Times-Advocate, 1987-11-04, Page 14Page 2A Times -Advocate,, November 4, 1987
Clippings from a Maple Leaf Fan's scrapbook
I have a friend who always says: "in life, timing is everything".
I've come to the conclusion: that he's absolutely right and so,
when I opened the London Free Press Monday morning and saw
that the Toronto Maple Leafs have broken the three-way tie for
first place in the.Norris division, Idecided it was:time for a col-
umn about them.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, Toronto is in first place.
They beat Chicago 6-5 Saturday night to give themselves a grand
total of 12 points. Those 12 wonderful points would put them in se-
cond place in the Smythe division, fourth in the Patrick division
and third in the Adams division, but who cares about that.
In the Norris division Leafs are kings -- at least for a day or so.
Last season when Toronto edged into first place in a similar
fashion, I had a copy of the division standings enlarged and I tacked
it up on the wall in hopes of toning down some of the laughter in
the office. I'm• not going to do that this year.
It didn't work out that well.
I've always claimed to be an honest Maple Leaf fan.
When things got really bad in the Gardens a couple of years ago,
I hung on, though I was admittedly quiet about the whole thing.
My father took me to the Gardens for the first time when I was
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CAUGHT FROM BEHIND — Exeter Mohawks goalie Rick Pickul takes
a shot rom behind as he clears the puck behind his net.
RSD Panthers pounded
Exeter Novice RSD Panthers took
a pounding from Strathroy C's this
week in Lambton-Middlesex action,
dropping a hard-fought 5-2 decision.
After a scoreless first period,
Strathroy took control in the second
on goals by Chad Goss and Mike
. Brooks.
Exeter'sJeff Inch kept things close
when he scored unassisted to make it
2-1, but Strathroy was able to counter
that with a'goal by Scott McChanlie
In the third; Goss and Brooks add-
ed two more for Strathroy.
Mike Schwindt scored Exeter's se-
cond goal after he picked up a pass
from Brian Hayman. but Panthers
were unable, to rally.
about 12 -years -old and until just last year, I carried the ticket stubs
from that game around in my wallet -- a symbol of my allegiance.
But last week I met a real Toronto Maple Leaf fan. I had the
honour of riding on a bus driven by Harvey Smith.
Harvey, it seems, became a Leaf fan just minutes after birth
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and has remained loyal throughout the years: As soon as he found
out about my weakness for the eternal underdogs -on -the -lake, he
took out his wallet and showed me a picture.
It wasn't a snap -shot of his wife, or his children or even his
mother.
It was a photo of Harold Ballard.
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In the "Write On!" section of the Free Press a Leaf fan wrote
that he was tired of people speaking negatively about Harold
Ballard and Gerry McNamara. Of McNamara the man wrote:
"Gerry McNamara...is, despite popular belief, probably one of the
best GM's in the game today."
This man isn't just a Toronto fan, he's wearing blue and white
blinkers.
McNamara?
Gerry McNamara?
Can we be talking about the man who gave away Mike Bossy,
who sold Randy Carlyle? Is this the same Gerry McNamara who
just picked up Dave Semenko in the hockey acquisition of the
century?
Granted, he does seem to have come out on top with the latest
Al Secord, Ed Olczyk/Rick Viave, Steve Thomas deal, but I'm sure
it was totally by accident. -
The writer finishes his letter with this beauty: "A better com-
bination of owner and GM teamwork to bring a winner to a city
is not likely to be found in the NHL today."
I think it's safe to let the Leaf's record do the talking on that one.
After all, it's not as if they've been tripping over that big cup much
in the last 20 years.
Waxers fake drubbing, bounce back for tie
Exeter Waxers were. thumped o-1 just 23 seconds into the third when he
by .Lucan Novices Saturday in connected with Adam Duckocy to
Shamrock hockey action. They went score. Appleman pumped in a second
on to play St. Marys Atoms Sunday, goal at 4:27 to give Lucan the go -
fighting to a 2-2 tie. ahead. Mike Brady .picked up the
Exeter took a 1-0 lead in the first assist.
period on a goal by Jeff Sararas. At 7:17, Jeremy Brown came to life
Defenceman Brian Richardson drew and led his line into a scoring frenzy
the assist on the play. that would see three pucks go into the
Waxers held onto that lead through Exeter net in less than one minute.
the first and second periods, but were Brown scored from Duckocy and
caught off -guard in the third when Chad Greenlee and then repeated the
Lucan exploded, scoring six goals-and—performance-40-seconds- later from
taking the victory by storm. Dtickocy and Ryan Carroll.
Josh Appleman started the blitz Duckocy, who already had a three
point night, pumped in Lucan's fifth
goal 14 seconds later on a pass from
Jesse Waters. •
Waters potted a goal of his own at
12:20 to finish the scoring. Brent
Bellamy was -credited with the assist.
Denver England was in net for
Lucan.
Rob Lynn and Chad Gilfillan turn-
ed in good performances for Waxers,
despite the loss.
