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B.C. and Argos favored
The Toronto Argonauts are going to install
a SDB plan against the Hamilton Ticats in
this Sunday's Eastern Division final. Stop
Dieter Brock (SDB) and the Argos should
have no problem beating Hamilton and
advancing to the Grey Cup.
If Dieter, "the fabled Argo beater," plays
like he did against Ottawa, it could be a
closer final than most people expect.
Rod's Report on Sports was correct last
week in predicting the Tabbies to upset the
Ottawa Rough Riders.
I'm sure that CBC commentators Leo
Cahill and Ron Lancaster didn't know which
team to favor as they jumped on and off the
"band wagon" throughout the course of the
game. At one point they were throwing roses
at Ottawa when they held the ,lead in the
fourth quarter. They had dismissed any
chances of Hamilton coming back. After the
Ticats came storming back, they jumped on
the Hamilton band wagon and began to
whine on about how the Ticats were the
greatest thing since sliced bread.
They are rookies at their TV positions and
it shows. I swear that during some of the
close games, the duo are going to dive out of
the broadcast booth and on to the field. Ron
at quarterback and Leo behind the bench!
The Eskimo dynasty ended last weekend
as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers battered
them 49-22 in the Western Conference semi-
final.
Rod's Report on Sports predicted
Edmonton by 13 but the five -time Grey Cup
Champions didn't have it in them.
Tom Clements came up with his finest
game since joining the Bombers in a deal
that sent Brock to Hamilton. Brock also
played his best game as a Ticat. Wouldn't it
be ironic if Brock and Clements faced each
other in the Grey Cup? (Ironic but highly
unlikely )
Football Forecast
Hamilton at Toronto
ilts
Television viewers across Canada won't
see the game because of a Mickey Mouse
blackout. But if they could they would • see
the Ticats on cloud nine. Very few people
expected them to make it past the highly -
touted Ottawa Rough Riders: Hamilton isn't
half the team that the Argos were this
season. The Argos finished 12-4 and
Hamilton, a meek 5-10-1. The playoffs are a
different story but white doesn't change:to
black (or black and yellow! )
The Argos, behind the quarterbacking of
Condredge Holloway, should have the talent
to sideline the Ticats. Holloway all the way !
Argos by 10
Winnipeg at B.0
After the offensive display Winnipeg
showed Edmonton last weekend, it's hard to
say how the Blue Bombers stack up against
the Lions tough defensive wall.
At the beginning of season I predicted a
Toronto-B.C. final. My prediction stands
firm. B.C. will win the Western Division
final and the Grey Cup. The Bombers have a
huge disadvantage in playing at the Lion's
Den. Beautiful B.C. Place will berockin'.
Lions by 10
Season Record 35-31
Come out and meet the Stangs
On Nov. 18, the general public is invited to
come out to a free dance at the Clinton
Community Centre. The event is being
staged to give everyone an opportunity to
meet the 1983 version of the Clinton Junior C
Mustangs. D.J. Dewy will be supplying the
music and the dance will run from 8 p.m. to 1
a.m. Come out and support your Mustangs!
Goshen Girl sets record
Western Fair Raceway
By Lois Gibbings
Three pacers owned by the partnership of
Ken Parke of Varna and trainer -driver John
Lester of Forest were money winners at
Western Fair Raceway in London on
November 7.
Goshen Girl, a five-year-old mare by
Southhampton V - Kawartha Freight, took a
new 2.07.1 record in winning her third of the
year from 33 starts.
She has also had three seconds and four
thirds, good for$3,524 to date.
Fans Best finished third in the first divi-
sion of the second leg of the Middlesex Coun-
ty Pacing Series, while Goshen Lad took
fourth in the third division.
Trotter G.F. Dillon, owned by Vic
Hargreaves of Brucefield and Barry Miller
of Kirkton, and trained at the Clinton track
by Walter Oster, was second in a 2.03.4 mile
with Ray McLean on the bike.
