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By 'iu:.r @its
The Clinton Mustangs
closed off the regular season
schedule on a losing note
Sunday night as they were
beaten 5-3 by the first place
Kincardine Kinucks.
The Mustangs were
playing without the services
of Captain Jim Fritzley
(shoulder injury), Tony
Gibbings ( exams) and Mark
Rowe ( shoulder injury ).
Although the game meant
nothing in the regular
standing it did show that
Clinton could skate with the
powerful Kinuck crew.
Clinton Coach Jim Nigro
said he was "looking for-
ward to meeting Kincardine
in the playoffs" if his club
can get by the Walkerton
Black Hawks.
"Anytime you can lose
three players out of your
lineup and hold Kincardine
to a two goal win you know
you've done a fine job," said
an optimistic Nigro.
Clinton opened the scoring
on a powerplay at 6:43 when
Brent Daw unloaded a slap
shot from the right point that
deflected off of several
players out in front of the net
to beat goaltender Randy
Petrik.
The Kinucks rallied back
to tie the score at the 12:40
when Dave Fair deked Jim
MacDonald out of his net,
tucking the puck into the
upper corner.
Kincardine had the better
scoring opportunities in the
period but Clinton kept pace
with thein in the skating and
passing departments.
In the second period Chris
Ladd replaced MacDonald
between the pipes. Ladd had
only one Junior "C" game
under his belt, a 7-4 loss to
the Hanover Barons last
Friday night.
The Kinucks struck fast in
the period as Steve
MacPherson picked up a
rebound and slid it between
the legs of goalie Ladd.
Two minutes later Kin-
cardine made it 3-1 when
Larry MacPherson took a
pass from Steve Simpson
and blasted a shot that
seemed to catch Ladd by
surprise as the goalie was
sliding the wrong way across
his crease in anticipation of a
pass.
Clinton closed to within
one with five minutes left in
the period on a nice solo
effort by rear guard Darrell
Graham. Graham cruised in
from his point position un-
molested, deking Petrik to
the ice, drilling the puck
under the crossbar.
The Mustangs should have
come out of the period up by
two instead of down by one
as they had six powerplay
opportunities compared to
one by the Kinucks. Clinton's
inability to mount a serious
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attack out of their own zone
hampered the tearn's
powerplay throughout the
period.
The third period saw
MacDonald take over for
Ladd between the Clinton
pipes and Ken Weise took
over in the Kincardine net.
Kincardine confirm their
hard skating, pin point
passing game in the third
period as they outscored the
Mustangs 2-1.
Marcel Verlaan gave the
Kinucks a 4-2 lead at 3:22 of
the final frame as his shot
from the point found its way
through a maze of players
beating MacDonald to the
glove hand side.
Just when the Kincardine
victory appeared to be
sealed Ken Thornton brought
Clinton to within one with
five minutes left in the game.
Thornton swept up a pass
from Grant Pryde and
moved into the clear beating
Weise between the pads with
a 20 foot slap shot.
Clinton dominated the
remaining minutes of the
game, firing everything
except their sticks at the
Kincardine net. The
Mustangs pulled out all of
the stops with 35 seconds left
as they lifted MacDonald in
favor of an extra attacker.
The move almost paid off but
Clinton couldn't get the puck
by Weise.
Kinuck right winger Dick
Davidson put the icing on the
cake with three seconds left
as he notched an empty net
goal to make the final score
5-3 for Kincardine.
Following the game
Clinton Coach Nigro was
optimistic a:, -out his club's
playoff chances Thursday
night at home against the
Walkerton Black Hawks.
"1 feel if we have a full
squad we can beat
Walkerton. We w;i; need
good goaltending and sup-
port from the Clinton fans.
Without support from the
fans we won't do well. We
need people to praise us if we
do well and boo us when we
make mistakes," said Nigro.
