The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-11-09, Page 15Believe it, hockey. is flourishing
NI -IL rinks are as quiet as an
interview with Jaromir Jagr and will
be, apparently, for some time but it
doesn't take an exhaustive search to
find places where the game of
hockey is flourishing. '
Now tell- me Wheeling, West
Virginia, didn't pop to mind when ,
you thought about hockey hotbeds,
The Wheeling. Thunderbirds of
the East Coast Hockey League are
sold out most every night. Many of
their games are on TV, the coach
has his own television show and is
in demand' on the banquet circuit.
That coach is a prairie boy from
Fairlight, Sask., with the second
biggest moustache in the west,
Doug Sauter. (First place goes to
some guy from Hanna, Alberta).
Sauter says the Thunderbirds have
cashed in on the popularity of hock-
ey in Pittsburgh; just 60 miles nor-
theast, and the price tag for seeing
the Penguins.
"Our ticket prices are $6, $7, and
$8, so you can go out to a game
and .hal'e dinner with your family
all on a $50 bill and that's very
attractive to the people of the Ohio
Valley," says Sauter.
Or anywhere else, for that matter.
Now, for $7 you don't get to watch
Mario, but then you don't most
nights in Pittsburgh, either. You'll
have to settle for, Xavier Majie and
Patrick Lebreque but that doesn't
mean you have to settle for second-
rate hockey.
"I think we'd beat any Western
Hockey League team," says Sauter,
who knows a bit ,about that having
coached in Calgary, Regina,
Medicine Hat and Brandon. "We're
a more mature league and it's really
cleaned up from what it used to be.
This isn't a Slapshot league
anymore and I'm pretty impressed
with the calibre."
He's not alone. The East Coast
Hockey League has been a tremen-
dous success and now has 18
teams, including its new entry in
Tallahassee, Florida. They keep
Pee Wee A's open season
The. Lucknow Pee Wee A's
hosted Drayton in the first
scheduled game of their season on
Nov. 1. Adam Cameron took his
position between the pipes.
Drayton opened the scoring at
8:52 into the game. Later in the
first Mark Stanley scored. unas-
sisted. In the second period, with.
the game tied with one apiece,
Jordan Hamilton scored. Assists
went to Conor McDonagh and Jeff
Andrew. Lucknow managed to keep
the lead for a little longer but
Drayton scored three more times to.
win 4 to 2.
Lucknow travelled to Kincardine
on Nov. 2. This time Justin Browti
played in the net.
The game was scoreless until
Kincardine scored in the second
period on a power play. Lucknow
came back and scored in the third
period when Chris .Wainwright
found the net. Assists went to Mark
Stanley and Rob McGee. '
• Lucknow scored again on a power
play when Mark Stanley put it in
the top corner. Assists went to
Chris Wainwright and Rob McGee.
Lucknow held their 2 to 1 lead for '
a little longer but Kincardine tied it
up with 1:34 remaining in the third.
It was an excellent game with
Brown in net and by the rest of the
Lucknow squad.
Injuries plague Bantams
An aggressive Teeswater team
came to play the Lucknow Bantam
A team on Oct.- 30. Just three
minutes into the game Jonathan
MacKinnon. tucked the puck past a
stunned Teeswater goalie. He was
assisted with lovely passes from
Ean Moffat and Jonathan Chilton.
The home town squad was shut
out of the scoring in the second
period, but dominated the hitting.
During the second, Teeswater
scored two quick unanswered goals
to take the lead.
Richard Walke tied the score for
Lucknow in the third period, on a
pass from Jonathan Chilton.
Teeswater scored two more goals
but Lucknow tied it up both times
with unassisted goals coming from
Ean and Craig Moffat.
X -country
season ends
The cross-country season
concluded this past weekend with
the Canadian Cross Country Cham-
pionship in Etobicoke.
Five Lucknow runners competed
in their divisions for the Wingham
Optimist Track & Field Club.
The Mite division was represented
by Heather Lougheed and Hamish
Black. Heather finished ninth with
a time of 4:46, and Hamish ninth.
with a 4;21 time over the 1,000
metre course.
