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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-10-13, Page 17lnau„xur. 'c uid•"`..i 'r*r'eadred`--tO get Cherry to Goderich. Kennedy said the dinner will feature two Don sherry will speak at celebrity dinner here Don Cherry, the former coach, of the Boston Bruins and Colorado Rockies, has been confirmed as a guest at the October 15 Sports Celebrity Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion. The celebrity dinner is being sponsored by the Goderich Sailors Intermediate hockey club with assistance from the Goderich Minor Hockey Association. Organizer Cliff Kennedy said it took a "lot of wheelin' and (Icahn"' on the part of several individuals before an agreement Godericht main speakers, Rudy Pilous, the former coach of the Chicago Black Hawks and Cherry. The master of ceremonies for the, evening will be former CKNX broad- caster, Johnny Brent. The main speaker, Rudy Pilous, coached the Chicago Black Hawks in the pre - expansion days of the National Hockey League and was recently appointed coach of the St. Catharines entry in the American Hockey League, the Toronto Maple Leafs farm team. Pilous is a renowned speaker' on the after dinkier circuit who., during his coaching days in Chicago, gained a reputation for his wit and humour. SIGNAL -STAR A In 1961 he led the Hawks to their only Stanley Cup victory in 44 years and after leaving Chicago was general manager of the Winnipeg Jets when they won two World Hockey Association championshlpa. Also, under his leadership, the St. Catharines Teepees won two cham- pionships in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. While he has been out of the hockey scene for a few years, a chance fleeting with Harold Ballard at the NHL draft in Montreal led to his present coaching position in St. Catharines where his hockey career started. The ebullient Cherry is widely known for his•off--beat commentary on many Hockey Night in , Canada telecasts, a career he pursued after a brief coaching stint in Colorado. Cherry became famous for his flamboyant antics behind the Boston Bruins' in the late 1970s whenthe team was a serious contender for the Stanley Cup., The addition of Cherry to the banquet lineup brings two of hockey's most in- teresting and outspoken personalities into the same ring and the banter will be anything but dull. ti It, is doubtful, however, that Cherry will be accompanied by his dog Blue. 1.34 YEAR -41 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1982 SECOND SECTION, GDC juniors add two more victories to Huron -Perth Conference record Alone in first place with 4-0 record in conference standings BY TD The GDCI junior Vikings football team added two victories to their Huron -Perth Conference record last week. Tuesday at home the Vikings defeated the Listowel Lords and. Thursday in Clinton the Vikes shut out the Central Huron Redmen, 29-0. The victories leave the Vikings alone in first place in confeeeti. s with.a 4-0 record. Exeter and rd Nor- thwestern are tied for second with 3-1 records. Against Listowel, the Vikings offensive line play was the key to victory. Strong blocking allowed the Viking backs to pile up big gains. John Thompson rushed for 188 yards, Trevor Erb 78 yards and Kevin Feagan 62 yards. The Vikings also gained.. 135 yards passing, completing four of six attempts. Thedefence was led by Kevin Beattie with a pass interception and Grant Garrow with a fumble recovery. Kevin Feagan scored the first Goderich touchdown on a 25 yard counter in the first quarter. Trevor Erb got his firstof two touchdowns on a three yard dive in the second quarter, set up by a 92 yard run by John Thompson. Thompson scored another' second quartermajor on a four yard blast. Thompson also kicked two converts and passed for another two point convert to Grant Garrow: Trevor Erb scored his second touchdown on a 37 yard off -tackle rUn in the third quarter. -TfieV�mgs minas F lbuchdown came on a two yard dive by Shawn Rah-.. bek, set up by an 87 yard pass and run play from back-up quarterback John Thompson to wide flanker Grant Garrow. John, Thompson was a workhorse on offence, carrying the ball 31 times for 215 yards. Thompson has gained over 600 yards in three games since being shifted to the tailback position. Steve Bugler, the Vikings' rookie quarterback, is showing improvement each time out. Tim Bakker hada pass interception . which he returned 'to the Listowel three yard line and. Doug Lounsbury ran a 23 yard, interception to set up the Vikings' third quarter touchdown. Todd Jeffrey had what defensive coach Bruce Baker called "a super game” on defence, highlighted by a key stuff