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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-03-22, Page 17Page 16 Times -Advocate, March 22, 1995 Irish bow to Lakers in seventh game By Fred Groves T -A staff PT. STANLEY - It may have been St. Patrick's Day but the luck of the Irish certainly wasn't with Lucan Friday night in Pt. Stanley. The host Lakers won 7-4, win- ning the seventh and deciding game of the best -of -seven OHA Junior Development League west division semi-finals. Pt. Stanley had to put together back-to-back wins as Lucan had a three -games -to -two lead heading into last Wednesday night's game in Lucan which saw the Lakers win 3-2. During the regular season which saw the Lakers finish atop the west loop with a 29-9-2 rcord, the Irish did not win one of the five games between the two teams. Friday's game saw the Irish slip behind 2-1 after the first period and they trailed 4-3 after 40 minutes. The Lakers who showboated a bit after each goal, added an empty- netter. "I am disappointed, we blew our chance Wednesday," said Irish coach Scott Bogart. "You can't give a team like that a second chance." Lucan started the 1994-95 season with an 0-11-1 record in its first 12 games but quickly turned things around and won their last nine reg- ular season games before sweeping Seaforth in the opening round of the playoffs. "The second half of the season we were the team to beat," said Bo- gart whose team moved from last to fourth place and finished with a 21- 18-1 record. "We weren't the under- dogs," he added. Friday's game saw Lucan's de- fence come up with a strong of- fensive game as Bryan Steifel, Wil Giles and Keith Robson scored while veteran forward Jeremy Je- Pt. Stanley defenseman Jamie Hicks collided with Lucan goal- ie Steve Watson in last Wednesday's game. There was no penalty called. Hawks eliminated Continued from page 14 who set up the goal took a chop in the stomach from Lambeth goalie Jeff Baldacchino. Exeterhad a powerplay, pulled Knight, but instead of getting the tying goal, watched as Watson and MacKinnon scored into the empty net. "I think we were a better team over seven games. I think the re- fereeing was the difference in two games down there," said Reving- ton. Big win at home: Facing elim- ination Friday night at the South Huron Recreation Centre, Hawks defensman Trevor Shadbolt scored on a powerplay to open the scoring. It was his first of three on the night in front of a near capacity crowd. Mauer set up Steve Farquhar and Shadbolt walked in to make it 3-0 after 20 minutes. INIMPPLII Vasa In the second, Lambeth got some- what frustrated as Mark Willis threw Burns' stick into the Lancers bench and Jason VanGeel was ejected for checking -from -behind. Also scoring for the Hawks were Jeff Glavin, Mark Livermore and Shayne" Robinson. McCann and Chris Kennedy each had a pair of assists. Questionable call: Last Wednes- day night in Lambeth the hosts won 4-3 in overtime. A penalty -filled game saw Kevin Kerr score the winner on a powerplay as Jamie Cornish was in the penttlty box for roughing. Revington said later he was sur- prised that the referee made this call as he had let a lot go earlier in the game. "He (Cornish) shoved the guy, it was unbelievable. The play was al- ready dead." Scoring for Exeter in Wednes- day's game were Livermore, McCann and Kennedy. EXETER * NIOHAWKS torso mos cordially invite everyone interested in restructuring the Senior A Hockey Club for the 95/96 season to attend a t MEETING at the South Huron Roc Centre In Exeter WED. APR. 5 at 8:15 p.m. Anyone having input or wishing to assist please feel free to attend. The turnout will be the yardstick for YES or NO for 95/96 mec aiso connected. Answering for the Lakers were Mark Steele with two, Rob Ayl- sworth, Mike Camp, Mike Rush, Chris Anderson and Steve Wiacek. In the final two games of the se- ries, the Irish had their trouble put- ting the puck in the net but Bogart didn't seem overly concerned about that. "We generate a lot of scoring chances. Maybe it was a lackof concentration," he said. Turn the tables: Last Tuesday in Pt. Stanley, the Irish won big 7-4 but the next night, back in Lucan in front of a very large supportive crowd, the hosts couldn't cap the series. A goal by Giles and a Jim Stan- ton backhander made it 2-0 in the first period of Wednesday's game but that would be all the scoring the Irish could get in Game Six. "We had them on the ropes after the first period and we let them back in," said Bogart. With three minutes left in the first period Lucan goalie Steve Watson went behind his net to clear the puck and was met very hard by Lakers' defenseman Jamie Hicks. While the fans and the Irish screamed for a penalty, none was given out and when the commotion was over, Steifel was sent to the box for roughing. "It didn't get him off his game, it wasn't a factor," said Bogart. The Lakers chipped away and 39 seconds into the second period, Midget Generals eliminated EXETER - A pair of losses to Mitchell eliminated the Exeter RSD Generals from the OMHA midget 'CC' semi-finals on the weekend. On Sunday, Mitchell blanked the Generals 4-0 and earlier in the week were beaten 5-1. Bill Hodge teamed with David Farquhar for the lone RSD goal. The Generals host London Rebels in an exhibition game tonight and will be in the Shamrock League 'A' championship this weekend. GRAND BEND MINOR BALL REG 1 STRATI ON Saturday, March 25- 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. GRAND BEND LEGION Boys and girls from age 4 to 16 are encouraged to register for the 1995 season $30.00 for first child, $25.00 for each thereafter (this includes the cost of pictures) $10.00 late registration fee For further information call Laurie Hoffman 238-5768 or Darryl Gill 238-2088 Scott Faulkner flipped one up over Watson. It was tied 2-2 as Rush scored. Lucan had a couple of chances to go ahead as Derek Greenlee stepped in from the blueline but was stopped and later Dave Jenken was stopped on a good chance. The winning goal came with about 12 minutes left when Ander- son put one through Watson's legs. Graduating players: The Irish bid farewell to a pair of players on the weekend as both Greg DePrest and Scott Riddell were the over- agers this year. DePrest, a London native finishes six years with the green -and -white and capped off his final year by winning the .west division scoring title with 69 points in just 29 games. Riddell, who was a penalty - killing specialist leaves the team af- ter four years. Crediton Mens SIo-Pitch League Requires Teams for 1995 season Anyone Interested call 23T-3826 after 6.00 p.m. y:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzmz EXETER MINOR BASEBALL EG ISTRATION Sat. 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