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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-02-06, Page 17• ( OmeARt 1111 NATE' it 6 int/4% 1 1 yr' C STANDARD TRUST 235-1060 Boarded - Exeter Mohawks' Tim Shields, right; is forced against the boards during Sunday night's Sen- ior 'A' game. The locals managed to squeak out a 6-5 overtime win against visiting Ingersoll B's. Senior 'A' hockey " extern • obit' Senior A Hockey (As of Monday) Saturday's result: Strathroy 4, Exeter 2 Sunday's result: Exeter 6, Ingersoll 5 (CII') Exeter Aylmer Ingersoll Dunnville Dorchester W -L T P 17 5 1 35 16 6 0 32 14 10 0 28 14 9 0 28 1 20 0 2 Future games: Friday - Dunnville at Exeter, 8:30 p.m. Sunday - Point Edward at Exeter, 7:30 p.m Western Ontario Junior D Hockey West Division Wednesday's result: Lucan 3, Exeter 1 Friday's results: Lucan 9, Alvinston 0 Exeter 5, Mitchell 0 Saturday's results: Seaforth 6, Exeter 5 (01) Lucan 4, Port Stanley 1 Lucan Exeter Port Stanley Belmont Lambeth Mitchell Seaforth Mt. Brydges Alvinston WL T P 25 6 3 54 22 8 2 46 20 11 5 38 17 15 3 38 16 17 2 36 11 19 3 28 10 21 3 27 11 19 3 26 9 25 1 19 Future games: Wednesday - Mt. Brydges at Lucan, 8:15 p.m. Friday - Exeter at Seaforth, 8:35 p.m. Saturday - Lucan at Belmont, 7:30 p.m. Mohawks salvage two points By Fred Groves EXETER - It was a tough week- end for the Exeter Mohawks as they escaped with two points in Senior A hockey action. Friday they travelled to Strath- roy and came up short in a 4-2 de- cision against the Jets. One night later in their own arena, squeaked out a 6-5 overtime win against the Ingersoll B's. Ahead 5-1 at the end of the first period against the B's, Jeff Shipley notched the winner as the Mo- hawks managed to stay in first place with a 17-5-1 record. "The only thing we did collec- tively this weekend was play poor- ly," said Exeter coach Dave Rev- ington. It took the Mohawks just 25 sec- onds to score against the B's as Joe Scherer barreled down the right side put a big . move on the de- fenceman and went wide on goalie Jack Nagueria. Less than four minutes later Scherer shot the puck and Tim Fritz jumped on the rebound. Greg Snyder scored his first of three be- fore Chet Couture coughed the puck up and Sean Wright put the B's on the board. It was all Snyder the rest of the opening period as he teamed with Gord Brooks for two more, the veteran Brooks assisted on all three of Snyder's goals. - • Snyder's third, for the natural hat trick (three in a row) was a beauty as he went end-to-end down the right side, cut to the net and put it past Nagueria. But that was all the offence the Mohawks could muster as the visi- tors put two past Paul Woolford in the second period and two more in the third to tie the game. "We stopped bumping in the of- fensive zone and we were losing a lot of face-offs. That tells you the in- tensity is down," said Revington. Exeter played one good period of hockey and went cold very quickly. "You can't turn it on and off," said Revington. Big comeback: Ingersoll's come- back started when Terry Whalen re- directed a Mike Hill shot and it was 5-3 when Scott Coles scored from the slot. In the third period the B's buzzed the net and Terry Hildebrandt pulled the B's to within one. With 25 seconds left in regulation Inger- soll pulled their goalie for the extra attacker and Cole with his second tied it up. •. Shipley, who 'thong' With several Mohawks had a sluggish weekend, neued the winner 3:59 into the ten- minute overtime when newcomer Tim Shields did the work and Shipley was there to put it away. The Mohawks had several good chances in the overtime as Couture missed the open comer by two inches and Kevin McCarter shot one through the crease. Jets win: Friday night in Strath- roy, the Jets beat the Mohawks 4-2. Exeter got on the board first when Shields, playing in just his first game for the Mohawks scored on the powerplay. "We can use a little more offense, we don't finish and he might pick us up a little," said Revington. The Jets battled back and went ahead on goals from Bob Milliken Concentration - Andrea Alexander, right; and partner Gerald . McBride try hard to sweep a path for this rock during action at the 7th Annual Gay Lea Bonspiel on Saturoay at the txeter cuning uiva. 1 Chanyi rink wins bonspiel EXETER - It couldn't have been any closer. Skip Ron Chanyi and his rink won the 7th Annual Gay Lea Bet- ter Butter Bonspiel at the Exeter Curling Club on Saturday. The one -day event which began at 9 a.m. and concluded nearly 12 hours later saw Chanyi, his wife M.J.. and Jim and Dorothy Chap- man win the