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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-02-13, Page 6• A E.00. . NON NEW } CORD,URSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1975 Clinton'sustangs finish in third BY W111. G COX ' CJunior "C" Centennial Mustangs dropped two of their last three games of the scheduled. season and finished in`third place in the Central Junior "C" league. They, endedthe regular season with a 14-11-5, won, lost, tied 'record which is quite respectable in their first year of "C" competition. The playoffs begin this Friday night with' Clinton matched against the division winning . NewHamburg }Jahns in New Hamburg. The first home game in the series will be this Sunday night at the Clinton arena at 7:30 p.m. Hanover is matched against List'wel in series B of the division, the winners of each series playing off at a later date. One very bright spot at the season's end is that the Mustangs finished with the fewest goals against in the division. The team averaged 3.67 goals against per game and recognition goes out to the goalkeepers and the defensive play of the entire Mustang team. HANOVER - 5, CLINTON - 4 Last Friday evening, the Hanover Barons visited- Clinton, for a game which would decide second place in the league. Both teams realized ' this and played accordingly. It was a_ hard fought - --battle -- - through Its entirety and the home town fans were treated to some fine hockey action. The Barons came out strong and dominated most of the first period, making some impressive rushes through ' the centre and carrying most of the play to the Mustangs. Hanover led at the end of one by a score of 2-1. The visitors scored again early in the second stanza and held a two goal lead. It was around the eight minute mark that the Mustangs started .to. put it together, scoring three unanswered goals and taking the advantage by one goal at the end of two. In the final period, the teams played about equally, but the puck was bouncing for the Barons and they added two counters in that frame, winning the match by a 5-4 margin. The outstanding Mustang on the ice was Paul Kelly from Goderich who counted a - Neil Colquhoun top -scorer As the regular season is over for the Clinton Junior "C" Mt"istangs and they are now entering the playoffs, it is time to tally up they scoring sheets and we find that Neil Colquhoun, in his second year with the team, has led the club in scoring. Neil scored 19 goals and had 18 assists in his effort for . Neil Colquhoun Randy Millar Paul Kelly Brian Lane Mike Anstett Dan Colquhoun John Graham Brian Kennedy Cal Fremlin the year totalling 37 points. Close behind were Randy Millar and Paul Kelly, each with 35 points and Brian Lane fourth with 33. Also, Clinton goalkeepers led the league with combined average of 3.67 goals against per game, fewest in the division. All final individual statistics are as listed below: INDIVIDUAL SCORING FINAL GP G • 30 19 29 16 29 29 14 26 12 20 15 30 7 28 10 28 7 John Mommersteeg 28 .10 B rry Lane' 26 . 6 30 8 30 5 12 5 10 2 8 5 7 1 JamieThompson Bill Irwin Perry Jutzi Steve Cook Paul Priestap Mike Gibbings Richard Welch Dean Ryan Henry Olechowski Don Bedour Gary Yeoman A P F.I.M. 18 37 10 19 35 91 20 35 32 19 33 39 16 28 38 12 27 92 18 25 91 13 23 28 11 18 83 7 17 20 10' .. 16' 73 8 16 48 10 15 130 7 12 13 6 8 19 2' 7 0 2 3 2 GOALKEEPE RS GP GA 12,t3 4 8 37 10.1-3 20 10 28 47 SO AVE. 2.41 2.55 0 3.21 1 4.00 0 4.55 1 1 . 4' Ryan and Welch shared a shutout on Dec. 20, 1974. Clearance --p- of OPEN HOUSE DISPLAY SUITES 2 PCF. FRENCH PROVINCIAL ,2 suites to choose from, one blue-green matelasse cover, one oldkgtemmatelasse cover, botlruit wood tr_imr. . . REGULAR SALE , $9• pp s559.00 PRICE . 2 PCE. TRADITIONAL SUITE Ultra velvet cover, in bronze and brown floral design (water stain on chair only). REGULAR • $595..00 CLEARANCE x459.00 PRICE 2 PCE. TRADITIONAL SUITE Green ribbon velvet (slight water stain on one sofa cushion). REGULAR $415.00 CLEARANCE s.�99.00 PRICE BOTH SUITES ON DISPLAY IN OUR WINDOW 11 Beattie Furniture Ltd. CLINTON' •-goal?, and an assist; , Quer Clinton, scorers were John Graham, Dan Colquhoun and Randy Millair. Clinton -11, Listowel 2 On Sunday evening, the Mustangs travelled to Listowel for a game against the Cyclones. As close as the teams were in the division, this game would now deckle Clinton's finishing status, be it third or fourth. The Mustangs came out fast and counted two goals in the first period and two more in the second while goalie Henry Olechowski held the Cyclones scoreless for forty minutes. In the third, the Listowel club counted at 4:14, spoiling Olechowski's shutout bid. They continued their strong play and scored again, but the Mustangs put the game out of reach with two more goals of their own. Leading the Clintqn team was no. 7, Brian Kennedy, scoring two goals, with singles going to Randy Millar, Jamie Thompson, Mike Anstett and Dan Colquhoun. There was an unfortunate incident at the end of the game, when the Mustangs' Randy Millar was tagged with a five-minute high sticking penalty and a match penalty which resulted in a three game suspension