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Times-Advocate, 1996-01-24, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, January 24, 1996 This Week in Sports... • Panthers prowl the courts - page 15 • Minor hockey scores - page 16 Letters to the editor Fans encouraged to protest "Junior D is good hockey, not goon hockey... 7 Dear Editor: To the Exeter Jr. D Hawk fans who were in atten- dance January 19, Hawks vs. Hagersville, and wit- nessed the deliberate unsportsman-intent to injure act to the Hawk goalie, Jason Glavin, and the lack of respect shown to the Officials and players, by the Hagersville team and their coach, please make your displeasure known to the O.H.A. so that this type of behaviour is erased from hockey. Junior D is good hockey, not goon hockey and many people have worked hard many years to pro- mote and 'maintain Jr. D in this area. We do not en- courage nor condone this type of behaviour in our organization, and feel that it is not and should not be part of hockey, at any level. Please address your concerns to Mr. Brent Ladds, O.H.A. 1425 Bishop Street, Unit 6, Cambridge, Ontario NIR 619 Thank you. Wayne and Karen Dickins, Executive members, Exeter and Area Jr. D Hawks MacLean chosen as Mid -Western Jr "B" all-star KITCHENER - Jeff MacLean, from Exeter was one of the 20 all- star players chosen to play for the South conference at. the Mid - Western League Jr "B" All-Star game on Jan. 17 in Kitchener. MacLean signed with the Kitch- ener Dutchmen last summer after playing a year' with the Strathroy Rockets. The six foot 185 Ib defenseinan was one of the seven Dutchmen playing for the South division and MacLean assisted on a goal scored in the second period to help lead his team to a 7-4 victory. Dutchmen head coach Terry McCutcheon said choosing the all- star players was acomplicated and very poitical•process that left , some discontent among players who didn't make the team. He said coaches and managers of the team nominated five skaters • one goalie and one alternative player for the all-star game and brought the list to a league meeting where a final decision was made. MacLean is leading the Dutch- men's defensive squad in assists, however, he is still searching for his first goal. Making the all-star roster didn't surprise anyone in the organization and the exposure will help him in his draft year but McCutcheon said choosing MacLean for the all-star game was an obvious decision. "He has a good attitude and a strong work ethic. He•deserved to be there," he said. Sports Select goes on-line SAULT STE. MARIE - Ontario's. Sport Select Home Page made its debut on the Internet World Wide Web on Jan 18. The new Web site is accessible at http://www. newswire. ca/sports. PRO LINE and OVER/UNDER players can access SPORT SE- LECT game lists, historical odd, and instructional play. Future pians include promotional and special event information and links to other interesting sports sites on the NET. "The move to the Internet will put pertinent information at the finger - The SPORT SELECT home page will be a popular site for more than a half a million players. Since the launch of sports lotteries in Ontario in 1992, combined PRO LINE and OVER/UNDER sales total more • than $768 million, generating ap- proximately $463 million in prizes for players. tips of players," said Kim Davis, Manager of Sports Games Ontario Lottery Corporation. "It also gives players the opportunity to e:mail us with feedback about our sports games." Vealspiel Veal's Meats Bonaple!. John Morgan, left, and John Mousseau of Exeter sweep a rock for teammate Albert VanDyken Saturday at the annual mens open. The team was skipped. by John Smits. They lost the match to Mike Memer's team from London, who went on to win the match taking second place in the 9:00 a.m. draw. A total of four Exeter teams participat- ed in the Bonspiel. Tom Prout's team won the consolation final, they had the best score out of the Exeter teams. Hawks beatgoons from HagersvIge Chris Skalkos T -A staff wasn't enough. EXETER - The goon squad from Hagersville came to Ex- Frustrated from being dominated by .the strong play of eter to fight, and the Hawks showed them how to play Exeter and visibly tired of the hockey clinic they were ex - hockey. periencing at the hands of the locals, Hagersville resorted The Exeter. Hawks took on the Hagersville Hawks at the to ride of the oldest tricks in the book...run the goalie. South Huron Recreation Centre 'Friday night scoring 10) , e end of the game a Hagersville player took a run - goals on their opponents who were More `colicettted with ning/ run- / goals from the red line plowing over Exeter goalie At - collecting spearing, slashing and fighting penalties. sopl Glavin. A five on five brawl ensued with officials Despite outshooting Hagersville 25-1 in the first period, coming close to losing control of the'situation. Exeter only managed to get one goal which was scored by Exeter spectators rose to their feet voicing their dis- Greg Dalrymple. The Hawks started to find their target in pleasure over the incident and this prompted one of the Ha - the second exploding for seven goals. They added two gersville players to try and scale the glass to get at the fans. more in the third to round their score out to 10. After defusing the