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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-04-03, Page 16Page 16 Times -Advocate, April 3, 1996 Exeter hosts international hockey game EXETER - The Exeter Legion Bantams may have a tough time to- night (Wednesday) when they face-off against a European hockey • club. An elite bantam team from Stock- holm, Sweden called SKIAK 80 is . playing Exeter in a friendship match at the South Huron Recrea- tion Centre. The Swedish team is rolling into Exeter after winning the Goderich invitational tournament on the weekend. They stunned Goderich 13-0, Clinton 18-3 and Seaforth 4- 1. They heat Seaforth a second time, 4-2 in the final. Exeter assistant coach, Brian Hodgins watched them play in Goderich. He said they are a big team with a lot of skills. "They skate and move the puck continuously and surprisingly, they play a very physical brand of hock- ey," said Hodgins. "If our team skates and checks like they can, we'll give them a good game." There will be a shootout after the second period and an MVP will be picked for each team with prizes supplied by Canadian Tire and Ma- cLeans Home Hardware. Exeter will host Colts and Masters f' Provincial champio EXETE ' .; :.eter has won a bid to h isi'bne of the most pre- stigious curling events in the province. The -Exeter Curling club will play host rink to the Ontario Curling Association's Colts and Masters Provincial ChampIon- ships in 1997.1 Scheduled to take place March, 26 27, 28 and 29 next year, the event will bring 64 of thb province's best curlers to Ex-' eter along with the media cover- age which is sure to follow. "You're going to see some of the best curling in Ontario right here in Exeter," said hosting Coinmittee chairperson, Jim De BIock. Chris McDonald wins a draw for the Exeter Hawks during game three at the South Huron Recreation Centre on Sun- day. Craig Corriveau scored a late third period goal for Ex- eter during. their 5-4 win over Thamesford. At press time, they were leading the series three games to nil and were prepared to eliminate them Tuesday night in game four. This Week in Sports... • Stephen Atoms tie in finals - page 17 • New field hockey team in Exeter - page 18 Hawks have stranglehold on Championship round The Exeter Hawks threaten to dethrone defending champions Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter EXETER - By the time this story went to press the Exeter Hawks were on their way to play Tha- mesford in the fourth game of the Junior "D" semi-finals. .. The Hawks were leading the se- ries 3-0 and looked like they were on their way to a clean sweep earn- ing a berth in the All -Ontario fi- nals. Hawk fans had reason to be op- timistic Tuesday night. This was a different series than their last two. The Hawks had trouble handling North Middlesex needing six games to finish them, and they faced elimination when Seaforth went the distance forcing a seventh game. But on Tuesday night the Hawks found themselves with an un- characteristic three game lead in the semi-final round against Tha- mesford, last year's reigning cham- pions. A victory will probably place the Hawks in their final quest for the provincial title where they would face the winner of the Wellesley vs. Langton series. "It would be foolish to spec- ulate," said head coach Dave Rev- ington refusing to make any pre- dictions. "They're a talented team with a lot of skill," he added. Even with a three game lead, Revington knows better than to count his opponent out for the count yet. Thamesford has a long tradition of winning adding four All -Ontario championships to their track record within the last six years. Revington also pointed out all of their wins were by one goal and the Hawks were trailing Tha- mesford, at one point, in all three games. The Hawks won the first game at home 2-1 on .Tuesday, beat Tha- mesford, 5-4 in overtime in game two Friday, and rallied for another 5-4 win back at home Sunday night. • "I think ' we're playing better. We're not getting the poor play we saw in the first two series," said Revington who credits the line of Steve Farquhar, Jeff Glavin and Craig Corriveau for leading the team in effort and in points. The trio have combined for five points so far with Corriveau scoring the game winner in the first and third games. "They've really picked the team up with their hard work. Their ef- fort has lifted the rest of the team," said Revington. He also credits Shayne Robinson for scoring the tieing goal in game two with only five minutes left to play. The goal tumed the tables and set the stage for Exeter's over- time win. Defenseman MarkBell, who has been relatively quiet up till now, seems to have found a niche with Thamesford. He has scored four goals with his trademark point slap - shot, notching the game winner in Friday's overtime contest. Sean McCann, Chris Kennedy, Nathan Burns and Mark Livermore rounded up the rest of Exeter's goals. Heading into the fourth game, riding on a three victory emotional boost, the Hawks are relatively in- jury free and ready to put an end to the defending champions. Reving- ton said his game plan is simple. Get the early lead and keep it. Despite the lead and the odds heavily in their favor, Revington is still taking it one period at a time. "The only thing I'm looking for- ward to is the next 20 minutes," he said. If neccessary, game. five will come back to Exeter on April 4, at 8 p.m., and game seven would also be played in Exeter with a 2 p.m. start time. Peewees ready to claim second title e ees are only_t t i ' rtimc r.1 All -Ontario phenomenal in net denying Port Carling the winning goal Adam Glavin answered the call for the wees scoring ree points away from All -Ontario championship PORT CARLING - The only thing standing between the ove e o , however,Stephonigoalie Chris Glavin was oe tbsurvi.ve another oaertiri game.