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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-22, Page 25sports spotlight b\lark Bisset In keeping with the Christmas spirit Peace on the ice rinks of On- tario. Good will toward left wing. . ers. That's the message being sent out from the Hockey De- velopment Centre for Ontario this month and what better time to do it. The HDCO, sponsored by ESSO and supported by the Ministry of Touristjt and Paul Henderson, has developed the Esso Penalty Free Sweepstakes which runs from January 9 to 23, 1988. They're hoping to discourage the barbarian brand of hockey across Ontario by offering rewards for penalty - free games. Under the contest rules, teams playing penalty..free games during the sweepstakes period will be eligible to win prizes. Every player on a team which sends in an eligible en- try will receive a certificate of achievement and an Esso win- ner's crest. Teams who play a penalty free game have to pick up an entry form from their local mi- nor hockey association and send it to the HDCO office. along with a copy of the game - sheet. They'll draw winners Febru- ary 6 at the HDCO office. It is hoped that the program will emphasize skills, safety and good sportsmanship. Judging from what I've seen so far this winter, I'd say there are a few teams in the area that wouldn't have any trouble find- ing their way into this contest. They've got some competi- tion though. In Ontario there are 70,000 players and 4,000 teams regis- tered with the Canadian Ama- teur Hockey Association, ac- cording to a recent HDCO press release. There are also well over 200,000 affiliated players on 12,000 teams -- all of them eligible for the sweep- stakes. The program sounds like a good idea and it may be the only way to get the point across to young players in a hockey world where certain "adults" get paid to beat the hell out of certain other adults. What the sweepstakes is ef- fectively saying is: "Hey, we'll give you all kinds of loot if you play a clean game of hock- ey." If it works in Ontario, maybe the NHL should try it. Atom tourney Teams from Brussells, Till- sonburg, Port Stanley, New Hamburg, Elora, Chatham and Thorndale will be travelling to Exeter January 2 to participate in an Atom CC hockey tourna- ment. Exeter Broncos are hosting the event. The action begins at 8 a.m. when Broncos take on Brussells. Quarter and semi-finals will be decided between 1 and 5 p.m. The B championship final will be held at 6 p.m. followed by the A championship at 7:30. A little trivia Here's a little trivia, provided by the HDCO. Some of these facts surprised me so I thought I'd pass them along. • More than 43 percent of all amateur hockey players in Can- ada are residents of the province of Ontario. • By 1983, 35.5 percent of players in the NHL came out of the Ontario Hockey League, most of them originating from minor hockey leagues and asso- ciations in Ontario. That's the largest single talent source for the NHL. • There are approximately 5,000 NRCP certified referees in Ontario. • More than one million Ca- nadians participate actively in hockey as players, officials vol- unteer coaches, managers and trainers. • Organized skating in Onta- rio (ice hockey, figure skating, ringette, speed skating) creates direct public and private expen- ditures of $540 million each year. • In the 1983-84 season, 86 percent of the players from the Ontario Hockey League were enrolled in school whereas the provincial average for 16-20 year old males was only 61 per- cent. • According to 1983 statistics from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, sports in- juries due to ice hockeY de- creased by 35 percent over 1982. Hockey stick injuries in particular, dropped by more than 50 percent. Merry Christmas! An Olde Fashioned Christmas May the true spirit of the season warm your hearts and minds. Thank you for your patronage Exeter Collision 55 Waterloo Exeter 235-0411 44.1t4e4 ',0404 EXETER GOLF CLUB P.O. BOX 928 EXETER, ONT. NOM 1S0 Phone: 235-2090 or 235-1517 1988 MEMBERSHIP RATES if paid by December 31, 1987 Adult $150.00 Family $300.00 Children (18 yrs,. and under) in family rate FREE Junior or University $125.00 Rates wttl Increase from Jan. 1/88 to Apr. 30/88 by $25 and a further $25 after May 1/88 VISA accepted Ron and Shirley Bileski 31:x:0 0:010:00:0 :041 4:0:0:1 0 An excellent Christmas Gift Idea Sportsrnens ti Dinner Tickets ti Great for the entire family For the annual dinner February 2/88 • tag Ctit wi A $40.00 Children $20.00; Proceeds for Crippled Children Many celebrities Including: Dennis Hull, former Chicago Blockhawks star, Jeo n Belliveau, Montreal Canadiens great, Bob Isumi, fishing star and Matthew Hilton, Canadian Jr. middle- weight boxing champ. , Tickets available from any Lion or at several Exeter stores. " w; min:Imp:a:1t:ommotou:cticcovx • l Hawks lose eight points All dings points and indivi al statisties., produced in gam s against Clinton _Mustangs ha e been deleted from the estern J - ior D records. That was e ver ict at a Junior D league meetin on the ' weekend. Exeter Hawks, who have played and beaten Clinton four times this season, will be most affected by the