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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-12-14, Page 9161FT CERTIFICATES Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh We recently ran across the third issue of a brand new sporting publication called Sports Now and it con- tained a number of interesting articles. Sports Now began in October of this year and will be published monthly by the Sporting News which has produced the baseball bible for many, many years. The first three pages in the December issue car SportsNow are dedicated to hockey's new first family, The Gretzky brothers. In addition to superstar number 99 of the Edmonton Oilers it tells about the other three Gretzkys who are still in minor hockey and showing plenty of promise. Currently, Keith Gretzky known affectionately to his team-mates as Goober is with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Then comes Glenn now playing minor bantam and Brent, a member of the Brantford Magnetic Metals pee wee club. Brent is acknowledged by hockey people including his brother Wayne to being the best prospect in the Gret- zky family. In one of the stories written by John Herbert of the London Free Press, Windsor Spitfire coach Bob Boucher says Keith Gretzky is definitely the best playmaker on his team. Boucher continued, "He doesn't have the natural goal scoring skills from what I have seen so far, but, I might be wrong. He might overpass the puck to show people he's a team player. But he is a team player." Keith Gretzky's landlady in Windsor is the mother of Detroit Red Wings goalie Ed Mio recently acquired from the New York Rangers. The Windsor coach went on to say, "The one thing you can say about Walter Gretzky is his kids are pro- fessional in their thinking about the game. Keith's in the dressing room early and very serious. Some .kids are still midgets in their thinking, but not him." Another article talks about the mutual admiration Wayne Gretzky has with his hockey idol, Gordie Howe. The first time the two met was at an awards banquet 14 years ago when Wayne Gretzky was a nine year-old pee wee hockey star and Gordie Howe was winding down a 25 year career with the RedWings. Gretzky says that Gordie Howe is his only hockey hero and has helped him in manywaysalong the way including finding him a business manager and givin advice on whether he should turn professional at :1e age of 17. Recently Howe commented, "I remember telling him one time that the Lord gave you two eyes and one mouth and that you should keep two open and one shut. Years later he told me that he had met the president of the United States and had followed that advice." Gretzky says his biggest thrill as a hockey player came when in his first season in the World Hockey Association he played in the all-star game on a line with Gordie Howe and son Mark. He took a pass from Howe and scored in the first 35 seconds of the game. When asked to analyze Gretzky's talents, Howe said, "He's got tremendous anticipation and great eye - hand co-ordination. The latter is God-given, but, the former is acquired. It's not an accident that Wayne is always in position or that ne's always around the puck. These are things he learned from hard work and from asking a lot of questions and listening to the answers. Many people ask questions, but don't listen." Expensive commercials If you want to be involved in sponsorship of the telecasts of the 1984 Super Bowl which will be played Sunday, January 22 in Florida get your cheque book ready and a talk with your bankers. Although advertising rates have not been finaliz- ed, the Columbia Broadcasting System is expected to charge about ;450,000 for 30 seconds and $900,000 per minute for commercials during the Super Bowl. The E1 million per minute barrier could be reach- ed in the 1985 Super Bowl which will be carried by ABC. While talking about telecasts ABC has a very gigan- tic project going to televise the 1984 Winter Olympics from Sarajevo in Yugoslavia and the 1984 Summer Olympics which will originate in Los Angeles. It will take 22 40 -foot trucks to move the ABD Con- trol Centre by land when it is transferred from Yugoslavia to the United States and about 900 person- nel to assure the Olympics are on the air properly. When back in California the Control Centre will oc- cupy the space now used to produce American Bands- tand and Family Feud. Summer Olympics will get about 187 hours of television coverage. Lincolns in second While the fortunes of the St. Marys Lincolns have dropped slightly and they are now in second place behind the Sarnia Bees in the OHA Western Junior B league, the three area niembers of the club are conti- nuing their fine performances. Exeter native John Kernick is in third place in the team's scoring department with 14 goals and 20 assists for 34 points. Jeff Shipley from Lucan is right behind with eight goals and 23 assists for 31 points. Pat Cyr formerly of Zurich has two goals and nine assists for 11 points. Let's build it A few weeks ago we talked about the possibility of a domed stadium for the Toronto area and where it might be located. After watching the 1983 Grey Cup action from BC Place in Vancouver the need for a domed stadium in the east becomes so much more necessary. Not only were the playing conditions so ideal for the players, but, for the spectators and for those sitting at home in a warm room the atmosphere was also much different. There is a difference when everyone knows that the weather is not going to have any influence on the out- come of the game and it