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Clinton News-Record, 1983-02-16, Page 16PAGE 16—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 iso Playoff series tied 2-2 Mustangs even series win with 5 3 ®ver Hawks Rod's Report on Sports U.S. Survey says NHL popular By Rod Hilts Recently a survey was taken across in the United States that revealed there is a strong interest in NHI. hockey. This seems rather surprising when you consider that some American NH1, franchises are struggling to get 10,000 fans into their arenas. The survey was called the American Consensus study- Sports on Television- The Viewer Speaks Out and was conducted by Benton and Bowles Inc. of New York. The survey involved 1,000 U.S. households and resulted in 1,714 useable responses from people who watched at least one sports event on television in the past year. The study was conducted in July, 1982 with the survey results being gathered by Aug. 23. The study was broken down into 113 tables one of them being a Table 10. Table 10 was an index of interest among urban dwellers. It involved people who live in a market of two million or more people and surprisingly enough NHL ice hockey was right on top. This part of the survey showed nothing to NHL President John Ziegler. Since almost all cities of that size in the U.S. are in the north, this means Ziegler was correct in concentrating the NHL's activities in those areas. San Francisco, Dallas and Houston have populations in excess of two million in areas that are not served by an NHL franchise. Another section of the survey showed that males with incomes of $30,000 or more placed hockey second over tennis. Women in large urban areas said they did not want NHI, hockey and ranked it last among the 20 sports rated. To the sponsors of NHL broadcasts - car companies and breweries - the target group consists of men with money in the big cities. It's interesting to note that horse racing and car racing rated near the bottom of both sections of the survey. NFL football, suppcsedly America's number one sport ranked down to about 10th on a 20 sport scale. I'm sure the franchises in St. Louis, Pittsburg and Hartford must have to be questioning the validity of this survey. It was this type of a survey that told the NHL to put a team in Kansas City and we all know how that turned out. Ziegler has been quoted as saying, "Whereas we had been frying to be a Chevrolet and be everything to everybody, we said, why don't we become a Mercedes and stop worrying about the fact that we don't have fan support in places like Atlanta." I suggest Mr. Ziegler forget about trying to be a Mercedes and concentrate on the cities such as St. Louis that may be losing the Blues. Leisure Uofes. . Designed to promote and enhance tourism in Ssuthwestern, Ontario. lring tourists to your door by joining the magazine t 'Purists won't want to be without. By Rod tants (in 'Tuesday night the Clinton Mustangs evened their best of seven semi-final series at two games a piece by thrashing the Walkerton Black Hawks 5-3. The Mustangs blended a fine physical attack with soiree persistent forechecking in coining up with the big win. Walkerton opened the scoring quickly in the first period when Dan Davidson deflected a Mark Zippel slap shot between the pads of I'llntuli gualtender Jeff I Denomme Clinton evened the score at 1'.140 when Captain Jun Fritzley won a draw in the Walkerton end that set up ;rant Pryde's goal that caught goalie Scott Fritz napping. The first period featured a lot of close checking with both squads playing a conservative brand of hockey. In the second period the Mustangs played the best period of the entire series. Clinton belted everything in white in keeping the op- position off stride. Two minutes into the period Ken Thornton shot the Mustangs into the lead on a beautiful solo effort. Thornton stole the puck at the Walkerton blueline and proceeded to skate in alone on Fritz beating him with a nifty deke. 'l'he turning point in the game came at 4:49 when Brent I)aw got credit for a fluke goal. In a forechecking effort Daw clumped the puck aimlessly toward the Hawk net when Walkerton defenceman Murray Mawhinney deflected the puck into his own net. The Mustangs continued to outhustle the Hawks when they made it 4-1 on the powerplay. Jim Fritzley hit defen- ceman Darrell Graham with an excellent pass that the latter quickly stuffed behind Fritz. Clinton goaltender Jeff Denomme looked sharp between the pipes turning back everything the Hawks were able to shoot at him. The third period saw Walkerton outscore Canton 2-1 but it wasn't enough for the victory Jeff Davidson brought the Hawks to within two at 9:28 when he scored on the powerplay. Davidson snuck out of the corner to slip one past Denommee just inside the post. Ken Thornton picked up his second goal of the game at 13-06 on another fine ef- fort. Thornton picked the puck off the Walkerton defense, weaved around a couple of checkers and neatly tucked the puck behind Fritz. The Hawks rounded out the scoring at 14:34 on a powerplay when Dan Davidson collected his second goal of the game after taking a pass from (;ord Pfuhl on the Mustang goal crease. Walkerton pulled their goalie with 1:04 remaining on the clock but were unable to get the puck past 1)enorniue and the Clinton defence. Following the physical contest Clinton Coach Jirn Nigro emphasized that his club must hit to win. "We came out to the rink tonight with only one thing in mind- to win. When we throw our weight around we create our own breaks. We played well tonight but we let up a little in the third period," said Nigro. This series is shaping up to be a real dog fight to the end and 'Thursday night's game in Clinton should prove to be a thriller. In other playoff action Hanover defeated the heavily favored Kincardine Kinucks to take a 3-1 strangle hold in that series. It looks like a real upset in the slaking. Hawks 4 'Stangs 2 On Sunday the Clinton Mustangs went into a third period lapse and were beaten 4-2 in Walkerton. It was a cant in copy of their previous loss Thursday night on home ice. It was simply a case of Clinton running out of gas in the final Consider Leisure Life is a travel guide in magazine form It's purpose to provide a comprehensive guide to the Ip,srrrp activities the good 'Ire of Southwestern On taro It will provide our visitors with interesting features about our area. holiday highlights. maps. community guides, special events. and other