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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 .tom• 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 Moy 6, 1987 ears ago 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 Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex dvoc & North Lamblon Since 1873 PagelA Ade 11111 W01114. tb 1111100 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 ts� 11 .. 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 • 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 •