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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-01-11, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, January 11, 1995 ---111P—Nearmaternemerer5--PC)--RIS_ rr f Some bright stars that are sparkling at the rink Front as far away as New York to as near as St. Marys and Strathroy, hockey arenas are realizing that the minor hockey associations of Lucan, Exeter and Stephen Town- ship can produce some pretty good young talent..___ In the first of a two part series featuring the local talent, the Tines -Advocate takes a look at those who have laced up and suited up in minor hockey and are now trying to make it to the big leagues. Some have higher aspirations, oth- ers are working on a higher educa- tion and others are content to stay where they are. By Fred Groves T -A staff LISTOWEL - It's a long way from the OHA Junior Development League to the ranks of Junior B. Distance wise, it may ji+st be a short trip down the highway but if you are a goalie, getting the chance to slip on the pads for a team like the Listowel Cyclones is a tough task. Since the Midwestern Junior 'B' League Cyclones dropped the puck at the start of the year, 17 year-old Andy Glavin of Stephen Township has been between the pipes. The previous two years he was in net for the North Middlesex Stars of the Junior D level where he would often face up to 60 shots a night. "You see some of these goalies (in Junior D) and it's like playing two games. I like a lot of shots," said Glavin while taking a few days break during the holidays. Although the Stars struggled in their first two years with Glavin in net, all the work, and his patience paid off as he was definitely good enough to sign on with the the Cy- clones. What's the difference between playing net for a 'D' team and a 'B' Panthers sweep Bears in conference hoop action High school sports By Fred Groves T -A staff SEAFORTH - The weather outside required brooms to be used to sweep sidewalks last Wednes- day afternoon and the South Huron District High School boys basketball teams should have taken a broom with them to Seaforth. In Huron County Conference action, the visiting Panthers swept all three games from the Golden Bears. For the midgets, it was their secoid straight win, the juniors made it four in a row and the senior hoopers picked up their third win in four starts. Opening up, the midgets saw their record increase to 2-2 as the pounded the Bears 53-16. While it helped that the Bears scored into their own basket a couple of times, South Huron continues to improve. Guard Jason Neil led the win- ners with 10 points white Paul Gregus, Ryan Munn and David Robilliard each netted six points. Despite having only six players dressed, the Bears gave the junior Panthers, the Conference league -leaders, quite a scare as the visitors were down by a point, 23-22 at the half. But the Pan- thers came back strong in the third and after Mark Bell blocked a shot, Luke Sims went end-to-end to tie the score at 28-28. A more aggressive South Huron defence saw them take a 40-33 lead after three quarters. Just four sec- onds into the final quarter, Sims, who :'gid the Panthers with 15 points, scored two of his 11 second half points. South Hu- ron picked up the fourth win, a 52-44 win. The senior game got off to a very strange start as the Panthers were slapped with two technical fouls even before the opening tip-off. Apparently it is il- legal to try and touch the rim or attempt to dunk during the warmup. Although they were down 1-0 before the game started, the seniors had little trouble with the Bears as they were up 15-1 before the hosts hit their first field goal. It was 33-11 at the half before South Hu- ron coach Terry O'Rourke decided to gb deep into his bench to rest his starters. With 1:16 left, Panthers Bryan McAllister was given a technical foul, his second of the game and he was ejected. O'Rourke was given.a technical on the same incident and the Bears managed to pull within 10 points. McAllister led the visitors with 19 points while DeBruyn added 11. Into big tournament: The SHDHS hockey team has got a big challenge faciang them later this week as they travel to London where they will play in the St. Thomas Aquinas Flames Cup Invitational High School Hockey Tournament. "It's a big tourna- ment, probably one of the biggest around," said Pan- thers' coach Dave Cox. South Huron will open pool play in the 36 -team event on Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. against London Lucas. Other teams in their pool are Till- sonburg Allandale' and Sudbury Notre Dame. "There are teams from all over. There are one-on-one shootouts with goal- ies," said Cox. Of the 36 teams, 22 are from outsdie of London as far south as Windsor and as far north as Sudbury. "I think we'll get out of our pool de- spite being in one of to the stronger ones." In Huron Confer- ence play on Friday, the Panthers skated to a 6-3 win over host F.E. Ma- dill of Wingham. Scoring for the winners were Trevor Taylor, Mike Bowerman, Dwight Gingerich, Blair Moir, Jason Hodgson and Ben Armstrong. "We got goals from three lines and two goals from defensemen," said Cox pleased about the ef- fort. South Huron's Joe Maske 11 goes up for a shot Wednesday's senior game against host Seaforth. one? "It's more of a positioning game. In B they know where to put it. Glavins