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Times-Advocate, 1984-01-11, Page 13ape 12 Tim.s-Advocate, January 11, 1981 Win three in whirlwind fashion Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh More on locals In our attempts to keep up to date on the suc of a number of area young men furthering their hoc careers we have more information. John Kernick who is in his second year with th Marys Lincolns was named to play in the Juni league's all star game in St. Thomas Saturday n In his first year with the St. Marys team, Ker was named rookie of the year. Another press release from Columbus, Ohio, us that Paul Pooley appears to be well on the wa be selected to the all-American university hockey Paul has already been named on two occasions year as the all CCHA player of the week besting university performers in the United States. NHL half over With slightly more than half of the 1983-84 Nati Hockey League regular schedule already comple playoff battles will shape up in only two divisions At the moment in the Norris division, it looks the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings will be fighting for the last playoff spots. Currently, the Leafs and Black Hawks are tied third place with 35 points, only one more than the Wings who are in the basement. In the Smythe division, Winnipeg and Los Ang are tied for the final playoff spot with 33 points altho Calgary and Vancouver are only four points up. If you forget about the Edmonton Oilers at the of the Smythe division and the Minnesota North Sta leaders in the Norris section, only seven points sear the other eight clubs. The Leafs continue to be very inconsistent and plagued with a lot of problems, mostly in their def sive zone. Sunday night, they nearly doubled the sh on goal over St. Louis, but, made glaring errors in th own end and the Blues were quick to capitalize. All of the five teams in the Norris division ha allowed more goals than they have scored. Of the NHL teams only eight have a plus on goals scored o those given up. The Leafs have allowed 201 goals, the most in t league although Winnipeg and Los Angeles are clo behind or ahead whichever way one looks at t situation. The Edmonton Oilers thanks to Wayne Gretzk 50 goals are far in front with 252. The Quebec Nordiqu are second with an even 200 scores. A week ago we reported that Gretzky was only couple of points behind the three -a -game pace. Than to an eight point night last week he now is two ahe with 128 points in 42 games. Goose chase over The wild goose chase which theTorontoBlue Ja were on to get free agent relief pitcher Goose Gossa turned out to be just that. Gossage, known formally as Richard finally sign- ed with the San Diego Padres despite last minute bids by the Jays. We heard Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek in an inter- view a week ago and he indicated that the Jays front office were still in touch with Gossage and his agent and all of the monetary considerations had been worked out to the satisfaction of both parties. When asked if former Yankee Dave Collins now with Toronto would have any influence on Gossage becoming a Blue Jay, Cheek replied, "No I don't think so, but, Doyle Alexander has been talking to him and urging him to come to Toronto." With Gossage gone to the Padres, the Blue Jays will intensify their efforts to land at least one relief pitcher. They are after Dennis Lamp and Larry Sorensen. . Lamp who is 31 years of age came out of the bullpe to save 15 games for the AL west pennant winnin Chicago White Sox. He also won seven games and ha an ERA of 3.71. Sorensen was with the Cleveland Indians last ,yea and had a 12-11 record and ERA of 4.24 with the base ment Indians. cess key e St. or B ight. nick tells y to team. this all onal ted, as if and two for Red eles ugh top rs, ate are en- ots eir ve 21 ver he se he y's es a ks ad ys ge n g d r It was playoff preview time The weekend Exeter Hawks junior D hockey tour- nament proved to be one of the best ever held here and turned out to be exactly a preview of the not too far away junior D playoffs. While the Grand Valley Harvesters won the cham- pionship trophy they found plenty of opposition from the host Hawks who were in the battle right to the final minute . In the final, the Harvesters needed two goals in the last couple minutes of play to edge Howick. If this tourney is any indication, the playoffs should provide a continuation of exciting hockey as four of the eight teams in the weekend tourney are currently leading their respective leagues. The tourney was well run thanks to conveners Gerald Dearing and Gerald Willis and Hawk executives Gord Kirk, Gabby Mol, Silvere Bilcke and Murdina Glover to name only some. Youngsters had fun The weatherman had a big impact on a Christmas holiday novice and tyke house league hockey tourna- ment at the South Huron P.ec Centre, but, the