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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-11-07, Page 9Times -Advocate, November 7, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Here we are back m balmy weather after spending a week's holiday in Saskatoon where the temperature on the last day of October was 25 below Celcius. Several interesting items surfaced while we were in the west, besides the Colin Thatcher trial which fill- ed six to eight pages of the Saskatoon Star -Phoenix each day. First of all, most residents of Saskatoon have resigned to the fact an NHL franchise is a long way away despite the efforts of Bill Hunter to make it a reality. The population of Saskatoon is now 168,000 and growing steadily, but, that's a far cry from most cities in the National Hockey League and some of these are having problems making ends meet. The Saskatchewan Roughriders draw well in Regina, but, the CFL schedule is a lot different than the NHL. Selling tickets for 80 home games would be much tougher than the dozen or so for football. In addition, travelling in the west is much more dif- ficult in the winter than in the summer or fall and we would suggest the number of fans driving to games in Saskatoon in the winter months for hockey would be much less than those travelling to football games. Talking about the Saskatchewan Roughriders, their fans are very disappointed with the team's showing in 1984. They lost their final game by a score of 52-7. In the Star -Phoenix on October 29 sportswriter Mac Mac Pherson said any import player on a team losing 52-7 should be forced to spend the winter in Regina. Change in cable TV While we were in Saskatoon, three of the television stations on their cable system switched programming from Minot and Grand Forks in North Dakota to the three Detroit stations. Viewers have been complaining of the quality of the signals from the three North Dakota stations. The Detroit signals are being picked up from satellites and they are excellent. We saw three days of Detroit pro- gramming before leaving for home. We read in the Saskatoon paper where a spokesman from WDIV in Detroit said his station carried most of the home and away games of the Tigers. That statement doesn't appear to be very accurate. We would guess that less than 40 percent of the 162 Tiger games were televised in 1984. A goodly number of away games are carried by Channel 4, but, only Saturday games at home are televised. Some protests to the CRTC are expected from Saskatoon busnesses who were advertising on the North Dakota stations and certainly won't be able to afford 'the expensive rates from Detroit. Besides Saskatoon is about 1,600 miles from Detroit and the viewing potential would be less than two per- cent of the total available to the three Detroit outlets. A few surprises The early going in the National Hockey League has produced a number of surprises and the continua- tion of disappointment for others. Four teams starting strong after less than great performances last year, especially in the playoffs are the Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens and the Hartford Whalers. No surprise can be found in Edmonton where the Oilers are. undefeated after their first 12 games. The question is when will the Oilers lose for the first time? Probably the reason for their quick start is the fact nine of the Edmonton players participated in the recent Canada Cup and were in excellent condition. For disappointments, one could include all five teams in the Norris division. As of late Saturday night, the point total of Chicago, St. Louis, Toronto, Detroit and Minnesota was 39. Smythe division teams had accumulated 59 points, the five Adams group teams had 68 points and the first five in the Patrick division were also up to 59 points. Points for locals It's good to hear that the two Exeter natives play- ing in the NHL for the first time have hit the scoring department. Paul Pooley with the Winnipeg Jets has picked up two assists and Dave Shaw after being called up to the Quebec Nordiques a week ago has helped on one scor- ing play. Perry Pooley with Sherbrooke of the American League picked up an assist Sunday night to help his team to a victory. Second guessers The beautiful thing about being a sports fan is that you can second guess without paying any penalty. Second guess your wife and you'll probably catch a rolling pin between your eyes or do the same thing with the boss and you will likely be looking for new employment. But in sports, that's a different story. What would life be like if fans couldn't guess at what might have been. Why didn't he leave his pitcher in? Should they have gone for it on third down? He should have pulled the goalie earlier. Aren't these familiar phrases? The armchair quarterback and the chesterfield manager are as much a part of the sporting world as the athletes themselves. We wouldn't want it any other wa roe$ rnorisatoNAi. MrMI.rR MATHERS MOTORS 136 MAIN STREET EXETER, ONTARIO NOM 150 C.F. (Cal) Wein BUS. PHONE 235-1525 RES. Phone 235-2635 CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DODGE DODGE TRUCKS v Beat top Scarborough club SH field hockey Over' the weekend, the SHDHS field hockey team Competed at the Ontario level (OFSSA) for the fifth straight year, finishing'within the top eight teams in Ontario. The local girls left early