HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-05-06, Page 17lrhh repeat Junior 'D'
The Ontario Hockey Association
Junior 'p' championship trophy has •
found a resting place at the Lucan
-Commupity Centre for the next year.
The Lucan Irish came through in
flying colours Tuesday night with an.
.impressive 8.2 win over the Tavistock
Braves to regain the au-untario title
they won five years ago. Tavistock
won the same trophy four years ago.
The Irish will face a major
rebuilding chore when the 1987-88
season tolls around next fall.
Six players will be overage. They
THE ALL-ONTAki. .. NY -- OHA Junior 'D' convener Wayne
Smith of Belmont pr, _ its the all -Ontario trophy to Lucan Irish cap-
tain Bob Thirlwall. T -A •hoto
AFTER A GOAL — Mark Bannon and Brad Muir congratu ate each
other after a goal for the Irish in the championship game while Wayne
Urbshott approaches from the right.
COACHES SHAKE -- Lucon Irish assistant coach Dave Revington gets
a hand shake from Tavistock coach Ken Kitching. T -A photo
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are Inns year s captain bob Thirlwall,
the league's leading scorer Wayne
Urbshott, stalwart defencemen Brad
Hodgins and Rob Hardy and two
other high scoring forwards Ron
Goodhand and Grant Larsen.
Manager Jim Hearn expects Brad
Muir, Mark Bannon and Paul Barnes
will be missing as they will be atten-
ding universities at distant points.
Hearn added, "Both our goalies
Doug Haskett and Paul Woolford will
be back. But, it's up front where we
will be lacking. We're losing a lot of
scoring punch.
Most of the Irish management and
executive from the 1981-82 season
were on hand Tuesday night to join in
on another championship celebration
although some were in a different
capacity.
Clare Stanley who hasbeen known
as the voice of the Irish for many
years was the club president five
years ago and he still holds that posi-
tion. Then manager 'Bob Taylor is
now the treasurer.
The -biggest advancement in five
years was for the trainers. Since that
time Jim Hearn has taken over as
manager and Barry Hodgins is on the
executive.
Dave Revington, head coach for the
last championship team served as an
assistant to head coach Ed Parkinson
this time around. Jim Freeman has
been on the executive for many years.
Jeff Shipley who was a member of
the 1981-82 team and recently com-
pleted a successful junior 'B' career
with the St. Marys Lincolns dropped
into the dressing room following T, ' s -
day's win to offer his congratulat
Shipley is 3xpected to be with the
Exeter Mohawks senior 'B' club when
the fall training season rolls around
joining John Kernick who was with
the Exeter club this year after four
years in St. Marys.
OHA Junior 'D' convener Wayne
Smith of Belmont was on hand to pre-
sent the all -Ontario trophy to Irish
captain Bob Thirlwall.
Following celebrations at the
arena, the champion Irish piled onto
the Lucan-Biddulph fire truck for a
tour of the village letting everyone
know they were number one in their
category.
As the series went the full seven
games neither team was able to win
more than one game consecutively.
The Irish took games one, three, five
and seven and took advantage of the
flip of the coin to gain the deciding
game at home.
Right after Lucan had eliminated
the Brussels Bulls, convener Wayne
Smith tossed the coin in the air and
Tavistock coach Ken Kitching called
heads. The coin came down tails and
the home ice advantage went to the
Irish.
Lucan manager Jim Hearn said he
didn't expect the series would go
seven games especially after his club
won the first game quite handily, by
a 7-2 score in Tavistock.
Hearn continued, "Tavistock are a
young team and they will be heard
from in the future. They were tough
physically and never gave up. The
sixth game proved that. I think our
experience proved the difference in
the final game."
Hearn was the most nervous person
in the Lucan arena Tuesday night.
He continued pacing right to the
late minutes of the third period even
with his team well ahead. He was
remembering very vividly the
disaster in the sixth game 'in
Tavistock when everything that could
go wrong did.
Two of the three Lucan losses came
late in the third period and overtime
when it appeared they had wins in the
bag.
Great second period
Despite running into trouble in the
last period in previous games, the
Irish held the upper hand throught the
final 20 minutes after holding a 6-2
title of five
margin at the end of two periods of
play.
