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Exeter Juvenile Chiefs advance to serol -final series
Exeter goalie David Wilcox, left; and defenseman Mike Bur-
ton celebrate after sweeping Ingersoll in the quarter -finals.
Wilcox had two shutouts in four games.
"I think we have finally
started to jell as a team."
OMHA 95' - Stephen Sting come back against Zurich
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - After getting off to a slow start,
the Exeter Chiefs have won six in a row in-
cluding four straight playoff games.
Saturday night at the South Huron Rec-
reation Centre, the Chiefs skated to a 7-0
blanking over visiting Ingersoll. The win gave
Exeter a sweep in the Ontario Minor Hockey
Association Juvenile 'B' quarter -finals.
"I think we have started to finally jell as a
team and the opposition wasn't that strong,"
said Exeter coach Bud Markham of Ingersoll
who managed to score only five goals against
the Chiefs in four games.
Saturday in Exeter, the Chiefs took a com-
manding 4-0 lead on goals by Rob Kobayashi,
Steve Stire, Mike Burton and Scott Barclay.
The lead was increased to 6-0 after two pe-
riods of play on tallies by Ian Jean and Derek
Beckett. Nick Szabo scored in the third.
Captain Ryan Wells, while ejected in the
first period for high -sticking after Stire's goal
led the Chiefs through the four games with
four goals and five assists.
"Ryan Wells has picked up his game and
Nick Szabo brings a good two-way dimension
to the team," said Markham.
The hard -skating Szabo, the only overager
on the Chiefs had seven points and no penalty
minutes in the series against Ingersoll.
Wilcox was very stingy between the pipes as
he had two shutouts in four games and al-
lowed just one in the 135 minutes he played.
The only goal that got past him was Thursday
night in Ingersoll, a 4-1 Chiefs win.
In Ingersoll, the game was tied 1-1 after the
first period and the Chiefs were up 4-1 after
two periods. Scoring for Exeter were Glenn
Hines with two, Wells and Ryan Beckett.
Exeter now has a bit of a break as they head
into the OMHA semi-finals against the winner
of Listowel and Walkerton. Listowel, Silver
Stick winners this year have not lost a game
this season.
"1'm concerned the next series will be a real
eye opener for our team," said Markham.
Sting come all the way back
HURON PARK - Trailing four points to
none in the six -point series, the Stephen
Township Sting came all the way back to heat
Zurich and advance to the next round of the
OMHA bantam 'E playoffs.
Thursday in Zurich, Jeremy Slater had three
assists to pace the Sting to a 6-4 win which
tied the series up. Andy Ellis scored with 3:17
left in the game and Jeff Glover added the in-
surance marker with 1:36 left. Ellis, Glover
and Ben McCann all had two goals each.
Saturday in Huron Park, the game belonged
to the Sting as they won big 8-2 . Matt Regier
had two goals with singles from John Rutten,
Christian Stuckless, peewee callup Shawn
Stuckless, Glover, Ellis and Darryl Parsons.
Assisting on the goals were Shawn Stuckless
with two, Slater, Regier, Denis Noakes, Rut -
ten, Ellis, Chris Reaburn, Glover and Greg
Hendrick. Jason Neil, called up from the AE
bantams, had a strong game on defence.
The Sting will now take on either Wallace or
Blyth.
Pewee AE series tied
EXETER - Peter Fragiskatos had two goals
and set up another as Exeter Huron Tractor
beat visiting Dresden 6-3 in OMHA pe ee
AE playoff action on Sunday.
Also scoring for the winners, who tied the
six -point series at two each were Bob Ham-
ilton, Dan Snell, Ryan Ralph and Mike
DeYoung. Picking up assists were Derek Loz-
on, Brandon Martin, Jeff Hogan, Tyler Taylor
and Jeff Gooch.
