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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-03-13, Page 14Pape 14 Times -Advocate, March 13, 1991 SPORTS 1 7 IA Irish beat Bulldogs Big second period for Lucan By Fred Groves MT. BRYDGES - As expected, the Lucan Irish eliminated the ML Brydges Bulldogs in Westem On- tano Junior 'D Hockey League playoff action here Saturday night. Lucan swept the best -of -seven west division series in four straight, capping it with a big 10-2 win in game four. The Irish were first during the regular season while the Bulldogs were eighth. Saturday's game was very close in the opening 20 minutes and the Bulldogs led 2-1 on goals by. Paul Marcus and Arron Hill. But Lucan goalie Dan Jenken was flawless for the next two periods. "I don't think they play like an eighth place team because they really get pumped up for us," said Irish forward Jack Legg. The Irish face the winner of the Belmont -Lambeth series. Lambeth held a three -games -to -one lead fol- lowing the weekend. "We'd rather play Lambeth be- cause Belmont is really tough. Who ever it is, it's going to be a tough series but, I think we can do it," said Legg. Legg, Darren Neil, Brian Schuyler and Jon McEachren all had two goals in Saturday's big win with singles to Greg DePrest and Greg Muir. In the second period the visitors exploded for five big goals and were ahead 6-2 after 40 minutes. "I don't know what happened, if they (Mt. Brydges) tried to change the game plan and it didn't work or what," said Legg. The second period barrage started when Irish defenceman Todd Hayter carried the puck deep into Bulldogs' territory and Legg pounced on rebound to tie the score at 2-2. Muir came down on a two -on - one with McEachren who made it 3-2. A similar play saw Neil get his first of two thanks to some leg work by'Schuylet. Later in the game Schuyler, the Irish captain, was speared and had to be helped from the ice. DePrest scored off the faceoff to increase the lead and McEachren rounded out the scoring spree. Lucan coach Ken Needham said pressuring the Mt. Brydges defence helped build the second period lead. "We.. told them (Irish) to relaxe and play the game: Just go and Kings win 2-1 in HURON PARK - It was a couple of real close games for the Stephen Novice Kings on the weekend. Saturday they beat Drayton 2-1 in the second game of their Onta- rio Minor Hockey Association semi-final series, and the follow- ing day won by a similiar score. The Kings eliminated Monkton three games straight in the quarter- finals. They now lead Drayton two -games -to -one in the best -of - five series which continued last night in. Drayton. In other OMHA novice action, Exeter Waxers came up 'short 8-3 to Forest on Sunday. Jeff Camp- bell scored two goals for Exeter with the other from Scott Keys. Assisting on the goals were Ryan Ralph, Craig Overholt and Peter Fragiskatos. _ Lucan novices lost 3-1 to Dor- work hard. We stayed on their de- fence, they're preuy weak. "We were going to the net, going for the rebounds, said Needham. At the end of the second period, DePrest was knocked to the ice very hard and the physical game continued into the final frame. In the third period Mt. Brydges Don Southwell got a hold of Jamie Pearce's facemask which started a fight between the two big players. Southwell came out on the short side of the battle and pushed a linesman while chasing Pearce to the dressing room. Both received identical five minutes for fighting and game misconducts. e Game 3 Wednesday night in Lucan, De- Prest and Andy Ross led the of- fence with two goals and an assist each in an 8-4 win. Ahead 4-3 at the end of the first period, Jason Wilson, Jeremy Je- mec, Neil and McEachren who was in his first game following an inju- ry, also scored For the Bulldogs; Todd Baker, Iggy Jakinjek, Hill and Greg Wes- ton connected. HA action chester as Kent Hardy teamed with Jonathan Smith far the lone goal on Saturday. Sunday, Lucan were beaten 5-3 by Dorchester. Ben Dobbie and Hardy scored. Shawn Smith, Matt Thompson, Jason Smith and Hardy assisted. Atom: Chad Greenlee and Rob Silver each scored two goals as Lu- - can beat West Lorne 7-6 on Sunday and won the semi-final series. Also scoring were Jeremy Cornish, Ryan Carroll and Corey Smith. The previous day West Lorne won 8-4. Cornish, Silver, Carroll and, Smith scored for Lucan. They now advance to the semis against' Langton on Wednesday. The series comes to Lucan at 1 -pm. on Fri- day. Bantam: Brian Heckman scared two goals as the Lucan bantams won their opening game of their semi-final series with Langton. Shaun Fairweather assisted on both Game two goes Friday in Lucan at8:30ppm. On Thursday, Lucan eliminated West Lorne 5-3. Jason Hodgson, Chris Haskett, Rob Paul, Heckman and Fairweather scored for the win- ners. Steve Dame and Jamie Lightfoot scored last Tuesday in a 6-3 loss to West Lorne. Midget: Paul O'Shea scored two goals and Brad Coughlin also con- nected as the Lucan midgets beat Wainfleet 3-1 on Sunday. Jeremy Jemec assisted on all three goals. Wainfleet won the opener of the semi-final series