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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-01-27, Page 13Neither Jeff Warren of the West nor Bryan Miller of the East could find the puck during Saturday's All-Star game. seaz_AlstiaLgamt ihawkS help with six of eight goals as 'West win $-4 "I think we had more scoring punch than they did" By Peed Groves T -A staff • LUCAN - It was a typical all-star game. Lots .of.offence and a few surprises. Saturday night: in front of a large crowd, the West All -Stars doubled the East All -Stars 8-4 in the annual Southwestern Ontario Senior 'A' Hockey League classic. The West side was led by the Exeter repre- sentatives who were in on six of the west's goals. A bit of a surprise in this contest was the performance of West goal- ie Kevin Luckhurst from Petrolia who allowed just one goal in the fust period to help his side to a 5-1 lead after 20 minutes. Another surprise was Mohawks' forward Dale Gibbon who admitted after the game, he had trouble catching some-of;thethaMyers to -410 i s best, give out hard bodychecks. ''It's not aseasy to hit these=guys because they skate a lot fatter," said Gibbon of the East players who represented the Dunnville Mudcats, Aylmer Hornets, Dor- chester Dolphins and Ingersoll B's. "The general tempo of the game is not a lot of contact. 1 tried to make as many hits but they weren't coming as easily. If I take my in- tensity to just hieing, I'm going to lose the test of the game wdJall behind." Gibbon had two assists, Exeter blueliner Corey McKee had a goal and an assist, the line of Tim Shields, Greg Snyder and Joe Scherer all had a goal and two as- sists. Goalie Rick Pikul and de - Dale Gibbon tried to control the puck during action at Southwestern Ontario Senior 'A' All-Star game in Lucan. the Mohawks' undefeated in last seven,games fenseman Jeff Warren also played well. Also scoring for the winners were Petrolia's Mark Whitlock with two, Gary Cater also of Petrolia and Strathroy's Steve Moffat.'For the East, Ingersoll's Mike Hill, Dorchester's Scott MacDonald and Scott Cole and Dunnville's Joe Bu- ote replied. "I think we had the better goal . scoring team. I was surprised it wasn't a little bigger than it was," said Gibbon. McKee, a rookie bluelirter with the Mohawks, who is a former Brussells Junior 'C' Bulls and Lis- towel Junior 'B' Cyclones player, got his goal in the second period. He was not surprised the west team won the game. "I think we had more scoring . punch than they •did. Once we got five goals they laid down a bit." McKee said in the all-star game there wasn't as much holding and grabbing of offensive players around the net. "In an all-star game if a guy has a good scoring chance you let him go." There were a couple of featured attractions during the game includ- ing a skating race which saw Cole Df Dorchester win. Also, just prior to the start Ithe third period there :+seas tt>dhoof aonibst. Dunville's Glen Czepek was only able to beat Pikul twice in five at- tempts ,while at the other end, Scherer was stopped four -of --five times by Aylmer's Jamie Osborne. Each team selected three stari of the game and Mohawks' McKee, Shields and Luckhurst of Petrolia were the best from the west while the east premier performers were Dunnville's Geno Lostracco, Cole and Osborne. All-star Motes:».It was nice to see aeYl y aung4ans =Making-- for - players' autographs...League con- venor Bob Habkirk, who has served the senior league for 15 years, dropped the ceremonial first puck...Good job by the Exeter exec- utive to organize the event... Dom,iiriefood eNvying s a eading into Friday night's Western kn- eading 'B' hockey game in St. Marys, there 'were 57 points between the host Lincolns and their oppo- nem for the night, the Strath - my Blades. Not much to get excited about if you're a Lincoln, but for a couple of players, no matter who's at the other end of the rink, it's business as usual. Forwards Steve DuBarry and Jason -Heywood, who have been more than minor contributors to die Lincs are looking forward to the rest of the season and the league playoffs. Heywood admitted before the game, it's hard to get ready for the struggling Blades. "It's kind of tough. You have to be mentally prepared, they're low in the pile (standings), Somebody like Sarnia, you're ready for," said Heywood who had a goal and an assist in the first period of a 7-4 win over Strathroy. Ironically, the Lincolns newest arrival, Jason Glover was playing against his old team, the Blades for the first time. Hc, along with newcomer, defenseman Sean Oliver will help make the ride to the finals a little easier. The Lincs are enjoying one riff their best seasons ever and have already passed their own record for wins in a season. "I thought we'd have a good team. 