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Sports
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
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Hollywood is coming
The annual Exeter,figure skating club carnival is
all set for this coming Saturday and it should be an in-
teresting and colourful presentation.
The carnival theme is Hollywood and a lot of
characters from the movie capital of the worldwill be
seen on the ice surface at the South Huron Rec Centre.
The carnival co-chairmen are Agnes Aunger and
Barb McLelland and M.J. Chaitvi is president of the
local club.
The show will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday
afternoon and again at 7:30 p.m. the same evening.
About 140 youngsters will be participating in the
carnival. Three regular members of the Exeter club
will not be available for the carnival. Kelly
Livingstone, Susan Tieman and Heather Profit will be
participating in a competition in Buffalo with the
Ilderton junior precise skating team.
Characters in the carnival will include Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs, Mary Poppins, the Wizard of Oz
along with Muppet stars Miss Piggy and Kermit.
The feature solo skater will be Scott Grover from
the Preston figure skating club. He was ninth in the
novice division of the recent Canadian championships
held at Brandon, Manitoba.
This carnival is one ofthe very few fund raising
events of the skating club and your support will really
be appreciated. Besides you will enjoy two hours of ex-
cellent entertainment.
Right on track
Edmonton Oiler super star Weyne Gretzky
appears to have an excellent chance of breaking the
200 point barrier in the National Hockey League scor-
ing marathon this year.
In his first 61 games, Gretzky has scored 72 goals
and added 89 assists for a total of 161 points. This
averages out to more than 2.6 points per game.
At this same rate over the regular 80 game
schedule Gretzky would wind up with about 208 points.
He helped his cause greatly Wednesday night with two
goals and three assists.
We caught some of the Wednesday night game
between the Leafs and the Red Wings and it appeared
that neither team was trying too hard to win. That's
exactly what did happen. Neither team won. It was a
tie.
The Red Wings are becoming famous for blowing
leads and the Wednesday tilt in Toronto was no excep-
tion. They blew a two goal first period margin and
again in the third gave away a one goal lead.
To showsome oftheineptnessofthetwo teams, both
were, lacklustre on power plays. On one Toronto advan-
tage the Leafs were called for icing and when the
Red Wings had an extra skater they were called for
just that penalty of having too many men on the ice.
Not. very often do you see an NHL referee smiling,
'but, that's what happened when referee Bruce Hood
caught the Red Wings with a seventh player on the ice.
While Maple Leaf Gardens was sold out for the
'game with Detroit, more than 2,000 of the ticket
holders failed to show up and many of those that did
were not very happy with the performance of their
team.
Many showed their reaction to the lacklustre play
of the Leafs with boos' which were not appreciated by
Borje Salming.
Getting back to the greatness of Wayne Gretzky
we would like to pass along comments made by Rocket
Richard which were passed on by Danny Gallivan dur-
ing Wednesday's telecast.
Richard said that had Gretzky been playing on the
same team as himself, Jean Belliveau and Boom Geof-
frion he would have been the highest scorer. That's
great praise coming from the Rocket.
Top notch umpire gone
One of the best umpires the game of baseball has
ever known died suddenly this week. Nestor Chylak
was found dead Wednesday morning at his home in
Pennsylvania as the result of an apparent heart attack.
Chylak's active umpiring career ended four years
ago in Toronto when he had his first heart problem.
Since that time he has been working as a super-
visor of American league umpires and was ready to
continue his duties withyoung utnpires at this year's
spring training sessions.
Chylak was theplate umpire for the first Toronto
Blue Jays home game on April 7, 1977 when they
defeated the Chicago White Sox in the midst of a snow
s torm.
The veteran umpire once said, "An umpire's job is
the only one in the world that everybody else can do
better. An umpire must be perfect on the first day of
the season and then get better every day."
Lively for Wolves
The Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Junior Hockey
League appear to be close to death's door. but, they
should be lively for the rest of the season at least.
A strike by outside workers in Sudbury has caused
all arenas in the city to close, so the Wolves will play
their remaining six games in the regular schedule 10
kilometres away in Lively.
Playing in the 2,000 seat Lively arena shouldn't
cause much further hardships for the Wolves. Average
crowds in the Sudbury Community area have been
around the 500 mark.
Soccer starts
The Exeter Centennial senior soccer club has
started to practice in the gym of South Huron District
High School, Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. excluding
March 8 when another location will be made available.
Anyone interested in playing soccer this season.is
welcome to come out and participate.
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Hawks even in playoffs, Irish one game down
Split with
About the only thing
predictable in an Exeter -
Mitchell playoff series is
that it will be unpredictable
The current playoff battle
between the two namesakes
appears to be no exception.
Each team won on the
other's ice over the weekend
to leave them tied at one -
game each in their best -of -
seven group semi-final. The
third game was played in
Mitchell last night and the
fourth will be in Exeter on
Thursday at 8:30 and the
fifth also at the rec centre
Sunday night at 8:00.
The local Hawks are play-
ing the unusual Thursday
night home game because
the league banquet is on Fri-
day.
