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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-11-21, Page 10Nage RI Times -Advocate, November 21, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Thanks to our friend Tom Creech we have receiv ed a copy of an article in the November 12 issue of the Winnipeg Sun about Paul Pooley written by John Bertrand. The story starts about Paul getting his head shav- ed, less than expertly by the veterans on the team as part of his initiation to the NHL. Parts of the article follows: "I just walked in and I knew I was going to get my head shaved," Pooley said yesterday. "There was nothing you could do about it. You might as get it over with because you are going to get it anyway." That's the way Pooley is off the ice. Thoughtful, quiet, polite, sincere and optimistic. The kind of young man every mother would like for a son. But on the ice, there is another aspect of his personality that emerges. He is driven by the need to succeed, to prove he has what it takes to make it in the NHL. The transition from a star at Ohio State, recogni- tion as the top scorer in the country to riding the bench in the NHL hasn't been without its ups and downs. He's no longer the leading man, basking in the spotlight, he's a supporting actor with a part that often has few lines. Pooley has sat out three games so far this season and when he's played the amount of ice time has been limited. He is trying to be patient, trying to keep mentally prepared for that tap on the shoulder from the coach. Learning by watching. Riding the pine for any player is always difficult to deal with and accept. Pooley says, "When I get into a game and I'm playing I find that I can adjust. It's when you get maybe two shifts a period, you're not get- ting into the constant flow and then I find it harder to adjust". "I believe in myself. I know I can perform out there. I think I can prove to the players on this team and other players in the league that I can play. It's a matter of being patient, watching and waiting for that opportunity." • Your money's worth Quite often one hears the comment after a par- ticular sporting event, "The fans sure got their money's worth in that one." How well are fans at National Hockey League games rewarded for the money they pay? An article in a recent issue �f Hockey News lists the ticket prices charged by all 21 teams and a rating of value received for your money. Fans of the Calgary Flames pay the highest prices. It's $40 for the best seats at the Saddledome. Edmon- ton and St. Louis are next at $30 followed by the New York Islanders at 24 and the Montreal Canadiens at 22. Choice seats in Toronto and Quebec are $21. The Detroit Red Wings offer the lowest priced premium seat at $14. Pittsburgh and Washington are not far behind at $15.50 each. Looking at the other end of the price range, the Islanders have the most expensive cheap seats at $15. Others in order are Boston $12.50, Vancouver $11.55, Winnipeg $10.50 and Edmonton $10. If you are looking for the cheapest cheap seats you will find these in Los Angeles $5, Chicago $6 and Toronto $6.50. The Hockey News rating of prices paid versus the calibre of hockey displayed, lists the New York Islander fans getting the most for their money. Close behind are Boston, Buffalo, Edmonton, Quebec, the Rangers, Washington and Philadelphia. Best team ever While there are lots of claims of which team in Na- tional Hockey League history has been the best, statistics prove the 1929-30 Boston Bruins were tops. The Bruins of that year won 38 games, lost five and tied one for an .875 percentage. The Edmonton Oilers of last year called by some as the bestteam ever had an overall percentage of .744, actually only the 10th best in league history. Closest to the 1929-30 Bruins have been the Montreal Canadiens with an .830 record in 1943-44, .825 in 1976-77, .806 in 1977-78, .800 in 1944-45 and .794 in 1975-76. Seven members of the 1929-30 Boston club later made the Hall of Fame. That's quite an achievement when one realizes the rosters of those days where limited to about 12 players. The high scorer on