Lucan midgets advance
LUCAN - Erik Kowalchuk had a goal and
an assist last Wednesday to pace the Lucan
midgets to a 3-2 win over Parkhill to win their
OMHA series seven points to none.
Also scoring were Mike Bowerman and
Ryan Dukeshire while Mike Wragg and Marty
McLaughlin helped set up the goals.
Last night Lucan hosted Pt. Stanley in the
next round while Pt. Stanley come to Lucan
Thursday for a 9 p.m. game.
Broncos eliminated
FOREST - The Exeter Broncos saw their
playoff season come to an end on Sunday as
they were beaten 5-2 by host Forest in OMHA
Atom 'CC' action.
Matt Anstett and Mike Kerslake scored for
Exeter while Daryl Bourne, Mike Dietrich and
Kevin Overholt assisted.
Friday in Exeter, Overholt teamed with Die-
trich for the lone Broncos goal in a 1-1 draw.
Kyle Farwell picked up the tie in net.
Hawks defenseman Greg Dalrymple, right; works to get to the
puck during Friday night's win against Pt. Stanley.
Cousineau sparks comeback
Down 4-1, the Hawks battled back to beat Pt. Stanley 8-4
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - Hockey may be a
team sport, but once in a while it
takes an individual effort.
Friday night at the South Huron
Recreation Centre, veteran winger
Ray Cousineau had two goals and
an assist to spark a big 8-4 come -
from -behind victory for the host
Exeter Hawks over the OHA Junior
Development League west division
leading Pt. Stanley Lakers.
Down 3-1 after the first period as
Chris Kennedy scored and 4-1 ear-
ly in the middle frame, the Hawks
stormed back and were up 5-4 after
40 minutes, thanks, in part to some
determined play by Cousineau.
In the four meetings of these two
teams, Exeter has won twice and
the other two were slim wins for
the Lakers.
"We know we have to play good
against these guys to beat them.
That's why we played a lot better,"
said Cousineau.
"They have a pretty high skill
level. If you don't play sound de-
fence, you won't beat them," said
Exeter coach Dave Revington.
Trailing 4-1 with 8:05 left in the
second period, Cousineau let go
with a shot from the slot while be-
ing knocked to the ice. That made it
4-2 and with 3:18 left he scored on
a powerplay to pull the hosts to
within a goal.
"They made a bad pass and I took
a wrist shot off balance," described
Cousineau of his first goal of the
night.
After Shayne Robinson lugged it
in and fed Mark Livermore for a
picturesque passing goal to tie it,
Cousineau set up the winner on a
good play by defensemen Greg
Dalrymple, who scored, and Mark
Lynn.
Despite being up a goal heading
into the second intermission, the
Hawks did not change their style
and instead of trying to protect the
one -goal lead, kept up their of-
fensive spurt.
The Lakers coughed it up and
Robinson scored with 8:16 left
which re -opened the scoring flood-
gates. Lynn shot from the point and
it was re -directed by Nathan Burns
and then Bill Hodge teed one up
from the blueline.
"He ( Revington) told us to keep
going and that if you make one
mistake they'll score. We had to
keep playing the way we were,"
said Cousineau.
Brian Knight started in net for the
Hawks but after two quick goals,
he was yanked in favour of Darren
Kints who, although allowed a very
weak goal, made a big glove save
on Scott Faulkner with 41 seconds
left in the first.
Kints did not return to the net for
the second as Revington opted to
give the newcomer Knight another
chance.
"Knight hasn't played a whole lot.
He hasn't had much ice time and I
wanted to get his confidence up,"
said Revington.
While Knight did allow one early
in the second, he was steady the
rest of the way and the Lakers
couldn't beat him.
Strategy pays off: Since chang-
ing the C's and A's on a few
players, the Hawks have come off a
three -game losing streak to win two
in a row. Revington said it's time
certain players like Cousineau, be-
gin to lead the team on the ice.
"You have to start looking to
those guys that have • been here
three of four years. They have to
start stepping up," said Revington.
