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Times-Advocate, 1979-02-07, Page 10Page 10 Local bantams lead 2-0 Pee wees down by two Spotlight Times-Advocate, February/, 1979 By Ros* Haugh Exeter OMHA series with St. Marys is exciting Safety success The mandatory hunter safety training program which is not in practice in the province appears to be very successful. In 1956 prior to the beginning of the safety training program there were 34 hunting fatalities. In 1977 there were only four. Since 1957, 450,000 persons have gone through On­ tario’s hunter safety training program which was originally organized by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Last year 32,000 new hunters graduated from courses conducted by 1,011 volunteer and certified in­ structors from rod and gun clubs. In Ontario, new hunters under 20 years of age must complete an authorized hunter safety training course before they apply for a hunting licence ex­ amination. Minimum age is 16 or 15 with parental ap­ proval. Contact any Ministry office or local gun club for further information on this subject. On the subject of hunting and outdoor activities, two sportsmen’s shows are coming up in the very near future. What is claimed to be the second largest annual sportsmen’s show will be held February 21 to 25 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Lansdowne Park. Ottawa’s Sportsmen’s Show ‘79 will feature boat, camping and fishing equipment, recreational vehicles, sporting goods and conservation displays. The Toronto Sportsmen’s show takes place March 16 to 25. It was established in 1948 and funds raised are directed into conservation projects. The Toronto show will be held in the Coliseum at Exhibition Place. Have you never been involved in an argument over whether hunting is safe or not safe. Next time that you do ge”t involved in this type of discussion here is some interesting information which may be useful. According to the Travelers Insurance Company, hunting is the 16th most dangerous activity. The 16 activities in order of risk are: football, winter sports, baseball, swimming, basketball, skating, beach and country activities, bicycling, parks, picnics and outings, golf, horseback riding, boating and canoeing, gymnastics, fishing, accidents at church, theatres, concerts, etc. and hunting. In California during 1976 there was only one chance in 10,000 that a licenced hunter would be in­ volved in a hunting accident and one chance in 100,000 that it would be fatal. On the subject of accidents, snowmobile mishaps increased last winter in the province by 12.6 percent to 805 from 715 in 1976-77. Snowmobile related fatalities dropped by 3.7 percent as 22 drivers, four passengers and one pedestrian died. Three drivers drowned. Transportation Minister James Snow said, “I was convinced that introduction of driver training courses would have reduced accidents and injuries, but, ob­ viously it didn’t work out that way.” Big fish Winners were ahnounced recently in the 1978 big fish contest which was operated by Molson’s and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Ted Vardalos of Winnipeg captured a. 40 pound nine and a half ounce lake trout in Lake of the Woods. The biggest northern pike at 29 pounds was landed by Don Sauve of Kenora in Longbow Lake and the best walleye at over 15 pounds was hooked by Elizabeth Fleck while fishing in Edwards Lake. The heaviest fish in the entire contest was a 48 pound muskie landed by Mark Thompson in Georgian Bay and Harold Gross caught a 20 pound steelhead in the Nottawasaga river. Lots of giveaways Howie Starkman of the Toronto Blue Jays publicity department recently announced the promotional schedule for 1979 which is belived to be the most extensive in all of baseball. At 56 of the Jays home games, fans will get some type of giveaway or souvenir. The items range from jackets, uniform tops, baseball, calendars to pen­ nants, cushions^helmets, T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc. Don’t forget the first Blue Jays home game at Ex­ hibition Stadium in Toronto is Friday, April 13 at 2 p.m. Let’s hope the 13th is unlucky for the visiting Kansas City Royals. As expected, the first OMHA playoff round between Exeter and St. Marys minor teams has turned into an exciting bat­ tle on four fronts. The Exeter bantams lead their best-of-five by a 2-0 margin, while the St. Marys pee wees hold a similar edge in that series. The midget teams are tied at one game each and the St. Marys atoms nipped Exeter 2-1 in their first game, Saturday. The playoffs resume tonight (Wednesday) when the bantams and midgets play in Exeter, while the pee wees travel to St. Marys. The second game in the atom series will be played in Exeter this Sunday at 6:30. The fourth games in the playoffs for the other three divisions will be played on Saturday where necessary and the fifth games will be on Sunday. Bantams take lead The Exeter bantams rebounded from a two-goal deficit to win their first game 5-2 