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Times Advocate, 1992-11-04, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, November 4, 199'2 Junior 'D' hockey Exeter Hawks beat Cents, now in second By fined Groves T -A staff EXETER - Friday night was very interesting at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre. In a battle for second place, the Exeter Hawks easily bandied the tough Seaforth Centenairess 10-4. Late in the second period, Exeter assistant coach Dan Mudge was given a ten-minute misconduct. Following a Hawk goal, Mudge said something to referee Rob An- derson, and the ref gave him not a two minute bench minor or a game ejection but a ten-minute miscon- duct and told Mudge he could come back to the tench after the -10 minutes. Stranger things have hap- pened. But what wasn't strange was the Hawks' fourth straight win and tak- ing over second place behind the undefeated Lucan Irish. The start of Friday's game looked as though it would be a good one as it took nearly half a period for the Hawks to get on the board when Steve Farquhar, called up from the Exeter midgets, scored from Shayne Robinson and Sean McCann and then Robinson netted his first of two from Sean McCann and Farquhar. Veteran forward Ray Cousineau had been- in 4,.liule bit of a scoring slump as he had gone four straight games before finally connecting against Lambeth last weekend But he broke out against Seaforth netting two and setting up another. Despite the slump, Cousineau wasn't too disappointed about not scoring. "It would bother me more if we .were losing and I was missing the chances. but the other guys were scoring," he said after the game. While Farquhar, Cousineau, Sean McCann and Robinson each had two goals on Friday, John O'Hara and Dan Irvine also scored. Robin- son added three assists and de- fenseman Larry Lewis helped out on three goals. Bruce Ysselstein, Karsten Car- roll, Jamie Hislop and Jason Dun- seith answered for the visitors. ley The Wrath of Grapes by Don Cherry DINO CICCEDRELLI is one of my favorite guys. I'm so glad to see Dino go to DETROIT, a aontender for the Stanley Cup and he could be the final touch. Nobody takes the punishment like Dano in front of the net. He's never backed down from,anybody regardless of their size. (Just ask LUKE RICHARDSON). On top of this hell get you 30 to 40 goals every year and now that he's with the Wings. LOOK OUT! I was talking to TILLSONBURG'S COLIN CAMPBELL. the assistant coach of the NEW YORK RANGERS the other night when the Rangers were in Toronto to play the LEAFS. Boy, when I saw Colin and got talking with him and ROGER NEILSON in the morning skate. did they ever get -stiffed in the playoffs last year, after MARIO got upped by ADAM GRAVES and hurt his hand. The ref called 10 powerplays against the Rangers in one game and then a penalty in overtime and the next two penal- ty shots against the Rangers. I can't remember a penalty shot against me in all the time I played in the playoffs. Boy! Did someone want them out of the playoffs or what? • • If you remember I said on Hockey Night in Canada, in COACHES CORNER, that MARIO'S hand was not broken and he will come back. Not only did he comeback, but PITTSBURG won the Cup and Mario won the Most Valuable Player. (Why don't they listen to me!). COLIN is an assistant now. but he will be a head coach soon. He's ono of the most respected guys in the league. I don't know. it's got to be me, but there's something wrong with a coun- try that wont play it's NATIONAL ANTHEM at sporting events or by or- chestra's r- chestras for fear of irritating audiences. They won't play it for fear of boo- ing it like they do at the MONTREAL OLYMPIC STADIUM for the EXPO games. Imagine a province, hating our flag and refitting to fly it. it's so ironic, that we change the beautiful CANADIAN ENSIGN, our ances- tors fought under just to please the FRENCH. (They couldn't stand the Un- ion Jack on our flag). So then we end up with the MAPLE LEAF. and now they can't stand that flag. You figure it out! Got to give it to MANON REAUME. Imagine the guts it took to go down to the TAMPA BAY LIGHTING training camp. Here she is five feet. six inches and at 128 pounds and the spotlight is on her from the first day. All that pressure and she carne through big time. She obviously knew it was a PR stunt by PHIL and boy did it work. CBC, ABC, NBC, TSN, ESPN, SPORTS CHANNEL AMERICA, CNN and all the rat covered it and every major magazine and newspapers covered