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Senior 'A' hockey
Prevost helps Mohawks
to perfect pre -season
By Fred Groves
EXETER - One night it's Mark
Bannon and the next it's Andre Pre-
vost.
The Exeter Mohawks received a
very balanced scoring attack over
the weekend as they wrapped up
their Senior 'A' hockey exhibition
schedule with a pair of wins.
Saturday in Parkhill, Bannon
scored three goals as the Mohawks
downed Strathroy 7-4. The follow-
ing night at the South Huron Recre-
ation Centre in Exeter, the new and
improved Prevost had a goal and an
assist in a 7-2 win against the Dor-
chester Dolphins.
"I'm in better shape. I worked
hard over the summer. Last year I
just let myself go," said Prevost
who worked in construction with
teammate Kris Bedard during the
off season.
He scored a shorthanded goal ear-
ly in the second period and later set
up a powerplay tally.
Prevost started last season with
the Mohawks, returned home to
Kapuskasing where he played some
Intermediate hockey, but was back
in Exeter by playoff time.
"The calibre of hockey I was
playing was not real demanding,"
said the former Stratford Junior B'
player.
At Kapuskasing, the big winger
did not play contact hockey. When
he was back in Exeter, it meant
playing a physical game, something
which took time to get used to.
"When there is hitting you have
to be in better shape. You're bump-
ing and grinding you have to skate
it's a whole lot different then coast-
ing"
Exeter coach Dave Revington no-
ticed Prevost is ready to start the
season in good shape.
"He's in a lot better condition
than he was last year. He's lost. a
considerable amount of weight and
he's skating better," said Revington.
Early lead: Against the Dol-
phins, Exeter took a quick 1-0 lead
when veteran Wayne Urbshott
drilled a quick shot past Kevin
Cole. The game's opening goal
started on a nifty play when Greg
Snyder slapped the puck against the
boards in a sort of a backpass to Joe
October
12 Exeter at Dunnville, 8:30 p.m.
18 Exeter at Dorchester, 8:30 p.m.
25 Exeter at Dorchester, 8:30 p.m.
26 Ingersoll at Exeter, 8:30 p.m.
29 Exeter at Aylmer, 8:15 p.m.
November
2 Dunnville at Exeter, 8:30 p.m.
6 Exeter at Chatham, 8:30 p.m.
9 Petrolia at Exeter, 8:30 p.m.
10 Dorchester at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
15 Exeter at Dorchester, 8:30 p.m.
16 Exeter at Strathroy, 8:15 p.m.
23 Exeter at Ingersoll, 7:45 p.m.
December
1 Walpole at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
8 Dorchester at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
15 Strathroy at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
19 Exeter at Pt. Edward, 8 p.m.
22 Aylmer at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
January
10 Ingersoll at Exeter, 8:30 p.m.
12 Chatham at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
14 Exeter at Aylmer, 8:15 p.m.
18 Exeter at Dunnville, 8:30 p.m.
24 Exeter at Petrolia, 8 p.m.
26 Dorchester at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
February
1 Exeter at Walpole, 7:30 p.m.
2 Aylmer at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
9 Exeter at Ingersoll, 7:30 p.m.
15 Dunnville at Exeter, 8:30 p.m.
16 Pt. Edward at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
Irish
at Pests
BELMONT The Lucan Irish
started their Western Junior D' sea-
son off on the right foot as they
beat the Belmont Pests 3-1 here
Saturday night in their season open-
er.
Shuffleboard
Exeter
October 2
3 games
Laverne Stone
Marjorie Hodgen
Ruby Beaver
Olive Tindall
4 games
Allen Johns 313
Olive Essery 275
Ray Hodgson 273
Steve Hrapchak 272
October 3
4 games
M. Eizenga 447
June Hodgson 404
Steve Hrapchak 372
Wilma Davis 370
5 games
Joe Gosar 427
Howard Johns 396
John Pepper 368
Helen McKay 358
Hensall
October 1
High 6 game winners
Hazel McEwan 526
240
218
184
164
Gert Eagleson
John Pepper
Eileen Dowson
Dave Woodward
Ethel McMuruie
516
487
447
393
392
Lucan's home opener is tonight
when they take on the Mt. Brydges
Bulldogs at 8:15 p.m. The Bulldogs
lost their first game of the season 8-
6 to Alvinston.
Scherer who saw Urbshott wide
open.
The Dolphins who seem to be a
much better team than they were
last year, took a 2-1 lead on goals
by Rob Tuffin and captain Tim
Duff.
But the Mohawks exploded in the
second frame, building a 5-2 lead
on a shorthanded tally by Prevost
and powerplay goals from Richard
Hawkins and Barry Baynham plus
a nice goal by Scherer, In the third,
Craig Hoster and Paul Barnes cush-
ioned the lead.
Saturday in Parkhill, the Mo-
hawks had two shorthanded goals
and it looks as though playing with
a man disadvantage will not ham-
per them as much as other teams.
"It's always nice to get that short-
handed goal. It boosts morale espe-
cially when you are down 2-1,' said
Prevost.
Revington said his team won't be
shying away from any chances to
get the odd shorthanded goal.
"We're going to try and utilize the
no red line. We haven't been work-
ing on anything. We've been chang-
ing lines and letting the guys play."
That's exactly what the Mohawks
have done, winning all three pre-
season contest. Saturday while
Bannon had the hat trick, Grey
Snyder and Bill Glover scored
shorthanded and Hoster netted a
pair of goals.
Both Snyder and Glover showed
a lot of speed while killing the pen-
alty and both had good shots to
score goals.
Looking to the start of the 1991-
92 season the Mohawks have got a
lot of depth again, some of those
players have yet to play a game.
