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Times-Advocate, 1984-03-07, Page 12Page 12 Tunas -Advocate, March 7, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Pooleys in Conference Final The Ohio State Buckeyes led by the great perfor- mances of Paul and Perry Pooley will be at the Joe Louis arena in Detroit this weekend pedorming in the Central Collegiate hockey championships. Thanks to a second place league finish and a quali- fying victory over Ferris State, the Buckeyes will be playing Friday night at 5 p.m. against Michigan State. The other semi-final game going at 8 p.m. the same night has league leading Bowling Green against Western Michigan. The losers of the first two games will meet Satur- day afternoon at 4:30 with the championship final go- ing at 7:30 p.m. Anyone planning on attending any of the games in Detroit and needing ticket information may call 313-567-9800 We received this information from Barry Neimeyer at the Ohio State University information office Monday morning. He said the whole school at Columbus is con- fident the Buckeyes can win the championship and go on to the national finals to be played at Lake Placid in New York state the following weekend. A recent release from the Buckeyes tells us Paul Pooley was named CCHA player of the week for the fourth time this year and took sole command of the na- tional scoring lead with one goal and eight assists in a recent -5-0 and d 7-3 rompfor the Buckeyes over Illinois - Chicago. Paul is the first player to receive four weekly CCHA honours in regular season play. The team captain, all - academic team selection, all -America and Hobey Baker Memorial award candidate now leads all career scor- ing lists. Ohio State's most prolific scorer of all time has 110 career goals and 151 assists for 261 total points. While talking to Barry Neimeyer Monday morning he also told us that Paul Pooley was one of 10 candidates for the Hobey Baker award as the top intercollegiate hockey player in all of the United States. It's the hockey trophy as important as the Heissman trophy is in football. When asked if this was the first time a Buckeye had ever been nominated for the Hobey Baker award, Neimeyer replied, "Heavens, yes, we have never had an all-American selection yet, but, we are very confi- dent Paul will be one this year." In the weekend elimination series in which Ohio State downed Ferris State 11-3 in a total goals apiece, all Buckeyes goals were scored by seniors. Paul and Perry Pooley each scored three times, Dave Kobryn and An- dy Browne each scored twice and Mike Farley added a single. A Tuff(y) job The Toronto Argonauts have certainly made a good choice in naming David "Tuffy" Knight as their new director of player personnel. Knight who has been coach of the Waterloo Lutheran and now Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks in Waterloo for 18 years has a good track record of recruiting high school players to the Waterloo school. We heard Knight as the guest speaker at a SHDHS athletic banquet a number of years ago and he certain- ly has a positive approach to coaching. He said at that time, "my teams never lose, they just have temporary setbacks." During.his stay in Waterloo, Knight has been second to none in the number of players he has sent to the CFL. There have been 140 Golden Hawks drafted by CFL clubs including 14 to the Argos. Knight agrees that the arrival of the USFL has made recruiting a more difficult job for CFL teams. He added, "Everyone has to work harder now. But, that's the way it was at Laurier. It wasn't like the U of T, Queen's, Western or McGill. You couldn't sit back and take whatever came across the campus. At Laurier you had to go out and get 'em." The new Argo personnel man says Canadian players will be treated equal to any American candidate. He continued, "I have a lot of respect and loyalty to the Canadian athlete. They are a different breed. They are more interested in learning the finer points of the game. If you don't have good Canadians, you don't have a good Canadian Football League." Soccer registration Registration for the Exeter Minor Soccer Associa- tion has been set for Saturday, March 31 in the foyer of the South Iluron Rec Centre between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The soccer group is sponsoring their annual fund raising dance the same evening with the Rudy Davis band supplying the music. Anyone wishing further in- formation should contact president Simon van Dam or public relations officer Shirley Phillips. Want to coach? The Crediton Cowgirls ladies fastball team is all set to start another season, but, the girls need a coach. Anyone wishing to volunteer their services should contact Deb Lord at 234-6396. It's a permanent team When the Toronto Blue Jays were first established team officials said they were not really interested in signing free agents, hut, preferred to pour money into the farm system and then hold on to the players they developed in their own organization. That's exactly what is happening. They have sign- ed Dennis Lamp as a free agent to bolster a sagging bullpen, but, most of the balance have come up through their own farm clubs. The Jays now have an even dozen players signed to contracts for three years or more. Included in