The Exeter Hawks
squandered home ice advan-
tage as they dropped a 4-2
decision in the opener on
Friday. but they quickly
regained it with a 5-2 win in
Mitchell, Sunday.
Over the years, the home
ice has not always been an
advantage in the playoff
between the two perennial
foes. Upsets and controversy
have often been the case as
well.
Checked out
The visiting Mitchell
Hawks displayed a tenacious
checking game as they pull-
ed the first upset of the
current playoff with their
win in Exeter, Friday.
The local snipers were
also off form as they failed
to capitalize on many scor-
ing chances as they out -shot
the visitors by a 28-23
margin.
Mitchell scored a pair of
goals within 13 seconds late
in the first to take a lead
they never relinquished.
Honour area
horses, trainers
A five year-old pacer from
the Ailsa Craig-Clandeboye
area was named harness
horse of the year at Western
Fair Raceway, Saturday
night.
Chief Scram owned by
Sanford Reid of Ailsa Craig
and trained by Clandeboye's
Art Hodgins received the top
honours at a banquet at the
Paddock Lounge attended by
more than 400 racing
enthusiasts.
Chief Scram won a record
10 straight races at Western
Fair during the 1981 racing
year and compiled a record
of 16 victories in 22 starts.
Trainer Jean Poulin of
London who handles most of
the pacers for the Wheeling
By Stables in Grand Bend
was named horseman of the
year. Poulin has had great
success in training two year-
olds especially Ideal Wilco.
The driver of the year was
Terry Kerr who won 264
races to finish the fourth
best driver in Canada and
pith on the list in North
America.
Camp Queen owned by
Glenn Smith of Brussels and
trained by Don Corbett was
named trotter of the year.
Don Beatson of Granton
was named• non driving
trainer of the year and Lobro
Kerry owned by Harry, Bill
and Frank Loyens of London
township shared claimer of
the year with Cameo Beauty
owned by Raymond and
Elizabeth Schaefer of St.
Thomas.
Lobro Kerry chalked up its
seventh straight win at
Western Fair Raceway
Monday night.
Mitchell
They added one more in the
second and were ahead 4-1
before Exeter scored in the
waning seconds to narrow
the ,margin after the out-
come was settled.
Kerry Bedard, returning
to the lineup after sitting out
with a broken wrist, scored
Exeter's first goal on a
power play late in the first
and Tony Underhill added the
second at the end of the
game.
Bill Glover, Rick Linden -
field. Dave Couse and Paul
Johnston drew assists on the
goals.
Each team served 11
penalties, including a
fighting major and game
misconduct to Exeter's
Bryan Baker who engaged in
a fight with the Mitchell
trainer in the penalty box
while the former was ser-
ving a penalty late in the
third period.
Power play to win
Exeter evened the series
on Sunday as they clicked.
on three powerplay goals
enroute to their 5-2 triumph.
Kerry Bedard and Bill
Glover notched first period
goals for the locals as they
took a 2-1 lead and they
duplicated that margin in
the second to lead 4-2 and
then notched the only tally of
the third period.
John Kernick and Rick
Lindenfield were the second
period marksmen and Pete
Tuckey popped the clincher
in the third.
Bedard and Kernick added
one assist each as did Doug
Brooks, Brian Mercer, Steve
Prout, Dave Atthill and
Bryan Baker.
Rich Fletcher turned aside
21 shots to get the win, while
Mitchell's Dave Fischer sav-
ed 27.
Exeter served 15 of the 27
minor penalites called by the
referees, who kept the game
well in check. The local
penalty killers played a
stellar role in the win.
Dearing out
The Hawks lost veteran
winger Preston Dearing
with a back injury in the
final game of the season
against Thedford. Dearing
will be out for the balance of
the 'season after slamming
into a goal post.
The locals won that game
by a 4-3 margin at the rec
centre, Wednesday.
Pete Tuckey paced the win
with two goals, while Brian
Mercer and Dave Atthill
added the singles. Tuckey
also recorded assists on the
other two goals, while Dave
Couse had three and Mercer
a pair. •
Mike Tadgell made his
return to the nets after sit-
ting out much of the season
HOT WAILING — Sue Malcolmsonof the Pepsi-Cola Ski Cade demonstrate hot v•cx,nn
technique at a cross country ski clinic held at the rec centre, Thursday. Watching ern (from
left) Greg Dougall, Steve Creces, Wilma Jacobs and Karen Dauber. The trovellira rrnir
sponsored by the Ontario ski council and manufacturers of ski equipment
Buckeyes finish first
South Huron playoffs start
The Zurich Buckeyes have
won the. regular season
championship of the South
Huron intermediate hockey
league and the top four
teams are now preparing for
exciting playoff action.
The Buckeyes ended the
schedule with 37 points, two
more than the runnerup Hen-
sall Sherwoods. The Cen-
tralia Marauders were third
with 24 points and the Exeter
Mohawks placed fourth,
another point back at 23. The
Centralia College Saints
finished in the league base-
ment getting only one tie in
23 starts.
