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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-12-04, Page 6SHARP McLaughlin Chev-Olds Ltd. 13 Main St. Seaforth 527'1140 • Service • Selection • Savings • Satisfaction • Leasing A6 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 4, 1985 SEAFORTH BUS DEPOT ha. MOVED! from UNITED TRAILS/HABKIRK BUILDING to SEAFORTH TEXACO & VIDEO on Hwy 8 across from Mac's Milk EFFECTIVE SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 P::or:e 527-1960 Sherwood 'Transportation SPORTS •1s '4 Give the gift that's new every week! The 52 Weeks of Christmas! A year's subscription to The Huron Expositor is a gift that everyone enjoys receiving, So, if you're looking for the perfect gift for just about anyone on your list give THE HURON EXPOSITOR IT'S A NEW GIFT EVERY WEEK — 52 WEEKS A YEAR (I Ii' AND MAIL ALONG WITH CHEQUE TO: THE HURON EXPOSITOR BOX 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK 1WO of NI) ('ARF) wN Gil I 51 13NCRIi'IION IC) SUBSCRIPTION F ROM I wi•,ir Si NI( i2 I j 6 MONTHS $20.00 $17.00 I $14.00 ()islet nr,w & we'll send a gift card Huron . Txpositor 527-0240 ATTENTION: SEAFORTH AREA FARMERS Heosali District Co-operative is planning an important organizational meeting concerning the sale by public tender of the Seaforth Grain Elevator. formerly owned by the Ontario Bean Growers Co-op. Seaforth and District Commuhity Centres THURSDAY, DEC. 5 8p.m. We look forward to your attendance HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE INC. i'UuhivAMrivT AL )IUN — The Seaforth Novice I ournament,.heid at the arena last Friday and Saturday, attracted 16 teams, from this area and beyond. Seaforth captured the consolation prize In the A division. Pictured nere is action from a first-round game between Listowel and Tiflsonburg. Raftis photo: . Novices win A Consolation title Seaforth Novice lost a dose decision to South W est London Majors in their first game Saturday morning but went on to win the A Consolation 'of a local tournament. The score of the first game was London 6 Seaforth 5 in double overtime with London scoring their sixth goal with one second remaining in the second overtime. Scoring for Seaforth was Mike Devereaux two goals, Joe Murray one goal. Mike Watt one goal, one assist and Dean Finnigan• one goal. Assists went to Mike Moylan. one, Jeff Flannigan, two, Mike Weber, two and Patrick Cook one. Seaforth then went on to beat Orangeville 10-1 in their second game with 'Joe Murray leading the way with three goals, and Mike Devereaux, three goals and two assists. Other goals went to Wayne Schoonderwoerd, two goals and two assists, Mike Weber, one goal and three assists, and Mike Watt, one goal. Assists also went to Brad Moore with 'three, Boyd Devereaux two, Harold Hugill, Akey hopes to catch 13Y PATRICK RAPFIS Some aspiring young' hockey players might consider it a disadvantage to their hockey future, to play for a last -place Junior dub. However. Seaforth resident Dave Akey is nptimis'ic and making the best of his chance to play Junior B hockey with the struggling Listowel Cyclones this season. "I'm enjoying it, I get lots of ice time and it's better than pla'fng Junior D. It would have been very easy for me to stay home and play for the Seaforth Centenaires Junior D teams hut if I had, I wouldn't be getting the exposure I am in Junior B," said Dave, FScposure is very important to this I8 • year old defeneeman, a Grade I I student at Sta(otth District High School, especially this year if Dave is going to be drafted for a shot at playing Major Junior hockey, this is the year for him and he feels he has a very good chance of being picked. aas rated thv OHL Central Scouting) Iasi yearas a Minor Midget, but Minors have to go in the fist foe rounds of the draft," he said, adding only about 20 Minor Midgets µerr among approximately 400 players selected in last year's draft. Last year, Dave divided his ice time between the Seaforth Midgets and the ('entenanrs He feels the Junior D expert• once was very'.,iluahle in his development as a player flaying against bigger, stronger player, helped him learn to handle the physical aspect of playing defence "Ln Midget.' says Dave. who stands six feet two inches tall and weighs about 165 pound.. 