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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-12-05, Page 14Page 2A times -Advocate, December 5, 1984 Lucan Cup A new feature of this coming weekend's fifth annua Lucan Cup challenge will be the addition of the Cyclon series. The trophy which went to the top hockey club in th Cyclone league from 1930 to 1952 has been found and wil be presented to the best of eight Western Ontario team Sunday night. Lucan Cup president Tom Hardy has named Nor Hardy and Bill Smith to head a committee of oldtime to select the stars of the tournament. A Targe numbe of Lucan players prior to 1953 are expected to atten the final games Sunday afternoon. The Cyclone series starts Friday night at 6 p.m. a the Stephen township arena with Ilderton meeting Cen tralia. The other games the same night pit Goderic against Strathroy, Lucan versus Parkhill and Delh against Thedford. The first four games in the Lucan Cup Challeng go Friday night at the Lucan arena. Mitchell meets Eas London at 6 p.m.; Wheatley takes on Fraser, Michigan at 7:30; defending champion International Stick tangles with Redford, Michigan at 9 p.m. and at 10:30 p.m. it's Hamilton versus Black Creek of Markham. Saturday action goes in Huron Park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and in Lucan it's continuous hockey from 7 a.m. through to midnight. Playoffs start Sunday morning at 8 a.m. in Lucan with the Cyclone final at 5 p.m. and the Lucan Cup Challenge two hours later. Good gift ideas Need any ideas for gifts for the sports minded per- son in your family? How about some good Canadian content books? Five new sports books are now on the shelves here at the T -A and would make excellent Christmas presents. They are all very recently off the presses. Four are on hockey and one about baseball. The first about hockey is simply entitled "Ballard". Written by Toronto Globe and Mail sportswriter William Houston it gives an inside look at Maple Leaf Gardens behind closed doors and a look at the way the media has made Harold Ballard Canada's Most newsworthy and controversial public figure. You meet the profane and irreverent Ballard on his home territory, his friends and family, closest associates, his players, coaches, general managers as well as his friends and enemies in the fourth estate. One of Ballard's sometime newspaper enemy is the author of the hook. Houston has fought with Ballard, been barred from his dressing rooms and press box and was told "you'll get your throat cut if you go ahead and write the book." The second hockey book is simply called "Gretzky" and that is enough to tell the story. This book on the, great number 99 of the Edmonton Oilers is a little dif- ferent than many of the others which have been published. The latest is written by Jim Taylor, a Vancouver based sportswriter and Wayne's father, Walter Gret- zky of Brantford. We have heard the senior Gretzky in two radio in- terviews about the book and it appears to be sort of unusual with many stories not only about Wayne, but. the entire Gretzky family which no one else could possibly know about. The third hockey book also has a simple title. it goes by the name of "Tiger". Here again it doesn't take too many hockey brains to know we are talking about Dave "Tiger" Williams now with the Detroit Red Wings after stops in Toronto and Vancouver. The Williams book is written by James Lawton, a sports columnist with the Vancouver Sun who has covered the last three Stanley Cups. "Here's a story of determination over talent, guts over skill and raw energy over the odds in a rough, tough, unforgiving game. Arrestingly candid. Tiger is the story of hockey from the ice up and William's recollections. comments and inside spare none. least of all himself. The competitive edge shows through in every line of this book, an understanding of the team, the game and above all, of winning. The result is a very special hockey story about reaching the top in a game where the standards are high. fame is fleeting and tenacity counts. The fourth book which is available locally is the 1984-85 official guide and record hook of the National Hockey League. 11 is compiled by the NHL communications depart- ment and public relations directors of the 21 NHL clubs. Here is everything worth knowing about the NHL. It's used by reporters and broadcasters covering NHL games and is able to settle any argument and answer any trivia question about our national sport. Information goes hack to the NHL all star teams beginning in 1931 and results of each of the all star games since 1947. One interesting statistic we picked out was the number of penalty shots awarded during the 1983-84 season. Of the 18 penalty shots taken. 