the per- manent contracts are pitchers Dave Stieb, Jim Clan- cy, Luis Leal, Doyle Alexander and Dennis Lamp. The others are outfielders Lloyd Moseby, Willie Upshaw and Jesse Barfield, catcher Ernie Whitt and infielders Host Irish tonight Hawks lead Junior D group playoff by two The Exeter Hawke are halfway to the first round of provincial playoffs in the On- tario Hockey Association Junior D grouping. The Hawkb lead the Lucan Iribh two games to none in a best -of -seven series to deckle which culb advances to the all -Ontario semi-finals. The Hawks downed the Irish 4-1 in Exeter Friday night and followed with a 7-3 decision in Lucan, Monday night. The third game of the best - of -seven series will be at the South Huron Rec Centre tonight, Wednesday at 8:30. The fourth game goes in Lucan Friday night. If a fifth is necessary it will be played in Exeter, Monday night. Any further games would be in Lucan, March 12 and Exeter March 14. The other three series leading to the provincial semi-finals have the Mount Brydges Bulldogs leading the Belmont Bombers two games to none while Grand Valley and Arthur and Delhi and Ayr are just getting underway in their respective groupings. Irish lead early As has been the case in many of the Hawks games this season the opposition has taken an early lead and Fri- day's contest was no exception. The Irish scored their only goal of the game at 7:10 of the first period as Wayne Urb- shott scored on passes from Mark Bannon and captain Paul Wraith while Kris• Bedard of the Hawks was ser- ving a high sticking penalty. A long shot from near the blue line by Kris Bedard tied the score for the Hawks at 5:13 of the second period as Scott Brintnell was providing an excellent screen in front of goalie Bart Powell. Near the eight minute mark, both goalies made ex- cellent stops. Exeter net- minder Dave Rook robbed Paul Wraith of Lucan and moments later it was Bart Powell's turn to take a goal away from Rick Lather. What proved to be the win- ning goal for the Hawks came at 9.09 when a hard shot by Lather bounced off the backboards and right in front of the Lucan net where Ed Willis was ready to find the net. The Irish came close to ty- ing the score at 15.41 when John Medd rattled a shot off the Exeter goal post. Less than a minute later Dave Egan sent Bob Thirlwall into the clear and Rook came up big as Bill Glover was called for cross checking. Only a minute later, Kris Bedard was sent off and the' Hawks were two men short for 47 seconds. Rook stopped a dangerous chance by Jamie Shipley of Lucan just as Glover was returning to the ice. Ed Willis scored his second goal of the night for the Hawks as at 1.20 of the final frame as he got his own re- bound after being set up by Rich Lather. Todd Charlton of the Irish was off for tripping when the final Exeter goal was notch- ed at 5.36. The penalty was on- ly six seconds old when the successful shot came. Tony Jones got, the draw back to Steve Prout at the point and he fired a pass toward the net which was directed in by Rick Lindenfield. Referee Charlie Roach handed out a total of 20 penalties with the Hawks tak- ing 11. Included were major and misconduct penalties for fighting in the third period to Brian Horner of the Hawks • and Jeff Skinner of the Irish. nets faced a total of 34 shots Dave Rook In the Exeter while his mates sent 48 snl,. • ONLY LUCAN GOAL — The only Lucan Irish goal in Friday's 4-1 Toss to the Exeter Hawks was scored by Wayne Urbshott who is being checked by Rick Linden - field (8). The puck is heading into the net past goalie PckY.1 ?' A ! hot t -•^rrk Bart Powell in the Lucan t,�.s. Monday night in Lucan, the Hawks started their scoring a little earlier. They scored the only goal of the first period and by the time the Irish not- ched their first goal they were out in front 3-0. Rick Lindenfield of Exeter scored the only goal of the first period on an unassisted effort at 2.28, The second period was on- ly 18 seconds old when Lindenfield was back in pro- minence providing the pass for a successful shot by Tony Jones. The next two scores for the Hawks came on power plays. Mike Clark converted a pass from captain Pete Tuckey and defenceman Steve Prout tallied on a three-way passing combination with Bill Glover and Rick Lindenfleld. The first goal came bet- ween the two Exeter power play efforts. John Medd was the marksman on passes from captain Paul Wraith and Jamie Shipley with their team still playing a man short. Two of the three Hawks scores in the balance of the second period came on short handed situations. Pete Tuckey registered on a pass from Brian Horner and Kris Bedard scored on an unassisted effort. • The other Exeter goal'came when the two teams were (flaying six a side. Firing the successful shot was Bill Glover with Ed Willis assisting. The Irish bounced back with two goals in the first six minutes of the second period, but, that was as much scoring games steam that they could generate Brad Hodgins shot the first puck past Pete Dearing in the Exeter nets on a pass from Wayne Urbshott' at 3.28 and nearly two minutes later, Dave Egan was on the scoring end of a passing combination with Al Craig and Brent Bannerman. The Hawks fired 41 shots at Bart Powell in the Lucan net. At the other end, Pete