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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-11-11, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, November 11. 1981 Entertain Irish and seniors, Friday Sports '1-*` " Spotlight Ai" By Ross Haugh With about one-sixth of the regular schedule com- pleted in the National hockey league a few surprises have arisen along with a couple of disappointments. The biggest surprise has to be in Winnipeg where the Jets are off to a flying start and making coach Tom Watt look pretty good. Watt, known as one of the best authorities on hockey basics in amateur and international hockey ranks appears to be successful in transferring his knowledge to the professional level. He always had his Toronto Varsity Blues team near the top in intercollegiate play and has been a valuable coaching member of a number of Canadian Olympic teams. The Jets have already won seven games and are in third place in the Norris division only four points behind the leading Minnesota North Stars. The seventh win for the Jets during the 1980-81 season didn't come until well into February. It's also a much brighter picture in Detroit with the Red Wings getting out of the starting gate well with coach Wayne Maxner improving in his bid to switch from a successful coaching career in junior ranks to a similar spot in the big leagues. The Red Wings have been getting outstanding goal tending in recent games from a relative newcomer. He is 18 year-old Carrado Micalef who took over when regular Gilles Gilbert was injured. Gilbert now has a hand in a cast and is not expected back for a couple of weeks. The way Micalef has played especially in Montreal Saturday night when he was named the first star despite giving up four goals, Gilbert may have some trouble getting his job back. The closest race is shaping up in the Wales Conference with only two points separating the first four teams. The Boston Bruins are currently on top, but. the Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens are only one point behind and the Buffalo Sabres trail by two points. The Nordiques are strong due mainly to the great efforts put forth by the three Stasny brothers. Peter Stasny is tied for fourth place in the league scoring race. As expected Wayne Gretzky is leading the NHL in scoring and we do mean in scoring rather than in assists as has been his past history. Gretzky has adopted a 'shoot -more' philosophy and it has paid off with 15 goals in 15 games. At the same point last year he had seven goals and 16 assists. At the moment the great Edmonton Oiler has 14 assists to go with the 15 goal total. The switch in Gretzky's system is certainly to be expected. He was well known for his unselfishness in passing to his -team mates and now he finds himself more often open to score on his own. Also, Gretzky isn't living as much of his time behind the net, a popular spot for him last year. Although he set up a lot of goals from that position, it's not the best spot to score from. It certainly looks as if he is well on the way to a 50 goal mark in the same number of games. Probably the most outstanding individual effort to date in the early NHL season has to be that of Al Secord. The former Boston Bruin has found a new life with the Chicago Black Hawks and has the Windy City fans very excited. Secord is on the same level as Getzky with 15 goals in 15 games and also has an even dozen assists. We saw a recent television game when Secord scored four times and received a standing ovation, a scene seldom seen in Chicago since the days of Bobby Hull. At this summer's Huron Hockey School, Secord said he was happy to be in Chicago and was looking forward to a successful season. At least, he's off to a great start. New GM coming It looks as if the Toronto Maple Leafs will have a new general manager before the current season goes much farther. Current GM Punch Imlach is still away following another heart attack and Harold Ballard should soon name a replacement. Whoever the new man is he will be only the fifth person to hold that position since the Toronto team became known as the Maple Leafs in the 1926-27 season The other Leaf general managers in addition to Imlach has been the team's organizer Conn Smythe, H p I)av and .Jim Gregory Smythe held the job for 30 years Seniors to see Juniors Senior citizens in the area will have an unusual opportunity to see a top notch junior hockey game at a reduced rate All seniors attending Friday night's game at the South Huron Rec Centre between the Exeter Hawks and Lucan Irish will he admitted at half price. In addition. coffee and hot chocolate will be provided to the seniors free of charge between periods. To draw more of the older folks. rec centre of- ficials have agreed to turn on the heaters in the arena during the game Here's a good chance for seniors to watch two of the hest teams in the western division of the Junior 'D' league. The Hawks are in second place in the northern division and the Irish are only one game back in third spot. More good hockey The South Huron hockey league is again providing an excellent brand of intermediate action for area fans. Thursday night's schedule has an excellent pair of games on tap. The Zurich Buckeyes will be in Hensall to meet the Sherwoods and the Exeter Mohawks are at home to the Centralia Marauders. Sunday the Mohawks will be in Zurich and Monday night the Buckeyes will take on the Centralia College Saints at the Stephen township arena. Despite two wins, HHawks drop back second eter's lone goals on an un- assisted effort when the Hawks had a power play in the final seconds of the first stanza. .a111111111111111111iiiiu111111111111iiuii1111 The Exeter Hawks had a short fling at first place in the northern division of the Western Junior "I)" loop this week, but couldn't maintain the intensity that got them there. and now find they're back in second. The locals started