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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-09-09, Page 16Page 16 Times -Advocate, September 9, 1992 Lots of goalies to choose from at Lucan Irish training camp By Fed Groves T -A staff LUCAN - The Lucan Irish of the Ontario Junior Development League (Junior D') may have set a record of some son as it had 18 goalies attended its opening night of training camp. Wednesday and Thursday were primarily for rookies as the Irish, defending division champions had about 80 hopefuls trying to crack the lineup. There was nothing special about Wednesday night's workout at the Lucan Community Centre as players warmed up the goalies briefly and then they were divided into two teams to scrimmage for over an hour. Watching from the stands was last year's captain Andy Ross who returns for his fourth year. He and the rest of the veterans were sched- uled to skate last night. Ross said things have sure changed from when he first tried out for the club. They didn't scrim- mage immediately. "You're going to find out sooner or later if you'll be there. There seems to be no fresh ideas. That's everywhere, even in Junior 'A'," said Ross of the method of select- ing a team. Irish coach Ken Needham and as - quality not quantity that counts. "1 don't think you can have too many goalies. You can't let the good ones get away," said Pearce. Among those trying to crack the Irish lineup is goalie Andy Glavin who played with the Stelihen "You can't let the good ones get away" sisetnt Jamie Pearce went on the ice just for a couple of moments on Wednesday and they viewed the rookies from the stands. "Once again, it seems to be a re- building year," said Pearce. Wednesday's workout was some- what hectic as the 18 goalies had to switch on the fly so all could have a chance between the pipes. Al- though there were a lot of them, it's Township bantams test season. There is a major concern about goaltending as veteran Bob Szabo was an overager last year and is not eligible to return. "We realize Bobby's gone. it was easy to have a five-minute lapse and let him stop it," said Ross. He said the Irish could play badly for several. minutes and Szabo would always do his best to keep them in the game. While the veterans were lacing up the blades last night, that does not mean they have guaranteed spots on the team. "If somebody can fill the role, they're going to do h. We have va- cancies everywhere," said Pearce. Wednesdays scrimmage started out slow but once the rookies got into it and began getting their skat- ing legs, there were some good passes, hard hits and even the odd brief standoff in front of the net. With big Jon McEachern not re- turning, the Irish are looking for a large player who can fill a key role. "I'd like to see some fair size, it doesn't have to be big," said Ross. Among those who did well the opening night were brothers Jim and Jeff Stanton, who were on the Ilderton midget team last year and Shawn Fairweather from the Lucan midgets. 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