on Saturday, 5-3. Junco had two goals and O'Shea got the other. Friday the series heads to Wainfleet and in Lucan on Saturday at 7 p.m. . Goaltending the key as Hawks sweep series against Seaforth By Fred Groves SEAFORTH - It takes good goaltending to win in the playoffh. Sunday afternoon Dean Fratar- cangeli and the Exeter Hawks blanked the host Seaforth Centen- sires 5-0 to sweep their best -of - seven Western Ontario Junior 'D' west division quarter -final series in four games. It was expected for the Hawks to take . the series, as they did finish second in the regular season stand- ings compared to the seventh place Centenaires, but Exeter had two shutouts. In the opener, goalie Clint McCann won 4-0 and Sunday his partner Fratarcangeli also got the shutout. In between the Hawks won 3-2 and 3-1. "I think they were close games. Seaforth actually thought they could beat us," said Exeter coach John Kernick. "They didn't go into the series thinking it was going to be easy for Exeter." "I like to see low scoring games, the good defensive hockey. While McCann won the opening three games between the pipes, Fratarcangeli watched from the bench. He was finally glad to get a post -season start. "rve been waiting for my chance and Colonel (Kenrick) gave me one. I wanted to make the best of it," said Fratarcangeli. "He bounced back, he played a really strong,game. I knew he was frustrated," said Kemick. Fratarcangeli's last start was the final regular season game in Mitch- ell where he was shakey and al- lowed eight goals in an 8-5 loss. He said he had to get his confidence back. "I knew I played terrible in Mitchell. This was good, I knew I needed a confidence builder." Between legs: The Hawks opened the scoring with less than five minutes'remaining in the first frame when Derek Shackleton shot one through Dana Duskocy's legs. It was almost 2-0 for the visitors but Duskocy made a pad save on Jason Heywood's penalty shot. The rookie got the chance when he was pulled down from behind on a Just misses - Jason He the Hawks beat Jason of the Exeter, couldn't pull the trigger on this shot Friday night but he and and the Seaforth Centenanires in Junior 'D' playoff action. breakaway. in the second period Exeter seemed a little disorganized in their own end and Fratarcangeli was called upon to make a couple of big saves. Shayne Robinson fiave the Hawks a two -goal cushion as he poked it over the line and he added another with a high shot. Robinson missed the thiras he suf- fered a broken finger. Hawks de- fenceman John Bell made it 4-0 on a breakaway. With 2:25 left in the game, Fra- tarcangeli nearly had his shutout bid broken as the puck got behind him, was entering the net, and Bell shot it into the corner. "I went out and challenged him as far as I could," said Fratarcangeli of the shot. "Hopefully my defence - men could cover up for me and Bell did." Jim Dickins scored with 1:59 left but after the goal, Seaforth's Don Brown shot the puck and hit referee Pete Chisholm m the face. Brown was given a ten-minute miscon- duct. Earlier in the period, Exeter's Larry Lewis shot the puck after the whistle and he went to the box for ten minutes. Friday night , in Exeter, Hawks McCann continued to excel allow- ing just one goal as the hosts won 3-1. In the threeplayoff games he started, McCann allowed only three goals. The Hawks got on the scoreboard first when Heywood and Scott Schiedel crowded the front of the net and it was Schiedel pouncing on a rebound. With 1:08 left in the second, Bell aggressivley went into the offen- sive zone and backhanded the puck past Jason Cooper. Seaforth got right back in the game, narrowing the margin to one when Danny Wildfong blasted one pest McCann to score a shorthand- ed goal just 17 seconds into the third period. Exeter got one more when J.P. Cousineau scored from David Dal- tympie and Harien Tintney. Referee Brad Beer handed out seven minor penalties to the Centenaries and 10 to the Hawks. • Field hockey - • New skills learned By A nil Mewls EXETER ../1n evening 'cl ge 'presented itself Wednesday at South .Huron District School, as local students' were invited to talon part in a field hockey clinic. The workshop was offered to those interested in learning some new skills as well as those hoping to polish old. The event was held as a prelude to indoor field hockey competition but was also an attempt to introduce more males to the sport. Among the instructors was Andrew Griffith, a student from the Uni- versity of Western Ontario, who taught many new stick -handling and ball control techniques. In addition, the players were given some tips on how to perform short corners and lectured on some of the rules which differ from those of their outdoor counterpart. The evening end- ed with a variety of controlled scrimmages. As for South Huron's hopes in 1991, coach Jim Workman remains optimistic. "We've got quite a few returning," says Workman. "It will depend on attitude." 1 In control - South Huron's Kim Lib demonstrates CP* plete control during held at South Huron District H gh School. evening's told Welty Clink •