desired information Leisure Life will have a total slrculation of 40.000 Leisure t ife is the product of a long established publishing company staffed by people with a keen Interest in complementing and con tributing to tourism in South, western Ontario Don't play hide and seek with people who come here willing to spend money and have fun With Leisure life you can loin the geographic area of which you are a part adding to the drawing power of your region ou is ililo $ d st y in Sooth- western Ontario s frame after playing two periods of fine hockey Walkerton opened the scoring quickly 34 seconds Into the contest when Brian Weber took a pass from Wayne Mills and banged the puck into the upper corner past Jun MacDonald. The Mustangs carne back one minute later on a similar goal by Midget Randy Marriage. Marriage was parked on the edge of the crease when he received a pass from Ken Thornton that he quickly slammed behind goalie Scott Fritz. Clinton grabbed the lead at 7:32 on the powerplay when Brian Horner's centering pass deflected off Fritz while the Mustangs had a two man advantage. Jim MacDonald was the story of the period for Clinton as he blocked 21 shots. His flip-flop style robbed numerous Hawk shooters on what looked to be sure goals. The second period was marred with penalties with Clinton spending a good part of the period shorthanded. Walkerton tied the score at two on a powerplay at 4:28. Keven Elliott ripped a snap shot high to the glove hand corner after taking a pass from Wayne Mills. The last five minutes of the period belonged to the Hawks as they had a five minute powerplay. The Mustang penalty killing proved to be better as they held Walkerton scoreless. In the third period a give away pass in their own end led to the Clinton downfall. Walkerton's Kevin Elliott intercepted a pass and unleash •; a 25 foot slap shot beating a surprised MacDonald with a shor- thanded go..!. A minute later the Hawks scored on a powerplay. With Clinton two men short Brian Weber slapped a rebound in at the edge of the crease. That goal seemed to zap the Mustangs into a dazed state. Although the Clinton crew spend the last five minutes of the game on the powerplay they were unable to mount any serious pressure on Walkerton. The Black Hawks outshot the Mustangs 49-22 as goalie Jun MacDonald played super. Following the game Clinton Coach Jun Nigro was disappointed with the out- come of the game. "They got the breaks and we didn't. We didn't play well and we had too many give aways. We didn't deserve to win after giving them so many op- portunities," said Nigro. There were a number of vocal Clinton fans at the game in Walkerton and at tunes chants of "Go Stangs Go" could be heard over the Hawk supporters. Be ready for some good fast paced action this week as the series shifts back to Clinton with the Black Hawks holding a 2- 1 lead in the best of seven semi-final. Hawks 4 'Stangs 2 The Clinton Mustangs learned last Thursday night that they must skate for 60 minutes in order to beat the Walkerton Black Hawks. The Mustangs skated hard for two periods but died in the third as the Hawks scored three unanswered goals in posting a 4-2 win in the opening garne of the semi-final best of seven series. Both clubs played a close checking, grind 'em up style of play for the first two periods until the Hawks hit the war path igniting for three goals in a span of seven minutes in the final frame. The first period remained scoreless until the 17:35 mark when Walkerton connected on the powerplay. Captain Mark Zippel zipped a slap shot from the point that made its way into the lower stick hand side of Clinton netminder Jim MacDonald. The goal came after the Hawks' powerplay had put intense pressure on MacDonald, firing at least a half dozen shots toward the Clinton goalie. The Mustangs bounced back one minute later when the forechecking of rad CLINTON RECREATION COMMITTEE ARE IA SCHEDULE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Jr. Co Hockey Walkerton vs. Clinton - 8e SATURf AY, FEBRUARY 19 Minor Hockey SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Public Skating 2:OO-3s36 potato ADMISSION - ADULTS 734 CHILDREN 30` Armstrong paid off. Arm- strong flew Into the Walkerton zone stealing the puck behind the Hawks' net, feeding it to teammate Ross Snider. Snider knocked down the high pass and in one motion shot a hard pass that Brian Horner deflected past goalie Scott Fritz. The first period featured a lot of close checking with neither team giving an inch. Although the score was tied at the end of the period, Walkerton did hold a territorial edge in play. The second period belonged to the Mustangs as they outskated the Black Hawks. This is the combination Clinton must use if they hope to win this series. When the Mustangs hit they win. Jeff Denomy shot the Mustangs into the lead at 9:29 when he took a pass from Brent Daw and unloaded a 15 foot slap shot that cleanly beat Fritz between the pads. The second period was played in a chippy manner with a couple of cheap shots occurring after the whistle. The Hawks came out for the third period in full flight as they caught the Mustangs in a slow trot. Walkerton erupted with two goals in 28 seconds thrusting them into a 3-2 lead. Dan Davidson scored at 6:49 on a powerplay as his shot glanced off MacDonald's blocker and into the net. Less than a minute later Kevin Kieffer snagged a rebound from the pads of MacDonald and jammed the puck into the empty net. Wayne Mills put Walkerton up by two when his hard shot bounced off the shoulder of MacDonald and into the net. Following the game Clinton Coach Jim Nigro said that his team failed to take full advantage of their opportunities. "We had our chances but we just didn't capitalize. We outplayed them for two periods and died in the final one." said Nigro. oar Mustang Assistant Captain Mark Rowe. (Photo by Rod Hilts) Meet the 'Stangs y Rod Hilts Mark Rowe is in his third season with the Mustangs after playing his minor hockey in Goderich. The veteren defenceman has been hampered by a shoulder injury that has kept him out of the lineup for the first two playoff games against the Wallkerton Black Hawks. Mark's biggest asset is his ability to deliver punishing body checks to opposition forwards and he has established himself as one of the best body checkers in the Central Junior"C" league. Mark is employed at the Benmiller Inn and plans to get married in May. 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