their week with a third period flurry in Bothwell to post a 7-2 win over the Barons. Wednesday. and then carne up with their best effort of the season to humiliate the unbeaten Tavistock Braves by a 9-0 count at the rec cen- tre. Friday. However, the Hawks were stopped 5-1 in Thamesford, Sunday. with several players still suffering from the effects of bruises and a sorrow -drowning party after they lost a football game on Saturday. That loss dropped the Hawks to seven wins and two losses. Tavistock still holds an edge with only one loss to date, while the Mitchell Hawks have lost twice and been tied once in their games to date. The Lucan Irish are still in the fight. having lost three times. and it is shaping up like a fight to the finish among the four northern clubs. who appear to be the class of the entire league. The Hawks have a tough schedule. this week. playing four games in five nights, starting with tonight's con- test in Belmont against the defending OHA champs. Friday night they'll host the Irish for the second time and it will be senior citizen night. All seniors will be ad- mitted for half price and they'll receive free coffee and hot chocolate. Rec cen- tre management have an- nounced they'll have the heaters on in the stands to keep the customers warm. Saturday night, the Hawks make the short trip to Hen - sail to meet the Seaforth Centenaires and they'll return home on Sunday for another encounter with the Tavistock Braves. Win in third In Wednesday's game in Bothwell. the Hawks were held to a 2-2 draw at the end of two periods, but they came out flying in the third to score five unanswered tallies to post their triumph. They out -shot the home team by a 58-16 margin, but had difficulty getting the puck past a hot netminder. Tony Underhill paced the attack with two goals and singles were recorded by Preston Dearing, Doug Brooks. John Kernick, Brian Baker and Pete Tuckey. Brooks and Brian Mercer assisted on two each and helping out on one were Dave Atthill, Ed Willis, Underhill. Dearing, Dave Couse and Bill Glover. Each team served 12 penalties and the Hawks scored two of their tallies on power plays. Big effort The Hawks took only 30 STARS OF TOMORROW — Saturday morning the youngest participants in the Exeter minor hockey program were in action at the South Huron Rec Centre, above, coach Harry Stuart talks to Chad Hutchinson, Matthew Godbolt, Sean McCann, Ryan St„nrt and Mork McDonald. Brydges, tonight T-'4_041; Host Mt. Irish get split in close junior tilts The Lucan Irish broke even in two Ontario Hockey Association ,Junior "D" Western grouping games this week. Wednesday on home ice. the Irish dropped a close 6-5 decision to the Mitchell Hawks and Sunday in Port Stanley they got by the hometown Lions by an equal- ly tight 4-3 count. The Irish will see action on three occasions this coming week. Tonight. Wednesday. they will play host to Mount Brydges. Friday they travel to Exeter to meet the Hawks and Tuesday they will be in Mitchell for a return contest with the Hawks. Jamie Shipley's successful shot on passes from John Medd and Geoff Edwards at 15.24 of the third period enabled the Irish to null out Sunday's win. After a scoreless first period. the Lucan club notched three goals in the se- cond 20 minutes of play and the opposition could only net one goal. Art Gregory started the game scoring for the Irish at 2.49 of the middle frame on a three-way effort with Dave Egan and Dean Scott. Eight minutes later. Egan upped the score to 2-0 as he com- pleted a combination with Thompson and Scott. Mark Tolmie registered the first Port Stanley goal at 17.29 and 48 seconds later. Gregory scored his second goal of the night to restore the two goal margin for Lucan. Assisting was Doug Latta with the Irish playing shorthanded. Wayne Carroll and Mark Moore tallied for Port Stanley to tie the score and set the stage for Shipley's game winning shot. The Fish took four of the seven mi, lr penalties hand- ed out by referee Mike Dukes. Penalties hurt In Wednesday's game Mithcell took advantage of their power play advantages and scored four times while the Irish were short handed. Mitchell led 2-1 at the end of the first period on goals by Darrell Dietz and Morris Biernes while Dave Egan replied for the Irish on a pass from Ron Glenn. The Irish battled back ear- ly in the middle frame and went ahead :3-2 on successful shots by Ken McManus and Dean Scott. Gaining assists were Randy Turner, Dave Egan and Ron Glenn. Before the middle of the period had been reached, Willi Smith and Rob Stovel replied for Mitchell to go ahead by one. but, before the period ended Ron Glenn scored on a power play for the Irish on an unassisted ef- fort. In the first half of the third period. John Sykes and Willi Smith counted for Mitchell on power play attempts to put their club in front by 6-4. With less than a minute to go. Ron Glenn scored for Lucan on a short handed ef- fort with assists going to Jamie Shipley and captain Paul Wraith. Each team was assessed 11 minor penalties by referee Bill Walsh. 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Dave Bogart and Doug Brooks scored two each to lead the strong Exeter at- tack with singles coming off the sticks of Dave Atthill, Pete Tuckey, Preston Dear- ing, Tony Underhill and Brian Baker. Atthill also picked up three assists to lead in that department, while Mercer and Brooks recorded a pair. Helping on one goal in the onslaught were Bogart, Steve Prout, Underhill, Tuckey. Couse, Glover and Kernick. Four of the Exeter goals came on the power play. Out of stedm The Hawks ran out of steam in the third period in Thamesford. Sunday, as the Trojans scored three times to take the 5-1 win. The Hawks faced some hot goaltending as they peppered 55 shots at the Thamesford net, but could only get one in. Mike Tadgell had 35 shots aimed in his direction. 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