The Acton Press Wednesday fate and from world of sport By Demi Gibbons Last night 76 Tanner loss to EJmira Polar Kings was lie fifth one goal defeat for Acton on home ice this season Previous included a overtime loss to the same Polar Kings and and 3 defeats at the hands of Cheltenham Durham and Fergus respectively Transfer the five games into the Tanner win column and their record becomes a very respectable 109 instead of a dismal 5 However close only counts in horseshoes and Tanners may have to carry a few if they stay in sixth place and face either Lucan Jets or Durham Huskies in the first round of the playoffs Industrial league scoring leader Ed shoed cm how it was done bagging three goals in last nights nip and tuck lussle Ed toils for Blow Press in tho A and currently holds an eight point lead in the scoring race on the strength of goals and assists in 14 games has been a valuable addition to the Tanner lineup Central Intermediate statistics show thai eight former St Marys junior players have accounted for more than half of league leading Jets scoring point total of 4S7 Jack Nairn Jacques Dusty Aid is Doug Galloway Barry Rick Bradford tarry and Ron Cauduro have compiled scoring points Its OWHA playoff lune again and Acton Kent novices and Acton Lions juveniles will cany the local colors in to first round playoff series this weekend take on Ancastcr in the first game of a best of three series Saturday at I Last year in the D series playoffs whipped and before bowing out to Lions travel to Fergus for the opener of a best of five series Sunday Fergus finished first in the five team Wellington Waterloo league that includes Orangevillc and St George Congratulations are in order for coach Barry Inscoe manager Don Van Fleet and the Acton Men pee wee pucksters after their fine showing at the Delhi pee wee tournament Pee wees who will meet the winner of the FergusElmira series in the first round of the 0 HA will also compete in in Coder i and Oshawa later in the season The Ontario La cross Association accepted Actons entry of a junior team at their annual convention in Toronto Saturday Other junior entiles accepted include Ajax Windsor Scar bo Port Elgin and Midland Acton will likely be classified junior Last year juvenile coach Howard Dwyer who represented Acton at the convention also reports that Merv Marshall was voted rookie of the year and outstanding goalie the LA Senior league Men started for the Mann Cup champion Brooklin last summer after playing one year with the professional Detroit Olympics Enrico Caruso of Georgetown was reelected president of the OLA Rocket Rick scoring champ Ricky Holmes slick centre and captain of Acton Kent novices was officially declared Titcounty novice scoring champion by league secietary Herb Robinson this week Ricky netted 37 goals and chalked up seven assists in Kent game schedule He finished with four point edge over Slreeiswlle Marc Sinclair who collected goals and assists This is the first time in the memory of local minor hockey officials that an Acton player has won a league scoring championship Ricky and his teammates will be in action at the community centre Saturday afternoon at 1 when they host An caster in the first game of a best of three series in the first round of the HA novice playoffs c a hi Tri county scoring statistics RICKY HOLMES ACTON Marc Street mile Todd tnouye OakviUe Eik Ellison Milton l Mitlon Steve Frock II K Burlington liS Bnmptou 10 StreetniDe 11 Doug Banner in Peter Burlington 14 Polar Kings pull out win in seesaw tilt Polar Kings overcame first period deficit and a goal tut trick by Ld to nose out the Twiners in secsaw intcriiiedutc brittle here last night Jan and Kevin Hall scored first period goals to give Tanners a Polar Kings battled 1ml k to hosts In the second funic and send iIil game into the period ill lied up a4t Join Hansen Liil Miller and Ron Lull potted Polar King lurry Phillips and replied lor Hansen second of the game it I 1 of the final si and Glen Re ids tilly at 3 gave goal A rash of penalties lei l the visitors short handed I took advantage of the situation to his hat trick knot count Harold Townsley Jan Rrddall up goal and Ken daw an assist on his 10 Joe Grundy heat Bruce Thorn on high to the corner for thr winning 1312 Coach Run Bowman pulled with minute to go in game hut runners