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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-02-27, Page 13T Elil ott named top defenceman as Mohawks enter p ayoffs EXETER - Ron Elliott was very surprised last week when he heard he was named the top defenceman in the Southern Ontario Senior 'A' Hockey League. After patrolling the Exeter Mo- hawks blueline for six seasons, the Mitchell resident has been hon- ored for his accomplishments. Not only was he selected as the top de- fenceman but he was named to the fust team all-star squad as well. The voting was done by the league's five coaches. Mohawks' Bill Dark was named the top goal- ie as he had a 3.40 goals -against average during the regular season. Dark was named to the second all- star team squad while right winger Joe Scherer was placed on the fust team. Prior to Sunday night's practice at the South Huron Recreation Centre, Elliott said he was very surprised about receiving the hon- our. "I sure didn't expect it," he said. Elliou says he has changed his style of hockey. "Maybe trying to play smarter hockey and worrying about lily own end of the rink." He said there are a lot of other good defenceman in the league. Ex- eter has got four outstanding vete- ran blueliners in Elliott Baynham, Les Arts and Kris - ard. "He obviously has the respect of the other teams. He never misses a game. He's playing better than he did last year," said Exeter coach Dave Revington. Playoff picture: Last night the Mohawks began the post -season as they hosted the Dunnville Mudcats. During the regular season, Exeter won all four games. The Mudcats eliminated the Dorchester Dolphins in a best -of -five series but it took four games to do it. Exeter and Dunnville have Ron Elliott ...top defenceman bumped and pushed a couple of times this season so this series is guaranteed to be a physical one. "Taney think they have to be phys- ical to beat us," said Revington. Bill Dark ...best goalie The Mohawks will be without Scherer who has three more games of a suspension to sit out. It was against Dunnville that he picked up the ejection. Joe Scherer ...all-star forward Exeter has got a few walking wounded as captain Jeff Shipley, forwards Tim Fritz, Kevin McCart- er, Rob Moore and Dark are all on the mend. Playoff schedule The 22-5-1 Exeter Mohawks opened their Southern Ontario Sen- ior A playoffs last night against the 16-12-0 Dunnville Mudcats. Dunn- ville knocked off the Dorchester Dolphins in their best -of -five se- ries. . Exeter -Dunnville is a best -of - seven league semi -fowl with the winner facing the survivor of Aylm- er Hornets -Ingersoll B's. Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Dunnville at Exeter, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 - Exeter at Dunnville, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3 - Dunnville at Exeter, 7:30 p.m. (The rest of the schedule had not been determined as of press time.) (COMPARE THE RATE' M 91/2% . I iyr. C 4ligSTANDARD TRUST 235-1060 r RqM� The Thorold Roses Precision Skating Team were one of the 5Z teams at the Western Ontario Precision Skating Championships Western Ontario &"idkilln Lucan on Friday and Sattinaf 52 teams at precision championships LUCAN - Hun- dreds of spectators and competitors came to the arena here Friday and Saturday for the 1991 Western On- tario Precision Skating Championships. There were 52 teams competing at the two-day event which was hosted by the Lucan Figure Skat- ing Club. Not only were there young skaters but the young -at - heart laced up the blades and dem- onstrated their skills. Teams were given a two minute warmup followed by thrix -and -a - half minute skate. For those unfa- miliar with precision skating, pic- ture as many as 40 skaters all in unison and skating as one. The assistant referee ( assistant head judge), Jack Shannon said the sport has changed in the last you see hear is so superi- or from what it was 10 years ago,' said Shannon. "Ten years ago it was more recreational." ' Although a lot of the competi- tors were having a good time, it wasn't all fun as the winners of the various divisions advanced to the Canadian championships. Shannon and the rest of the judges had a difficult job on their hands as skaters were given two sets of marks, for competition and presentation. Unison is very impor- tant and so was thePselecdon of cos- tumes as it has to coincide with the selection of music. "Twenty to thirty skaters, skating as one, that's what you're looking for," said Shannon. The different catesories included adults, juveniles, seniors and novic- es. They had preliminaries in which the top three in each flight ad - In the opening round, judging was done without the skaters know- ing what each judge had given for points but in the finals it was open marking and everyone in the rink knew who had given what to the competitors. "Thera are times when it's very difficult. You want to make sure you're positioning them the same way the other six judges do," said