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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-01-11, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, January 11, 1995 i This Week in Sports... • Off to all-star game - page 11 • High school roundup page 12 Lucan's Carson makes 33 saves In his first start The goalie allowed just one goal, helping the Irish to their fifth straight win By Fred Groves T -A star[ LUCAN - From the very be- ginning it looked as though it was going to be a strange one. Last Wednesday night in Lucan, .the host Irish experienced a tot of very weird occurrences. Co4ch Scott Bogart was absent due to work commitments, there was a pre -game confrontation in front of the Irish bench, announcer Ann Hardy missed a very rare game, a piece of glass surrounding the ice was broken and Knyvet Car- son got his first start in net. Carson, coming over from the Thamesford Trojans of the east di- vision, turned away 33 shots as the Irish beat the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs 6-1. The win lifted Lucan's OHA Junior Development League record to 11-15-1. It was their fifth straight win but more importantly it moved them farther away from the Bulldogs who are behind the Irish in the standings. After the game, Lucan was up by four points. While most of the unexpected in- cidents didn't determine the out- come of the game, Carson's per- formance did. "By the looks of it, he's a gamer. You can't tell what a goalie's got until you see him in a game," said Irish co -coach Jeff Dalrymple who worked the bench along with Mark Bannon. "He hasn't missed a practice and we thought tonight was a good time to get him in," added Dalrymple of Carson who was named the game's MVP. While it was only 1-0 after the first period in a very tight checking game, the Irish built their lead to 4- 0 into the second and it was 5-1 af- ter 40 minutes. With a two-man advantage, Mt. Brydges' only goal of the night came when Ryan Reeneboog stepped in close and blasted one over Carson's shoulder. Two more for Hudson: Steve Hudson continues to be an of- fensive spark for the Irish as he had his second straight two -goal per- formance. The second goal came with just 31 seconds left in the mid-. dle period when Greg DePrest stole the puck, broke down the right side and waited until Hutson caught up to the play. DePrest slipped the puck over at the last minute past a Mt. Brydges defenseman and Hutson tapped it past Jake McCracken. 140110 Lucan goalie Knyvet Carson is ready to drop on the puck during last Wednesday's 6-1 win against Mt. Brydges Bulldogs. While the line of DePrest-Hutson and Steve Matthews scored three goals the combo of Rob Davis, Tra- vis Stinchcombe who had one and Trevor Emms with one also were productive. Jeremy Jemec had the other Irish tally. Stinchcombe's came just eight seconds into a powerplay and Emms' goal was scored just eight ticks into the third period. "Robb, Emms and Stinchcombe got two goals in eight seconds. That took the wind right out of them and we were able to hang on," said Dalrymple. There was a lot of high -sticking in Wednesday's game as DePrest got into a stick swinging battle with Bulldogs' captain Derek Bloom- field. Bloomfield started the incident when he got some lumber up into DePrest's face. e sh veteran was not hesi to re aliate. "The referee I,a it go far enough for DePrest to get in some stick work. But he (Bloomfield) should have got an extra one (penalty)," said Dalrymple. Just after the warmup, prior to the start of the game, Bloomfield was in front of the Lucan bench trying to stir something up with a half a dozen Irish players. Bloomfield was not greeted warmly and re- ceived a cross, -check in the back. The Irish put their five -game win- ning streak on the line tonight when they host the division leading Pt. Stanley Lakers. "We're ready for them. I wanted to play them two weeks ago," said Dalrymple. "Our guys are really fo- cused." .Illillnl' 'D' hockey • Hawks pick up 15th win, beat Mitchell 6-1 MITCHELL - There was only three penalties in Friday night's game and not only did the Exeter Hawks stay out of the box, they managed to pick up their 15th win of the season. In OHA Junior Development League action in Mitchell, the Hawks skated to a 6-1 win. Rookie goalie Darren Kints made the difference, tuung away 33 shots. It was 2-0 after the first period as Mark Livermore and Chris Ken- nedy gave the visitors a quicl lead just 2:39 into the game. It took only 1:34 into the second as Sean McCann made it 3-0. While Mitchell got on the scoreboard midway through the second, it was 4-1 early in the third as rookie defenseman Mark Bell scored. The third frame was totally dominated by the Hawks as Ray Cousineau and Nathan Burns connected. Exeter has a busy home weekend as they host North Middlesex Stars on Friday and on Saturday the tough Seaforth Centenaires come to town. Both games are scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. Junior Development Port Stanley Lambeth Exeter Belmont Seaforth Mitchell Lucan N. Middlesex Mt. Brydges Western Division W L T OTL F A P 19 6 1 2 147 96 41 19 7 2 0 138 110 40 15 11 2 1 142 121 33 14 12 I I 139 129 30 14 13 2 0 129 136 30 11 17 1 0 114 132 23 11 15 l 0 123 124 23 8 20 1 2 104 150 19 8 17 1 2 98 133 19 _Shawn Talbot learned all about Aussie rules football 1 �ill('1 iirt'� 'r'r1 t,iiri'�'< Every country has its own sport. One that has been invented within their boundaries and which everyone either has played in some form, plays now, or knows about. While it has often been debated around circles of higher sports thinkers what Canada's national sport is, hockey seems to be the biggie. Shawn Talbot recently returned to his hometown Exeter following a year-long trip with his mother BJ to Australia. He took with him to his newly adopted homeland some hockey skills he learned at the South Huron Recreation Centre. He must have learned a little down under as well because in a game on the weekend for Exeter, he scored four goals. While in Australia he was selected to play for the West- ern Australia State ice hockey team - an all -start team of sorts that traveled to play in a national tournament with teams from the eastern states. "It's (hockey) not really lig in West Australia," said Shawn. "There is only one rink but they're building an- other. There is a few in the other states." One rink in the west? That's like taking an area (I'm just guessing here) from London to Toronto and only having one ice surface. No doubt when the popularity of the sport grows, so will the demand to build more rinks. The big no body contact tournament that Shawn played in brought players 13 -and -under from across the country to compete. Making the team meant getting up pretty early. "It's early in the morning, 6:30 on the ice. It was on Sat- urdays and Sundays." He explained that there were tryouts and the centreman made the team and was awarded an assistant captain role for his leadership and obvious knowledge of the game. "The coach said I was a good hard skater. I got the coach- es' award." The big tournament was in Canberra near Sydney and al- though Shawn's team didn't do that well, he got to ex- perience Australian hockey first hand. While Ontario has an arena in just about every com- munity, Australian rules football is the big sport down un- der. That and cricket are unfamiliar to us but Shawn played those along with a little basketball, soccer and baseball. "Every town and every school has an oval," explained Shawn. The oval was where they played football. Aussie rules football, for those who have seen the gruel- ling game on TSN, is not for the weak. It's simply football without pads. A sort of cross between North American football, soccer and rugby. "You don't use your hands, it's more your feet," said Shawn of the game which requires players to bounce a football and run with it. It sounds hard to do and it is as Shawn found out. Rough sport? He got his share of scrapes and cuts. There is a sign hanging high in the Lucan Irish dressing room which reads - Discipline over emotion. In other words, don't retali4te when someone puts a stick in your throat or the sensitive area between your legs. The OHA Junior Development League showed a lot of discipline last Wednesday against the Bulldogs and co - coach Jeff Dalrymple said a few players like Travis Stinch- combe and Jeremy Jemec are doiny a good job to keep their cool. "He's (Stinchcombe) really turned his game around. Je- mec skated away three of four times," said Dalrymple of the veteran of not getting into any altercations. r 1 o� i