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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-04-01, Page 20Page 2A Times -Advocate, April 1, 1987 Hockey season quickly closing, ice out of Rec Centre • The hockey season in this area isquickly coming to a close. The ice will be removed from the South Huron Rec Centre this week in preparation for the upcoming home and garden show. The season for the Mohawks and Hawks ended rather abrupt- ly. Both clubs breezed their first round of playoffs and had good shots at league championships. We would like to pass on congratulations to both teams. They provided local fans with a lot of exciting and entertaining hockey. A number of new faces will be among the 1987-88 Mohawks. First of all coach Jack Chipchase has indicated he would not be back behind the bench. Chipper has contributed a lot to the team with his wide experience in amateur and professional ranks. We know of at least one new player who will certainly be a big help on the ice. This year's captain of the St. Marys Lincolns, Jeff Shipley of Lucan told us he would likely join the local senior '13' club. Shipley along with another Lucan native, Lester Arts was on the Ontario junior all star team, winners of silver medals at the recent Canada Winter Games. Arts has one year of junior eligibility left. Many of this year's junior Hawks are expected back next season and coach Dave Bogart said he is confident of the club's future. The Hawks went from five wins a year ago to one of the six top teams in the province this season. Quite a reversal!. __. The Lucan Irish are the only team still in the running for pro - is off to a great start. The four year-old pacer won his third straight race of the new year Saturday night by beating a strong field in the first leg of the Graduate Series at The Meadowlands in New Jersey. The Parkhill pacer with Ailsa .Craig native John Campbell in the sulky won Saturday's event in a fast 1.5.3.3. The other leg was won by Awesome Almahurst in one tick faster so Quite A Sensa- tion will have lots of competition to win this series. ;� Sports Spotlight by Ross Haugh John Campbell's win Saturday night was his 18th of the week for a total of 50 for the month of March. The 18 wins in a week sets a new record at The Meadowlands. Good Year for• Jays While the 1987 major league baseball season doesn't get under- way__ until. -Monday;-the-chances of the Toronto Blue Jays of vincial honours. They are currently tied at a game apiece with the repeating their -accomplishments of two .vearsago--appear- to -be Brussels -Bulls: The winner meets either Tavistock or Langton for the all -Ontario title. -. The Jays are getting the nod from a number of corners some After Saturday's win over the Bulls, Lucan coaches Ed Parkin- of which are considered to be veryknowledgeable. son- and Dave Revington said, "That was better. They area bet- The first comes from Bill Mozeroski's Baseball magazine. This ter team than some give them credit for• They -never give -up an d- -publication picks Toronto, Detroit: -New York, Boston, Baltimore, seem to be able to score in bunches." Cleveland and Milwaukee in that order in -the American league Still a Sensation The year 1987 appears as it will be another goodone for one of this area's current best harness horses. Quite A Sensation owned by Bob and Marilyn Porter of Parkhill Irish bounce back The Lucan Irish and Brussels Bulls are all tied up in their battle to ad- vance to the Ontario Hockey Associa- tion Junior 'D' championship series. After losing the.first game of the best -of -seven series Wednesday in overtime 7-5 in Brussels, the Irish bounced back on home ice Saturday night to win 9-6 and even the series. The third game was played last night, Tuesday in Brussels with the fourth back at the Lucan Communi- ty Centre Friday night at 8:15 p.m. The fifth game goes in Brussels Sun- day, April. at 2.p.m; Ifyf�r,�hrr, cgn- tests,are necessalry triey will be in Lucan Tuesday; 'April rid ira Lucan Thursday. April 9. After Saturday's win Irish coach Ed Parkinson said. "That was a little bet- ter. We were able to hold on to our lead this time. They have a better team than some give them -credit for. They never give up and are able to score goals in bunches." Penalties play a big part Penalties were responsible for seven of the goals scored in Satur- day's 9-6 win for the Irish at home. But most of these goals didn't come as one would expect. The reverse. happened. The game was only 17 seconds old when Irish captain Rob Thirlwall was sent off for tripping. While he was off Brad Muir stole the puck from the Brussels attackers and scored an unassisted goal. At the eight minute mark the Bulls did take advantage of a power play as 5hant 011 The Exeter RSD Novice Panthers, parents and coaches thank the Exeter Legion for the use of their hall for their annual wind-up party. Rob Cardiff registered with Mark Bannon of Lucan off for hooking. 1:- in the period Tim Fritz put Brns ahead ar the two teams were playing a full strength. Early in the second period the Irish moved ahead to stay as they scored two goals in a space of 19 seconds near the seven.minute mark. Grant Larsen started his four goal scoring splurge as he completed a three-way passing play with Joe. Febrey and Brad Hodgins at -6:37. Only 19 seconds later Paul Barnes was _in ,the righj §p9J.,Jo, finish .Qtr :a plaji started by 1•ebbrey and Larsen. Two minutes later Larsen registered again. This time Barnes and Febrey drew.assists. The Lucan fans had plenty to cheer about again at 14:31 as the Irish counted their second shorthanded score of the night as Grant Larsen completed his hat trick performance with Paul Barnes and Dean Doerr Waxers done The season ended this week for the Exeter Waxers as they dropped a 6-0 decision to St. Marys in a round rob- ing Ontario Minor Hockey Association novice playoff game. The Waxers finished third in the seven team playoff completing a 33 game regular and playoff schedule. Coach Bob McDonald, assistant coach Jim Jean and manager Jim Guenther would like to thank the players and their parents for a very successful and enjoyable season. WAXERS STATISTICS 6 A Pts 1 Marty Deflruyn 35 7 . 