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Times-Advocate, 1981-12-02, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, December 2, 1981 Sports 40.410 Spotlight By Ross Haugh iiificiem-- Eft Headed for a record Look out for a number of National Hockey league records to be broken during the current season. Who will be responsible for these marks to be shattered? Anyone with any knowledge of professional hockey would say. "of course. No. 99 of the Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky." Gretzky who won the scoring championship last • year and was tied with Marcel Dionne the year before is on the way to a very fruitful season. As this is being written Thursday morning. Gretzky is on course for a 200 point season. He scored four times Wednesday night to bring his goal total to 28 in 24 games. A goal a game or 50 goals in 50 games. Gretzky also has 27 assists for a total of 55 points. Stretched over 80 games at the same rate he would end up with 184 points. But, he seems to be picking up steam as the year progresses and 2.5 points a game from now on is not certainly out of the question. The Brantford native has changed his playing style a bit from last year as he is shooting more and from all parts of the rink and this has brought up his goal total. With a change Gretzky now has the opposition con- fused. Will he shoot or pass or go behind the net for his • patented setups from that position? Not bad for a fellow that is reported to be a poor skater and unable to take a body check or able to give one. Intermediate 'D' competition Pfaff Electric wins Hensull event Exeter's Pfaff Electric hockey team won the fourth annual Intermediate D hockey tournament in Hen- sall Sunday. The Exeter team defeated the Zurich Buckeyes 3-2, tak- ing the edge in the second period when Zurich was playing a man short. The teams had exchanged first period goals, with Jim Rolph scoring for Pfaff and Zurich s Steve Bedour reply- ing In the second, Exeter bumped its lead up to 3-1 off goals by Scott Pincombe and Congratulations Well deserved congratulations go out to the senior girls basketball team at South Huron District High school for their capture of the Huron -Perth Conference championship. Their hard work and dedication certainly paid off in bringing home the first conference title to the school since 1966. Their sacrifice in many hours of practice and a gruelling 36 game schedule which took them to many parts of Ontario for tournaments almost every weekend this fall paid off. Coach Terry O'Rourke threw in a new screen defence at a practice the night before and it was beneficial in the victory. Soccer group to meet Martin DeBruyn has advised us that the annual meeting of the Exeter Centennial Minor Soccer Association will be held Monday, December 7 at the South Huron Rec Centre. Anyone interested in any aspect of the soccer operation for next summer is urged to attend this im- portant meeting. It gets underway at 8 p.m. Selecting summer schools The latest issue of Hockey Scope published by the Hockey Ontario Development Committee has an in- teresting article on the selection of summer hockey schools. According to the story, one hockey administrator feels there are eight areas that parents should be in- formed about before registering their youngster. After reading the eight recommendations we feel that the Huron Hockey School which has been operating at Huron Park and now the Stephen township arena would be high on the list of places to send your youngsters not only for a summer holiday, but, ex- cellent hockey training. Here are the eight areas that should be considered in making the right selection of a summer hockey school. The school should be established. This type of school is probably better organized and has definitely developed some credibility. If they have been around for years they are probably doing something right. Secondly. the instructors should be educationally oriented. Generally speaking the years have proven that the schools with professional teachers can com- municate better with the students than the big name player can. A full activity schedule should be prepared, both off and on the ice so as to keep the youngsters involved in as many programs as possible. This will help them have fun in an atmosphere that is conducive to lear- ning It should he noted that hockey related activities only are not a good idea. It is fun for the kids to go swimming or play baseball or soccer as well. Residence facilities are very important as well, since many camps today are live-in camps. This camp should include proper eating facilities that will allow for a well balanced diet while away Jrom home. It is of utmost importance to have a very dis- ciplined program if it is to be successful. Supervision is as important off -ice as it is on -ice. Proper medical attention is very important and has been taken for granted in hockey rinks for many nears It i.; important to have qualified people taking care of the students. Seventh on the list of things to consider is the ratio of student; to teacher In instructional sessions it is next to impossible to teach individual attention to en- sure their program Eighth and final on the list is the total number of players on the ice at one time. Once a total instruc- tional group goes above 30 the ice becomes crowded. look for programs that keep at or very close to this number at all tunes. The Huron Hockey School originated some 10 years ago by Urian Gilmour. Bill Mahoney and Ron Mason have had most of these recommendations in their programs from the very beginning. They have been emphazing the eductional needs of instructors as they themselves are either university or college hockey coaches or physical education instruc- tors Pete Glover. Greg Kirk scored for Zurich late in the second, and both teams held scoreless in the third. The B Final was won earlier in the day by Teeswater. 