in Exeter, Wednes­ day, then -came up with a solid effort to post a 4-1 margin on Saturday to take a firm grip on their playoff set. The locals jumped into a 3- 0 lead in Saturday’s contest in St. Marys and then held on during a third period rally by their hosts. Dave Shaw fired the first marker in the first frame, while Bill Glover and Jim NOT THIS TIME — F ‘ ‘ ’ Marys and came close on this play as well, but this shot was blocked by a quick leg stop. Exeter bantam Dave Shaw scored one goal in Saturday's win over St. Hawks could use shorter games against Mitchell If Exeter and Mitchell Hawks end up in the northern division junior “D” final, the locals may be seeking ways to have the games last only one period. Throughout the season, they’ve managed to take early leads against Mitchell, but on several occasions ended up on the short end of the count when they couldn’t • hold the margins through to the end of the games. The same situation arose Friday night when the rivals met for their last scheduled appearance. Exeter took an early lead but couldn’t hold on as Mitchell won the con­ test by an 8-6 margin. The Hawks complete their ’•schedule this week when they travel to Lucan tonight and then host Thamesford on Friday. The disposition of a postponed game against Port Stanley is not known as yet. The game will only be played if Port Stanley is in­ volved in a close battle for their playoff spot in the southern group. They are currently tied for second place. The playoff pairings in the northern group are still very much up in the air. This week, the Lucan Irish mov­ ed up to third when they clobbered Seaforth and if they hold that position, they’ll face Mitchell in the first round, while Seaforth will battle Exeter. If Seaforth moves back into third, they’ll face Mitchell with the Irish taking on the Exeter Hawks. It is expected the playoffs BLOCKED IT — Exeter atom netminder Jim Lewis blocks this shot by Number 9 of St. Marys, while defenceman Terry Zachar moves in to give some assistance. Staff photo will get underway no later than February 15. In Friday night’s battle at the rec centre, the local Hawks jumped into a 3-0 lead in the first period, but Mitchell came roaring back in the final two frames to take the victory. They took a 6-5 margin at the end of the second and out-scored Exeter by a 2-1 count in the third in the final scheduled meeting between the two perennial foes. Dave Bogart paced the Exeter scoring attack with a pair of goals and as assist, while single tallies came off the sticks of Brian Mercer, Preston Dearing, Don McKellar and Doug Fletcher. Fletcher and fellow midget puckster Jeff Fuller were in the lineup to replace three Hawks who were on a southern vacation. They were Dave Kinsman, Terry and Jamie Caldwell. Ken Pinder led in the assist department with a pair, while adding one each were Phil Knight, Mercer, Fred Mommersteeg and McKellar. & Dennis Fischer led Mitchell with a pair of goals while minor midget Jay Heinbuck had one goal and three assists. Exeter scored on three power play attempts while the Hqwks from Mitchell picked up a pair. There were 12 minors, seven going to the visitors. Siddall added singles in the middle period with the assists going to Shaw and John Kernick. St. Marys scored early in the third frame, but a couple of penalties took some steam out of their attack and John Kernick finished them off with an empty net goal with 28 seconds left on the clock. The Exeter crew scored five straight goals after spotting St. Marys a 2-0 lead in Wednesday’s opener at the rec centre. Dave Underwood put on fl strong offensive perfor­ mance as he banged in three goals and assisted on another in the 5-2 victory. After a scoreless first period, St. Marys scored a pair early in the second in the space of one minute and appeared to have the locals on the ropes. However, Underwood finished a play with Tom Coates and Trevor Boyle to narrow the gap to one goal by the end of the second and he scored the equalizer ear­ ly in the third when he circl­ ed the net and slipped the puck into the corner on an unassisted effort. Dave Shaw scored the winner at the 6:35 mark when he took a pass from Underwood and blasted a hard shot into the corner from the right side. Underwood scored an in­ surance marker on a play with Boyle and Mike Murray , with two and a half minutes remaining and John Kernick - capped the win with an emp­ ty net tally in the final seconds. Plenty of bruises The midget series between the two rivals is all tied at one game each, and while little has been settled as yet, players from both squads have picked up some bruises in the hard hitting games to date. Exeter won the first game of the series with a hard- fought 5-4 win on home ice, Wednesday, but dropped a 2- 0 verdict in St. Marys, Satur­ day. The opener was a see-saw battle throughout, with St. Marys overcoming a two- goal"’ deficit in the first period to stay in the hunt un­ til Exeter scored late in the third to cap the win. The