42 Chris Lerikos 23 11 34 Brent Urlin 10 15 25 Chris McDonald 5 19 24 Adam Jean 6 12 18 Ben Guenther 6 10 16 Jeff Sararas 7 4 11 Ryan Soldan 1 10 II Jeff MacLean 2 . 5 7 Adam Hern :1 3 6 Eric Clay 0 6 . 6 Chad Gilfillan I 3 5 Brian Richardson I 2 3 Jason Lindenfield 0 .1 1 Goals against Ave Jason Lindenfield 3.00 It's Easy Rider Time Cold W rat lntenlatc * With no interest or payments Until July, buying a new Honda has never been easier! • on approved eredul. on %elm ltd models east. The first paragraph in the evaluation of the Jays says, "Toron- to has baseball's best outfield, one of the game's top shortstops, three successful starting pitchers, an awesome one-two punch in short relief, excellent defence, power, speed, veterans in their prime, youth in the wings and - well, what else is there." Each of the three regular outfilders hit home runs in Satur- day's exhibition win over the Chicago White Sox. Jesse Barfield is off to a flying start. In Toronto's first 16•games and Barfield pro- bably didn't play in all, he had 6'home runs and 15 runs batted in. Project those figures over 162 games and you get 60 homers and 150 rbi's. The good news for Ontario fans is this springs efforts by Rob Ducey of Cambridge. He is expected to come north and become only the second Canadian to make the team. TPI other was Dave McKay from British Columbia. Manager Jimy Williams will have plenty of headaches before he cuts the roster to 24 for Monday's opener at Exhibition Stadium. With one of the best farm systems in the business, the Jays have many youngsters who have the ability to stay up, but many will be farmed out. Two expected to remain besides Ducey are first baseman Fred McGriff and second sacker Mike Sharperson. To date McGriff has five round trippers and 11 runs batted in. In recent weeks the others we have heard predicting the Jays .to lead their division were American league umpires Derwood Mer- rill and Rocky Roe and Don Mattingly of the Yankees. According to recent statistics, the Boston Red Sox will finish fourth or fifth this season. That's what's happened to the last five A L East champions. If the Cleveland Indians would win this time _around it would mean six -different champions in the same number. -of years.- - - . The Red Sox have the second best spring lrainillg i'ectwd -in the American league despite the absence of catcher Rick Gedman and Roger Clements. The Detroit Tigers are at the bottom of the -14 teams. One of the few bright spots -for -manager Sparky Ander- son is the return to five form by pitcher Don Petry. The abundance of young players in the Toronto system was one- reason Ron Shepherd was given .his release. He was quickly grabbed by the Montreal Expos. If he makes the Expos they could -]rave an alt ex -Blue Jays outfield along with Mitch Webster and Dave Collins. • .. t IMO . ?; ;yypp��{{yy��' s ply �S+�x , .. f✓.".'.'p`Y:3��":A:p'�i8%iG;o`iSl.'��•.��'.J�.:''i>a*'h.'"S.. Fourth game in Lucan, Friday to tie OHA semi-final series with .Bulls assisting. They really came alive 32 secnds later as Brad Muir converted a pass from Ian Craig. It was again shorthanded: Rob Hardy was still in the -penalty box when the Bulls did finally take ad- vantage of an extra man and Kevin McCarter scored. At 6:07 Jesse Crawford of the Irish was sent off by referee Clarke Pollock for tripping and it took Tim Fritz on- ly five seconds to score for Brussels and the Lucan lead was 6-4. The third period was only. 27 secQods• hid when the fourth shor- thanded. goal of the game was registered. This time it was Kevin McCarter of Brussels just as Terry Fritz was ready to return to the ice. Less than a minute later the Lucan two goal lead was restored as Wayne Urbshott converted a pass from Brad Muir. The Bulls were able to pull within one goal again at 11:04 as Todd Hut- ton beat Paul Woolford in the Lucan nets. - Again it took the -Irish only a minute to get back the lead.. This time it was Brad Muir releasing the successful shot'on passes from Todd Hayter and Wayne Urbshott. With the Bulls putting on the pressure with six forward -Sin the last minute of play, Paul Barnes sent a pass -to Grant Larsen and he was able CLOSE TO SCORING — Two Lucan.Irish move in on the Brussels goal during Saturday's OHA Junior 'D' semi-final playoff. T -A photo Beautify Your Home With Quality Products from DOUGALL BUILDING PRODUCTS 1� Wood -tile SOLARIUMS Vetter aluminum clod wood windows & doors Replacement windows Skylight Gorden Boy Windows Cabinets oras° - ELITE uo .1VCTalf asalT • atMwnrr • tauUU�arolrn a arfa* Shadow 500 Opposed kwtglIndee engine. Shari drive . 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Brussels starting netminder Jeff McGavin was yanked in favour of Pat Chambers after the shorthanded Lucan- goal at -14:31 of the second period and Lucan coach Ed .Parkin- son replaced starter Paul Woolford with Doug Haskett with six minutes left in the third period. Lose in overtime. In Brussels -Wednesday night the Irish gave up a two goal lead in the last three.minutes of playand gave up • two unanswered goals in overtime to' lose 9-7. - • 4 Power play goals by Tim Fritz and Doug Taylor put the Bulls ahead 2-1 early in the second period. Ian Craig was the Irish marksman on a pass from Rob Thirlwall. Before the second period was com- pleted Brad Hodgins and Jesse Crawford counted for Lucan. Assists were provided by Paul Barnes. Wayne Urbshott and Brad Muir. The Irish were -ahead 3-2. Early in the third period Grant Larsen converted a pass from Brad Muir and then teamed with Mark Bannon to set up Wayne Urbshott for the fifth Lucan goal. 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