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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-01-20, Page 9• Senior 'A' hockey Big weekend for Mohawks win three, top Mudcats 84 By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - Three wins spelled a big week for the Exeter Mohawks wjro not only beat the Strathroy Sharks and the Creemore Chiefs, but doubled the visiting Dunnville Mudcats 8-4 on Saturday. The triple, gives the Mohawks a 14-4-1 record in the Southwestern Senior 'A' Hockey League record. They tried to increase that last night at the South Huron Recrea- tion Centre when they took on the Sharks. - Sunday they host the Lakeshore Winter Hawks. Despite scoring eight _goals against the Chiefs on Sunday,ahe Mohawks came out flat in ..ihe opening period and trailed 1-0 as Jason Hackett scored for the visi- tors. NEW YORK - Exeter's well- . evened native son is about to ;teach a milestone. gDavc Shaw, a defensins 40ith ,the Boston Bruins of tht National Hockey League, L¢ scheduled to play in his 500th career game Thursday. Shaw sat out T'uesday's gams with an in• jury. <>s it's been a career filled with *vs -and -downs for the Exeter 1iktaKAoe..Jte Association rod- 10eX aIt ,year, Shaw played for Aimee me different NHL teams. He was in New York with the Islanders, where he :had < been since being .traded by the Que- bec Nordiques back in .1987, then a brief .12 g.uue stint with the Edmonton Oilers before... ing dealt to the Minnesota Nart t ;Mars. >x< '::For now he is in Boston al. warns to be getting a. lot of ieiii time with the Bruins who ak fighting for third place in did Adams division. Shaw, a defensive -minded dei fensemun entered the 1992 - season with 456 games bene his skate blades in which he uunulatcd I28 points. *After an outstanding tnior career with the 500- Kitchcner Rangers, he was drafted 13th,, overall in the 1982 NI -II. Entry Draft. "We played really well last night (against Dunnville). We weren't keyed up for this game after the important win," said Exeter coach Dave Revington. "When your concentration level isn't where it should be, you don't pass as well. We weren't here for the first half of the game," he add- ed. Creemore goalie Quinn Clancy was outstanding in the first 20 min- utes as .he , stopped Greg Snyder a couple of times and with 39 sec- onds left in the period, managed to get hold of the puck as Jeff Shipley and Kevin McArter tried to stuff it in. "He's a good goalie, he stopped a lot of rubber. We missed a few we should have had," said Exeter for- ward Ron Goodhand who had two goals against the Chiefs. Also scoring for the winners were Richard Hawkins, Scott .Pfaff and Kevin McArter. Defenseman Ron Elliott had a good game with a couple of assists. Comparing the two big weekend games, Goodhand said the Mudcats and the Chiefs did have something in common. "They'll both put you to sleep. With their style of play). They like 4k play tough in their own rink," he Added. The Mohawks lost to the Mud - cats in Dunnville back on Dec. 19 but since then have been undefeat- ed, winning four in a row and tieing Petrolia Goodhand was with Pt. Edward the last couple of years and decided to rctum tci. Exeter after a three to -„bo,on a winning team. - Besides Hackett, John Cameron, Paul McLean and Rick Poulin scored for the Chiefs. Mohawks S. Mudcats 4 Following a scoreless first period, Exeter jumped into a 5-2 lead at the end of 40 minutes. Shipley, Pfaff and Scherer all had two each for the winners with singles to Hawkins and Rob Ki.ng- shou. In the third period, Shipley and Dunnville's Joe Buote exchanged words just inside the blueline and oripped off their helmets, tossed :,their gloves and engaged in hand - mi combat. Mudcat's Rod Minor got his big arm in the way of Snyder's neck :and the Exeter veteran forward was mopped to the ice very hard. Mohawks 5 -Sharks 2 Wednesday night in Strathroy, the Mohawks skated to -a. 5-2 win over the host Sharks. Scherer led the way with a goal and a pair of assists while Hawkins, Pfaff, Snyder and McArter also scortd. Goalie Rick Pikul picked up the win between the pipes. Chet Couture, sight; defended against Creemore's Reg Shef- field. Creemore's Mark Young tried to reach back and get the puck but he was met by some opposi- tion from Exeter defenseman Jeff Warren and goalie Trevor Hunter during Sunday's Senor 'A' hockey game. The Mohawks won this one, beating the Chiefs 5-4. Saturday, in Lucan Mohawks name seven players to West all-star team LUCAN - Seven members of the Exeter Mohawks including last year's league leading scorer Joe Scherer have been selected to the 1993 West All-star team. The West, which also includes players from the Petrolia Victorians and the Stra hroy Sharks, take on the East, players from the Dunnville Mudcats, Aylmer Hornets, Ingersoll B's and Dorchester Dolphins in South,estern Ontario Senior 'A' All-Star game. Saturday night in Lucan at 7:30 p.m.; Scherer will be jloined by long- time linemate Greg Snyder, along with defensemen Jeff Warren and rookie Corey McKee, forwards Dale Gibbon and Tim Shields and goal- ie Rick Pikul. Petrolia will he in charge of the coaching for the West team but Mo- hawks' coach Dave Revington will also be on the bench. The Victori- ,ans, league leaders, placed eight on the team including goalie Kevin Luckhurst while the Sharks have five. Dunnville coach Dave Silverthame will be in charge of the East team along with assistant coach Gerry McSorley. following are complete lineups: No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 23. 40. 