the Bruins of that year was Egmondville native Ralph "Cooney" Weiland. He scored 73 points in 44 games. Others making the Hall of Fame in addition to Weiland were goalie Tiny Thompson, defencemen Ed- die Shore and Dit Clapper and forwards Marty Barry, Harry Oliver and Mickey Mackay. Ironically despite a great regular season, the Bruins lost the Stanley Cup to the Montreal Canadiens by dropping two straights in the final. Great school efforts Some of these congratulations are a little slow in coming, but, we wish to say well done to South Huron District High School athletes in three different sports. For the fifth straight year, coach Jim Workman guided his South Huron girls field hockey team to the all Ontario finals. The locals girls won their first game 2-1 over the favoured Stephen Leaceck school from Scarborough. They ended the 16 team tournament in the top eight in the entire province. In similar provincial action in cross country runn- ing, South Huron representatives turned in excellent performances with the senior girls team finishing seventh. A total of 18 school conferences were competing. Only a week ago the South Huron Panthers won the Huron -Perth junior football championship with an im- pressive 28-12 win over the Wingham Mustangs. Sincere congratulations to field hockey coach Jim Workman, cross country coach Joe Fulop, football coach Dave Cox and all of their team members. PANTHERS WIN HURON -PERTH JUNIOR FOOTBALL TITLE — The South Huron District High School Panthers recently won the Huron -Perth junior football championship -with a win over Wingham. Back, left, Steve Lingard, Dave Bierling, Shawn Moore, Mark Mothers, Ken Fitzgerald, Terry Thiel, Russ Finkbeiner, Rob Bowers, Dave Bryson, Chris Webber, Ron Walker, Greg Hohner, Jerry Lamport, Tim Angerman, Scott Boyd and coach Keith Wonnacott. Centre, head coach Dave Cox, Scott Bell, Scott Fields, Fred Gregus, Gerhard Remple, Maarten Reymer, Jeff Dalrymple, Beat Seaforth, Mt. Brydges Vern Iskauskas, Steve Wilkinson, Joe Gower, Roger Ward, Trevor Cottrell, Dan Rooth, Sivilay Sengkhounmany, Steve Watson and coach Bruce Eccles. Front, Peter Lebreche, Tim Moore, Glen Regier, Richard Voogel, Rob Taylor, Larry McCarter, Scott Heywood, John Relouw, Kent White, Brian Quinn, Jon O'Connor and Marc Clausius. Missing were Trevor Nichols, Darrell McCann, Mike Burdon and Hans Kreutzman. T -A photo Hawks jumpinfo fplaceherd The Exeter Hawks have vaulted up tothe Lucan Irish into third spot in the northern division of the Western Junior "D" league and trail second place Seaforth by only a single point. The locals took the giant stride out of fourth place with two weekend wins, one a last -minute 7-6 triumph over the Centenaires. The other vic- tory was over the defending OHA champions in Mt. Brydges. Exeter has a game in hand over the second -place Centenaires but will have a tough time making up any ground as their lone game this week is in Tavistock against the league leading Braves. The Braves have split two games in Exeter and this is the first meeting between the squads in Tavistock. The Fri- day night contest gets under- way at 8:30. Blast Bulldogs Saturday night in Mt. Brydges, the Hawks jumped on the defending champs quickly and built up a 4-0 lead early in the second period on their way to a 7-3 triumph. It was their sixth win in nine starts. The Bulldogs, not nearly as strong as last year's team, hold second place in the southern division, one point behind the Belmont Bombers. Turtles get five points The Turtles were the only team to score five points in Friday's regular play in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. 'This week's scores were: Turtles 5 Outlaws 0 Trailers 4 Snyde and Clyde 1 Scotties 4 Smurfs 1 Swat 4 Shiphunters 1 Lost Flights 3 Canscotts 2 All in the Family 3 Odd Ones 2 011ie's Best 3 4 -W's 2 A -Team 3 Itchy Niters 2 Fridav's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Outlaws vs All in the Family 011ie's Best vs Trailers Lost Flights vs A -Team Shiphunters vs 4 -W's 9:30 p.m. Smurfsys Swat Snyde and Clyde vs Scotties Odd Ones vs Turtles Canscotts vs Itchy Niters PAUL HOHNER Proprietor 1982 Arles 4 door wagon, 2.6, automatic, ps., pb, radio, rear washer and wipers and defrost. :5995 1982 Ford Granada 4 door automatic. ps., pb, radio, $5103 1977 Olds 88 4 door automatic. ps., pb, radio. $2995 1977 Monarch 302. 