Zurich Citizens News, 1977-06-20, Page 12Page 12
April 20, 1977
Play in Zurich Thursday
Hawks win first two games against Stayner
The Exeter Hawks solved the
"mystery" of the Stayner arena
with a 6-3 win Monday night, and
moved to within two games of the
Ontario championship as they
also won the series opener in
Zurich by a convincing 9-3 count,
Sunday.
It is believed to be the first loss
suffered by the Siskins in their
arena this year. The Hawks
hardly knew what to expect in
Stayner as their league cohorts
from Tavistock had suffered two
severe drubbings in the northern
community.
However, coach Ron Bogart
indicated the Hawks may have
felt at home in the Stayner
facility. "It was just like walking
into our old Exeter rink, only
theirs is in worse shape," he
commented.
When asked for a prediction on
the series, Bogart said he could
do no better than quote Stayner
coach Paul Carruthers during
their conversation following
Monday's win.
Carruthers said if the Hawks
continue to play as they have in
the first two games, they should
wrap the series up in four
straight.
Bogart said the Stayner coach
indicated he was having a tough
time keeping his team up for the
finals in view of the fact they
have been involved in them for
the past four years. They won the
title on two of those occasions.
However, Bogart discounted
that to a certain extent and said
that while the Hawks may be
hungrier, they were also a better
team than Stayner.
The series resumes in Zurich
tonight (Thursday) at 8:00 p.m.
and moves back to Stayner for an
8:30 contest on Friday.
If a fifth game is necessary it
will be back in Zurich on Sunday.
The sixth game is in Stayner on
Monday and the seventh would be
in Zurich on Wednesday. All
Zurich games are at 8:00 p.m.
Come from behind
Monday night's win in Stayner
was accomplished with another
of the Hawks patented come -
from -behind performances after
they fell behind by a 3-0 margin in
the first period.
However, three straight power
play goals evened the count and
Brian Taylor fired the winner in
the final two minutes of the
middle session.
The Hawks added two in-
surance tallies in the third
period, the final one into an open
net.
Meanwhile, Randy Lovie was
performing his stellar play at the
other end of the rink and blanked
the Siskins over the final 44
minutes of the game.
Ken Pinder started the Hawks
scoring with five minutes left in
the first period when he teamed
up with Fred Mommersteeg and
Tom Hayter on their first power
play attel'npt.
Steve Jennison, moved up to
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Rick Ingram, scored in the first
minute of the second period on
another power play after taking a
pass from Phil Knight.
Knight then evened the score at
3-3 after seven minutes of play
with a solo dash down the ice
while Exeter again enjoyed a
man advantage.
Taylor's winning tally came at
the 18:46 mark as he finished off a
play with Jennison.
The teams battled on scoreless
terms throughout most of the
third period, before Taylor
scored a clincher on an
unassisted effort with four
minutes remaining.
Stayner lifted their goalie for
an extra attacker and after Matt
Muller bounced a shot off the post
and the play went back into the
Exeter end, defenceman Jim
Ferguson scooped up the puck
and skated to centre ice and then
fired it into the open net. Don
McKellar and Knight picked up
assists.
The Hawks out -shot Stayner by
a 38-36 margin.
"We were slow getting started
as usual," commented Bogart,
noting that the Hawks had not
had a full warm-up. They were on
the ice for only five minutes
when the flooding machine was
brought out. They had expected to
be allowed to stay on until about
15 minutes before game time, but
were shunted off a half hour
earlier than that.
Win going away
In Sunday's opener played
before 700 fans at the Zurich
arena, the Hawks continued to
receive some stellar net minding
from Randy Lovie that enabled
them to keep a slim lead until
they displayed their devastating
third period scoring in a 9-3
victory.
They led by bnly one goal early
in the third period, 'but came up
with five straight tallies to win
the game going away.
Lovie was particularly brilliant
in the first period when the
Hawks played a man short for the
first time against Stayner as he
kicked out three point blank
drives from Stayner attackers.
Then, with a Stayner player
sitting out an infraction, Exeter
opened a 1-0 lead when Don
McKellar shoved the goalie off a
puck and then whipped the disc
into the open net at the 10:27
mark.
The Hawks boosted that lead to
two goals four minutes later
when a hard shot by Matt Muller
hit the Stayner net minder on the
shoulder and bounced over him
into the net.
Stayner cut the lead to 2-1 in the
first minute of the second period,
but Fred Mommersteeg got that
one back at the mid -way mark
when he and Ken Pinder broke in
on one defender. Pinder's shot
was blocked, but the rebound was
quickly snapped up by Mom-
mersteeg and he had an open
corner at which to shoot.
Stayner narrowed the count
when they scored on an errant
pass by an Exeter defender, but
the homesters left the ice at the
end of the second with a 4-2
margin when Brian Taylor
deflected a point shot by Noel
Skinner into the net.
Stayner again came back in the
early. minutes of the final period
to narrow the count to 4-3 when
Bill Priddle broke around a
defender at the blueline to get a
breakaway on Lovie.
However, Exeter then took
control of the game with their
five tallies. Brian Taylor added
two more to give him a hat trick
for the night, while Fred Mom-
mersteeg added his second.
Scoring in single fashion in the
final period were Gerald Weido
and Phil Knight.
Ken Pinder, Weido Noel
Skinner and Tom Hayter picked
up two assists each in the contest,
while helping on one goal were
Kim McKinnon, Don McKellar,
Phil Knight, Steve Jennison and
Taylor.
Stayner coach Paul Carruthers
switched his two goalies on two
occasions, but neither was able to
stop the Hawks.
Game notes
Linesman George Sweeney had
some unusual debris to clear off
the ice in the second period when
a fan tossed a large sucker (fish
variety) on the ice... manager
Fred Mommersteeg made the
important coin call which gives
the Hawks home ice advantage
for the fifth and seventh games if
the series goes that far. . .
Stayner Siskins play in a nine -
team junior "C" loop during the
season along with another "D"
team from Schomberg. Some of
the other teams are from Hunt-
sville, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge
and Orangeville, giving them
some trips of over 100 miles.. .
there are 10 of last year's Ontario
championship team on this year's
squad. Missing from last year are
the goaltender and most of the
defensive corps... Exeter picked
up seven of the 12 minor penalties
called, but scored on two of their
power play chances and didn't
allow any while playing short
handed.
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