Exeter scoring was evenly shared with Wayne Smith, Bill Renning, Dave Bell, Rick Lindenfield and Jeff Fuller potting singles. Smith also picked up an assist, as did Guy Dietz, Doug Fletcher and Renning. The game ended on the rough side with Exeter’s Doug Fletcher and Dave Ford of St. Marys being banished for fighting. The teams battled on even terms for most of the first two periods in St. Marys before the home team scored with 54 seconds left in the second to breajk a scoreless tie. They added the insurance marker with less than three minutes to play in the third. Pee wees down two The Exeter pee wees face elimination in OMHA play when they travel to St. Marys tonight for the third game of their series. St. Marys scored a 6-0 win on Saturday after taking the opener in Exeter by a 4-1 margin. In Wednesday’s opener at the rec centre, the local pee wees held St. Marys off the score sheet until late in the first period, and two quick goals in the middle frame put them behind the eight ball. Ken Renning squirted through the defence to cut the deficit to 3-1 in the last minute of the second, but St. Marys re-opened their three-goal cushion with another marker early in the third to post the 4-1 victory. Mike Tiedeman picked up the assist on Renning’s goal, which came on one of the six pbwer plays Exeter enjoyed. Atoms nipped The Exeter and St. Marys atoms squared off for their first playoff game, Satur­ day, with St. Marys potting a pair in the final period to post a 2-1 victory. Exeter had taken an early lead when Sean Whiteford drilled a long shot from the point that skidded through the legs of the St. Marys goalie. Brett Batten and Rdn Loucks picked up the assist on the play. The series resumes in Ex­ eter on Sunday, while the same teams meet in their first game in Saturday’s atom tournament in Lucan. In Shamrock league ac­ tion, Sunday, the local atoms suffered a 3-2 loss in Ilderton. The home crew scored with less than two minutes remaining to settle the issue. Sean Whiteford scored both Exeter goals, with Ron Loucks picking up two assists and Brett Batten ad­ ding one. Waxers lose two The Exeter Waxers took to the ice for two Shamrock novice games this week’, los­ ing in both outihgs. They suffered a 4-1 loss in Strathroy on Saturday and came home on Sunday to end up on the short end of a 1-0 count against Belmont. Doug Clark fired Exeter’s lone tally in the Strathroy game, with Steve Lingard picking up the assist. Sunday night, the locals managed to,hold Belmont’s one-man team in tow for most of the game, but Brent Bogart broke loose for the only goal late in the first period. Houseleaguers lose In an exhibition game in Lucan, Wednesday, the local novice houseleague crew dropped a 4-1 decision to the home team. Troy Edgington scored a pair for the winners with singles to Jason Pfaff and Jeff Pollard. Mark Coward picked up Exeter’s lone goal on a play with Scott Wedlake and Allan Blommaert. Midget "B" win The Exeter midget “B squad posted a pair of wins over Strathroy in recent ex­ hibition play. The locals scored a 6-0 win on their own ice and won 5-3 in Strathroy. Al Gaiser paced the home win with four goals and one assist, while the singles »t came off the sticks of Bruce Shaw and Graham Kobe. Kevin Parsons picked up two assists to lead in that department, while register­ ing one each were Ed Cosman, Pete Tuckey, Shaw, Mark Willert, Rob Smith and Jim Romphf. Rick Fletcher ard Paul Cooper shared the shutout. , In the Strathroy contest, the Exeter scoring was divided with Pete Tuckey, Jim Romphf, Kevin Par­ sons, Graham Kobe and Al Gaiser potting singles. Rob Smith had two assists and the singles went to Par­ sons, Gaiser and Bill Ren­ ning. wlXl'?ER CLEARANCE. of Brand New 79 TRUCKS We have a good selection of light trucks on hand for immediate delivery: 4 x 4s, Super Cabs, Ex­ plorers, Broncos % ton, 150 and '/2 ton Pickups. 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Also in attendance are coaches and managers from various European teams who are looking for talent to go to Germany, Holland and Switerzerland in particular. Can-Am visited Europe last fall and found that North American players who can obtain non-import status with a given country were highest in demand. For a Canadian to receive non-import status he must have been born when his father held citizenship or dual citizenship or have been born in the country in question, but need no longer be a citizen. Canadians playing in Europe have done excep­ tionally well. Time and time again they have been tops in scoring and leading point getters. Hockey fans throughout Europe exhibit apprecia­ tion for the Canadian players and the talents they br­ ing with them. Anyone interested in trying a career in Europe should contact Can-Am at P.O. Box 634 in Guelph. Three members of the Exeter Hawks are in the top 10 in the scoring department in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior “D” league. 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