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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-10-17, Page 20 (2)Page 2A Times -Advocate, October 17, 1979 A seven minute comeback Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Hockey again The 1979-80 season of the National Hockey League is underway and there are as many new looks as a new- born baby. The many changes include every facet of the game from new teams through managers, coaches and players. themselves. Then again. some of the looks are old. Take for in- stance Gordie Howe who is trying to get back into the NHL at the age of 51. Not far behind Howe in age and experience are Dave Keen and Bobby Hull. The four new teams. but old from the WHA should prove popular at the box office with several name players and at least as successful as any of the expan- sion teams over the last 10 years. Each of the old WHA clubs has a young and well publicized leader. Wayne Gretzky who has been amazing everyone since he started pee wee hockey in Brantford will draw sellout crowds to all games of the Edmonton Oilers at home or away Gretzky scored 110 points for Edmonton last year and is probably the mosteagerly awaited • NHL youngster since the days of a youngster from Parry Sound pulled on No. 4 swea er for the Boston Bruins. The brightest star with he Hartford Whalers will be Mark Howe. Although Ma rk scored 107 points last year he has been moved ba k to defence for the club's first NHL season. Heading the Quebec Nor Nordiques into the NHL will be Real Clouthier. He gaine WHA fame with 283 goals and the same number of assists in five WHA seasons. Showing his consistency a playmaker and goal scorer he counted 75 goals and 74 assists during the 1978-79 season One of the smallest of t e new stars is 23 year-old Morris Lukovich of the Win ipeg Jets. At five fo9t nine and 170 pounds. Lukovich ay be small by NHL stan- dards. but. he is tough. Last year for the Jets. Lukovich scored 65 goals and picked up 119 minutes in penalties. One of the biggest quetions which will probably be answered fairly quickly i. "How much will the loss of Ken Dryden. Jacques Le afire and Scotty Bowman affect the Morltroal Canad ns. The Canadiens have a istory of winning and we doubt the loss -of two playrs and a coach will make that much difference. Ove the years they fared well through losses of fellows like Maurice and Henri Richard. Jean Belliveau. Jrsent coach Bernie Geof- frion. Frank Mohovlich, acques Plante and Doug Harveys. season Thursday night at the • Hockey fans in genet 1 will be keeping a close Stephen township arena watch on the coaching sit ations in Toronto. Buffalo when the Centralia College and Colorado. where majo changes took place. Saints downed the Centralia The coaching chores a Buffalo and Toronto could Marauders by a score of 8-4 . The Marauders. will be • t t c d as h n m s s m ie h e r a u r t be almost called a switch •or trade. Roger Neilson back in action. tomorrow leaves the Leafs to become assistant to Scotty Bow- night, Thursday when they man with the Sabres while Floyd Smith takes over in take. on the Grand Bend Toronto after a short stay in Buffalo. Mariners at the Stephen While we don't know what Floyd Smith's salary township arena at Huron Park. Game time is 8:30 will be in Toronto. Scotty Bowman gained about $75,- p.m. 000 a year by jumping to Buffalo and Don Cherry's Ken Vanos scored three salary in Colorado is more than double what he receiv- times to lead the College ed in Boston. Cherry is said to be getting in $150.000 a scoring attack in the 8-5 win year from the Rockies. His Boston salary was $60,000 ovTheer Co11 gjto k a. The Col a took 2-1 first • per annum period le on goals by • Despite an 80 game schedule for the 21 teams, only George Black and Ken Vanos five of these will be on the sidelines when playoff time while Blair Hearn replied for rolls around Centralia on passes from The first place teams in four divisions will make Dennis Carty and Pete the layoffs alongwith the 12 teams with the highest Wuerth. P g The scoring procedure was - points regardless of division they play in. reversed in -the middle frame There will be no byes in the first round this year. with Perry Knee and Hugh - Each of the 16 qualifiers will compete in a best -of -five Wilson counting for the preliminary series. After that all