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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, November 4,1992 Dave Hodge Still has The Same Effect on Me Like so many others across the country, growing up as a kid involved being glued to the television every Saturday evening for Hockey Night in Canada. In the early 1970's, the highlight of the evening during the intermission intermission between the first and second period was the Peter Puck cartoon. Originally designed to introduce American viewers to the rules of hockey, hockey, the cartoon was a bigger hit with Canadian kids. Peter Puck captivated audiences in a similar fashion to that of Don Cherry. As time marched on, kids outgrew the cartoon, and became more interested interested in what the players had to say during the belween-the-periods interviews. interviews. None was better at interviewing than Dave Hodge. He came across as the ultimate professional in his approach to the job; He was point-blank with the players, and no subject was untouchable. I recall reading a story on him at one time when he was asked what separated him from the rest. It was his style, he said. Often, players would come into the studio between periods and tell him there were certain certain issues they didn't want to talk about. Fine, he would tell them. Then he would add: "But when I ask you the question, then you look into the camera and tell everyone watching that you don't want to talk about it." Quite often they would speak. He had his run-ins with players, coaches, and management during his tenure with Hockey Night in Canada. Even the Toronto media took their shots, dubbing him Dave "Gee My Hair Hurts" Hodge. The beginning of the end came when he began to butt heads with the late Harold Ballard, who didn't appreciate the negative comments that Hodge would make about his beloved Maple Leafs during the broadcasts. As in many of the cases, old Harold was the victim of accurate reporting. But the end for Hodge came when he took on the shirt and ties at CBC. During one broadcast, when the network refused to show the conclusion conclusion of a playoff game, opting instead to begin its news programming at the regular time, Hodge closed the show by quipping that nothing the network did anymore surprised him. In all likelihood, it probably didn't surprise him when the network fired him. He bounced around the country, doing work for various professional teams on both radio and local television. He finally settled out west, where it was thought that his days in Toronto were at last over. But he resurfaced, and on Monday night, was back on the air hosting a sports joumalisnv show on TSN. Inside Sports is slotted to be a regular feature on the all-sports network, giving viewers an insightful glance at the issues surrounding the day in sports. The years have caught up with Hodge, who looks a lot older than I remembered remembered during his hey-day. That was to be expected. His .no-nonsense approach is still evident in his voice, and yes, there still isn't a hair out of place. It looks painful. Producers of the show couldn't have asked for a better opening, than the announcement made by Magic Johnson of his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. I had looked forward to seeing Hodge on television again, there just aren't enough good sports journalism shows anymore. Take away Up Close with Roy Firestone, and 1430 "The Fan," radio station and anyone interested in listening to any in-depth sports reporting is reduced to a 15 second clip during sports highlights on the 11 o'clock news. There wasn't much more Hodge and the rest at TSN could say about Magic Johnson than had already been said one year earlier when his first retirement was announced. They opened, as all the other shows did, with a retrospective of Johnson's illustrious career. When I awoke, the half-hour show was virtually over. It reminded me of those days back in the early '70's, when at the conclusion conclusion of the first intermission, it was time for ihose of us under the age of 10 to go to bed. Monday night was like a flashback to those early years when, after listening listening to Hodge, it was time to fall asleep. Though now, I can act like all the rest of the dads across the country and fall asleep on the couch. Great Start for All Canadian Juveniles the. players start to get to know each other. . With Sarah Couch supplying standout goaltending, the team started slowly as Woodville forechecked and used their speed to disrupt any Bowmanville Bowmanville offensive threat. Hard work paid off, though, when Derek