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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-11-29, Page 16Page 16 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 16 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." • 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." 1