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Times Advocate, 1996-12-04, Page 19Page 18 Times -Advocate, December 4, 1996 This Week in Sports... • Local skaters compete in Mooretown- page 20 • Chiefs clean up their act in Tillsonburg- page 21 Hawks and Irish clash inseeaawbattks After losing their first game of the season to Lucan, the Exeter Hawks returned the favour with a 7-4 win By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter LUCAN - It took a full 60 min- utes of hockey to decide a winner when the Lucan Irish hosted th ,Ex- eter Hawks on Saturday night; but after engaging in a seesaw battle for the first two periods, Exeter rallied in the third frame to pull ahead of Lucan and win 7-4. This was the second encounter be- tween the two teams which met ear- lier in November. The Irish took the first game 6-5 after the Hawks ran into penalty troubles and the Irish capital- ized scoring five powerplay goals. The Junior "D" feature match -up on Saturday was a close and entertaining game marked by tough physical play, goal -mouth scram- bles and bouts of end-to-end action. Lucan jumped to an early start testing Exeter goalie Robb Mac- Donald who was making his debut with the Hawks. The Irish drew first blood two minutes into the contest when Greg Henderson picked up a rebound and backhanded the puck past an outstretched MacDonald who made the initial save. Andrew Stratton and Chad Greenlee picked up the assists. Lucan scored again three minutes later on the powerplay when Scott Thompson took a pass from Bob Grant and Jeremy Lambourne and broke in on the right wing shuffling the puck past MacDonald for Lu - can's second goal. Facing an early two -goal deficit the Hawks regrouped and replied with a goal of their awn when Seth 1vieCann passed theipuckfilto Natttap:' t><rrts' ioised in char slot. Burnt beat Lucan goalie Matt Fawcett for the powerplay goal. Exeter struck again on the powerplay moments later when Jeff Glavin tipped a slap shot from Chris McDonald to tie the game midway through first period. With the teams tied at two and at even strength Exeter coughed up the puck deep within its own zone and Irish forward Daryl Boshart took the gift and buried the puck high to give the Irish the lead again. However, the blunder didn't take the steam out of Exeter as defens- man Bill Hodge broke up an Irish two on one and turned the play around. Ryan Chamney tagged Burns with a long pass who skated in beating the Lucan netminder with a side-to-side deke for his sec - "They outplayed us in the first half of the game...I thought they were going to run away with it. ff and goal of the night. First period action con- tinued with solid goal- tending on both ends of the rink while players took turns ringing shots off the post, but the action packed frame ended tied at three. Going into the second period both teams began to take on penalties with the Hawks getting the worst of it. However, Exeter surprised Lucan with a shorthanded goal after McDonald took a pass from Glavin and beat Fawcett on the short side. Lucan bounced back with a pow- erplay goal as Thompson scored his second of the night with a well placed wrist shot. He was assisted by Steve Hudson and Grant. Tied again, the end-to-end action continued until Glavin took a pass from Craig Corriveau, fended off a check and snapped a pass out from behind the Lucan net. Defenseman Ben McCann one -timed it with a blistering slap -shot giving Exeter the 5-4 lead with only five seconds left in the period. Despite trading an equal amount of shots in the third Lucan couldn't, pttt another one up on the score - boat , but the Hawks added to theist lead when bi've" Fargiitar beat Fawcett with a shot from just inside the blueline. Glavin and McCann recorded assists on the play. Far- quhar gave Exeter its insurance goal two minutes later when he stole the puck and scored on the breakaway notching his second goal of the night. Despite winning 7-4 Exeter coach Dave Revington said it was a close contest with the Hawks almost giv- ing up the game in the first period. "We came out flat and played without emotion," said Revington. "They outplayed us for the first half of the game and I thought they were going to run away with it." Penalties were a contributing fac- tor in Exeter's first loss to Lucan earlier last month and Revington said the same thing almost hap- pened again when they suffered a breakdown in discipline in the sec- ond period. However, the Hawks special teams played well and their defense was the key to winning the game especially in the third period. "We wanted to play some good defensive hockey and we did that in the last half," he said. Lucan coach George Pratt knew breaking down Exeter's defense was the key to winning the game. "We wanted to key in on their de- fense because we knew that was their weak point," said Pratt. But he wasn't able to accomplish that missing three of his top forwards from the line-up. The inability to score and a couple of defensive mistakes proved to be Lucan's downfall as the game was ultimate- ly decided in the last twenty min- utes. "We coughed up the puck a little more than we liked but I credit Ex- eter for playing better than we did," said Pratt. "We started off good but Exeter played a full 60 minutes and we didn't." Exeter vs North Middlesex The Hawks entered the . Lucan pine coming off a close 5-4 win over the North Middlesex Star's its Exeter on Friday night. The last time these two teams met Exeter ended up on the short end of a wild penalty infested 10-8 shootout in Parkhill. However, the game was a Junior "D" battle. Hawk defensman Ben McCann makes a pass while falling to the ground as Lucan forward George Stephens, far left, pursues the puck. The Exeter Hawks beat the Lucan Irish 7-4 during their second encounter of the season on Saturday night. Both teams have won a game and are scheduled to play each other three more times during the regular season. lot tamer this time around with only a handful of penalties being called throughout the game. Dan Taylor led the Hawks with a pair of goals notching one in the first and the other in the second pe- riod off assists from Burns, Glavin, Corriveau, and McDonald. Jason Rutledge and Burns added two afore and Brody Cochlgn scored the winning goal at 6: in the third