cannot be blamed for fumbles or turnovers of any kind. The MacCauley Commission is expected to make a decision early in 1984 and of course all sports fans in this area are hoping for a location which will be easy to get at without fighting city traffic. Tuckey scores six Times -Advocate, December 14, 1983 Page 9 Hawks win twice to take 13 point first place lead The Exeter Hawks posted two more wins this week, one a squeaker and one a laugher, to open up a commanding 13 -point lead in the northern division of the Western Junior "D" loop. Wednesday night, the locals spotted Lucan a four -goal lead and then came back to win 7-6 and on home ice, Fri- day, they bombed the Bothwell Barons 10-4 as cap- tain Pete Tuckey, scored six times. Meanwhile, the other teams in the northern division are knocking each other off or skating to ties, leaving all four of them in a tight pack with little hope of making any, significant dent in the Exeter' lead. The locals still have two games in hand over the se- cond place Lucan Irish who are 9-10-12. The defending OHA champion Tavistock Braves are still in northern loop basement with a record of 6-9-1. The Hawks face Seaforth on the latter's ice, Friday and then come home to play the Braves at the rec centre on Sunday. Rally to beat Irish In Lucan, Wednesday, the Irish scored four times in the first five ane a half minutes and appeared well on their way to their second triumph over the Hawks this season. However, the locals finally got their act in gear and cause storming back to post a 7-6 squeaker with Kris Bedard notching the winner with 22 seconds left in the contest. Jeff Skinner scored two of the Irish first period goals while Steve Glenn and Les Arts added singles as they dominated play and put four of their first six shots past Dave Rook. The Hawks finally got un- tracked when defencemen Mark Kirk and Bedard dented the twine later in the period and the teams traded goals in the middle stanza as John Medd scored for the Irish and Ed Willis replied for the Hawks to make it 5.3. Coach Bob Rowe used only 10 of his players throLghout most of the final stanza and two goals by Pete Tuckey knotted the count just after the mid -way mark. The Irish came back to take a 6-5 margin on a goal by Jamie Shipley at the 12:24 mark, but Willis scored his se- cond of the night two minutes later on a powerplay to set the stage for Bedard's winning shot. With the faceoff to the left of Bart Powell, Tuckey managed to slip the puck to Bedard and his shot found the top corner for the win. Assisting on other Exeter tallies were Jeff Rowe with three, Tuckey, Bill Glover and Rick Lindenfield with two each and singles by Steve Prout and Kirk. Brent Bannerman and Paul Wraith had two assists for the Irish and singles were registered by Greg Smith, Rob Hardy, Al Craig, Medd and Glenn. Powell contined his stellar play against the Hawks as he recorded 40 saves, while Rook finished with 22. Both came up with some spectacular saves. The Irish sat out eight of the minors called and the Hawks served only five. Exeter scored on three powerplay at- tempts and the Irish failed in all theirs. ONE OF SIX -- Captain Pete Tuckey scored six goals to lead the Hawks to a 10-4 win over Bothwell, Friday. He went over the top of the goalie on this breakaway tally in the second period. Dart loop scores The Outlaws, Carscotts and Scotties each scored four points in Friday's regular ac - Lady curlers in semi-finals A rink from the Exeter curling club reached the semi-final round of a recent ladies provincial curling com- petition held in St. Marys. Members of the Exeter rink were skip Karen Davison, Wendy Kerslake. Betty BeBlock and Jeannette Lippert. The competition was won by the Jessie Shane rink of St. Marys. They will now ad- vance to division playdowns in Chatham December 16-17. Judy Zarubick's foursome from Kincardine were runnersup. tion in the Exeter Legion mix- ed dart league. This week's scores were: Outlaws 4 Odd Ones 1 Canscotts 4 Smurfs 1 Scotties 4 Trailers 1 Crusaders 3 Snyde and Clyde 2 Rowdy Ones 3 Itchy Niters 2 Makeups 3 Shiphunters 2 Turtles 3 All in the Family Merri Wraggs 3 Swat 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Smurfs vs Makeups Outlaws vs Snyde and Clyde Crusaders vs Odd Ones Mtrri Wraggs vs Scotties 9:30 p.m. Rowdy Ones vs Turtles All in the Family vs Itchy Niters Trailers vs Swat Canscotts vs Shiphunters Golf Prices Effective until Jan. 20, 1984 Men '195 Family (children up to Ladies '108 & including 18) '335 Junior '97 Man & Junior '285 Husband & Wife '297 IRONWO w. PHONE 235-0707 11 NNW Tuckey puts on show Playing at home, Friday, before a disappointingly small crowd forfamily night, the Hawks were led by Pete Tuckey in their 10-4 romp over the Barons. The captain scored six times, including four straight to finish the game, and added two assists as he single- handedly sunk the visitors. It was a "fun" game for the locals as they jumped into a 5-0 lead in the first and then tried to out -do each other with some light-hearted ribbing off the bench. That kept the players entertained but didn't do much to help the crowd en- joy a game that was never close. Ed Willis added two goals to the winning effort, while singles were recorded by Steve Batten and Rick Lindenfield. The Hawks scored three powerplay goals and Tuckey added one on a' short-handed effort as the Barons sat out 12 of the 22 penalties called. Pete Dearing turned aside 26 shots to get the win, while the Hawks peppered 60 at the Bothwell net . 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