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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-01-09, Page 97 (OMMet'Hi tAttllt a 10314%I 1 yr. C Ong STANDARD TRUST 235-1060 Senior 'A' hockey Aylmer Hornets sting Mohawks 6-3. EXETER - The Christmas break was not favorable for the Exeter Mohawks as they were beaten 6-3 by the visiting dAylmer Hornets Sunday night at the South Huron Recreation Centre. Aylmer now sits just one point behind the Southern Ontario Sen- ior A Hockey League leading Mo- hawks. It was the second straight time the Hornets have beaten Ex- eter. In front of a large crowd Sun- day, the Mohawks came out quickly and got on the board just 1:10 into the contest when Chad Couture let go with an ice level shot past Aylmer goalie Gilles Lauziere who seemed to be screened. But the Hornets evened things up less than three minutes later when Dustin Bellyou put one through Paul Woolford's legs. Ex- eter regained the lead when centre Tim Fritz managed to hold off two opponents in front of the Aylmer net, get hold of a Kevin McArter pass from the corner and score. Two miscues by the Exeter de- fence saw the Hornets score two more and head into the first break up by a goal. Bob Hunter barrelled down the left side of the- rink and with one hand on his stick and the other on Mohawks' Dave Akey, still man- aged to slip it past Woolford. With 1:31 left in the first period, Peter McMenemy slid the puck through Ron Elliott's legs, went around him, and made it 3-2 for the visitors. "I'm not going to point fingers at individuals," said Exeter coach Dave Revington. "We lost as a team. It wasn't one or tworindividu- als that played poorly it was a col- lection of the majority." Change goalies: Revington pulled Woolford and replaced him with Bill Dart in the second peri- od. He fended off the Hornets a lit- tle better but they still managed to score two on him and add an empty never. "He's (Woolford) been off for quiet a while and he wasn't sharp. I didn't want to get down by more than one to that team," said Reving- ton. The Mohawks tied it up with 27 seconds left in the penod when they showed some hustle in the cor- ner and Fritz got the puck over to Joe Scherer. But it wasn't tied for long as Rob Coutts got the game winner 28 sec- onds into the third period. Rob Moore coughed up the puck in his own end to 'make it 5-3 and Scott Brooks got one into the empty net. "It was a poor hockey game all around. You could see the holiday out there," said Revington. Prier to Sunday's game's the re- cent Mohawks Players of the Month were announced. October, Gord Brooks; November, Tim Fritz; December, Greg Snyder. Referee John Willsie whistled only five minor penalties, three of those to Exeter. Mohawk moments:...Sunday's game was well attended as it was Family Night. Liz Mol played the organ up in the press box...The night had a little international fla- vor to it as Carl Cheethem of Aus- tralia won in the shoot- out...Thursday the Mohawks travel to Point Edward as those two teams meet for the first time this season and Sunday play host to the Dres- den LumberKings at 7:30 p.m. Scoreboard Reaphing - Exeter Mohawks Gorr/ Brooks, right; tried to get at the puck but he had to fend off Aylmer's Wilbur Hutchinson and goalie Gilles Lauziere. The Homets beat the Mohawks 6-3 in Senior 'A' hockey action Sunday night. Lucan midgets to Silver Stick . PETROLIA - The Lucan mid- gets will be heading to Forest later this month for the International Silver Stick Hockey Tournament. Over the Christmas holidays, the Lucan team travelled to Petrolia where they won three games in- cluding the final of the 'C' series tournament. After winning three preliminary games, and then the semi-final, Lucan lost 5-4 in triple overtime to Hagersville. But since it was Lu - can's only loss, they took on Ha- gersville again and this time won 2- 1 on Larry Liddell's overtime goat. In the preliminary round, Paul O'Shea scored two goals and set up another as Lucan beat Alvinston 3- 2. ,Then Jeremy Jemec notched a pair to pace them in a 5-2 victory past Thamesford. O'Shea, Scott Amos and Todd Hyde also scored. It was a big 8-0 win over Both- nlor "A hockey league WLT P Exeter Aylmer Dunnville Ingersoll Dorchester. 13 4 0'26 12 4 0 25 10 7 0 20 9 9 0 20 1 16 0 3 Note: Teams awarded one point for overtime loss. Future games: Saturday - All-star game in Dresden, 8 p.m.; Sunday Dresden at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday - Exeter at Aylmer, 8:30 p.m. Western Ontario Junior 'D' West division WLTP Lucan 19 5 2 41 Exeter 18 5 2 38 Port Stanley 17 9 4 38 Belmont 15 12 3 34 Lambeth 11 14 2 26 Mitchell '9 16 3 24 Seaforth 8 18 3 22 Mt. Brydges 8 15 3 19 Alvinston 7 18 1 15 Note: Teams awarded one point for overtime loss. Future games: Wednesday - Port Stanley at Lucan, 8:15 p.m. Friday - Lucan at Alvinston, 8:30 p.m.; Port Stanley at Exeter, 8:30 p.m. Saturday - All-star game in Langton, 7:30 p.m. Who is the number one college team? 7117 he last time I counted, there were 14 U.S. College Bowl games which were played on or around January 1. I know for many it's a good way to ring in the New Year, but if you think you can sit back and watch the national champion- ship, forget