for the high -scoring right winger. Millar will definitely be missed as he will not be able to play again till the third game of the playoffs. Tillsonburg - 4 Clinton = 2 41,9 face - The Mustangs took to the ice again on Monday night for their third game in four days and it showed as they were - not up to par with their usual play. Tillsonburg has a smooth skating, well disciplined . club and they outplayed the Mustangs for • the majority of the match. Tillsonburg's John Van- derGrien and Cam Campell counted in the first period for the visitors. Ca pell' got his second goal fokTillsonburg early in the second before Clinton could get moving. At 8:26 of that period, Mustang .captain Mike Anstett scored on a pass from Brian Ken- nedy. Clinton continued on the comeback trail with Brian Lane tallying on a breakaway set up by Dan Colquhoun. It was at this point that Clinton ran into troubles with defencemen Zeke Fremlin and Bill Irwin getting penalties 13 seconds apart. With the two man advantage, Tillsonburg scored again, giving them a two goal lead Curling club news Well, they did it again, Congratulations to Bill and Grace and John and Gwen in their win over John Phillips of Kitchener Granite Club in the Rose -bowl playdowns on Sunday at Glenbriar, Waterloo. The win gives them the right to play in the finals in Owen Sound on February 20-21-22. The first game went 12 ends to break a tie and ended 8-7 in Bill's favour. In the second game at the Figure skating winners The Clinton Figure Skating Club reported a successful club competition held on February 2. The results were: Novice dance, Cheryl Flynn and Terri Garrow, Tina Strong and Jonathan Baker, • Shelley Middleton and Margaret Dupee. Junior dance, Peggy Jones and Carolyn Wood, Jane Symons and Chris- Baker, Marilyn,$ai,r and Lori Blair. Intermediate dance, Peggy Jones and Kim Marsden, Karen Schneider and -Jane Symons, Cathy Anstett and Jennifer Malpass. Senior dance, Pat Anstett and Gwen Kahle, Karen Schneider and Kim Marsden. Novice free skate, Shelley Middleton, Tina Strong, Cheryl Flynn, Junior a free skate, Jennifer Malpass, Carolyn Wood, , Margaret Dupee. Intermediate free skate, Kim Marsden, Peggy Jones, Jane Symons. The medals were presented by Mayor, Don Symons and Reeve Harold Lobb, Winter Carnival - Chairman , Ruth Lombardo, and Carnival. Queen Jo -Anne Snell. Old Timers -=lose Short-handed half the time, and suffering from poor playing the other half of the. time, the Clinton Old -Timers lost last Thursday night 8-7 to the Signal -Star Paper Leafs, to give the Leafs their first" win since their formation more than a year ago. It looked at first like it would be an easy win for the Clinton team as they were ahead 6-3 after the first period, and 7-5 at the end of the second, but the Leafs came on strong in the third period and scored three unanswered goals to cement the win. The Old -Timers, who could only come up with one Old - Timer, Bill Counter, had to rely on help from the police department, the rec depar- tment, and the PUC. But it appears the worst playerthey picked up was Jim "Scoop" Fitzgerald, editor of the News -Record, who picked up nine of the Old -Timers 24 minutes of penalties, and fell _ down . so many times, -..that :a referee 1—mow g his whistle and started hollering "timber". The Paper Leaf's, who are a dream team on paper, but nowhere else, only picked up nine minutes in penalties, but even at that they were shaky at.times, and if it hadn't been for the imported . help from ,IVewfie Land and the executive offices, they probably wouldn't have fared as well. Clinton goal scorers were Danny "Flett" Colquhoun, the backbone of the team without much, who picked up - three tallies and one assist, Don "Rookie" Shropshall, who hit the twine twice and picked up an assist and Tom "Sewer" „ McMahon, who scored once. Assists were garnered by Jim "Schultz" Strong with tWo, and Bill "Discount" Counter. The Goderich goals were scored by Gary "Louie" Loewen and Brian 'Gummier' Rumig with two each, with singles going to Tom "Newfie Bullet" Flynn, Dave "Peanut" Sykes, and Dennis "Dick the Stick" Van- derburgh. A goal scored by' John "The Gut" Buchanan using a puck nailed to a stick was allowed, despite loud protests from the Clinton crowd. A rematch is possible next year, but the Clinton team aren't too sure they will have the energy. that the Mustangs could not overcome, The third and final frame was scoreless and the game ended -4.2 for Tillsonburg. It was a disappointing end to a busy weekend for. the Mustangs and their last game of the regular season. They must now reorganize and muster the suj erne effort needed to knock off New Hamburg and advance to the division finals. The stage is set for an exciting series with New Hamburg and again, the first home game is this Sunday night at 75,30 p.m. The club hopes to see all of you at this game to support a fine and dedicated hockey club; your team for an all -Ontario Championship this year...the Clinton Centennial Mustanes. Junior Hockey Quote of the Week: "That guy's a great skater, too bad he got stuck in hockey."