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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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