I able to lie the score Besides hut trick Jim and Kevin Hall tallied two aunts cadi for Harry I fillip stored McDonald Ken Harold Towniley all picked Bill nude Ins first start in a Tanner uniform filling In for Brian McDuffc on defence Tanners host Durham night at and lake on flyers in an important conk si here Monday nigh at the same time Hi Period A 2D A Hall 1Q 2nd Period Human Miller McCarthy tat E E Pie Read A McDonald E Mill Miliar A Hell 19 3rd Period EHaneen 1 E Heed Oeuldy 10 Miller OHA Int stats L Pi did ACTON MEN PEEWEE team captain Steve Brunellc clutches trophy ha and his earned as runners up in Delhi hockey tournament on weekend Acton beat Paris and beforo bowing to Milton in the finals Assistant captains John Ashley left and John Hansen centre and Van Fleet right played important roles In tho team success Staff Photo Peewees runnersup in Delhi tourney Pag Acton s Men peewces brought the town honors on the weekend by reaching the finals of the Delhi Centennial tournament The Aclon lads dumped Paris 5 3 Friday night and bested Saturday before dropping a 3 squeaker to their old Tncounty rivals Milton in the tourney finals Sunday afternoon Following the final game Acton captain Steve accepted the Leitch Gair Insurance trophy which is presented annually to the tournament runners up Previous winners of the trophy include Saltflect and Paris All players received crests as well The locals outhustled and out shot last years runners up Pans to register their 5 3 win Friday night John Hansen scored he only goal of the first period to put Acton in front 10 Paris lied it up on a deflected shot early in the second period but Gary Bardcn and Jeff Townsley polled goals before the period ended to make the score After Paris had counted their second goal of the game in the third frame Van Fleet got a breakaway and neatly deked the Paris goalie to score Acton fourth goal Pans got one goal back but with less than two minutes remaining in the game they pulled their goalie and John Hansen fired Ins second goal of the game into the empty net to wrap up the win Acton held a 19 13 edge in shots on goal in the contest Four key players Gerald Bardcn Jeff Townsley Steve and Mike were on the sick and injured for Acton second game against Saturday but the remaining players turned in a fine effort chalk up the victory Joe and Byron Timbers filled in admirably for the missing regulars John Hansen gave a 10 lead with the lust shot he tired at the net counted the only goal of the second to send the game into the thud period all veil Russ Van Heel illied the winning yal on a solo ind John Hansen put the cimc out of reach with his second m irker with three minute left Napanee Men 1814 in the game but goalie Robin wis johnny on the spot to stop several scon tit attempts by the easterners Three of the four pi who missed Saturdiys gone were back in the lineup for the final game Sunday but the Millon squad that finished first in the II team this year proved to be a little too strong for the locals Milton led it the end of the first period two frames John Hansen his tilth the Kent lor the s only in the thud period Milton held an 18 10 edge in shot son Teams were ilso entered in the tournament Irani Tillsonburt Delhi and Caledonia Some of the Acton players were billeted It the weekend on tobacco farms were t tours the premise Coach Barry manager Don Vdn Heel and the many Acton fans win attended the were very proud the team s performance The Acton coach rep iris returned home Sunday tired Aeton Robin MikL Steve Joe Kent Jim Hurley John John Ashley John Ha en Allan Gerald Gary John Byron Timbers Van fleet Jeff POLAR KING goalie Frank win over blocks a shot by Harold Townsley as Kovm Hall Huskies Friday waits for the rebound during last night 6 Lions open playoffs Tanners Tanners host Durham at Staff Photo Nielsens notch first win Hellers bomb A goal by Gary Masales from Holmes at of the third period broke a tie and gave Nielsen Clothing their first Acton Industrial hockey league win of the season a 54 thriller over Blow Sunday night In the nightcap of ihe twin bill Heller moved to within one point of the slumping pressmen by bombing Discount Nielsens led 20 after one period of their game but the score was tied going into the ihrxd period Ray also scored twice for Nielsen and Barry Wilson and Grant