Anderson Anderson blinked the goal light assisted by Dan Sziich at 7:26 of the first period for a 1-0 first period lead. Woodville continued to work hard during the second period but the home squad managed to up the lead to 3-0 with goals from Jason Rogers and Dan Szuch. The third period was all Bowmanville Bowmanville as they started to move the puck wit authority. Chris Dart was the of-' fensive threat as he scored the hat- trick to make the final score 6-0. Jason Rogers added three assists with Marc Pierce gathering up two. Home games arc at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreation Complex every Sunday Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Central Wolves Only Allow Seven !fll . Goals in Victories Not only have the Central Ontario Wolves 'AAA' major bantams taken the last seven games, they have also only allowed seven goals in the last seven, including two shutouts. At the base of this record are Steve Thomas and Willy VanDenOetelaar, the goaltenders that have been playing top-notch, shutting down every competitor. competitor. Their record started on the road in their second league game of the season. season. They played York Simcoe Express Express in Newmarket on October 3, demolishing demolishing them 4-0. VanDenOetelaar earned the shutout and Chris Duggan wrapped up two goals, while Jason Jackman and Dave Watt netted one apiece. Jason Jackman, James Fagan and Jay Marquis assisted. Whitby was next to be conquered by a score of 3-1. Luke Akey from Matt Morris combined for two goals with Morris and James Fagan helping out Jason Jackman for the third. Shoppers Drug Mart Tykes Celebrate Successful Season The All-Canadian Award juveniles are having a great start to the 1992/93 season. Their record in the Lakeshore League stands at 4-0-1 after a 6-0 win over Woodville on Sunday night at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex. Complex. It's early in the season and the team is starting to round into shape as Goaltender Stops Checker's Variety Blue Jays fever had a strong hold on our team when on Saturday, October October 24, Checker's Variety played The Cutting Post. Even though we lost by a score of 5-0, it didn't dampen the spirits of the team players who rallied time after time, but just couldn't manage to get a shot by The Cutting Post goalie. Our goalie, Ryan McRoberts, did a superb job of stopping more than 20 shots on goal. The Wolves ate the Petes alive when they played Peterborough on October 14, and won 5-2. Goals came from Chris Duggan, Jay Marquis, Matt Morris, Dave Watt and Martin Fairfield. Assisting were Jason Jack- man, Martin Fairfield, Peter Schoep, Aaron Finn, Brad Lewis and Jamie Ryan. Three days later, on home ice in the Darlington Sports Centre, the Wolves repeated a 5-2 score when they sent the Quinte Devils home defeated. defeated. Brad Lewis netted two goals, with help from Adam Musson, Luke Akey and Jay Marquis. Jay Marquis also netted the first goal with help from Peter Schoep. Dave Watt scored the second, assisted by James Fagan. Then, T.J. Lee scored, unassisted, between between Lewis' double action to wrap up the game. Peterborough attempted to get revenge revenge on the Wolves on October 18, but were denied. The final scored was 4-1 with Brad Lewis, Jay Marquis, James Fagan and Aaron Finn rounding rounding out the scoring.' Assists were made by Jason Jackman, Dave Watt, Andrew Andrew Ferguson and Matt Morris. Steve Thomas earned his shutout on October 24 at Darlington against Kingston, the only team to previously beat the Wolves in league action. The Wolves played tight defence and Dave Watt, Chris Duggan and James Fagan raked in the goals with Fagan also assisting assisting along with Jason Jackman and Adam Musson. Finally, on October 26, against Oshawa at the Donevan Sports Coni-^ plex, the Wolves dominated, winning 4-1. James Fagan played an outstanding outstanding game with two goals and an assist, while Jason Jackman scored the other pair. Dave Watt and Peter Schoep help set up the plays. With the exception of their only loss to Kingston, the Central Ontario Wolves have been tearing up every ice surface from Newmarket to Peterborough. Peterborough. They have a well-rounded team with excellent goaitending. If you would like to see some high calibre, fast-paced hockey, you can catch the Wolves at Darlington on November November 14 at 8:00 p.m. against Kingston, Kingston, and. in Newcastle Arena on November November 18 against Oshawa at 8:00 p.m. On Sunday, October 18, the Shoppers Drug Mart tyke baseball team got together at the King St Bar and Grill