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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-03-17, Page 13in Seventh and deciding game Mudca1ts eIIrnnate Mohawks By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - From the opening face-off, it was all Dunnville. Sunday night at the South Huron Recreation Centre, the visiting Mudcats ended the Exeter Mo- hawks season with a big explana- tion mark. Dunnville skated to a very easy 7-3 win and will now advance to the Southwestem Ontario Senior 'A' Hockey League finals against the Petrolia Victorians. In the seventh and final game played Sunday in front of a ►hrge crowd, the Mudcats jumped 1 a commanding 3-0 first penod teed over the defending provincial champions. The Mudcats had three unassist- ed goals on the night. A couple of wraparounds, a turnover here and there showed which team wanted to win more. "We weren't skating or passing the puck with much authority. They just outhustled us 'to ihe puck," said Exeter coach Dave Revington. No shots: It took the Mohawks nearly nine minutes to get a shot on Dunnville netminder Garnet Wil- son and that came when Exeter was playing shorthanded. Dunnville got on the board first when Glen Czepek wrapped around the net and shoveled it past Rick Pikul. With Kevin McArter in the box for highsticking it was 2-0 when Bryan Millar completed a nice passing play. Before the period was over, it was 3-0 when Kevin Smith pounced on a Shaun Vaudry re- bound. In the first, Revington did some line juggling and it seemed to hurt the home team. "(Ron) Goodhand missed a . same. (Greg) Snyder misled -a lame. (Joe) Scherer, (Tim) Sill and Snyder worked pretty good lo- gether," said Revington. Throughout most of the year, Shields was lined with Goodhand and Rob Kingshott while McArter skated with Snyder and Scherer. Paul Tyne gave the Mudcats a big four -goal cushion before Shields gave the local fans their first cheer of the night when he teamed with Kingshott and Scherer for a goal. • Vaudry's quick shot made it 5-1 at the end of two periods. Near the conclusion of the middle frame, the Mohawks had a two-man advan- tage for 1:14 but could not capital- ize. Czepek got his second of the night, just 32 seconds into the third period when he beat Trevor Hunter had replaced Pikul in the Exet- er. iNs puck: Scherer litdile the puck and scored to make it 7-2 and with 26 seconds left to play, Rich- ard Hawkins walked in and beat Wilson. This was not a rough game, as are many encounters between the Mudcats and the Mohawks. "It didn't have to be, we were never in it from the start," said Ravington. There was some physical play thought, like when Barry Baynham collided with Wilson and when Jeff Warren got a big elbow into Cze- pek who fell to the ice. In the third period, Mohawks' de- fenseman Chet Couture raced be- hind the Dunnville net and got his big shoulder into Mike Cipparone Continued on page 16 Hockey fans at the South Huron Recreation Centre watched Sunday night as Mohawks' Tim Shields and Rob Kingshott push Mudcats' Craig Surridge. Dunnville won the seventh and deciding game of the Senior "A" hockey playoff series and will now face Petrolia. ungioIiquipNII(IIIy111f itiflt1Ilttillillilillllllflllumllllion iNIIiIIIIiglililUiillllllilliloutoliHIIIIIIIitlllilllllllllllliliiilillllililillillliiiiillliflliiilNl offs {illllllllolllIIINNIiinio emanon F/ LAgimorEff Cli INSTAN7 COLOUR GOPIESJ Enlarge family or team photos to81/2x11 :or- even 11 x 17 instantly with outstanding results Ideal for business presentation material*, even colour transparencies Ben's running days are officially over D ear Mr. Track and Field president: I quit. Signed, Ben John- son. Dear Ben: You can't quit, you're fired. Signed, Mr. Track and Field president. sidelineas by Fred Groves You would think Ben Johnson would have Teamed his les- son, but no he had to see how far he could push not only the International Amateur Athletic Federation, but the Canadian people. In 1988 we were all bug-eyed when Johnson won the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. He was the fastest man in the world. The Jamaican -born sprinter still claims at one time he was the fastest in the world but -Johnson, when boosting that, ne- glects to add the footnote that he had a little help from using the banned steroid Stanozolol. That sparked the Dubin Inquiry. A two year investigation not only to examine Johnson's drug use at the Olympics but Mr. Justice Charles Dubin took a good, long, hard look at the performance enhancing drugs and track and field. Johnson was suspended for two years but bounced back to represent Canada at the 1992 Olympics. He stumbled in the 100 -metre dash and did not make it to the finals. On January 17, 1993 Johnson finished second behind Bruny Surin and it was later found the former fastest man in the world produced a positive test for high testerone levels. Result, a life ban from track and field competition. Ben, you've just been fired. But give some credit to Johnson, his lawyers, agents and any others in his camp who decide it's time to quit, go out a winner. Save a little face perhaps? • Sorry Big Ben, I think it's a little too late. Caught once, 1988, for trying to keep up with your com- petition may be forgiven. In fact, it might have even been a blessing in disguise because it provided the opportunity to fully examine drugs in sports. But the second time, when you know that from now on eve- ryone is watching you, is down right silly. Retirement: In a written statement, Johnson said, "I had hoped not to end my careerthis way." For a one-time world champion, Olympic gold medalist to be banned for life and become nothing more than a bad mem- ory for Canadians, is saddening. But we can only mourn for a brief moment. After that mo- ment, Johnson is forgotten because we can not feel sorry for him. A lifetime ban by the IAAF is only given to two-time of- fenders. That's you Ben, now go have a nice life. His chances of winning an appeal were slim and the cost of it would be as high as $100,000. At 31, he decided to pack it in and slip off the record book pages and into obscurity. Bye, bye Ben. - Mtben.a public figure disgraces hinmegiit.bastaaa lot of peo- ple - those who work for him, those. who look up to him and those who depend on him to set an example. Johnson let down a lot of people but, hopefully now, this bad experience and embarrassment is finally behind us and we can get on with training and coaching our athletes to be positive role models. 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