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Times-Advocate, 1985-03-06, Page 13Hawks, Irish eliminated in Junior 'P' semi-finals Series ends in five Kevin Albrecht and Terry Ross nailed the lid closed on the Exeter 1lawks season as they continued their offensive onslaughts to wrap up the Tavistock Braves 4-1 semi-final vit-- tory over the locals in the northern division Junior "D" best -of -seven semi-finals. The Braves scored four unanswered goals in the second period at the rec centre, Thursday, on their way to a 7-4 triumph and took the final playoff contest on their home ice, Friday, jumping into a quick 3-0 Tykes plan tournament The Exeter tykes who have won five of their previous six games came up on the short end of a 3-2 score Sun- day afternoon at the South Huron Rec Centre. The visiting Huron park tykes made it a second win on the weekend having defeated Hensall, Friday night. Exeter got on the board at the 4:54 mark of the first period when Billy Parker sco from Brice Hann. Huron Pa rebounded at 6:15 to tie at one on a goal.by Craig Glanville from John Rutten and Jeff Glavin. Thirty seconds later, John Rutten scored to give the Park a 2-1 lead. Ryan Soldan gave the locals a tie on a solo effort at the 5:10 mark of the second period but at the 7:28 mark of the third Matt Culp scored for Huron Park to break the tie and record what turned out to be the game winning goal with Mike Bowerman drawing the assist. The game which was closely played was the result of some excellent goal tending by Jason Lindenfield who made several great saves for Exeter. The Exeter tykes will have a busy March break as they host Hensall, Zurich and Huron Park tykes. As well they will be travelling to St. Marys during the school break for two ex- hibition matches. Don't forget to come out and sup- port the tykes at their tournament. Members of the team are: goalie, Jason Lindenfield, defencemen, Ryan Soldan, Robbie Lynn, Bill Parker, Scott Inson, Adam Bern and Brent Urlin. Forwards are Dave Farquhar, Jeff Sararas, Chad Gilfillan„ Michael Schwindt, Robbie Turner', John Moore. Gavin Poole, Joe Bierling, Jeff Mason. Brice Hann, Wayne Cole, Lawrence Cole, Brian Ellerington, Brian Richardson, Brian Hayman, Rvan Beckett and Michael Heywood. sall March It; Zurich March 14 and Huron Park March 15. .All games at 7 p.m. lead in the first and ending up with a 5-2 triumph. Albrecht, the northern division's scoring champion, and his line mate, Ross, winner of the division's MVP honors a year ago, consititued a two- man wrecking crew on the Hawks. In Thursday's game, both players were in on six of their team's seven goals and in Tavistock, Friday, Ross figured in all five tallies. Of the 31 goals scored by the Braves in the five -game series, Albrecht had 10 and Ross netted seven. Albrecht also recorded 10 ‘:,sist:, and the other half of the wrecking crew had )4 The Hawks coaching staff didn't entertain suggestions that the due be given special shadowing during the series, although it was evident to most that the Braves sink or swim on the basis of the production of the two marksmen. The end of the season also marked the end of the junior careers for at least five members of the Hawks. Not eligible to return for next season due to age are this year's division MVP Bill Glover, Mike Clark. Steve Prout, Jeff Rowe and Brian Horner. Sewn up in second The Braves dominated play in the second period of Thursday's game at the rec centre, but still had to over- come a spirited rally by the Hawks early in the third to post their 7-4 triumph. The visitors scored four unanswered goals in the middle frame to take a 6-1 lead and few fans held out much hope for the Hawks to rebound. However, the locals made it in- teresting when they came out and scored three times in the first two minutes to whittle the lead to two goals. They kept working at the challenge, but the Braves salted the game away when Ross and Albrect teamed up to make it 7-4 at the 11:02 mark. Bill Glover scored twice and assisted on one to pace the Hawks. Mike Clark and George Pratt notch- ed the other tallies with single assists going to Ted Hodgins. Clark, Brian Horner, Steve Batten and Jeff Pfaff. Both goalies finished the game with 36 saves, with 17 of Pete Dearing's coming in the second period when the Braves threatened to put their scor- ing total into double digits. Hang on to lead In the fifth and final game at Tavistock the next night, the Braves scored three times in the first, with two of those coming on powerplays, and then held that three -goal margin do Te H gins and Scott Brintnell scored for the Hawks with assists go- ing to Trevor Johnston, Glover, Horner and Batten. 4.. DUEL — Exeter Hawks captain Jeff Rowe and team mate Mike Clark battle for position in front of the Tavistock net in Thursday's game at the rec centre. The Braves won 7-4 and then won at home the following night to oust the locals from playoff action. