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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-10-30, Page 18Pape 18 Times -Advocate, October 30, 1991 )UnIOF'D`7tockev act'on 'g Irish have no problems with Hawks, win 8-2. By Fred Groves EXETER - It was over in a quick 20 minutes. Friday night in front of a surpris- ingly small crowd, the Lucan Irish skated to an easy 8-2 win over the the Exeter Hawks. It was 4-0 after the first period as the Irish ran their undefeated Onta- rio Development League (Junior 'D') record to 5-0-1. The Hawks continue to slip in the standings as they have lost their last three straight. Hawks coach George Pratt says his team is looking into the future and not at what is directly in front of them. "I think the guys think there is too much pressure to win it all. We're playing too much like indi- viduals," said Pratt. It was 1-0 when Paul Woodburn tapped in a loose puck which got tangled up in Exeter goalie Clint McCann's skates. Woodburn made it 2-0 when he blasted a shot into the top comer past McCann's glove. During the warmup, McCann was knocked to the ice by a hard shot from teammate Shayne Robin- son. His head had a bad bump and the game had to be stopped a couple of times so he could check the wound. "He was ready to play these guys, he's always up," said Pratt. McCann couldn't be blamed for too many of the goals as the Hawks seemed to have their minds focused on other things besides hockey. When they did get a little offence �oing, the Irish forwards were corn- ing back or the defence was stand- ing Exeter up at the blueline. Exeter dropped to 3-5 and will hopefully try and turn things around on Friday when they host the Seaforth Centennaires. "The only good thing is it is early in the year. Hopefully we can start to jell as the year goes on," said Pratt. After the rookie Woodburn sprouted the Irish to a two -goal lead, Darren Neil let go with a low ice level shot from Jason Wilson and then 14 seconds later, Wilson got one of his own when the Irish stormed the goal mouth. Wilson, a returnee from last year's OHA finalists, said he is not too surprised that Lucan is unde- feated heading into tonight's game in Lucan against the Belmont Pests. "We deserve to be, especially the way we've been working so hard. It's paying off," said Wilson. Exeter and Lucan meet in the playoffs nearly every year as they are two of the better teams in their division. But Friday, the Hawks did not look like the club of the past. "We were expecting them to be more aggressive," said Wilson. "I was expecting a big difference." He added that although the Irish built a 4-0 first period lead, it wasn't over. "After the first period we had to stay focused and keep working hard." Although Larry Lewis scored just 15 seconds into the second period, it didn't give the Hawks much life as Greg Muir, Neil with another and Jon McEachem made it 7-1. "I thought it would be a close hockey game, like a playoff game. l guess that's why Junior 'D` is so ex- citing," said Irish coach Ken Need- ham. Things were going the Irish way as Scott Amos scored at the buzzer as McEachern got an assist for his third point of the game. Robinson scored with 7:19 left in the third on a powerplay as Wood- burn was in the box for roughing. The Hawks managed to stay out of the box, discipline has been a big problem. "We're not going to win in the penalty box and were trying to stress that," said Pratt. Lucan's Kevin Leitch played a good game as the veteran blueliner stopped both David Dalrymple and Allan Blommaert who made at- tempted rushes. "This is the best all-around game we've played,— said Needham. "1 was pleased with the defensive work tonight." In other action last week, the Irish edged Seaforth 5-4 while the Hawks were doubled 6-3 by Mitch- ell. Lucas I,Ish forward Greg Muir, tried to score on Exeter goalie Clint McCann in Friday's game. Trying to stop Muir is a mys- Bedard fires winner with eight second left Mohawks back on track, win both weekend games By Fred Groves EXETER - Kris Bedard scored with eight seconds left in the game tb give the Exeter Mohawks a 7.6' Come -fro -in -behind win over the In- gersoll B's at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre Saturday night. Then Bedard, with one of his fa- mous rushes, went down the right side and beat Ingersoll's Jack No- : "1 poked it off the boards and skated down, I saw the short side," said Bedard who also had a pair of "We were lucky, we didn't deserve to win" But it was a pair of shorthanded goals, 20 seconds apart, which has brought new life back to the Mo- hawks who are now 2-2 in the Southern Counties Senior 'A' Hockey League. After dropping their first two games of the season, Exeter beat host Dorchester 7-0 Friday night and followed that up with their sec- ond straight win. With Bill Glover in the penalty box and just 2:43 left in the game, Bedard spun around in the corner, fired a