rounds will be of the Marauders with assists best -of -seven variety. going to Rick Durrelle and Randy Somerville. The lone The NHL all stargame will be played'in February CCAT goal came from the 5 in the new Joe Louis arena in Detroit. stick of Ed Michuisiswiez. In the third period, Ken Will attract Fans Vanos scored twice for the While the four newest additions to the National College to complete his hat Hockey-beague may not be too successful thisyear as mak performanceeand singleR g goals were added by Rick 'far as winning games are concerned they are a sure Vanos, Jim Coffey and Ed thing at thre box office at least for the first year. Michuisiwiez. The four former WHA clubs should be playing The lone third period before sell-out crowds and by next year one of these marker for Centralia came Fun - will have the largest attendance of anyof the 21 teams from the stick soi Ron Fun stop on an unassisted effort. in the NHL The Edmonton Oilers at the moment have a capacity of 15.598 and this will grow to 18.558 when seat expansion at the Edmonton Coliseum is com- pleted by the start of the 1980-81 season. The Winnipeg .Jets are in the midst of upgrading their seating to 15.342. At Quebec the Nordiques will have to settle for this season at least with a seating capacity of slightly more than 10,000. The Hartford Whalers will likely be playing most of the season in the 7.265 seat Springfield Civic Centre. They moved there last year when the roof of the ne arena in Hartford caved in The new complex in Haft - Seniors lose first Exciting finish.gives Panthers junior win • Despite having to settle for a split in Thursday's doubleheader in Goderich the two South Huron District High School Football teams provided the most exciting action in many years. The juniors bounced back from a 14-0 deficit in the last seven minutes to edge the Goderich Vikings 15-14 in a game described by coach Doug Ellison as "the most exciting in many years." Despite a 13-9 loss to Goderich, South Huron Lenior coach Ron Bogart commented after the game, "It was the best game we have played in a long, long time. It was a good hard hitting game. While the juniors kept their unbeaten streak alive, the seniors dropped their first game of the season. Both clubs will be back in action tomorrow, Thursday. The' juniors travel to Palmerston to meet Norwell and the seniors will be on their home field to play host to Stratford Central. Juniors control Throughout the junior game, South Huron con- trolled the ball. The offense moved the ball well, but, not when in the Goderich end of the field. Goderich scored the first touchdown of the game early in the second period and went ahead 7-0 as the convert was good. The South Huron offence moved the ball from their own five to the Goderich five T • ' LADY GOLFERS — Trophies were presented Saturday night to the best female golfers at'the Ironwood course this summer. From the left are low gross Helen Burton, low net Gail Skinner and most improved Marlene Parsons. T -A photo • Hawks take exhibition Bill Glover's goal with less than five minutes remaining, gave clic Exeter Hawks their first exhibition win of the season as they trimmed Seaforth 8-7 at the rec centre, Friday. In their opener, the locals dropped a 7-1 verdict to Mitchell and were then hammered 12-0 by the Lucan Irish. South Huron exhibition tilt Two South Huron in-- termediate league hockey teams started the exhibition KIPPEN SHOOT Burt Mahaffey with a score of 24 led the com- petition at Sunday's shoot at the Kippen gun club. Bryan Beer, Jack Bell and Dan Crerar were tied for second with identical scores of 22, Grant McGregor and Bob Baker scored 20, Jamie Caldwell 19 and Paul Ritchie 18. ford to seat about 16.000 is hoped to be ready by February. • There is a wide range in ticket prices amongst the 21 NHL clubs. The lowest price range- is that of the Washington Capitals from 14.50 to 19 and the Colorado • Rockies are next at $5.50 to $12. The top prices at $18 are chha�rged by the New N;orlw mangers• 'ands- Roston -Bruinll. and -the .Mantrea I - Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings are next al $17.50 each. Toronto Maple Leaf prices range from $5 to $15. Winnipeg Jets prices are $7 to $13 and the Edmonton Oiler ducats are selling from $9 to $12.50. The Hawks open their season this Friday night when they host