Nigro said the club expects
to have goitItender Jeff
Denomme in the lineup
serving a back up role for
Jim MacDonald. Defen-
ceman Mark Rowe may be
ready for action as he is
going to have a brace made
for his injured shoulder.
Captain Jiro Fritzley is still a
question mark but he is
expected to find out the
seriousness of his injury
sometime this week as he is
going to be undergoing tests
at University Hospital in
London.
The Mustangs open their
best of seven semi-final
series against the Walkerton
Black Hawks Thursday night
at home. The series then
travels to Walkerton Friday
night and Sunday afternoon
before going back to Clinton
next Tuesday and Thursday
nights. Support your Clinton
Mustangs.
By Lots GibBelaegs
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Armbro Arctoc, a four-
year-old gelding by Armbro
Omaha-Armbro Prim by
Most Happy Fella, apse: ars
to be headed for an u ,er
excellent year after winning
a $12,111, pace in 1.59.1 at
Greenwood Raceway in
Toronto on Saturday af-
ternoon with Dave Ws.,
driving.
Owned by Stewart McCall
of Seaforth, Armbro Arctic
won over $75,000 in 19:(:- from
12 wins, three seconds and
four thirds and took a 1.57
pacing record.
s $12,
At Lon e: on on February 2,
Ross Battin drove l-lilea Ray
to his first win of the year for
Ben Feagan of Goderich in a
2.12 mile.
From 29 starts in 1°',i':2, the
1977 Iron Rail gelding had a
( 5-4-5) standing, good for
earnings of $4,2 a and a new
2.1, .4 record.
John Lester of Forest
finished third with Johnny
Freight, co -owned by Ken
Parke of Varna in a 2.09.1
mile.
Fourth place finishes went
to Ron Williamson with
Willas Seton Lynne for
owner Donna Lynne Lamont
Junior "C"S
Kincardine
Walkerton
Hanover
Clinton
Port Elgin
Wingham
Thurs. Feb. 10
Fri. Feb. 11
Sun. Feb. 13
Tues. Feb. 15
Thurs. Feb. 17
Fri. Feb. 18
Sun. Feb. 20
dings
Final Stags
W....L....T. ..F....A.. Pts
26 3 1 211 100 53
20 8 2 144 114 42
14 14 2 130 134 30
11 19 0 120 148 22
8 21 1 124 183 17
6 20 4 119 170 16
Playoffs - Best -Of -Seven
Walkerton at Clinton - 7:30
Clinton at Walkerton - 8:30
Clinton at Walkerton - 2:00
Walkerton at Clinton - 8:00
Walkerton at Clinton - 8:00
(If necessary)
Clinton at Walkerton - 8:30
(If necessary)
Clinton at Walkerton - 2:00
(If necessary)
The Mustarr,gs Caine up with a strong effort last Sunday night but were beaten 5-3 by the
first place Kinear+rs+rr,e Kiuucks. Clinton will meet Walkerton ilii the opening round of
playoffs i :,ours+rl:,y night at home. ((Photo by od Hilts)
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The Clinton Minor Hockey
Association apologizes for
any inconveniences caused
when it was incorrectly
reported in the Clinton
News- cord that Mr. Don
e
Yeo should be thanked for
donating the most valuable
midget trophy. The trophy
was donated by Mr. John
Yeo.
of Waterloo in the tourtn ani
to Randy McLean with
Lissas Girl for Bob and Ron
Daer of Goderich in the fifth.
Ross Battin was fi ;: with
trotter Marclif Mike for
Margaret Walsh of Brussels
in a 2.10.1 mile.
Shy William, co -owned by
'Trainer -driver Wayne
Langille off Harley and Bill
Bradley of Goderich,
finished second in a 2.07.2
mile at Flamboro Downs on
February 3.
At London on Wednesday
night, Noble Amy, owned by
Koop De Groot of R.R.4,
Goderich finished second for
driver Brian Hodgson, while
Randy McLean took third
with Steel Valentine for Bill
Bradley of Goderich in the
same race.
