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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-04-13, Page 17Mohawks Continued from page 1 ties -- coming at Dad times," Guenther said of third period stretch of game two. "The officiating has been inconsistent." After leaving Captain Randy Kraul in Exeter with a broken jaw, along with Rob Mackie and Paul Kalbfleisch, who stayed behind to take part in John Rowland's wed- ding, injuries were a concern for the team. Jeff Warren, who may have cracked ribs, was the only player knocked out of the line-up as. of Monday. Mike Zorctich suffered a cracked cheek bone but continued to play. Pikul is hampered by badly bruised arms 'and Mark Soehner, who entered the series with bone - chips in his foot, has a severe shoulder injury. Guenther explained that Camp- bellton, though capable of playing a hard-hitting game, was keeping the pace high on the ice. "This team we're playing certain- ly could play the other way (physi- cal rather than finesse) but they're playing it wide open just because we do," Guenther said. The Mohawk coach speculated that, with their full compliment and the home -ice advantage, Mo- hawks could hand Tigers a loss or two, but he admitted Monday that Mohawks were beginning to realize their limitations. "They're starting to realize that, hey -- we've got a good hockey team, but these guys arc a little better and maybe we can't quite compete against them. Never the less, Guenther vowed to give it one more shot Monday night. return from Without the time to catch a Mari- time breath before they were ushered into the Campbellton arena for the first game of the series. Un- derstandably, Exeter was shut out in the first frame. Campbellton goals started com- ine in at 5:02 when Marcel Dumais scored. That goal was followed with !barkers from Eric Cormier, Luc Bernard and Marc Roy. Dumais New Brunswick hurting, face new finished the period with his second goal of the game. Exeter goalie Rick Pikul was re- placed by Les Gowrod after Camp- bellton scored their fifth goal. Gowrod played for Chatham Ma- roons this season. He replaced Dan O'Connor who was unable to go on the trip. The second started out equally bad when Roch Bois scored just 58 sec - 0 5 P A Quebec jguer Ite `IE °St Jean de Brebeut vi11e L'Alverne Cross Point • paLDMNN garde ascap&a St Jules Marla • Noavelle -Nihousie• . .�erteton ca • , a PEt,rE IMINE CO,S�APEC, St -A honse • de, Plan St New Krim-tld Pettegi OA Por t Oanre! �D}I,uES StdtlOf4_ St t- War . t, ThrvEelge StGod • Booavertttlre do R,v... head st '`'Balmoral Charlo .111.0* r0 Paspebiac New MINS ate & 'a.e''',.. Nov largr,P( Rive/ avesonviile •Lorne Upsalqurtch Sunnyside New Brunswick t . , • C Carlisle Beltedune Elm Robertvltle fur ... BO C- vep,.,gr,lr Ha'. 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Few people who saw the series opener- Friday night believed Mo- hawks hada chance of winning the eastern berth. Lanark, with a hard- hitting style and an equally hard- hitting lint -up, seemed too much for Exctcr in that first meeting. They were proved wrong with three block -buster wins Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. Asked what -he expected from the Eastern series, which began Friday night .(April 8), shortly after Mo- hawks: arrived in New. Brunswick+.. Gucnthcr refused to speculate on their chances. "At this point in time, let's just say I'm damned glad to be going. We'll worry about hockey when we get there. On the other side of the rink, La- nark coach Brian Hart was less en- thusiastic than his Exeter counter- part. Hart, who threw a towel out on the ice to protest a referee's call Sunday night, blamed poor officiat- ing for Lanark's failure to grab the championship. - Though penalties were handed out evenly to both clubs, Lanark was wounded in the first period by calls which went against them. Flyers were assessed a bench minor after referee Phil Sherwood heard abusive language apparently coming from Hart. The Lanark coach claimed the ownerof the voice was sitting in the stands behind him. Mohawks were able to score their third goal of the game while they had the man advantage, making it difficult for Flyers to fight their way back. "1t was poor officiating through the whole series," Hart claimed. Please turn to page 2A ond.. after the first puck was dropped, but Dale Gibbon put Exet- er on the scorebelard when he scored from Randy Bailey and Jim Roberts at 2:24. Campbellton soon overshadowed that goal with one of their own from Ghislain Provencher and be- fore the period was over, Roy had his second of the night. Roy was voted most valuable player in the Quebec Junior Major A league last season. He was the League's lead- ing scorer. Mohawks began to "get their legs" in the third and by 13:38, John Kernick had scored from Kris Bedard and Roberts. Barry Baynham followed , that goal with one of bis own at 16:58 from 13rian Mercer and Bailey. By that time, however, the game was too far out of reach for Exeter and they lost 8-3. Mohawks were a different team when they skated out onto the ice Saturday. night. Three quick goals between 11:23 and 14:35 gave Ex- eter a substantial lead going into the second. Bailey started things off with a goal. from Al Gates. Roberts con- nected with Jeff