Ross Battin was second with Peter Wave
for Bert McBride of Goderich in the
"Timberjack Pace" in the eighth.
Randy McLean finished third with Deep
Run Super in a 2.05.1 mile in the fifth for
W.O. (Ted) and Alma McLean of Goderich,
while Ross Battin was fifth driving Mer-
rywood Liz for Bill Bennett of Seaforth.
Sunrise Bingo took fourth for owner
Douglas Kerr of Dungannon in the third.
Verdun Vanstone was a winner in 2.08.4
wan Junior Lebelle, owned ny Holmesviile
Valley Farms of Clinton, at London on Fri-
day night.
K D Champ was fourth for the Broken M.
Stables of Goderich in the third.
At the same track on November 12, Jay
Bee Scamp was second for Jean and Ben
Feagan of Goderich, while Jays Brenna,
trained by August De Groof of R.R.3, Clin-
ton for Ross Cottle of Woodham took third.
John Lester also had a third place finish
with Goshen Lad, co -owned by Ken Parke of
Varna, while Chipwood Muffin was fourth.
At Elmira Raceway on Saturday after-
noon, Miss Dawnglow won the first with her
owner Jim Watt of Blyth on the bike, while
Prince Bye Bye was second for driver Ran-
dy Henry and owner Lorne Tyndall of Clin-
ton.
Charles Travis of Goderich gave his nine-
year-old Chilly Will pacing mare Let Me By
a new 2.10.3 record in winning the sixth.
Rex G. Ames won his third of the year
with Dennis Nickle up for owner -trainer Rex
Duckworth of Goderich in a 2.10.4 mile in the
ninth.
R Top Lady, owned by Kevin Carter of
Blyth, finished second in a 2.03.3 mile at
Mohawk Raceway on Saturday night.
Randy McLean was second with
Blackbridge Jake for owner Glenn Mitchell
of Ailsa Craig at Windsor Raceway in a
2.00.2 mile on Sunday night.
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By Rod Hilts
The Clinton Mustangs are learning that a
team can't surrender nine and 10 goals a
game and expect to win. Last weekend the
Mustangs were tamed by Wingham Iron -
men 9-5 and by Port Elgin Bears 10-5.
Following last Friday night's 9-5 loss,
Coach Bob Zimmer said the blame shouldn't
be placed on the defencemen or goaltender.
"After nine goals tonight you can't say we
had bad defense or goaltending. It's the
forwards who aren't doing the job," Zimmer
said.
In 12 games this season, Clinton has
allowed an average of eight goals a game.
Offensively the Mustangs have an average
of three goals a game. Their record now
stands at an unimpressive 0-9-3.
Bears 10 Mustangs 5
Last Sunday in Port Elgin, the Mustangs
ran out of legs in the third period and
dropped a 10-5 decision.
Clinton only had 12 players dressed for the
game and coupled with the eight minor
penalties they took in the second period,
fatigue did them in.
Port Elgin scored five powerplay goals en
route to victory.
Both teams played a tight checking,
scoreless first period as Clinton was content
to slow down the pace of the game to
preserve the few legs they had on the bench.
The Mustangs held a 12-10 shots on goal
advantage in the period.
At the 4:49 mark of the second period,
Port Elgin cashed in on a powerplay. Bill
Jacques led a three -on -one break and
eventually finished off the play lifting the
puck over a sprawling Jim Terry.
Less than one minute later, the Bears
scored again with Jim Hayward getting
credit for the goal. The goal was a con-
troversial one as Mustang goaltender Terry
was knocked out of his goal, giving Hayward
an empty net to shoot at. Defenseman Tony
Gibbings argued the call and was handed an
unsportsmanlike conduct penalty by
Referee Paul Robson.
With Gibbings in the penalty box, Brian
Lush connected with a blast from point-
blank range, giving Port Elgin a three -goal
lead.