The playoffs start Thurs-
day
night with the Exeter
Mohawks travelling to Hen-
sall to meet the Sherwoods
in the first of a best -of -seven
series. The second contest is
back at the South Huron Rec
('entre, Friday at 8:30 p.m.
with the third in Hensall
Sunday at 3:15 p.m. and the
fourth in Exeter Tuesday
March 2 at 8:30 p.m.
The other semi-final set
has the league leading
Zurich Buckeyes tackling
the third place Centralia
Marauders in a similar best -
of -seven set.
The first game goes at the
with a shoulder injury and
turned aside 19 shots in get-
ting the win.
Playoff Hockey
Semi Finals
Centralia Marauders
vs
Zurich Buckeyes
Fri. Feb. 26
8:30 p.m.
Stephen Township Arena
Huron Park
Game 2 Sun. Feb. 28 in Zurich
Game 3 Fri. March 5
in Huron Park
w.es.a.i
Stephen township arena Fri-
day night at 8:30 p.m. and
the return tilt back at the
Zurich "arena Sunday after-
noon at 2 p.m.
Gerald Weido of the
Buckeyes won the league
scoring championship with
19 goals and 34 assists for a
grand total of 52 points.
Close behind in second
place with 52 points on 22
goals and 30 assists was Ken
Varley of the Hensall
Sherwoods.
Another Sherwood Brian
Maher was third with 21
goals and 28 assists.
Four players were (led for
fifth place with 45 points
apiece. They were Rick
Ingram and Dwight Consitt
of Hensall and Centralia
Marauders Mike Cronyn and
Rich Lather.
Completing the top 10
scorers were Dave Kinsman
of Hensall with 41 points and
two Exeter Mohawks Brad
Daters and Tom Ryan with
40 points each.
Mark Cronyn of Centralia
was the top goal getter with
23 and Ken Varley of Hensall
the best playmaker with 30
assists.
The battle for the lowest
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goals against average was
just as close as the team
standings. Zurich
goaltenders allowed 92 goals
in 23 games and the net -
minders for Hensall gave up
94 goals in the same number
of games. •
All four teams are ready.
for the playoffs with fairly
healthy rosters. The only
regular to miss the extra -
season action will be Randy
McKinnon of Zurich who is
sidelined with a broken
ankle.
Lose first
The Lucan Irish find
themselves one game down
in the first round of OHA
Western Junior "D" playoffs
against the Tavistock
Braves.
In the first game of the
best -of -seven series Friday
night in Tavistock, the Irish
fought back from a 5-1 deficit
late in the second period but
fell one goal short at the final
bell,
The second game was
played last night, Tuesday in
Lucan. The third game goes
tomorrow night T day,
also at the Lubab,
The two clubs switch
back to Tavistock fir the
next two games on Saturday,
February 27 and Tuesday,
March 2.
In the opening game
Tavistock jumped in front by
a 3-1 count at the end of the
first 20 minutes of play on
two goals by Kevin Regier
and one from the stick of
Kevin Schmidt.
The only first period Lucan
score was fired byDoug Latta
on a three-way combination
with Steve Thompson and
Steve Glenn.
Early in the middle frame
Tony Reis and Ted Gladding
registered for the Braves to
go ahead. 5-1.
With a little less than two
minutes left in the second
period Steve Glenn notched
the second Lucan goal on
passes from Steve Thompson
and John Medd.
The Irish came out strong
in the final session and
scored twice in the first 11
minutes to cut the Tavistock
lead to a single goal.
Doug Latta converted a
pass from Kevin Hartwick
and Dave Egan was the
marksman on a play started
by Latta and Geoff Edwards.
Kevin Regier came back
to Braves
with his third goal of the
night for the Braves near the
13 minute mark and captain
Paul Wraith completed the
Lucan scoring at 14:53 on a
pass from Doug Latta.
In the final game of the
regular schedule Wednesday
night, the Irish wereedeed II -
4 by the Mitchell Hawks.
Geoff Edwards was the
leading scorer in the loss to
Mitchell with two successful
shots. One came on an
unassisted effort and the
second on a play originated
by Doug Latta.
The other Lucan goals
were fired by Geoff Edwards
and Randy Turner.
During the first playoff
game with Tavistock; Lucan
goalie Dan Seel! suffered an
injury, a torn cartilage
which will likely sideline him
for the balance of the season.
The goal tending cbares
will now fall to Ed Dobbinson
and a replacement being
sought from the Medford
team which failed to make
the playoffs.
Pizza Train
wins twice
The Exeter Pizza Train
bantams chalked up two
victories this week in house
league hockey action.
Saturday, Alan Pym and
Jim Lewis each scored three
goals to lead Pizza Train to
an 8-5 victory over St.
Marys. Scoring in single
fashion were Scot Baptist
and Tim Fowler.
Sunday, it was a 7-3 win
over Mitchell. Andy Lerikos
scored a hat trick to lead the
local club in the scoring
department. Tim Fowler
was next with a two goal
effort and single scores were
fired by Steve Pym and Jim
Lewis.
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