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Times Advocate, 1993-12-15, Page 20Pape 20 Times -Advocate, December 15,1993 .7 ']")/"� 'j7 TS Lucan Irish's Shawn Fairweather was on the ice against North Middlesex Stars last Wednes day night but still managed to control the puck during the OHA Junior Development League game. Hawks' slump continues Will changes to bench find needed spark? By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXETER - The possibility of changes to the Hawk's lineup wasn't being ruled out by manage- ment as the team deepened its slump on the weekend, posting its seventh and eighth losses of the season against Mitchell and Lamb- eth. Frustration with the Junior D Hawks ineffective performance was evident both on the bench and in the dressing rooms Friday eve- ning after they were severely out- gunned by the visiting Mitchell Hawks 9-3. "We were too scrambly," com- plained coach George Pratt Jr. after the game. "Our coverage in our own end was brutal. tonight." Pratt said the team took a lot of "unnecessary penalties" in the game, pointing to discipline prob- lems on the bench. "I think it was mostly in frustration." Indeed, the .team's level of frus- tration rose while watching Mitch- ell get four goals on the board be- fore Exeter's Nathan Burns got the Hawk's ball rolling with a power play goal late in the second period. Mark Livermore and Jon Schiedel were there to assist. Shayne Robinson scored the Hawks second goal early in the third period, assisted by Jason McBride and Sean McCann. How- ever, by the time Greg Dalrymple scored his first goal of the season, assisted by Robinson and McCann, the damage was already done: last year's Junior D champions were still ahead by six. "I've got to hand it to Mitchell," said Pratt. "They played a hell of a good game. They dominated us to- night," he said, referring to the 36- 18 shots on goal tally, clearly in Mitchell's favour. Both teams made frequent visits to the penalty box. with more than 30 minutes apiece. He said his team may be experi- encinn the "mid-season blues" and remained confident they would • eventually bounce back. "Every team seems to go through a bit of a slump," he said, but said the Hawks need some kind of spark to break the losing streak. Pratt said he worries the team might be thinking too much ahead to the playoffs, without realizing they need to get there first. "Our positional play and ' our physical play are our two weak- nesses right now," he said, adding that a video tape made of the game will be used to point out areas of improvement. Pratt even hinted utat a couple of players may be a little "too com- fortable" with their positions on the team. With a couple of cards left to fill, Pratt said some new talent might be needed. "Come playoffs, it's going to be the guys who are working hard who are going to be there," he said. Sunday evening, the Hawks en- joyed a brief lead over the Lambeth Lancers after two first period goals by Shayne Robinson. Still Lamb- eth replied with two late -period goals, leaving the first 20 minutes with a 3-2 score. Lambeth extend- ed their lead to 4-2 in the second period before Robinson clinched his hat -trick with a power play goal a minute later. With neither team scoring in the final period; Lambeth kept their lead, despite a 13-9 shots -on -goal advantage by Exeter. Penalties in Sunday's game were fewer too. Exeter racked up only a 12 minute total, Lambeth only six minutes. Davis dazzles Stars By Fred Groves T -A staff LUCAN - With the OHA Junior Development League regular sea- son schedule reaching the halfway point, it's interesting lo see who is contending to be on the Lucan Irish' number one line. With veteran centre - and last year's league's leading scorer Greg DePrest, along with Steve Moore, Rob Davis, Dwayne Price and Shawn Fairweather, it's a tough choice to pick out the most talented trio. Last Wednesday night in Lucan however, Davis certainly showed he belongs as he scored four goals and set up two more in a 6-2 win over the North Middlesex Stars. The rookie winger almost had a fifth, but even though it trickled over the line was pulled out of the net at the last minute and not count- ed. "It went two inches over the line but the ref didn't catch it," said Da- vis who played for Stratford mid- gets last year. When asked about continuity on the number one line, Davis simply said, "we can all do the job." Like DePrest and Moore did so well last year, Davis and DePrest are the big combination this year. Moore has been sick and hasn't seen a lot of ice although he is ex- pected back in the next week or so. While Fairweather filled in on Wednesday, the