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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-01-26, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, January 26, 1994 senior 'Ahockey Officiating tough on Mohawks in crazy contests By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - The final home game of the 1993-94 regular season for the Exeter Mohawks will go down in history as a very memorable one for not only the team but for the fans. Sundae night in Southwestern Senior 'A' Hockey League action, the hosts bounced back from a two -goal deficit to beat the visiting Petrolia Victorians 9-7. Friday in Oshweken, the Mohawks were beaten 6-5 by the River Hawks. In both games, the Mohawks felt, and so did their fans, that Exeter did not receive very good officiating. Due to inj ries and suspensions from the two games, the Mohawks will limp into their final three games, all on the road, with a lot of key players missing. Friday in Oshweken, centre Jeff Shipley suffered a broken wrist when he received a two-handed slash. Referee J.C. Searle did not call a penalty. "We really got run down Friday night," said Exeter coach Dave Reving- ton. "We had I 1 skaters and it was a vicious game. The referee wasn't pro- tecting us." Sunday in Exeter, centre Tim Shields, just coming back from a bout of bronchitis, was hit -from -behind and he went into the boards quite heavily. He wei* to the hospital and came back later with a reported separated shoulder. To make things worse, the Mohawks will be without Owen Lessard whu, after given a checking-from-behi natty, was also given a gross misconduct for verbal abuse to referee Ste er. Also ejected from the game were Craig Oster who will sit out several contests for buttending; Joe Scherer was kicked out for checking -from - behind and Greg Snyder left for high sticking. "The game wasn't as rough as the penalties indicated," said Revington. Exeter's side of the game sheet had a few more infractions on it than Petro- lia's. Revington was obviously upset with the officiating his team had on the weekend and was quite puzzled about the penalty Baker gave to goalie Trevor Hunter. Late in the game, Hunter went to chase down a puck behind his net and when he was run over from behind by a Petrolia player, it was Hunter go- ing to the penalty box for interference. "I think he (Baker) got rattled and lost his composure. He was going to call every infraction he'could muster up. That's why it was a two hour and 45 minute long game." By the end of the second period, the Mohawks, who started the game with 14 skaters, had lost Shields, their second best centre, along with their top offensive line of Oster -Scherer -Snyder. Both Barry Baynham and Lessard were given ten-minute misconducts in the second period so heading into the third, the locals had a very short. bench. Snyder, although he only played half the game, led the Mohawks with two goals and three assists while Jacques Bealieau who did a good job of controlling his frustration, had two goals and an assist. Also scoring for the winners were Scherer, Wayne Urbshott, Richard Hawkins, Kevin McArter and Greg Ryan. Scherer's came just 30 seconds into the game when he threaded a shot through a very small opening and McArter's, the game winner, brought a large ovation from the crowd. Former Exeter Hawk John O'Hara scored once and set up another for the visitors. Eighth loss: Friday night's Toss in Oshweken, the Mohawks eighth of the year, saw Oster score three of the five goals while setting up the other two. Also scoring were Scherer with two while Snyder had three assists. The Mohawks travel to Dunnville on Saturday as they face the Mudcats. Following weekend play, the Mohawks are in a three-way tie for first place as they, along with Dorchester and Bothwell all have 24 points. After early lead, West not able to keep up with East By Fred Groves T -A staff LUCAN - It was just like any other all-star game. There was no hitting and it was all offense and there was only one penalty called. While a few short hours before, the stars of the National Hockey League were slugging it out in a goal -scoring marathon, in Lucan Saturday night the best of the OHA Junior Development League were strutting their stuff. Getting a little revenge from last year's game, the East division turned the tables and won very big, 10-5. The West, including represen- tatives from the Exeter Hawks and the Lucan Irish, were up 2-0 in the first period and held a one -goal lead after 20 minutes. But when Seaforth Centenaires Dana Duskocy went between the pipes in the middle frame, he was left with little help as the East swarmed in, firing 23 shots at the veteran puckstopper. When Duskocy pulled himself into the dressing room, the East held a huge 8-4 lead. "We just quite. The wheels fell off and they (East) really picked it up. We let down and were foolish," said Lucan coach Ken Needham who skippered the West side along with Jack Chaffe coach of the de- fending provincial champions Mitchell Hawks. While the Pt. Stanley Lakers may The Wrath L of Grapes. by Don Cherry DANNY GALLIVAN ...CRY LIKE A RIVER DANNY didn't know it, but he made me a very sad guy and it is one of my favorite stories. Hack in 1958, I was playing for THE DARTH VADER of hockey, EDDIE SHORE with the SPRING- FIELD INDIANS, the coach PAT EGAN and I had a disagree- ment, (actually 1 broke my stick over his shoulder in a practice and he got upset.... no sense of humour), so the next day he was happy to give me a letter to say I was sent to a lower minor league team called the THREE RIVERS LIONS in QUEBEC. I asked EDDIE SHORE where THREE RIVERS was and he said "go through VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE and when you hit the CANA- DIAN boarder, turn right! (Funny man eh?) I went through VERMONT and NEW HAMPSHIRE, turned right, but still got lost. My '57 OLDS '98 with bald tires quit on us in the middle of QUEBEC. Naturally nobody could speak English to help me. So we went into the coffee shop, ROSE, myself and 3 year old CINDY (our daughter). We prayed the car would start, the Lord answered and we were on our way, but still lost. Finally we had to take a ferry across the ST. LAWRENCE RIVER to get to the driv- els. I was parked beside the captain's cabin and could hear the HABS game on the radio with DANNY Gallivan and i got very de- pressed. 