'I'hev defeated the Exeter Mohawks 7-1 atter •i rough game which saw Exeter collect only eight of 22 penalties. Dan Bell scored Exeter's lone goal The tournament began Friday night when Hensall romped over an Avonton team The final score was 11-4, with Ken Varey and Lloyd Allen each getting three goals, Jamie Caldwell scor- ing a pair and Dave Kinsman, Rick Ingram and Alan Taylor getting one each. The second game saw the tournaments eventual winners facing off. Exeter Pfaff Electric defeated Teeswater 5-4. Exeter's Ken Pinder open- ed and closed the scoring by capitalizing twice. when Teeswater was a man short. Brian Campbell again caught Teeswater short ear- ly in the second and the teams again exchanged goals. Don McKeller scored again for Exeter, but Teeswater dumped in two more goals to move ahead 4- 3. Scott Pincombe tied things up late in the second and Pinders goal made the final 5-4 for Exeter. It was Buckeyes versus Mohawks for the tour- nament's third game and it seemed like the Buckeyes were about to walk away with the game. IA 6 e� + e TOURNAMENT WINNERS — Exeter's Pfaff Electric team won the fourth annual intermediate D hockey tournament in Hen - soli— Sunday Shown are: (back, from left) Ken Bergman, Scott Pinkham, Don McKellar Brion Penhale, Steve Pfaff, Jim Rolph, Ken Pinder, Jim Guenther, coach Bill Pinkham, and coach Lorry Taylor. (Front, from left) Pete Glover, Brian Taylor, Pete Parsons. Dennis Bierling, Jim Pfaff, Brian Campbell and Fred Campbell. Mascot is Tommy Rolph. Missing were Scott Burton and Glen Nicholson. Hawks lose second time to. BBraves Brooks. winner on a power play at Exeter's first two goals the 10:44 mark of the final came on power plays as the stanza and John Kernick teams sat out four minors sealed the win with a tally at each and the shots on goal the 15:29 mark with both were fairly even with the teams at full strength. Braves enjoying a slight 31- Dan Sceli stopped 22 shots 28 edge. for the Irish, while Rich Fletcher had 19 for Exeter. Lucan served 16 penalties with the Hawks getting 15. Brian Baker and Keith Hartwick were ejected late in the third after a fight. The Exeter Hawks failed in their bid to move into a first place tie with the Tavistock Braves this week. The Braves eked out a 6-5 win over the Hawks in Tavistock. Saturday, to move them three points ahead and they still enjoy a game in hand over the locals. The loss was the second straight for the Hawks in their head-to-head battle with the loop leaders. Exeter won their only other outing this week, tak- ing a 5-3 win over the Lucan Irish at the rec centre, Fri- day. It was their third straight home win over the Irish and they renew the rivalry tonight (Wednesday) with the first meeting on Lucan's home ice. Friday night. they host the Mitchell Hawks and Sunday they tackle the lowly Seaforth Centenaires at the rec c•.;nlre. Rally halted The Hawks overcame a 4-2 lead in Tavistock to tie the game early in the third. but the Braves rebounded to take their one -goal margin and secure their grip on first place. Tavistock led 3-1 after the first and after trading goals in the second. the Hawks came up with two tallies to tie the count at four in the third However. the Braves then hit for a pair in just over a minute. and while the Hawks got one back shortly after, th-ey couldn't get the equalizer. Brian Mercer and Pete Tuckey paced the attack with two goals each with the single being fired by Tony Underhill. Mercer. Dave Couse and .John Kernick recorded two assists each to lead in that department. while helping out on one goal each were Tuckev and Doug Overcome deficit The Hawks had to over- come a one -goal deficit to beat the Irish in Friday's en- counter. They notched three tallies in the third to take their third straight from the Lucan crew. The teams traded two goals each in the first period with Paul .Johnston and Dave Atthill scoring for the Hawks and Geoff Edwards and John Medd replying for the visitors. Keith Hartwick scored the lone goal of the second to give the Irish the lead, but Tony Underhill knotted the count early in the third on a short-handed solo effort. Bill Glover scored the Auto -Ruud Exeter 235-1100 Or buy a Volkswagen... "Good Selection of New and Used Cars" Some 81's still available. Auto -Ruud Exeter 235.1100 Mike Clarke scored twice in the second and Jeff O'Brien's second period goal moved Zurich to a 3-0 lead. Dave Jackson replied for the Mohawks late in the se- cond. Zurich again opened the scoring in the third period, with Scott Consitt scoring. Pete Gill scored and two goals by Luc Gagnon evened things up for Exeter. With less than a minute and a half to play, Mary Merner scored for the Buckeyes breaking the deadlock and moving Zurich to the A side. Second round play saw the Pfaff Electric learn blast Hensall 7-1. Exeter dominated the game with a 5-0 lead at the end of the second. Fred Campbell and Pete Glover each scored once and Scott Burton chalked up three goals. Rick Agar opened the third period by scoring Hen - sail's only goal. Ken Pinder and Brian Taylor fired in two more, ad- ding insult to injury and moving Pfaff to the A final. On the B side, Teeswater won its place in the final by defeating Avonton 7-5. Since a Lucan team was unable to attend, Goderich got the bye inthe first round and faced Zurich on the A side for a playoff berth. On the B side, the Mohawks got the second round bye and moved on to face Teeswater for the B final. On the A side. Zurich han- dily defeated Goderich 5-2. Goals by Clarke, J. Stamhey and a pair by Ron Rader moved the Buckeyes to a 4-0 lead. Goderich replied with two early in the third, but time was running out. Randy McKinnon added a final goal for Zurich. vs C.C.A.T THURSDAY AT 8:30 P.M. SOUTH HURON REG CENTRE Our November winner is Wayne Campbell SPONSORED BY GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE FROM $10 A GIFT CERTIFICATE OF $30 COULD BUY • 5 days of golf at Ironwood • or 20 buckets of range balls • or be applied to a membership • or be applied to pro shop merchandise Prices in effect until Jan. 20th 1982 Husband and wife - 235. Family & ( children up and including 18) 275. Junior - 18 and under 80. Ladies - 80. Man - 160. Man and Junior - 235. 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