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Times Advocate, 1993-04-14, Page 14Pape. 14 Times -Advocate, April 14,1993 Have to win three -int a -row SPORTS Irish stay aIIve,Lsqueak out a 6-5 win Chris hater's shaved head did not bring any luck to the Irish on Friday. Below Lucan defenseman Kevin Leitch sends Mitchell's Rob Jarmuth crashing to the ice. By Fred Groves T -A staff MITCHELL - Facing elimina- uun, the Lucan Irish squeaked out a 6-5 win Sunday afternoon, forcing a fifth game of the Oatario Hockey Association Junior'Development League west division finals. The Mitchell Hawks take a com- manding threes -game -to -one lead into tonight's game in Lucan which is an 8:15 p.m. start. Sunday in Mitchell, the Irish played their best period of the best - of -seven series, as they took a 5-2 fust period lead before the Hawks could close the gap to 5-4 at the end of 40 minutes. Mitchell scored on their first two shots of the game as both Kory Dietz and Mark Ulch beat Eoin McInerney but the Irish quickly turned things around on goals by Steve Moore, Jason Reidhead and Brian Schuyler. The visitors got two more by the end of the opening frame as Paul O'Shea and Greg De- Prest connected. "We were down 2-0, we had no choice," said Lucan coach Ken Needham of the turnaround. Lucan scored three powerplay goals and Needham said his team finally showed some emotion. "I thought it would just take a win to get us going. We'll take it a period at a time," said Needham of Lucan's attempt to now win four straight games. Hawks' starting goalie Jason Cas- sidy was replaced with Dennis Scherbarth after O'Shea's goal and it seemed to spark the hosts in the second as Craig Quipp and Dan Boyd scored in the second to make OMHA playoffs HcnsaII Mustangs ousted in finals LUCAN - Despite the outstand- ing efforts of goalie Dave Stephens and centre Chris Gardner, the Hen- sall Mutimgs failed to teat Ennis more Saturday night in the Ontario Minor hockey Association Juve- nile 'B' finals. The controversial series, which was chopped down from a best -of - seven to a best -of -three, saw Ennis - more win 4-2. A couple of weeks ago they won back-to-back games in Eanismore in .a .pair of games which saw several Mustangs in- .Nm - It was the OMHA who halted'the series as Hensall, and other teams had complained about the rough play by Ennismore. Chris Gardner had a pairof goals for the Mustangs and Stephens made several key saves to keop,tiss game close. Friday's scoring opened std to Rob Hoffman did a lot of wick in front of the Ennixmore net, got a shot away and then Gardner carne in to pick up the rebound. That got the large Hensel' crowd excited and the Mustangs made they had something :to Cheer *bout all through the game as either item could have won this close cwt. With 6:40 left in the first period, Ennismore's Troy Crowder tied it up with a wraparound and then Don Young scored twice to give Ennis - more a 3-1 lead. Young was the recipient of the fust penalty, just 16 seconds into the game when he got an elbow up high into a Mustang player. Mustangs' defensemen Jeremy Brock dished out a big hit which sparked Hensall's Gardner to go and get his second of the game. The only goal of the third period was a lucky one as Crowder, head- ing to the bench while killing a penalty, cleared the puck towards Stephens from the blueline and it managed to go in to make it 4-2. Stephens was replaced immedi- ately by Jason Clarke who did not allow a goal but did get agitated near the end of the game and was given a roughing penalty and eject- ed so Stephens went back in. Hensall was physical as Mau Gardner was given a four minute cross-checking penalty as he con- tinued to lay the lumber into the back of a ; downed Ennismore player. After the game, when Hensel) re- ceived their finalist trophy and En- nismore the championship trophy, the latter stayed on the ice and taunted the Hensel) fans. The Ennismore coach and players An En.