their perennial foes from Lucan at the rec centre at 8:30 p.m. Dan Bell was a two -goal man for the Hawks in their win over Seaforth. Potting the other tallies were Dave Kinsman, Bryon Baker, Ken Varley, Dwight Consitt and Cam Haist. Kinsman, Jeff Fuller and Kerry Bedard had a pair of assists each, while helping - out on one were Glover, Consitt, Larry Dawson, Terry Caldwell, Varley and Mike Clark. Steve Sararas and Steve Wells shared the netminding duties and stopped 22 shots. Exeter scored four power play goals, while the visitors had three in that category and added one while playing short handed. Ken Varley scored the only Exeter goal in the 7-1 loss to Mitchell in their first exhibition game last Tuesday. Mitchell led by a 3- 1 count at the end of two, and potted four unanswered goals In the third to win going away. • The Lucan Irish, looking like one of the teams to beat in the area Junior "D" loop, had an easy time in posting the convincing 12-0 win on Wednesday on their own ice. Paul Medd paced the at- tack with three goals, while adding a pair were Jeff Marshall, Jeff Hartman and Richard Lather. Picking up singles were Keith Hartwick, WANTED Cars & Trucks for scrap and resaleable parts. Highest prices paid. Turn that old Jence, appliances, batteries, copper and farm machinery into cash. Give us a call. Miller's Auto Parts Scrap Metal Dealer R.R #2, Crediton 234-6343 SCOTT'S LEATHER & TACK SHOP 120 Sanders St. W. Exeter, Ont. Phone 235-0694 Complete line of Western Saddlery, Bridles, Halters, Bits, Pads, Girths. HORSE HEALTH CENTRE Fly Wipe, Shampoo, Ab'sorbine,`Etc Lee Jeans & Jackets • Western Boots, Hots, Bats & Shirts Hand Crafted Leather Goods Dean Densmore and Tom McGorman. yard line. in 20 plays but failed to score. The Vikings scored their second converted touchdown on the third quarter. The South Huron defence controlled the Goderich backs well except for the two major scores. With seven minutes to- go in the final period, the Panthers stopped Goderich on a third down and one yard situation. They were able to move the ball 35 yards in six plays with Gary. Spurn and Norm Regier doing most of the ball carrying. Gary Spurn went over from two yards out on an off - tackle play and Dave Shaw passed to Bill Glover for a two point convert. The Panthers broke through to block a Goderich kick with two minutes to go. Four plays later John Kernick ran a reverse for 22 yards for a touchdown and the score was tied at 14-14. Doug •Fischer booted the extra point and the Panthers pulled out the sensational 15- 14 win. According to coach Doug Ellison, quarterback Dave Shaw called his best game ever and the offence turned in their best game to date. Dennis McBride played a strong game at defensive tackle filling in for Mike Clarke who was sidelined by the flu. Others turning in key tackles on defence were Jamie Chaffe, Dale Ker- slake, Gary Spurn, Bill, Glover, Jim Siddall and Dave Delbridge. Norm Regier with con- sistently good runs off tackle was named the South Huron offensive player of the game. Offensive honours went to Dennis McBride for outstanding efforts at defensive tackle in addition to his regular position at offensive tackle. Seniors fall behind The South Huron seniors also fell behind early in their game. After moving the ball for four consecutive first downs, a punt was blocked and Goderich scored a 50 yard touchdown on their firstplay from scrimmage. With terrible weather conditions prevailing, play went back and forth. The first two SH points came in the second quarter when Doug Hoffman tackled a Goderich ball carrier in the end zone. Goderich scored a touch- down in the third period, but, the convert attempt was blocked by South Huron and the score was 13-2. Another potential Goderich score was th- warted when Brian Mercer made the tackle after a 60 yard Goderich punt return. Two key screen passes set up a 35 yard pass and run play with Dave Bogart hitting Rick Lindenfield. Doug Hoffman converted and the game -ended 13-9 for the Vikings. Most of the South Huron offence came through the air with Dave Bogart hitting on nine of 15 pass attempts. Rick Lindenfield snagged six passes good •for 102 yards, the longest being the touch- down gallop of 35 yards. On the ground, Larry Dawson picked up 40 yards on seven carries. 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