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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-01-06, Page 1010 Times -Advocate, January 6, 1982 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Records are made to be broken. • That's exactly what Wayne Gretzky is doing almost every time he pulls on an Edmonton Oiler sweater and chalks up another scoring point. As this is being written Thursday morning, the youthful wonder of the ice lanes has scored 50 goals in 39 games surpassing anything that has ever been achieved in the National Hockey League. The previous marks of 50 goals in 50 games were held by Rocket Richard and Mike Bossy and were achieved in the 50th game of the scheritt1P We said several weeks ago that Gretzky would have a good shot at the 200 point mark in the 80 game schedule. At the rate he is going now we will have to upgrade that prediction by a good number. In only four of the first 39 games did the popular number 99 fail to get at least one point. The last game that hell:tvas blanked completely was on November 19 against the Minnesota North Stars. Exactly one month later on December 19 Gretzky got revenge against Minnesota when he scored four goals and added three assists for his biggest single night production of the yet young season. In hitting the 50 goal mark on the second last day of the year 1981, Gretzky scored five times and that was his best goal output of the year. Showing that Gretzky has indeed changed his pattern of play this year, he has scored 14 goals and picked up nine assists in the last five games. Previous- ly he was getting more assists than goals proving that he is now shooting oftener. Before he would set up his mates rather than shoot himself. Now the opposing defenders are certainly buffaloed and don't know what he is going to do next. Thv a is quite a controversy going between the real enthusiastic supporters of Gretzky and those that claim he wouldn't be so great in what they call the "good old days of the six team league." We are of the opinion that Gretzky would be great playing in any era. Granted, the old six teams were' made up of good hockey players, but, they usually had at least two weaker clubs at any given time whether it was Chicago, New York or Boston. In those days it was very unusual to have .a weak club out of Montreal, Toronto or Detroit. Right now there are about 420 players on the 2t • NHL clubs, almost four times the number needed to fill the rosters of the six original clubs. That would lead one to say that the calibre of hockey has to be watered down tremedously: We are not so sure that is the case. Let's go back 40 to 50 years when we talk about players like Charlie Conacher, Hap Day, King Clancy, Baeb Siebert, Howie Morenz, Johnny Gagnon, Georges Vezina,.George Hainsworth, Charlie Garthner to name only a few. At that time how many young boys had the chance to play minor hockey like they do today? Sure, there are now four times as many players in the big • procircuit, but, there are a lot more than four times the number of youngsters that have an opportunity. The majority of youngsters in this area even back in the late 1930's and on for at least 15 years played on outdoor ponds and didn't have any category of hockey to participate in until they reached their late teens when they were thrown into intermediate ranks. The first minor hockey teams in Exeter to the best of our memory were midget and juvenile teams around 1947 with coaches such as Derry Boyle and the late Ed Hunter-Duvar. Alvin Willert who started as manager of the old arena in 1952 said there was no organized pee wee hockey at that time. A few exhibition games were played during the year in preparation for the Young Canada tournament in Goderich. These days, seven and eight year-olds play more games in the month of October than any team did in an entire season before artificial ice came into ex- istence. To fortify our assumption that modern day hockey players could hold their own back in the good old days we got an opinion from Exeter's Mr. Hockey, Derry Boyle. Boyle was quick to say, "You can tell Foster Hewitt he doesn't know what he is talking abut. Some of our atoms and pee wees can shoot the puck as hard as the old pros did. Those days they hardly ever shot from the point." We will end the subject with this, "For some of us the older we get, the sweeter the memories can become and the better each of the old time player's ability seems." Another Good Tourney Exeter Hawks coach Ron Bogart has again Lined up an excellent array of teams for the fifth annual junior tournament which goes at the South Huron Rec Centre on January 9 and 10. The tourney starts at noon on Saturday with the Lucan Irish meeting the Thamesford Trojans. At 2 p.m. it's the Thedford Browns against Grand Valley. The Mitchell Hawks take on Port Dover at 5 p.m. and the host Exeter Hawks tangle with Southampton at,7:30 p.m. The four winners will meet in semi-finals at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday with the championship game slated for 8 p.m. This tourney always provides an excellent brand of ,hockey and this year should be no exception. Disappointing start South Huron's indoor track team had a disappointing start' to their season, Saturday, at the seventh annual Western Invitational, in London. "It'sa good way to begin the season. For most of the athletes, it was a chance to find out what sort of shape they're in," said coach Joe Fulop. This week, the run- ners begin practice in /ear - neat after the Christmas layoff. Fulop has planned an ambitious indoor season, which could include up to ten competitions, to prepare the team for the spring outdoor season. Matt McClure was third in his heat of the men's 300 metre with a time of 37.81 seconds, as well as placing seventh in the 1500 metre race. Susan McClure was second in both 60 