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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-03-14, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, March 14, 1984 Sports Spotlight Playoff time It's the time of year again when the lower teams in the four divisions of the National Hockey League bat- tle for a playoff spot and most local hockey leagues are winding down. The Exeter Hawks with one of the impressive records in the history of the junior D club are heading into an OHA semi-final round. The Hawks with only two losses in a 34 game regular schedule are unbeaten in eight playoff games having eliminated the Tavistock Braves and Lucan Irish each in a minimum of four games. At the time of writing, the next opponents for the Hawks appear to be the Grand Valley Harvesters who currently lead Arthur, three games to none. The fourth game of their series was played last night, Tuesday in Arthur. Hawks manager Doc Campbell is hoping the first game against Grand Valley will be played in Exeter on Friday or Sunday night. In theother semi-final round it will be the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs against Delhi or Ayr. At last reports Delhi was leading two games to 'one. An Exeter -Grand Valley series should provide an excellent brand of hockey. Both teams are well known for their comeback routines in the third period. About the last time, the Hawks failed to come back with their third period heroics to win was against Grand Valley in the Hawks annual tournament early in January. According to Campbell, the Hawks are a healthy hockey club heading into the semi-finals. The Exeter manager was a busy fullow during Friday's game in Lucan which the Hawks won by a 7-4 score. In the first period the Hawks were assessed four penalties for using illegal sticks and Campbell made a quick trip back to Exeter to get a new supply of lumber: He was back before the second period started. The Hawks have been getting great goal tending from Pete Dearing and Dave Rook who have been alter- nated by coach Bob Rowe. Having two top notch goalies is a luxury for any coach and that's exactly what Bob Rowe has. All in all the Hawks have a well balanced club from the goal out through a strong defensive corps including good puck carriers Bill Glover and Kris Bedard to three well balancedlorward lines. Captain Pete Tuckey was the second highest scorer in the northern division. Best of luck to the Hawks as they head down the provincial playoff trail. Hopefully, Bob Rowe can join Bob White and Ron Bogart as coaches of Ontario Junior D champions. More playoffs The Exeter Mohawks with a similar record to the Hawks are'heading into the South Huron finals attemp- ting to. repeat as league champions. The Mohawks, losers of only two games during the regular season will likely meet the IlensallSherwoods in the finals. The Sherwoods currently lead the Zurich Buckeyes two games to none in the semi-finals. Lots of tourneys On the weekend, the South Huron,Rec Centre was a busy spot with 36 games in the annual Lake Huron zone minor houseleague tournament. The competition was not only- exciting, but, also close. Four of the nine final championship games were decided in shootouts or by the number of shots on goal in overtime. The pee wee A final between two Exeter teams was scoreless and nine players from each team were forc- ed to participate in a shootout before Gaylan Josephson's team won by a score of 3-2. The weekend tourney.included tyke, atom, novice, pee wee and bantam categories. A bantam tourney goes this coming weekend at the Rec Centre with A and B finals slated for Sunday afternoon. Ron Bogart's Midgets are doing very well in the holiday Strathroy Minor Olympics with two wins in their first three starts. The Kinsmen Generals are back in action Thurs- day at 9 -p.m. against the Kitchener Sabres. Friday they meet the Kitchener Bruins at 8:00 a.m. and Sandwich West at 5:30 p.m. Relenting a little Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard has relented slightly in allowing Toronto Globe and Mail reporters back in the Maple Leaf Gardens press box on a probationary basis. 