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Times-Advocate, 1982-12-01, Page 20Times-Advocote, December 1,1982 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh .Another record near Wayne Gretzky who set a multitude of records in the National Hockey League last season is at it again and should break another mark within the next week or so. The super No. 99 of the Edmonton Oilers has scored at least one point in each of the first 26 games played so far this season and is nearing Guy LaFleur's mark of 28. Gretzky has picked up four points in each of his last two games and has now reached 63 points in 26 games. If he keeps up this pace which some of his supporters thought was slow to start his grand total for the season could be 200 points. With the New York Islanders in a bit of a slump, ,two of the original six NHL clubs are beginning to show they are serious about finishing atop the overall standings. The Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal Canadiens are off and flying. Both have solid rosters and should be right in the running when it comes time to pass out Lord Stanley's battered cup. The Pooley report The latest report from Ohio State University in Col- umbus, Ohio regarding -the hockey Buckeyes and the Pooley boys in particular is encouraging, In their most recent weekend doubleheader, the Buckeyes got a 3-3 tie and a 5-3 win over league leading Bowling Green, .the second ranked team nationally. In the tie with Bowling Green, Perry Pooley scored the tying goal and in the victory it was Paul scoring the winner early in the third period. Paul is tied for the team scoring with nine goals and eight assists for 17 points and the one game winning goal while Perry is fifth in the standings with seven goals and one assist for eight points. Each of the twins has three power play goals and Perry has also scored with his team shorthanded. Exciting tourney coming up Taking a look at the rosters of the 16 teams com- - peting in this week's Lucan Cup Challenge hockey tour- nament, it's easy to see area fans will be in for some exciting action. The London Quakers who won the grand champion- ship last year will be back and they will be facing some excellent competition including Black Creek, the 1980 winners. President Tom Hardy and his hard working com- mittee have gone to great lengths to make sure every team invited is of high calibre. They checked with every top all star tournament inOntario to find out which clubs would be able to turn in the calibre of hockey required to qualify for this competition. The team from Mitchell appears to be of a very strong quality with fellows like Don Vipond, Don Glour, Charlie Robertson, Tom Miller and Dave Staffen in the lineup. The tournament opens at 6 p.m. Friday with the Lucan all stars taking on Ted Dilts of London. At 7:30 p.m. Hoffey Construction of Windsor meets Kitchener -Waterloo. The 9 p.m. Friday contest could be one of the best of the opening day with Mitchell pitted against Black Creek. The defending champion London Quakers headed by Ed Parkinson play Royal Oak, Michigan at 7 a.m. Saturday. Merton with former Exeter juniors Barry Baynham, Bill Fairbairn in the lineup take on Kitchener Downtown Texaco at 11:30 a.m. Former Lucanite Ed Harrigan will be in the Kitchener lineup. The tourney comes to a conclusion Sunday with the "B" final at 3:30 p.m. and the "A" championship slated for 5:30 p.m. The prizes for the winning teams are excellent. The grand champion team receives $1,000 and each player will also get a handcrafted diamond ring. The "B" champs get the village of Lucan trophy and members of the all star team will receive awards from Molson's and.theBank of Montreal. An important part of the tourney is a Saturday night dance featuring the music of Daybreak. Meals are available at the arena throughout the three days of the event. Exams stop practice South Huron's senior girls basketball team has taken a break from practise, because of this week's exams. Hopefully they will still be in form to play at W.O.S.S.A. Friday. Before a new seeding for- mat was introduced the Ex- eter squad was scheduled to meet the strong London con- ference champs. Catholic Central. Faults in the former system prompted the W.O.S.S.A. conveners to revise it. All eight qualifying teams from each of the four con. ferences (Huron -Perth, Lon- don, Lambton and Oxford - Elgin► will be seeded by the London Free Press, con- veners and coaches. Thus in the quarter -finals the best team will play the first and so on. Exeter coach, Terry O'Rourke has not heard yet where his team has been seeded. Lambton conference has not determined their champion. However O'Rourke believes South Huron will be ranked seventh oreighth.If they are seeded seventh tney will play the second ranking team this Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Sarnia at the Lambton Central High School. Last ranking will see them play the best team at 8 p.m. the same night. Mohawks statistics The Exeter Mohawks were idle in' South Huron hockey .league play this week. They swing back into action tomorrow night, Thursday at the South Huron Rec Centre when they play host to Brookside from the North Oxford league. The Mohawk statistics are as follows: G A Pts. 10 12 22 10 11 21, 7 9 16 11 4 15 10 5 15 5 10 15 4 10' 14 4 9 13 3 9 12 2 9 11 5 4 9 2 7 9 5 4 9 2 6 \8 GP GA Av. D. Fairbairn 3 7 2.33 T. Steeper 4 8 2.00 Name B. Mercer B. Taylor J. Guenther B. Taylor T. Ryan Li. Deters R. Lindenfield D. Fletcher L. Gagnon B. Baynham M. Desjardine D. Robinson