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:CLINTON - The big red wagon wailed down the Main
:fltreet of. Exeter last Tuesday night as the RSD Generals rode
•: ►e:frretruck; rewardfor winning the Ontario Minor Hockey
Association midget 'CC':championship.
In:firont of a capacity aaowd:in:0iittlon. the Generals
mon 7-4 to -win fhe:txtle. inihe fth and deciding
:game. The.last tureeExeteraaw an OMHAshampi-
on was , in 4980 when the midgets kwon - the 'B'
=own.
Exeter's road to the finals started with the elimination of Forest, then
_:Lambeth and them-Hu1sh srgh in the semi-finals.
After winning .the:first two games against Clinton, the Generals strug-
ogied and lost a pair.sexting the stage for one of the most exciting fmalesin
.&tun n Coulnty hockey history.
A night -before inspirational speech by former Exeter champions Pete
-731sciceyandEd Willis. combined with a-laterfrom Minnesota Nortb.Stars'
<:s�dafenceman and Exeter native Dave Shaw. seemed to help as the Gaaexals
aarno out flying and exploded,acitb;aatiff ivet, a fbatfsmthererAight
-atm the scoreboard -very -early.
It wad 5-0 for the visiting Ge needsi ss than nine minutes into the game.
—Loading the way was bantam -aged Sean McCann who scared two goals
sand set up two more in the first period.
—they (Willis and Tuckey] came in and told us what it took to win. 11
:zilaites heart. It doesn't matter how mtch.;aaient you:l ave," said .McCann
nainutesafter the game ended.
le certainly showed he has talent. eading the Generals with 12 playoff
;gels. McCann and several other local players have been invited to a Lis-
THE FIRM
towel Cycl nes Junior `B' hockey tryout.
While the celebration ragedin the dressing mom in the Clinton Arena,
McCann:sat and managed to _catch his: breath after an outstanding perfor-
mance which saw him score.four of the seven Generals' goals.
"I'm chained, it's a great feeling. I:knew I might never get this feeling
again ,", said,McCann. -
. ntisaitetwiing: While McCann sparkled- offensively,ihe defen-
sive star in- the tntire series was Exeter goalie Dave Wilcox.
A surprising footnote about the final game on Tuesday was that the Gen-
erals played nearly. the entire second period shorthanded and Wilcox rose
to the occasion.
"It was tough forme because the puck was in our end the whole time,"
,.said Wilcox.
The Lucan native made it two OMHA championships in as many years
>sdee was a member of the Lucan bantams. which won the DD' title a year
ago: Since Lucan had midget goalies, Wilcox was allowed to come to Ex-
- eter.
"The guys [Generals' teammates] were really nice to me and they made
me feel welcome," he said.
After Exeter took a 5-03ead, Wilcox was able to take a deep b
he knew with the hot Clinton line of Chris Kennedy, Nathan Bumsradd
Lee Gibbings, the Generals couldn't take anything for granted. .
"I was relieved but I knew the game could change at any time."
In the fourth game played in Exeter, Generals' .captain -Feed Godbolt
broke his wrist, but there was no way he was going to miss :Utegatne.in
Clinton and suited up.
I wouldn't feel right. I had to still be on the bench," said Godbolt.
Early in the second period, McCann was given a penalty. Godbolt came
off the bench and was given a penalty for disputing the call even though he
was not on the ice at the time of the infraction.
For Godbolt, he knew the Generals could come on to win, despite Clin-
ton battling back from being down two games.
"I knew we could do it. We had our backs to the wall but we came out in
a fury."
Very quick .goals: Exeter opened the scoring just 54 seconds into the
game when the puck was jammed against the post and Steve Farquhar
managed to jam it in.
It only took Ryan Lindenfield 23 more seconds to wrap around Derek
Hoggarth to make it 2-0 for the Generals. McCann's perfect pass to Derek
Campbell on the powerplay gave Exeter a comfortable lead.
An ice level shot by McCann made it 4-0, still on the powerplay which
saw Hoggarth exit and Dave Narhgang go into the Clinton net.
Just 11 seconds into another powerplay, McCann put a nice move on a
Clinton defenceman and shot it between Narhgang's legs. The home team
-;/got one back -when Kennedy scored from Bums and Mark King.
In the second period, the Generals were hit with seven minor penalties
And Pete Gibson was given a five-minute crosschecking and a game mis-
rea►h but. conduct when heapparentlyhic I4autedy. -
"We stayed pretty focused'tutawegot a 'lp aamaadt batimerm-
balled," said Exeter coach Scott Bent.
Clinton came on strong in the second period and pulled to within two
goals as Kennedy scored back-to-back tallies 11 seconds apart.
That seemed to lift the home town fans but McCann got his third cad,*
tithe third which seemed to be the breaking point of the game. Rob Catolift
;dot one back for Clinton but McCann's empty-netter clinched it.
BELOW CONGRATULATE THE EXETER RSD MIDGET GENERALS ON WINNING
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