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Times Advocate, 1994-10-5, Page 16Page 1 b Times -Advocate, October 5, 1994 Flla. Coaches -pick up your 1994-95 OHA Junior `D' preview T -A scoresheets at the office, at noon. they are due Monday Pt. Stanley, Exeter should be the top teams - SJR_ DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE By Fred Groves T -A staff The 1994-95 O11A Junior De- velopment League season is here and this could be a very intersting year what with some big changes. New coaches in Exeter, Lucan and Mt. Brydges and 13 -of -18 goalies who slap on the pads for new teams. Pt. Stanley Lakers have come over from the west division where they only lost two games but bowed to now league rivals Mitchell who won their second straight O11A crown. Alvinston Flyers have moved up To. - Jiinior C' whlile Si:- -George Dukes are the new team in the east. Predicted finishing for this year: Pt. Stanley, Exctcr, Lucan, Mitch- ell, Sea forth, Lambeth, North Mid- dlesex, Mt. Brydges, Belmont. MITCHELL HAWKS: Last year: 35-3-2 (1st) Coach: Jack Chaffe Who will keep the puck tut of the net for the two-time defending champion Mitchell Hawks? With last year's rookie sensations Darcy Ballantyne (2.50 GAA) and Elliott Faust (2.63 GAA) off to bigger and better things, the Hawks will have to look for replacements Craig Murrell from St. Marys ban- tams and Adam Agar from Sea- forth's OMHA midget champs to do the job. The big -plus is that last year's leading scorer Rob Boville (36-32- 68) is back, as is centre Craig Quipp (13-24-37). They, along with Jon Schiedcl who played for Exeter and Jason Parsons (Woodstock Jr. C) will be the big offensive threats. Kory Dietz is gone and his 33 goals will be tough to replace. On the blueline captain Jeff Smith who had 21 goals is gone and Jeremy Smith mil Denny Ho- ran will have to pick 6 the slack. PT. STANLEY LAKERS Last year: 36-2-2 (1st in east) Coach: Marty Carroll After taking a two ycar leave from the west, the Lakers arc back and most teams in the west think this could be the toughest team .i the division. Pt Stanley only lost two games last year'and made it to the OHA fi- nals where they were beaten by Mitchell. The big leader on the team will once again be Scott Faulkner who led the cast in scor- ing with 111 points including 53 goals. Faulkner was followed in divi- sion scoring by teammates Mark Steele (43-61-104) and Mike Rush (40-48-88) who arc also back. The Lakers return 11 players including the division's second best average goaltending wise in Brad Joworski (3.20). He'll be joined by rookie Shawn Scarlett while former Lucan de- fenseman Jamie Hicks will be an impact player. The Lakcrs have also added a couple of former Jun- ior '13' players which will help. LUCAN IRISH: Last year: 27-11-2 (2nd) Coaches: Scott Bogart and Jeff Dalrymple - Thc big question here is whether second -year players Rob Davis (24- 27-51), Mike Robb (9-17-26) and Travis Stinchcombe (12-13-25) can help overage centre Greg DePre,st (36-55-91) with the scoring. Gone are Dwayne Price and Shawn Fairweather to Junior 'B' so the Irish could be a team to play a grinding style of hockey with guys like veterans Derek Greenlee, Steve Matthews and ScotlrRiddell. Promising rookies are Devon Prtchenko and Brent Mills. Big de- fenseman Bryan Stieffel will score goals with his big shot and he and veteran Keith Robson will anchor a fairly inexperienced blueline corps. in net the Irish will be very strong with their twb new puck - stoppers, Jason Glavin from Ste- phcn Township and Rob Hotson who played Junior 'B' in Stratford. EXETER HAWKS: Last year: 23-14-3 (3rd) Coach: Dave Revington With 13 players back the Hawks have got a good chance of winning it all. An experienced coach in Rev- ington, scoring in Sean McCann " (37-56-93), Nathan Burns (27-21- 48) and Ray Cousincau (16-29-45) and good young goaltending the Hawks have a well-balanced team. The players are going to have to give 100 percent all the time as Revington is looking to ink 25 and go with the 20 best each night. Chris Lyndon (3.78 GAA) is back in net and he'll be joined by rookie Exeter Minor Hockey As- sociation product Damn Kints. There arc four! veteran defense - man an Isom -not4h rookies. This team will have all in scor- ing (McCann, Burns), peed (Jeff Glavin, Cousincau and raig Cor- riveau) and toughness (B -an Gard- ner, Chris Kennedy and la is Cor- nish). ---\- 1- '.MTMT. . BRYDGES BULLDOGS: Last year: 22-17-1 (4th) Coach: George Smith This team could be very inter- esting. Coach George Smith has been the Bulldogs' trainer for the past 15 years and now, instead of mending them, he'll teach them. Leading scorcr Trevor Allman (34-37-71) is gone to Aylmer Jr. B and defenseman Darren Bennett is Jr. B in St. Thomas. Paul Hendricks (24-38-62) and Shane Harrison (25- 23-48) will be counted on to do a lot of scoring. The Bulldogs have 11 returning players. Between the pipes, Bulldogs fans will be pleased to sec the return of Kyle Blythe who was in Clearwater Jr. C last year and Alvinston two years ago after being in Mt. Brydg- es. He'll be joined by Jake McCracken from Melbourne who was with the Elgin -Middlesex AAA bantams. LAMBETH LANCERS: Last year: 20-15-5 (5th) Coach: Jim Walker The Lancers have got one edge over most of the other teams - both their goalies, Jeff Baldac chino (3.78) and Jon Finlay (4 98)\arc back. Glen MacKinnon returns and he led the Lancers in scoring a year ago with 53 points despite playing in only 29 games. Also back to put the puck in the net arc Ryan Hug- gett (15-16-31) and Jamie Allison (9-14-23). Coach Jim Walker says, "1 think we'll be better defensively. Scoring we lost a bit," with the exit of Tom Walker and Ban Chinnick who were second and third respectively in scoring. As far as promising rookies are , concerned Walker likes Craig Wat- son and 15 ycar-old Arvin Kim from London. Due to a lack of a strong Lambeth midget team there aren't too many local players on this club. Seaforth's Steve Geiger, a Zurich resident, could be a big goal scorer with the Cents. Last year in his rookie season he had 12 tallies. SEAFORTH CENTENAIRES: Last year: 18-18-4 (6th) Coach: Maurice Guy While the Ccnts finished sixth in the west a year ago, they were the playoff surprise as they eliminated Exeter in four straight, knocked out Lucan and then couldn't get by Mitchell in the division final. Last year's top perfotmers goalie Dana Duskocy, defenseman Kar- sten Carroll, leading -scorer Paul McLwain and grinding winger Ja- mie Ramer arc all gone. In their place the Cents will have to rely on rookies Jason Murray, Steve Mclnally, who split time with the juniors and the midgets, and Brandon Coriveau, to get the job done. Steve Geiger (12-17-29) and Jason Hayter (15-18-33) can score goals. Between the pipes, manager Gre- gor Campbell is pleased with Tim Swan from the St. Marys midgets and Dave Nahrgang from the Clin- ton juveniles. NORTHMIDDLESEX STARS: Last year: 7-31-2 (8th) Coach: Bill Bourne Manager Wayne Maguire is pleased with three rookies: defensc- men Eric Symons and Roy Davis and centre D.J. Gooding who all played for the Elgin -Middlesex bantams last year. The Stars won only seven games last year but pushed the Mitchell Hawks really hard in the opening round of playoffs. North Middlesex returns 14 players including sec- ond -leading scorer Steve Bax (9- 17-26) and Paul Woodburn who had 13 goals in just 16 games. Look for Chris Downie and his 25 points along with Nathan McCann and Rob Daniel to be offe- nisve threats. On the blueline the Stars have got a good veteran in Steven Vandenberk who had nine goals. In net, the Stars will miss Andy _ Glavin who has gone on to Lis- towel Jr. B but Aaron Lucas (6.30 GAA) is back and he's joined by Matt DanBrook who was with Al- vinston last year (5.75). BELMONT BOMBERS: :.ask year: 5-35-0 (9th) Coach: Rick Sutherland There is a new name, new colors, new sponsor and a new attitude in Belmont. They are not called the Pests any- more as their former owner Bill Topping is in prison. But the past is the past in Belmont and manager Mike Farquhar says there is a lot of excitement in Belmont about this year's team. _ "We always had good teams in the fate 1970's and early 80's," said Farquhar of the old Bombers. "There is interest and we've got some talent." Goalie Jamie Kernaghan comes over from Mt. Brydges where he played in five games and Jan Burt comes from Delhi in the east divi- sion where he had a 7.75' GAA in 20 games. 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