pass to Craig Oster and 20 seconds later, Barry Baynham let go with a hard shot from 15 feet out to tie the score. assists. After the goal, Bedard, who is nursing a bad shoulder, jumped high into the air in celebration as the Mohawks are now .500 after four games. "We were lucky. We didn't de- serve to win. We did not have near- ly the effort we had last night (Fri- day)," said Exeter coach Dave Rev- ington. Backed by the superb goaltend- ing of Noguiera, the B's led 3-2 af- ter the second period "He played well, he was hot and he kicked a lot of rubber," said Bedard. The Mohawks were down 4-2, Tangled up was Exeter Mohawks' forward Dale Gibbon, right. He and the Mohawks beat visiting Ingersoll B's 7-6 in a dra- matic Southern Counties Senior 'A' game Saturday night. came back to tie the game, slipped behind 6-4 and then came on late to win. "We didn't play half the game, we weren't hustling. Everytime we went to pass it would hit a skate or something," said Bedard. Bedard, a former Sarnia Junior 'B' defenceman and an ex -Exeter Hawk, delivered the hardest hit of the game when he sent Ingersoll's Ed Wilhelm flying early in the third period. Hot goalie: Throughout most of the game, Noguiera was the differ- ence as he faced 52 shots compared to Exeter's Paul Woolford and Jeff Hill who saw 28. "It's hard to say whether or not he was lucky because he looked like he was in control," said Revington. "I think anytime we outshoot a team two to one and don't come away with a win, you feel cheated." Besides, Bedard, Bay_nham and - Oster, Joe Shaer netted a pair for the Mohawks with singles from Greg Snyder and Greg Payne. At the other end, Duane Harris, Jeff Pearson and Tim Geoffrey had two each for Ingersoll. "I don't think it's disappointing, it's the first game of the season and we're not in game shape," said Fitz- morris. He was more than pleased with Noguiera's efforts. "I thought he was one of the best goalies in the league last year and he will be again this year." Exeter started Woolford between the pipes and he gave up a couple of fairly easy ones, he came out in the third after Ingersoll got their fourth goal. Mohawks 7, Dolphins 0 The Mohawks were firing on air cyclinders at both -Ws _of_t e_rinh.- Friday night in Dorchester as vete- ran goalie Rick Pikul led the way with his first shutout of the season. Offensively, Exeter, who led 1-0 at the end of the first period and took a commanding 6-0 advantage after 40 minutes, saw the line of Scherer, Snyder and Oster figure in on all the goals. Although Scherer did not score, he set up six of the seven goals, Os- ter had a goal and three assists and Snyder netted a hat trick and set up two more. Also scoring for Exeter were de- fenceman Ron Elliott with a pair plus two assists and Dale Gibbon. Mohawks moments:.. Defence - man Dale Timmermans is lost in- definitely as he will have to have eye surgery...Mohawks.travelled to Aylmer last night and Saturday will host the Dunnville Mudcats at 8:30 p.m...Times Advocate three stars: 1. Bedard 2. Noguiera 3. Oster tery player who was wearing No. 23 but was not listed on the game sheet. EXETER - Want to give your goalie a little more instruction? The Exeter Minor Hockey Asso- ciation is putting on a goalie clinic on Sunday at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre. Those who are of peewee, ban - tam and midget age will be on the It's a big day for the EMHA as ice from 12 to 1 p.m. The atoms their annual skate-a-thon begins at and novices will begin at 1 p.m. 3:30 p.m. EXETER - In their only game this past week, the Exeter Molting Hawks battled to a 3-3 tie with London Classics in oldtimers hock- ey action. They are now 4-2-2 on the season. Ernie Ahrens, Bob Parsons and Brian Hodgins scored for Exeter while Randy Gillfillan had two as- sists. Also picking up assists were Jack Chipchase, Bob Sones and Terry Bourne. Goalie Glen Stire played well. The Molting Hawks took on Bridgestone Blades on Monday and Thursday they travel to London. Four wins t nda sltr art(ti rs < ILDERTON - Ross Holmes of Il- derton has connected with the Lar- ry Ainsworth stable of Petrolia and the tandem has sent Magic Killean to the winner's circle in four of his nine Sires Stakes horse races this season. 16 5 15 i; 15 2 14 5 14 8 14 Membent of the Tyndall Karate School from Exeter recently travelled to Welland where they brought home several trophies from the Ontario ShorinJu Ryu Karate Toumament. Front, left; Kendra Fenwick, grand champion and first in kumite and kata; Tracy Tripp, second in ku- mite; Liz Hogan, second In kumlte and third in kata. Back, left; Tim McQulggan, third in ku- mite; Dustin Elder, third in kumite; Don Carey, second In kumite; Sense! Dan Bell. "Of all the schools there, we placed second for the tournament grand champions," said Bell. The next tournament for Tyndall's is Saturday when they travel to London for Mike Bemardo's Ontario Grand Nationals.