Jay Bee Scamp, own by
Jean and Ben Feagan of
Goderich was second with
Dale Duffy up in the fifth.
Terry Kerr drove Skippy
Dover to a new 2.02.4 record
at Windsor Raceway on
Friday night.
The seven-year-old pacer
by Skippys Pride C. - Dover
Duchess by Newport Duke,
was raised by Lorne Tyndall
of Clinton and was claimed
from Wayne Dupee at
Windsor on December 10,
1982.
Skippy Dover's previous
best was 2.06.
At London on Saturday
afternoon, Windspun, owned
by Alice Colquhoun of
London, had her first win in
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The Clinton Figure skating
club held its third annus,'
club competition on
February 6 with Shannon
Presszcator winning the club
championship with three
firsts and one second place
finish.
The results for the com-
titlon were as follows:
Intermediate Dance
1- Jacquie Draper
and Shannon Preszcator
2- Lisa eattie and
Jody Merner
3- ",obvn Norman and
Tracy Norman
Advanced Novice Free Skate
1- Jennifer Jewitt
2- Chastity Colq oun
3-1 ori Powell
Junior Free Skate
1- Lisa Beattie
2- Paula Glew
3 -Sherri Preszcator
Novice mance- Dutch Waltz
1- Sheila Cook and Lori
Powell
2- Lori Dewys and Debbra
Lynn Reidy
3- Pamela Carter and
Annette Lockhart
Senior Dance - European
Waltz and Fourteen Step
1 -Kim Cook
2 -Shannon Preszator
3- Jacquie Draper
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Wediaesi..y Mixed
June's Chevelles are first
with 72 and Liz's Cords have
69. Other team standings
are: Laurie's Jaguars, 62;
Doug's Whippets, 61; Ron's
Cadillacs, 56; Bob's Edsels,
51; Mike's Ramblers, 40.
Edna Atkinson had the
ladies' high single of 210 and
the high triple of 550.
Theresa Machan bowled the
high average of 177.
Gary Armstrong took the
men's high single of 321, the
high triple of 859 and the high
average of 242.
Tuckersinith Mixed
Bill's Mockingbirds are
flying high with 93, followed
by Ralph's Robins with
points and Henry's Hum -
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Pre - Novice Free Skate
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2- Cindy Carter
3- Danny Wildfong
Intermediate Free Skate
1 -Jacquie Draper
2- Jody Merner
3- Tracy Norman
Junior lance - Dutch Waltz
and Canasta Tango
1- Kim Hayter and Lisa
Robinson
2- Lori Jewitt and Ruth Anne
White
3- Shelly Hayter and Craig
Lockhart
Novice Free Skate
1- Sheila Cook
2- Jody Horton
3 -Annette Lockhart
Senior Free Skate
1- Shannon Preszcator
2- Lori Consitt
3- Kim Cook
Prepared Solo
1 -Shannon Preszator
2- Jacquie Draper
3 -Jody Merner
The Clinton Figure Skating
Club would like to thank all
of the sponsors for donating
trophies and awards for the
competition.
results
mingbiras with86.
Case's Cuckoos have 83
points, while Angus's
Albatrosses and Wes's
Wrens are tied with 80 each.
High singles went to Rose
Hummel and Freida Snieder
with 249 and Angus Hummel
and Esau Tiesma with.
Elaine Boyes had the
ladies' high triple of 595 and
the high average of 198. For
the men, Angus Hummel
bowled the high triple of 579
and high average of 193.
Thursday Mixed
Team standings are: Best
In Town, 83; Perry's Bears,
80; No Names, 76; Whiners,
75; Rollers and Gents, 57;
Birds, 56; Shipps Ahoy, 55;
The V's, 50.
Rita Leppington had the
high single of 272, high triple
of 652 and high average of
192.
