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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-03-11, Page 20Page 2A • Times -Advocate, March 11, 1987 It's playoff time again with plenty of action The month of March usually brings a- Targe diet of playoff hockey and this year is certainly no exception in this area with three teams in the thick of contention. On the Senior 'B' front, the Exeter Mohawks are currently engaged with the Tavistock Royals in a battle to retain their league championship of a year ago although the category is a little different. ' The Mohawks after disposing of the New Hamburg Towers in four straight gatnes in the first round ran into a cropper Sunday night at home as they lost 4-2 to the Tavistock club. - The second game of the best -of -seven series was played last night, Tuesday in'Tavistock with the third game set for the South Huron Rec Centre Friday night at 8:30 p.m. The fourth contest is back in Tavistock territory Saturday night with a fifth game if necessary and we -feel it certainly will be on Wednesday, March 18. Any further games would be in Tavistock, Saturday, March 21 and the seventh and deciding game in Exeter -the following night. • The Mohawks enjoyed a very successful season and their first loss to Tavistock came after an almost two week layoff while the Royals had just come off a close series with Hillsburg. Injuries have been prevalent with the club in recent weeks. Goalie Louis Arts and speedy forward -Cant Doig are out for the season and Brian Mercer and Steve Nelson will each be out for a couple of more games yet. Manager Doc Campbell tells us that the Mohawks have obtain- ed the services of goalie Ray Brownlee from the Harriston Blues to backup regular netminder Rick Pikul. Brownlee can be carried by the Mohawks only as long as the junior Llawks are still in the playoff hunt. After that one of the junior goalies must fill the second spot. Campbell provided a list of three available goalies to the OHA and president Brent Ladds and league convener Bill Rowe decid- ed Brownlee would .be the Candidate. • • Lots of playoff action remains on the junior 'D' front as the Exeter Ilawks and Lucan Irish are each in their final rounds. The Ilawks came up with strong efforts to eliminate Seaforth in four straight games, but, dropped the first game of .the finals Sunday to the Brussels Bulls by a score of 3-0. '['he Hawks not only lost the first game, but, three players will Sports Spotlight In Robs Haugh be out for al least a couple of games. They are George Pratt, Scott Bogart and Scott Lovie. The first two are on the. injury-- list. and Lovie received a suspension in Sunday's contest. Coach Dave Bogart of the Hawks has been getting excellent goal tending from Dave Rook and Derek Switzer and this has con- tributed greatly to the playoff- success to date. The second -game of the series against Brussels goes at the South Iluron Rec Centre tonight, Wednesday .and after a game in Brussels Friday the two clubs will be back in town for the fourth contest, Sunday night. At the same time the Lucan Irish are in the final round of the junior 'D' south divisions and .they are faring very well. Urbshott leads scoring After winning the first two games, the Irish entertained Thamesford last night Tuesday in Lucan. The fourth game goes Friday in Thamesford with further games if necessary in Lucan March 17, Thamesford March 20 and March 23 back in Lucan. One of the top scorers during the season for the Irish has been on a scoring roll in the first two games of the finals. Wayne Urb- shott scored two goals and added one assist in the first tilt and in the second rattled in three goals and helped his mates set up two other scores. Want to play volleyball? A co-ed volleyball tournament is being planned at the South Huron Rec Centre for Saturday, March 21. Minimum number of players for each team is three women and three men. Anyone interested in entering a team should contact Carl Nickles at 228-6175. . At the same time Nickles is looking for prospective new players for the Huron Park Stingers, a ladies fastball team. Con- tact may be made at the same number. Mason does it again - We had the privilege to watch the last few minutes of the CCAA hockey finals from the Joe Louis arena in Detroit Saturday night. The Michigan State Spartans coached by Ron Mason won the championship for the fifth time in six.years. The Spartans edged Bowling Green in overtime. Mason who played junior hockey in Seaforth and was one of the originators of the Huron Hockey School has been at Michigan State for seven years after successful coaching careers at Bowl- ing Green and Lake Superior State. Saturday's win was Mason's 218th at East Lansing and 507 overall in his American college coaching career. Keep going, Iton. Irish take two steps towards south title The Lucan Irish have taken a conn- manding-lead-in-their bid to win -the O11A Western Junior •'D' southern group championship. After disposing of the Mount Brydges Bulldogs, the Irish defeated the Thamesford Trojans 6-2 in Lucan Wednesday and came back with an. 8-6 victory Friday in Thamesford. : The third game of the best -of -seven series was played last night, Tuesday in Lucan. The fourth contest goes Fri- day in Thamesford. If further games are necessary they are set for Lucan March 17, Thamesford March 20 and Lucan March 23. - The winner of this series goes on to meet either the -Brussels -Bulls -oto Ex- eter Hawks in semi-final play for the all -Ontario championship. • 'in the first ganne of the series the Irish started slowly as they fell behind 2-1 after the first 20 minutes:of play. Matt Vegh and Quinn- McKnight scored. for Thamesford and Scott Denomy replied for Lucan on a pass from Warne Urbshott. Three unanswered goads in the mid- dle frame put the Irish ahead to stay. Denomy's second goal of.thenight with Bob Thirlwall assisting tied the score at 8:52 and four minutes later Grant Larsen notched what proved to be the winner -on passes -from -Brad Muir and Denomy.