Tom Smith got Clinton on the board at 9:45
when he backhanded a rebound over Kevin
Mundle. The goal came after Mundle had
kicked out a Brad Armstrong slapshot.
The potent Port Elgin powerplay scored to
make it 4-2 at 13;52 when Richard McClay
unleashed a slapshot that beat a screened
Terry.
The Bears continued to claw the Mustangs
and at 15:22 Don Matheson turned on the jets
and skated in alone on Terry, beating the
Clinton goalie on a deke.
Just as Clinton was catching a breath
following Matheson's goal, Chris Wentworth
scored a powerplay goal on a scramble in
front of Terry. The goals were 18 seconds
apart.
Brad Armstrong continued his scoring
streak as his slapshot beat Mundle between
the pads at 15:45. The addition of digger
Tom Smith to the Brad and Dean Armstrong
line was a good one and has made that unit
the strongest for Clinton.
Port Elgin outshot Clinton 22-11 in the
period and walked into the dressing room
holding a 6-2 lead.
Clinton seemed to have caught a second
wind coming into the third period as they
scored twice to close the gap. At 7:45 the
Tom Smith, Brad and Dean Armstrong line
connected on the powerplay with Smith
slamming home a rebound.
One minute and 16 seconds later, Darryl
Madge scored on a set up from Brad
Armstrong and Tony Gibbings. Madge's
blast beat Mundle to the corner.
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Port Erin bounced back at 10:12 when
Clinton was caught on a line change. Darren
Mislebrook and Lush raced in on a two -on -
none breakaway with Mislebrook making no
mistake on the golden opportunity.
At 12:42 the Bears collected their fifth
powerplay goal of the night after goaltender
Terry took a slashi,g penalty. Mislebrook
was the marksman again assisted by Doug
Bartell and Matheson.
With little or no stamina left the Clinton
checking became non-existent in the last
half of the period. At 13:38, Jacques added
his second of the game as he cruised in from
his point position and blasted a slapshot low
to the stickhand side of Terry.
Mark Rowe scored the Mustang's fifth
goal at 14:14 when his slapshot from outside
the Bear's blueline handcuffed Mundle high
to the glove -hand side. Shawn Rehbek and
Tom Smith picked up assists on the play.
Mislebrook scored his third goal of the
night with 45 seconds remaining in the
game. At that point most of the Clinton
players had given up and Mislebrook was
allowed to skate in untouched.
The final shots on goal were 54-32 in favor
of Port Elgin.
Mustang Trainer Bryan Marriage said the
lack of manpower and the Port Elgin
powerplay was definitely the difference in
the game.
Referee Robson handed Clinton 26 of the
40 minutes in minor penalties.
Wingham 9 Clinton 5
Coach Zimmer summed up the Mustang's
Friday night performance by saying, •`tve
don't appear to be a Friday night hockey
club."
He blamed the forwards for four goals
that the Ironmen scored, noting, "They're
(forwards) not picking up their checks."
As has been the case in most of the games
this season, the opposition scored first on
Clinton. At 15:45 Steve Nicholson grabbed a
rebound and jammed it past Jim Terry.
Terry made the first save but the rebound
hopped out to Nicholson before the defense
could clear the puck.
Wingham made it 2-0 on a powerplay at
13:17 when Captain Kevin Coultes snapped a
shot along the ice that beat Terry to the
corner. Clinton was actually two men short
on the play as Brad Armstrong had broke
his stick.
Two minutes later Sean Van Dongen got
the Mustangs in motion when he connected
on a powerplay. Jeff LeBeau engineered the
play by setting up Van Dongen alone in the
slot. In one motion Van Dongen backhanded
a shot over the shoulder of Ron Schistad.
The Ironmen capitalized on another
powerplay opportunity at 7:55 on a trailer
play. Jim LeGrand led the rush up ice and
passed off to Coultes who made a break for
the net. As Terry was going down to stop
Coultes' shot he passed the puck over to
Rick Schistel, who came into the play late.