it. So everybody was happy. She did ilright in the net, gave great interviews and was offered a contract so nobody was hurt. But if you ask me "was she there on talent?" Not a chance. The only rea- son site was there was because she was a woman. Let me ask you how many goalies. who played 17 minutes in goal for junior hockey, had three goals scored on her in 12 shots, got hit in the head and taken out and ended up with a shot at the NHL? Do you know of any. I think not! But she went, did the job and although I don't know if she helped women's hockey or not (the women's league seem to resent her for doing this, for some reason) but I do see a book, TV mini- series in ii a works and why not? I think it would be super. A lot of people are on PHIL ESPOSI- TO for using a women for a public relations stunt. but really... who used who? The Wrath of Grapes brought to you by: Rev Nov. 5, 6 & 7 Only! CHRISTIAN HOCKEY STICKS Buy one et reg. price, get 2nd free SELECT T-SHIRTS • Buy one at reg, price, get 2nd for $1.! PRO -SEWN NUMBERS AND LETTERS For NHL Jerseys in i Howl Players available: Bourque, Neely, Betfour, Roenick, Yzer- man, Gretzky, Roy, Messier, Lindros, Lemieux, Hull, Clerk, Linden. Other players available in about a week! i Note: The Wrath of Grapes will run every other week as a regular T -A sports festive. Exeter Mohawks' fwwa d Dale Gibbon fired one up on Ingersoll goalie Dean Smith during Sunday's Senior 'A' game in Exeter. The Mohawks won 15-3. Cousineau's first goal came just 52 seconds into the middle period when the Hawks were playing shorthanded, less than three min- utes later O'Hara also scored short- handed. Coach George Pratt said a now, more aggressive forechecking sys- tem is paying off with big divi- dends. "It's working really well. The guys are picking it up quicker than I thought they would," said Prau. Cousineau got his second of the night with only 54 seconds left in the second period when he put one up high past Seaforth goalie Scou Wildgust. Jesse Buchanan started the game but was quickly replaced 52 seconds into the second. "When I went to shoot I hit Sean's (McCann) skate with the back of my stick. 1 didn't get all of it but it still went up," said Cousi- neau of his second goal. While Seaforth's goaltending was shakey, Exeter's Kirk Durand, get- • ting his first start since the Oct. 18 loss to Mt. Brydges, made several big saves including one on a Chad Ramer breakaway. "Kiik really bounced back from the last time he played. We've been working with him," said Pratt of Durand who made 36 saves. Friday night, the Hawks did a lot of line juggling and Pratt said it helps to keep everyone in the game. Stumbling over Seaforth goalie Scott Wildgust during Friday night's action was Exeter forward, Sean McCann. The host Hawks made it four straight junior hockey wins. With a 6-3 record, Cousineau says it's not that big of a surprise to be doing so well. "We've got a young club but we've got parts of three all -Ontario championship teams in the past four years here. We've got a lot of Beat Bulldogs. Stars heart and we know how to win," said Cousineau. Hawks hggyenings:u.The nicest goal of the night came with about seven minutes left in the game when Paul Manders carried the puck into the Seaforth end and de- spite being tied up by two players, made a nice back pass to trailing O'Hara who got it to Farquhar who scored...Goalie Clint McCann has a 3.51 goals against average while the -rookie Durand is 5.31... Irish make it eight straight victories MT. BRYDGES - Once again the Lucan Irish are off to a great start, go- ing eight -for -October as they upped their Ontario Junior Development record to 8-0 Saturday night. In Mt. Brydges, veteran forward Greg DePrest led the way with two goals and three assists as the Irish led 3-1 after the first period and 7-1 af- ter 40 minutes. Rookie Steve Moore also came up big as he scored twice, setting up two more, while Jason Glasser netted a pair and had an assist. Also scoring for the winners were Ed VanKerkoerle, Jeff Stanton, Jim Stanton and Jason Reidhead. This game was a quiet one penalty wise, as referee Dave Whaley called just nine minor penalties. six of them to the Irish. jrish 7. Stars 2 DePrest had another good game on Wednesday as the host Irish beat the Northmiddlesex Stars. He had two goals and an assist for a big eight -point week. Jason McLeod had two tallies and a pair of assists. VanKerkoerle continues to score as he had one plus an assist with sin- gles from