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Times Advocate, 1994-02-23, Page 13Rxtate Realty Inc. t3lve me a call and let me help you And your new home. BARRY MENARY Sales Rep. bus 235-1821 res. 262-3107 • Mohawks up on Petrolia - page 14 • OMHA playoffs - page 15 • High school sports - page 16 Juniors finish up in third Hawks conclude regular season play with loss to Mitchell, win over Lambeth By Fred Groves T -A staff LAMBETH - It's nice to finish off the regular season with a win. When you do it against a team which is not to far behind you in the standings, that is certainly a boost heading into the playoffs. Sunday night in Lambeth, the vis- iting Exeter Hawks skated to a 6-3 win over the Lancers in OHA Jun- ior Development League west divi- sion action. The win saw the Hawks finish the season with a 23- 14-3 record which they took into last night's opening game of the playoffs against Seaforth. Nathan Burns had two goals for the Hawks against Lambeth with singles to Todd McCann, Sean McCann, Shayne Robinson and Dave Dalrytnple. Chris Lyndon started in net but was replaced in the first by Kirk Durand. The Hawks led 1-0 at the end of the first period and 5-1 after two periods. Mitchell 5, Exeter 3 Friday night in their final regular season home game, Exeter Hawks had a slim 1-0 lead at the end of the first period but the visiting Mitchell Hawks exploded for five second period goals, two of them on the powerplay. "Being up 1-0, our guys came out in the second period and brought it down a notch," said Exeter coach George Pratt. Exeter opened the scoring when Robinson pounced on a Sean McCann rebound and put it up high past Mitchell netminder Elliot Faust. The middle frame belonged en- tirely to the visitors as Kory Dietz tied the score, Jamie Flood made it 2-1 and then defenseman Jeff Smith scored back-to-back. A hard shot by Mitchell's Jarret Keller and it was 5-1. Pratt yanked Lyndon and replaced him with Du- rand who did not allow a goal. "It was the same against Lucan. We beat them two -out -of -three pe- riods. We shut them out for two pe- riods and we still lost," said Pratt. "It was just one lapse which we can't afford to do again." In the third period Dave Dalrym- ple let go with a very long fairly in- nocent shot which handcuffed Faust and went between his legs. Exeter's third goal came off a play which Dalrymple has made work before. The veteran defenseman banked the puck off the boards to a racing forward in this case, Ray Cousi- neau who made no mistake as he beat Faust one-on-one. One of the many things Mitchell, the defending champions do well is forecheck and they really put the pressure on Exeter throughout the game. "Mitchell has a good forecheck- ing system. In the second period they were really jumping on us," said Pratt Against Mitchell, Exeter did not play a very physical game. They'll have to play a little tougher come the playoffs. "If they're not willing to hit, they're going to get hit," said Pratt. Most of the physical stuff came around the goalies in the third peri- od. Exeter defenseman Jamie Cor- nish and Mitchell's Todd McCann wrestled to the ground. (Mitchell also has a Todd McCann). Just a few minutes after this alter- cation, at the other end of the rink, referee Jeff Smith gave game mis- conducts to Exeter's Mark Lynn and Nathan Blight while Dennis Pearn and Rob Lewis took early ex- its for Mitchell. Hawks happenings:—.Geoff Mauer was called up to fill in some gaps in Lambeth...Exeter will not have the services of rugged de- fenseman Brett Lammie as his card was not sent in on time... Referee Jeff Smith stopped the play during action in Friday night's OHA Junior Development League game against Mitchell. At right, Exeter goalie Kirk Durand wandered a little out of his net. 15 FT. NO -TILL UNIT IN STOCK NO COULTERS REQUIRED BEST NO TILL DRILLS SEED THROUGH TRASH, HARD GROUND, EVEN SOD WITHOUT THE EXPENSE OF ADDITIONAL COULTERS FEATURES: • Each opener is suspended on 4 parallel Ifnks for precise depth control • 15' double disc openers with one smooth blade and one notched blade combine with up ton 680 lbs. downpressure to slice through the toughest conditions • 7-1/2, 10, 15 and 20 ft. no till and conventional drills • 30 and 40 ft. folding models ORDERS PLACED BEFORE MARCH 12/94 511 BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SPRING FARM EQUIPMENT - EXETER, ONTARIO Sales, Service & Rentals since 1932 (519) FAX (519)