4 door automatic ps., pb, rodio and air conditinninn. 59,000 miles, 52493 1977 T-8lyd a' tomotic on the console ps. pb, radio. 12493 1977 Ch.v !', ton, 4 x 4. 13693.00. 1983 Ch.v 510 pickup with topper, 4 cyclinder, 4 speed, radio, 19,000 kilometres. $7395.00. 488 Main St. S. EXETER 235-1181 Res. 233-0302 Bill Glover scored twice to pace the locals in their win, with singles being recorded by Jeff Rowe, Dave Skea, Scott Bogart, George Pratt and Steve Gould. Pratt, Mark Kirk and Steve Batten helped out on two goals each. Registering single assists were Glover, Skea, Trevor Johnston, Scott Brint- nell and Sean Whiteford. Peter Dearing picked up his fifth win in six starts in the nets for the locals and frustrated the Bulldogs on several of their better scoring attempts with key saves. The Hawks scored once on the powerplay and sat out 16 minors, while their hosts were assessed only 12. Rally to win In their first meeting with the Centenaires this season, the Hawks had to come up with some late game heroics to post their one -goal margin at the rec centre, Friday. Seaforth led 6-4 after two periods and the Hawks pulled to within one at the 7:26 mark of the third, then knotted the count at 17:27 on a powerplay and won it with only six seconds left on the clock. Jeff Rowe scored all three third period goals to up his total to five on the night. The singles were fired by Tony Jones and Brian Horner. Bill Glover figured in on three tallies, while single assists went to Steve Prout, Horner, Sean Whiteford, Jones, Scott Brintnell and Steve Batten. The Hawks scored twice while killing off penalties, while the Centenaires also scored one short-handed and another on a power play. Exeter took 14 of the 26 minors called. Pete Dearing kicked out 38 shots as he kept the locals in the game, especially in the se- cond period when they were dominated by the visitors. Dearing gave up five of his goals in the middle frame, but kicked out another 21 shots during that period. Mohawks trounce Monkton Wildcats The Exeter Mohawks won their third game of the season in the Western Ontario Athletic Association in- termediate division in convin- cing fashion Wednesday night as they trounced the Monkton Wildcats 16-2. The next action for the Mohawks is tonight, Wednes- day when they travel to St. Clements for an 8 p.m. contest. The newest member of the Exeter club was the scoring star in the victory over Monkton. Cam Doig, former- ly with the Seaforth and Strat- ford juniors scored five goals to pace the attack. The Mohawks took a 3-1 first period lead as Doig fired two successful shots in the first 43 seconds of play. One came on an unassisted effort and the second was set up by captain Randy Kraul. The other opening session Exeter score came from the stick of Brian Baker, also on a solo dash. Trent Bowman replied for Monkton. The Mohawks broke the game wide open with no less than 10 goals in the second 20 minutes of play. Cam Doig was on the fir- ing end of three of these to up his game total to five. Brian Baker again helped on one score, another was unassisted and Brian Mercer and Marty Wraith gained assists on the third. Single scores were notched by Brian Mercer, Dave At- thill, Barry Baynham, Dave Jackson, Mark Cronyn, and Randy Kraul and Pete Tuckey. In the second period, Dave Atthill and Pete Tuckey each helped on two goals and single assists went to MartyWraith, Randy Kraul, Jim Guenther, Brian Mercer, Ed Willis, Brian Baker and Barry Baynham. The second and final Monkton goal was shot by Don Boyne on passes from Ted Connelly and Brad Smith. In the final frame, Brian Mercer, Ed Willis and Dave Jackson were the Exeter goal getters. Assisting were Brian Baker, Dave Kinsman, Dave Atthill, Brian Mercer, Randy Kraul and Jim Guenther. Ladies Curling J. Smith 11 Ross 3 McDowell 11 Chapman 3 Dougall 11 S. 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