± a'' 11 4.• • 0 t Stephen Township Peewees and their second championship is three points. The Peewee Rebels returned home form Port Carling Sunday night with a tie and a win and now lead the series three points to nil. All they need now is another tie and a win to clinch the provincial title and they can get it when they host Port Carling this weekend. The back to back games last weekend, how- ever, took its toll on the team. The Peewees were obviously tired from.the four hour drive`: to Port Carling on Saturday and it showed in their skating: "You could really tell on the ice they were tired. They weren't really moving too fast and and stopping an unbelievable 63 shots the winning goal off of Shawn Sherwood for his second as - throughout the game. sist of the game. "To win a The Peewees went into the the second game The win gives Stephen the upper hand when they host Port Carling on Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Their games will follow the Stephen Atoms who are host ing Woodville on Friday at 1 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. in their All -Ontario series. Despite the three point lead, asst. coach Lord is still cau- tious. "The first two games were really tough on us...we still have a lot of respect for Port Carling. It's not oyer yet but having home ice advantage will help," he said. Last year, Stephen won the All -Ontario Championship against the same team in a clean' three game sweep, how- ever, the last game was played in Port Carling. This year the Peewees can do it at home in front of a home crowd. "To win a provincial title is something special, but hav- ing the opportunity to win it at home is even more special," said Lord. provincial title is something special, but having the opportunity to win it at home is even more special." they [Port Carling] were cruising right in tak- ing the body," said assistant coach Dick Lord. Despite the weary travel legs the Peewees pulled out all the stops overcoming their fatigue as best they could. Jeff Finkbeiner scored two goals after being set up both times by linemate Adam Glavin. With the game tied at two, Port Carling pressed for the game winner during the ten minute on Sunday feeling a bit more refreshed than the day before. Again Port Carling came out hitting hard, but Stephen was able to reply with some hits and smart plays of their own. Stephen hung on for the tie but paid a price. They lost left-winger Jessica Davies who sus- tained a broken collar bone during the game. They were also without two other key players as one player was suspended from play and another one had other commitments for the day. Finkbeiner scored for Stephen with Shawn Sherwood assisting on the play. Goalie Chris Glavin had another sensational game between the posts kicking out shot after shot including a key game -saving stop with only two seconds left in regulation time. Heading into the extra period, the Stephen coaching staff knew their battle weary team had to score quickly if they Zurich trail series TAMWORTH - After defeating Walpole Island three games to one, the Zurich Thunder have lost their first two games in the All -Ontario Midget "E" finals. Zurich hosted the series opener, losing 2-1 on Saturday and 2-0 on Sunday putting themselves in'a "must win" situation when they play Tamworth this weekend. Saturday's game was a close contest that needed an extra period to decide a winner. Mark Durand swings into ac- tion for the Zurich Thunder Midgets. Zurich's Mark Durand opened the scoring late in the first period on a powerplay goal. Defenseman Alan Jeffrey drew an assist on the play. A well attended audiencewas treated to hockey its finest form. End-to-end action with great goaltending coming from Zurich goalie, John Miners. Tamworth tied the game with only 26 seconds left in the period Ind the third period remained scoreless sending the game into sudden death overtime.. Despite an motional effort by the Thunder, Tamworth squeaked in the satire winner late into the extra frame. Sunday's game turned out to be a goaltender's dual with Jin1 Estep serving duty between the posts for Zurich. . • Quality scoring chances couldn't produce a goal for the Thunder and Tamworth scored early in the second, and late in the third, to se- cure a 2-0 win. The Zurich midgets can't afford anothe 4Ioss and face a difficult situation travelling to Tamworth to play gatne three on Friday night. if neoe*ary, game tour will be played Saturday and game five Sunday. Even though his team is down by two, coach Don Beauchamp is op- timistic they can turn things around. "We will just take it one day at a time and go from there," said Beauchamp. The Credlton Karate School brought home 15 trophies from the Klassle Kup Martial Arts Tournament in Buffalo, New York recently. The tournament featured 800 competitors open to all forms of martial arts and was the largest , tournament the school has participated in.Back row from left: Jamie Lynn Kelders, Cathy On Leslie DeHaan, Lacretla Pfaff, Chris DeHaan, Dennis Siren, Marlene Lane, Pat Lane, Dave Robertson, Ron Bower (Sense!). Middle row from left: Sheena Rogister, Tanta Penchuk, Kelly Bowers, Rachel Steele, Levi Lane, Brent Kelders, Shawn Lane. Rent row from left: Mackenzie Siren, Delaney Siren, Steven Glanville, Mike Moore, Nathan Brown, Steven Lane, Jordan Reid. PO