Kevin Fothergill had the
men's high single of 303 and
high triple of 711. Gary
Armstrong bowled the high
average of 224.
i.ondesboro Men's
The Old have 89, followed
by the ('hevs with 79. The
728s are next with 67,
followed by the Edsels with
57, the attacks with 46 and the
Fords with 40 points
Bert Lyon had the high
single of 302 and the high
triple of 733. Bev Bromley
had the high average of 211.
.toe Flunking was the most
improved bowler
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Rod's R port on S
Goon h -.ekey
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By Red Hits
Although the "goon hockey syndrome" isn't as
severe as it was six years ago, it still exists today.
The "goon hockey syndrome" consists of players
who thrive on violence in hockey. The violence still
exists in the league despite efforta by NHL executives
to crack down on players who commit violent in-
fractions.
Last week in the National Hockey League, two
veteran goons were at it again. Dave "Tiger" Williams
and Billy "Stick" Smith locked horns in a game played
in Vancouver.
Williams punched Snaith in the throat and proceeded
to rip Smith's good luck charm from his neck. This
animal -like conduct has no place in the NHL, yet it's
been happening for years.
Because of Williams' actions he is expected to be
suspended for a few games. What do you want to bet he
gets off with a light slap on the wrist, a five game
suspension and a "hold that Tiger' spiel from league
executives'?
New York Ranger defenceman Barry Beck is
especially critical of league officials.
'Ile refereeing is better but it's the league officials,
the guys who run the league, who are worse. It's a
Mickey Mouse operation, a joke. Handing out all those
suspensions is not making any impressions on the
players."
II' the present suspensions aren't having any im-
pressions on players then what will?
The NH1. Board of Governors has been battling this
issue out for years but they have yet to come up with a
solution that has had any serious impact on today's
players.
I suggest they lengthen the suspensions they give out
taking into account the degree of seriousness of the
incident. Suspensions should range from 50 to a
minimum 25 games. This might deter the players from
stepping out of line in future games. A suspension of
pay should also be carried out by team owners. I'm
sure this would bring about fewer goon -related in-
cidents in the NHL.
It seems that violence in hockey has become as much
a part of the game as skating, shooting and passing.
Unless officials who run the league tighten up and start
giving out the suspensions player's deserve, we will be
faced with another decade of the "goon hockey syn-
drome."
Mustang defenceman Sean Van Dongen.(Photo by '''to
Hilts)
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od Hilts
Sean Van Dongen is in his
first full season with the
Mustangs although he
played for the 'Stangs in last
year's playoff against the
Wingham Ironmen.
At 17 years of age and
having three years of junior
remaining Sean hopes to
further his hockey career in
the Junior "B" ranks. Last
year he went to the Stratford
Cullitons training camp.
Most of the 1982-83 season
he has been patrolling the
'Stings blueline with his
partner Chicago native Mark
Soppi.
in the summer months
Van Dongen is a very ac-
complished moto-cross
rider. Sean is a product of
the Clinton Minor Hockey
system.
Legion mired its
By
Brian Atkinson
Last Thursday Night's
Mixed Darts saw some
visitors from Blyth come
down to play Darts at the
Clinton Legion. High Couple
went to Rosemary Arm-
strong and Perry Wood
( Blyth 1. High Ladies Score
went to Mae Ritchie from
Blyth with a 12.5. High Men's
Score was George Yeats
with a 133. i, ow Couple of the
�.v
evening was Mary
and Lloyd Butler.
Last Week's Euchre
scores were High Score F.
McCowan with an 85. Lone
Hands went to G. Armstrong
with 5. Low Score of the
night :went to G. Carter with
54.
The Legion would like to
thank the Kinsmen for the
donation of $750. towards the
lightirng for the
downstairs morn.
Elliott
Leafs started in 1917
Toronto entries in the alit.
have played under the
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('up in 1917-18, the first year
of the nrganizat ion of the Na-
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Toronto St rats ane
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the lorontu Maple Leaf. 11
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in fans all over the world
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