Lucan Minor Hockey Association product prob- ably will be put on a line with Moore while Price is expected to be a regular with DePrest and Davis. "It's not a problem," said Irish as- sistant coach Jamie Pearce. "I'd probably say Moore won't be on that line and it will probably be Price." Pearce got his second straight win behind the bench as he took over the reins from head coach Ken Needham who sat out his second game of a two -game suspension. Also watching from the stands was Jeremy Jemec who received a two -game suspension for an inci- dent again% Mitchell. Jemec and Steve Matthews, also not present at Wednesday's . game would have Ringette Petites win in Mitchell MITCHELL - It was close, very close. Backed by the strong goaltending of Kelli Fulton, the Exeter Optimist Petites beat host Mitchell 7-5 to win the tournament here on Sun- day. Offensively, Kerri Fulton scored two goals and set up three more to help in the gold medal game. Mag- gie Steciuk had three goals with singles to Laura Skinner and Lau- ryn Baynham. Assisting were Pam Keys, Sarah Hodge and Ann Marie Parsons. Exeter opened the tournament on Friday with a big 7-3 win over Mitchell. Kern Fulton fired two goals and assisted on four others while Steciuk and Sarah Webber each had two goals and two assists. Hodge had a goal and Robyn Etherington had an assist. - Steciuk had three goals against Paris in an 11-0 win while Kerri Fulton had a goal and three assists. Webber had two goals and an assist while Hodge and Parsons both had a goal and an assist. Keys, Krista Dayman and Etherington also scored. It was 11 more goals this time against Hanover its an 11-1 win on Saturday. Etherington was the big gun with three tallies with two from Kerri Fulton and one each to Steciuk, Keys, Baynham, Webber and Laura Skinner. G xint Ream Ch. • t� . itailly hdw d• Dwie�. lson Excellent goal working by Jana Webster W. world Me to thank the following for their cantktued support k malting our annual l *n .tt. Tournament a mamma GOdbolt Insurance, Exeter Optimist, Dashwood Lock & Key, Exeter Legion. Mitchell Harare goalie Darcy Ballantyne does a brief'�a ing act with the puck while Exeter Hawks Shayne Robi n hopes for a fumble. Ballantyne got it. ' puck under co of however, and survived Friday's game with a 0.3 score in his favour. Helping him out was a lop -sided shots on goal tally, also in Mitchell's favour. Come in and we will help you select the gift or fragrance for that special person in your life... And gift wrap it for free Irish split last week's Jr. 'D' games Rob Davis ...four goals been a big help against the Stars, especially in the first period. Stars' tough in own end: Al- though the Irish dominated in the opening 20 minutes, the Stars were very physical in their own end. De- Prest slipped one through goalie Aaron Lucas' legs 53 'seconds into the game and the only other Irish score sandwhiched between Stars' Jamie Campbell's goal was scored by Fairweather. But in the middle frame, the Stars seemed to die down a little and Lu- cas wasn't as intense between the pipes. "Maybe their goalie let up, he kept them in the first period," said Pearce. "They kind of died off but we started out slow," said Davis. 13y far the best period far the Irish was the second but Pearce didn't seem to mind that Lucan only played a solid 20 minutes instead of 60. "The first period was very slow and the second we played a fairly good period. The third period,1 just went in and told them I wanted to get out with a win." If the Irish had been playing a team higher in the standings than the Stars, they might not have won due to the lack of players. Out were Moore, Matthews, Jemec, Price, Scott Riddell and Colin Kowal- chuk. Steve Watson picked up another win in net for the Irish and he made some big stops. However, he seems to still have a fundamental flaw of wandering way out of his net. That resulted in the second North Middlesex goal as Watson roamed out of the cage and put the puck right on Peter Gallagher's stick. "Twice during the game I asked a guy from the bench to go out and tell him (Watson) to leave the puck alone," said Pearce. Wednesday's game was a rough one at times as big Lucan defense - man Aaron Moran and Stars' Kevin Shearon were ejected from the game and Moran received an addi- tional four minutes for pulling the face mask. That set up a big four -minute powerplay for the visitors and al- though they got away four shots and hit the crossbar, didn't score. Mt. Brydges 6, Lucan 4 An empty -nester Saturday by the hosts helped in this one. Scoring for the Irish were Mike Reid, Price, Andy Ross and Davis. 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