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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-01-20, Page 11THIS WEEK IN SPORT'S Local players impress at Shamrock bantam and midget all-star games. Page 13 Jr. D Hawks pull off two huge one goal road wins. Page 13 Page 10 SPoirrs TIPS? Contact Sports Editor Craig Bradford Tel: (519) 235-1336 ext. 113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@SouthHuron.com Wednesday, January 20, 1999 Finding an outlet Finding an outlet. Seaforth Centenaires forward Steve Mclnally, left, looks for someone to pass the puck to during the Jr. D All-Star Game at Lucan Arena Saturday.The Yeck Conference, which the Exeter Hawks, Lucan Irish and Seaforth are members 6f, beat the McConnell Conference 5-4. Lucan's Justin Mulligan scored two goals for the Yecks while Iinemate Thamesford's CurtYost won the team MVP award.The Mulligan -Yost forward line was rounded out by Lucan's Kevin Dunbar. Exeter's Jarrett Jeffrey and Ben McCann represented the Hawks. Irish co -coach Jason Bukala was behind the bench for the Yecks along with Belmont's Dan Rose while Lucan's Steve Cook and Belmont's Mike Nutkins served as trainers. (photo/Scott Nixon) Chiefs chop EXETER — The Exeter Juvenile Chiefs hockey team got off to a great start in their hunt for an OMHA title by burning Forest in two straight games on the weekend. Exeter won game one 6- 4 at Forest including an empty net gaol with four seconds left on the clock. Paul Knight scored Exeter's first goal at 11:40 of the first to give Exeter the early lead with assists by Ryan Carroll and Jesse Bergman. Forest respond- ed at 9:59 but Exeter went up by a -goal again at 9:34 when Lucas Forrest scored with assists by Byron Ellerington and Greg Hendricks. Forest tied it again at 3:16 of the first. Hendricks put the Chiefs up by a goal again with 1:02 left in the second Forest in OMHA 1st round from Brian Richardson and Mike Wilhelm. - Exeter went up by two and then three goals when Knight scored his second of the night from Kevin Hogan at 12:37 of the third and Dan Finkbeiner scored from Hogan at 11:05. Forest stormed back to score two goals in 39 sec- onds leaving just over eight minutes left in the game. Forest pressed hard and pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. Knight sealed the victory and picked up the hat -trick by scoring into the empty net from Carroll and Richardson with four sec- onds left. . The game was a tough one with Exeter goal - tender Nathan Hern get- ting run into twice and 10, Brian Richardson, right, finds him- self on the ice during Friday's regular league game at South Huron Rec Centre. Exeter lost S-0. (photo/Scott Nixon) Carroll suffering a broken thumb from a slash. The Chiefs came out on fire at home on Saturday and scored four goals in the first period on their way to a 6-1 win and a, sweep of the best two out of three series. Exeter's first period goals came from Knight from Jon C ampbell and Jon Carr, Rob Morrissey from Campbell and Knight, Knight from Morrissey and Carr and Tyler Beurne from Ellerington and Richardson. Ellerington and Bourne scored only 10 second apart about a third through the third period (assists by Bourne and Brian Hayman) to go up 6- 1. Forest managed to break up Hern's shutout attempt wotj pm;u 1:44 left in the game. Chiefs assistant coach Mike Soldan said the entire coaching staff was impressed by Bourne who showed he can be a leader on the ice and that he can put the puck in the net. The Chiefs will likely meet Lucknow in the next series which could start as early as Friday. Lucknow should prove to be a big test for Exeter since the well disciplined squad won the Silver Stick tournament. Injuries will also play a factor since Chris Reaburn sat out the Forest series with a bum knee and Carroll is questionable with his thumb Exeter Times -Advocate Irish make it eight wins in a row By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN -- The Lucan Jr. D Irish hockey team extended their winning streak to eight with two crucial wins last week. The Irish squeaked by host Lambeth 3-2 on Sunday. Lambeth struck first with a powerplay goal at 8:08 of the first. Lucan's Dan Hardick tied the game at 6:49 of the first from Roy Davis and Justin Mulligan. Lambeth scored the only goal of the second period, another powerplay mark- er, to go up 2-1. Adam Wagner scored an unassisted goal at 5:31 of the third to tie the game and force overtime. In the extra frame, Neal Costello notched the win- ner, unassisted, at 2:14. Irish co -coach Bill Bourne said Lambeth's goaltender, Ernie Santigapita, turned away just about everything he faced. The Irish thre* 42 shots at Santigapita. "The guys really worked hard," Bourne said. "We had a lot of scoring chances and I thought we would get frustrated. But we showed a lot of char- acter." At home Wednesday, Lucan won its most important game of the season so far 1-0 over Mitchell. Mitchell was just a point back of Lucan in their fight for the Morenz Division's top spot. Mulligan scored the lone goal while on the power- play from Corey Smith and Mark Phillips with 10 seconds left in the second period. The goal was a tip in off a shot from the point. Bourne said the game was a real goaltender's duel with Mike Boyce get- ting the win and the shutout with 28 saves. Bourne admitted both teams seemed "a little bit tentative" in the first peri- od. "We didn't want to get too aggressive," he said. The close game shows there's a reason why Lucan and Mitchell are so close in the standings. "It proves we're pretty evenly matched but if we play our game we'll come out on top," Bourne said. The two wins brings Lucan's winning streak to eight games while allow- ing only 10 goals against. The Irish have gone 16-2 in the last 18 games. Lucan's record is 21-10- 0-1 (wins, losses, ties, overtime losses) with 43 points, good for first place in the Morenz Division with a game in hand over second place Mitchell. Mitchell's record is 18- 13-1-3 and 40 points.. The Irish next host Seaforth tonight at 8:15 p.m. and travel to Parkhill on Saturday. Rounding the bend. Lucan Irish forward Scott Phillips, right, tries to outmuscle a Mitchell defender to the net with Lucan's Derek Graansma in behind during Wednesday's game at Lucan Arena. Lucan won 1-0. Hensall Sr.A Sherwoods hockey player Steve Vandenberk, right, slides across the ice to block a Goderich Pirates shot during Sunday's game at Hensall Arena Hensall won 7-3 on goals by Chris Downie, Sean McCann, Mark Cooper, Jamie Vowles,Todd McCann (2) and Darryl McCann.The Sherwoods had a busy week- end with a 4-3 loss at Monkton Friday (goals by Jeff Ansems, Darryl McCann and Aaron Brooks) and a 10-7 lost at Lucknow Saturday (goals by Sean McCann, Downie and Todd McCann with two each and Vowles). Hensall was short players for each of the games (15 on Friday, 12 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday) and played with only two defenceman in each game (the forwards filled in where needed). Hensall visits Milverton Saturday and hosts Monkton Sunday at 12:45 p.m. Sean McCann and Chad Ramer represented the Sherwoods at the recent Sr.A alt -star • game at Milverton. (photo/Scott Nixon)