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frlockey fans assured of excitin action in upcoming playoffs
It's that time of year again when area hockey teams swing in-
to the playoffs.
In the DHA Western Junior "D" league action in the district
starts this week with the Exeter Hawks meeting the Tavistock
Braves and the Lucan Irish tangling with the Seaforth Centenaires.
' The Hawks open their bst-of-five set in Tavistock Thursday
night with the second game at the Hensall arena Sunday afternoon
at 3 p.m.
The Lucan Irish and the Tavistock Braves will be playing four
times in the same time frame. They opened in Tavistock last night,
Tuesday. The second and third games go in Lucan, Thursday and
Saturday night with starting times of 8:15 p.m. The fourth game
is back in Tavistock, Sunday.
In WOAA intermediate "A" ranks the Exeter Mohawks have
suffered a slight setback in their first two playoff games, but, still
have a chance to continue if they win their next two starts.
The Mohawks after going through the entire schedule with only
one loss and a tie to blemish an otherwise perfect record dropped
identical 3-2 decisions to the Teeswater Falcons and Wingham
Royals.
In order to stay alive the Mohawks must win over Teeswater
in Hensall Thursday night and over Wingham at the South Huron
Rec Centre, Sunday night.
The Exeter pee wees are patiently waiting for their fourth
round opponents in OMI -IA playoffs. Currently Leamington and
Sandwich West are meeting with the winner to take on Dresden.
The winner of this set will then meet Exeter.
The local pee wees hill continue with their final Shamrock
league contest tonight, Wednesday at the Rec Centre against St.
Marys.
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Harvesters keep on winning
We had a quick glimpse at a recent issue of the Grand Valley
weekly newspaper and learned that that town's hockey team is roll-
ing up a very envious record during the 1984-85 hockey season.
The Grand Valley Harvesters who eliminated the Exeter
Hawks in the OHA Junior "D" semi-finals last season and won the
local Hawks tournament in January of this year for the third
straight time are undefeated.
The Harvesters just recently completed the regular schedule
without a loss, winning 21 times and getting ties in their three other
starts.
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Sports Spotlight
by Ross Haugh
That's a very enviable record and should make them
favourites to grab the all -Ontario title within the next two months.
Last year they were edged in the final round by the Mt. Brydges
Bulldogs.
Tourney on this weekend
A couple of weeks ago we gave the wrong dates for an upcom-
ing men's rec hockey league tournament tope held at the South
Huron Rec Centre.
It goes this coming weekend with the first round getting under-
way Friday night and the championship games set for Sunday
afternoon.
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New domed stadium
It was good news a few weeks ago when in one of his last moves
as Premier of Ontario, William Davis announced approval of a
domed stadium for Toronto and area.
For sports fans in this part of Western Ontario, most are not
thrilled with the location for the new dome which is purported to
be the best of its kind.
Most in this part of Western Ontario would have liked to have
the new facility in the area of Highway 401 making for much easier
travelling to and from Blue Jays and Argos games.
Just recently we heard Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth
and Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers for many years
discussing the proposed dome.
Harwell was enthused when he found out that the dome would
be located close to the CN tower and the new hotels in which the
Tigers will likely be staying.
Howarth indicated the new domed stadium with a retractable
roof would be ready for the opening game of the 1988 American
League baseball season.
in fact it is hoped it will be completed in time for Toronto to
be host to the 1987 Grey Cup game that is if the Argos decide to
play their home games in the new facility.
At the moment, Argos general manager Ralph 6azio says his
team will continue to play their games at CN Stadium because of
a conflict between a couple of breweries over advertising rights.
Back to the location of the dome it probably is the most
preferable when one takes into consideration hotel accommoda-
tions and transportation.
In addition to the subway and other city transportation, there
will be parking for 11,000 vehicles within a 12 minute walk of the
new stadium.
HAWKS HOST BRAVES IN HENSALL, SUNDAY AFTERNOON
The Exeter Hawks will face
Tavistock in the first round of playoffs
in the northern division of the Western
Junior "D" loop and if the playoffs
are as surprising as the final week of
the season, fans should be in for some
good action.
The Hawks had favoured meeting
the Braves as opposed to the Seaforth
Centenaires and that wish came true,
despite some strange twists.
The locals went into the final week
of action trailing the Lucan Irish by
four points for third place, while the
Braves were atop the standings.
However, Lucan posted a 12-6 win
in Tavistock on Friday, while the
Hawks were picking up four points
with a 10-4 win in Mitchell.
Then Saturday night, the Hawks
travelled to Tavistockk for their final
game of the season and nipped the
Braves 4-3 to share third place, while
Tavistock dropped into a first place
tie with Seaforth.
The Braves and Centenaires were
to play on Tuesday An a make_.0
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forfeited the contest.
Local officials aren't certain how
the Irish were picked over the Hawks
in the tie-breaker for third place, but
they were ruled as fourth place
finishers and as such will meet the se-
cond place Braves.
The best -of -seven semi-final will get
underway in Tavistock at 9:00 p.m. on
Thursday. The first Exeter game will
be played in Hensall due to the fact
a rec league tournament has the local
Bantams win
in houseleagne
In a scheduled house league game,
the Exeter Bantams beat a team
from Lucan 9-4, Friday night.
Peter Lerikos led the way with a
hat trick while David Josephson
scored two goals.
Getting single goals were Graham
Arthur, Laurie Chalmers, Tom Rolph
and Jeff Playfoot.
' Frank Woodward led in the assist
department, as he picked up four. Jeff
Playfoot and Laurie Chalmers each
received two assists, with single
assists going to Scott Wedlake, Tom
Polph. David Josephson, Jason
M1cF'alls and Peter Lerikos.