1n a letter to sports editor Paul Pa largo Saturday, Ballard said, "i want to stress this is for a probationary period only. I know you media types like to rant and rave about your rights. Well, we have our rights too. I feel I have.the right to stand up to any individua1(si who takes the liberty to launch a personal witch-hunt against any Leaf player, staff or myself". Ballard continued, "1 can accept any constructive criticism and comments, but, the inaccuracies, outright lies and personal vendettas held by some of your staff will simply not be tolerated". Ballard put a ban on press box entry for Globe and Maii staff on January 17 after the NHL persuaded him to -allow reporters William Iiouston and Al Strachan into the dressing rooms. Pa la ngo sa id Ballard's prolkrtionary decree will not effect his papers coverage. Ile added, "We will continue to pursue and publish stories alxtut the Maple Leafs as we sec fit. We can't allow 1farold Ballard to sit in judge- ment on our activities." rslimiam DRIVE Ilrlllllllll LIKE A LIFE DEPENDED ON IT Hawks oust The Exeter Hawks have ex- tended their playoff winning streak in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior D western grouping and have qualified for the provincial semi-finals. The Hawks downed the Lucan Irish 8-3 Wednesday night in Exeter and 7-4 in Lucan Friday to sweep the best -of -seven northern group final in four straight games. They ousted the Tavistock Braves in a similar four con- secutive games in the first round of playoffs. The Hawks now move against the championship team from the north. That will likely be the Grand Valley Harvesters. The Grand Valley club with a three games to none lead over Arthur appear to be the next opponents for the Hawks. The fourth game of this series was played in Arthur last night, Wednesday. Exeter manager Doc Campbell said Monday heex- pected the next series could probablystart on the upcom- ing weekend especially if Grand Valley eliminates Ar- thur in four straight. In the annual Hawks junior Grand Valley probably next opponent Irish,- D tournament dela early inOntario semi-finais January, Grand Valley came on with three goals late in the third period to defeat the Hawks 7-5 in one of the semi- final games. Survive early penalties In Friday's win in Lucan, the Hawks survived eight first period penalties to come out even at 2-2 after the first 20 minutes of play. Four of the opening frame calls against the Hawks were for using illegal sticks. Two of the penalties came In the first 42 seconds of play and. resulted in the first Lucan A SHOT ON GOAL — Hawks captain Pete Tuckey takes a shot at the Lucan goal in Wednesday's game in Exeter. The other Exeter players are Brian Horner (10) and Steve Batten (20). John Medd (10) of Lucan is in front of the net. T -A photo. A GOOD GRAB — Brad Powell in the Lucan net comes up with a big save in Wednes- -day's Junior D game in Exeter. Brad Hodgins of the Irish tries to cover Rick Linden - field and Ed Willis. T -A photo. IT MUST HAVE MISSED -- Irish goalie Brod Powell looks for the puck as Scott Brint- nell and Ed Willis drive it wide of the net. T -A photo. 1 REPAIR TIME A number of Exeter Hawks watch as Doc Campbell and Gary Lovier of the arena staff and the officials clean up after the glass behind the Exeter net smashed in Wednesday's Junior D game. T -A photo. r - Jim D. Ouonthor Froyn• Choy -Olds Ltd. Business 235-0660 Home 235-1683 Aiming to serve your automotive needs goal at 1.54 on a successful shot by John Medd on a three- way effort with JamieShipley and Dave Egan., The Hawks tied the score at 5.08 on a power play of their own as Rich Lather beat Bart Powell in the Lucan net on a pass from Kris Bedard. Another power play effort at 8.16 put the Hawks in front as Mike Clark finished off a good passing combination with Jeff Rowe and Bedard. The Irish tied the score with their second straight power play, again because of a suc- cessful measurement of an Exeter stick as Medd registered again at 12.38. This time captain Paul Wraith and Lucan coach Dave Rev - Shipley assisted. ington pulled his goalie for a In the second period, Paul sixth attacker in the last Wraith notched the only minute and Pete Tuckey was Lucan goal on a shorthanded able to hit the empty net on a situation on a solo dash and pass from Kris Bedard. Jeff Rowe fired two sue- Referee Jim Prang called a cessful shots for the Hawks. total of 13 penalties to the One was also on a power play. Hawks and an even dozen to Assisting were Ed Willis, the Irish. Lucan sent 29 shots Rich Lather, captain Pete in the direction of Hawks Tuckey and Brian Horner. The Irish battled back to tie the score early in the third period as Paul Wraith notch- ed his second of.the night and Jamie Shipley gained his third assist. Bill Glover scored what proved to be the winning goal at 8.15 on a three-way effort with Rick Lindenfield and Mike Clark. Glover really clinched the Lucan defeat as the Irish were pressing for the equaiizer on a power play at 18.34 as he was sent into the clear on a pass from Steve Prout. Sherwoods close to SH