on a third down pass attempt. The. Vikings travel to Winghain Thur- sday to do battle with the Madill Mustangs, and then coach Bill Garrow's squad faces their biggest test so far here next Tuesday against second place./ Stratford Nor- thwestern. Listowel's points came from a touch- down and two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter. The Vikings' victory over Clinton was not as easy as the 29-0 score might in- dicate. The game was a physical one and the Redmen's defence was tough. The Vikings scored a touchdown in each quarter. John Thompson ran a 12 yard sweep in the first quarter, Kevin Feagan went over on an eight yard trap in the second, Thompson dove over from the one in the third and Kevin Beattie ran 35 yards on a reverse in the fourth quarter. Thompson kicked three converts and -passed to—Trevor--Erb- for a- two-point--- conversion. wo-point—conversion. . . Rick Haas had a fine game on the of- fensive line and Kevin Feagan and Trevor Erb blockedweil in the backfield. A member of the GDCI Junior Viking defensive line forced the. Clinton quarterback to throw early arid it resulted in an interception in Huron -Perth conference play Thursday. Goderich won the game and its 4-0 won -lost leads the league.( photo by Dave Sykes) John Thompson (11) was a workhorse for the junior Vikings Thursday carrying the ball 31 times for 215 yards. (Photo by Dave Sykes) Minor Hockey Associatjon org nizes program for 19 2-133 season BY TD The Goderich Minor Hockey Association executive has organized its program for the 1982-83 season. Taking into account the number of players registered in each age group and what would best serve the interests of the boys, the GMHA has decided to enter one representative team in OMHA play in each age category with the exception of the midget division where a second team' will also be entered. A second pee wee team will be carded in time to participate in the Goderich Lions' Young Canada Week tournament. The representative team in the juvenile category will be the Signal -Stars, coached by Doug Cruickshank. The midget team, under head coach Larry Jeffrey, is sponsored this year by Legion Branch 109. The position of coach for the second midget team is open and applications are being received by GMHA president Don Johnstonand the executive. Kevin Meriam has accepted the coaching reins for the Goderich Elevator Bantams and Dennis Williamson is back at the helm with the Goderich Lions Pee Wees. The Local 1863 Atoms will have Steve Buchanan behind the bench and John Hodges and Brian Rumig are heading up the Garb and Gear Novice Pee Wees. The GMHA is goind to try an innovative. combined pee wee -bantam house league of four teams, with a no -body checking, no - slap shot format with lines arranged so that the players play against players of their own age group. The same format will be followed in a combined atom -novice house league system. The representative team coaches have received their copies of the coaches' manual prepared by Dick Madge. The manual is designed to organize a systematic skills development program with the GMHA. The GMHA executive has also an- nounced that they will be hosting a general meeting open to all hockey parents, sponsors and other interested parties on Saturday, October 23 at 1 p.m. at the arena. Any questions concerning the year's program or other GMHA matters can be discussed at that time. Rec hockey starts tonight The Goderich Recreation Hockey League starts its 1982-83 season tonight (Wednesday). Six Goderich-based and two Clinton - based teams will play a 28 -game schedule. League standings in mid-December will place the top four teams in the annual GRHL tournament January 28, 29 and 30. The league held its pre -season draft on September 27. Approximately 40 players were added to the rosters of the eight teams. A second draft will be held in November for those who missed the first draft but who are still wishing to play. Gerry Mero can be contacted for further information at 524-6268. Come out and enjoy top calibre in- dustrial non -contact hockey. Game times are: Goderich arena -Monday at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday 9:30 p.m, Sunday 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.; and Clinton arena-Thursday9:30 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. Kim Fritzley scores 68 points in :two games BYTD • The GDCI junior girls' basketball team continued to run rough -shod over the opposition in Huron -Perth Conference play last week with one-sided victories over Exeter and Seaforth. Playing at home Monday, the Vikings blasted Exeter 76-12. In Seaforth Wed- nesday, the Vikes outclassed the