Troy Eddinp,ton scored all four of
Lucan's goals. two of them on
unassisted efforts while receiving
assists from Anson Vince on the other
two goals.
in an exhibition game Sunday
night. Exeter came up on the short
end of a 3-I score against a team from
Zurich.
Rob KcK night scored for Exeter in
the first period, with the only assist
going to Jason McF'alls. They manag-
ed to maintain the lead until the third
period when they ran into a rash of
penalties and Zurich scored three
unanswered goals.
Mark Stephens scored twice, with
the clincher going in with less than a
minute left in the game. Derrick Mar:
tin scored the other Zurich goal. John
Parker picked up two assists,. with
singles going to Mike ('yr, Todd
Laporte and Jeff Keller..
Before )iusend it.sealk.I
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rec centre filled for this weekend.
The game in Hensall will be played
at 3:00 p.m., Sunday.
The Hawks hit the playoff trail on
an upbeat note after a rather up and
down season. They have won seven of
their last eight games (including the
four -pointer with Mitchell) and two of
those victories were over the Braves
right in Tavistock.
The Hawks and Braves split in their
six -game season schedule, each win-
ning twice on the other team's ice.
The Braves, on the other hand,
have lost four of their last five games.
A familiar face to local junior "D"
hockey fans will .be seen around the
Hawks during the playoffs. Bob Zim-
mer, former coach of the Mitchell
Hawks, will be assisting coach Keith
Hartwick. Zimmer coached the Mit-
chell crew during the many seasons
in which they perennially ended up in
playoff dog-fights with the local
Hawks. He's been coaching in Clinton
for the past three years, but wars
Edge Braves
Playing in Tavistock, Saturday, the
Hawks stilt had a share of third place
in sight, while the Braves were still
clinging to some hope -of finishing in
first.
That prompted some good, exciting
actibn and the Hawks finally prevail-
ed for a 4-3 triumph.
. The locals dropped behind 1-0 in the
first, but had the count even at 2-2 at
the end of the second as Steve Prout
and Sean Whiteford scored.
Steve Batten opened the third with
a powerplay goal in the first minute
and Ted Hodgins made it 4-2 near the
midway mark, again on a powerplay.
The Braves whittled the lead to one
goal with a marker with three
minutes remaining, but the hawks
and netminder Pete Dearing held off
the final onslaught.
Picking up assists on the Exeter
goals were Dave Skea, Bill Glover,
George Pratt and Scott Brintnell.
Dearing finished their game with 29
saves, while Mike Oliver had 34 for
the Braves. Both teams had five
minor penalities and the Hawks con -
verted three of their powerplays into
ghats, while the Brace had one.
Two in one
In Mitchell, Friday, the two Hawks
teams battled for four points to com-
plete their two games on the schedule.
Mitchell struck with two goals ear-
ly, but the locals rebounded to take a
4-3 lead after the first and then out-
scored their hosts 3-1 in the second
and 3-0 in the third.
Jason VanHaarlen worked in the
nets and recorded 25 saves in the win,
while the Exeter crew peppered 55
shots at the Mitchell net.
Bill Glover and Steve Batten pac-
ed the goal scoring with two goals
each, while adding singles were Jeff
Pfaff, Dave Skea, Ted Hodgins, Scott
Bogart, Scott Brintnell and Jeff
Rowe.
Rowe, Glover and ,George Pratt
added three assists each and con- SECOND DRAW BEST — The
,,i,kribyting a pair were Bogart, Batten, Niall Straw and Bev :. sts.tt
The locals scored three times on the
powerplay an 1 once while playing a
man short as they took 10 of the 19
minors called.
rink
of Jim DeBiock, Julianne Smith,
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OHA
Junior "D"
Hockey
Playoffs
Sun., Feb. 24
3:00 p.m.
Tavistock Braves
vs.
Exeter Hawks
Hensel)
Arena
Swat sweep five points
In the last two weeks of play in the
Exeter Legion mixed dart league, the
Swat team was the only one to gain
five points.
This week's scores were:
Swat 5 Lost Flights 0
Outlaws 4 Smurfs 1
Snyde and Clyde 4 Canscotts 1
Itchy Niters 3 Scotties 2
Shiphunters 3 The Odd Ones 2
All in the Family 3 Trailers 2
011ie's Best 3 The A Team 2
9 -W's 3 Turtles 2
February 8
LADIES CURLING
Blanchard 11
McDonald 11
Chapman 11
Smith 11
Hackney 10
Skinner 13
Davison 11
Smith 11
Marshall 11
Shirray 9
Dougall 3
Ross 3
Smith 3
Beattie 3
Dawson 4
Kerslake 1
frock 3
Mousseau 3
Simpson 3
Burton 5
Turtles 4 Swat 1
A Team 3 Snyde and Clyde 2
Outlaws 3 Shiphunters 2
Itchy Niters 3 Trailers 2
All in the Family 3 011ie's Best 2
4 -W's 3 Odd Ones 2
Canscotts 3 Scotties 2
Smurfs 3 Lost Flights 2
Friday's scehdule in as follows:
8 p.m.
4 -W's vs Canscotts
Smurfs vs A11 in the Family
011ie's Best vs Lost Flights
Scotties vs Odd Ones
9:30 p.m.
Swat vs itchy Niters
Snyde and Clyde vs Outlaws
Trailers vs Turtles
Shiphunters vs A Team
POKER RALLY
The South Hibbert Athletic Associa-
tion had a very successful
snowmobile poker rally with a total
of 564 hands being drawn.
Top prize winners were $50, Jim
Maloney; $40, Doris Ilamilton; $30,
Joe Allen; $25, Ken Roney; $25, Lisa
Kernick. There were alsoltllprizes of
$20; five of $15; 20 of $10 and 20 of $5.
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