Besides Cousineau, other vet-
erans who played well were Sean
McCann and Jason McBride and
Lynn back on the blueline.
Early in the third, Pt. Stanley's
top sniper Craig Jailbert got a little
hot under the helmet as he was tak-
en out hard at the end of the boards
by Lynn and then McBride hauled
him down. Later Jalbert and Exet-
er's Craig Corriveau were ejected
for fighting.
After settling down, the Hawks
defence corps had one of its better
games of the season and Revington
said it always helps when the for-
wards come back to help out.
Hawks happenings:—.The post-
poned Feburary 5 game against
Mitchell was scheduled to he
played last night (Tuesday) in Exet-
er at 9 p.m...Saturday's game in
North Middlesex was cancelled due
to bad weather...Exeter hosts Mt.
Brydges on Friday and head to Pt.
Stanley on Saturday.
Club volleyball at South Huron is becoming popular
High school sports have specific seasons.
In the fall you start with girls basketball, field hockey, cross-
country and boys volleyball. That's followed by ice hockey,
girls volleyball, boys basketball, badminton, soccer and track
and field.
There is a reason for the separation and that is so some can
play more than one sport. Having boys volleyball and boys bas-
ketball at the same time would be ridiculous because it would be
nearly impossible to play, if talented enough, for both.
However, that train of thought seems to be changing but it's
not at the high school level but rather at the club level.
Under the direction of coach Scott Halpenny, boys under -17 at
South Huron District High School now have the opportunity to
extend their volleyball season.
"Last year we started it up and we're blending with Goderich,"
said Halpenny of the South Huron-Goderich club volleyball
team.
"It's juvenile, 17 -and -under development.' We have enough to
make two teams."
He said that Exeter players aren't on one team and Goderich
on the other, there are just two balanced teams. The South Hu-
ron players practice every Tuesday at their school and then they
alternate on Sunday's. One week in Exeter, the next in Goderich.
"It's fairly competitive ball. You have 17 year-olds who can be
fairly strong," said Halpenny. "I wish more kids could take ad-
vantage of it but it's a conflict of other sports."
On Sunday, the Exeter-Goderich teams will take on Stratford
and then March 5, the action goes to Goderich and on March 26,
South Huron will open its doors to some top-notch spiking ac-
tion.
The 10 team league includes Chatham, Stratford, Kitchener -
Waterloo, Missisauga, Glencoe and Wingham.
From South Huron, Colin Bowers, Blake Schade, Wayne In-
gram, Scott Rasenberg, Trevor Skinner, Brian Huxtable, Chris
Straw and Luke Sims are playing club volleyball.
Field hockey is one of those sports where you can either play
indoors or outdoors although for locals it's more of an outdoor
variety as we are used to having the three -time defending high
school girls champions in our own backyards.
Panthers coach Jim Workman who has guided South Huron to
three straight OFSAA titles is holding informal field hockey
workouts on Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m.
While they started out with five, they had I I the last time and
it's for all -ages and both male and female.
"It's not a high powered thing. I've opened it up to males and
females," he said.
Indoor field hockey is played in the winter and congratulations
this week goes out to Brenyn Baynham of Exeter who just re-
turned from the Canadian Nationals in Vancouver where she
helped the Ontario under -21 team win a silver medal.
From the sidelines:—.1 was at the Exeter midget Bears game
on Saturday night and was surprised at the linesmen who de-
cided with about a minute -and -a -half left to go in the game to
break up a couple of fights. Rather than letting the players
knock it out and then step in the officials got in between them
and one of them suffered a few punches to his helmet. That's
pretty dangerous work for the few bucks they get paid...I saw
Andy Glavin of the Listowel Junior 'B' Cyclones on the week-
end. The rookie goalie told me he is looking forward to the up-
coming playoffs. Glavin was the Cyclones player of the month
for January which means he could see his share of time in net
during the post -season.
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