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Times Advocate, 1994-10-26, Page 18Page 18 Tunes -Advocate, October 26, 1994 orts This Week in Sports... • Panthers win semis t page 19 • Minor hockey roundup - page 20 Sidelines By Fred Groves Hawks now have secret ingredient You can't call him a rookie and it's pretty tough to call him a veteran of the Exeter Hawks. But most opposing forwards will no doubt be calling him Mr. Campbell by the end of the sea- son. Friday night, the Hawks beat the Lambeth Lancers 12-3 and defenseman Joel Campbell had four assists. Not bad considering it's his first game of the year and- he's only skated with the Hawks a couple of times after a lengthy layoff. I pick him as the Hawks num- ber one star from Friday's game because he not only set up four goals, but he hit the post, dished out a few timely hits and, when- ever he was on the ice, con- trolled the tempo of the game. That only comes with ex- perience and Campbell's got a lot of it. The past two years he has been a Junior 'B' all-star de- fenseman with the Waterloo Si - skins, last year helping them to an OHA championship. Two years before that he was with Cambridge Jr. B Winter Hawks., "We won an OHA champion- ship and I said that was enough. I haven't been home in five years," said Campbell after Fri- day's huge win. He is not a rookie because five years ago when he was a second year peewee and in grade eight, he was an Exeter Hawk. It was no secret he was going on to bigger and better things. But he wanted to come home. play for the Hawks and go to South Huron high school. He also wanted to play for his cou- sin, coach Dave Revington. The Hawks have been waiting a few weeks for his arrival and Campbell said, "I hadn't made up my mind to do it." He didn't play a lot of the third period as all six Exeter defense - men got their share of ice time. Campbell is still trying to work himself into shape. "It's been a long time. 1 wasn't rushing with the puck as much." With him, the Hawks have got someone to quarterback their powerplay which was an in- gredient lacking the last couple of years. The addition of a Junior 'B' all-star, last year's leading scorer Shayne Robinson hack and a great team attitude already, I fig- ure this is the best Hawks team 1 have seen in the five years I've been in town. Hockey fans should mark De- cember 30 on their calendar be- cause that's when the Lakers come to town and it will be a great game. From the sidellnes:...Huron Park's Jeremy Hcrn got into a few more games with Hamilton Hurricanes of the Ontario Junior Football League this sum- mer...Hope to see Chris Mac- Donald back on skates real son. The midget forward who will Ix• playing a few games with the Hawks this year, broke his ankle hilt is expected back in three or four weeks... Hawks add Campbell, pound Lancers 12-3 The offensive depth continues to build as record 5-2 By Fred (;roves T -A staff EXETER - Coming into Friday night's OHA Junior Development League game in Exeter, the visiting Lambeth Lancers had only given up 18 goals in six games for a 3.00 goals against average, best in thc west division. However, the Hawks don't pay much attention to the oppositions' statistics and they raised the Lanc- ers average way up, winning a whopping 12-3. The win, combined with a 9-4 loss to the host Belmont Bombers on Saturday, has the Hawks in sec- ond place in the west division with a 5-2 mark. It's the most one-sided score in Officials were busy Friday night in Exeter breaking up a scuffle along the glass during Exeter's 12-3 win. the west thus far and the Hawks got a very balanced scoring attack as second -year centre Nathan Burns had three goals with two each from Mark Livermore, Shayne Robinson and Sean McCann and singles from rookies Marty DeBruyn and Jeff Glavin and veteran Ray Cousineau. Despite the score, the Hawks got off to a bad start as goalie Chris Lyndon had two shots on him in the first 10 seconds and the Lancers were up 1-0 just 49 seconds into the game. "We have a slow start pretty well every game, 1 don't know why," said Exeter coach Dave Revington. But once the Exeter scoring ma- chine kicked into high gear, they were up 4-1 after the first period and held a commanding 7-2 lead af- ter 40 minutes. "Their goalie let in some weak shots. We were really up tonight and we came to play," said Hawks' captain McCann who is once again among the top scorers on the tcam. When asked if this was the best Exeter team he has seen in the three years he's been a Hawk, McCann hesitated to comment, but did point out a couple of weaknesses. "No one is really used to playing together. We can't get up for the first couple of shifts." However, it is what the final score reads not the first couple of shifts and as far as playing togeth- er, it appears that won't take much time. Lots of bodies: With the return of Robinson and the pleasant sur- prise of defenseman Joel Campbell on the scene, the Hawks have the luxury of sitting out some pretty good, players. Nql dressed Friday were defense - man son McBride along with for- wards Steve Farquhar, Chad Gill- filan and Nathan Blight. The Hawks looked very good Fri- day night and they are very solid throughout their lineup. Revington had Burns in the