for a great pizza party and to celebrate their first place 18-1 record, and 'A' division championship championship title they won in the year-end tournament. They won the finals 6-2 over M&M Meats. Winning team members include, not in order of above photo: Matt Miller, Steve Hatfield, Trevor Cowan, Kris Horton, Paul Sparks, Christian Churchill, Ben McCaffery, Conor Gilhooly, Chris McDaniel, Nate Burke, Geoff Vaughan, Jesse Cole, Michael Kougias, Elliott Dionne, Dan Cole (coach), Michael Gil- hooly (coach), Jim McCaffery (asst, coach). Pizza Pizza Takes On Carnation Atoms by Myno Van Dyke On Saturday, October 31, Pizza Pizza atoms suited up against the Carnation Carnation team. Pizza Pizza scored early in the first period when Jeff Lee set up Ron Klo- sinski in front of the net. Ron made a good stab at the puck and then Patrick O'Halloran finally drove it in. Great Start for Novice Selects Off to a great start, the Newcastle Village novice selects, after only two practices, won their first game on November November 1,7-2 against the Oshawa Red Wings. Matt Fuller led the way with three goals and one assist. Fuller's right- hand-man, Joshua Rutledge, scored one and assisted three times. Outstanding goaltending was displayed displayed by Tyler McLean. Other goals and assists were by Adam Tollett (lg, 2a), Joey Castellano Castellano (lg), John Kelly (lg), John Stafford Stafford (2a), Adam McLean (la). Newcastle Village novice selects are sponsored by Family Trust Realtor' and Sit 'N' Sip ctiffee and dontits.-• Vf '• '■■■•• ■ ' U-orq vi.■■■ 1 ■;oijj no rfrs-l Triple F Bowling Dirk VanAbbema 22, Melle Roze- ma 17, Andy Bonsma 17, Peter Flonk 15, Bill Vroom 15, Piet Glasbergen 13, Ron Bonsma 12, Don VanderMeer 12, Bill Van Dyk 12, Nel VanAbbema 11, Sebold Wesselius 8, Minnie Kaldeway 8 High single ladies - Nel VanAbbema VanAbbema 287 High single men ~ Gordon DeJag- er318 High triple ladies -- Nel VanAbbema VanAbbema 691 High triple men - Geoff Sikma 692 Carnation came back to tie the game and jumped ahead by two goals in the first period. In the second, Jamie Parry put Jason Jason Bakker in the clear and Jason made a perfect shot into the net to move to within one goal of Carnation. David Corcoran then took a pass from Kevin Legge and scored from in front to tie the game. Carnation then took the lead and added two more insurance markers. The Pizza team just couldn't score in the third, but put out a strong effort just the same. Final score: Carnation 6, Pizza Pizza 3. High School Hockey St. Stephen's Ready For Battle with Clarke by Brad Kelly The biggest sports rivalry in the Town of Newcastle will be renewed renewed on Thursday afternoon. . For the second time this season, the St. Stephen's Royals and the Clarke High School Raiders will renew renew hostilities in a South Kawartha Hockey League game in Orono. In their only previous meeting this year, the teams were unable to settle the question of which school has the best hockey team. They left that open for debate by skating to a 2-2 tie. "It was an action-packed game because of the rivalry between the two schools," said St. Stephen's coach, Father Bill Moloney. "We both seemed to have balanced teams." It is the only blemish on what is otherwise a perfect record for St. Stephen's thus far. In four outings, they remain undefeated with a 3-0- 1 mark. They opened the season with an easy win over St. Mary's of Co- bourg, and followed with a 7-1 pounding of Cartwright, and a 3-1 win over the defending league champions from Port Hope. The win over Port Hope exacted a little bit of revenge for St. Stephen's Stephen's players, who were beaten ir last year's finals by Port Hope. But the closeness of the scores between St. Stephen's, Clarke and Port Hope indicates that the league is up for grabs this year. "I think the league is a strong one this year," said Moloney. "Everyone seems to be on the same level. There isn't a real clear- cut favourite." Tomorrow's game with Clarke will set the tone for the much- anticipated game on November 26. Both schools are hoping to let the student body out of class to attend the game. It has . become a ritual for both schools the last couple of years. But neither team can afford to look that far ahead. Tomorrow's game is an important one for both clubs. "I'm looking for an intense game because there is a lot of school pride on the line," predicted predicted Moloney. "I say the winner will win by one goal, and that will be us," he added with a laugh. Game time is 2:00 p.m. 'TIRED" OF OVER-INFLATED TIRE PRICES?? 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