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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-11-16, Page 22Page 6A Times -Advocate, November 16, 1983 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh At ' ach home game of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, one of the players is featured in the program as the Ranger Point Man. In a recent game against Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Exeter native Dave Shaw was highlighted as the Point Man. Following are the program comments on Shaw: "The second round draft pick by the Rangers in the 1981 June junior draft has quickly silenced his critics and matured into probably the best overall defenceman in the OHL today. Dave is in his third year with the Rangers and has the ability to as they say 'do it all'. Capable of playing 40 minutes when called upon "Shawzee" can control the speed of the game both offensively and defensively. Last year in his second year in the league, he amassed an incredible 74 points on 18 goals and 56 assists. His reputation as one of the strongest players and best scrappers in the league is a tremendous asset to the team and other clubs are a bit hesitant to try and intimidate his team mates while Dave is patrolling his position. Drafted and signed by the Quebec Nordiques as their first round selection, the Rangers were fearful of losing Shawzee to the NHL. . Coach Tom Barrett was relieved to get Dave back in a Ranger uniform and certainly his value is again reflected in the way he controls the game and will surely play a big part in the Ranger destiny as the 1983-84 season progresses." Lincolns doing well The St. Marys Lincolns continue to hold onto'first placein the Ontario Hockey Association Junior B Western league and two former area minor stars are contributing plenty to the St. Marys cause. Jeff Shipley of Lucan and Exeter's .L-)hn Kernick are well up in the individual scoring standings for the Lincs. In the latest statistics we have seen Shipley and Ku -nick each have 21 points and are tied for fifth place on their team. They each scored a goal Friday nightas the Lin- colns defeated the second place Sarnia Bees and open- ed up a three point first place lead. Fun hockey coming Sunday afternoon at the South Huron Rec Centre fans will get a chance to have a few laughs as Team 10 of CFPL television in London drops in for an exhibi- tion game. Team 10 including such stars as Eric Sorensen, Jay' Campbell, Jim Swan along with Rodney and '.he Rink Rat will tangle with the Exeter Molting Hawks While the Molting Hawks are classed as oldtimers and must be oyer the age of 35 they still are capable of playing a good brand of hockey and we would predict Team 10 will need a lot more than some luck and magic from manager Pete James in order to win. The game should provide lots of good entertainment beginning at 2 p.m. Proceeds will be used for communi- ty betterment. Shuffleboard catching on if the enthusiasm and interest shown in recent weeks to the fairly new sport of shuffleboard is any in- dication, it will be very successful. Thanks to the efforts of Marshall Dearing and Lorne Marshall more than 75 Exeter and area seniors are participating in the game of shuffleboard three afternoons per week at the South Huron Rec Centre. Four courts have been lined up at the west side of the Rec ('entre auditorium and action was fast and furious when we dropped up Wednesday afternoon. Throughout the winter months, ladies will play Tuesdays. mixed play for both men and ladies will be held Wednesdays and the men will be in action Thurs- day afternoon. The great Gretzky greater How great No. 99 of the Edmonton Oilers is con- tinues difficult to deter :nine. Ile seems to be getting bet- ter and better. Wayne Gretzky is off to a flying start in his first 18 games for the Oilers this year and has 23 goals and 31 assists for a total of 54 points. That's an average of ex- actly three points per game. At this rate he should have little trouble in breaking his own mark of 212 points in a single season. Gretzky's great play recently against the Winnipeg Jets brought praise from coach 'Tom Watt who said it was a pleasure to see him in action. A couple of hours later Watt was fired and replaced by general manager John Ferguson. The Oilers who fell four straight to the New York islanders in the latest Stanley Cup final are far out in front in the overall standings and will likely stay right there. They have 31 points with only two losses to date and a seven point margin over the second place New York Rangers. The closest race in the National Hockey league is in the Norris division where only three points separate the first place Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs from the fifth place Minnesota North Stars. The Leafs with five losses in their last six games are fortunate to be at the top. it just happens that the other four Norris teams are playing as badly or worse. The Toronto injury list continues to grow. The latest is defenceman Jim Korn who joins Mike Palmateer, Terry Martin, Peter Ihnacak, Walt Podduhny, Gary Nylund and Frank