J. Fuller U.. Atthill Hawks in must win situation in two games this week The Exeter Hawks lost their only outing of the week to Lucan, Friday, while their nearest rivals grabbed a point each to tighten up the race for the fourth and final playoff position in the northern division. Seaforth Centenaires • • . scored an unexpected 5-5 tie with the southern leaders in Mt. Brydges, Saturday, ,to move into a tie with the Hawks with nine points while Mitchell tied Tavistock to close to within two points of the final playoff spot. Both Exeter and Seaforth were scheduled to play Tavistock on the weekend, but the tilts were cancelled. Exeter's position is made more precarious by the fact ha boveth Seaforth and Mitchell games in hand. The local Hawks have played two more games than Seaforth and three more than their namesakes in Mitchell. The locals will face what appear to be "must win" situations this week when they play host to both Seaforth and Mitchell The latter will be at the rec centre for a Friday night game and WIN PLAY FAIR TROPHY - The Exeter Molting Hawks won the London Free Press Ploy Fair trophy in a recent Oldtimers hockey tournament in London. Back, left, Eric Finkbeiner, Frank Boyle, Al Rundle, Gord Slaght, Jim Russell, Mike Cushman, Jim Pfaff, Pete McFalls and Bob Jones. Front, Bill Pincombe, Bob McDonald, Jim Mac- donald,'Bob Oke, Walt Tiedeman and Al Flynn. Missing were playing coach Keith Ahrens, Glenn Stire and Paul Weida. The trophy goes to the team displaying the best sportsmanship. T -A photo Irish victory streak stops at eight, hold down first place over. Braves. The current winning streak of the Lucan Irish ended at eight Sunday night as they dropped a 6-1 decision to the Thedford Browns. 'The Irish pounded Seaforth 11-2 Wednesday night and downed the Exeter Hawks 6-2 Friday to run their season record to 11 wins and four losses and one tie in 16 starts good for 23 points and a one point first place lead in the northern division over Tavistock. The Irish havetwo outings this week. They were in Mit- chell Last night, Tuesday and tonight, Wednesday will play host to the Tavistock Braves in an important battle for first place. Big third period The Irish scored six goals in the third period to complete- ly ' smother the Seaforth Centenaires Wednesday night 11-2. In the first period, Steve Glenn fired two Lucan goals while Doug Latta and captain Paul Wraith scored in single fashion. Getting assists were Mark Thomson, Steve Thom- son and Art Gregory. aThe single Lucangoal clin ub the was heldmiddle to period. That came on a power play from the stick of Jamie Shipley with Paul Wraith and Dave Paton assisting. Jeff Skinner was the big scorer for the Irish in the third period with a two goal performance. Both came on passes from Paul Wraith. Wraith notched one goal himself in the final 20 minutes on passes from John Medd and Skinner and teamed with Steve Thomson to set up a goal by Dave Paton. - The other scores came as Steve Glenn completed his hat trick converting a pass from Art Gregory on a power play and John Medd registered on passing help from Jeff Skinner. The only Seaforth goals were notched by Jim Camp- bell and Dave Murray. The only L:.can goal in Sun- day's loss to Thedford was fired by Mark Thomson on a three-way combination with Steve Glenn and Art Gregory. Ken Livingstone led Thed- ford with a two goal effort. Scoring singles were . Bev Cloud, Carmen Bessette, Steve McKenzie and Brad Cloud. 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The following Wednesday, the locals make their first trip to Lucan for a meeting with the current loop leaders who have a one -point edge over Tavistock and a five -point margin over the third place Thedford Browns. -The Browns are nine points ahead of Exeter and Seaforth. In Friday night's game at the rec centre, the defending OHA champs from Lucan dominated the contest to post a 6-2 margin, despite an at- tempt by Exeter coach Bob Rowe to shake up his squad with a lineup change. He inserted juvenile net - minder Peter Dearing into a starting role but the move didn't have the• intended -11111111111111IIII IIIIIIIIIInn11111111111I II OHA Junior 'D' Hockey South Huron Rec Centre Fri. Dec. 3 Mitchell Hawks vs Exeter Hawks Sun, Dec. 5 8:00 p.m. Seaforth vs., Exeter Hawks Don't miss the ac- tion in this keen rivalry. 11IIIIIIIIII1111111I111111111111111I111111,111r GM results of shaking the Hawks into a reversal of the type of play that has characterized many of their recent games. Lucan took advantage of some sloppy defensive work to dominate play throughout the game and the Hawks fail- ed to play with the en- thusiasm and hustle required to stick with the Irish. The Irish jumped into a 3-0 lead in the first, but the Hawks came back with a pair in one of their few displays of hard work to cut the margin to a single tally by the end of the initial stanza. The visitors scored the on- ly two of the second period and added one more in the third. John Medd paced the win- ning attack with two goals. Pete Tuckey and Ed Willis tallied for the Hawks. Tuckey's goal came on a breakaway set up by a pass from defenceman Steve Pro- ut, while Willis was left alone in the slot for a perfect pass from Tony Jones who had out - hustled a Lucan defender for a Inose puck in the corner. .---Caden Harvest Farm Seeds 151 Thames Road East, Exeter, Ont. ATTENTION. Bird Lovers Special Sunflower 50 Ib. bags 17.50 •50 Wild Bird Mix 30 lb. ba912.50 We will deliver to your home. 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