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 imes- dvocate March 6, 1985 Pagel A Local midgets win The Exeter midgets have eliminated Strathroy in two straight games and moved on to the second round in Lambton-Middlesex houseleague hockey. The first game against Parkhill is scheduled for the South Huron Rec Centre tonight, Wednesday with faceoff time at 6:30 p.m. In Sunday's final game against n outstanding effort in goal to gain the shutout. After a scoreless first period, Steve Lightfoot started the Exeter scoring on a three-way effort with Mike Berg and Mark Lomas and in the final ses- sion it was Berg and Lomas setting up Jeff Caldwell fora successful shot. In the opening contest. the Exeter youngsters notched the first three goals of the game and then held on to squeeze out a 3-2 victory. Jeff Caldwell notched the first two scores for the locals or an t e other on a pass from Mike Berg. The third score came from the stick of Dave McDonald on a pass from Mark Lomas. Extend Seaforth to limit The Lucan Irish have been eliminated from further play in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D" playoffs, but, they put up a tremendous battle before bowing out. With the Seaforth Centenaires leading the Lucan club three games to two, the Irish bounced back to post a 6-5 win Saturday night and force a seventh and deciding game Sunday afternoon in Seaforth. The Centenaires were winners by a score of 7-6, but, the winning goal came with only 54 seconds left in regulation time. The Seaforth club had moved ahead three games to two as the result of a 10-2 victory at home Tuesday night. In Sunday's final contest, the Irish held a 2-1 first period lead on suc- cessful shots by Jesse Crawford and Brent Bannerman. Crawford counted on a power play with passing help from Jeff Hodgins and Steve Keane and Bannerman converted a pass from Rob Hardy. Jim Campbell was the Seaforth marksman. In the second session, Steve Glenn notched the only Lucan score on a three-way passing combination with Jeff Hodgins and Brent Bannerman while Kevin Melady and Greg Mur- ray hit for Seaforth to tie the score at 3-3. The third period was only 27 seconds old when captain Dave Mur- ray put the Centenaires ahead. This lead didn't last long. In the next three minutes, the Irish hit the opposition net on two occasions. The goal getters were captain Bob Thirlwall on a powerplay with pass- ing help of Rob Hardy and Jesse Crawford and the latter on a pass from Paul Foran. Just after the six minute mark it was Seaforth's turn for quick scores. In a span of 33 seconds, Dave Akey and Jim Campbell had restored a one goal margin for their club. At 15:12, the Irish again tied the score. This time Scott Balazs pulled the trigger on passes from Paul Foran and Bob Thirlwall. Kevin Melady sent the Seaforth fans home happy at 19:06 with his se- cond goal of the game. The Centenaires outshot the Irish by 37 to 30. • - Extend Series Brent Bannerman's second goal of the game proved to be the winner Saturday night in Lucan and allowed the Irish to extend the series. The home club scored three unanswered•goals in the first period and o victory. Bannerman opened the scoring on a three-way effort with Jeff Hodgins and Steve Glenn and two power plays produced the other two scores 47 seconds apart late in the period. • Bob Thirlwall notched the second goal on passes from Steve Keane and Steve Glenn and the latter along with Jesse Crawford provided the passes for a successful shot by Brent Martin. In the second frame Bob Thirlwall was the only Irish marksman on passes from Scott Gilders and Scott Balazs while Dave Murray and Greg Murray put Seaforth on the scoreboard. Scoring in the third period was limited to the last seven minutes and then it came thick and fast. At 12:46, Steve Glenn put the Irish three goals up on a pass from Bob Thirlwall. Only 54 seconds later, Pat Murray registered for Seaforth and at 14:49 Murray counted again to cut the Lucan lead to 5-4. What proved to be the winning goal came from the stick of Brent Banner- man of the Irish at 15:06 with assists going to Jeff Hodgins and Paul Foran. Pat Murray scored his third goal of the night and the final one for Seaforth at 17:26 as his team was playing a man short and the Irish were able to hang on the rest of the way to get the win. Fatal Second Period Five unanswered goals by the Centenaires in the second period pro- ved to be the downfall of the Irish in Seaforth Tuesday night. The only Lucan goals were notch- ed by Brad Hodgins on a pass from Brent Bannerman with 17 seconds left in the first period and by Bannerman on an unassisted effort early in the third frame. A -Team gets five points The A -Team managed the only five point sweep in Friday's regular play in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. 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