Thursday morning to com- pete in a 16 -team tournament. In their first match in preliminary pool play, the Panthers faced Stephen Leacock School of Scar- borough, the team favoured to capture the OFSSA title. A fired up South Huron squad came out to take it right to the Scarborough team and opened the scoring with a goal from the stick of veteran Pauline Brand. Kendra Arthur fired another goal for the locals early in the second half to make the score 2-0. Stephen Leacock came back with a goal of their own with only one minute to remain in the match but the South Huron team was able to control the tea remalning minute to record the win. The Panthers faced the weakest of the four teams within their own pool in the next match. The Toronto district champ, Malvern pro- ved to be little competition for the South Huron team who dominated play throughout the game. Pauline DeVries scored two of the three South Huron's goals in the shut out. Coach Jim Workman classified GETS SET — Wayne Urbshott (9) of the Lucan Irish gets set to unleash another of his four successful shots against the Exeter Hawks, Wednesdsay. Trevor Johnston attempts to check while Kevin Oke tries to move out to cover the open side. Lose to Lucan Hawks rebound to win two After being drubbed 9-2 by the Lucan Irish in their first start of the week, the Exeter Hawks rebounded with wins over Tavistock and Thamesford to get over the 500 mark with three wins in five starts this season. While statistics for the Junior "D" league appear non-existent, the locals are in the midst of the pack in the north although they hold several games in hand over the leading Tavistock Braves and Irish. They'll get a chance this Friday to avenge two losses to the Irish when they host Lucan at the rec centre. In one of their rare Sunday afternoon games, the Hawks have the Braves here at 2:00 p.m. Sunday night' in Thamesford, the locals were again short-handed, but dominated the contest with the Trojans and emerged with a 5-3 triumph. Brian Horner shot the Hawks into a 1-0 lead in the first when he connected with just two seconds left on the clock. Thamsford stormed to the attack in the second and built up a quick 3-1 lead before Bill Glover cut the margin to one late in the stanza on a solo effort. Glover then connected on an unassisted powerplay goal to pull the teams even at the 2:14 mark of the third and Tony Jones and Jeff Rowe added the winning and in- surance markers before the mid -way mark. Pete Dearing held the locals in until they got un- tracked and he had only three saves to make in the final period to bring his total to 29 in the game. Scott Cornelisse was only tested nine times in the first period, but then the Hawks fired 20 at him in the second and another 20 in the final period. Glover and Rowe added assists to go with their goals while others helping out on single tallies were Steve Gould, Sean Whiteford and Jeff Pfaff. Both teams had 13 penalties including double majors to Whiteford and Thamesford's John Febrey when they engaged in fisticuffs in both the second and third periods. Dump Braves Playing at home, Friday, the Hawks scored a decisive 11-7 win over the northern division leading Tavistock Braves. The locals started the game with only defenceman Mark Kirk missing from the lineup, but they lost veterans Bill Glover and Steve Prout ear- ly in the second with fighting majors. The Hawks opened a 3-1 lead in the first and increas- ed it to 8-4 in the second and then replied to each of the three goals scored by the Braves in the third. Pete Dearing played a strong game in the nets and turned aside 53 shots, while the Braves duo had 36 saves Irish win twice The Lucan Irish evened their season record in the On- tario Hockey Association Junior D. western division with two victories this week. The Irish blasted the Ex- eter Hawks 9-2 in Lucan. Wednesday night and edged the Bothwell Barons 4-3 in Bothwell, Sunday bringing their mark to four wins. four losses and one tie. They swing back into action tonight. Wednesday as the defending champion Mt. Brydges Bulldogs invade the Lucan arena. Game time is 8:15 p.m. Details of the win over the Exeter Hawks may be found elsewhere on these pages A late third period power play goal fired by SteveGlenn on a pass from Brad Hodgins enabled the Irish to get past Bothwell. The Lucan club had jumped into a 3-1 first period lead on- ly to have the Barons score in the first minute of the second frame and knot the count halfway through the third period. Steve Glenn opened the Lucan scoring at 2:32 of the opening session on an unassisted effort and Brent Martin made it 2-0 four minutes later on a three-way passing combination with captain Bob Thirlwall and Wayne Urbshott. With five minutes left in the first stanza, Steve Orr counted for Bothwell. A minute later, the Irish regain- ed the two goal margin as Bob Thirlwall triggered a suc- cessful shot. Getting assists were Steve Glenn and Brad Hodgins. Completing the Bothwell scoring were captain Ray Warren in the second and Darryl Fersey in the third BEST HANDICAPPER -- Edith Boyle presents the Boyle's ladies Wear handicap trophy to Doris Hackney at the summer windup at the Ironwood Golf Course. 