middle of Jeff Glavin and Robinson and another top notch trio was McCann flanked by Livermore and Kennedy. Campbell's return is a real bless- ing as he can rush with the puck, set up plays and give out the big hit when needed. "Joel brings experience, the pow- erplay is so much better," said McCann. "We have got two good scoring lines." "He's (Campbell) played Junior 'B' for four years and experience alone will take you a long way," said Revington. Pretty goals: While thc Hawks put 12 up on the board, two of them were real beauties to watch. Just 5:01 into the second period, Burns went racing up the middle and rookie blueliner Mark Bell hit him with a perfect pass. Burns burst in and went up high on Lamb- eth goalie John Finlay. With 24 seconds left in the mid- dle frame, McCann went in, didn't pass into the middle but waited a split second for DeBruyn to come into the play where the rookie made no mistake. The game got quite ugly with about eight minutes left to go when Kennedy was cruising around the the Lambeth goal and Finlay got very upset, taking his stick and two -handing the Exeter forward. Kennedy was ejected when he and Trevor Nott got into a tussle and Finlay was given a match penalty which means he could be out for three or four games. Bombers 9. Hawks 4 This one was over pretty quick as the host Bombers went up 5-1 in the first period of Saturday night's game. Scoring for the Hawks were Ken- nedy, Corriveau, McCann and Blight. Darren Kints stared in net but shared the duties all night with Lyndon as Revington played, "mu- sical goalies." HAWKS HAPPENINGS Jamie Cornish ...two assists on Friday Record: 5-2 Future games: Wednesday - Exeter at Mitchell, 8:30 p.m.; Friday - Belmont at Exeter, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday - Exeter at Lambeth, 7:30 p.m. Goals for: 44 Goals against: 33 Three stars from Friday night's game: 1. Joel Campbell 2. Sean McCann 3. Nathan Burns Close but not close enough for Irish Lucan can't seem to break into the win column By Fred Groves T -A staff LUCAN - You've heard thc say- ing - close only counts in horse- shoes. Well, the Lucan Irish aren't play- ing horseshoes, they are playing hockey. Mind you, the luck that rubs off of a horseshoe is what th' Irish need right now. Last Wednesday night they los: 5-4 to visiting Belmont Bombers in OHA Junior Development League action. It was the second game in a row that the Irish have lost by one goal. Still in the basement of the west division with a 0-6-1 record, the Irish are desperate for a win. "After games we've (coaching staff) been meeting for an hour. We're trying to come up with some answers. We need a win real bad," said coach Scott Bogart. The past two games the Irish have been doing everything near perfect, but just not good enough as come the end of 60 minutes, they are on the short ena of the score- board. Wednesday the Irish got great ef- forts out of veterans Steve -Mat- thews, who had two assists, and Derek Greenlee. Hopefully some of that spark will rub off on some of the others. "The guys are.still positive," said Bogart. "We have to get consistcnt and hungry for the puck." One player hungry to get to the puck on Wednesday was rookie Steve Hudson who scored a pair of goals while newcomer Christian Cricl and Gcorge Stephens also connected. This is the worst start the Irish Your Views Letters to the editor Don't write off the Irish Dear Sports Editor: Even though we are winless in our first seven starts, I definitely would not be writing off the seaspn. With the exception of the blowout in Exeter, we've been in every game and could easily, with a break here and there, have a 6-1 record. I am well aware that there arc a lot of people around this town who are criticizing some of the team's play and coaching decisions but I assure you as the season progresses, we will improve and that drastic changes which some people want, will be, in my opinion, devastating to this team's makeup. This team's character, along with the coaching staff is second to none. When it comes to working hard and never giving up, we defi- nitely will be a force to be reckoned with as the season progresses. Pat Ryan, Manager, Lucan Irish have had for several years and looking for win number one still may be in the distance. Lucan had a bit of a break as they didn't have a weekend game but tonight host the Mt. Brydgcs Bulldogs. "We just can't seem to tum the corner yet. I don't know if it's a cor- ner or a mountain," said Bogart. • Back -and -forth game: Wednes- day's game was a see -saw affair but late in the third period the Irish seemed to have things well in hand. The game was tied and Belmont's Tim Hewbank was in the penalty box for spearing, But Bombers' veteran Jamie Dance broke up the middle and went in to beat Irish rookie net - minder Jason Glavin on a short- handed goal with only 2:19 left to Continued on page 19 LUCKY CHARMS George Stephens ...notches second goal Top scorers: G A P Steve Matthews 2 5 7 Steve Hudson 4 1 5 Travis Stinchcombe 2 3 5 Rob Davis 1 4 5 Wil Giles 1 4 5 Goals for: 25 Goals against: 39 Next game: Wednesday - Mt. Brydgcs at Lucan, 8:15 p.m. Lucan goalie Jason Glavin makes a save against Belmont but let five get past him last Wednesday night.