it. It's not like basketball where the best 64 teams start in several sidelines by Groves tournaments until you aet down to the final four; the National Colle- giate Athletic Association championship. Here in Canada there is a championship game to determine the best collegiate football team in the country. You play, you win and you advance. But in the U.S. things are a little different, correct that, there a lot different. Although it helps to have a good win -loss record when you head into one of the bowl games, it's not always the best team, record wise which wins all the marbles. Teams are ranked by the Associated Press, a group of sports writ- ers who determine who the best team is. Example, this year's Colorado Buffalos were ranked number one even though they lost a game and went into the Orange Bowl against Notre Dame at 10-1-1. Notre Dame were ranked fifth,.so why weren't the Buffalos play- ing the undefeated Georgia Tech. Bulldogs for the championship? The Bulldogs were off playing Nebraska, would you believe ranked 19th, in the Citrus Bowl. On Wednesday when the final polls were announced, the Asso- ciated Press said Colorado was number one while Georgian Tech was number one in the eyes of the United Press International which is a 59 -member board of coaches. To put it simply, rankings mean squat. Last year's number one ranked team, the Miami Hurricanes were bumped all the way down to fourth this year. They matched up against the number three team, Texas. You probably thought this was going to be a close one right;. how about 46-3 for the Hurricanes, which according to the poll -makers. are not supposed to be as good as Texas. Of the six bowl games I tabulated; Orange, Cotton, Citrus, Gator, Rose and Holiday, the so-called underdog won twice. And why was the team with the best defence in the country, Clemson Tigers, ranked as low as 14th? Go figure. Football is at a disadvantage in that they can only play once a week due to all the banging that goes on. I have no argument with that, although they do lots of hitting in hockey and still manage as many as four games in a week. That's why they only get in a dozen games all season and perhaps with that few games, it's tough to pick the number one ranked team. But they should still have a national championship to determine who is number one. Don't have, a .bunch of bowl games with all the hype and let us poor sports fans try to figure it out the next day. The biggest problem that college football has however is transpor- tation. Imagine if you were the University of Colarodo and had to fly your 50 or 60 players, 100 band members, 30 cheerleaders, 20 coaches and trainers plus a real live buffalo half way around the country. That sounds more like a circus than a football game. But when you've got 100,000 screaming football fans in a stadium they prob- ably don't want to see thenumber one and two ranked teams play anyway. Afterall, what would that prove, except perhaps who the best team really is. 0 well as Lenny Carter fired a hat trick with two goals from Brian Lewis, and singles by Jemec, Lid- dell and Brad Hirtzel. The Lucan defence, led by De - rick Greenlee continued to shine, in - the semi-final as they beat Glencoe 7-1. Brian Heckman had two goals for the winners with one each from Lewis, Hyde, Tim Latta, Carter and Greenlee. Duplicate Bridge Wednesday night results 1st Dr. Gans, Bob Davis 2nd Dorothy Linton, Marshal Dearing Tied for 3rd Robert Drum- mond, Gil Northey, Ester Hillman, John Brintnell Wednesday nights, 7:30 p.m. Exeter Legion Women's hockey Pacers edged by London HURON PARK - Trailing 4-0 the Huron Paris Pacers cam back to make it close but couldn't over- come the London Devilettes. In women's hockey action Satur- day night, the Pacers were edged 5-4 by London who moved into first pace. London jumped into a quick 3-0 lead and made it 4-0 very early in the second frame. But the Pacers came to life as Theresa McGee scored shorthanded, then Tammy Mathers teamed with Yvonne Wells and Diane McCuaig to make it 4-2. Wells and Mathers combined to pull the Pacers to within one but London got one more. Mathers got her second of the game with three minutes left to play. London, who beat Huron Park 8- 1 earlier this season, are in first place followed by the Pacers. Math- ers is tied for the scoring lead with 15 points while Wells is close be- hind with 13 points. The Pacers see league action on Saturday when they host the Lon- don Royals at 8:30 p.m. at the Ste- phen Township Arena. Get Your Tickets Now for Exeter Lions 18th Annual Celebrity Dinner at the South Huron Rec Centre Reception 5:30 p.m., Dinner 7:00 p.m. Many celebrities Including: • Dave Kaon • Bruce Hood • Sam Richardson (Curling) • Royce Mott (Key- note Speaker) • Ross Brewitt (MC) • Josh Watson {Ontario's Timmy) RESERVED TABLES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASEF9$. OF GROUPS OF 10 . CURE TIIOSE JANUARy BIUES! Fresh tulips, daffodils, ibis, freesia, fragrant and beautiful Our spring silk line is arriving daily Artificial trees and greens too! Walk through our spring garden -- we guarantee it will ,lift your spirits or Call us... 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