metre and 300 metre heats. Esther Van Oss, Irene Dietrich and Judy Van Oleo were fifth, sixth and seventh respectively in the women's 1500 metre. Beat St. Marys 7-1 in final Local atoms win crownin house league tournament The Exeter I atoms won Tuesday's house league hockey tournament at the South Huron Rec Centre. In winning the pionship the locals cham- edged St. Tourney set for Saturday. The fifth annual Exeter Hawks unior 'D' tour- naments set for this weekend andeight top junior clubs will be participating. The tourney to be held at the South Huron Rec Centre starts at 12 noon Saturday and continues through four first round games. The four Saturday winning teams will meet in semi-final play at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. Sunday with the cham- pionship game going at 8 p.m. The championship club with three straight victories will receive $500 and a banner and medals while the runnerup team gets;150 plus a banner and medals. Last year's champions from Port Dover will be back to defend their title against clubs from Grand Valley, Southampton, Thedford, Thamesford, Lucan and the host Exeter Hawks. Each game will consist of three full 20 minute stop time periods plus 10 minutes of sudden death overtime if needed. If a tie still exists, five players from each team will take penalty : shots until a winner is declared. All OHA and tournament Niles will be strictly adhered to. Player certificates must be available for inspection by tournament officials if requested and bolstering of players from other teams will not be allowed. Referees are being ap- pointed by the OHA and any players under suspension at the time of the tournament will not be allowed to par- ticipate. The tourney opener at 12 noon Saturday pits the Lucan Irish against - the Thamesford Trojans while the Thedford Browns meet Grand Valley at 2:30 p.m. The defending champs from Port Dover meet the Mitchell Hawks at 5 p.m. and the Exeter Hawks will face- off against Southampton M 7:30 p.m. A dance for all tournament participants will be held Saturday night after the fourth game is completed: Exeter Hawks coach Ron Bogart is tourney convener. Marys I team 3-2 in the tourney opener and defeated St. Marys II by a score of 7-1 in the final game. St. Marys reached the final by edging Zurich 2-1 and defeating Clinton 7-1. In the consolation final, the other St. Marys team downed Zurich 5-1 The action Exeter II team saw in two games, losing 2-1 to Clinton .and 3-2 to Zurich. In the championship con- test. Tim van I)am put Ex- eter ahead with two quick goals in the first period. He notched the first score on passes from Jason McFalls and Glenn Quinn and the other was set up by Graham Arthur. Henry DeBruyn also fired two successful shots for the winners, one on a solo effort and the second on a pass from Tim van Dam. Scoring goals In single fashion for Exeter were Scott Wedlake, Graham Arthur and Jason Hern. Get- ting assists were Scott Wedlake and Jimmy Ahrens. In the opening victory over the other St. Marys team. Pete Lerokos led the Exeter scorers with a two goal per- formance while Graham Arthur scored the other goal and added one assist. Also getting an assist was Jason McFalls. In their first game loss, the Exeter 11 goal was notched by Todd McCann on a pass from Mark Danna while Justin Charrette was the marksman in the second during the daywere Rick game. Smith, Terry Hoffman and Goal scorers for Zurich Dale Miller. Irish lose twice The Lucan Irish failed to come up with any victories this week in the OHA Western Junior " IV group- ing They dropped a 5-4 deci- sion to the Exeter Hawks and were edged 4-3 by Mount Brydges. The Irish were back in ac- tion last night Tuesday in Tavistock and will be at home at the Lucan arena tonight. Wednesday to take • on the SeaforthCentennaires Saturday and Sunday they will be participating in the annual Exeter Hawks junior tournament. In. the . loss to Mount Brydges the Irish scored two goals in the first period. ATOMS WIN TITLE - The Exeter atoms won Tuesday's house league hockey tournament held at the South Huron Rec Cen- tre. Back. left, Henry DeBruyn, Graham Arthur. coach Simon vanDam . Tim vonDom, Robert Argyle. manager Tom Arthur, Tom Ralph and Jason McFalls Front, Jason Hern. Scott Wedlake, Jim Ahrens,Steve Sillery. Peter Lerikos and Glenn Quinn. Missing were Jeff Poole and Brett Borden. Buckeyes win over Mohawks In the only South Huron intermediate hockey league game this week the Zurich Buckeyes defeated the Exeter Mohawks 6-1 in Zurich Sunday afternoon. The league swings back into a busier schedule this week. Thursday night, the Zurich Buckeyes will be in Exeterfor, a return engagement with the Mohawks and Centralia College Saints are at Hen - salt. Friday the Hensall Sherwoods travel to the Stephen township arena to meet the Centralia Marauders and Sunday afternoon they will be in Zurich. Monday night the Buckeyes go to the Stephen arena to meet the College Saints. The only Exeter goal in Sunday's 6-1 Loss to Zurich came midway through the first period from the stick of Dave Underwood on a three- way combination with Tom Ryan and Dean Densmore. The –Buckeyes tied the score with two minutes left in the first period as Gerald Weido converted a pass from Mike Clarke. The Zurich club salted the genie away with four unanswered goals in the second 20 minutes of play. Kerry Bedard notched the first two scores on passes from Pat Bedard, Richard Schilbe and Randy McKinnon. The other two mid -game goals were fired by Schilbe and Clarke. In the third period, Jeff O'Brien com- pleted the Z urich scoring as he completed a passing combination originated by Ron Rader and Mike Clarke. The Buckeyes took eight of the 15 minor penalties called by refer • Brian Campbell and D r Appleby. None figur • in the scoring. 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