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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-01-04, Page 141 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh What's ahead -41 Here we go with the first column of the year 1984 and the first question is, What will be the big sports hap- penings in the coming year? 1.1 One of the easiest answers is probabitjethat Wayne Gretzky will break the National Hockey League scar— ing record again. The great No. 99 of the Edmonton Oilers is off and flying with a scoring clip that is very close to three points a game. At that rate the 240 point plateau is certainly within his grasp and smashing -of his own 212 points mark almost for sure. When we first talked about 240 points at the begin- ning of the season, the end of the schedule in the spring looked far away. But, now it is a lot closer with Gret- ,zky having played in 39 games at the time of writing and he has a point total of 113. His most rampant scoring spurt came on November 19 in Edmonton as he scored three times and added five assists as the Oilers beat the Devils 13-4. Add to that a goal and five assists against the Quebec Nordique on December 17 and four goals and three assists against the Jets in Winnipeg on November 6. In addition Gret zky has had five points in six other games. Another great scorer While Wayne Gretzky is at 39 straight games'with at least one scoring point, another phenomenal record is being set by Paul Pooley with the Ohio State Buckeyes. Paul has notched at least one point in each of his team's first 20 games this year and add to that the last 17 games of the 1982-83 season and he is very close to Greky. With 17 goals so far this season, Paul now has 99 in his three year career with the Buckeyes and should set a team all-time record currently established by Ray Meyers from 1971 to 1974. Twin brother Perry is also enjoying an excellent year with the Buckeyes. He has been named team player of the week on two occasions, the same number as Paul. Besides leading the team in w,inning scores, Perry is tops on the team and the league with 20 goals, with 10 of these coming on power plays. He is second in the league and c erall scoring with 40 points. Paul is the leadet with 54 points. • Lots of action coming up While the first few months of a neAcear is usually fairly slow as far as t}ie business and economic world is concerned that is not the situation in sports. This coming weekend the Exeter Hawks will be hosting seven of the top Junior D teams in western On- tario with their seventh annual tournament at the South Huron Rec Centre. Several of the games should give area fans a preview of the not too far away provincial playoffs as four of the eight teams to see action on the weekend are leading their respective divisions and most should be contenders for the Ontario championship. Last year's tournament winners and leaders this season in their own league the Grand Valley Harvesters will play in the first game at 12 noon Saturday against the Thamesford Trojans. The second game at 2:30 p.m. puts the host Exeter Hawks, leaders in their division against the Ayr Centen- nials, tops in the southern junior D league. At 5 p.m. the other division leader from Howick takes on Seaforth and the final Saturday contest at 7:30 p.m. has the always strong St. George Lions against the Lucan Irish. It's down to semi-final action at noon and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday with the championship game set for 8 p.m. This year's event should be one of the best ever held here with the competition promising to be very keen. So come out and watch some of the best Junior D teams in the province of Ontario. It will be the only time they will be in one arena at the same time this year. A11 star game next The following Saturday, January 14, the Lucan Community Centre will be the scene of the annual Western Junior'D all star game with the best of the north taking on the all stars from the south. This game too will provide plenty of good hockey entertainment. Dinner plans progressing Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner chairman Don Mousseau and his committee are working hard on ar- rangementSfor the 1984 event which will be held at the South Iluron Rec Centre on Tuesday, February 7. Mousseau expects to have the full list of speakers coleted in the next week or so'and is confident the hiua jjty of those in attendance at the head table will be continued. • The Toronto Blue Jays.will be represented by either Lloyd Moseby or Willie Upshaw. Both were very in- Strumentalin the good placing of the Toronto team in the 19833American league east. Canadian formula racing star Jacques Villeneuve will be here. He is the Only Canadian to Win the Can - Am championship, doing that in 1983 and has also been in the forefront in snowmobile racing for the past 12 years. • Representing horse racing will be Harry Eisen who retired'recently after 40 years with the London Free Press. Eisen recently was named the first winner -of the Canadian Trotting Association media award. He will be. bringing a harness racing trainer or driver with him. Female sports will be represented by Linda Finley winner of the 1983 World Masters cross country championship. Also attending will be