Times Advocate, 1994-02-16, Page 15Times -Advocate, February 18, 1994
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Exeter handles Seaforth but can't beat last place Belmont
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - With Icss, the Exeter
Hawks seem to do better.
Although they had 15 skaters for
Friday's 7-1 win over the visiting
Seaforth Centenaires everyone did
their job and the locals looked a lot
better than they did two nights ear-
lier in a 10-8 loss to the Lucan
Irish.
Sunday afternoon the Hawks lost
a disappointing 6-5 decision to the
last place club, the Belmont Pests.
With the win and loss, the Hawks
now have a 22-13-3 in the OHA
Junior Development League's west
division.
Not always prepared: "We won
the last two periods in that game
(Lucan). Sometimes we come out
strong and other times we don't,"
said Hawk three-year veteran Na-
than Blight. "I don't think people
came ready to play, everybody was
late and we didn't get on to the
warmup on time."
Friday the Hawks were more than
ready and although they were only
up 1-0 after the first period, in-
creased that to 3-1 after 40 minutes.
Exeter coach George Pratt said un-
like Wednesday against the Irish,
his team came to beat the Cente-
naires.
"They were told if they weren't
here and ready to go, they wouldn't
play."
Two players who came with their
best in mind were rookie goalie
Chris Lyndon who turned away 25
shots and newly acquired defense -
man Brett Lammie.
Laramie, a former Goderich Jun-
ior 'C' Sailor and an Exeter Minor
Hockey Association product, has
brought a lot of toughness to the
blueline.
He gave out some big hits espe-
cially in the first period which also
saw some crunching by forward
Todd McCann and defenseman Ja-
mie Cornish.
Now with eight defenseman at
his disposal, Pratt has moved Blight
and Brian Gardner up to a forward
line. On Friday, Blight responded
with his second goal of the season.
"I was just trying to feed it to one
of my players and it went off some-
one and into the net," said Blight.
Adds strength up front: As far
Senior 'A' hockey
Mohawks limp into
the playoffs against
Petrolia shorthanded
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - The troubles the Exeter Mohawks have had all during
the regular season with lack of commitment has stretched into the
playoffs.
Last night at the South Huron Recreation Centre, the Mohawks
opened Southwestern Ontario Senior 'A' Hockey League post -season
play against the Petrolia Victorians.
Game Two is in Petrolia on Friday at 8 p.m. and then its back to
Exeter on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Following Sunday night's practice, coach Dave Revington seemed
very frustrated as the Mohawks were expected to have a very short
bench for Game One.
Centre Tim Shields is out with a separated shoulder, centre Jeff
Shipley has a broken wrist, big defenseman Dale Timmermans is out
with a shoulder injury, forwards Kevin McArter and Jon Buder are
maybes due to knee injuries and Greg Snyder was a question mark
for last night as he was having his wisdom teeth out.
"With our
situation with
injuries and lack
of commitment,
we re
a different
team."
Exeter coach
Dave Revington
Add to that - the league's leading scorer Joe Scherer is vacationing
in Florida and he'll miss thc first three games. Robb Graham won't be
available until the weekend, Craig Oster has one more game left on a
four -game suspension, Greg Murray is at school and Jacques Beau-
lieu is working but he'll be hack for the weekend.
"We're going to have to get a couple of juniors (Exeter Junior 'D'
Hawks) to help us out," said Revington.
The Mohawks have also had several players, including veteran de-
fenseman Kris Bedard along with newcomers Todd Broomhead and
Rob Warren ,bow out of the picture.
Although the Mohawks were going to be able to dress at least six
blueliners last night, up front was going to be a big problem.
"It's (scoring) going to have to come from other places," said Rev-
ington. "We've had trouble keeping our goals down," he said of his
team which is very offensive minded.
Close standings: Exeter finished the regular season in second
place in the seven -team league with a 12-10-2 record. It was a log
jam at the top of the standings as Dorchester had 27 points followed
by Dunnville, Exeter and Bothwell all at 26.
All thc teams make the playoffs and Dorchester, just one point up
on the three others, received the hyc.
"We needed that hyc to get healthy and organized," said Revington.
The Mohawks have allowed the most goals 128 while scoring the
most 144. Veteran goalies Rick Pikul and Trevor Hunter have al-
lowed an average of 5.33 goals per game.
Exeter beat Petrolia three -of -four times they faced them this year.
The Mohawks jumped out to a 4-1-2 record in their first six games of
the season.
"With bur Ciituation with injuries and lack of commitment, were a
different team," said Revington. "They've (Petrolia) signed some
players and we've lost some."
While the Mohawks may have their problems with lack of dedica-
tion by some, there are others who continue to be the backbone of the
club.
Veterans Barry Baynham, Jeff Warren, Ron Elliott and Pikul are
part of a group of about 10 who have been very faithful to the club.
"We get a lot of mileage out of our corps guys. They rise above the
rest," said Revington.
as playing up front, he certainly
doesn't mind it. Blight said the last
time he was a forward was back in
peewee.
"We need guys up front who will
hit because our forwards aren't real
big, said Pratt."
One big forward who excelled
Friday was the west division's top
marksman, Shayne Robinson who
had three goals and an assist. His
second was a shot which found a
little daylight in Seaforth's Dana
Duskocy's armour and the third was
tucked under the crossbar.
Steve Farquhar, usually held to a
defensive roll had a goal and an as-
sist as did Sean McCann. Defense -
man Mark Lynn, a former top scor-
er when he was a midget with the
Generals, alertly stepped in from
the blueline and beat Duskocy with
a good move.
Farquhar came close to getting
another as, when killing a penalty
which he and Ray Cousineau do
well, he stuck his stick out on a
clearing pass and the puck almost
went into the net.
"I thought there was a couple of
lucky bounces for us and their goal -
Adult Drop -In
Centre
February 14
Carpet bowling
3 games played
Marshall Dearing 3 w, score 54
Peter McFalls 3 w, score 44
Ray Smith
Wilma Davis
Don Maguire
Chas. Tindall
M. Dearing
June Hodgson
2 w, score 34
1 w,1 t, score 37
1 w, I t, score 36
1 w,1 t, score 32
1 w,1 t, score 32
1 w,1 t, score 27
Cribbage
Nine games played
Chas. Tindall was high man with a
score of 808. Cora Wurm had the
low score.
ie was frustrated," said Pratt.
Pests 6, Hawks 5
Exeter came up against a hot
goalie Sunday in Belmont's Curtis
Gartley as he turned away 41 shots.
At the other end of the rink, Kirk
Durand made 23 saves. The Hawks
were down 1-0 at the end of the
third period and 5-2 after two peri-
ods.
This is the first time this year Ex-
eter has lost to the Pests in the five
games between them.
Scoring for the visitors were Ray
Cousineau, Greg Dalrymple, Cor-
nish, Jon Schiedel and Robinson.
Farquhar played well with two as-
sists.
The Hawks have two games re-
maining in the regular season
schedule as they host the league
leading Mitchell Hawks on Friday
and Sunday wrap things up in
Lambeth.
Friday is Panther night and any
high school student will be admit-
ted for $1
Seaforth Centenalres' forward Jamie Ramer was knocked heavily to the ice by Exeter Hawks'
defensemen Greg Dalrymple, left; and Brett Lammie, during Friday's OHA Junior Development
League game in Exeter.
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