HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-02-23, Page 16PAGE 16—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23,
Rod's Report on Sports
`Stangs stopped
By R'I. L Rts
Another hockey season Is over for the Junior C
Clinton Mustangs.
The Mustangs gave it a commendable effort but the
Black Hawks from Walkerton were too strong to
overcome.
The series featured a lot of hard-hitting action and
with a couple of breaks the Mustangs could of emerged
as the victor.
In the other semi-final series, Kincardine overcame
a 3-1 series deficit to eliminate the Hanover Barons 4-3.
After losing in Hanover to go behind 3-1 in the series,
Kincardine went home to post 12-1 and 6-2 wins. The
Kinucks wrapped up the series Sunday afternoon by
whipping the Barons 8-2.
Evidently the powerful Kinucks solved the
goaltending puzzle of the Barons just in time.
The Barons, who are known for their superb netminder
Brad Murray, came close to pulling the upset of the
year but close isn't good enough.
The best of seven final series between Walkerton and
Kincardine should prove to be an exciting series.
Since the Kinucks have regained top form after a
short slump against the Barons, they have to be
favored to beat the Black Hawks. Look for a high
scoring series. The opening game of the final will be
played in Kincardine Friday night at 8:30.
Leading scorer for the Mustangs this season was
Captain Jim Fritzley with 8 goals and 33 assists for 41
points. Leading goal scorer was Ken Thornton with 19
goals.
The Stangs scored 120 goals and allowed 148. They
were fifth in the league in penalties with a total of 883
minutes compared to 1,090 minutes that was assessed
to the Port Elgin Bears.
+ + +
Recent controversy surrounding the on again, off
again purchase of the St. Louis Blues and their move to
Saskatoon appears to be coming to a head.
The bid for the purchase of the Blues is being led by
Bill Hunter, a man who has created a considerable
amount of dissention between the players of St. Louis
and their Missouri city fans.
You can imagine the problems a hockey team would
have in this situation. Trying to concentrate on winning
hockey games would be next to impossible when you've
got media people breathing down your neck asking
what you would think of a move to Saskatoon. This talk
of moving a hockey club should be saved for after the
season instead of now in the heat of playoff battles.
The Blues are trying to make the playoffs and until
this controversy struck them, they were in command'
of doing just that. Now the Blues seas are stormy and
they're in danger of having the Detroit Red Wings
(Dead Wings) and Toronto Maple Leafs (Laughs)
overtake them for the final playoff position.
if that isn't enough to make St. Louis cry the Blue
l ,len surely the move to Saskatoon will.
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`Stangs eliminated by Hawks
By ,.,...Ir;;'.I. Hints
..The kids gave it a good
effort but, Wal:.erton was
ready for us," were the
words of Clinton Coach Jim
Nigro following last Friday
night's 5-0 loss to the
Walkerton Black Hawks.
The loss eliminated the
Mustangs from the Junior C
playoffs with Walkerton
winning the semi -finale series
4-2.
According to Nii ro the
Mustangs weren't in Friday
night's contest from the
start.
"They scored some weak
goals at the beginning of the
game and that put us behind
the eight ball," said Nigro,
"We didn't discipline our-
selves enough but we had the
talent to win."
Last Thursday night on
home ice the Mustangs were
mashed 8-3 by the Black
Hawks.
Clinton played one of their
poorest games of the season
as their defensive game
collapsed.
The Mustangs' offensive
threat wasn't very
devastating as it could only
muster up four shots on goal
in the second period.
In the opening minutes of
the game it appeared Clinton
came to the rink to play
hockey as they scored
quickly to grab a 2-0 lead.
Jack Adams scored at 5:57
when he banged home a
rebound from a Sean Van
Dongen slap shot. Three
minutes later Randy
Marriage got a powerplay
goal when he picked up his
own rebound to beat
Walkerton goalie Scott Fritz
for a 2-0 Clinton lead.
The Mustang bubble was
burst within a span of 13
seconds as the Hawks
stormed back to tie the
game.
Kevin Kieffer backhanded
a shot over the shoulder of
Clinton goalie Jeff Denomme
at 11:23 to start the ball
rolling. At 11:36 Clarence
Rosevear drilled a wrist shot
low to the corner to even the
score.