Linda Shearer, a member of the 1983 Canadian ladies softball championship team. Tickets are $35 for adults and $20 for students and, a portion is deductible for income tax purpose?. Get your tickets from any Exeter Lion. Preview of playoffs Top Junior D Judging from current per- formances, it appears a good bet that the 1984 Ontario Junior "D" champions will be performing at the South Huron rec centre this weekend in the annual Hawks tournament. This seventh annual tourna- ment has attracted the leader> l ah but one of the junior "D" groupings in the ,province as well as some of the teams battling for the top spots. For the first time in several years, the -local Hawks will have to be considered as one of the favorites as they are running away with the nor- thern division of the Western Junior "D" group. The tour- nament should provide an op- portunity for local fans to see how the Hawks stack up against some of the top teams in other divisions. The tournament gets under- way on Saturday at noon. when the Thamesford Tro- jans square off against the defending tournament cham- pion Grand Valley Harvesters. , The Harvesters bring an impressive record to the event as they have only been beaten twice in league play to date. The Hawks make their debut at 2:30 against a new entry from Ayr. The -Centen- nials play in the tough southern league and have suf- fered only three losses in their league leading performance. At 5:00,, the Seaforth Centenaires tackle Howick Optimists, the latter being the • OHA runners-up last season. Howick features a strong skating attack that has put that team on top in their divi- sion and they make no qualms about the fact they expect to be around for the OHA cham- pionship battle this year after losing out to Tavistock Braves last season. The Centenaires are cur- rently in second behind the Hawks and have gained some ground in the past couple of weeks after a hit and miss season in which they have -failed to live up • to their potential. The final game goes at 7:30 when Lucan Irish face off against St. George Lions. Times -Advocate, January 4, 1984 clubs in weekend :tourney Both are previous winners of the tournament and have • OHA championship banners flying in their arenas. Both the Lions and Irish have proven they play some of their best hockey as under- dogiland that's the role they'll be in for the tournament. The winners of the first two games meet in the semi-final on Sunday at 12:00 noon and the second semi-final goes at 2:30. The winneas advance to the final at 8:00, and in addi- tion to the winning cheque, the champions could take home the well-founded notion that they are the best Junior "D" team in Ontario. Win tune-up their._ Jip L- =-pre'-' In Waxers declared best sportsmen The Exeter Waxers won the runnerup trophy and were named the most sport- smanlike team in the recent Parkhill Silver Stick novice hockey tournament The Waxers advanced to the finals with victories over Michell 2-1 and Kincardine 4-3 and overtime win over Tavistock. The game with Tavistock was a scoreless tie at the end of regulation time and the Waxers were victorious at the end of the third overtime period based on total shots on goal. 'Exeter faced Lambeth in the final and suffered a decisive loss, but, won the runnerup-trophy of the B -C division. This marked the far- thest any Exeter novice team had advanced -in a major tour- nament in recent years. The team's disappointment of suffering the loss was soon washed away when they were awarded the most sport- smanlike team trophy. The two trophies are on • display in the trophy case at the South Huron Rec Centre. 4114 AK 1304 WAXERS WIN RUNNE P • HY — e xeter 'Taxers won t e r I nerup trophy In the 8 -CC division of the holiday Silver Siltk novice hockey tournament m Parkhill. Back, left, coaches Ron Breen, Paul Charrette andlJohn Campbell. Centre, Shawn Webster, Steve Farquhar, Joel Smith, Brian Inch, Paul Charrette Jr. and Ryan Stuart. Front, Jamie van Dam, Shawn McCann, Darren Kints, Trevor Ta for and Ian Jean. tournament outing, the Hawks rolled over Thamesford by a 6-2 count at the rec centre, Friday. Despite the margin of victory, the Hawks failed to come up with the intensity they'll re- quire in the tournament and that could be a bad omen. Mike Clark gave the locals the lead after only 29 seconds Mohawks Hensall S The Exeter l4ohawks scored an 8-3 victory over the '' Hensall Sherwoods Thursday night at the South Huron Rec Centre to stretch their first place lead in the South Huron intermediate hockey league to nine points. The Mohawks now have a season record of 12 victories, one loss and one tie while the Sherwoods have seven wins, three losses and a pair of ties. The next action for the Mohawks comes tonight, Thursday at the South Huron Rec Centre at 8:30 p.m. with the Parkhill Pirates providing the opposition. Most of the scoring in Thursday's game took place in the first period as the Mohawks took a 4-2 lead. Each team scored single goals in the middle frame and the Exeter club wound the game up with a trio of scores Scores from dart league In the final action of the year in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league, the Itchy Niters, Trailers and All in the Family each scored four points. The scores were: