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Times Advocate, 1993-09-08, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, September 8,1993 junior hockey _.. 22 yews, By Dred (;roves '1'-A staff LUCAN - It's no surprise that Clare Stanley lives less than a five minute walk away from the Lucan Arena because over the last 22 years, that's where he has spent a lot of his time. Stanley, has spent over two con- -:aecutive decades as president of -the 4unior 'D: Lucas Irish and after sbuilding the team to a pair of pro- wincial hockey titles and several fi- :nalists€inishes, he's had enough. -He'll -still be a familiar face around'.he games and will remain on the executive but has decided to hand over the head of the table to Gary Wilcox. "Hopefully Gary will be able to attract a couple of people to our ex- ecutive that are young and bring new and fresh ideas," said Stanley. He said there are three reasons for retiring; simply it's time to hand it on to someone else, he and his wife spend a couple of months each winter in Arizona and health rea- sons have stowed him down just a bit. The Irish were formed in 1969 and just a couple of years later, Stanley became the president, a job which he has held until the start of the 1993-94 hockey season. There _ must be a reason for his longevity and dedication. • "I've always enjoyed that age ;SCORTYMOWMAN..,THE LUCKIEST MAN INTHE NA- 7I1l0NiAIHOCKEY LEAGUE (SCOTTY (he-iikes.tote:called SCOT now). anyhow SCOTTY alidn'unartz uttoalucky. in hockey. When he was a jr. hockey player .he:was hit overihe head by another player with a stick and it:fr:ac- sured his.skull. With the end of his playing career -he took up coach- ing,intftea s, helped "THE MASTER SAM" (POLLOCK) .00achiltgrmrdifinally he graduated to top, THE•MONTREAL CA- NADiIENS who I feel ;coupe the best teams ever in the ""70s. How .about.tlteir.starting lineup.IDRYDEN (Hall of Fame) in goal,ROB- INSON (will•beMall.of Eame.).SERGE SAVARD (Hall of Faroe) :andshrow in GUY.LA*POINTEt(future Hall eif Fame) LEMAIRE. STEVE'SHUT iliall:guy) and of nourse there wattle great GUY LA FL1 ER. Try.a:starting.Lne iplikethatmday. 'The BASS had -one year a (1976) lost 8 games. all year! -Think -about ihat..Only. .sight games all year.and of course THE BOSTON -BURINS .(coached by:an excellent coach who won coach of the thatyear).wonthe series against ahem during the season, in fact beat- inglhem 3 out of five games including one.game inTHE FORUM, .CHEEVERS was unbelievable, but they were unstoppable in she playoffs. .blot Dimly -were they sooners and skaters' but ,they :vna+e tough. GILLES LUP1AN 6'6",220 -lbs. RICK CHARTRA:W 6'3", 235 lbs., :MARIO 7!RSMLIEY, :and :the :toughest • of :them all 'PIERREtBOUCHA€RD 6'3' and 235:i1bs., He oauld lick his.weight inBEAtRCATS.SCOTTY,•eveathough he couldbeatyouiwith the scorers,would:use his:BULLY4BOYS at. the drop of a hat. I remem- a:cr:one:gameinthe STANLEY CUP: funals.playe&attheltik�TON ta-back-artditlsth-gatneartd .there was a tight, face-off..in Canadians end,:and for.some reason (I still don't know =whyy) heijuts on hi BULLY BOYS:.CHATRAW, LUPIAN, ROB- INSON, • TREMBLEY and his TOUGHIE PIERRE BOU- .CHARD. I out :out sni the ice;JelfN WENSINK & TERRY 'O',REILLY which I•s uisttadmitain'tcaactly CHOIR BOYS. but I :•also:had.out P TERRMeNAB at oeatre.wlho was talented but was a :OH01RrBOY.:so lama out Terror STAN JOHNA- THAN to play:neatre.'(PETER told mere he game that when he saw STANLEY coming wake him off.•he was the happiest guy in the world).. So they drop the puck and.naturally STAN & PIERRE .come together and STAN actually starts the fight, tugging at PIERRE with his atick.