playoff finals The Ilensall Sherwoods have taken a commanding two game lead over the Zurich Buckeyes in the semi- final round of playoffs in the South Huron intermediate hockey league. Thursday in Hensall the Sherwoods chalked up a 10-2 victory and in Zurich Sunday they triumphed by a score of 6-3. The third game in the best - of -five series was played last night, Tuesday in Hensall. Further games if necessary will be in Zurich Friday and Hensall Sunday. The -winner meets the Exeter Mohawks for the league championship. In the first game, the Sher - woods jumped into a 5-2 first period lead and were well on their way to victory. Ken Varley fired two first period goals for Hensall. Assisting were Bryan Baker and Jamie Caldwell. Scott Jesney converted a pass from Fred Campbell; Terry Caldwell hit on a pass from Greg Campbell and Jamie Caldwell registered on an unassisted effort. For the Buckeyes, the open- ing scores came from the sticks of Wayne Thiel and Pete Gil with Travis Postill and John Dawson assisting. Terry Caldwell notched two goals and Scott Jesney added a single to take care of the se- cond period scoring. Ricking up assists were captain Dave Kinsman, Greg Campbell and Fred Campbell. In the third period to com- plete the Sherwoods scoring, Scott Jesney completed what - trick performance on an unassisted effr rt and Jamie Caldwell tallied on an unassisted effort. Start early again Sunday night, the Sher - woods again hit the scoreboard early and had up- ped -the score to 5-0 before the Buckeyes hit for the first time at 17 minutes of the second period. Jamie Caldwell fired the - first three successful shots for Hensall. Ken Varley picked up two assists and Dave Kinsman and Terry Cardwell each helped on one score. Terry Caldwell notched one of the other two goals on a solo dash and set up Varley for the other. Paul Overholt fired the first goal for the Buckeyes on a pass from Marvin Merner with three minutes to go in the middle frame. The Buckeyes got a little closer in the first five minutes of the final session as Ken Merner converted a pass from Paul Overholt and Mar- vin Merner scored on a pass from Steve Languille. The final Hensall score came with 34 seconds remain- ing as Dave Kinsman hit on a play started by . Jamie Caldwell. The Buckeyes took eight of the 15 penalties called by referees Tom Millar and Ron Shirran. goalie Peter Dearing and Bart Powell at the other end faced 39 shots from the Hawks. Slow moving affair The pace of Wednesday's game in Exeter was slowed considerably after the Hawks had taken a 7-1 lead after the first two periods of play. The Irish were the first to score at 11.43 of the opening session as a shot by Rob Har- dy bounced off Bill Glover's glove and into the Exeter net. Bob Thirlwall assisted. It took the Hawks less than two minutes to get even as Mike Clark showed a lot of hustle in grabbing a loose puck at centre, beat one re- maining defeneeman and hit the net with a high shot. The Hawks went ahead to stay as Ed Willis dug the puck from behind the Lucan net and found Scott Brintnell loose in front to score. Willis did most of the work and set the puck in front of the Lucan goal late in the third period and Rich Lather bang- ed it home after a couple of whacks at the puck. Exeter goalie Dave Rook came up with a great- stop near the end of the first period as Dave Egan deflected a shot from Paul Wraith toward the Exeter goal. Mike Clark scored two quick goals in 43 seconds ear- ly in the second period to com- plete a hat trick performance. On the first Clark score Kris Bedard lugged the puck most of the way up the ice. Tony Jones also assisted. On the se- cond Clark broke in alone from centre ice and made no mistake to put his team up 5-1. At 6.42 Scott Brintnell was in the right place to deflect home a shot by Kris Bedard and just past the midway mark, Bedard scored himself as he took a pass from Ed Willis and used Bill :lover as a decoy and hit the Irish net. The third period was only 35 seconds old when Jamie Shipley counted the second Irish score on passes from Bob Thirlwall and Paul Wraith. The final Hawks marker came at 6.39 as Steve Prout scored on a screen shot with Pete Tuckey assisting. With less than two minutes remaining, Bob 1 iriwall fired the final Lucan : oal with a blazing shot from . bout 35 feet out. Paul Wrai ' and John Medd assisted. Each team was assessed nine penalties by referee Steve Baker and the Hawks outshot the Irish 38 to 32. If you drive a Rabbit, Jetta orStirocco. It's time to check-in ur spnng check-up. We will check: s! 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