Nigro in sick hay. The Leafs have the league's poorest goals against record having allowed 88 scores by the opposition. The New Jersey Devils who have only four points in the basement of the Patrick division have allowed 78 goals. Hawks take over first place in junior D grouping The Exeter Hawks registered back-to-back home ice wins this weekend to final- ly move into sole possession of first place in the northern division of the Western Junior "D" loop. Their 7-1-1 record gives them a two-point lead over the second place Lucan Irish (6-5-1) and five more than Seaforth (4-3-2). The Hawks nipped Lucan 4-2 on Friday and then rallied in the third period on Sunday to post a 7-4 triumph over the defending O11A champion Tavistock Braves. Exeter have three games in hand over the Irish, but that may not be as significant as it would appear as those games are represented by road trips. To date, the Hawks have played two-thirds of their games in .ne friendly confines of the rec centre but that will quickly change as they play five of their next six games away from home. Tonight (Wednesday ) they travel to Belmont to meet the southern division leading Bombers and then return home for a crucial contest against Seaforth Centenaires on Friday. The next night they go to Mt. Brydges to bat- tle the hard-hitting Bulldogs who are second in the south and have two games in hand over the Bombers. Goalies sparkle Irish netminder Bart Powelland Dave Rook of the Hawks were the key players in Friday's 4-2 Exeter win over Lucan that evened the season record between the two clubs. The Hawks continued their habit of giving the Irish numerous powerplay advan- tages, but some strong penalty -killing and super play by Rook enabled them to AVMS DIDN'T CONNECT - Hawks Brian Horner (10) straddles his stick as he moves the puck over to Bill Glover in front of the Lucan net, Friday. Glover failed to con- vert as Bart Powell made the stop. The Exeter player to the right is Mike Clark. overcome those sessions without the same results as the previous game in which they watched from the penal- ty box as the Irish won by an 11-5 count. Exeter sat out 12 minors and two majors compared to seven minors and one major for the Irish and neither team managed to score with the man advantage. Tony Jones shot the locals into a quick lead after just two minutes of play when he jumped on a rebound and fired it into the net before Powell could move to cover. Bill Glover and Kris Bedard drew assists on the play. . With less tha') six minutes to go, Steve Batten upped the lead to 2-0 in the first period when hg scored on a goal - mouth scramble with Mark Kirk and Brian Horner assisting. The Irish finally hit the sheet after the half -way mark of the second when Les Arts fired a blister from outside the blueline, but Pete Tuckey i tr THE WINNER — Lucan Irish netminder Bort Powell has the angle cut down to force Pete Tuckey into a perfect shot and the latter met the challenge as he found the bottom left corner to score what proved to be the win- ner in the Hawks 4-2 win, Friday. The win helped move the locals into top spot in the northern division. e 7yswct x. Molting Hawks get one tourney victory The Exeter Molting 1lnwks won one of three games in the weekend Bluewater Interna- honal ol(IUmers hickey tour- nament in Sarnia Thc Hawks dropped their opening contest 8-1 to Soulhlivkl. \l'eh ugan and lost 5-4 10 the Walkerton \laveri(•ks before edging the Malvern Colonels 8-0t in 1heir iturd game The only Exeter goal ui the 8-1 loss to the \lichigaii club was fired by like Cushman on a 1111'ee wary combination \cilli .Inn Russell and Bob McDonald in the second game for the Hawks. Keith Ahrens. .lira MacDonald. Jack ('hipc•hase and Bill ('hipx'hase were hie goal scorers Mike Cushman picked up iwll assists and Ili(' ('hipchase hrot hers each helped on each goal Bob Mci)ona1(1 with a three goal performance led the Mo:'ing Hawks in their 8 (; win over Malvern. Jun Mac. Donald assisted on two of the goals and .lim Russell. hill ('hipcl>iise and Keith Ahrens picked up one atsist each Keith Ahrens was next with two successful shots while Bill ('hipchase. .lack ('hipchase and Jim Mci)onal(1 fired singles On the latter scores Wall 'I'iedcman was the top plavmaker with three assists .lack and Bill ('hipxhasc each helped on two goals and single efforts went to Bob Mci)onald and Jim Russell in a 'Tuesday exhibition game. the llawks downed the •Zurich Has Beans by a score of 5-I The Hawks scoring was well spread around with Bill 1'incombe. Bill ('hipchase. Keith Ahrens. Bob \1cDonald and Jim Ptaff getting one apiece. Assists were grabbed by Peter \1cFalls. Al Rundle •'nd Bub \ic•Donald. Plarr Hully Gully seminar. Sunday, November 20, the !fully Gully Snowmobile Club will host a free seminar and workshop for any interested snowmobile club members. Guest speakers from the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs, and guest experts will be making presentations, and afterward conducting workshops on the organization and workings of snowmobile clubs. Topics for the workshops include the duties of each officer