1 in addition to the 11 which eluded them. Scott Brintnell paced the local attack with a hat trick performance, while Tony Jones and Brian Horner add- ed a pair each. Single makers were recorded by Bill Glover, Jeff Pfaff, Trevor Johnston and Steve Gould. Horner added three assists and Brintnell. Glover and Pfaff had two each. Helping out on single markers were Jeff Rowe and Steve Batten. The Hawks also won the penalty parade as they took 15 of the 27 penalties called. With five veteran regulars out of Cher lineup, the Hawks were no match for the Lucan Irish, Wednesday. Lucan took a 3-1 lead at the end of the first and were never threatened in a lack- lustre contestwhich they eventually won by a 9-2 count. Wayne Urbshotf potted four goals for the Irish in their se- cond win of the season over the Hawks, while Steve Glenn had a hat trick. Single markers came off the sticks of Scott Gilder and Scott Balazs. Balazs added three assists and recording a pair each were Gilder, Brent Martin, Al Craig and Jesse Crawford. Mark Bannen, Glenn and Shawn Schaeffer had one assist. Tony Jones and Bill Glover replied for the Hawks with each picking up one assist along with linemate Steve Batten. Jason VanHaarlen played the first period in the nets and Kevin Oke finished up. They faced a total of 64 shots, while Bart Powell handled 33 at the other end of the rink. Exeter did manage to win the penalty parade with eight minors and a major, while Lucan had five minors and one major. animimegailuelmimissi 1 1 1 1 'Clip and save m in top eight in province DeVries' goals as "the two best goals of any of the hockey matches I've seen this year". Julie Russell was the other Panther goal scorer, denting the twine after a rebound from the Malvern goalie bounced in her direction. Early Friday morning, the local girls faced the Hamilton champ in a match which would determine final stan- dings in pool play. A win or tie for South Huron meant first Mohawks beat St. Clements The Exeter Mohawks scored their first victory of the regular schedule in the new WOAA intermediate hockey league Sunday at the South Huron Rec Centre as they downed St. Clements 8-4. The Mohawks will be back in action Sunday night at the Rec Centre with the Mildmay Merchants supplying the op- position. Game time is 8:30 p.m. The Exeter club took a 2-0 first period lead on two quick goals in a span of 52 seconds with less than four minutes remaining. Dave Jackson opened the scoring by converting a pass from Randy Kraut and Mark Cronyn followed with a suc- cessful shot on passes from Dave Atthill and Ken Varley. In the first half of the se- cond period, the Mohawks in- creased the margin on the scoreboard to four. Pete Tuckey hit on a pass from Jim Guenther and Mark Cronyn notched his second goal of the night on a pass from Brian Mercer. In the next two minutes, Bill Morris and Rick Brick counted for the visiting St. Clements club to reduce the Exeter lead to two. Just before the period came to a close. Mark Cronyn com- pleted a hat trick perfor- mance on an unassisted effort. The third period saw the Mohawks supremacy con- tinued as they outscored the opposition three goals to two. Tom Ryan triggered two of the final three scores for the Mohawks with Brian Mercer assisting on both and Mark Cronyn and Jim Guenther helping on one each. The final score for the Mohawks was Mark's Cronyn's fourth of the game. Dave Atthill drew the assist. Dart scores The Lost Flights, Scotties, Swat and Shiphunters each picked up four points in Fri- day's regular play of the Ex- eter Legion mixed dart league. This week's scores were: Lost Flights 4 011ie's Best 1 Scotties 4 Odd Ones 1 Swat 4 Itchy Niters 1 Shiphunters 4 A -Team 1 Canscotts 3 4 -W's 1 All in the Family 3 Smurfs 2 Outlaws 3 Snyde and Clyde 2 Turtles 3 Trailers 2 Fridays's schedule is: 8 p.m. Odd Ones vs Lost Flights Trailers vs 4 -W's A -Team vs All in the Family Smurfs vs Shiphunters 9:30 p.m. 011ie's Best vs Snyde and Clyde Turtles vs Canscotts Itchy Niters vs Outlaws Swat vs Scotties masmmssiC ■ ell ell • place in their pool. The Panthers met up with some very strong goal ten- ding against Hamilton, en- ding up on the short side of a 1-0 tilt. After missing several excellent scoring oppor- tunities, the locals gave up the winning point on a break away within the last ten minutes of regulation play. The loss to Hamilton plac- ed South Huron second in their pool, enough to advance them into semi-final action where they faced the Mississauga champ, Clarkson. Again the Panthers set the pace, taking it to Clarkson early. South Huron appeared to score the first goal of the match, however the score was disallowed on what could oe ciassmea a cont ersial call. This turned out to be tbe turning point of the game. On- ly seconds after the disallow- ed goal, Clarkson carried the ball up field to score what would turn out to be the winner. Clarkson added another goal on a very simple shot to make the tally 2-0 and eliminate South Huron from the competition. All in all, the South Iluron field hockey team turned in a very fine effort throughout the high key competition, finishing within the best five or eight teams in the province. The local girls proved to be excellent ambassadors for the school during the weekend, tying hard while en the field and managing to behave themselves while off the field. After competing at the OFSSA level -for five strItight years, South Huron field hockey teams have proved that they can hold their own with the best. 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