44. Name Rick Pikul Paul Moosedorff Brad Muir Corey McKee Dale Gibbon Jeff Warren Mark Whitlock Gary Cater Andy Hocking Joe Febrey Greg McEachern Mark Fraser Greg Snyder Joe Scherer Scott Rachuk Tim Shields Dave Miller Steve Moffat Kevin Luckhurst Dean Warm Team Exeter Petrolia Strathroy Exeter Exe$ef Eisler Petrolia Petrolia Petrolia Strathroy Petrolia Petrolia Exeter Exeter Strathroy Exeter Peuolia Strathroy Petrolia Strathroy No. Name Team 1. Garnet Wilson Dunnville 2. Mike Corbett Aylmer 4. Rod Minor Dunnville 7.Hill Ingersoll 9. `�Czepek Dunnville 10. John Wilson Aylmer 11. John Osborne Aylmer 12. Damon Racicot Ingersoll 16. Archie Dunbar Dorchester 17. Seou MacDonald Dorchester 18. Tim Duff Dorchester .19. Scott Cole Dorchester .20. Terry Whalen Ingersoll 21. Geno Lostracco Dunnville 22. Bryan Millar Dunnville 23. Bob Springer Dunnville 24. Rob Coutts Aylmer 27. Kevin Smith Dunnville 29. Jamie Osborne Aylmer 33. Joe Buote Dunnville •h. Sometimes reputation Is enough to win When I got off the phone with Joe Kaak last Monday, I kind offelt sorry for him. The Shipka native, who is destined to be one of Cana- da's premier boxers if he keeps at it, seems to be fight- ing more than just his oppo- nents. sidelines by Fred Groves Kaak, who narrowly milsed beating Calgary's Dale Brown for the light heavy-weigiii title, was hinting the boxing offi- cials might have already bad Brown penciled in as the winner before the fight began. Not to get Kaak in any hot water here with the officials, but he's probably right. Sports has a tendency to do one thing automatically; that is favour the one with the most experience. In this case, Brown, the captain of the intemational team whhth was heading to Sweden for a toumament, has 10 years more experience than Kaak. He's also had 50 international fights. Brown has proven he Gran go up against others from around the world, that's why he is rated third on this planet. But even with all that going for him, Kaak gave Brown a real run for the money, or in this case, airplane ticket to Sweden. In their recent title fight in Winnipeg, neither boxer landed a point in the first round, boring you may say, but it appeared as though the two were just feeling each other out. Round Two had Brown winning by a point and the third and final round, again it's even, this lime two points each. Re- sult, Brown wins, goes to Swedt>tiiwhile Kaak goes back to Shipka and gets ready to try again next time. But the results here are more devastating then losing the Ca- nadian title, although that's a pretty big blow to handle. Kaak now has to start from the bottom, regain the provin- cial title and begin the climb to go after Brown and the title all over again. Remember, this is amateur boxing. After the fight in Calgary, Kaak found out the officials had already bought Brown's plane ticket. In other words, thanks Kaak for coming out and giving our boy a few rounds to get ready for Sweden. I don't like that way of dealing with sports. But it happens all the time, not only in boxing but track and field is another example of picking stars ahead of time to go to the big meet. Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings has always been a member of the National Hockey League all-star game, and thanks to some kind-hearted souls, he will be again this year. It's the same principle, going on reputation. Now don't get me wrong, if healthy, the Great One is still one of the best offensive weapons in the game of hockey. But that's just it, he's not healthy. He should have never retumedrto hockey, but with the other two hockey headliners, Mario Lemieux and Eric Lindros on the shelf, Gretzky is obligated to keep the superstar shining. Gretzky was named to the all-star team over a few other de- -serving rt ,became of his name ond his past teputation, I think that's wrong. Plans are underway for the wann mom at the South Huron Recreation Centre. Although there has been a lot of talk to where it's going to go in the arena and when construction is going to begin, I think even before the pmject starts, all those involved should be congratulated. From the gentkamett who are going to provide the labour to those who drew up the plans, this is truly a community effort. The warm room is going to be built where the wheelchair ramped area is. it *Ill give those who want to get out of the cold, a chance 10 see the kids play hockey or figure skate, close up. The rec centre has gone to great lenghts to comfort spectators lately, especially with the addition of the new heat- ers above the stands. 1 Qldsimers hockey. Molting Haws set tO hosttournament EXETER - The Exeter Molting Hawks are set to host their 10th Annual Oldtimers Hockey Touna- ment this weekend. Beginning Friday night at the South Huron Recreation Centre, several teams will be on hand for the annual event which concludes on Sunday. The Molting Asha like WU- prove on their 17-14-1 record Mon- day night as they hosted the Clin- ton Fowl Ups at the South Huron Recreation Centre. Last Monday night, Ken Berg- man fired three goals to pace Exet- Oldtimers. Brad Datars had two goals -and an assist with a goal and an assist from Bob Parsons. Bob McDonald and Ron Moore also scored Jack Chipchase and Randy Gilf-tl- lan each had three assists while Mike Dejardine helped set up a couple of goals. Ernie Ahrens and Glen Stire also assisted on the goals. Datars leads the Molting Hawks in scoring with 27 goals and 23 as- sists good for 50 points while Gil - titian is close behind with 48 points er to a 9-8 win over the Stratford JatdAhneattisas 43. At Seaforth tourrQrnent Broncos take consolation SEAFORTH - Wayne Cole scored two goals to pace the Exeter Broncos the consolation championship at the Seaforth Atom Tournament on Sat- urday. Ryan Ralph, Craig Overholt and Chad Monteith also scored for the Broncos as they downed Goderich 5-2. Monteith, Ryan Ralph, „json Grenicr and Scott Keys added assists while goalie Jeff Gbh Aplowlsa strong game. The Broncos starred the tourney with a 4-1 loss to Seaforth. Cole sad Grenier combined for the bee Exeter goal. Monteith netted the hat trick and set up another in a 7-1 win over Till- sonburg. Ralph and Kays each had a god and three assists while Cole, and Grenicr also connected. Peter Fragiskatos, Grenier, and Cole all had as- sists.