-They both drop them at the.same tune and what a -beauty! PIERRE was a giant. strong as an ox, STANLEY was only 5i" end about 180. PIERRE was actually lifting STAN off the ice, .both were really warming up to the fight and it looked bad for•STAN atihe.start, (to tell the truth I thought STAN had bit- ten off more .then be could chew) I said on the bench "Boys get ready, I think STAN has had it and we're going over the BOARDS", but .all of a sudden. after PIERRE and STAN were exchanging nghts,'STAN switched to a left and caught PIERRE by surprise and down he goes. Well like 1 told you, STAN was BLUE and they ask no quarter and give none. He hiePIERRE about five times on the way down and had to be pulled off. You never saw so much blood. The lines- man JOHN D'AMICO was cut by a,stick sa he was covered in blood and PIERRE -had a broken nose. (He said that when he looked at himself in the morning after the fight he said "SERGE SA VARD's my hero but 1 didn't want a nose like his,") When asked it tie ever would play in the NHL, again, he said, "Yeh if 1 take up the organ." / PIERRE is now the colour guy for the CBC telecasts in french.and he's a great guy, but when I shake his hand and my hand disappears in his paw, I think how powerful a little TASCO- HORA INDIAN must have been.) That was also the year JOHN ZEI- GLAR demanded a meeting between SCOTTY and ME before a game in STON, to tell us we must stop the constant war in the press where SCOT- TY" would take the video film of the games and pick out where he thought we should have got penalties. He would then call a press conference and show reporters where we should have gotten penal- ties. This of course was a tactic to put pressure on the refs to Call more penalties on us. Then he found out that the refs used to skate in the Forum, day of a game at 8 o'clock in the morning to keep in shape. He got there when they were skating and hollered at them"You won't call penalties on BOSTON, you don't have the guts". Even more pressure. !Prison Hockey I Rin, SALE Huge savings on equipment, sticks, ska - and accessories A , -you're always o the 'ower Pay!" HSI) now offers overnight skate sharpening (sharpening done by John Campbell) RSU also offers a complete hockey repair service. 282 Min St. Easter Lei,r6 dLIO 28b►1814 group (16.21) because 1 think they're very spontaneous. 1 would -suggest that 90 percent of them are serious young men, that's why they play hockey." Being the president of a junior hockey club means working 12 months a year to get sponsors, raise funds and try to sell the product of hockey. At times it's tough but Stanley said his years working for London Life gave him the required skills it takes to be a hockey president. "I didn't find it much of a prob- lem to be president. If someone dis- agreed with me, it never really hurt my feelings." A former goaltender, Stanley :came by bis4love for the Irish hon- estly .as leo Baas a backup goalie wvithtthe 13354-Lucan Irish which won the OHA Intermediate 'C' championship. He admits that when he watches the Irish play now, he keeps an eye on the guy between the pipes. One word of wisdom he passes on is that anyone who joins a hock- ey executive, should:do so only if they don't have a son playing on the team. It makes for an awkward situ- ation if the son does not make the _team. Stanley says being on the Irish executive, onethat seldom changes, means a lot of hard work. "We.don't change executive eve- ry year. We ,don't have :annual meetings. Wereenot-a.large execu- tive so everyone has to wo khard." Those :trips .to .the many:atmas .across Southwestern Ontario flours on :the -phone planning meetings and those confrontations with :the Ontario. Hockey Association have all been worth it. kaavissiob over There's mor important thing. than winning championship r But while many involved in the sport measure their success by the number of championship banners hanging from the rafters, Stanley does not. "There's more important .things than winning a championship." Keeping- a team on :the ice year- - after -year, making the :playoffs and in the case+of:the-Irish,.always con- sidered to be a contender, is what.is important. Stanley .added that keeping :the Irish with a hometown flavour, that -.iLbavingplayers from Lucan, Iider- .ton and Ailsa Craig is important. 