- Near the end of the period Wayne Urbshott converted a pass from Joe F'ebrey to put his club ahead 4-2. In the final session. Urbshott hit Thamesford again this lime with Rob Clardy assisting and Hardy completed the scoring on passes produced by Brad Muir and Paul DePlancke. From behind again in Thamesford Friday the Irish were forced to overcome another deficit. This time it was larger as they fell behind 4-0 by the second minute WIN ELANCO BONSPIEL — The recent Elanco curling bonspiel was won by.a yink skipped by Dick Dougall. Above, Jim DeBlock presents prizes to Dick Dougall, Allan Hodgert, Mike Ryan and Murray Porteous. Missing were Bill Dougall and Reg Hodgert. T -A photo Molting Hawks win Zurich tourney The Exeter Molting Hawks won the downed the Lambeth Pools .6-4 and weekend Oldtimers hockey tourna- •beat the London -Dough Boys 5-) to ment in Zurich sponsored by the win the championship. Zurich Has Beans. The Exeter club also won the The Molting Hawks in their first Playfair trophy as the team taking K the fewest penalties and (:Tenn Stire game defeated -Goderich 6-4 in a was named the most valuable goalie shooiout af[erpiang to -a- 44e,---itrthetournament. • • t Umpires Clinic (Softball) Sunday, March 29 1 - 4:30 p.m. at South Huron District High School, Exeter For more information phone Usborne Umpires Assoc. Incorp. 519-235=1164 Arj OOK 'NOW For • Lawn Rolling (Exeter only) • Spraying • Fertilizing (519) 235-1885 after 5 p.m. CASEY'S Lawn Cave • Lawn Maintenance • Fertilizing • Floworbeds • Rolling • Cutting • Spraying Bears win over Parkhill The Exeter Bears continued their winning ways by scoring a 6-2 victory over Parkhill. Brian Moir led the Bears in the scoring department with a three goal .• effort. Scoring one goal apiece were John Kochan, Mark Lomas and Mark Coward. Picking up assists for the Bears in single fashion were Pat Hartman, Dave Bryson and Brian Moir. The Parkhill goals came from the sticks of Dave Windsor and Paul Ansems do passes from ian Watson and Joe Kaak. In the opening game win over Goderich, .lack Chipchase, Scott Bur- ton and Keith Ahrens scored for the Molting Hawks in the overtime shobtout. in regulation time it was Keith Ahrens converting a pass from Scott Burton, Mike Cushman completing a tr-w ecay pass hinatinrrwith Bob McDonald and Bill Chipchase and Bob Jones potting a pass from Ahrens. Scott Burton fired a pair of suc- cessful shots in the victory over the Lambeth Pools. Scoring in single fashion were Jack Chipchase, Bob Jones, Keith Ahrens and Ken Bergman into an empty net. Five different players each scored single goals to post the championship 5-1 win over the London Doughboys. They were Ken Bergman. Bob McDonald, Keith Ahrens,' Bill Chip - chase and Bill Pincombe. . Scott Burton and Jim'Russell were the top playnakers with two assists each. Assisting on one goal each were Bill Pincomhe, Ken Bergman and Bob nitDonald. MOST IMPROVED SKATER - - Jennifer Cronin was named the most improved skater in the Exeter figure skating club this year. Above, she receives a plaque from club pros Marg Corey and Debbie Nau- johaitis. • T -A Moto • of the middle stanza. -1a_this_point,Scot t_Ful ler_scor-ed twice for the.Trojans and Doug Titus and Scott MacDonald counted singles. It took the Irish less than 11 minutes to get even and by the end of 40 minutes of play were in front 6-4. Glenn Marshall broke the Irish scoring famine at 2:20 on a pass from captain Bob Thirlwall and almost five minutes later, Wayne Urbshott tallied on an unassisted effort on the first of REC LEAGUE After a shaky start with little or no ice time. the Exeter men's recreation hockey league has completed a 21 game schedule. Two games were played each Thursday night at the South Huron Rec Centre and the Stephen township arena with all refereeing chores handled by the Exeter junior hawks. The year-end playoff tournament will be played this weekend beginn- ing at 12 noon Saturday with the finals going Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. The final standings are: W 1. T • Gaiser Kneale 17 2 2 Colonial Hotel 15 3 2 Young & Restless 12 6 3 Knight Hawks 10 8 _ 3 Exeter Inn-0ians 6 13 1 Algoma Tire • 6 14 1 Outlaws 6 12 2 Whalers :3 17 [''1's :3ti :33- 27 --23--- 1:3 1:3 1-3 6 RUST CHECK CENTRE For Appointment Call HUNTER-DUVAR Auto Bud—y--- 284-2888 665 James St. N. St. Marys four power play scores in the period. ..Also. scoring with a man advantage were Jesse Crawford. Urbshott again and Brad Ilodgins. Urbshott scored his third of the night between power plays and picked up one assist along -with Mark Barmen, Terry Knowles and Jesse Crawford. Just past the eight minute mark of the third -period Quinn McKnight scored twice for Thamesford in a space of 21 seconds, one on a power play. - At 14:31 Wayne Urbshott beat Mike MacMillan in the opposing net for the fourth time and with 16 seconds to go set up Jesse Crawford for the in- surance marker. BULLETS WIN The Exeter Big V Bullets were blanked 5-0 by liensall in a pee wee if exhibition game in Hensatl, Wednesday night. - Captain Chris Gardner was the top marksman for Hensall with three suc- cessful shots.Scoring in single fashion were Dennis Mount and Rob 1lofffna') Usborne & Hibbert Mutual. 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