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Exeter Generals versus Clinton
Game One
-qday - In--Exeter,--8:30p.m.
Sunday - In Clinton 8:00 p.m.
EXETER - And then there were two.
It will be Exeter and Clinton in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association
midget 'CC' championship.
The Exeter RSD Generals have climbed the OMHA hill and want to be
king of the mountain.
There is no reason why they can't be.
If you look at their playoff record, its an impressive 8-2-2 and are unde-
feated in their last five games.
They lost the first game against Forest in the opening playoff round and
then won three straight. The jinx of Lambeth was shod when they won
the first two games and took the fourth contest with a decisive 5-1 win.
Games one and two against Erin-Hillsburgh were tied but Exeter domi-
nated in the next two with similiar 5-3 scores to take the semi-final series.
The last OMHA tide came to Exeter in 1980 when the midgets won the
'B' crown. Five years earlier the bantams were champs.
Generals' coach Scott Bogart says depth and determination to play disci-
plined hockey is what has vaulted his team into the finals.
But a real close examination will see this Exeter team has depth.
Between the pipes, goaltendcrs Dave Wilcox and Dave Stephens have
seen equal amopnt of time and in the 12 OMHA playoff games have a
3.09 goal against average.
"W ' been going with who is ever hot. Until he has a bad game, he
ys in," said Bogart. ''They both know when someone is hot you can't
e him out."
lrOn the blueline, the Generals we solid with Ryan Stuart, Jason McBride,
Rob Lynn, Nick Szabo, Brian Gardner and Rob Kramer.
Lynn was the hero in the final game against Erin-Hillsburgh when he
scored the insurance goal into an empty net.
Up front, the Generals depend a lot on the scoring punch of their top
line, centre Derek Campbell, righwinger Fred Godbolt and Steve Farquhar
from the left side.
The talented trio have combined for 42 points (the Generals have scored
49 goals in 12 games.) Godbolt leads the way in scoring with lour goals
and 12 asssts.
"When he goes, the Generals go," said Bogart. "He's our captain and he's
good at geuing the guys pumped up."
Centre Pete Gibson may not be that big but he has seven playoff goals
and along wi h wingers Ryan Lindenfield and Fred Steciuk have 18 of the
Generals 49 goals.
Derek Beckett centres Mark Brintnell and Mark Glavin with powerplay
specialist Sean McCann rotating. He has seven goals on what is a very
productive powerplay.
"We've been working quite a bit on it in practice. The guys know what is
going on," said Bogan of the powerplay.
He says the man advantage situation is simple. Either give and go or
shoot from the point.
Hanging on to the bars was Rachelle Edwards on Saturday morning at the South Huron Dis-
trict High School during the final day of the gymnastics program. The next program will begin in
the fall. Lending a helping hand were Rose Damen, left; and Jacklyn Wright.
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Mohawks
lead
Mudcats
By Fred Groves
EXETER - In boxing a one-two
combination is a deadly weapon.
In hockey, a one-two combina-
tion can bring an opponent to its
knees.
The Exeter Mohawks have come
up with a pair combinations which
are paying off big.
Sunday night at the South Huron
Recreation Centre, Kevin McArter
and Tim Fritz teamed up along with
Tim Shields and Gord Brooks to
lead the locals to a 5-3 overtime
win over the. Dunnville Madams.
The win saw the Mohawks take a
big three games -to -one lead in the
best -of -seven Southern Counties
Senior 'A' Hockey League final se-
ries.
Exeter can wrap it up on Thurs-
day at 8:30 p.m. in Dunnville.
It was Shields with the winner
about midway through the 10 -
minute overtime period.
The speedy centre got his own re-
bound after linemate Brooks car-
ried the puck into the Dunnville
zone.
"I dished it off to Brooksie and he
made a nice move," said Shields.
Shields shot at Mudcats' goalie
Garnet Wilson but stayed around
for the rebound. Brooks and Greg
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Ratkhlll! jotns the
junior hockey ranks
t has been a build-
ing year fbr the On-
tario Hockey Asso-
ciation's
Development League; also
knodm as Junior 'D'.
League officials wanted to
steer away from the league
being simply a place for 20 -
year -old goons to go and beat
up on each other. They wanted to create a league for home-
grown juniors.
It has become a place for the midget graduates who don't
want to go down the road and play Junior 'C' and who may
not quite be good enough to crack a Junior'B' lineup.
Thus the word 'development', came to be. Remember, this is
a slow process which will take time.
Although the economy may be shaky and sports teams are
dropping like flies, the Development League continues to stay
afloat. Next fall, another local community will be icing a
team in the league.
Last year, Parkhill tried desperately to get a 'C' team but the
OHA said 'sorry, it's Development or nothing.'
Parkhill didn't jump into the Development waters right
away, but are going to get their feet wet in the fall of 1992.
They will be called the North Middlesex Stars.
Building a team from the grass roots can be quite exciting
for those who get in on the ground floor. A manager, a coach
and a place to play, those are the early priorities.
However, Parkhill should begin now, if they haven't already
done so, to look for competitive players. If they arc banking
on locals who are now with Junior 'D' clubs to pad their ros-
ter, they might have to think again.
The Exeter Hawks have two Parkhill Minor Hockey Associ-
ation goalies in Clint McCann and Josh Symons. Getting one
of those would be a great way to start building a team. De-
fenceman Steve Vandenberk is a fixture on the Hawks' de-
fence as is high -scoring forward Shayne Robinson. Rookie
Nick Wieckowski could help Parkhill but he, like the rest is
signed on junior cards now.
"If they want to come back, we'd be glad to have them. But
we're not going to go and ask them," said Stars' executive
member Larry McCann, who happens to be Clint's father.
The Lucan Irish have Parkhill products Greg Muir and Paul
Woodburn and it is doubtful either one of them will return to
play with the Stars.
"I wouldn't hold them if they wanted to go play in their
hometown," said Lucan coach Ken Needham.
McCann said building the Stars has been in the making for
nearly 20 years as Parkhill has been very keen to have a jun-
ior hockey team.
"Originally we applied to Junior 'C' and they turned us
down. Nobody wanted to play us."
The reason for that was simply due to geography. This area
has a lot of Junior 'D' teams with Exeter, Lucan, Mitchell and
Seaforth. If the Stars had gone 'C' it would have meant big
bucks for not only them but the other 'C' teams for travelling.
Although no coach or manager has been selected for the
Stars, McCann said it won't be tpo long before they begin
beating the bushes.
"We had a meeting a couple of weeks ago and we thought it
was too early:"
He said the reason the team will be called 'North Middlesex
is because there is a lot of outside support including the com-
munities of Grand Bend and Ailsa Craig.
"We've got a real good base. The people we've worked with
have been understanding," said McCann.
Blake Smith is the president of the Stars and according to
McCann, "he started it and did a lot of the ground work."
sidelines
by
Groves
Linesman Steve Gould has just returned from an extended
vacation in Europe. He was busy on Sunday as he and partner
Jim Lewis did the Lucan Irish-Alvinston Flyers game in Lu -
can and at night did the lines in Seaforth for the Junior 'D'
playoff game between the Centenaires and the Pt. Stanley
Lakers. Gould said he spent a lot of time visiting former Exet-
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