overall title of the mixed bonspiel. The Chanyi rink, winners of the first draw, had 50 and three- quarters total points on the day while Lee Webber's foursome, winners of the second draw were just half a point back. Webber skipped the team and was joined by his wife Helen, and Ross and Kay Hodgert. Teams re- ceived one point for winning an end and a quarter point for each rock. Ladies bonspiel: The Exeter La- dies Curling Club held a club bon - spiel on January 31 and the winner was Helen Webber's rink of Jean- ette McBride and Sandy Alies- meursch. Second place went to Dorothy Chapman, Betty Simmons , Eleanor Reader and Audrey Scott. Third place was taken by Beatrice Daw- son, Fran Mickle, Cathy Cade and Lisa Sutherland. and Sean Reaume. It was 3-1 as Jacque Beaulieau connected and Gord Brooks got one back for Exet- er. With 40 seconds left in the game Brad Muir added one more for Strathroy. Exeter will have a tough game on y when they play host to the nnville Mudcats. Last time in Dunnville, a heated contest saw the Mohawks escape with a 4-3 win. Revington has no idea how tough the opposition will be on Friday. "It's hard to say, they're not near- ly as aggressive on the road." The Mohawks could be without Dale Timmermans who was slapped with a match penalty in Strathroy and sat out Sunday's game. Exeter hosts Point Edward on Sunday. Mohawk moments:...Goalie Rick f'ikul got his first start on Fri- day and played well turning away 32 shots...from Sunday's game the Times -Advocate three stars: 1. Greg Snyder 2. Scott Coles (Inger- soll) 3. Jeff Shipley. Nothing whimpy about wearing a facemask H eh, you whimp, take off that fishbowl." I've probably heard that a dozen times since I began covering Senior A hockey. What exactly does it mean? Well I've figured out a fish- bowl is a protective shield that some players have opted to wear. For those who think these sidelines by Groves guys aren't quite as brave as their counterparts who go without, I have to disagree. While there may be the odd one who hides behind the security of the fishbowl, others wear them for one reason, protection. In an exhibition game earlier this year, Dale Gibbon of the Exeter Mohawks was on the receiving end of a very pointed elbow from Chatham's James Loosemore. It took seven stitches to close the ugly cut. Prior to that Gibbon never wore a facemask but since then he has decided it's better to have his courage questioned then another seven stitches. Under the advice of his wife and his doctor, Gibbon decided to wear the face protection. There are only three or four players on the senior team which wear a bubble. "It's definitely safe but it hampers the vision," said Gibbon. An athletic therapist, Gibbon sent me some information about hockey injuries which included the simple fact that prior to face masks becoming mandatory at several earlier levels, contusions and lacerations to the face resulted in 75 percent of all injuries. A four year study revealed some interesting facts. During the 1974-75 season when face masks were not used, Cana- dian hockey players incurred 253 eye injuries, 37 causing blindness. In 1978-79, when the use of face masks became mandatory in orga- nized games for all but senior and professional levels, only 42 eye injuries. Most of these injuries happened during nonorganized games when players weren't wearing facemasks. Hockey is a dangerous sport. Troy Murphy of the Chicago Black Hawks got a puck in the mouth last week and almost choked to death on his bridgework. If he starts wearing a protective mask, is he a whimp or just cau- tious? Calgary Flames' goalie Mike Vernon is glad he isn't playing 40 years ago when there was no goalie masks as he took a hard shot off the forehead courtesy of Chicago's Steve Larmer. It took nine stitch- es to patch up Vernon. Andy McIntyre has been the trainer of the Exeter Junior 'D' Hawks for the past five seasons, he says that while the face mask does offer a great deal of protection there is one draw back. "It's good protection as far as a stick or puck goes but there's jaw injuries," he said. McIntyre explained that if a player gets hit on the chin, the face- mask is driven up into their jaw. Question - Why do the macho players question those 'who wear a facemask but don't question them for wearing a jockstrap? tp j { Y P! �� .c.,f 4 f 4 t i s i4:,,c,, ;k r. v,.4 ! a i. . f + 3 , Ya.•:: ..,...w• ..... Molting Hawks beaten EXETER - The Exeter Molting Hawks couldn't come up with a win in Oldtimers hockey action last week as they were beaten twice. 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