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Times -Advocate, November 29, 1995
is Week in Sports...
• Big Chief score goal - page 18
• Lucan Irish on winning streak - page 18
Hawks are undefeated in 16 games
The Exeter Hawks became a
16-0 hockey team after de- -
feating second ranked Tha-
mesford 3-2 at home Friday.
Chris Skalkos T -A stark
EXETER - After protecting their
undefeated streak through a five
game road trip the Exeter Hawks
returned to home Friday night to
show their fans why they are now
16-0.
Exeter persevered through the
gritty and close game against the
second ranked Thamesford team
which tried unsuccessfully to de-
throne the Hawks.
The 3-2 home game victory at
the South Huron Recreation Centre
followed the Hawk's last away
game played in Ayr Thursday.
Craig Corriveau scored an un-
assisted goal in the first period and
then again in the second with a
feed from Nathan Burns and Jeff
Glavin to lead Exeter to a 3-1 win
over the Centennials.
Sean McCann scored the first
goal on a power play early in the
first assisted by Joe MacDonald
and powerhouse Chris Kennedy.
Friday's home game (which may
have had more to do with pride
than points) was a different story
as the determined Thamesford
team struck first, getting on the
scoreboard early in the first period.
Charged up by over 200 cheering
spectators; Exeter replied with a
power play goal by Shayne Rob-
inson assisted by Mark Livermore
and Nathan Burns.
Sean Brown added another with
only three minutes left in the first
compliments of assisting team-
mates Steve Farquhar and Jason
McBride.
The high -flying Ryan Chamney
scored what seemed to be the guar-
antee goal early in the second when
he was set up by Chris McDonald
and Geoff Maver. But as every ex-
perienced coach will testify, noth-
ing is guaranteed until the final
buzzer sounds.
Thamesford turned up the tempo
late in the second period con-
trolling the play along the red line
but failed to score on many of their
offensive attacks. They managed to
get a flukie goal midway through
the third on a power play when a
screened shot managed to dribble
between the pads of goalie Darren
Kints.
Despite the Thamesford goal, Ex-
eter returned to their true form,
skating hard and hitting harder, tak-
ing the play away from Tha-
mesford to hold on to their one goal
lead for the rest of the game.
Head coach Dave Revington said
making shorter line changes helped
the Hawks pick up their game in the
third period.
"They just needed to fore check a
little more and practice a little
more discipline," he said adding
that Thamesford narrowed the
score after the Hawks took a late
penalty.
Revington credits netminder Dar-
ren Kints for keeping them in the
game with his sensational per-
formance between the pipes.
"They [Thamesford] didn't get a
lot of shots on us but the ones they
did were quality shots. Darren has
been a key player for us over and
. Hawk goalie Darren Kints makes a sensational
over again," he said.
Kints stopped 25 shots against
Thamesford and amazingly turned
away 39 shots Thursday night
against Ayr. He almost recorded a
shut out in Ayre but the opposition
managed to squeak one in on a
late third period save Friday night while Jason McBride looks on.
powerplay with only six minutes left
in the game.
Revington said the 16 game win-
ning streak hasn't inflated the
player's heads and they are still tak-
ing it one game at a time.
" Being 16-0 feels alright until the
Bowling qualifying round begins Sunday
Ron Dann
ZURICH - The 20 -game qualify-
ing round to compete in the Ontario
Five Pin Bowlers' Association
(OFPBA) Ontario Open next April
3-6 will begin Sunday and wind up
December 10 in 24 zones across the
province. Bowlers must be 19 years
of age as of December 31 and
members of the OFPBA to be eligi-
ble to win the Sydney L. Morris
awards.
Bluewater 5 -Pin Bowlers' Asso-
ciation zone rolloffs are scheduled
for Molesworth, Lucknow, Clinton
and Listowel, over the next twn
Sundays, from where the top nine
women, the top nine men and the
next highest qualifier, either male
or female, based on total 20 game
pinfall will advance to the OFPBA
Ontario Open in team and singles
competition with the other 23
zones.
Score Holiday Classic Deadline
Entry deadline to participate in
the pins over average Score Holi-
day Classic Provincial Champion-
ships is December 4 at bowling
centres across Ontario. All bowlers
who enter the Score Classic will
bowl a one week pins over average
three game league round during
December 4 to 17. The top five in
the Score League round will form a
team to advance to the three game
pins over average Score House
round at Clinton, Goderich Little
Bowl, Listowel, Lucknow, Moles-
worth, St. Marys and Zurich D/C
Associations within the Bluewater
Association area.
Special Old Windup
The fifth and final week of the
Special Old High -Low Doubles
League qualifying round will be
completed by Sunday in all Blue -
water Association area centres..
Each Special Old League. Champ
team will advance to the Special
Old three game, pins over average,
Zone Finals January 7 at OFPBA
designated locations.
Combo YBC tournament held at Lucan Lanes
Audrey Watt
LUCAN - A Combo tournament
for Y.B.C. bowlers was held this
past Saturday at Lucan Lanes. This
tournament involves a team consist-
ing of a Senior, Junior and Bantam
in a pins over average format. The
winning boys team was Todd Gold-
ie. Matt Pipe and William Benedet-
ti with a plus 190 for three games.