period. Chad Gilflian, Mike Bowerman and Rutledge teamed up for the assists. North Middlesex threatened to come back scoring two quick goals with the extra attacker in the dieing minutes of the game, but Exeter goalie Dar- ren Kints kept his team in the game by preserving the lead with some solid goaltending. Exeter vs Thamesford After playing two back-to-back gruelling games against North Mid- dlesex on.id8 and Lucan on Sat- urday, the weary Hawks hit : the road to take on the Thamesford Trojans on Sunday emerging with a tie. Chris Kennedy took a pass from Sean McCann to score Exeter's first goal in the first period and Chamney scored a pair in the sec- ond with both assists going to Burns. The 3-3 tie was Exeter's first of the season and they are now 15-2- 1. Exeter has slipped from first place in the Junior "D" league standings to second only one point behind Mount Brydges which is currently 16-1-1. The Hawks will see action again when they host Port Stanley on Fri- day night at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre. Midgets take one a Silver. Stick WINGHAM - The Stephen 4: Township Midgets took one gout of three'games at th Wingham Regional SIN Stick held from Tuesday to Thursday. The Midgets lost their ope er 6-0 to Lucknow and thel • !Second game 6-1 to Howic Township, but rebounded t win their third game beatin. host team Winghani 6-0., Chris Reaburn scored phen's lone goal in the and game with Darryl P sons and Dennis Noake assisting on the play. Parsons and Ben Glav who usually playes goalie, combined for six goals wit each scoring a hat trick. A slats went to Jason Nell with three, Steve Averill and Ch Reabum with two and Dav Govers and Jeremy Picker Ing with one. Neil Revingto recorded the shutout for t Stephen midgets. . Coach Bob Parsons sa f he tournament was a g :experlence for the midgets, who are currently undefeat- ed In regular league play with two wins and fQui Shuffleboard Exeter November 27 4 game winners Delmer Skinner Hal Walsh Lloyd Lovell Howard Johns Tom Williams 3 game winners Joe Gozar Wm. Baechler Gil Northey Leona Elliott Sena Gozar November 28 Gil Northey Howard Johns Olive Essery Ann Northey John Pepper 3 game winners Gordon Hoggarth 311 Lloyd Lovell 185 A. potluck dinner is arranged for December 18 at 12 noon. 395 335 328 321 314 245 209 195 178 160 434 394 349 346 331 Henan November 26 Hazel McEwen Pearl McKnight Ina Williams Dorothy Corbett Alice Thiel Doris Hamilton Evelyn Venner Tom Williams 552 529 459 443 436 429 414 412 Lincolns lose In Exeter EXETER - The St. Marys Lincolns made a rare appearance in Ex- eter on Saturday as they took on the Petrolia Jets in a regular Junior "B" league game held at the South Huron Recreation Centre on Sat- urday. St Marys lost to Petrolia, the first place team in the league, 5-3. The event was sponsored by the Rec Centre and was organized in conjunction with Youth Awareness Week. Lynne Farquhar. Recreation Director said the turnout was poor due to the Junior "D" game between the Exeter Hawks and the Lu - can Irish taking place on the same night in Lucan, however, those on hand wit a fast and exciting hockey game. Panthers compete in South Huron Optimist tournament An inexperienced senior basketball team will face a challenging season EXETER - Despite losing all three games during the South Hu- ron Optimist Basketball Tourna- ment over the weekend, coach Ter- ry O'Rourke said he was still pleased with the effort coming from his players. The South Huron senior bas- ketball team lost their first game to an aggressive team from North Middlesex 33-57 on Friday night; however, they rebounded with a strong game in the consolation round the next day losing to Mont - calm by a close score of 56-58. "We lost by two points to the team that won the consolation championship. We had our chances to win that game," said O'Rourke. The Panthers lost their third game 31-43 to College Avenue with Jer- emy Van Esbroeck netting 10 points. Daryl Romphf led with 18 points against Montcalm and Luke Sims put the ball up for 12. With five of last year's top point gc iters missing from the line-up the Panthers, lack a scoring punch, but , O'Rourke said tournaments such as this will give them the experience they need to help them get to the net. "We're having trouble scoring due to inexperience hut that will improve." The South Huron midget, junior and senior boys teams will all play an exhibition game against St Mar- ys on Thursday in Exeter. On Fri- day and Saturday the junior boys will participate in a tournament and the senior boys will compete in a tournament held in Seaforth on Sat- ur y. The senior team seemed dwarfed by some of the taller players on other teams during the Optimist tournament but O'Rourke said his team's average height should not have a bearing on how they play adding they can beat taller teams by playing more aggressively. "It's not how tall you are it's how big you play," he said. T1p'olir. Andy Palmer takes the tip-off for the South Huron District High School senior boys basketball team during their opening game In the Optimist Basketball Tournament held In Exeter on the weekend. Listowel bowlers lead Bluewater zone By Ron Dann ZURICH - Listowel bowlers Chad Ward and Norma Gal- braith narrowly led their respec- tive divisions following comple- tion of the first 10 games, of the 20 game Bluewater Five Pin Bowlers' Association zone roll - offs, Sunday at Lucknow and Listowel Lanes to qualify for the Ontario Five Pin Bowlers' Asso- ciation (OFPBA) Provincial Open Championships for the Sidney L. Morris awards March 26 to 29 at Hamilton. Ward holds a slim eight pin lead, 2,505 to 2,497, over Mitch- ell's Cad Wilding in the men's division while Galbraith has a 63 pin lead over Mitchell's Gayle Easun 2,285 to 2,222 with Moleworth's Karen Rave third at 2,173 in the Bluewater ladies division. The next five game rolloff will begin at 9 a.m. Sun- day at St. Marys Lanes with the final five games to be completed Sunday afternoon at Zurich Town and Country Lanes. The Bluewater qualifiers will then choose their respective coaches from a list of certified level two Bluewater coaches as they ad- vance to the OFPBA. Provincial Open competition against 19 other southern Ontario zones. 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