10 resulted in goals Believe it or not, but, the only player to score on two penalty shots was a Toronto Maple Leaf. it was Greg Terrion and both were counted against the Chicago Black Hawks. One came against Tony Esposito in a t0-81oronto win and the other beat Murray Banner- man in a 2-2 tie. The only non hockey book we recommend is Foul Balls written by Toronto Star writer Allison Gordon who covered the activities of the Toronto Blue Jays for five years. Gordon tells the story of her experiences in the Blue Jays dressing room as the first woman to invade the so called privacy of the big league players. Although she was treated well by some of the players others did their best to make her visits as unpleasant as possible. 1 e e- 1 s m rs r d h e t 1 Hawks get one point, lose ground in battle for second The Exeter Hawks lost ground in their battle for se- cond place in the northern division Junior "D" loop this week as they mustered only one point in two outings against their closest rivals. Lucan's Irish won their third game in four starts against the Hawks at the rec centre, Friday, and then the locals had to overcome a two - goal deficit to gain a 4-4 split with the third place Seaforth Centenaires on Sunday. The Hawks trail Lucan by four points, although they have five games in hand. Seaforth holds down third, one point behind the Irish and three up on Exeter. The Irish will have an op- portunity to widen the gap as they host the Hawks tonight (Wednesday) in the fifth meeting between the two rivals. Exeter will be without the services of starting net - minder Pete Dearing in that contest as he has a universi- ty exam that will negate his appearance. Friday night, the Hawks will host Bothwell Barons. Rebound to Win The Lucan Irish rebounded from a 2-0 first period deficit and went on to double the score in their 8-4 triumph over the Hawks, Friday. Lucan took a 4-3 lead into the third and promptly upped it to 7-3 as they scored three times in less than three minutes to open the final stanza. Brent Martin and Al Craig had a pair for the winners with singles coming off the sticks of Brent Bannerman, Jeff Hodgins, Scott Gilder and Wayne Urbshott. Urbshott and Shawn Schaeffer had three assists each and Martin and Mark Batmen added a pair. Bill Glover scored twice for the Hawks before being ejected with Scott Balazs for a fight in the second period. Brian Horner and Steve Pro- ut added the singles. Scott Brintnell and Jeff Rowe heldped out on two goals and single assists were recorded by Steve Batten and Sean Whiteford. Bart Powell recorded 33 saves to post the win for the Irish, while Pete Dearing fac- ed 33 shots before giving way to Kevin Oke early in the third period. The latter handled 16 shots and allowed one goal. The Irish scored twice on powerplays as theHawks took 20 of the 31 penalties assessed. Rally for Tie At home again Sunday after- noon, the Hawks rallied for two goals in the final seven and a half minutes to gain the split with the visiting Seaforth Centenaires. Tony Jones kept the locals close with a goal in each of the first and second period, but the visitors scored late in the middle stanza and again ear - IN IT GOES — Hawks netminder Pete Dearing watches the puck slide past him into the net for o Seaforth score in Sunday's 4-4 draw at the rec centre. Locals in the - picture are Steve Gould, Trevor Johnston and Steve Prout. Irish pick up three points, take over Junior 'D' second The Lucan Irish picked up three of a possible four points this week to take over second place in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior D northern grouping. Wednesday at home, the Irish held the league leading Tavistock Braves to a 3-3 tie and Friday they doubled the score 8-4 on the Exeter Hawks at the South Huron Rec Centre. Crunchers get big victory The Exeter atom Crun- chers chalked up an im- pressive 9-2 victory over Mit- chell in house league hockey play. Saturday. Brent Miron was the leading light for the Crun- chers with five successful shots. Jermey Brock was next with two goals while Kevin Johns and Jamie Rolph scored in single fashion. 1 The Irish swing right back into action tonight, Wednes- day at home when the Exeter Hawks will be in for a return match. Friday, it's off to Tavistock and Sunday to Belmont. A goal from the stick of Steve Keanes on passes from Wayne Urbshott and Brad Hodgins with only three minutes left in the third period allowed the Irish to put out a single point Wednesday against Tavistock. After Tavistock had taken a 1-0 first period lead on a goal by Steve Rohl, the Irish jumped in front in the middle frame as Wayne Urbshott scored on a three-way passing effort with Brent Martin and Steve Glenn at 51 seconds and near the midway mark Scott Balazs converted passes from Brent Bannerman and Rob Hardy. Kevin Albrecht and Mike Pearce put the Braves ahead • CLEAR -OUT -- Netminder Pete Dearing hod some help from Sean Whiteford in clearing out a Seaforth Centenaire from his goal area, Sunday. Moving in to get the puck are Steve Batten (7). and