The only goal of the first period was
notched by Mark Bannon of the Irish
at 15:35 as he was in the right spot in
front of the Tavistock net to pounce
on a rebound of a hard shot from the
stick of defenceman Jesse Crawford.
Brad Muir also assisted. Eric Van
Boekel of the Braves was in the penal-
ty Max.
Although the score was only 1-0 in
the first frame, the Irish held a
distinct edge in the shots on goal
department winning 16 to five.
The Irish wasted little time in hit-
ting the scoreboard in the secondses-
sion as another blistering shot from
the stick of Jesse Crawford found its
way into the opposition net. it came
at the 1osecond mark with Mark Ban-
non assisting.
The goal to put the Irish up 3-0 came
on a neat passing play with a pass
from: Paul Barnes catching (;rant
Larsen in perfect position and he
made no tnistake. This goal came
with 2:3 seconds left in a Tavistock
penalty.
in the next two minutes, some of the
Lucan fans were beginning to get
thoughts of previous comebacks be
the Braves as they scored two quick
goals.
With Paul Barnes of Lucan off for
hooking Mark Albrecht did some goxl
work behind the Lucan net and got the
puck out to captain Kevin Yantzi who
notched the first goal for his club.
Only a minute after the Yantzi
score. the Lucan defence failed to
clear a loose puck and Jeff Smith
swept the puck into the net.
The Irish missed a chance to go up
two goals at the 11:50 mark asBraves
goalie Scott McCann threw his stick
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at the puck and referee Ivan tsryce
awarded a penalty shot to the Irish.
Grant Larsen who was on the ice al
the time of the infraction took the free
shot, but was stopped by McCann as
he went straight in and tried to pick
a corner.
At the 13:35 Larsen did takeadvan-
tage of another scoring chance as he
converted passes from Paul Barnes
• and Al Craig. -
Jesses Crawford notched his second
goal of the night as he moved in from
the point to pick up his own rebound
and the Irish were ahead 5-2.
Late in the period Glenn Marshall
registered on passes from Wayne
tlrhshott and Brad J1uir and the Irish
went to the dressing room with a 6-2
lead.
Their lead was never seriously
threatened in the final period and they
were able. to add a couple of goals.
A the 1:30 mark on a power play.
Wayne Urbshott directly in front of
the net potted a pass from Jesse
Crawford. Near the halfway mark
Mark Bannon' completed the Lucan
scoring on a pass from Paul Barnes.
Grant Larsen, Paul Barnes and
Mark Bannon were the scoring stars
for Lucan and Jesse Crawford was a
tower of strength on defence adding
to his scoring potential with a blister-
ing shot from the point.
A CHAMPIONSHIP SIP -- Lucan Irish manager Jim Hearn waitspa-
tiently
for his turn for a sip of the champagne following Tuesday's
win over Tovistock. Getting his second taste in five years is executive
mdmber Jim Freeman. T -A photo
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WAITING FOR A RIDE — These Lucan Irish were waiting for a ride on the Lucan-Biddulph fire truck
following Tuesday's win. From the left ore Mork Bannon, Glenn Marshall, Todd Hayter, Paul Woolford,
Terr Knowles, Ian Craig and_Grant Larsen. T -A photo
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COACH UPLIFTED — Coach Ed Porkinson of the Lucan Irish gets a ride around the ice .Tuesday right
'after the win over Tavistock. The players are Paul Woolford, Glenn Marshall, Paul DePlancke, Todd
Hayter, Mark Bannon and Terry Knowles. - T -A •holo
A TIME TO CHEER The Ibrge crowd at Tuesday's final OHA Junior 'D' game won by the Lucan Irish
is shown cheering for their favourites at the final buzzer. T -IA photo
WE WON IT - - Moments after the Lucon Irish won the OHA champions ip Tuesday nig t, ce e • rations
began on the ice. From the left ore Brad Hirtzel, lan Craig, Paul DePlancke, Terry Knowles, Todd Hayter,
Ken Freeman, Wayne Urbshott and assistant coach Dave Revington. T -A photo
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AROUtiLf#TOWN WE GO - Shown on the Lucan-Biddulph fire trucks following Tuesday's ucan r s
championship win are Brad Hodgins, Grant Larsen, Dean Doerr, Bob Thirlwoli, Paul DePlancke, Paul
Manders, Wayne Urbshott, Doug Haskett and Glenn Marshall. T -A photo
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