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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-04-20, Page 11IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 1972 Chevrolets & Oldsmobiles WE NEED USED CARS NOW GET OUR PRICE BEFORE YOU BUY OK USED CARS 1970 CHEVELLE MALIBU SPORT COUPE, Lic. K42651 1969 DODGE POLARA STATIONWAGON, Lie. X25914 1968 DODGE POLARA SEDAN, K40957 1968 CHEVROLET BELAIR STATIONWAGON, Lic. X21975 1967 CHEVELLE SUPER SPORT, Lic. J30302 1967 CHEV IMPALA SPORT COUPE, Lic. K51307 1967 PONTIAC PARISIENNE 2-door hardtop, Lie. K43386 OK USED TRUCK 1969 CHEVROLET 1-TON CHASSIS & CAB Dual rear wheels, Lic. 272398 SEE OUR SELECTION BEFORE YOU BUY Snell Bros. Limited Chevrolet — Oldsmobile PHONE 235-0660 EXETER, ONT. The Home of Guardian Maintenance '2395 1995 L% 1350 e $1495 $1495 1295 1295 1995 Pfaff. Centre, secretary Bev Skinner, coach Bob White, Brian Campbell, Brian Bestard, Peter Kleinstiver, Bob Parsons, Perry Stover, Pete Gill and manager Bob Baynham. Front, Ron Lindenfield, Bob Rowe, Bill Inch, captain Larry Haugh, John Hayter, Pete Glover, Jim Guenther and Steve Murley. Missing are Ron Janke and trainer Gerard O'Rourke. T-A photo OHA INTERMEDIATE 'B' FINALS HURON PARK Arena TERRY BOURNE NAPANEE COMETS VS. LUCAN ILDERTON JETS 5th game of best•of•seven series Ai3m fission — Adults $1.50 Students $1,00 Children .50c FRIDAY, APRIL 21 8:30 p.m, St. Marys Cement and England's Auto Body are Jet Supporters. SECOND SECTION EXETER, ONTARIO, APRII, 20, '1 972 PAGE 11 EXETER SWIMMING PROGRAM Requires the Following Personnel * SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR and LIFEGUARDS All applicants must be 17 years or over and hold at least a Leader Patrol Certificate. Send all applications to Alvin Willert, Director of Recreation, Box 823, Exeter, Ont, Applications to be received by 5 p.m. April 24, 1972 GOOD LUCK CHARM — Ruth White, wife of the Exeter coach purchased a Blue Mountain pottery Hawk shortly before game time Sunday and it proved to be lucky. Ruth and Bob White are shown here with the Hawk. T-A photo from all Exeter defenders near centre ice and moved in on goal unmolested. Dunne, who was one of Ban- croft's top threats skated in on the right wing, moved close in an attempt to deke Hayter out of position, but the Exeter net minder stuck right with him and refused to make the first move and was able to block the shot from in close. NEW ARENA — The two weekend games were played in the brand new Bancroft arena which was opened only this winter. Seating capacity is restricted to one side which does not allow spectators to get behind the players bench. The ice surface is 80 by 180 feet which allows the players plenty of freedom to use their skating and stick handling abilities. In both games the ice became sticky after one period of play and the flooding machine was not used after the second period only the scraping procedure was used. The arena manager said the ice was about five inches thick which causes problems in warmer weather. CHECKING INJURIES — Before Sunday's final game in Bancroft, three members of the Hawks check injuries received Saturday night. From the left, they are, Perry Stover with face scratches, Ron Lindenfield with stitches over his right eye and Brian Bestard with face scratches and a bitten thumb. BOYS AGE 7 THROUGH 16 Enrol Now At The Huron Summer Hockey School HURON PARK ARENA 4 SESSIONS July 17 to July 22 July 23 to July 29 July 30 to Aug. 5 Aug. 6 to Aug. 12 Application Forms Available At Huron Park Arena or from Your Local Minor Hockey Assoc. Or write to: HURON HOCKEY SCHOOL P.O. BOX 124 STATION E,, HAMILTON KS 9 '11111 1111111 IIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIlhll11111111111,Illlllllllllllllllllllhllllllllllllllllph,IIIIUIIIIIIIhlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltl FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS By Ross Haugh Number one The old adage "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." The Exeter Hawks proved this to be very true by winning the Ontario Hockey association Junior 'D' championship in Bancroft Sunday afternoon. It was actually the first try for the Hawks after coming close to the title in the 1970.71 season losing to the Haliburton Huskies in the seventh and deciding game by a single goal. The Hawks won the George Richardson trophy in a clean four game sweep over the tough Jets from Bancroft. Exeter won an uphill battle Saturday 5-4 and wrapped up the title with a more convincing 5-1 victory, Sunday. TERRIFIC RECORD — During the playoffs the Hawks compiled an almost unbelievable record of wins. Three of the five series in playoff action were completed in the minimum of four games while the other two only went five games. The only losses in 22 playoff games were to Clinton in the second game of the first round of league playoffs and the first game in the provincial semi- finals against the Fergus Green Machine. Four of the five series were won on the home ice of the op- position which throws out the theory of home ice importance. The difference here is probably the large contingent of Exeter fans at away contests. A TEAM EFFORT — The Hawks championship was, achieved as the result of a tremendous team effort, Every member of the club was in- strumental in bringing home the trophy. John Hayter in goal was at his best, the entire defensive crew stood out in all games and the three forward lines were going both ways at all times. 