Shannon. Future stars: Lucan Ice Gems, the recreational team from the host club did not have a team entered in this year's competition but look to the future to bring home the med- als. Three members of the Ice Gems helped out at this year's Western Ontario championship. Tara Hack- ney, 11, Lindsay Hardy,l0, and Shelby Pronchuk,10, are both fig- ure and precision skaters. "My favorite part is free skating. I like precision skating because all my friends do it," said Hardy. Pronchuk said precision skating is easier. "I like to skate because it's fun. It's easier because you have other people with you." And Hackney has a very good reason why she likes to skate with her precision team. 1 like it because we win all the time," she said. A total of 14 teams from the Western Ontario championships have advanced to the Canadian fi- nals in Quebec. Although the Ilder- ton Precisionnaires (novice) and the Ilderton Mini -Jets (juvenile) didn't finish in the top three they did very High school hpckey Panthers advance to HP finds EXETER - The Goderich Vi- kings -South Huron Panthers rival- ry is alive and well. Prior to the Huron -Perth Foot- ball Conference folding, the two high schools were always trying to outdo each other. Last week that rivalry continued on the hockey rink. The Panthers won back-to-back games to eliminate the Vikings and advance to the league final against the Clinton Central Huron Redmen who beat Wingham Ma- dill. Monday South Huron travelled to Goderich and won 5-4 and the following day at the South Huron Recreation Centre came out on top by a similar score. "We had two close games with them during the year," said coach Pete Heaney. Two of the Panthers four losses this season were against the Vikings. Both of last week's playoff games were physical and on Tues- day, Goderich's Mike Stegenstad was given a ten-minute misconduct and had to be escorted off the ice by an official after he questioned a call in which he hauled down an opposing centre off the faceoff. It was a fairly rough game. It wasn't dirty, it was a good experi- ence. They'll have to play like that if they go past Huron -Perth; said Haney. Both teams found themselves spending a lot of time in the penal- ty box during the two games but what mattered to the Panthers was what was up on the scoreboard. On Tuesday Goderich's Tim Har- rison opened the scoring with his first of two but David Schwindt tied it up. It was 2-1 for the Vl'kings early in the second frame as Todd Papple corrected. "We had the scoring opportuni- ties but couldn't capatilize," said Panthers' coach Paul Cronin of the first period and early in the second. But the Panthers aught fire, well. Winners: Adult - Watford Clas- sics, Thorold Roses, . North .Dor- chester Ice Classics; Juvenile - Bur- lington Ice Image, South Windsor Rose City Rhythms, Kitchener - Waterloo Gems; Novice - Strathroy Black Magic, Rose City Rhythms, London Ice Picks; Junior - Rose City Rhythms, Kitchener -Waterloo Queens, Burlington Ice Image; Sen- ior - liderton-London Synchronici- ty, Burlington Ice Image. scoring three unanswered goals. Ja- mie Cornish let one go from the blueline to tie it up and Paul Dick- ers put the home team up for the first time when he banged in the re- bound off of a Pete Overholt wrap- around attempt. South Huron defenceman Jim Ahrens carried the puck in and got it over to McCann who was waiting in front of the net to make it 4-2 at 7:59 of the third period. Goderich's Andrew Scott nar- rowed the gap before Jamie Ranier raced in to get a rebound and give the Panthers a two -goal cushion again. Harrison rounded out the game's scoring but the Panthers hung on to win. Monday in Goderich, Shane Pfaff scared in overtime to lead the Pan- thers in the series opener. With 1:18 left in regulation play, Jason Hern had tied it up. Also scoring for South Huron were Ahrens, Pfaff and Schwindt. Revington overlooked by hls.peers omethings just can't be explained. Friday nig it the Southern Ontario Sen- ior A Hockey League held its annual awards banquet. Three of the Exeter Mohawks were honored but while the mu- sicians were given a pat on the back, somebody forgot to recog- nize the conductor. sidelines by Fred G roves Defenceman Ron Elliott, goal- ie Bill Dark and forward Joe Scherer,were all recipients of various awards but the man that brings the Mohawks all together, coach Dave Revington didn't even make second -team status. Revulsion isn't the type of guy to rant and rave about something, he lets the performance of his first place hockey team do the tacking for him. But you have to wonder what's going on in his mind. There are five teams in the senior loop, voting for the players and coaches awards is done by the coaches themselves. Jim Fitzmorris and Gary Easton of Ingersoll were named the top coaches followed by Ted Kidder of Aylmer. Revington's peers obviously don't think he is the best or even the second best coach. It doesn't matter if he has taken 30layers, jug- gled them in and out of the lineup