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ia HERALD February IS 1DT Kudrasovs two goals lead Raiders to win Kudrasoii scored two oak and added on issist to lead the Georgetown Raiders to a victory the third at Alcolt Arena on Friday night The Athletics controlled the first but the Haiders took for the remainder of t in thai first period the had r scoring chances than the but missed the net complete on man of them When did hit the net Mano as there to make the stops for the Raid Mike opened the evening s scoring for the with Bob serving a MacDomld hid little chance on the screened drive from the Doug Tate tied it up for Georgetown when hi slammed in a loose puck in front the Athletic net set up the play with a lot of diligent work behind the Athletic net The visitors took the lead again before the period was over They broke out of their own zone and Rub Brown rapped home his own rebound The Raiders came out in the period owned it Good Bill limited them to Kudrasovs tied the game at the mark when his weak shot caught Cheropita off guard Tale and Bob Fother earned assist- on the pla With less thin two minutes ntng in the period Tom put the Haiders ahead or the first time in the game Hast from the slot hand cuffed Thorold The final period was the most offers of the night The Athletics 10 shots on net but could not gel one who was able after the first period The Raiders fired 16 shots at managed to it him once red his second goal at the mark with and Bob earning assists both put on excellent displays was especially excellent in the sec Intermediate A top scorers After 24 games of the A Intermediate A schedule the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders Tom Daley has a two point lend in the league s scoring parade Twoolher Raiders Raj Kudrasovs arc also among the tongue s top scorers The Port Colbornc Sailors have three players in he top and Fort Eric Mavericks and Merchants have two each to round out the top scorers f- P Tom Daley PC Tim Mate PC Jurl Kudrasovs 25 Kevin Cornforui 18 38 Dan Blair 18 16 JoeMcKcnna 17 Gary Hill 12 MlkcSouciC PC 14 2t goal gives Raiders win Bob scored Just over two minutes Into overtime to give the George town Chrysler Raiders a 43 win over the Fort Erie ricks last Tuesday Gregg Hooper made one of his Infrequent starts in the Raider net and he performed admirably He had shots to handJe compared to for lhe Mavericks Myles The Mavericks arc having lineup problems as they only had 11 skaters and their two goal tenders dressed for the game Brad and Colin Gordon were not dressed for the Raiders The first period was very defensive with the Maverick Bob Manna being the only marksman The Raiders tied the score less than minute into the second period Steve tallied from Bill and Ray Evans gave the Raiders the lead 3 the period with John Boyce and earning assists Terry tied up the coolest less than halfway through period Jim Ives then tallied later In the period to give the Mavericks the lead again Tale scored his second goal with less than a minute to play up Currie and set up the goal The third period went score less Hooper was at his best In frame as he blocked 13 drives The Raiders managed lo get only four shots hen Fired the winner with Juri making an excellent play to set up the goal Yugoslavs need win to have 33 record The Yugoslavian national team will need a win In Georgetown tonight to draw even in their lour So far they have lost three while winning only twice They won against Quebec to open the tour and the Itocklund 1976 Ail Stars Their losses came against Mines Pembroke and lo the entity of SI Lawrence by same score Georgetown was actually supposed to be the seventh stop on the Yugoslavians tour but the University of Western dropped out tcly wo weeks ago Jean Marc who Is Of the lour said Western could not come up with the guaranteed sum of money so they had to drop out Apparently the Yugoslavs were outplayed in their win against Rockland but they gat spectacular to carry them to the victory Against lhe Tclr Two Junior Continued on Page onti period is hi robbed froth twice when the Ruder sharpshooter was In Hill pi his best ami reluming to the Raider The defense man has been getting and better with each passing game and Thorold he Sports beat is a tower of strength He broke up many rushes by the Athletics also carried the puck out of his zone on many Kudrasovs has been t consistent Raider attack recent and he too at his best against Thor Itmiicii The Georgetown Chrysler Ranters will be the most mature to oppose the Yugoslavian Teim so tour The Raider have a very seasoned team with only one player Bob still of Junior age- Manyoflhellaidcrslars veterans The defense will be anchored Bill Neil Colli and all veteran performers Currie and are both hard hitters who will certainly give the Yugoslavians jolts lhan they have received from the members of the Junior clubs