'We picked up two guys. We have good chemistry on our team, everyone gets along,": said Heywood an Exeter Minor Hockey Association product. While the dream of many junior hockey playersdis to go on and play in the Ontario Hockey League, there are other ave- nues ih which to pursue a hockey career. "DuBarry, has fdund that avenue. In the fall when I spoke with him, he said Colgate Universi- ty in New York was interested in signing him to a scholar- ship. Now, that has become a reality. "In October we verbally agreed with them..wid 1 -went down there for a weekend and saw the place. I got -everything on paper a couple of weeks ago," said .the big winger who is among the Lincs scoring leaders the past two years. DuBarry started his junior career with the Exeter Junior 'D' Hawks, then to Junior `B' with Georgetown, over to Tillson- burg which became the Aylmer Aces and now he's in St. Mar- ys. That's a lot of different towns for a 19 year-old to go to and a bunch of different schools. But hr's kept his grades up and is looking forward to heading to Colgate next fall. "My parents went up there this weekend. They are really ex- cited about it." DuBarry said the scholarship includes tuition, books, room and board, in other words a full ride for the student -athlete who plans on majoring in sociology. - Although DuBarry skated in Friday's warmup, due to num- bers, he did not play, but nevertheless he was prepared to take on the Blades. "Last night (Thursday) in practice, the coach said don't take it too lightly. We can't go too offensive, we have to think of i . The Lincs didpour it on offensirt y-;butlidades' goalie Ja- son Brooks,. who had played with the;Mitchell Junior 'D' Hawks last year and was rumoured to be corning to the Exeter Hawks. was outstanding in the first two periods. St. Marys has to be one of a half a dozen teams throughout the province who are contenders for the Ontario title and Du - Barry said the Lines are thinking about it. "We talk about it. I think were expected to win the league. If we don't were not playing up to our potential." - man Dave Shaw played in his 500th NHL career game last week. The Exeter native netted his seventh goal of the year in a win against Philadelphia. Last week I wrote he played for the New York Islanders at one time, that is incorrect, it was the Rangers... Scherer's ioai dffnches Arlin Record now 16-4-1 By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - Joe Scherer's back- hander with 59 seconds left in the game helped the Exeter Mohawks to their 16th win of the season Sun- day night as they downed the Lake- shore Winter Hawks 7-6. Last night the Mohawks travelled to Strathroy, looking for two more points and a chance to take first place,, away from the Petrolia Victo- rians in the Southwestern Chuario Senior 'A' Hockey League. • Sunday, at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre, the MohaJoks looked very flat in the first 40 min - Wes, trailing 6-3. But in the third. "We have to get all these games in and win them all. "f; .here was no Mopping prem and ,whey banged in four goals. "1 think we were taking there for x;.granted a bit," said Scherer. Although Exeter jtunped into a 1- 0 lead just 1:28 into the taunt, the. Winter Hawks were up 3-1 after Lythe first .period. Of the six goals *netted by the visitors, duce of there came when the trailing Lakeshore player had lots of time to shoot the puck past Rick Pikul. "We weren't coming back and the defence were having a hard time passing it up and there were a few giveaways. We played the way we can in the third period," said Scher- er. "They (Lakeshore) had four guys back, and three guys foreclhecking. It was like they had seven guys out there," said Exeter coach Dave Revington. Scherer's game winning goal, which was his ninth multiple. goal game of the season, saw Scherer circle in front of the net and let go with a quick r _,a tjph eluded Steve Lane "That's -all 1 -could do. Sage 80a1 - tenders think backhanders Lre hard to stop." With the win, the Mohawks re- main undefeated in 1993 as they have six wink and a tic in their last seven games. Sunday's game. with the Winter Hawks and a return trip to Lakeshore (Southampton) later this month, fills a void in the schedule created by the depurturc of the Walpole Island Chiefs. "We have to get all these games in and win them all because Petro- lia hasn't won in 1993," said Scher- er. Besides S goals at1d one assist , Kevin McArter, . Rob Kingshott, Greg Snyder and Tim Shields scored for the winners. Shields goal, which tied the score 6-6 with less than three minutes to play, came on a shot which snuck in past Lang. on what looked to be an impossible angle. After the game, Revington said he didn't know what to think of the .,Winter; Hawks since it is the first meed ;jafo c1ubiJ son. "I didn't know anything about them. I know Petrolia beat them 12-1. We didn't think they would be as good as they were," said Rev- ington. For the Winter Hawks, Jim Grieve, Scott Farrow, Brad Law, Bill Jacques, George Campbell and Ian Little scored' While Lantz went the distance in net for the visitors, Exeter started with Rick Pikul who allowed six goals in two periods before being replaced by Trevor Hunker. Last Tuesday night in Exeter, the Mohawks received goals from sev- en different players. Gord Brooks, Barry Bayrtbam, Ron Goodhand, Richard Hawkins, Greg Payne, Scott Pfaff and Scher- er connected for the winners. Hunter, although allowing only duce goals, struggled all night and maw Sharks' Bob Milligan score /corn just inside the red line. Atol+awka atonrenis:...11wcre were ugly six minor penalties whistled in $ynjlay's game, three to each team...T-A three oars for Sun- day's/awe: 1. Exeter's Joe Scherer 2. Exeter's Tim Shields 3. Lake - shore's Bill Jacyucs...Winter Hawks' backup goalie Mike Rourke was filling in for his Son... While :Wow Hick Baker cautioner them, Exeter goalie Trevor Hunter and Lakeshore's Scott Fwrt,w mixed it up during third period action in Sunday night's game.