Seaforth juniors, 77-35. The victories leave the Vikings with four_ wins in four starts in league play and a 10-3 overall record. Kim Fritzley had 28 points against South Huron. Christine Stapleton helped get her team off to a great start, getting 16 of her total 22 points in the first quarter. Tammy Gibbons had 14 for Goderich. Shelley Teal chipped in with four while Melaine Jeffrey, Mary Murphy and Jenn Peters each had two points. Irene Brand was Exeter's best, with eight points. The game in Seaforth was much closer than the final score would suggest. The home team used an effective tight zone defence on their small court to jump off to a 6-0 lead and led 8-2 before the Vikings came back to tie the game at 10-10. Kim Fritzley broke loose for 16 points in the second quarter, . driving through the Seaforth defence to score on Iayups. Fritzley went on to score a total of 40 points despite sitting out the final two minutes of the third quarter and playing less than two minutes in the final quarter. Chri"'stine-Stapleton had another strong. game for the Vikings with 17 points. Mary Murphy made a strong contribution 'with some excellent defensive play and rebounding: She also had seven points and that total could have been higher with a little more patience around the basket. Tammy Gibbons had six points and Cathie Gallow added five. Jenn Peters had two points. Lucille Delaney played well for Seaforth, hooping 21 points. Coach Phil Bugler's Vikings took on Mitchell here yesterday (Tuesday) and travel to Stratford Central for a Thursday game. Friday and Saturday will see the Vikes playing in, the London Saunders tourney. Senior girls come up empty in two games__ BYTD The GDCI senior girls' basketball team came up empty in two Huron -Perth Conference starts last week. Monday at home, \the Vikings lost 36-22 to Exeter South Huron. Wednesday in Seaforth, the Vikings suffered their third loss in four league games, dropping a 65-41 verdict. '. The Vikings were in it in the first half against Exeter but some poor shooting left them trailing 18-15. Exeter took over in the second half to win by 14 points. Leslie Hunter-Duvar led South Huron with 15 points. Allison Graham had 11 points for Goderich. Barb Conlon had four, Mary O'Neill added three and Anne Allan and Karyn Drennan had two points each. The Vikings were guilty of 34 turnovers in Seaforth and although they stole the ball 17 times themselves, they were able to convert few of their opportunities into points. Mary Thompson led Seaforth with a game -high total of 26 points. Mary O'Neill was the Vikings' best with 10 points. Barb Conlon had seven. Anne Allan, Allison Graham and Mary Beth Alexander had six points apiece. Teresa Donnelly added four and Mona Gleason had two points. Coach John Geiger will be trying to get his girls back on the winning track in games this week, Tuesday here against Mitchell and Thursday in Stratford against Central. ' Senior football team wins mud -bowl game 27-0. BY TD The GDCI senior Vikings won a mud - bowl game -in Listowel Thursday shutting out the LOSS Lords 27-0. The game, played in a steady downpour, was' far from a classic, but the victory gives the Vikings a 2-1 record and a share of second place with the Exeter South Huron Panthers. Stratford Northwestern Huskies 'are atop the standings, un- defeated in three starts. The Vikings meet the Huskies here Thursday at 2 p.m. in a showdown battle. The Huskies have yet to be scored on but coaches Ray Donnelly, Chris Connor and the Vikings hope to change that situation Thursday. The Vikes took awhile to get untracked in Listowel. The defence was unable to stop the Lords' downfield march in t1Te first quarter but they were able to keep -them off the scoreboard and from that point, the Lords man ed to gain only 54 yards on the ground and no yards via passing. The Vikings got rolling in the second quarter, scoring a pair of touchdowns. Jeff Veagan finished off both drives. with. one yard dives. EdCraig, showing some of the running ability he displayed last year with the junior Vikings, scored the third for Goderich major on a five yard carry in the third quarter. Craig carried the ball 13 tulles for a total of 111 yards. The final Viking touchdown came on a$5 yard punt return by Andrew Telford who was sprung loose by a key blork by Chris Pitre. Despite tnal success, coach Donnelly is, still not happy with his punt return team. Specialty team play has always been a big plus for the Viks and Donnelly feels that there is still need for considerable im- provement before the usual Viking standard is reached. Joe Melady kicked three of four convert attempts successfully for the Vikings.