They will now advance to a zone
round in Strathroy on December
17. Winning for the girls, with a
plus 48, was the team of Donna
Beaudoin, Ashley Smith and Jenni-
fer Ankers, who will represent Lu -
can at Bowlarama in London.
The Youth Challenge for bowlers
from the ages of 13 to 18 was re-
cently held. A total of 53 young
men and women, from Lucan,
Strathroy and St. Thomas, partici-
pated in this event, in which the top
seven boys, top seven girls and the
next boy or girl with the highest
pinfall advance to a zone round on
January 18 in Windsor. Amber
MacKay from Strathroy had the
high five game total for the girls
with Strathroy. He also had a fine
high single of 360. Todd Goldie is
the lone representative from Lucan
as he finished seventh with a total
of 895.
next game," said Revington who
doesn't get excited very often.
" We're just going to keep plugging
away [at this winning streak] but we
know sooner or later we're going to
lose it."
The Hawks will plug away at
Delhi and North Middlesex as they
defend their impressive record at
home this Friday and again on De-
cember 8.
1995-96 Standings
as of November 5, 1995
Yeck Conference - Morenz Division
Team
Exeter
Seaforth
Lucan
North Middlesex
Mitchell
Player
Steve McInally
Nathan Burns
Shayne Robinson
Jason Dunseith
Joe MacDonald
Chris Downie
Jason Henderson
Kalen Carroll
Player
Darrin Kints
Darcy Ballantyne
Kynvet Carson
Won Loss
14 0
10 6
8 6
4 11
4 6
Ties OTL
0 0
0 2
1 0
0 3
1 0
Scoring leaders
GP
l0
10
10
9
10
12
11
11
Team
Seaforth
Exeter
Exeter
Seaforth
Exeter
N.M.
Seaforth
Seaforth
Goaltender Average
Team GP
Exeter 8.03
Mitchell 4.27
Lucan 11.10
GF
87
86
73
57
46
G
8
8
7
6
8
9
6
4
GA
24
13
38
GA
38
61
56
69
50
A
17
14
14
12
9
7
10
12
Avg.
2.37
3.04
3.42
Pts.
28
22
17
I1
9
Pts. _
25
22
21
18
17
16
16
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ExNHL'er shares goalie smarts
Chris Skalkos T -A staff
LUCAN - "Don't get shut out in life. Stay in school!"
This is the most important lesson ex- NHL goaltender Steve McKi-
chan teaches students that come through his hockey school.
McKichan is the founder of Future Pro Goalie School based Lucan
and Ilderton, one of the largest in the province. Other than churning
out skilled goaltenders, McKichan produces hockey smart goalies em-
phasizing the importance of getting an education."
I like to prepare the kids for other things in life besides hockey. For
me, I would rather see a kid make a good living working at a career
than see them make the NHL," said McKichan. "I tell them they
should stay in school and get a post secondary education. If you don't
yo'rr chances of getting a job are slim."
Even professionally minded hockey players benefit from a higher ed-
ucation said McKichan."
They don't hire dumb jocks to play in the NHL anymore. Now they
are looking for complete packages. Educated athletes that can act as a
good spokesperson for the sport," he added.
McKichan's appreciation for an education stems from his personal
experience. His successful academic career earned him a full scholar-
ship at Miami University which led to him being drafted by the Van-
couver Canucks in 1988.
However, his NHL career was cut short after he was seriously in-
jured in his second game with the Canucks. But McKichan had his ed-
ucation to fall back on and became an elementary school teacher with
the Oxford County Board of Education.
At about the same time he started his goalie school, and, for a while,
he pursued both to see which one would work out the best. Either way,
McKichan had the opportunity to work with youngsters but in the end
his love for the sport persuaded him to quit his teaching job and run his
goalie school full time.
With over 250 young hockey players enrolled last summer, and his
Christmas and March break camps quickly filling up, it seems McKi-
chan made a wise move."
I'm on the ice now more than a professional hockey player and I love
it,".
His goalie school provides him with the opportunity to share his
knowledge and experience gained from being instructed by some of the
best professional goaltending coaches in the NHL."
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I wanted this school to be different than the rest," said McKichan
who prefers to add a personal touch to his program.
"I know every kid by name. I know their strengths and their weak-
nesses...I take pride in the individual attention I can give them."
McKichan is assisted by a staff of seasoned hockey players, most of
whom posses teaching degrees. He said the low student to instructor ra-
tio and the use of video to analyse his students' results gives them an
advantage in learning the basic goalie skills of movement, recoveries,
save selections and rebound control.
"We don't have kids running around like monkies, we try to give
them the most instructional time we can. Each kid in the school can
face 800 shots in a day," he said.
Occasionally, McKichan's mind wanders back to his short NHL ca-
reer wondering what might have been, but doesn't regret the course
he's taken in life and he credits his education for taking him there.
McKichan admits he loves teaching, but he's happiest when on the
ice teaching and with current plans on expanding Future Pro south of
the border. "
I get the feeling I'll be doing this until I'm 68. I guess I know when
it's time to retire when I can't score on a seven year-old anymore."
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