all winter and stayed in fust ace from start to finish of the regular season. I guess it doesn't matter either he was one of the coaches in the all-star game down in Dresden. Sounds like the other coaches could be a tad jealous of Revington and are taking it out on him. Well this writer along with all the Mohawks and hundreds of loy- al of fans no doubt believe Revington is the best in the league. Even Bob Habkirk, the Senior A convener has a lot of praise for Revington "Hes doing a damn fine job," said Habkirk who was a tilde sur- prised that Revington wasn't named the for coach. "He goes out there with a plan and carries it out." The Mohawks coach has got the credentials that proves he's head - and -shoulders above the rest. He played for the Lucan Ilderton Sen- ior AAA Jets, University of Guelph Gryphons and in the second di- vision in Germany. Revington coaches the Lucan Irish to two OHA Junior 'D' titles before joining the Mohawks. "It doesn't matter that much to me," he said of not being named the top coach. The Mohawks skipper wasn't the only one who was ignored by the voters. How can anyone not see that veteran Gord Brooks is not the best forward in the league? At 40, Brooks has leadership, experience and finished in the top five in scoring. I guess some things just can't be explained. While hockey season is in the midst of playoffs, the Exeter Roy- als Fastball Club are in the midst of their spring training. Coach Fred Cook tells me that the team is holding workouts at the Exeter Public School on Thursday nights beginning at 7 p.m. Spring Craft Classes Children's Claims - Held Wednesdays - 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Ages 7 - 12, Parental supervision for younger ones please March 6 - Dried roses are so popular. Decorate a straw hat with a brim full of dried flowers $12.00 March 13 - Decorate a grapevine wreath using lemon leaf and assorted drieds and berries - a perfect Easter gift for someone special. 5.00 March 20 - The Easter Bunny is coming so get your basket readyl You will decorate the outside of the basket and fill it with Easter grass so it's ready for the chocolate eggs. $15.00 April 3 - "Spring outside my window'. Usinngg a delightful wooden window, standing 7" tall, we will fill it's win- dowbox to overflowing with spring oobured drieds. $14.00 AprI110 - Fill a basket with artificial spring flowers - perfect to set on your table. $15.00 Aprli 17 - Decorate an 8" wicker heart with spring daffodils, branches and ribbons and top it off with iny bird. Slaw May 1 - Give Mom your heart on Mother's Dayl Decorate a 10" heart shaped wreath with satin bows and beautiful drieds. $15.00 May 15 - Fill a 3"clay pot with dried roses, natur{altmaterialls�and a raffia bow. A cute, new idea. $10.00 Ad Thursday March 7 - Design a "Spring Swag". AlbrigCht and at 30" swag using artificial tulips, daf- fodils and Pities. Suitable for wall or door. Colour choice available. $30.00 and u Thursday, March 14 - Bring a touch of spring indoors. Using a pot of fresh bulbs, you will decorate with moss, branches and natural materials ' 00 Thursday, March 21 - Make your own fresh Easter arrangement using a cheery Easter basket and ng lasting blooms. Perfect for your Easter tank. .000 Thursday, April 4 - Decorate a Grapevine Double Heart using silk tulips, daffodils and natural pussy A_ willows. �� Thursday, April 11 - An Oriental arrangement - a favorite class, requested again - design as the Orien- tals do. Usl a few special artificial flowers and the theory that less Is more, let us teach you the basic of Thursday, ApprI118 - Tonight we will help you decorate your own rattan heart. Complete with a "pocket' front, you wiN fil it to the brim with beautiful silk greens. $35.00 Thursday, AprIl 25 - The Victorian Heart. A whimsical Victorian heart accented with country drieds and ribbon h Thursday, May 2 - Make your own "Kitchen Wreath". Make your own moss wreath and add lovely dried iedd flowers, garlic accents, berries, branches and paper ribbon. $40.00 and up Thursday, May 16 - emon Leaf Wreath - another new look using a natural lemon leaf to define the cir- cle and accented with Victorian drieds and natural materials. MOO Thursday, May 23 - Design a lovely Victorian basket to enjoy through the summer months. You will be accenting the handle or edge of a pretty basket using dried and natural materials with a ribbon touch. $35.00 Thursday, May 30 - Design the newest look of the 90's - the lateral look. You will take home a clay pot filled with dried materials positioned In a regimented manner. $40.00 and up PLEASE NOTE - Children's classes- 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Adult classes - 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Samples on display in store. Pre -registration and deposk necessary per class. Some colour choice availa- ble. PST & GST not included. 8 week Conestoga College Floral Design course commencing April 18th. 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