Sunday, Waxers were able to con-
trol the events of the third period in
their league game against St. Marys.
Dave Farquhar gave Exeter the
lead at 4:01 of the first. Lynn and Eric
Clay drew assists on the play: - -
Waxers carried the lead into the se-
cond but Derry! Fedyk of St. Marys
scored unassisted at 3:55 to tie the
game.. -
Farquhar notched his second goal
of the night at 7:05 after he picked up
a pass from Lynn and Bryce Hann.
In the third, Dan Murrell tied the
game with less than three minutes left
to play and Exeter was forced to set-
' tle for the single point.
Waxers now have a record of three
wins, three tosses and two ties.
Exeter, Lucan Atoms fight it out in Shamrock league
Exeter Atoms were dumped 4-2 by Chris Revington.
Lucan Saturday but rebounded Sun -Neither team was able to make a
day to shut out St. Marys 5-0 in mark in the second period but the
Shamrock action. Lucan Atoms
chalked up a -second win in an exhibi-
tion game against Oakridge Sunday.
Lucan took a 2-1 lead in the first
period Saturday and then increased •
it to four in the third.
Steve Dame started the scoring for Exeter managed a reply when
Lucan when he scored on a pass from Mark Foster scored from Jamie van
Shaun Fairweather less than one Dam with 4:52 left in the game but it
minute into the game. was too little too late.
Exeter quickly tied the game when Exeter went home with a 4-2 loss.
Marty DeBruyn scored from Steve Exeter Atoms took a,romp over St.
Stire and Sean McCann at 1:30, but Marys Sunday. McCann scored at
Lucan re -took the lead with 6:10 re- 5:40 in the first to give his team the
maining in the period after Matt edge. DeBruyn picked up an assist on
Musico scored from Fairweather and e,the play,
puck began to find its mark after four
minutes of play in the third.
Revington gave Lucan a two goal
margin with a goal scored on a pass
from Munro and then Dame followed
that with his second goal of the night
McCann scored again in the second
period, this time on a pass from Stire,
giving Exeter a 2-0 lead.
Foster potted a goal just 54 seconds
into the third from Ian Jean and then
at 2:46 Gavin Snell scored unassisted
to give Exeter a 4-0 lead.
Stire scored 12 seconds later to
round out the scoring for Exeter.
Chris McDonald drew the assist on
the play.
Lucan 3 - Oakridge 2
Lucan Atoms took a one goal lead
in the first and maintained it
throughout the exhibition game
against Oakridge last week.
Fairweather opened the scoring
with an unassisted goal at 1:39 in the
first. -
Sean Lawrence gave Lucan some
insurance in the second period when
he scored from Dylan England and
Dame at 4:16. -
Oakridge countered, however, less
than minute later when Craig Sylvia
scored from Steve Fisher.
In the third, Oakridge tied the game
when Scott Aldington scored from
Ryan Paquette and Troy -Mills.
Then, with just 57 seconds left in the
game; Matt Munro pumped in the
winning goal unassisted.
Robbie Hillis and Denver England
shared the net minding
resonsibilities.
Lucan Atoms are currently.
undefeated in Shamrock action with
four wins -and one tie.
Junior, Senior Panthers football teams on the way to finals
By 'Sheila Dougall -
Both the Senior and Junior football
teams from South Huron advanced to
the league finals this week.
The Senior squad destroyed
Listowel Lords 31-0 Thursday after-
noon, maintaining their unblemished
defensive record, while at the same
time putting on a good offensive show.
Quarterback Gerry Lamport called
a great game, leading Panthers to the
easy victory.
The offence chalked up 220 yards
rushing and 148 yards passing with
Lamport completing eight of the 16
passes he attempted. He gave up on-
ly one interception.
. In the first quarter, Trevor Ratz
ran for a 26 yard touchdown on a
sweep to open the scoring. Then Ross
Keller picked up a four yard pass to
score Exeter's second touchdown.
In the second quarter, Jeff Denot-
ter made a three yard lunge into the
end zone.
After a scoreless third quarter,
Lamport got things rolling again with
a two yard run up the gut for Exeter's
fourth touchdown. -
Vern Iskauskas nabbed a short pass
in the end zone for touchdown number
five.
Jon O'Connor kicked a single con-
vert' for
onvert'for the extra point.
The Junior football team was suc-
cessful in their game against Norwell
Thursday. They defeated Norwell by
a score of 29-8.
Scoring the touchdowns were Craig
Soldan, Harlen Tinney, Andrew
Thompson and Dave O'Connor.
O'Connor also kicked four converts
and Paul Dickert kicked a single to
addto the scoring.
South Huron opened the scoring on
a 55 yard pass from Herten Tinney to
Craig Soldan. Throughout the game.
six of pine passes were completed by
the Junior Panthers,
Dave Cox, Junior's head coach,
said that the ball was passed well and
the defense played a strong game. He
noted that one big play of the game
was a completed pass from Andrew
Thompson to Dave Schwindt.