and the publicizing of events. The seminar will begin with a free breakfast, com- pliments of the host club, and will end with the workshops. Lunch will he available after the meeting adjourns. Admission and breakfast are free and any interested parties should contact Tom Tabor, president, or Hill Matisz, publicity at 262-3318 or 262-5809. The seminar is being held at Bully Gully, Sunday, November 20 starting at 9 a.m. OiL UNDERCOATING =3o Satisfaction guaranteed Dashwood Auto Sales Open Mon. -Sat. 9:30 - 6:00 237-3250 quickly restored the two -goal margin when he drilled a perfect shot from the top of the face-off circle on a play set up by Bedard and Kirk. Arts pulled Lucan back to a 3-2 deficit at the 3:40 mark of the third when he picked up a loose puck in the Exeter zone and scooted in alone to beat Rook for the second time. Later in the period, with the Hawks in penalty trouble, Arts missed a chance to knot the count. He had been left alone in front of the net and his point blank shot was stop- ped by a sprawling Hook, but the rebound ended back up on Arts' stick and he missed the open net when his shot when right over the top. Ed Willis finally pulled the game out of reach when he raced down the ice with Bill Glover on a two -on -one and deflected Glover's pass bet- ween Powell's legs. Rook, named first star of the game, recorded 38 saves, while number two star Powell had 41. Referee Jim Nanni 4rew the ire of the Hawks and fans with his calls. particularly a five-minute major to Steve Prout in the first period. The teams each lost a leading scorer when Pete Tuckey and Jeff Skinner were banished for lighting late in the second period. Trip Braves Coach Bob Rowe juggled most of his playing combina- tions when the Hawks hosted Tavistock, Sunday, and the move almost backfired as the Irish drop pair of games The Lucan Irish were on the short end o1 the score in two OHA Junior "D" western grouping hockey games this week. Wednesday on home ice at the Lucan arena. the Irish dropped a 3-1 decision to the Mount Brydges Bulldogs and Friday night in Exeter they lost 4-2 to the Hawks. Tonight. Wednesday the Irish will play host. to the all - Ontario champion Tavistock Braves at the Lucan arena Game tune is 8:15 p.m_ The only Lucan goal in %Vednesdav's loss to Mount Brydges came early in the se- cond period from the stick of John Medd on a three-way passing combination with Lester Arts and Steve Glenn with the Irish playing one man short. The goal scorers for Mount Brydges were captain Roger Thomas, Dan O'Brien on a power play - id Chris Hubbard. Mount Brydges outshot the Irish by :3i-27. Details on the Irish loss to the Hawks in Exeter Friday appear elsewhere on these sports pages. Announcement B O • • Lucan Motor Products would Iikr- to an- nounce as of November 7th, 1983, Bob Oke as their new service manager and head mechanic. Bob is well known in this area and looks forward to servic- ing his past and new customers. We hope you will continue to support Lucan Motor Products and its new Ser- vice Manager. Bob's Winter Preparation Specials Labe -Oil -Filter 14 point check $ 1450 Tune -Up special 8 cyl. $59.95 6 cyl. $55.95 4 cul. $49.95 Vans 9.30 extra NOTit We will supply transporation to or from home or work. Call 227-4458 Service Specials Expire Nov. 30th - Lucan Motor. products 166 Main St. Lucan Ontario 227-4458 • Lindenfield parade with two each locals had trouble getting led the assist anything together in a team effort and had to rally from a deficit to post the 7-4 triumph. The Hawks scored three unanswered goals in the final stanza and then relied on some big saves by netminder Pete Dearing in the final few minutes to preserve the win, their second over the Braves this season. The Braves took only 30 seconds to get on the sheet as they took advantage of an er- rant pass to break in un- molested on Dearing. He managed to get most of the shot, but the disc trickled in behind. Ed Willis evened the count at the 4:51 mark on a play with Rich Lather. but the Braves then jumped into a 3-1 lead as they took advantage of some poor checking. The third tally was on a powerplay. A deft solo effort by Pete Tuckey cut the margin to 3-2 before the teams left the ice, but Tavistock quickly regain- ed their two -goal margin as they blinked the light at the 1:01 mark of the second, again on a powerplay. Tuckey cut that to one on another strong individual ef- fort and Bill Glover evened the count at 4-4 on a powerplay at the 14:48 mark. Glover had been beaten twice on sensational saves by goalie Maury Sauder, but the latter actually pushed the equalized into his own net. Mark Kirk hit on two blueline shots in the first three minutes of the third and Mike Clark added one on a powerplay to give the Hawks their margin of victory. However, Dearing had to make four crucial saves in the final four minutes to preserve the win. Tavistock pulled their goalie with two and a half minutes left and with Ex- eter playing a man short, but Dearing kept them at bay. He finished with 32 saves, while Sauder had 41. Clark. 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