Clinton did well to come
out of the period tied as they
(ailed off a four minute
disadvantage.
The second period was
dominated by the high -flying
Hawks as they outscored the
local lads 3-1.
The Mustangs made it 3-2,
53 seconds into the period
when Captain Jim Fritzley
fed defenceman Darrell
Graham with a perfect pass.
Graham cruised in from his
point position, took the pass,
and blasted a low hard shot
past Fritz.
Walkerton tied it up
midway through the period
when Dan Davidson stole a
loose puck around the faceoff
circle beating Denomme
with a quick snap shot
After the Hawk's third
goal Clinton's checking
seemed non-existent. They
stopped forechecking and
left their checks uncovered
in front of the net.
At 11:55 Jeff Davidson shot
his club into the lead by
poking in a rebound through
the legs of Denomme.
Wayne Mills got his first of
three goals at 17:27 when the
Mustangs gave away the
puck in their own zone. Mills
picked up an errant Clinton
pass and slammed the puck
into the net before the
Mustang defence could blink
an eye.
The third period resem-
bled a practice session as the
Walkerton club skated
circles around the Mustangs,
outscoring Clinton 3-0.
Kevin Elliott and Wayne
Mills with the hat -trick,
rounded out the scoring for
the Hawks.
Following the game
Clinton Coach Jim Nigro
shook his head in disbelief of
his club's performance.
"We totally lost our
composure and blew it. We
couldn't get the puck out of
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our own end and that cost us.
When you only get four shots
on net in the second period,
you're not going to wan many
hockey games," said Nigro.
When interviewed at the
Junior C hockey banquet in
Clinton last Saturday night,
Coach Nigro said he was
pleased with the effort his
players gave him.
"The boys and 1 are
satisfied with our ac-
complishments this year. I'd
like to thank the players for
their efforts this season. The
key to this series was the
first game. If we could have
won that first game on home
ace, it definitely would have
helped us," said Nigro
As far as Nigro's future as
coach of the Mustangs goes,
the decision will be left up to
the team executive, who
meet Thursday .
All in all it was a good
playoff series and the Clinton
players, management and
executive should be
congratulated for their ef-
forts this season.
Mustang scoring
Jim Fritzley
Brian Horner
Ken Thornton
Brad Armstrong
Brent Daw
Grant Pryde
Tony Gibbings
Sean Van Dongen
Jack Adams
Darrell Graham
Jeff Denomy
Brad Hymers
Mark Rowe
Steve Kowalchuk
Greg Flowers
Ross Snider
Mark Soppi
Randy Graham
Randy Marriage
Larry Boyce
Mike Hodges
Kevin Lee
Dave Wright
Jeff Corrie
Kent Howatt
Willie Denomme
GP..G. A..PTS ..PIM
29 8 33 41 34
30 13 17 30 64
27 19 6 25 37
26 11 9 20 65
28 12 6 18 105
29 8 8 16 59
29 3 13 16 63
27 2 13 15 24
19 7 6 13 16
23 7 4 11 62
27 5 6 11 36
29 4 7 11 10
20 2 9 11 70
17 4 6 10 8
11 2 5 7 21
9 2 5 7 27
28 2 4 6 42
12 3 2 5 6
7 2 2 4 0
7 1 1 2 14
5 0 2 2 37
6 1 0 1 2
3 0 0 0 6
2 0 0 0 2
7 0 0 0 2
3 0 0 0 6
Goaltenders
Goalkeepers
Jeff Denomme
Jim MacDonald
Jeff Dupee
Chris Ladd
Clinton Totals
GP. SO.
21 0
29 0
1 0
9 0
Avg.
4.76
4.85
0.00
6.00
30 0 4.87
Legion Dart results
By
Brian Atkinson
In last week's euchre play
in Clinton Legion, B. Marsh
took High with an r.c,. E.
Schellenberger alltll B. Atkin-
son tied for Lorie Hands with
4. Low Score of the evening
went to F. Thompson with 50.
