The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-05, Page 3f
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BY MQBLEY I,EEKING J, ,
We showed 'em
Last week Team Canada
defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in
Game 7 and 6.5 in. Game 8 to
capture the eight game series
.with four wins, three losses and
one tie. Enough wilt never be
said about, the tremendous
hockey . that sports fans all
across the world saw in these
eight hard-fought game?. It
augers, well for future inter-
` continental competition and
certainly better diplomatic
- , •relations which are often
strained in today's society.
Paul Henderson, by now a
household name in Canada,
scored the winning goal in all
three Canadian victories in
Russia. cAlong with Phil
'E posito,. Paul gave the team
much-needecF' , leadership,
something that ! had been
noticeably lacking in the
Canadian half of the series. The
way the Canadians fought back
from the two goal deficit in the
final game was perhaps one of
the. "gutsiest" performances_in
sports that I'have ever
witnessed. It was ironic that the
Russians should be tiring in the
finat,period of the last game, as
it had ' been <. their jump on
,conditioning that had been
decisive in the series.'I wonder if
they could take a rugged 78 -
game schedule like our boys do.
There was not one Canadian
that did not put out 150% and
while many of the NHL stars
were not near mid-season form.
physically, they made up for it
in determination and team
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v. I don't think -we'll ever
underestimate them again, My
only hope is that we'll pley
them at a different time of year
next time. I think that ..both
teams. learned a lot from 'each
other both in strategy and
tactics, Watch for some of the
newer expansion NHL teams
and the new WHA , league to
adopt facets of Russian,training,
attacking and defencing
systems. Here are the final
statistics on the eight games
played:
Game 1 -Russia 7, Canada 3;.
game 2 -Canada 4, Russia 1;
game 3 -Canada 4, Russia 4;
game 4 -Russia 5,- Canada 3.
Game 5 -Russia 5, Canada 4;
Game 6 -Canada 3, Russia 2;
Game 7, Canada 4, 'Russia 3;
game' 8 -Canada 6, Russia 5.
Standings:
Canada -win 4, iosa'3, tied 1, f
31, a 32, pts 9.
Russia -win 3, loss 4,• tied 1, f
32, -a 31, pts
. Leading -scorer -PhD, Esposito,
7 goals, 6 assists, 13 pts.,
So the ' greatest hockey
spectacle is over. We will now
sit back for an unexciting year
of NHL hockey which will come
nowhere near the tension,
excitement, elation • and great
national pride that has taken
place this last month. It was; . a
series that will be talked about
for a long time, in a lot of
places, by millions and millions
of hockey fans - just like you
nd me.
spirit. ._._... ;
Figure skaters' meet
to plan
The October meeting , of the
Goderich Figure ,Skating Club
was., held Sunday evening, Oc-
tober 1. At this meeting a report
of the topics discussed at the In-
terclub meeting in Stratford,
September 24 was presented to
the Board members.
It was mentioned that a
Coache4Clinic will be held in,
Goderich on October 22 and six
professionals will ' be present.,
), This season the • all important
Interclub Competitions will be
_held -in Walkerton. March 4.
season
Of prime concern at the
meeting were the club's plans
for a float to be entered in this
year's Santa Clause'Parade. It
was decided to set up a commit-
tee to be responsible for this
project.
Figure Skating Registration
was last Thursday and ,Friday
, and so far 106 are registered for
figure skating and 23 for power
skating. Registrations are still
being accepted by Kathy Roddy.
Phone 524-9132.
The Maitland Country Club held their wind-up awards night
for golfers -Saturday evening and this group' of gentlemen top-
ped the Men's Night List. Left to right they are, Lea. Hill, Men's
Night champ, Jack Hinton, Seniors champ, Jack Gould, first
flight champ and Scotch Two -Ball champ, Alan Sumner, win-
ner of the Kane Trophy, John Kane, Club Champion, Runner-
up and Scotch Two -Ball winner; John Mason,dClub champ and
George Gould, Papernick champ. (staff photo)
CI downed by Clinton
The senior, Vikings record
stands at -two wms ald arie'r6ss
in Huron -Perth , Conference
standings following a 22-0 vic-
tory over St. Marys and a 13-6
Loss to Central Huron Redmen
in games during the last week.
In the game at St. Marys, the
Vikings scored all their points in
the _.second quarter. Toni
O'Brien scored two touchdowns,
one. on a three -yard dive ,play,
and the other on an electrifying
60 yard punt return. The other
Goderich major ,carne on a 35 -
yard pass 'play from quarter-
back Larry Donnelly to Casey
Wildgen:
The Vikings' other four points
came on a pair of two-point con-
versions thrown by Donnelly to
Wildgen and Doug Fisher.
The ° Viking defense played
well throughout the game, with
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two first year players, 'Ross
Dobie at denfesive end and Rob, ---
downs by the brothers Shrop-
staTr .�
Brother Rick's came` at an
early recovery of a Viking fum-
ble on the Clinton 45 -yard line.
Brother Don scored the clincher
on .a 27 -yard reverse in the third,
quarter following an intercep-
tion of an errant ,Viking pass.
The other Central Huron
point came on a 35 -yard 'single
kicked in the third quarter by
Vic Kennedy.
bier MacDonald at , defensive'
tackle playing key roles in cat-
ching the St. Marys quarterback
behind. the line of scrimmage, a
total of seven times during the
game.
The Clinton victory over
Goderich, the first in a good
many years of football com-
petition, between the two rivals,
came as , a result of two touch -
The Vikings threatened in the
T—'th rd' quarier following a�2�
yard pass play from Larry Don-
nelly to Casey Wildgen and two
long runs by Donnelly on fake
reverses which took the ball to
,the Clinton six-yard line, but the
drive stalled at that point.
The only Viking points Came
BY $140140414 SULLY
It's all Over but the cheering! dance .and dam al
The champions have been went hong :