011A representative Lloyd Gilliam who presented the championship trophy to captain Larry Haugh said he would name defenceman Jim Guenther as the most effective Hawk in the twa games he witnessed. FINAL GAME FOR SOME — Sunday's game was the final one in junior competition for seven members of the Hawks. Completing their junior' eligibility were forwards Larry Haugh, Steve Murley, Ron Lindenfield, Bob Rowe and Bob Parsons and defencemen Ron Janke and Shane McKinnon. The Haugh-Murley-Lindenfield line finished up in a blaze of glory in the playoffs counting 63 of the 127 goals fired by the Hawks. Murley was the top Hawk scorer during the entire season with 54 goals to his credit. SHOTS WERE PLENTIFUL — In both weekend games, the goal tenders were extremely busy and turned away a lot of shots. The Hawks outshot the Jets . by a fairly good margin. In the two games, Kim Young in the Bancroft net faced a total of 109 shots, which is higher than average. At the other end of the rink, John Hayter of the Hawks was fired at on 82 occasions. Both goalies turned in excellent performances. While his team- mates seemed to be bent on getting after the opposition with high sticks, Young had to hold the fort on many occasions. In the same vein, Hayter came up with the big stops in the same style he used the entire season to keep the Hawks in contention. The biggest stop of the year for Hayter came early in the second period of Sunday's game. With the Hawks leading 2-0 shortly past the five minute mark, Jim Dunne of the Comets broke loose We know the Exeter Hawks are number one and are quite sure we won't forget it for quite awhile. Sunday afternoon the Hawks completed a f• antastic playoff record in winning the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D" championship. On the enthusiastic bus ride home from Bancroft Sunday night, there were continuous shouts of "we are number one", especially from the back of the bus and even if one dozed off for a few moments which was almost impossible the same sound came through the fog and rain. One cannot begin to find enough adjectives to describe the Hawks performance in the playoffs. Any club that can win 20 of 22 games and in tough playoff competition has to have plenty on the ball. There are a lot of ingredients go into the mixture • of a successful and championship hockey club and we feel the Hawks have all of them. Talent, desire, coaching and top notch fan support are only a few of the necessary items that we can think of at the moment. These four ingredients will go a long way to bringing home a provincial title. The Hawks this year had the talent with probably one of the best balanced clubs any coach would want to send out on the ice. The desire of the boys was something else. The spirit during the long bus ride to Bancroft Saturday was terrific. Most of the players were on last year's club that came within one goal of winning the championship and they were determined not to be on the outside this time. We had coaching third on the list but this is one of the most important items and Bob White deserves a tremendous lot of credit. White, a mild mannered fellow had the uncanny ability to instill the will-to-win in the youngsters. Each and every one of the players hold their coach in "high respect" and we're sure he got more than one hundred percent out of all them most of the time. When we get around to the subject of fan support, a real problem arises to find the proper phraseology. The local fans have to be the best and most , dedicated in the country. It's almost impossible to even guess how many Exeter supporters were in Bancroft for the final two games of the series. The guess for Sunday's game would be close to 500. An estimate such as this sounds high, but not when you took a look down the right side of the Bancroft arena from the entrance. It was almost solid Exeter with • a few more sprinkled behind the glass. A few fans including this reporter didn't have a permanent seat for Sunday's game but roamed back and forth to keep the nervous system under control. During one of our brief stops Sunday afternoon we had a chance to talk with Scott Larue and some of ▪ his Haliburton Huskies. The Huskies edged the Hawks in last ,year's final but were cheering for the Hawks Sunday. The popularity of the local player's is shown by the support received, by teams