youngsters involved had a lot of fun. The organizers Simon van Dam, Al Quinn and Paul Charrette and others from the Exeter Minor Hockey Association had theirhandsmorethan full in reschedul- ing when a number of teams failed to show. They did a great job in completing the tourney. In one game on opening day , the score was tied at the end of regula tion time and the shootout method was used, but, after six shooters from each side the score was still even. Then they went to having the tykes shoot from centre ice without a goal tender to face and the first two youngsters failed to hit the net, but, the third dtti and the game was over. Grand Valley repeat The Grand Valley Harvesters became the first team to repeat as winners of the Exeter Hawks tourna- ment ail they turned the trick in successive years with three come -from -behind victories at the rec centre this weekend. Among their victims were the host Hawks who blew a three -goal lettd against the champions in one of Sunday's semi-final encounters. In the final against their northern league rivals from Howick, the Harvesters also overcame a three -goal deficit and scored twice in the last two minutes to take a 7-6 vic- tory and the 4500 cheque. The tournament aft acted one of the largest craw ever as sups .rters of the Hawks were on hand to cheer their high -scoring squad. Sunday's final also attracted a large 'contingent of supporters for both Grand Valley and Howick. Murray Hunter of the Harvesters was judged the tournament's most valuable player, while the goaltending duo of Dave McLean and Pat Chambers from Howick were named co -winners of the best goalie award. The tournament took its toll on the Harvesters. They lost two players on Saturday with shoulder separations and two players had to be helped off the ice in the game against the Hawks. However, their never -say - die team spirit prevailed and carried them to the championship. Highlights of the seven games played are as follows:' Grand Valley 11 • TYamestord 5 The Harvesters scored four short -ha ded goals in a seven minute Stretch in the third period enroute to their thrashing of the Trojans. Goalie Dave Brown of the Thamesford crew kept his team in the contest until the fateful third period and the 'hojana actually held a 3-1 lead at one point in the second period. The score was knotted at 5-5 at the 6:19 mark of the third period when Grand Valley scored their first short- handed effort and they quick- ly turned it into a rout as they added three more while play- : a man short and then . op - REPEAT WINNERS — Grand Valley Harvesters skated off with their second suc- cessive win in the annual Exeter Hawks Junior "D" tournament at the rec centre this weekend. Captain Murray Hunter, who was also the tournament's most valuable player, gets the banner and a cheque for $500 from executive members Gerald Dear- ing, left, and Gerald Willis. CAME CLOSE — The Howick Optimists came within less than two'minutes of winn- ing the Junior "D" tournament in Exeter this weekend, but had to settle for the runners-up banner and cheque after being beaten by Grand Valley. Captain Dar- ren Foerter receives the awards from the tournament's originator, Ron Bogart, and Hawks president Gord Kirk. TO THE VICTORS — Among the spoils that went to thANT e victors of the Exeter Hawks tournament on the weekend was a kiss from club treasurer Murdena Glover for Grand Valley's Jason Shaw. Shaw was nam- ed most valuable player in the final game and also received a medallion from the local woman. John Pym assisted in the medallion presentation to the, champion- ship team. Close Although the Exeter Hawks have captured the northern division title for all intents and purposes with a current 16 -point lead, they can wrap up the title mathematically this week. The locals, who suffered on- ly their third defeat of the year when they were beaten in the local tournament this weekend, resumed league ac- tion against the Centenaires in Seaforth last night ()3 the co.opetato s INSURANCE SERVICES * LIFE * HOME * AUTO * FARM * COMMERCIAL Carl Verna Gingerich 374 Main St. Exeter Clinton Community Credit Union Office t`esidence 235.1109 Business to title (Tuesday. On Friday they host the southern division leading Mt. Brydges Bulldogs at the rec centre. Wins in those two games would make it impossible for any team to catch the Hawks, although that already ap- pears equally impossible. They have 40 points and have played 23 games. There's a tight battle shap- ing up for the other three playoff positions as only four points separate the second place Lucan Irish and the cellar dwelling Thedford Browns. the Irish have 24 points after playing 27 games, while the Seaforth Centenaires are in third with 23 points in 25 games. The rapidly improv- ing Tavistock Braves have 21 points in only 23 games and the Browns have 20 points and have played 25 games. Snyde, Clyde