Schiestel scored easily beating Terry, who
had little chance on the play. '
Mustang Tom Smith came close near the
end of the period when he broke for a loose
puck at the Wingham blueline. The
Wingham goalie won the race to the puck
but in an attempt to clear it, hit Smith. The
puck dribbled toward the net but didn't have
enough momentum to go in.
Clinton outshot Wingham 10-8 in the period
and with any luck would have come out with
the lead. Ironmen goalie Schistad looked
shaky on the majority of shots he faced.
The Story of the second and third periods
was the play of Troy Pocaluyko, Rick
Scrimgeour and Rick Schiestel. The
Wingham trio figured in five of the Iron -
men's last six goals.
In the first minute of the period,
Pocaluyko scooped up a loose puck that was
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slammed the puck past a surprised Terry,
who flopped to his knees in vain as the puck
scooted under his pads.
Five seconds later Van Dongen kept
Clinton in the game when he picked off an
Ironmen pass at centre ice and drilled a shot
from the blueline that whistled into the top
corner, over the glove of Schistad.
Clinton was unable to clear a rebound at
15:42 and it resulted in Scrimgeour flipping
the puck over Terry for Wingham's fifth
goal.
Brent Daw was carried off the ice on a
stretcher with 10 minutes left in the period
after he got a skate in the back of the leg. X-
rays showed that Daw had torn muscles.
Play in the second period can be summed
up as scrambly with a lot of poor checking
and almost no hitting.
Clinton opened up the third period with a
two-man advantage and capitalized when
Wayne Smith cruised through the slot and
backhanded the puck through the pads of
Schistad. Smith was set up by Randy
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Pete Goodall put Wingham up by three at
13:51 when he pounced on a rebound and
unloaded a blistering slapshot over the
shoulder of Terry. The goal came after a
flurry around the Clinton net which saw
Pocaluyko and Nicholson each take a shot
on goal.
There were no defensemen to be seen on
Wingham's next goal as Pocaluyko set up
Craig Anderson alone in front of the net.
Anderson then shot the puck between
Terry's pads to make it 7-3 for the Ironmen.
Van Dongen scored his third goal of the
game at 8:40 when he slapped home a loose
puck at the edge of the crease. Schistad had
lost sight of the puck after he went down to
stop a knuckle ball that was shot from the
blueline.
With under five minutes to play, Schiestel
scored his second of the game as Wingham
had three players alone on Terry. It was a
case of being out -numbered as the Clinton
goalie dove for the puck but Schiestel flipped
it over him.
Dean Armstrong took a pass from cousin
Brad at the 2:17 mark and snapped a shot
into the corner for Clinton's fifth and final
goal of the game.
Doug Craig scored on a powerplay with 15
seconds remaining in the game when he
batted in a rebound over a dazed Terry.
Following the game, Coach Zimmer said
his team made a much better showing than
in the Oct. 16 20-2 loss to Wingham.
"You can't correct mistakes with 16 -year
olds over night. One practise a week just
isn't enough," he said.
Zimmer explained that he sees marked
improvement in all but three players but he
wouldn't name the players.
"Maybe our expectations of the three
players were too high. Maybe we should
expect less," he said.
Kinucks come to town
This Friday evening the high flying
Kincardine Kinucks come to Clinton to face
the Mustangs. Kincardine is currently in
first place. On Sunday afternoon Clinton
travels to Walkerton and the loser will oc-
cupy the league basement.
50-50 winner
Jean Jewitt won the Junior C 50-50 draw.
Last weekend the Clinton Mustangs dropped two more hockey games. On Friday night
the Wingham Ironmen squashed the Mustangs 9-5 and on Sunday afternoon they were
bombed 10-5 by
the Port Elgin Bears. Picturedis an unidentified Ironmen who is about to
take flight. ( Rod Hilts photo)
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