*nww player found himself in the middle of several Hensall Mustangs right after a gathered around the OMHA repre- faceoff duri riday's OMHA Juvenile 'B' championship series game played in Lucan. sentatives and seemed very angry despite winnipg the title. Onc OMHA rep had to point to the En- nismore coach to setoff the ice. Lucan peewees denied second straight title FRANKFORD - A third period goal by the hosts meant the end of the hockey season for the Lucan peewees on Saturday as they dropped a close 3-2 decision to Frankford. It was the second straight year that Lucan had made it to the 'DD' championships as they bought bane the title from Deseru o a year ago. Saturday in Frankford, Scott Thompson teamed with Ryan Car- roll and Matt Porter for the first Lucan goal and then Ryan Thomas connected from Chad Morrison. Both of the visitors goals came in the first period. But Frankford had two goals of their own in the fust period as Ken Chegher and Scou Lackwood con- nected and then in the third, it was Lackwood giving Frankford the win with his second of the game. Exeter Minor Hockey Association Upcoming Events Windup Sun., 14011 18 2p.m. At South Haien Roo Centr • Awards • Refreshments, etc. Please Note: All goalie equipment must be returned on that day. Annual Meeting Tues., April gp at 8 p.m. At South Huron Rec Centre tveryutie weicgme ri1F0�;, 1 it close. Jim Stanton who has had a very good series for the Irish, netted what proved to be the winner in the third while Jeff Smith got one back for the Hawks with 33 seconds left. • flesh 1 Although Friday afternoon's game was tied 1-1 after the first pe- riod, the visiting Hawks exploded for four second period goals to jump ahead 5-1. "All of a sudden it's like a switch, they're not there," said Needham af- ter the third straight loss to Mitch- ell. Steve Snider scored the lone Irish goal in this game while the Hawks received a well balanced scoring at- tack as Rob Jarmuth, Craig Eidt, Josh Lambourn, Kory Dietz, Ulch, Erik Haefling and Quipp connect- ed. "Yat have to give them credit, they want it bad," said Needham of how the Hawks are playing. In the -fust period, Lucan defense - man Ed VanKcrkoerle broke up a two -on -one by throwing his stick which resulted in Dietz being awarded a penalty shot. The speedy Mitchell leftwinger went in on Brent Lewis and shot right into the goalies' pads. "I don't think you can blame the goaltending at all. It's been our brightest point." Lucan tried to use some of that Irish luck on Friday as captain Andy Ross who has a separated shoulder, dressed and sat on the bench in an attempt to motivate the team. "He never saw the ice, he can't play," said Needham. There were also several former Irish players at the game including goalie Bob Szabo but their pres- ence didn't help. HaWks 4, Irish 1 The sputtering Irish offense could not click into gear in Lucan Wednesday night and the only Lu - can goal came in the first period when Jason Wilson spun around in the slot and after he shot, Jim Stan- ton got on the loose puck. Scoring for Mitchell were Quipp and Jarmuth both with a pair. a Post Ci Oy yA Canada P tt4 eing the 100th ley Cup ' nn- ith si�tit�ative stamp ttittai/ri'lhe's Wdoriginal sAss E tp�0.1ftinion gpr;s the oldeattro- • Bich professionl. cath- pete in North Ansta. ad ` by .Opvernor General ley ;iia 1893 to reward amtir key teamn , the Cup was first rtn'by' meal Arngteur Athletic ssociatton.{ Unlike today's p�>t m, wht the Stamey oto the fest-r�ctt' a yetis, *he teams 3' ears could chall Cup. 5 more thsasOne4141166 a in a sin- gle year. In fit, in 1908 the Mon - areal ' W.andaifirs were; challenged by four Afferent teiiiii#Addlthey <successfully defended the Cup each time. Four;otber;Leams from Montreal Abe d • t ddetic As- sec tuition anil SWatt m 1x*w also t ban1ey rue the l its 100ns, Shamrocks •.- >'itie C nadiens :three; Coria Senate itt Leafs ' Wtii eleven `t3 the Edmor4 t ` TheStAi�.rtself has seen:: a 1361941*, havingbeen ba and repaired. many: oronto The ::edition around th Ace with the Cup hoisjed<high tit t been capftued by Ft laire and Ltsc Guguere in sign of the 430 commem stamp. Ya?+i [`Y S�'•�4 Hassall Mustangs prepare to leave the ice following their 4-2 loss to Ennlsmore on Friday night. Ennismore won the OMHA Juvenile 'B' championship. igrze Exeter Mohawks �- - Awards and ,►.. Appreciation 08110 Night Sat A,pr1117 M ort1 II, Exeter Smorgasbord, lunch, at 1:30 by Jerry Rader Dancing to Hook's Party Sound Social hour: 7 - 8, awards: 8 - 9, dancing 9 - 1 All Mohawk sponsors are invited. Please advise any executive member of your attendance. A