decision. Hawks will lose eight league points and several Exeter players stand to lose a large chunk of their personal season goal tally. Hawks are still in first place in their division, seven points ahead of Wellesley. Brussels currently holds down third spot. There has also been a change in the playoff format. Teams which finish in fourth and fifth spot will play a best of five series which will be completed by March 1. The first place team at the end of the schedule will pick their opposi- tion for a best of seven series. The remaining two teams will also de- cide a winner in a best of seven bout. Clinton Mustangs folded Decem- ber 11 due to a general lack of playa interest. .Legion Peewees The Exeter Legion pee wees were on the short end of a 3-1 score to Il- derton in a recent Shamrock pee wee hockey game. The only Exeter goal was notched by Jeremy Brock on a pass from Fred Godbolt. All local players turned in solid efforts and should be happy with their performances. Times -Advocate, December22, 1987 Page 5A TYKES CELEBRATE -- The Exeter Little Hawks celebrated the festive season Saturday afternoon at the AAA Restaurant sporting new sweaters donated by -Angelo Fragiskatos and George Kantzas, owners of the restaurant. Back row, left; Larry Hamilton, Ron Ferguson, Angelo Fragiskatos, Danny Overholt, Gerard Grenier. Second row, left; Casey O'Brien, Mark Shepley, David Overholt, Kaled Johns, Tyler Taylor, Peter Fragiskatos, Justin Miners, Craig Overholt, Andrew Mayers, Ryan Auge, Ryan Sullivan. Third row, left; Chad Monteith, Joel Evans, Kian Mac- Dougall, Andrew Freiter, Jason Grenier, Wayne Cole, Bob Hamilton. Front, left; Scott Keys, Daniel Snell, Timothy Mauer. Absent: Michael Wilhelm and Steven Rasenburg. Waxers place well at Silver Stick tourney and lost 2-1. • After a scoreless first period, Sca- forth jumped out into a two goal lead. Sararas scored Waxers only goal of the carne in the third after he connected with Hann and Eric Clay, but there was less than one minute left to play in the game. Waxers were shut oat until the third period in a game against St. Marys Saturday. They lost 6-3 after. trailing 4-0 at the end of the second. Sararas scored two of the Waxer goals while Ryan Soldan pumped in one of his .own unassisted. Gilfillan drew two assists in the effort. Da- lyrmple assisted on one goal. Despite losing two of the three goals by Bryce Hann, Chad Dalrym- games they played at the Silver plc and Ryan Beckett, Exeter in - Blick tourney at Parkhill on the creased their lead by three more in weekend, Exeter Waxers accumulat- the second. ed 13 points. Though it is not yet Middle period goals were scored clear, that total may be good by Hann, Chad Gilfillan and Dave enough to place them in the top Farquhar. four teams of their classification Forest managed their only goal of which would allow them to advance the game in the third. to the next Silver Stick round. Jeff Sararas picked up three assists The points system is based on in the game while Gilfillan, Farqu- two points for each period won, one har, Beckett and Hann each assisted point for each period tied, four once. points for a win and two points for Jason Lindenficld was in net for a tic. the win. Waxers began the tourney Friday Waxers were unable to turn game with a 6-1 win over Forest. two into a point -gaining situation Leading 3-0 after the first on when they came up against Seaforth 1 1 1 I1RONWOUD Still the Best Golf Value Golf Prices Effective until January 15th, 1988 Man $295 Lady $190 Man and wife $465 Weekday Man $220 Excl. Tues. from 3 p.m. Student Rate S150 Family Rate available THE SERVE -- A Precious Blood student makes a serve in good form during a Christmas student -teacher volleyball game Friday. The teacher's team won the game. Hensall Tykes On Saturday, December 19 both Hensall Tykes and Novice teams de- feated their opponents. Hensall Tykes put Bayfield down by a score of 7-3. Goal scorers were: Ryan Munn two, Jeff Campbell two, Jeff Solway one, Jonathon Campbell one, and Paul Cooper one.- Hensel! ne.Hensel! Novice defeated Blyth 6-3. Points were put on the scoreboard by: Mark Bell four, Greg Keyes one and Brock Wiess one. Shuffleboard Beatrice Richardson played through six game's Wednesday and came out on top with a score of 476 in mixed shuffle- board action. Harold Davis was close be- hind with 410 while Wilma Davis came in third with 382. Delmar Skinner claimed fourth position with 244. It was Olive Essery who took top honours in five games with 453. She was followed by Leona Hern with 378 and Lloyd Lovell with 357. Joe Gasar and Ray Cottle tied for fourth with 356 each. Thursday, Albert Hummel took high score with 510 in five games. Ray Cottle cap- tured second place with almost 100 less, turning in a 412. John Pepper slid into third spot with 404 and Olga Davis placed fourth with 396. Alva Heywood came in first in four games with a score of 415 Thursday, beating out Charles Tindall who scored 365. Ross Richardson with 299 and Marion Dearing with 297 rounded out the top four. • NEW clubhouse • Large tees • 5000 sq. ft. greens • Established fertilized fairways Glept `dea New!! 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