sweep five dart points Snyde and Clyde were the only team to sweep five points in Friday's regularly schedul- ed action in the Exeter Legion dart league. This week's scores were: Snyde and Clyde 5 Shiphunters 0 Makeups 4 Outlaws 1 Crusaders 4 Smurfs 1 Itchy Niters 4 Merri Wraggs 1 Turtles 4 Scotties 1 Rowdy.Ones 3 Trailers 2 Swat 3 All in the Family 2 Canscotts 3 Odd Ones 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Smurfs vs Odd Ones Makeups vs Snyde and Clyde Mem Wraggs vs Rowdy Ones Scotties vs All in the Family 9:30 p.m. Canscotts vs Turtles Swat vs Crusaders Shiphunters vs Itchy Niters Trailers vs Outlaws Atoms get one point in two Shamrock league starts this week, the Exeter atoms played a 2-2 tie with St. Marys and dropped a 3-1 deci- sion to Ilderton. The only Exeter goal in the loss to Ilderton was fired by Jason Heywood on a pass from Craig MacEachern. Scoring for Ilderton were Martin Long, Brandon Barclay and Brad Watson. David Schwindt was the marksman for both Exeter goals in the tie with St: Marys. One came on an unassisted ef- fort and the other on a pass from Jason Bern. 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Ed Willis paced the attack with a pair of goals and singles were fired by Clark, Bill Glover, Pete Tuckey, Brian Horner, Scott Brintnell and Tony Jones. Defenceman Kris Bedard, named the game star for the Hawks, 'assisted on two markers as did Tuckey, while posting singles were Glover, Jones, Willis, Brintnell, Rich Lather and Steve Prout. Dave Rook turned aside 29 shots to get the win in the - nets, while the Hawks pep- pered a total of 47 shots at Ayr's Reg Henry. The Hawks sat out 14 penalties, while the Centennials had 16. Howick 6 - Seaforth 4 The Howick Optimists tooks a 3-0 lead in the first against the Centenaires and then had to stave off a comeback at- tempt as they made their first-ever appearance at the tournament. The OHA finalists of a year ago, currently in fourth place in the northern league, sagg- ed in the third as Seaforth pulled to within one goal at the 9:55 mark. However, the Centenaires couldn't get the equalizer and the Optimists scored into an empty net with one second left to get the two -goal margin. St. George 7 - Lucan 3 The Lions scored after 53 seconds and never looked back as they humbled the Irish in the final game on Saturday. The Lions led 2-1 after the first and increased that to 5-3 after two and then pulled the game out of reach with two quickies within,a space of 27 seconds around the seven - minute mark of the third. :U COna•10 John Medd scored twice for the Irish with Wayne Urb- shott notching the other. Brad Hodgins drew assists on two of the markers and Jeff Skin- ner had one. ' Shots on goal were even at 34 each as were the penalties at 11. Grand Valley 7 - Exeter 5 Sunday's first semi-final was probably the most ex- citing and best played of all the tournament games as the leaders from two of the junior "D" groupings squared off. The Hawks took a 3-0 lead early in the second, but some squandered scoring oppor- tunities and a rash of penalties started to take their toll as the Harvesters started on their comeback. Exeter played short-handed for 25 minutes in the contest, while the Harvesters were short for only eight minutes and while the tournament champions only scored two power -play markers, the ex- tra penalty killing effort wore the locals down in the third. The Hawks led until the 12:56 mark of the final stan- za when the Harvesters even- ed things at 5-5 and they got the winner at the 17:56 mark and added an empty net in- surance market with 30 seconds left in the game. Tony Jones scored a pair c 0 0 c 0 T CO :u C0n0•ia :u anodic Buy Canadian for the Hawks with singles go- ing to Mike Clark, Bill Glover and Mark Kirk. Those goal scorers also picked up one assist each as did Rich Lather. Brent Boswell turned aside 40 shots to spark his team to the victoay, while Dave Rook ended up with 23 saves. Howl�JL 5 - St. George 0 One of the surprises in the tournament in the eyes of most fans was the win by the Optimists in the second semi- final. Netminder Dave McLean stopped 36 shots to pace his squad to the win and his mates scored on three power- play attempts against the Lions. McLean was particularly hot in the second period as St: George attempted to get back in the contest, but couldn't beat the agile netminder. Grand Valley 7 - Howick 6 The championship final was one of several meetings bet- ween the Harvesters and Op- timists this year and the Howick crew appeared to have the winning formula as they led by a 5-2 margin ear- ly in the second period. However, the Harvesters kept whittling away and pull- ed even for the first time when they scored at'the 18:15 mark of the final stanza and then came back with only 40 seconds left in the game to pull out the hard-fought win. 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