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Hawks cap championship season
Just days after winning the O.H.A. Junior "D" Championship, the Exeter
Hawks recognized their most outstanding players at an awards banquet
By Chris Skalkos •
T -A Reporter
EXETER - With the memory of a
championship season still burning
brightly in their minds, the Exeter
Hawks took time out to honor the
people that helped bring the
O.H.A. Junior "D" cup back to Ex-
eter.
The friends and family members
of those involved with the Hawk
organization gathered at their sea-
son ending Awards Banquet held at
the South Huron Recreation Cen-
tre on Friday night to pay tribute to
Exeter's All -Ontario champions.
The banquet comes on the heels
of the Hawk's last game only 12
days ago when they defeated the
Wellesley Apple Jacks to clinch the
Junior "D" provincial title in a dra-
matic seesaw series that went the
full seven game distance.
Coaching staff Dave Revington,
Barry Baynham and Jeff Dal-
rymple said it was extremely dif-
ficulNto choose only a few award
recipients among the talented and
' dedicated group of hockey players,
however, 10 were recognized for
their outstanding contributions.
Jeff Glavin received the Most
Gentlemanly Award, Steve Far-
quhar received the Defensive For-'
ward Award, Craig Corriveau was
Most Improved Player, Mark Bell
the Best Defenceman, Ben
McCann was the Rookie of the
Year, goalie Darren Kints received
the MVP regular season Award
and Chris Kennedy along with
talDtivA.. Nalir;were MVPs
playoffs.
"'Captain Jason Mettrtde was giv-
en the Defensive Defenceman and
the Team Leadership Award while
Shayne Robinson received the
Scoring Champion and the pre-
stigious Hawk Award. Robinson
led the team in scoring, notching
51 points during the regular season
and 33 points in the playoffs.
The coaches stressed the success
of the season depended on a team
effort and as a team the Exeter
Champion Award Winners posing with the O.H.A. Junior "D" Cup between them. The Exeter Jr. "D" Hawks honored
their outstanding players -during an awards banquet Friday night. Award recipients were, from back row left, Craig Corri-
veau (Scoring Champion), Ben McCann (Rookie of the Year), Dave Nahrgang (MVP Playoffs), Darren Kints (MVP Regular
Season), Chris Kennedy (MVP Playoffs), Steve Farquhar (Defensive Forward). Front row from left, Mark Bell (Best De-
fenceman), 'Captain Jason McBride Defensive Defensman and Team Leadership), Shayne Robinson (Scoring Champion
and the Hawk Award), and Jeff Glavin (the Most Gentleman Award).
Hawks, earned the most illustrious
trophyin the haft that evening - the
O.0.A Junior "D" cup..
As an extra token, the organiza-
tion presented each team member
with their jersey to keep and Exeter
Mayor, Ben Hoogenboom attended
the banquet to personally con-
gratulate the Hawks handing them
individual plaques.
The road to tale provincial title
was a long one for the Hawks. Af-
ter finishing their regular ,season
with an extremely successful 30-2-
2 record they played ,25 gruelling
'playoff games defeating Parkhill
four ,games to nitro, Seafotth fonttt�`
games to three and 'Thamesfor8
four games to one before beating
Wellesley four games to three in
the final playoff series.
This was Exeter's first Junior "D"
Championship in 20 years.
Tom McCann, Hawk President,
said the kudos didn't stop on the ice
pointing out the trainers, executives
and many volunteers who sup-
ported the organization from the be-
ginning.
He also thanked 'the fans for the
Exeter Jr. `D' Hawks All -Ontario Champions 95-96
Name
Dalrymple G
Rutledge J.
McBride J.
McCann B.
Bowerman M.
Mauer G.
Hodge B.
McDonald C.
Bell M.
Livermore M.
Robinson S.
Taylor D.
MacDonald J.
Farquhar S.
Brown S.
Chamney R.
Gardner B.
McCann S.
Farquhar D.
Corriveau C.
Glavin J.
Burns N.
Kennedy C.
Goaltenders
Kints D.
Nahrgang D.
Glavin J.
Jersey #
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Jersey #
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30
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Regular season stats
GP G A Pts.
34 4 18 22
1 1 0 1
33 1 12 13
34 4 11 15
28 1 6' 7
34 , 6 9 15
38 4 4 8,
36 8 20 28
26 7 8 15
29 6 19 25
30 18 33 51
31 1 II 12
31 16 17 33
36 11 14 25
18 11 10 21
35 13 10 23
10 14
24 44
3 4
11 23
28 41
27 46
21 38
24, 4
33 20
3 1
32 12
37 13
35 19
35 17
GP GA GAA
27.23
9.17
2.00
77 2.83
31 3.38
3 1.50
Playoff stats
GP G A Pts.
25 1 , 5 6
7 1 5 6
25 0 12 12
21 0 6 6
8 0 1 1
4 '0 0
24 1 9
25 4 7
25 ,9 8
20 7 5
23 15 18
22 2 8
18 5 5
24 6 9
20 12 12
18 4
12 1
25 5 16
3 1 0
25 7 4
25 4 12
25 11. 12
25 13 15
10
11'
17
12
33
10
10
15
24
0 4
1 2
21
1
11
16
23
28
GP GA GAA Shut-
outs
9 30 3.33 1
16 38 2.38 1
2 assists
IMP
Huron Park pool will open this summer
HURON PARK - The Stephen Township Swim-
ming Pool in Huron Park is open as usual, but for
some reason pool staff are having difficult time con-
vincing people of that.