1 thought to myself what a failure I am. Here's these guys playing hockey in the FORUM with Danny Gallivan doing his lovely job and here 1 am being sent to a lower league for breaking my stick over my coach, making my family pay for my temper. We reached Three Rivers and it wasn't bad, but I never forgot that empty feeling on that ferry listening to DANNY. ...IN/THE BOOTH WITH DANNY • It's 1980 and I've just been told by HOCKEY NIGHT IN CAN- ADA that I'm going to go to MON- TREAL and do colour on TV with Dan- ny Gallivan. I climbed up to the gondola in the FORUM and there is DANNY standing there. We start the game and when I hear his lovely voice, memories flood back to 1958, the middle of the ST. LAWRENCE RIVER on a ferry and how sad I was and now here I am, in the FORUM, in the gondola with DAN- NY. How lucky could I be? The Lord works in mysterious ways.... his won- ders to behold. Well, DANNY'S gone now, his beautiful voice has been silenfed forever. DANNY might be gone, but he'll never be forgotten; we all loved him. r Qer 80 Special Wed. Jan. 26 to Sat. Jan. 29 Caps 20P off Starter - The Game - CCM New Era - Sport Specialties NFL - NHL -NOAA- NBA -MLB Bring in this ad for an extra 5% off i°VD Sport Ream. 10' 282 Main St. Exeter Tel./Fax 235.131.4 T 4, 1994 Jr. D All-Star game be the league powerhouse and clearly dominate the East division, losing only one game thus far, it was a pair of Langton Thunder- birds which put on a show. Darryl Homick, named the game's first star, had a goal and four assists to pace the winners while teammate Dan Cassidy was named the second star for scoring; twice and setting up three more. Mitchell's rookie goalie Darcy Ballantyne suiting up for the West, who allowed just one goal in the first period, was named the third star. Like the NHL all-star game there was not alot of physical contact which was not surprising. "in the first period -and -a -half there weren't many checks. But the last period -and -a -half they threw more than we did. There shouldn't be that many checks, it should be for fun and to show their talent," Exeter Hawks' Shayne Robin- son celebrates his first peri- od goal during Saturday night's Junior 'D' All-Star gime in Lucan. ROWS • Residential • Commercial • Industrial • Natural Gas • Submersible and Jet Pump Installations FREE ESTIMATES RR1 WOODHAM 229-6284 oft 235-0906 Owned & operated by Dennis Rowe ix1 P L u B Q Scoring summary: EAST: Dan Cassidy, Langton; 2; Mark Locker, Delhi, 2; Da- vid Miller, Burford; John Ree - hill, Thamesford; Bill Huitema, Thamesford; Wayne Walker, Delhi; Darryl Homick, Lang- ton; Joe Haughian, Pt. Stanley. WEST: Karsten Carroll, Seaforth, '2 Shayne Robinson, Exeter; Paul Hendricks, Mt. Brydges; Jason Wagner, Alvinston. '§aid Needham. For the Exeter Hawks, defense - men Greg Dalrymple picked up an assist for the West and he said the reason for the‘East come back was due to the West giving up a lot of three -on -one situations. Dalrymple, a rookie on the Hawks blueline, made a good play in the first period when, after breaking his stick, grabbed another one and went across the ice to stop a breakaway. "I didn't know if I was going off. Someone just gave me a stick so I kept going," said -Dalrymple. Big night: Saturday's game, though an hour late in starting, was the first year of three consecutive times the Irish will host the event. All the teams in the league will share in the proceeds. At the dinner and again before the official faceoff, players were in- troduced. That and the game itself, didn't bother Dalrymple. "I was a little nervous but once it got started it was like any other game." While Exeter coach George Pratt watched the game carefully from' above in -the stands, looking at players which could be tough against his Hawks in the playoffs, Needham said he really didn't pay attention to any particular perfor- ihances. "Not in this game. You just let them have fun and don't even worry about it." While there was some confusion early on as to who was going to play with who, Seaforth captain Karsten Carroll had little problem fitting in on right wing. A seasoned defensemen with the Centenaires, he moved up and scored two goals and set up another one for the West. Exeter's Shayne Robinson had a goal while Lucan's Greg DePrest had two assists and Irish defense - men Craig Brown had an assist. A Dropping the puck prior to the start of Saturday night's OHA Junior Development League game in Lucan were Bill Billington of the OHA and long-time Lucan Irish executive member, Jim Freeman. Taking the faceoff were Lucan Irish Greg DePrest, left; and Bill Huitema of Thamesford. Hawks winning streak stopped at five games ALVINSTON - The winning streak had to come to an end sometime. For the Exeter -Hawks, their OHA Junior Development League west di- vision streak was halted at five Friday night as they fell 5-1 to the Alvins- ton Flyers. This was a penalty filled game as the Hawks lost their leading scorer Shayne Robinson for checking -from -behind in the first period and in the second, Ray Cousineau was given a spearing penalty. Exeter's only goal came in the second period when Sean McCann teamed with Nathan Burns and Todd McCann. Chris Lyndon made 27 saves for the visitors. Irish pluck Flyers: Last Wednesday night in a very cold Lucan Arena, the Irish doubled thee1f isiting Flyers 6-3. Up 2-0 after thdliirst period and 3-0 following 40 minutes, Lucan goalie Stuart Ashton once again saw his shutout bid snapped in the third. Greg DePrest led the winners attack with three goals and a pair of assists while Dave Mancari, Mike Robb and Dwayne Price also scored. The Irish take on the tough Mt. Brydgcs Bulldogs tonight in Lucan at 8:I5 p.m. Rematch time: One of the best rivalries in the west division continues Friday night in Exeter when the Irish will laceoff against the host Hawks. 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