Cindy Willits, Tyke girls, placed
twenty-seventh with a time of 7:57,
Nigel Black placed third, 5:57, and
Sandy Lougheed with a 7:05 time
placed twenty-seventh, over the
1,500 metre course.
In the final period, Teeswater
took the ,lead, and although Luck -
now pulled the goalie it was to no
avail, as the Apposition dumped one
in the empty net.
Final score Teeswater 6, Lucknow
4.
Lucknow vs Howick
It was a' see -saw game last Friday
when Lucknow travelled to Howick.
Both teams took turns with go-
ahead . goals, but Teeswater
managed the final goal for the 5 to
4 win.
Successful at denting the twine
this game were Jonathan MacKin-
non, Craig Moffat (2) and Brent
Cameron.
Lucknow has been plagued, by
injuries early this year. Hopefully
the injuredwill return soon.
Pee Wee
house league
gets . first win
The Pee Wee house league team
travelled to Ripley on Thursday to
play in the season opener.
It was constant end-to-end action
in the first half of the game.
Andrew Pickard stoned Ripley's
best attempts to get on the
scoreboard. Clint Gunter took over
the net minding to . finish the
shutout.
With just over a minute left in the
game, Jonathon • Drennan, assisted
by Kiel Farrish, came through and
scored to give the team its first win.
salaries down and ticket prices low
so sales arc high and there's a
lineup for franchises.
On the ice, teams can dress only
15 skaters and two goalies so
there's lots of ice time for the
players, who are primarily former
college stars and mid -to -late -round
junior picks on loan' from NHL
teams.
In Wheeling - population 45,000 -
where high school football draws
crowds of more than 5,000 fans
every Friday night, the Thunder-
birds now. draw the same and the
minor hockey program is filling up.
WAHA, the Wheeling Amateur
Hockey Association, now has 700
kids including 16 girls' teams, so
people aren't just watching the
games, they're playing and
understanding the sport. As Sauter
points out, "The game is now the
biggest attraction at the games." -Yet
promotions are still front and
centre.
Doug Sauter Moustache Night
filled the house for the home
opener. Every fan got a clip -on
cookie duster that made them look
a bit like the coach and they were
thrilled because the hockey coach is
one of the most popular people in
town. And that's not Carlyle, Kin-
cardine or Grand Falls. That's
Wheeling, West Virginia, a hockey
hotbed.
No kidding!
Midgets open
season with
two wins
The local Midget team came out
with a slow start when they met
with Mildmay on Oct. 26. It took
Ed Courtney's goal after a puck -
stealing display and rush on the
Mildmay net minder to open things
up. Mildmay replied with two goals
only to see Eric Andrew come back
with the tie.
Lucknow was alive in the second
and third, scoring four times to
come with the win. Andrew
Johnston tallied one goal, along
with some bone crunching hits.
Other goals came off the sticks of
Jeff Porter, Stuart Rintoul and Chad
Moffat who showed some bustle,
netting two.
Howick visited Lucknow on Oct.
30 and went home on the losing
end of the score.
Scoring for Lucknow came from
Colin Becker and Jeff Porter with
one each, and two goals from each
of the team snipers - Ed Courtney
'and Mike "the Hammer" Johnston.
The Lucknow defence played an
excellent game handing out, hard
checks and helping to shut down
the Howick offence. Strong goal
tending came from Ryan Courtney
and Tyler Brooks, for both games,
with them coming up with some,big
saves.
Coaching the Midgets this year
are Kent Alton, Russ Sutton, Barry
Johnston, Murray Moffat and Neil
Rintoul handling the trainer's
duties.
Local bowlers
do well in
tournament
The Master/Junior Tournament
was held in Mount Forest on Oct.
30 with two teams from Lucknow
competing..
The team of Robert Jones, Mar-
lene Johnston and Patrick Ritchie
placed third witha pins over
average of +302. The team of Eric
Taylor, Jackie Hackett and Jeffrey
Weber placed seventh with a pins
over average of +195.
Jackie Hackett won the four game
total pins over average with +163
for the junior girls.
According to sources, the YBC
juniors did the winning for the,
teams.
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