"We've got some guys that
haven't been out yet I wish could
have been here a little earlier..other
than that I'm pleased," said Reving-
ton.
Mohawks moments:...Exeter de-
fenceman Dale Timmermans may
have a bad eye but he still got in a
few solid punches when he squared
off in a bout...Rookie goalie Jeff
Hill looked very sharp in all three
pre -season games as he did not al-
low a goal in the 90 minutes he
played.
Piling up In front of the net may not be the best way
Urbshott (he's the one on the bottom) and the Exeter
day.
Exeter Mohawks
preseason
statistics
PLAYER
Marty Rutledge
Joe Scherer
Craig Roster
Barry Baynham
Wayne Urbshott
Paul Barnes
Mark Bannon
Gord Brooks
Jeff Warren
Dale Timmermans
Bill Glover
Greg Snyder
Andre Prevost
Ron Elliott
Ralph Green
Scott Pfaff
Dale Gibbon
Jeff Shipley
TOTALS
GOALTENDING
Jeff Hill
Rick Pikul
Paul Woolford
G A PTS.
4 2 6
3 3 6
3 3 6
1 5 6
1 4 5
1 4 5
4 1 5
2 1 3
0 3 3
0 3 3
2 0 2
1 1 2
1 1 2
0 2 2
1 1 2
0 2 2
1 0 1
0 1 1
27 41 68
MP GA
90 0
30 2
60 5
to start the hockey season but Wayne
Mohawks beat Dorchester 7-2 on Sun -
Mohawks forward Scott Pfaff seems to be getting a tap on
the shoulder as the Mohawks wrapped up their pre -season
schedule.
Junior 'D' Hawks start with split
PT. STANLEY - The Exeter
Hawks opened their Western Onta-
rio Junior 'D' season this weekend,
splitting a pair of games.
After an impressive win Friday
evening at home against the Bel-
mont Pests, the Hawks had every-
thing go wrong as they dropped
Saturday's contest in Pt. Stanley
against the Lakers.
Exeter was without the services
of defensemen Larry Lewis and
Nathan Blight for the season's
opening weekend, as both were sit-
ting out suspensions as a result of
altercations during the pre -season.
Both are expected to return to the
line-up Wednesday night when the
Hawks travel to Mitchell.
Long night
A short bench proved disastrous
for the locals Saturday, as they
dropped an 8-3 decision in Pt. Stan-
ley to the Lakers. The game
marked the first in a four road
games for the the Hawks.
Pi Stanley took it to Exeter right
off the opening face-off, scoring
just 32 seconds into the game. The
Hawks replied almost immediately,
as Dan Ryan notched his first of
two on the night, with assists going
to Scott Schiedcl and Ray Cousi-
neau.
The Lakers then built a 3-1 lead
before Ryan notched his second
from Cousineau and Jamie Cornish
at the 17 minute mark of the first
Exeter Hawks rookie Dan Ryan, right, tries to get a spinning puck In Friday's Junior 'D' open-
er.
period.
Pt. Stanley ran away with the
game scoring four times in the sec-
ond and adding another in the third.
Nick Wieckowski rounded out
the scoring for the Hawks, with as-
sists to Shayne Robinson and Alan
Blommaert.
Crowd pleaser
Exeter's home opener Friday eve-
ning was a crowd pleaser, which
had a little bit of everything. Roo-
kie Shawn Chipchase struck for
four goals in the game, and Hawks'
neuninder Clint McCann kicked
out 36 shots in an 8-2 victory over
the Belmont Pests.
"It was a fairly decent game for
their fust outing," said coach John
Kernick. "But they've still got a lot
of work to do."
Ray Cousineau got things going
at 2:29 of the first period, when he
finished off a three-way passing
play with Dan Ryan and Scott
Schiedel. Just 13 seconds later,
Mark Reid and Doug Clark com-
bined to set up Shawn Chipchase
for his first of four.
BAmont made it 2-1 early in the
second, but Clark restored the two
goal lead minutes later. With Exet-
er on the powerplay, Clark scored
on the wrap around with assists go-
ing to Reid and John Bell.
Ryan notched the team's fourth
goal from Steve Vandenbetk" all
Jamie Cornish, but the Pests cut the
lead in half moments later with one
of their own.
But that was all she wrote for the
visitors as McCann shut the door
for the remainder of the game.
Derek Shackleton scored unassisted
11 seconds into the third period,
and Chipchase followed suit with a
solo effort of his own.
Chipchasc completed the hatrick
at 16:12 of the third, after some
nice work by Bell and Shackleton
and, still hungry for more, scored
his fourth of the night with under
two minutes remaining. Clark and
Dave Dalrymple assisted.
The Hawks next home game will
be Friday, October 18 when they
host Mt. Brydges.
to a goad start
EX 1ER .. Winning three gamos, , tieing another and losing just once
is a pretty good way to strut e(f the !e.ason.
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of tltclt;ntcro bock* n with :►plitting a pair of sows��r,
against nearby rivals, Corfu.: > > I14g3,in c.xhihitioll play, the .tt with the Marauders, win-
ning ft -5 and irisin 1I-4. irk '"` ,�� tied Stratford 9-9,
'Mat out saw Randy 0110110Virthe way with threo goals while
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Molting liawks wore Scott Button and Ernie Ahrens.
Against llcnsall, Exeter won 7-2 as (Milian was hat again as NO)
he and Ron Moxrro st,orrd two goals with singles from Ken Bergmann,
Ahrens find 'Terry Bonnie.
It was two in a row against lIcnsall a4 Iixctcr won G•2 thanks to a
fair of gems from Urian 1lodgins and Oilfi11<in, Mmes and Ahrtms tikO
llie Molting iluwikt hot Sarnia Old Oilers and traycl to London
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Wednesday to play the London Roariapples.
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