Last Thursday Night Mix-
ed Darts saw Rosemary
Armstrong and Brian Atkin-
son take High Couple. Ladies
High Score was Joyce Scott
with 102. Men's High Score
was Neil Elliott with 129.
Low Couple of the night was
Thora McCabe and Joe
Whalen.
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A St. Patrick's Dance will
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at the dance will be provided
by the band "Free Spirit".
On Feb. 23 there was a
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Last Friday night the Clinton Mustangs were eliminated from further playoff competi-
tion when Walkerton beat them 5-0 to win the best of seven semi-final ( Photo by Rod
Hilts
Clutton enters playoffs
On February 4, 1983 the
Clinton Peewees hosted Mit-
chell for the last regular
season game.
By the end of the second
period. Clinton had built up a
4-2 lead on goals by Norris
Flynn assisted by Devon Col-
quhoun, Devon Colquhoun
unassisted, Derek Jefferson
assisted by Steven Vander-
dool and Jeff Jewitt
unassisted.
In the third period Jeff
Jewitt picked up a pass from
Paul Wright to put Clinton
ahead 5-2. From this point
the play was dominated by
Mitchell as the Clinton boys
played some sloppy hockey.
The game ended in a 5-5 tie.
On February 11, Clinton
travelled to Belgrave for an
exhibition game.
Fascinated by the natural
ice and the small ice surface,
Clinton came away with a 5-5
tie.
Scorers for Clinton - Devon
Colquhoun three goals, 1
each to Derek Jefferson and
Scott Brown. Assists to Jim
Crawford and Paul Wright.
On February 18, Clinton
had a return match with
Belgrave, but came out on
the short end of a 6-3 score.
Corey McKee was the big
gun for Belgrave with five
goals. Clinton scorers were
Norris Flynn, assisted by
Ricky Pickett, Devon Col-
quhoun assisted by Norris
Flynn, Jeff Jewitt assisted
by Paul Wright.
Clinton plays Wingham in
the WOAA "CC” playoffs.
First game is in Wingham on
Feb. 22 and the second game
in Clinton un Feb. 24.
,Tumor "C” banquet held
On Saturday night the
Junior C Tier Two Banquet
was held at the Clinton
Legion Hall.
Guest speaker at the
banquet was David
Cressman, Coach of the
Stratford Cullitons and
former player with the
Minnesota North Stars.
Cressman talked about
qualities a coach looks for in
his players. Responsibility,
assertiveness and being
coachable were all qualities
that Cressman placed high
on his list.
A player must have the
responsibility of knowing his
position and playing it
properly. Assertiveness or
showing a willingness to try
a little harder is also an
important quality. Cressman
noted that a player who asks
for help in a certain area is a
player who will go places.
A player that is
"coachable" is a player who
admits he doesn't know it all
and works with his coach in
improving his play.
Following ('ressman's
speech, Ontario Hockey
League Chairman Keith
Baulk presented the awards.
The Leading Scorer
Trophy was won by Steve
Simpson of the Kincardine
Kinucks. Simpson scored 26
goals and added 42 assists
for 68 points in 26 games.
The goaltending duo of
Ken Weise and Randy Petrik
of Kincardine picked up best
goaltending honors for their
combined averages of 3.33.
The Best Defenceman
Award went to Brad Frit-
zsinunons of Kincardine and
Rookie of the Year honors
went to Jim LeGrande of th(
Wingham Ironmen.
There was a tie for the
Most Valuable Player Award
between Brad Murray of the
Hanover Barons and Brad
Frltzsimmons from Kin-
cardine.
Columban defeats Curinga
On Feb. 19 the St.
('olumban indoor soccer
team improved its record to
2-3 by beating ('uringa 4-3 in
overtime
('harlie Wise paced the St.
('olumban squad with three
goals. Two new players were
added to the lineup which
gave the St. ('olumban team
an added boost. Paul
Stefanato and Kevin ('urtis,
former Waterloo University
soccer players, adding to the
Wain s uttenslve attach, as
Curtis scared the winning,
overtime goal
Both teams opened up the
game piaving a very close
checking brand of soccer.
The game was tied at one at
halftime and ('uringa held a
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