...Dan Colquhoun (left wing) - Feb. 11, 1975. end of six, the score was 2-1 and Bill finally got a break and picked up a nice lead. Kitchener came back but ran out of rocks. The final score was Seaforth nine,Kitchener, five. A large crowd of en- husiastic fans motored to Waterloo to watch the closely contested games. Grace Campbell was in the Capital City curling last week with 28 rinks competing. They won seven out of nine games. he arrived back in Kitchener aturday evening. Closer to home, Murray Forbes, Bob Fotheringham, Glen Hayter and Merv. Falconer curled at Exeter in he. Huron Tractor Bonspiel ast Saturday and came home with third prize. Also away. on Satruday were Stew McCall, Bill' Lobb, ob Ste Marie and Herb ravis at a Farmer's spiel in Wingham. They also cap- ured third prize. Locally, Seaforth's second mixed draw ended Friday vening with winners . as ollows: Thursday 7 p.m. teve Brown; 9 p.m. Neil cGavin;, Friday 7 p.m. Bill ampbell Sr.; 9 p.m. Bill ampbell Jr. They now have o play-off to declare a inner. The final draw is for he Charlie Barber Trophy, hich starts Thursday vening. Where has the inter gone? We're all deeply concerned or our • caretaker Wilmer roadfoot, who is at present Stratford General Hospital. e wish him a speedy ecovery. See you at the urling rink! t 1 S t 1 B T t e S C t w t w e w B in W r C Are you disgusted with having to pay all that Income Tax every year and not being able to_ save for the future? then let us hatch- -, your / PsEST Et"LqL- 417G\.4. 1 Then follow the advice of the Wise Bird and create a nest egg for yourself by purchasing a Registered Retirement Savings Plan at your Credit Union. Clinton Community Credit Union 70 Ontario St. 402-3467 Clinton Mustang forward Mike Anstett was in all alone last. Friday night on the New Hamburg goaltender, but he made a brilliant stop as the Hahns went on to beat the'Stangs 5-4 in a tight game. The Mustangs now open their play-offs against New Hamburg. (News- Record photo) oits open against Mitchell The Clinton Colts battle the Mitchell Red Devils in the first round of the O.H.A. Intermediate 'C' playoffs Friday night here at the Community Centre in a game -called to face-off at 8 p.m. -The second game of the three -out -of -five series will be played in Mitchell on Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. The Colts, who ended up third in the six -team loop, finished the regular schedule with a record of 11 wins, 13 losses and three ties Mit- chell, under the coaching of Lou Heinbuck ,enters the playoff series, for the first time this year, a healthy team. The club's leading scorer, Steve Tkaczuk (New York Ranger forward Walt • Tkaczuk's brother) seems to be healthy after a month's absence with a leg injury and will be in the lineup. Clinton enters the playoffs without Don MacDougall and Butch _Fleet as both players have been sidelined for the remainder of the season. As the Colts prepare to open ,, their playoff attempts, they hope fan support °(which is very essential towards a winning performance) will increase as playoff hockey. tends to be a fast skating, .hard hitting affair where one mistake can cost you a game. So for some good playoff hockey and to cheer our Intermediates on to victory °attend the game Friday night. Don't forget; game time is 8:00 P.M. Few finish snowmobile race Edwin Monsrud of Roseau scooted across the finish line at Lake Phalen Thursday far ahead of the field to win the 10th annual $35,000 Winter Carnival International "500" Snowmobile Race from Winnipeg to St. Paul. For his efforts Monsrud received $10,000. His running time for this grueling test was 13:05.57, about 37 minutes ahead of second -day leader Burt Bassett of Roseau. Both drivers were on the bucking seat of a Polaris. Bassett, who hit a piece of barbed wire on the East Grand Forks to Alexandria run, and had to have 14 stitches in his `"chin, broke down about 65 miles from the starting line at Alexandria and lost a half hour repairing a ski and straightening out an ignition problem. Bassett held a three minute lead over Monsrud going into Thursday's final run. In winning the race, Monsrud, whose brother Ray was running in the top 10 before he was sidelined, became the first non - supported driver to win this event. . Although he works for a snowmobile manufacturer, he did not receive any financial support, as .the professionals do, from the company. This race marked the sixth try for Monsrud who entered at the last moment and received No. 377, the number of racers who left the starting line at Winnipeg. Monsrud said his ride from Alexandria to St. Paul was a breeze, "It was a.i otiii e"' lie $aid:', } wi he jmac ,krie , rp,n re1al fine, although it did heat up a bit on occasion. I'd have to say, except for the starts at Winnipeg and East Grand Forks, it was an easy run." Bassett said he en- countered some problems in the ditches but the biggest problem was machine trouble. "It was a little rough in the ditches but outside of that everything went fine until I broke a bolt on one ski and had some problems With the ignition." Bassett received $4,000 for his second -place finish. Only 22 drivers crossed the finish line after 37 started at