scene the officials called off the game • Chris Kennedy broke a scoring drought finding the back with 39 seconds left in regulation time sending both teams of the net twice Friday. Sean McCann and Craig Corriveau to the dressing room. also scored twice for Exeter and Mark Bell, Brian Gardner, According to assistant coach Jeff Dalrymple, the run on and Jeff Glavin added one goal each. the Exeter goalie was a pre -meditated act called by the Ha - With Exeter only up by one in the first, Hagersville gersville coach. seemed content to keep their efforts on the game and were With only a minute left to play in the game, Hawk player only called for' one penalty. However, as Exeter began to Steve Farquhar overheard the Hagersville coach telling his accumulate goals putting the game out of reach, Hagers- players to "run the goalie." Farquhar quickly called a time ville started to show why they are leading the league in out to warn the Exeter coaching staff. penalty minutes. "As a precaution we threw some muscle out there and the A series of cheap shots and dirty play sent a steady guys handled the situation very well," said Dalrymple. stream of Hagersville players to the penaity box, but that "That's the kind of thing that gives the league a bad name. It just doesn't prove anything." Head coach Dave Revington said Hawk Executives have sent a complaint to the Ontario Hockey Association. Glavin took the run at full force but bounced back quick- ly. Dalrymple credits him for keeping his cool and not re- taliating He also credits aim for playiio a soli game 9 o rowly ttussingshat at)ut-. ' "We felt we owed him a game for hanging in with us," said Dalrymple about the back up netminder. "It's hard for a goalie to stay sharp when he's not playing regularly but Glavin has come up big every time he goes into the net." Hawks beat Mitchell 6-2 The Hawks travelled to Mitchell on Wednesday to take on the "other Hawks" beating their host 6-2. Craig Corriveau and Steve Farquhar led the Hawks by pumping in two goals each. They were followed by Ryan Chamney and Jeff Glavin who also contributed to the vic- tory by scoring singles. The Hawks hosted Lambeth Tuesday night but game re- sults were not known at press time. Exeter will not play at home Friday as they will travel to Mitchell playing them for the second time in nine days. 26th attit by Randy t the ton of th dirt Developing junior all-stars Hawks and Irish players team up for Junior "D" All-Star game Chris Skalkos T -A staff LUCAN - The Junior "D" All- Star game took place in Lucan Sat- urday night without a glowing puck. • The McConnell and the Yeck conferences met as 43 of the league's best players gathered for a dazzling display of hockey. Exeter Hawk players, Jason McBride, Nathan Burns and Darren Kints along ,with Steve Mathews and Trevor Erwin from the Lucan Irish, were chosen to represent their teams oh the Yeck Conference side. It took leas than two minutes for these players to shove why they de- served to be these Saturday night. After McBride broke up a po- tentially dangerous offensive rush, Mathews stabbed the puck and " took k across the blue -line ` ending it around the boards to Burns. Plghdag oft a [heck. Burns passed k out so Balms who was poised in the slot and banged It past the McCOitneil goalie Con gad 1:In the to the t pawl 1 S2 into • Mats wird lido die gone with the league's best goals against & etsge and assumed the po- sition kicking out 13 Bj*in i die first period. Both teams went into the second tied at four and the game remained However, the last twenty minutes of play took a different turn as the McConnell Conference scored five unanswered goals to win by a score of 10-7. Despite out shooting their opponents 43-36, the Yeck confer- ence players couldn't get anything past goalie Scott Porteous from Wellesley. However, they managed to ruin his one period shutout scoring on him with Only six seconds on the clock. The victory carne as a surprise for many as the Yeck Conference team was heavily favored to win the contest. "I thought it would be a bit of a cake -walk," said McBride after the game. "We worked hard but they worked harder and we have to ac- cept it and lose with grace." The seventeen goals scored in the game didn't surprise Yeck Confer- ence coach Dave Revington who was making his fifth appearance behind the bench at an all-star game. "The kids have a lot of offensive skills and the games tend to be shootouts," said Revington. said. 1 told them to enjoy Without an opportunity to prac- selves and do their best to represent Lice, and with a majority of the their organization." players meeting each other for the The event was well attended as first time, Revington admits there many people opted to miss the isn't much a coach can do. NHL all -star -game, which was tel - "I tried to kmates close with the Yeck conference er, o herwiseceyoputeajust hrowtogeth- them evised the same night. They were leading 6-5 going into the third, together and let them play," he not disappointed as they were treated to a fast and clean end -to- them - end hockey game. One player from each conference was given the ultimate honor of being named Most Valuable player. They were Chris Downie from North Middlesex and Steve Kru- licki from Wellesley. Each player scored a total of nine points.