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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. No longer are
the local girls intimidated by
the large urban schools. On
the contrary, South Huron
now has the reputation of be-
ing one of the premier field
hockey schools in the
province.
Congratulations are in
order to the local field hockey
squad including Coach Jim
Workman who enjoyed a
super season. With more hard
work the team should prove to
be contenders again next year
at OFSSA.
ALL ALONE -- futon netminder Bart Powell had no fellow Irish around to help
when Bill Glover and Tony Jones (19) broke in alone on net, Wednesday. Jones
scored on the play but the Irish had little trouble drubbing the Hawks 9-2.
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