Glasser and Moore. Rookie goalie Eoin McInerney not only made 27 saves but assisted on a goal. Chris Haskeu and Jeff Stanton were given game misconducts. Lucky charms:,..The Irish held their first team breakfast and get togeth- er on Sunday and it was well attended by players, family and executive members...After eight games, DePrest leads the Irish in scoring with eight goals and 10 assists... Senior 'A' hockey Mohawks win three in a row By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - Three games, three wins. The Exeter Mohawks outscored their opponents 34-10 and ran Weir OHA Senior 'A' hockey record to 3-1 this past week. -But_while.the- Mohawks...defend- ing provincial champions are light- ing up the scoreboard, spectator at- tendance is at a low. For Sunday's 15-3 win against the visiting Inger- soll B's, Were were only 60 fans at the South Huron Recreation Cen- tre. The B's didn't help boost the spectator spirit as they showed up with just seven skaters and two goalies. "It's disappointingdeftuutely," said Exeter coach manager Dave Revington. Ws not good for the league but we can't get discou- raged. We can't blame than (Inger- soll) they're a good organization." After the first period in which the hosts jumped into an easy 5-0 lead, it was decided by the two Seams and the officials that the woad and third periods be straight time. "They requested to go straight time due to a leek of bodies. Guys get tired and frustrated," said Rev - Wgton• Second -year forward Scou Pfaff led the scoring on Sunday as he had two goals and five assists for a very big seven -point night_ Rookie Rob Kingshott did not score but had six assists. Joe Scherer netted four tallies with two each from Paul Barton, Cory McKee and Andre Prevost while Troy Harness, Greg Snyder and Dale Gibbon also connected. Prevost has looked very good on the ice lately and has stacked up eight points in the last three games. "Preys has been playing well all year and McKee is turning into a well-rounded player," said Roving - ton. One of four rookies in the lineup on Sunday, McKee who is usually a defenseman, played forward as the Mohawks only had 12 skaters dressed. Obviously the Mohawks were able to have full command of the ice against the shorthanded B's but at times they did not look all that sharp. "It's a good opportunity to work on things but it doesn't work that way," said Revington. Trevor Hunter .got the start be- tween the pipes for Exeter and the only goals he allowed were in the second period as Ingersoll's Steve Bober, Terry Hildebrand and Chris Westbrook scared. Mohawks 10.Dolnhins 4 Friday night in Dorchester, the host Dolphins had a full team and led 2-1 at theend of the first period before the visitors turned it on and scored four unanswered goals in the second. Veteran Gord Brooks led the of- fence with two goals and four as- sists while Kingshott scored three .and set up two mote. Also scoring were Scherer with throe and singles from Barton and Pfaff. Goalie Jeff Hill made 33 saves. Mohawks9. Sharks 3 Jumping into a 3-1 first period lead, the Mohawks won their first of the season in Strathroy Wednes- day night. ,4 While Hill tuned away 26 shots, Scherer paced the offense with four goals with one each to Kevin McArter, Chet Couture, Kingshott, Pfaff and Barton. ifilinUfkillallelilEmalhose who attended Sunday's game in Exeter received a free pass to another home gamc...The Mohawks travel to Walpole Island on Saturday and host Dorchester on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. (Let's see a better turnout).. COMICEN Stepbee Township Men's Hockey League Thurs., Nov. 5 HABS vs. JMR, 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 8 Mt. Carmel vs. Grand Bend, 4:30 part. Marauders vs. HABS, 6 pm. Geiser Kneale vs. JMR, 7:30 p.m. Shogun vs. CHD, 9 pm. Morh.. Nov. 9 CHD vs. Grand Bend, 8 p.m. (All games at Stephen Twsp. Mosta) Exeter Men's Hockey League Thus., Nov. 5 Outlaws vs. Whalers, 9:30 p.m. (in Exeter) Inndians vs. Haugh Tire, 8:30 p.m. (in Stephen Twsp.) Met Life vs. Big 0.9:45 p.m. (in HAs Stephen Ad Sat., Nov. 7 Exeter at Walpole Island, 7:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 8 Dorchester at Exeter, 7:30 p.m. OHA Junior Developaseat Wed., Nov. 4 Mitchell rlt Lucas, 8:15 pmt. Fri„ Nov. 6 Lucas at Seofvsth, 8:30pria. Alvinston at Frew, 8:30 p.m. Stu., Nov. 7 Mt. Brydges at Nosihm ddloser, 8:1 S p.m. .,Son„ Nov. 8 Locan at Alvinalon, 3:30 p.m. Smug st,S4afurth, 8 pan, WWed., Nov. 11 Btllm t M Wall, 8:15 pan.