Andrew Thompson lead the rushing
with 92 yards and Dave O'Connor also
rushed for about 56 yards.
Doug Clark, Steve Heywood, and
Dave Dalrymple led the defense with
18 tackles. Mark Burton had an in-
terception and Doug Clark made a
fumble recovery to help the team
slaughter Norwell.
Dave Cox said Norwell was able to
score due to two minor errors made
on the part of the defense. Overall hp
was pleased with the perfomrance put
out by the team, and is looking for-
ward to the Huron -Perth final Satur-
day against Goderich at one o'clock,
in Goderich.
The Seniorsplay at home against
the Vikings Itt one o'clock.
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South Huron's Midget girls basket-
ball team suffered yet another loss to
a strong Stratford Central team Tues-
day. In the 66-29 defeat, Exeter's Amy
Ridley scored 12 points while Carrie.
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(Ike wasn't far behind with 10.
Also scoring for South Huron were
Jennifer Taylor, Sheryl Oke, and
Bryden Gryseels.
In the Junior Basketball game,
South Huron was narrowly beaten in
overting by Stratford Central 37-33.
Liz Mol was top scorer with 13
points.JulieMernerscored 11 points.
Also scoring for South Huron were
Deanna Bileski, Boumny Phan-
navong, Tammy Thiel, and Carrie
Lovie.
In the seniors game, South Huron
was trounced by Stratford 50-.30.
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NO WAY OUT — A Listowel Lords ball carrier finds the going tough Ross Keller (19) and Dave Bryson (70). Panthers trounced Lords 31-0
as Panthers' Mike Zimmer makes the tackle during Thursday's semi- and advanced to the final which will be played Saturday at South
final at SHDHS. Coming in to make sure Zimmer does the job ore Huron at 1 p.m.
Beat Mount Brydges
Bombers leave Forest in ruins
Exeter Optimist Bombers handed
Mount Brydges a 2-1 loss in their se-
cond game of the season in the
Lambton-Middlesex league and then
went on to blank Forest B's 7-0 in their
third league game last week.
Bombers devastated Forest in their
third game of the season last week,
despite a scoreless first period. Geof-
frey Mauer scored three goals in the
effort, leading his team offensively.
In the second, Mauer started the
ball rolling with a unassisted goal
before 30 seconds had passed. In a
matter of 16 seconds, Mauer had pot-
ted his second goal of the night, this
time with the help of Lawrence Cole.
Mauer still wasn't finished, and
with 1:42 remaining in the period, he
pumped in his third of the night
unassisted.
With just five seconds left in the se-
cond, Greg Geoffrey picked up a pass
from David Marshall to score, mak-
ing it 4-0 in favour of Bombers. '
Marshall kept up the pace in the
third, scoring in the first minute of
play from Brian Parsons.
Gavin Poole added to the score with
4:23 remaining in the game. Mauer
assisted on the play.
With 1:52, Todd Baker, playing his
first game of hockey, scored the final
goal. Rob McIntosh drew the assist.
shut out.
Neither team was able to put the
puck in the net during the first period
of the match against Mount Brydges
but in the second, Mauer found the
mark. Assists went to Poole and Josh
Hern.
With just 27 seconds left in the se-
cond, Dave Marshall gave Exeter a
two goal margin after he scored on a
pass froth John Moore. That turned
out to be the winning goal.
Mount Brydges managed to score
in the third when Derek Sutherland
put the puck in the net unassisted( but
Exeter hung on for the win.
Laurie Forrester was once again
top scorer for South Huron with 11
points. Kelly Coon and Kelly
Whiteford each got seven points and
Beth Sweeney scored three.
Midgets win
cross'country
The South Huron Midget Girls team
easily won at Aylmet on Thursday.
The team score of 95 points was far
ahead of Tillsonburg with 75 and
Stratford Central with 83.
Kim Van Dongen led the way by
finishing second.
Anna Szabo was eighth, Michelle
Chalmers 14th, Raquel Thompson
20th, Deann Olmsted 27th and
Chrystal Jones 62nd.
The Senior Girls came up just short,
losing to St. Marys who had 93 points
to our 80.
Banting (London) was third with 54
points.
Jeanette Van Esbroeck was the
first South Huron runner at seventh.
Rosemary Regier was 10th. Brenda
Vanderlaan 11th, Wanda Turnbull
22nd, Christine Chalmers 25th, San-
dra Relouw 28th, Janice Ducharme
47th, Sheri Varley 71st and Sandra
Rooseboom was unable to finish.
Both girls teams qualify for OFSAA
which will be held November 7 at
Toronto.
The Senior Boys team, devastated
by sickness and injuries, had a rough
day finishing 13th.
Larry Miller was 33rd with Henri
DeBruyn 71st.
Andrew Oswald placed 80th, Jason
McFalls 90th, Brent Bell 98th.
Mike Hern and Scott Regier were
unable to complete the race due to
physical problems.
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