'I could easily push guys away in front of the net ' In Junior D, he learned how to lie up a forward's legs with his stick and other tricks of the trade. he said iiespite the ('y clones record of one win and I8 losses in their first 19 games. Dave is pie. sed w ith the opportunity to play with the team Cyclone coach Dave Wilkinson often uses leave or the power play and he has maniige,i to s.ore four goals and eight assist- nn a team that seems to lack one, Patrick Cook, one and Justin Rodney one. . In the consolation championship game the! Novice defeated Hanover .6-3. Scoring fotj Seaforth were Mike Watt, three goals and' one assist; Mike Devereaux one goal and one; assist, Mike Moylan, one goal and one assist. and Wayne Schoonderwoerd one goal and one assist.. Assists also went to Boyd Devereaux, Joe Murray, Harold Hugill and Dean Finnigan. on in draft PAVE AK KY firepower. Dave feels he is a good puckhandler and likes to rush with the puck from his defence position. He also excels at the physical part of the game and likes "playing tough in our own end," he said Dave started the season in the St Marys Lincolns' training camp, but was recovering from a bout with pneumonia at the time and wasn't playing his best hockey When he was cut from the Lincolns. he was contacted by members of the Listowel organization, who had seen Dave playing in a summer hockey league in Toronto last summer When the 1985-86 hockey campaign started. Dave found himself in a Cyclone uniform He feels the team has been playing better in their last few games. mainly due to a newly -discovered aggressiveness "Right now we're at a stage where we will play well fora couple of periods, but once you gel behind a team like Stratford iCullitonsi or W aterloo iSiskins i they've just got so many snipers that it's hard to catch up with them," he said However. in their last three games with Waterloo. Stratford and Elmira. Dave said the Cyclones have taken a more pugilistic approach to the game "We've got their respect now We're not going to get run out of the rink like we did at the first of the season We told those dubs by SHARP Carousel II MICROWAVE OVENS ALSO IN STOCK TURN THE FOOD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO AS AS $23900 REDUCED FOR CHRISTMAS SHARP STEREOS LAYAWAY • HOME UNITS, PORTABLES CAMPBELL'S CROWN HARDWARE SEAFORTH Main Street 527-1420 f those fights that we're going to stand up for ourselves." said Dave. Dave lives with his parents Willy and Charlie Akey, in their Seaforth home and drives to Listowel for games and practices. By doing his homework right after school, Dave said he is able to keep up with his school work despite the demands hockey places on his time. Dave would like to continue combining his hockey and academic activities, and one way of achieving that goal would he through a hockey scholarship to an American College. An adventurous type. Dave is considering several options for his future, all of which are of a challenging nature Law school is one possibility, although "I don't know if I'd be able to achieve till marks." he said • A career in oceanography is another field Dave would like to try. "I ve always been fascinated by deep sea animals," he said. Of course. fora hockey player. there can be only one ultimate goal. one that seems almost unattainable to most people. playing in the National Hockey League "You've got to think about making it You know in your mind you maybe don't have a good chance of making it. but it's there and you work for it." Dave said Being picked in the Ontario Hockey League draft and catching on with an OHL.dub is the first step towards realising the goal of a professional hockey career Dave would like to play anywhere in the prestigious league. but admits he has a few favored teams "Belleville would he nice. or i d like to go north and play for North Ray or Sudbury this home town i." he said Ottawa is another club Dave would like to play for Meanwhile. Dave is concentrating on the big adjustment from .luntor D to Junior B hockey "l was ready for It.' he said. adding. "The big difference is speed. and the plays aren't as sloppy. If you make a mistake you get humed every time Everyone is always going all out every shift •' Dave. who moved to Seaforth eight years ago. has been involved in hockey as long as he can retnemher, starting out as a goaltender in his hometown of Valley East 'near Sudbury He is also involved in a variety of other sports "1 guess you could say sports is really my life," said Dave. who enjoys baseball, basketball• volleyball. swimming. badminton and bicycling when he gets the chance Right now though. hockey is Dave's main concern and he plans to make the game a big part of his life for years In come BACHERT MEATS SLAUGHTER DAY TUESDAY 'so" titled A,1 .os• c-- �.«_..., • t mire Bast 887-9328 d Walton „ ger 5-4 vii Baby Pig/Weaner Scale FOR ACCURATE WEIGHING Of PIGS AND FEED. Manufactured & Sold By: 'PERRY McGUiRE R.R. 2. Monklon. Ontario. 347-2796 1