Jeff Rowe Gretzky flying again We often hear the question will Wayne Gretzky im- prove his scoring records as he gets more mature and pick up more experience in the National hockey League. The way the youngster from Brantford is starting off in this the 1984-85 NHL season, the answer must be a definite yes. After setting the scoring record in 1981-82 with 212 points. he tailed off a year ago to a mere 196 points. After Thursday's win over the Boston Bruins, Gret- zky now has 24 goals and 42 assists for a point total of 66. Lasing that same pace over the full 80 game schedule and No. 99's season point total would be a whopping 229. His career assist total now stands at 600. Added income Two members of the world champion Detroit Tigers have been getting some extra income this summer from another sporting venture. Pitchers Milt Wilcox and Aurelio Lopez own a racehorse called Shiaway Snappy which was named the second best two year-old pacer in Michigan with earn- ings this season in excess of $73,000. 3-2 and set the stage for the ty- ing goal by Keanes. Details of Friday's Ltican win over the Exeter Hawks appear elsewhere on these sports pages. Close dart standings All in the Family scored five points in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league Fri- day night to cut the first place lead of the Swat team to a single point at 40 to 39. The Trailers and Scotties are deadlocked in third spot with 38 points apiece. Next are the Turtles with 37. This week's scores were: All in the Family 5 Lost Flights 0 4 -W's 4 Smurfs 1 Outlaws 4 A -Team 1 Trailers 3 Shiphunters 2 Scotties 3 011ie's Best 2 Swat 3 Snyde and Clyde 2 Canscotts 3 Odd Ones 2 Turtles 3 Itchy Niters 2 Friday's schedule is: x p.m. Odd Ones vs Outlaws Trailers vs Scotties 011ie's Best vs Shiphunters Canscotts vs A -Team 9:30 p.m. Smurfs vs Snyde and Clyde Swat vs 4 -W's Lost Flights vs itchy Niters Turtles vs All In the Family Farquhar's are best in Tuesday's ladies shuf- fleboard action at the South Ifuron Rec ('entre, Grace Fa- quhar was the winner with a score of 270.Close behind at 279 was Edith Love followed by Mildred Thomson and Muriel Marshall. Wednesday, Aub Farquhar proved to be best in the mix- ed competition with a total of 237. Philip Hern was in the runnerup spot with a score of 235. Next came Marion Dear- ing and Art Cann. FRESH APPLE CIDER AVAILABLE AT HURON RiDGE ACRES RR 2 ZURICH OR AT Seyler's Food Mar!!! • ly in the third to take their two -goal margin. Defenceman Steve Prout whittled the lead to 4-3 at the 12:21 mark when he capped off a successful powerplay and then Dave Skea gave the locals their tie with a tally at the 16:30 mark. Brian Horner and Skea had two assists each with singles going to Prout, Steve Batten and Jeff Rowe. All-star forward Bill Glover sat out the game due to a Mohawks swamp St. The Exeter Mohawks con- tinued their winning ways in the Western Ontario Athletic Association intermediate series Sunday night as they thumped the St. Clements Saints 20-1 at the South Huron Rec Centre. The Mohawks are back in St. Clements for a return engagement Friday night and Sunday they will be at home to the Monkton Wildcats at the Rec Centre with game time set for 8:30 p.m. The Mohawks scoring was intense throughout Sunday's contest with seven goals in the first period, five in the second and eight in the closing 20 minutes of play. Pete Tuckey, captain of the junior Hawks a year ago led the Mohawks with five suc- cessful shots. Ile also added a pair of assists for a great scoring night of seven points. In the first period Ken Varlet' fired three successful shots, Jamie Caldwell added a pair and Peter Tuckey scored his first of six. Terry Caldwell was the top opening session playmaker with three assists. Helping on two goals apiece were Jamie Caldwell while captain Randy Kraul, Jim Guenther, Rick Lindenfield and Ken Varley each helped on one score. In the second session, Pete Tuckey scored twice to up his game total to three and Terry Caldwell, Mark Cronyn and Jim Guenther scored in single . fashion. Brian Baker assisted on two scores and single assists were gained by Dave Kinsman, Jim Guenther. Dave Bogart, suspension from the Lucan game, but the Hawks were strengthened by the return of Mike Clark. Despite being off the ice for some time, Clark looked strong and should help the locals as they continue their battle for second place. Defencemen Jeff Pfaff and Mark Kirk are still out of the lineup. Pfaff is recoveing from a shoulder injury, while Kirk hurt his back in a fall at work. fly high Clements Barry Baynham and Rick Lindenfield. The third period proved to be the Mohawks most produc- tive 20 minutes of play with eight goals. Pete Tuckey, Mark Cronyn and Jamie Caldwell each fired two successful shots in the third while Barry Baynham and Ken Varley notched singles. 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