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• Precision skating - page 14
• Stephen bantams - page 15
• Minor hockey - page 16
Girls big part of hockey,
locals host tournament
Stephen Town-
ship junior
girls' hockey
team hosted
their own
eight -team
toumament
last Wednes-
day in Huron
Park. Taking a
break from the
tournament
were Missy
Hayter, right,
and Tracey Wil-
son.
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
HURON PARK - It's not just for boys anymore.
More and more girls are beginning to play hockey, and while London is
well known for its Devilettes ladies program, Stephen Township is also
well recognized on the hockey map.
Last Wednesday, Stephen Township hosted an eight -team junior girls'
hockey tournament which saw the locals beat Lucknow 3-1 in their first
game but get knocked out 6-2 by Parkhill in their second.
Missy Hayter and Tracey Wilson have been playing ringette together for
several years but this winter they not only played that sport but skated for
the Stephen junior girls' hockey team.
Hayter, who also plays for the Parkhill girls' select team, has always
wanted to play hockey. With the select team she's travelled to such bigger
cities as Detr tot Sarnia and Mississauga.
"I wanted to ptay) but my dad wouldn't let me. I was too little," said
Hayter whose speed has her back on defence so she can rush with the
puck.
Wilson likes hockey because they can go through the crease and it's a lit-
tle more physical which she certainly doesn't mind. However, there are a
few drawbacks when you play two ice sports.
"I was in a hurry once and I took my ringette stick instead of my hockey
stick," said Wilson.
Next year Stephen Township hopes to expand to have three girls teams.
There is a fourth, the Huron Park Pacers senior ladies team which in the
past have brought home provincial championships.
When asked what they tell their friends at school about hockey, Wilson
Continued on page 14
Ramer's goal puts quick end to Lucan's season
Sweep Irish
four straight
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
SEAFORTH - Too young, in-
experienced - t}tose were a couple
of reasons the Lucan Irish lost -
four straight to the Seaforth
Centenaires.
Last Tuesday night in front of a
very large hometown crowd, the
Centenaries edged the visiting
Irish 3-2 in overtime to sweep
their best -of -seven OHA Junior
Development League west divi-
sion semi-final playoff series in
four straight.
It was the quickest exit from the
playoffs for the Irish in several
years.
"We had 12 new kids on this
team that didn't know what this
was about," said Lucan coach
Ken Needham of the post -season
pressure.
Last year the Irish went to the
division finals against the even-
tual champion Mitchell Hawks.
That's who the Centenaries, the
1985-86 champions are now bat-
tling.
With 1:21 left in the overtime
period, Chad Ramer finished off
some hard work by his brother Ja-
mie and tapped the puck past
Steve Watson.
It was the second game in the
series which Seaforth won by the
same score in overtime in their
own rink. Other than the 7-1
blowout last Sunday, all the
..
ems. ._ rrnse
.....,
"I don't think a four -game
sweep is any indication of how
the series went," said Lucan cap-
tain Andy Ross.
After six years with the green
and white, the last three as cap-
tain, Ross, one of two overagers
on this year's club, hung up his
number 7 jersey for the last time.
"This year we had a lot of
young kids and we were surprised
Andy Ross
... captain
finishes career
to finish second," said Ross.
Lucan were 27-11-2 for 57
points with the rebuilt team com-
pared to two years ago in which
they were 33-5-2. Seaforth were
sixth this year at 18-18-4, im-
proved from the previous season
of 12-27-1.
But the Centenaires who skated
tp their haeme innate The boyo Am—.
back in town', went on a tear this
year winning eight straight
playoff games.
"It was pretty short," said Need-
ham of the series. "They were
hungry and we weren't hungry
enough."
Despite the difference in the
regular season standings between
the two clubs, Seaforth showed
more desire, more hustle and they
simply wanted a trip to the divi-
sional final more.
"They beat us to the puck, they
were disciplined," said Ross.
"They bumped us every chance
and their goaltending came up
big."
Battle in the cages: This was
definitely a goaltenders' series
and both Seaforth's Dana Dus-
kocy and Steve Watson of the
Irish played outstanding.
In the six games, two of them
overtime, Duskocy allowed just
six goals. Watson made 41 saves
on Tuesday and other than the 7-1
Game Three score in which he
lad little help,,ite was Lucan's top
player in the post -season.
Up front, injuries hurt the Irish
in their final series as Dwayne
Price saw limited action due to a
sore leg and the bruised arm Greg
DePrest received against Alvins-
ton seemed to hamper his play.
"We picked a had time to go in
a slump," said Needham. Greg
was hurting pretty bad, nobody
scored in this series."
Tuesday's scoring started just
2:38 into the game when Lucan's
Jeremy Jemec pounced on a Jim
Stanton rebound. Just 22 seconds
later, Irish rookie defenseman
Dave Mancari handed the puck
over and Steve Geiger put it
through Watson's legs.
After Centenaires' Paul
McLlwain hit the post on a hard
shot, Don Scott blasted one into
the top corner to make it 2-1. Lu -
can tied it with 7:19 left in the
middle frame as Jamie Hicks shot
from the point and Scott Riddell
got the rebound for a powerplay
goal.
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• Lucan were without `veteran
defenseman Ed Vankerkoerle who
had a bad ankle. He's an overager
so he says goodbye to the Irish.
• Look for some talented Irish to
move up to Junior 'B'. - Among
those with good chances are big
centre Mike Reid.
• Times -Advocate three stars
for the series. 1. Seaforth's Dana
Duskocy 2. Lucan's Steve Watson
3. Seaforth's Steve McInally.
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