Alexandria. The cutoff time for Thursday's final lap was 3:30 • p.m. and Monsrud crossed the finish line at 1:45 p. m. This race was one of the toughest in history, with dryers battling s bijzzgrd con litions and zero visibility on the first lap and at the start of the second lap. Fourteen drivers were hospitalized for frostbite at Alexandria Police study makes few points Police in 'Huron County need improved com- munications system and, in some cases, upgraded ac- commodation, an Ontario Police Commission LOPCt report released Jan. 30 concluded. `The four-month study into policing alternatives in the county also found that the public generally appears satisfied with the quality of policing. The 35 -page report made no recommendations about which of the four policing alternatives should be im- plemented. - "No recommendations have been made in this study as to what the commission considers the preferable method of policing but rather the factors are presented with a view to assisting political authorities to reach decisions farmers and businessmen and included a random on - the -street sampling. The study found rural residents --who are policed by the OPP-- have little_ direct, contact with police but feel present patrols are sufficient. Town residents' also felt satisfied, the report said, but suggested improved com- munications and liaison is needed between forces. _"In short, nowhere was found much demand for large-scale change," the report con- cluded. It estimated that if the five towns maintain their police forces, costs are likely to increase 15 percent during 1975. Goderich has nine officers, Exeter five, Clinton, five, Wingham, five and Seaforth four. The total cost to maintain these forces in 1975, -inlatimr-theretcr° on -a. fa c----tirietivtuedy estimated; °'wvttl-•be - The four alternative con- Maintaining the present sidered were: Leaving the system but establishing a present system in effect; common communications retaining the present system and dispatch centre would but upgrading com- increase policing costs by munications; establishing a another $150,000. county -wide police force; and The provincial govern - turning all policing duties ment, the report noted, will over to the provincial police.: pay 75 percent of the costs of Huron County council establishing such a facility. requested a study of policing It would cost an additional in June at the urging of th,e $40,000 annually to operate chiefs of police of Huron's the communications centre. five towns who suggested a with a staff of five persons, county -wide system might be the study suggested. a viable alternative to the Establishing a county Ontario task force on policing police force would cost about recommendation that town $1.2 million in addition to the with populations of less than cost of replacing inadequate 15,000 shouldbe policed by the police accommodations in OPP. The chiefs feared that if Seaforth, Exeter and Clinton. this recommendation were " Under the county system, adopted, a good deal of local the report noted, all county autonomy in policing would municipalities would be be lost. required to contribute The study concerned itself directly to pay for policing, primarily with the costs in- unlike the present system volved in the four alter- under which rural areas face natives but also took a cross- no direct charges for OPP section sampling of opinion policing. about policing. The county system would Interviews were conducted also require a centralized by OPC staff with county and communications systems, the municipal officials, judges, report stated. Costs involved in having the OPP take over are ex- tensively examined in the report. A report from the OPP ...._indicates _that__.thew_ u of provincial police in the five towns would have reduced costs by a total of about $35,000 in 1974-- 434,546 compared to the 1974 budgets totalling $469,369. In Goderich, the existing OPP detachment south of town would serve as primary headquarters while a store- front office would be established in .the downtown area. The OPP estimated it , would require nine men to ' police the town.of 7,000. ' In Exeter, the existing OPP detachment near the downtown would be retained while policing would be 'handled by five men. In Clinton, new office ac - c6 i' iMtiori T 1111d re ' required-. �.by— the--••five---cmen.. needed to 'police the town. Accommodation at Seaforth is adequate "for the present" and the town would require four officers. Existing Wingham OPP offices are adequate to serve the town and five officers would be required. At, $75,000 annually, the town would save about $10,000 from present costs. The report noted its new estimate was considerably below an estimate provided in early 1974 at the request of the town and which showed OPP policing costs at about $120,500. In addition, under the OPP plan, the remainder of the county would be charged per "cabita levies to recover costs which in 1974 amounted to about $880,000. In a letter from OPC chairman Elmer Bell, which accompanies the report, municipal officials are promised that members of the OPC will, attend meetings to discuss the report if questions arise.