goaltending partner is Scott Walls who is a draftee of the OHL's Peterhotough Petes. While Walls could be getting a little more time in the future to help his value, Glavin has had Iotsof time in net. "At the startworked out half and half. He nt down the start of November with a pulled hamstring. I played 11 games in a row." The Cyclones used to be one of the worse teams in the league but in the past three or four seasons they have improved dramatically. Re- cent standings have them in a dog- fight with Waterloo, Elmira, Cam- bridge and Orangeville while Strat- ford dominates at the top of the standings. • "On any given weekend you can go up to second•or if you lose two, go down to sixth." Chris Haskett playing in OHL NIAGARA FALLS - It's lonely when you live away from home hut it has to be even more lonely when you are not getting very much ice time. For Lucan's Chris Haskett the Ni- agara Falls Thunder have to pick up some much needed wins right now and unfortunately, that means he is up in the stands watching. The big winger is in his rookie year with the Ontario Hockey League team which plays in the Central Division and while Sud- bury and Guelph are ahead in the standing its real close between the Thunder and the other two teams, Owen Sound and Kitchener. When asked how much ice time he is getting, Haskett said, "not much but I have to deal with it. None of the rookies are playing that much, were trying to put some wins together." At 4-7; he was drafted out of the LiSW*e1' Junior B Cyclones team and realizes he must pay his dues before getting a chance to see a reg- ular shift with the Thunder. "I don't like it but if I have to sit out, Il1 sit out. Next year will be my year to get the ice time," said Has- kett. The Ontario Hockey League, Ma- jor Junior A caliber is one step away from the pros. Haskett is big, strong and talent who knows some- day he may make it to the NHL. Lincolns rich with Lucan talent ST. MARYS - He may be only 15 years -old but Corey Smith is playing like he's been in the West- ern Junior 'B' League for quite a Classics win tournament continued from page 11 Beaten in tint: Despsite going undefeated in all three games of the preliminary round, the Stephen Oldtimers just missed winning the Na- mie Division. In the final, played Sunday afternoon at the Lucan Arena, Stephen was beaten 4-2 by St. Thomas Cookers. Trailing 2-0 after the first pe- riod, Stephen came hack and tied it on goals by Doug Pearson and Glen Nicholson. Stephen opened the tournament early Saturday morning with a 3-1 over St. Thomas as Pete Glover scored twice and Pearson notched one. in their second game Saturday, goalie Bill Armstrong notched the shutout in a 5-0 win over K -W Duffers. Pete Welsh had two goals for the winners with singles from John Schwindt, John Gillespie and Nicholson. Sunday morning Stephen gained a berth in the division final as they heat the Old Puce Pylons 5-3. Glover, Nicholson, Pearson, Rick Funs - ton and Jim O'Toole scored for Stephen. in other tournament action, the Molting Hawks, who are preparing to host their own event on January 20-22, lost 10-3 to W. Craig Carpet as Taylor had two and Larry Johns scored once. in their other game, Exeter lost 3-1 as Morley Obre had the lone Molting Hawks tally. The Lucan Shamrocks opened with a 5-0 win over the London Kings as Steve Petie had two for the winners with singles to Dann Mills and Gond Moon. Lucan lost a close 2-1 decision to the GM Old- timers as Ralph Davidson scored for the Shamrocks. in their third game in the Howie Division, the Shamrocks lost 4-0 to the Watford Old Atoms who eventually beat GM Oldtimers in the di- vision final. The Jr. Farmers Alumni beat St. Marys Old Dogs to win the Arctic Division. Pass grading Members of the South Huron Karate Club who recently received new belts after their grading are left; JOnathon Ens, Drew Atthin, Nicole Alexander, Katie Chiasson, Meg- an Ratcliffe. Absent - Danny Sharpe. while. A product of the Lucan Minor Hockey Association, Smith has a definite plan of what he wants to do in the next year and that is to get drafted into the Ontario Hockey League. Smith made the jump all the way from bantam in Lucan to Junior 'B' with the St. Marys Lincolns. He could well be on his way and join fellow Lucan native Chris Has- kett in the OHL. This is Smith's un- derage draft year which means he has to be drafted in the first three rounds to go to the Major Junior 'A' level. When he started with the Lin- colns, one of the best teams in the league, he was a little nervous es- pecially with his passing. "I was just trying to be accurate," said Smith prior to Friday. night's game against the visiting Aylmer Aces. As far as heading to the OHL he said, "I have an agent. He doesn't say much. He helps me with the scouts." There are four players in St. Mar- ys with connections from Lucan. Besides Smith, there are rookies Shawn Fairweather and Dwayne Price as well as second -year for- ward Paul O'Shea, all who played for the Junior 'D' Irish. Fairweather, 18, isn't really cer- tain what his future holds but he does look forward to having a suc- cessful year with the Lincolns. "This is a lot better caliber of players," said Fairweather between the difference of 'B' and 'D' hockey. "It's a lot faster and there's more banging around," he said of the physical play. 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