that have opposed the Hawks in previous games. In addition to the Haliburton support, a couple of car loads of Simcoe IGA's were in Bancroft for the weekend. Actually, the Simcoe players were in attendance at every Hawk game, home and away since they dropped the first game of the semi-finals to Fergus 8-2. Since the Simcoe contingent began to follow the Hawks, the locals won every game . running the win streak to a total of eight games. Hawk fans may be interested to know that Gerry McElwain of Haliburton won his league's scoring championship this year and expects to attend the University of Western Ontario for the fall term. McElwain was a room-mate of Hawk goalie John Hayter when the two boys attended a Kitchener Ranger training camp in the fall of 1970. Getting back to the Hawk fans it isn't fair to single out any particular ones, but we will. Erwin and Doris Bestard, parents of Brian and Kevin of the Hawks missed only one game during the playoffs. Their only absence was in Bancroft Saturday night when they were unable to make the trip because of responsibilities on their Grand Bend area farms. Staying up until near midnight Saturday to get the score from Bancroft, they grabbed a couple quick winks of sleep and were up before three to do chores in two barns and were heading for Bancroft by five o'clock. The Hawks desire to win and their ability to come from behind was clearly shown Saturday night in Bancroft when they were behind 3-0 after the first period of play. Despite the large deficit, the Hawks came out strong in the second period and scored two goals in the first minute and twenty nine seconds to show their loyal fans they weren't giving up. By the end of the second the score was 4-4 and the rest is history. While the entire team deserves credit for a tremendous effort, special mention should be made of Brian Campbell. The Hensall area youngster was in uniform for both games in Bancroft for the first' time • after being seriously injured about seven weeks ago. While seeing limited action in the early part of the Saturday game, he took his regular turn Sunday as coach Bob White was forced to juggle his line-up due to the injury to Shane McKinnon. Brian responded with three assists in the Sunday game. Congratulations to all . the Hawks. You are Number One. A big night The Hawks will be officially honored in a couple, of weeks when all fans in the area will have a chance to recognize their tremendous achievements. A "Meet the Hawks" night has been scheduled for the Exeter Legion, Saturday night, May 6. This is the opportunity for all fans to pay personal tribute to a great bunch of boys and all the persons responsible for a terrific season. Our stay in Bancroft was made very pleasant by the warm welcome from Leaona and Ken Wilcocks at the Sword Motel. All of the 41 persons on the team bus in addition to a goodly number of fans stayed at the Sword. ONTARIO CHAMPIONS — The Exeter Hawks are the new Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D" champions as the result of a four game sweep of the final series with the Bancroft Jets. The new champs are shown above, Back, left, EMHA treasurer Gary Middleton, trainer Pete Mason, Randy Tieman, Shane McKinnon, Randy Decker, Rob Lindenfield, Kevin Bestard, publicity chairman Jack Glover, EMHA vice-president Bob Pooley and president Harve FISTICUFFS SATURDAY •-- Saturday's game was marred at the finish when fans rushed onto the ice and took after the officials and Exeter coach Bob White and some of the Hawks. One of the officials was given `quite a pummeling' by one of the irate fans. MASKS REMOVED — Two of the Hawks were forced to play the third period of Sunday's game without their usual protective masks. Forward Pete Kleinstiver and defenceman Ron Janke were ordered to remove the bars from their face guards when team officials were unable to produce medical certificates when .requested by the J3ancr.oft management. Kleinstiver suffered a broken jaw earlier in the season and Janke has been wearing a mask the entire year because of serious face injuries in other seasons. TERRIFIC FAN SUPPORT — The backing received by the Hawks in the two away from home games was tremendous with an estimated Exeter crowd of more than 500 in attendance Sunday and only a few less, Saturday night. All accommodation in Bancroft and within a radius of at least ten miles was taken up by Exeter supporters. The fans arrived in each case about two hours before game time and were the first into the arena taking up side en- masse. CELEBRATION ON RETURN — When the team bus arrived back at the Exeter arena shortly after one o'clock Monday mor- ning several hundred of-the more enthusiastic supporters were on hand. For a few minutes players and management made short speeches. Coach Bob White due to his two-day hollering had lost his voice completely and was unable to convey his thanks to the — Please turn to page 13