Dear- ing was taking care of all but three of the 31 shots sent his way. Referee Bill Walsh of Strat- ford assessed 28 penalties with the Hawks taking an even dozen of the misde- meanors. Assessed major and miscondut penalties for fighting were Jeff Rowe of the Hawks and Lucan's Wayne Urbshott. GOALIE MAKES THE SAVE — Exeter Hawks goalie Dave Rook makes the stop as Steve Prout of the Hawks and Irish Al Craig tie each other up in front of the net in Friday's opening Junior D final in Exeter. Rick Lindenfield (8) bottles with an unidentified Lucan player in the foreground. T -A photo Sarnia, Molting Hawks win The Sarnia Old Oilers and the Exeter Molting Hawks were winners in the third an- nual Zurich Has Beans oldtimers hockey tournament held on the weekend in Zurich. The Sarnia club winners a year ago came back to win the A championship with a 2-0 win over the Walkerton Mavericks in the final while the Molting Hawks roared back with a late rally to edge the Wingham Old Rockers 4-3 to win the B title. ,Sarnia captain, Jim /inch on behalf of his team receiv- ed the Zurich Bean Festival trophy from Gerald Shantz while Greg Willert of the Hen- sall and District Co -Operative presentedthe B silverware to Exeter captain'Keith Ahrens. Goals by Tom Maners and Wayne Goring gave the Sar- nia Oilers their championship win over Walkerton. The most valuable players in the A final were Bob L'Heureux and Dave Bradley of Walkerton. In the B final, a goal by Jack Chipchase with only four seconds left in regulation time brought the Exeter Molting Hawks on even terms with Wingham and 54 seconds in- to sudden -death overtime, Pete McFalls sent the Exeter fans home happy and his club the B championship. Jim Russell who was nam- ed the most valuable player lir the Molting Hawks scored the first two goals of the game with assists goingtoJim Mac- , 14onald, FAlinhilide and Bob McDonald. ; •' r1 With time futit(ng.out, Bill Chipchase sent a pass to brother Jack and the former pro made no mistake with a good shot from a sharp angle to tie the score. In the first minute of over- time,. Pete McFalls found a loose puck in front of the Wingham net and scored the winner. Keith Ahrens and Jim MacDonald assisted. In the opening game for the Molting Hawks they lost 3-2 to Sarnia with Bill Chipchase and Keith Ahrens.getting the goals. Jack Chipchase assisted on both. In the B semi-final Jack and Bill Chipchase were the Ex- eter marksmen in a 2-0 vic- tory over Clinton. Mike Cushman assisted on both goals and Keith Ahrens on one. The host Zurich Has -Beans defeated Wingham 2-1 and lost 3-2 to Walkerton. In 'the victory, George Suplat on a three-way com- bination with Bob Brown and Bill Hoffman and Ron Watt on passes from Jack Stephan a.id Bub Morrissey took care of the Zurich scoring. Glenn Thurman on a pass from Bob Johnston and Bill Hoffman on a three-way ef- fort with Bob Brown and Gerald Shantz accounted for the Has Beans scoring in the loss to Walkteron. MOLTING HAWKS WIN IN ZURICH — The Exeter Molting Hawks won the B championship in the weekend third annual oldtimers hockey tournament sponsored by the Zurich Has Beans. Back, left, Bill Pincombe, Eric Finkbeiner, Jack Chipchase, Jim Russell, Mike Cushman, Bill Chipchase, Bob Jones, Al Rundle, Keith Ahrens and coach Jack Fuller. Front, Jim MacDonald, Bob MacDonald, Pete McFalls, Ken Hyde, Frank Boyle, Jim Pfaff and Walt Tiedeman. Missing was Al Flynn. T -A photo Atoms beat Clinton The Exeter atoms scored a 6-1 victory over Clinton in an exhibition game STinday at the South Huron Rec Centre. After spotting Clinton a 1-0 first period lead, the Exeter youngsters came roaring back with six unanswered goals in the third period. Jason Heywood fired three of the goals which came in less than nine minutes. Next with two successful shots was Jimmy .Ahrens while Mark Russee1I notched the other marker. David Schwindt and Jason }fern were the top playmakers with three assists apiece while Jamie Cornish and Ahrens each helped on one goal. Damaso Garcia, Alfredo Griffin and Rance Mulliniks. Of the pitchers, Leal, Lamp and Stieb are signed up for five years and Clancy for four. That should assure the Toronto club of pretty solid pitching for the next five years. Should be a very comforting thought for manager Bobby Cox and pitching coach Al Widmar. The Blue Jays lost their first pre -season game Sun- day by a score of 5-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies in 10 innings. Only four of the Toronto regulars were in the lineup. Luis Leal pitched the first three innings and held the Phillies scoreless. The first two Jays exhibition games to be broadcast back to Ontario will be this weekend when they play the Boston Red Sox Saturday and the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Tom Cheek is back for his eighth year as the Blue Jays play-by-play man. MATHERS MOTORS Chrysler - Plymouth - Dodge Dodge Trucks Bob Lammie Bus: (519)235.1525 Res: (519)262-2134 136 Main St. N., Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S0 ad E Yes, 1 out of 33 babies born in this country will suffer o mental handicap! It's our deep concern. ISome can be prevented. If you're a would-be parent write or phone us for a helpful booklet. 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