McCallum netted one apiece Ron Schmidt notched three assists Holmes two and McUum and Alan Hall one each Ed Hillier added four points to his league leading total with a one goal three assist night for the losers Kevin Hall scored once and assisted on two others BUI Coon had a goal and an assist one goal and John Cunningham one ass Ron Schmidt and Ken Mclsaae served minor penalties for Nielsen Holmes Nielsens and lift Nelson of Blow Press sat out majors for lighting The second game was strictly no con I cm The crew fell behind at the end of the first period and traded 1 after two Ron Mellon paced the Heller s attack wah four goals Cluck Milne Gary Taillcfer and Fred contributed a hat trick each Ron Heller scored twice and Dan Arbic and Gary Ritchie added one apiece Milne registered six assists Bill Cook five Ritchie four Mellon Rick and Gary three each Howard two and John one Dave potted both Lakeview goals Wayne Wheeler Stu McDonald and Larry Porte collected assists Porte and Gerry Van Eykcn served penalties for Lakeview while Gary Ritchie was banished once for Heller s An were made week for the series for Acton Kent novices Liuns j will on in the first of the best of three scries here iftcinuon at I Second tunc will be in or next week with the third if necessary to be played the weekend of librinry on the home ice of the icim that wins the Winner the series will advance to the Zone finals itunst the winner it the I New Hamburg Lions will i best of five scries in Sindi iflernooii at J flic will return to Acton for in dock tame Thursdiy lehruary Game is si lied I I 15 time four if in will be phyed in luesdj 10 The is scheduled for Thursday I the arena of the team lint wins the toss of the Winner of the series will into the next round atunst the champion of the nth York t either or Sutton s Men pec wees Firelighter bantams and IJPWA midgets will all await industrial point parade T Bio 10 I 109 10 III LikeYie 1 105 NKlttttt I 12 120 GAP EJ Ron Mellon It SI Chick Marie McDonald Kevin Hill 16 Dave 6 John Cunningham B 16 Gary H 19 32 Guy IS 16 31 A the winner the scries which ire now underway Winners in the I i scries ire he deel ired by 1 Midgets meet Camp Borden Wlnle they iwait the winner of the Lhnir pi cries UP will mpctc in the Midget this Act in s Jgunsi Camp Borden Thursd night at Coach Jim James and manager Bill hope the tournament will keep their chafes slurp foi the upcoming OMI1A Teams arc also entered in the tourney Detroit Brampiin Milton Guclph Burlington and Bake sale at arena Mothers of Actons County novice hockey team will be holding a bake sale in the community centre at Friday Tanner Durham intermediate game and again at the novices playoff opener here Saturday attum I An added attraction of I program will be an exhibition game between two teams lithe Legion atom seven rid eight year olds house league games between Won bantams Aurora and Act peewees ind Dun das will lull iw Saturday novice playoff tame SCORES Georgetown 1 Acton J Cheltenham I Durham A PI Robb L 31 Wcbitei 26 J Nairn 17 Herman D J Tibbili Tanners bow to Huskies Durham Huskies jumped into a first period leid and went on to whip the shorthanded Tanners in Durham Sunday afternoon Tanners dressed only 1 players including goalie Bruce Thorn Lone bright spot for Tanners was the play of Harold Town slcy The veteran marksman scored three of the lour Aeton goilsand set up Jan for the fourth Harry Phillips notched two assists and Kevin Hall Bill MacCormack and Thomason picked up one apiece Nine different players figured in the Campbell Schacfcr Picke Herman Nixon Stephen and Ailkcn all dented the twine Durham Gord Becker turned in his usual steady effort Referee Bill Devorski handed out six minors to each team The win moved Huskies to within two points of first place Lucan Jets The two teams clash in Durham this Sunday Reschedule house league midget game There will be no midget house league game Monday 2 on account of the Tanner game Midgets will play their game Sunday I instead WINTER SPORTS EQUIPMENT for all occasions Sports Corner i we forward THE MLS Wo send his fashion Imaga forward along the best natural shoulder trails As suggested by this sport coat daft tery traditional In mood but shaped to tho body more than Is usual with two button 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