Itchy Niters 4 Odd Ones 1 Trailers 4 Smurfs i - All in the Family 4 Snyde and Clyde 1 Turtles 3 Crusaders 2 Rowdy Ones 3 Outlaws 2 Merri Wraggs 3 Canscotts 2 Scotties 3 Shiphunters 2 Swat 3 Makeups 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Rowdy Ones vs Trailers Crusaders vs Smurfs Snyde and Clyde vs Shiphunters Outlaws vs Makeups 9:30 p.m. All in the Family vs Swat Turtles vs Scotties Odd Ones vs Canscotts Itchy Niters vs Merri Wraggs TROPHY FOR SHO -GUN — The Crediton Sho-Gun club won the B championship of the recent Stephen township rec hockey tournament. Back, left, manager Eric Finkbeiner, Ron Pickering, Jim Siddall, Joe Regier, Steve Schroeder, Bruce Hodge, Mike Mills, Larry Lichty, Dove Cruickshank and coach Joe Regier. Front, Bill Armstrong, Rob Finkbeiner, Keith Davey, John Schwindt, Rob Funston, Tony Underhill and Bill Inch. T -A photo Lucan, Crediton win rec titles Crediton Sho Gun and Hagen Hackers of Lucan were winners in the holiday Stephen township rec hockey tournament. Hagen's Hackers won the A championship with a final 5-2 victory over Seaforth and -the Crediton club took the B title by edging Zubyk's of London 3-2 in a shootout. Marty Wraith was the top scorer for Lucan in the cham- pionship contest with a pair of successful shots on passes from Jim Hearn and Gord Hardy. The other three scores for Hagen's Hackers came on three-way parping combina- tions. Jim Hearn registered with passing halp from Dave Revington and Bill Darling; Dennis Carty `hit on passes from Gord and Tom Hardy and Bill Darling was suc- cessful Oil a play started by Bill Boshart and Mike Wraith. The goal getters for Seaforth were Bob Nash and Jo'hn Nash. The B final was close and exciting from start to finish. The two teams battled to a 2-2 tie through three periods and 10 minutes of sudden -death overtime before John Schwindt clinched the victory for Crediton Sho Gun oti the first try of a shootout while goalie Bill Inch stopped the Zubyk shooter at the other end. In regulation play, Ron Pickering fired both goals for Sho Gun with John Schwindt helping oncCoth scores and Joe Regier picking up one assist. Exeter Minor Hockey Association would like to thank the following sponsors of our tyke and novice tournament for their generous support. Exeter District Co-op Don Cowan Fuels Dave Moore Fuels Ltd. Three AAA See Restaurant Zehrs Mathers Motors R.S.D. Sport Den Inc. Frayne Chev-Olds Stedmans Dinney Furniture Times -Advocate A 8 H Market G & G Discount Golderr City Restaurant Exeter Inn Jerry MacLean Save -U -Gas Jim Rolph Construction Jack and Marg's Service Station South Huron Rec Centre • Moffatt and Powell Exeter Sun Service Tuckey Beverages Pfaff Electric Jack's Plumbing Sherwood (Exeter) Ltd. The Legion Big "0" Drain Tile George Godbolt Insurance Ellison Travel Anstett's Jewellers Anonymous Anonymous of play when he was allowed three of the tallies to lead in to skate out from the corner the assist parade. Recording to tuck the disc into the cage.. one each were Tony Jones, Brian Horner, Jeff Rowe, George Tomes and Clark. Dave Rook returned to the nets after bring on the sick list - )and held the Trojans at bay until the final period when they popped two quick ones. Rook ended up with 27 saves, while Scott Corneusse was peppered with 48 at the win over other end of the rink Exeter took 11 of the 18 minors called by referee Jim erwoods Nanni. That set his tempo of play for the night and when he went on to pace the scoring attack with a hat trick performance. Rich Lather, Steve Batten and Steve Prout added single markers. Bill Glover helped set up in the final 20 minutes of play. The pule was only 10 seconds ad when Bryan Baker scored the first goal for the Sherwoods on an unassisted effort. The Mohawks tied the score at 5:34 as Mark Cronyn finish- ed off a three-way passing combination with Matt Muller and Barry Baynham. The Sherwoods went ahead for the last time at 5:50 on a successful shot by Randy Parker with Scott Jesney and Rob Pryde drawing assists. In the final 10 minutes of the period Mark Cronyn hit on passes from Dave Jackson and Brian Mercer, Matt Muller converted a pass from Mercer and Barry Baynham drew the assist on a goal from the stick of Brent Atthill. Trading goals in the second period were Mark Cronyn with his third goal of the night for the Mohawks on a pass fromMatt Muller and Jamie Caldwell for the Sherwoods on a play started by Terry Caldwell and Brian Baker. In the third period, Mark Cronyn fired his fourth goal of the game with Brian Mercer and Matt Muller assisting, Muller converted a pass from Barry Baynham and Bill Daters registered on a solo dash. Cronyn leads Mark Cronyn of the Exeter Mohawks is the scoring leader in the South Huron in- termediate hockey league with 21 goals and 16 assists for a total of 37 points. Brian Mercer of the Mohawks is in second spot with 35 points on 10 goals and 25 assists while Brian Taylor and Tom Ryan of the same team are tied for third spot with 26 points apiece and Barry Baynham is right behind with 25 points. Tied in the next position are Terry Caldwell and Rob Pryde of Hensall, Parkhill's Brian Martin and Dan Lagerwerf and Rick Funston of the Mohawks each -with 21 points. 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