Rob Funston, Stephen Township arena and pool
manager, said he has fielded two dozen phone calls
from people asking if the pool will be open this
summer.
"For some reason people are concerned that we're
not going to have a swimming program," said
Pun$ton.
• Stephen Township has just signed a two year con-
tract to lassie the pool from the Ontario Develop-
ment Corporation and swimming instructor, Karen
Buchanan skid they are still offering full learning to
swim progrimis from yellow to white, leadership
courses and public swims two days a week and once
on weekends.
However, Funston admitted registration has been
declining over the lass couple of years and if the
trend continues, be feels the pool program may be
in jeopardy.
"If registration continues to go downhill the
whole program could be in trouble," he said adding
people should register early to give the pool staff
some indication of what programs they should pre-
pare for. "The community has to back up some-
thing like this...if they don't we'll lose it."
Stephen Township Swimming Pool registration
begins June 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and con-
tinues throughout the summer.
strong fan support they have en-
joyed throughout the year.
"Therm was -a large nuclettt of
people who followed us on the
road...our fans were the envy of
other teams," he said.
Head coach Dave Revington said
this year made up for the one be-
fore when they "came up a little
short" in the playoffs, however, he
knew very early in this past season
he had the right ingredients for a
championship formula.
"By Christmas we decided we
were going to win this thing and
we did," said Revington. He em-
phasized the future success of tl)e
organization ` Will 'depend ons re-
cruiting especially since many of
this year's squad will not be re-
turning for another season because
of their age, or because they are
leaving to pursue other prospects.
For the players who are returning
as defending champions, he had a
simple message.
"You're going to have to carry
this torch...the pressure is on you."
South Huron
senior boys
soccer open
season with
two wins
EXETER - The South Huron
senior boys soccer team opened
their 1996 season with a strong
7-2 win over F.E. Madill last
Monday and a 2-0
shutout against Cen-
tral Huron last
Wednesday.
Chad Gilfillan
led the Panthers
with two goals.
Singles
were
added
by Mar-
ty De-
bruyn, Geoff
Mauer, Bryan McAllister, Sou -
ban Inlakhana and Trevor Boer-
sma.
Debruyn and McAllister also
notched the Panther's two goals
against Central Huron while
netminder Luke Sims recorded
his first shutout of the season.
With veterans McAllister, De-
bruyn Sims, along with Adam
Jean, Colin Bowers, Chad Gil-
fillan, Bill Kline and Eric Hun-
dey returning to play senior soc-
cer this season, coach George
McEwan is expecting nothing
short of an undefeated season
from this highly experienced
team.
However, Hundey may miss
the rest of the season after he
sustained a leg injury last week
against Clinton.
McEwan said this year's team
is strong in ev , ' ition, b
•the weather hat,lr m off 1! 4
the 'practice iie"Id''and t /flowed
against Central Huron.
"They lack confidence at this
point. They made a few weak
shots on net and they let it get to
them," said McEwan.
Last year, the senior boys soc-
cer team went 6-0 undefeated in
regular league action but lost
abruptly in the Huron finals to
F.E. Madill from Wingham.
"That won't happen again this
year," guaranteed McEwan.
Local pilots Terry Stuart, left, and his son Mark placed third In the SUN 60 air race in Lake-
land Florida with their six passenger Piper Twin Comanche.
Local pilots place third in
.the Wittman SUN 60 air race
HURON PARK - Local pilots
Terry and Mark Stuart, from RR2
Zurich placed third recently in the
annual Wittman SUN 60 air race
in Lakeland, Florida.
The father and son
team were flying a
six passenger Piper
Twin Comanche
owned by Tcrry Stuart and
friend Dr. Peter Marchuck.
Their average speed during
the race was 198.64 mph.
Terry, who owns TerryAir Inc. in
Huron Park, said he was surprised
at the outcome.
"It was the first time I have ever
raced in my life. I didn't think I
was going to win," he said. His
performance also put him first in
the Twin Engine Class.
The Stuarts' were competing
against pilots from all over the
world with 30 of the 45
entries crossing the fin-
• ish line. Pilots and air -
crafts were lined up
on the runway and
flagged off from a standing start at
twenty seconds interval.
The race then followed a 65 mile
triangular pattern over the Florida
countryside before crossing the fin-
ish line at full speed in front of an
airshow crowd at the popular SUN
'N' FUN convention in Lakeland.
Although he has been a pilot for
28 years, Stuart credits the speed
modifications his staff have done
on the plane and his son's (Mark)
navigational skills for his un-
expected placing.
Terry said they would visit the
seven day air show as spectators
until Mark unexpectedly registered
themselves in the race. The two are
considering racing again next year
to better thein tune.
"We know we can't beat the S.F.
Marchetti (a single engine pl
designed for speed rather than
sengers and luggage) but we
try to better our own speed.« ,
said.
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