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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-11-11, Page 1841. Page 18 Times -Advocate, November 11, 1992 Junior hockey Irish bubble finally breaks, lose first game By Fred Groves T -A staff LUCAN The bubble had w break sometime Atter starting the 1991-92 OHA Junior Development League with an 8-0 record, the Lucan Irish dropped then first game of the sea- son Wednesday night. In a very exciting gamc, the Irish dropped a close 4-2 decision to the visiting Mitchell Hawks. The score was 3-2 but the Hawks added an empty -nester. Lucan bounced back and beat Seaforth 4-2 on Friday and on Sun- day afternoon travelled w Alvins- ton where they won their tenth in 11 starts, a 7-2 decision over the Alvinston Flyers. "It rad w happen sooner or later. It might as well happen to them (Mitchell)," said Lucan coach Ken Needham. Last year in the division finals, Mitchell and Lucan battled to a seven -game final series and the Hawks are once again expected to be near the top of the standings. Wednesday the Irish jumped into a 1-0 lead when Steve Moore went m and beat Mitchell goalie Dennis Scherbarth on his glove side. But it was 1-1 after the first period as the Hawks scored on a powerplay. "They (Lucan) actually didn't play that bad, we outshot them," said Needham whose team had more shots, 35-27. "Their goalie came up with a big game." With just just 6:36 left in the sec- ond period the Hawks made it 2-1 and it was 3-1 on some sloppy play by Lucan in their own end with just a couple of minutes left to go in the period. Lucan's Greg DePrest scored from close range less than seven minutes into the third period and Being held down during Wednesday's OHA Junior Develop- ment League game was Irish forward Greg DePrest. Still in second Hawks fall prey to hungry Flyers By Fred Groves T -A stain EXETER - Most 't's, facing Alvinston would m. o points. But Friday night at we South Hu- ron Recreation Centre, the host Ex- eter Hawks lost big, 8-4 to the Fly- ers. A couple of nights later however, the Hawks bounced back and beat the host Seaforth Centenaires, 6-4. That kept them in second place with a 7-4 record. Alvinston have traditionally fin- ished near the bottom of the OHA Junior Development League the last few years so beating them isn't always that tough. However, the Hawks trailed 4-0 at the end of the first period and it was 6-2 alter 20 minutes. Up until Friday's game, the Hawks were playing well and had won their last four in a row. Exeter Hawks Statistics Games played: 11 Games won: 7 Games lost: 4 Goals for: 75 Goals against: 51 NAME (: A P S. McCann 12 10 22 Robinson 7 15 22 Barton 7 11 18 Cousrneau 8 9 17 Irvine 12 4 16 O'Hara 7 5 12 T. McCann 4 8 12 Cornish 0 10 10 Manders 3 6 9 M ride 0 7 7 Bfght 2 4 6 Szabo 2 4 6 Ryan 1 5 6 Tate 0 6 6 Farquhar 3 1 4 Hoffman 2 1 3 Dalrymple 1 2 wis 0 3 t u 0 2 2 (JOALTENDiNG MP GA Avn. abut• Yule McCann 351 25 4.28. 1 Durand 309 26 5.05 0 1 Exeter has also lost to ML Brydg- e' another team that usually is an ea mark. "'They were too over confident before those games, especially to- night," said Hawks' coach George Pratt "We came in with a four-gante winning streak and expected to step on the ice and get two points." Alvinston goalie Matt DanBrook came up- big in the first period as he turned away nine shots. Exeter goalie Clint McCann struggled all night The visitors got on the board just 2:41 into the game when Greg Gar- side connected and by .the 12:17 point it was 3-0 as Steve Shea and Many Swan scored. Shanc White- side got a powerplay goal and the Hawks were down 4-0 going into the first break. "I'm upset to the point the guys didn't come to play," said Pratt but added, "1 think we're going to be in the top three." Garside got his second before Scan McCann finally put the Hawks on the board at 11:30 as he teamed defencemen with Jamie Cornish and Jason McBride. Less than two minutes later Steve Farqu- har connected from Nick Szabo and Dave Darlymple. It was the lust game back fol Dalrymple and he and Szabo also helped on Sean McCann's goal in the third period. At the 17:52 point of the middle period, Brian Pa- cheao got his first of three for the Flyers. He added two more in the third period, both of them powerplay goals. Alvinston scored four goals on the powerplay. Besides Sean McCann, Kevin Tate scored for Exeter in the third with John O'Hara assisting. Exeter was short of forwards as Todd McCann, Paul Manders, 'Dan Ryan and Andrew Barton were all absent. Hawks 6, Ceateoaires 4 Having Barton back in the lineup sure helped Exeter as the veteran forward helped set up three goals. Dan Irvine had a big night with a hat trick while Ray Cpusitteau had a goal and a pair of assists. Sean McCann notched his 12th of the season and Dalrymple'got his first. when the Hawks were slapped with several penalties it looked as though the Irish would come -from - behind to win. Mitchell's Darryl Eidt was in the box for four minutes for spearing but Lucan's powerplay came up shon. "Our powerplay has worked well but it can't work all the time," said Needham. DePrest who notched his ninth goal of the season and helped set up Moore on the other Lucan goal, said Mitchell's penalty killing unit played well. 'We've been working on our powerplay but there were some tough breaks," said DePrest. Their forwards were really pressing us in the corner, especially (Kory) Dietz. We had no time to set up." Lucas Irish Games played: 11 Games Won: 10 Games lost: 1 Goals for: 68 Goals against: 28 NAME G A P DcPrest 11 17 28 Moore 7 11 18 Riddell 5 8 13 McLeod 4 7 11 VanKerkoerlc 8 2 10 Jim Stanton 5 5 10 Reidhead 3 7 10 Jeff Stanton 4 4 8 Greenlee 2 5 7 Kaczmarek 5 2 7 Ross 2 4 6 Love 2 3 5 Haskett 2 2 4 Snider 1 2 3 Beliveau 1 1 2 O'Shea 1 1 2 Lewis 0 2 2 McInerney 0 1 1 GOALTENDING MP GA AVG. McInerney 360 17(1) 2.84 Lewis 300 10 2.00 In the only Other meeting of these two teams tins far, the Irish won 4- 1 in Mitchell but that night, the Hawks did not come out and play physical like they did Wednesday night in Lucan. Irish goalie Eoin McInerney played well and made a couple of big saves on Mitchell's Rob Bo- ville. It was Bovillc who scored into the empty net. Irish 4, Centenaires 2 DcPrest sparked the offence Fri- day night with a goal and three as- sists while rookie Shawn Kaczma- rek fired two tallies. Also having a big night was winger Steve Moore as he scored one goal and set up two more. The Irish took three minor penal- ties while Seaforth had four. Goalie Brent Lewis picked up the win. Irish 7, Flyers 2 The Lucan defence came up big again allowing just a couple of goals thanks to the netminding of Eoin McInerney. The Irish got a very well balanced scoring attack in this one as Kaczmaerek notched a pair with singles to Jason Glasser, DePrest, Moore, Jeff Stanton and Jason McLeod. Moore and DePrest also added three assists each. Exeter Honda receices award for commitment to excellence in customer service. Exeter Honda's continuing commitment to excellence in customer service was recognized recently by Honda Canada Inc. The dealership's most recent Custom- er Service index Rating was an impressive 98.75%. 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