'True, .there are several standouts lfrom.London, but that's what keeps Uteleam.competitive. "1n: the league we've seen other teams come in with 18 or 19 .players --from ,out-of-town .and. get into theplayoffs:anddraw Iessihan 75 people.' You can`t run a :business -ethat -way to be :rtuccessful, you've --got tahave:trosedans." Baseball ide nt thank coaches, sponsors —EXETER -lust a few :days privito E Rookie baseball:championship..the istasidentlif;the local minor baseball association had a-lovof:nice things.tosayuboutitose who havehelped in making this town a very successful baattbaUcommunity. Brad Gregus, who along with tharest:ofrthc £sseter Minor-6aseball As- sociation hosted the first ever.awards:night fortlhe,group, tmttkcdihree major sponsors for their contribution. Receiving a plaque for their financial assistance over the years were.the Exeter Co -Op, Dave Moore Fuels and the Royal Canadian Legion. "Twelve years ago we reorganized and reconstructed minor baseball end we added junior baseball," Gregus told the large crowd.last Monday night at the South Huron Recreation Centre. Despite tough economic times lately, Gregus said the Co-op has always been there to help. "Some years it's been lean but they've always conte through." He noted: that the Legion is a very long-time sponsor and guessed that they have assisted sincein 1949. Exeter Minor Baseball Association had 15 teams this year, including a• junior team, .with over 220 players participating. "Finding coaches.in-this.tawn has never been a problem, everyone is so enthusiastic," said Gregus. - Monday night, EMBA honoured coach Bill Annstrong for five years of continuous service and Gregus thanked coaches Gary Harunan and Albert VanDyken for tleir many years of devotion to baseball. "les -encouraging to see these guys hanging around year after year. "It's for the love of the game." While not.allfof the team's selected outstanding players for the awards night.,the following is the list of those who did receive awards: T -ball (;old: Mark Seip, Charlie Hustle Award; Kyle Schwaruentruber, Most Sportsmanlike; Ann Gregus, MVP; Michael Giannandrea, Most Im- proved. Tyke I: Amberly Dickey, CI lie Hustle Award; Jennifer Baker, Most Sportsmanlike; Tom Cooper. M+P; Danielle Knip, Most Improved. Tyke II: Chris Wilhelgi; Charlie Hustle Award; Donald Storey, Most Sportsnurnlikt, Angela �eic)o, MVP; Mich Homath, Most Improved. Rookie 13: Nick •Anstett, Charlie Hustle; Sean Chisholm, Most Sports- manlike; Nathan Holmes, MVP; Jodi Gaiter, Most improved. Mosquito A: Mark Bilinsky, Charlie Hustle Award; John Gregus, Must Sportsmanlike; Mike Seip, MVP; Jonathan Ens, Most Improved. Mosquito 8: Jason Monteith, Charlie Hustle Award; Jamie Page, Most Sportsmanlike; Michael Dietrich and Chris Desjardine, MVP; Shawn Tal- bot, Most Improved. Peewee B: Chad Monteith, Charlie Hustle Award; Trevor Skinner, Most Sportsmanlike; Steep Farquhar, MVP; Jason Miles, Mpstimproved. Reaelviamplaquips last Monday at the EMBA w(apuP were tet, Barry Tiernan of we Royal Ca radian Legion, Bill Armstrong (9r ra g of;Il0chirtg and Murray Insley .of We f x6,ter CO„DP. Stanley is a true fan of the Irish, from his leather team jacket to his admitting he can not pick out a fa- vourite player. "I don't think I'd want to pick out a most outstanding hockey player because 1 think every year there is one or two ymmgsters that really impress you." While Stanley haidel to -step down, leaving behind one of the best hockey programs in the prov- ince, he will always wear the Irish green on his sleeve. .Lucan Irish president Clare Stanley has stepped down. McFaIls' min Ontario << pp �tI.e MERRITTON 1141e rrtton Lawn .Bowling Club was ;a. - host for. the Mixed Pairs Finals; Teams from 16 districts partici ' on Saturday in four s .of.. four teams., glbre s' played•iiiiii'round- Aigbm fflttat: The winner of each;gttgpp.went.on to Sunday competition: forthe medal round ;(which was also a round-robin playoff. Peter and Gloria McFalls.;were undefeated for the weekend .:cttKttipgg{tpwe the Ontario Waal : terrs°Cliatnpions and with;; he :glfldmedal for first place. Saturday saw them winning 17-10 over Westin, 21-10 against Wheatley, aid 15.9 to defeat Galt. - Sunday put the four winners together :with Exeter playing Brampton for a 7-5 win before going on to top Simeon by a 17- 6 margin. The tlhird game of the tourna- :;.tnent put lIk0 (two game _win- ners) together for the final match. This game went down to the last bowl of the day to deter- mine a winner as Exeter was two ahead stating the last end. Oshawa kept exchanging excel- knt shots and were liitally sit- ting two shots ,after their last bowl but an accurately placed bowl by Peter dislodged the jack and gave the Exeter team ono to win 18-15. Bowier4 Needed Iorlucan SundayNgttt Mixed _League. Singles ormuples.Bowltng is overy:Sunday.et 7 p m. 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