Warren to score at 12:29 and then G.:tes pumped in a shot after being set up by Bailey. In the midst of Exeter's scoring flurry, . wever, Rene Labbe scored series for Campbellton on a rush which, according to Guenther, put the New Brunswick player five feet off -side. Thegoal was allowed regardless. Labbe scored again in the second to make it 3-2, but Bailey retaliated to restore Mohawks tw9 goal mar- gin. pave Randerson and Kernick drew assists on the play. Ron Elliott added a goal, again from Kernick at 14:12 to sustain Mohawks momentum. A goal by Howard Connors 14 seconds later kept Tigers within striking distance; however. Randerson scored from Quincy Wilker at 4:17 of the third to give Exeter a commanding 6-3 lead, but Please tum to page 3A • Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex April 13, 1988 - . dvocate & North lamblon Since 1873 Page 1A Joi SPECTACULAR SERIES =- Exeter Mohawks goatie Rick Pikul makes a spectacular effort to stop a shot by Lanark's Peter Chiarelli during the final game of the best -of -five Hardy Cup series between Mohawks and Lanark Flyers. This shot got past Pikul but many others didn't. Exeter won the series which earned them the right to play in the Eastern- Hardy Cup Championship in Campbellton New Brunswick. Hawks trail Lambeth by two in Junior D final Things are starting to get tight for Exctcr Hawks in their best -of - seven Junior D final series against Lambeth Lancers. Hawks now trail Lancers 2-0. Sunday have made the difference. Though the two teams are evenly "We've outplayed them four out matched, .a bad first period Friday of six periods, but the bad periods night and a frustrating third frame have just done us in," said manager ' A GOALIE SHOWDOWN -- Referee Steve Baker tries to convince Exeter Hawks goalie Dave Rook that his crease is at the other end of the ice Friday night. Rook made an end-to-end dash to take on Lambeth goalie Brian Monis after he retaliated against an Exeter player who threw a legal body check. The two goalies fought each oth- er before being broken up by officials. • Dan Brintnell. Hawks fell behind 3-0 Friday night and, unable to recover, lost 5- 1 after Lancers added two goals in the third. In possession of a 3-1 lead in the second period Sunday, Hawks al- lowed penalties to Claim their ad- vantage. They lost 9-4 after Lamb- eth pumped in seven third period goals. - After Friday's game, coach Dave Bogart blamed first game jitters for the team's first period lapse. "I think our guys were a little bit tense," Bogart said. "A lot of guys haven't been this far in the season. "We didn't start our gamc until half way through the second." .Hawks were unable to break through Lancers defence in the first period and when they did, goalie Brian Morris came up with the saves. With one minute Icft in the peri- od, Clarke Singer drove up the ice with an impressive display of stick, work, and dropped the puck in the slot where a trailing Mark Morris- sey picked it up and took a shot. But thc effort was fruitless and Hawks went into the second with- out a mark on the board. Lambeth goals came from Jack Dundas, Scott Pepin and Mickey Dupuis in the first period. Exctcr had 17 shots on goal in the second, but again they were un- able to beat Morris. Hawks spent a good portion of.the period with a man advantage. Near thc half -way mark of the third, Hawks began to make some head -way. George Pratt scored from Steve Gould while Exctcr had a man advantage. Lambeth's Steve Plaskett nulli- fied that marker with a goal of his own with four minutes to play in the game. Seconds later, the game took on a new dimension. Scan Whiteford checked Morris behind the nct, knocking him to thc Ice. Morris re- taliated, attacking Whiteford and drawing both teams into the fray. Exeter goalie Dave Rook then charged from the opposite end of the ice and singled out Morris for a fight,. The brawl resulted in 11 game misconducts -- three of them to Morris -- and 44 minutes in penal- ties shared among the two clubs. Lambeth's Dupuis scored once more on Derrick Martin to end the game at 19:34 while Lancers were on a power play. • Lambeth 9 - Hawks 4 Frustration caught up to Exeter Sunday in Lambeth when fights ■ ■ ■ punctuated the game. The game was tied 1-1 at the end of the first after Exctcr came from behind with a goal from Ted Hod- gins from Singer. A goal by Tom McCann from S orts Singer and Scott Lovic put Hawks out in front and then Singer added some insurance, again from Lovie. Before the period ended, Wayne Bifolchi scored to keep Lambeth close.* Penalties began to take their toll on Hawks in the third -and soon their lead slipped away. That seemed to breed still more penal- ties. "We spent the whole (third) peri- od in the penalty box and it just got worse and worse and worse," Brint- nell said. - - - "We weren't too happy with the refereeing, but we got carried away. We were two men short for about seven minutes in the third and that just cooked us." Jeff Seaman tied the game just two minutes .into the third. After that, Lambeth goals began pouring in. Bob Condon, Bifolchi, Gord Ross with two, Seaman again and Brian Minhinnick all beat Martin who came in to replace Rook near the half -way mark of the period. 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