and university teams Brad and tarry Peterson round out the solid defensive corps All three of the Raider also have experience Ray Evans led lhe league in scoring last year and Juri Kudrasovs and Colin Gordon have both played pro hockey By the sounds of it the Yugoslavians have a very fast team and have to be tin two fastest players on the Georgetown squad so it should be wide open hockey when those two players are on the ice They play on line with Doug Tate who is oho an excellent J ins and his Uncinates Tom Daley and Steve ire not as fast as the trio but they are the Raiders most productive line They complement one another perfectly and do not make many mistakes All three are also excellent goal scorers who do not miss on good chances The Haiders third lint is composed of Colin Cordon Art Webster and Tom Gilbert Gordon Is new to the lineup Joined the club about a month ago and his talent so far untapped He seems to have all the tools end can undoubtedly be a superstar in the league Webster Is a hard rock type who will keep the Yugoslavs off balance in their own zone Gilbert Is a good skater and shooter who could eventually be the scorer on lhe line Expect this trio to show well against the Yugoslavs In net the Haiders have Mario MacDonald and Gregg Hooper Expect MacDonald to start In net He had his only real bad game of the season in the other night He has to be considered the lop goalie In the league In conclusion the Raiders have a very sold lineup and by all reports they arc up for the game tonight The Georgetown Gemini have much In common with the Toronto Maple Leafs Both teams have had a tendency blow big leads in the final minutes and seconds of hockey games Both loams also have number who lead iheir respective teams attacks Dfliryl Sillier for the Leafs and Doug Barnes for the Gems Both teams have very gooddlmunillvcgoollenders Mike for the Leafs and Brad Miller for the Gems Another forgotten fact Is thai both the Leafs and the Gems have been lough in the playoffs the last two years The Gems made good showing In both their playoff matches and Leafs hove taken the Philadelphia Flyers to the limit lhe last two However the hockey also have vast differences The major difference certainly as for as Gem management is concerned Is thai the Leafs play in front of full house every lime out white the Gems have trouble drawing enough people to hold a good tournament The Alcotl Arena Is bo sparse during Gem games coach Ron Dixon can hear popcorn being made In the concession stand from behind the player s bench Many people have told me they do not go Gem games because they think thai they arc loo violent They refer the Raider games where a fight is as likely to as a Raider loss However since I been attending Gem games I cannot say that there has been excessive violence Sure there have been fights and plenty of them But can hockey fights really be considered violence excessive violence The players on Gem rosier ore teenagers who are emotional and who in some cases still have chance to go somewhere In hockey They are playing the game to win and also showcase their talents I think the Gems play an entertaining brand of hockey and should receive more support from the people of Georgetown Forget the loo much violence In Junior B hockey tag It exaggerated The playoffs will start In George town later this week The Gems will be playing the S tree Derby a team composed of big boys who like to Intimidate their opponents The best hockey game I have seen in Georgetown so far In my four months here was between IhcGems and It ended In a tie and here were four fights However here was not an excessive amount of violence It was Just good old hockey with he players on both sides giving It their all New Brunswick hockey a professional sport Mshcr freelance Journnllit In New Brunswick who covert the Intermediate hockey In thai extent Ively In this special report to The Herald examine pro feu I on tit m of the Intermediate Hockey In New Bruniulck New will host the Hardy Cup tits year and the Georgetown Chrysler Rat who rtprettnted Ontario In the eastern finals lost year may he competing or lhe lltle again this ivern talk and coffee shop where New Brunswick sportsmen gather this year Is not a debate about whether Guy Lafleur or Bryan Trottler will win the National Hockey League scoring Nor does it concern whether Montreal can gel through mother regularseason with less than losses It concerns a topic right in their own backyard sal paid to players In the pro vince hockey It makes for interesting banter as the wh spiring will ie give their impressions on whithtj think the highest paid pi icr is it accepted that Gallant fresh out of the World Hockey Association w here he played for our years and this surprisingly a ereedtoplay for his hometown team the ihtdlaC Capitals is the bet looked The though goes bey the casual fin I general niana tir of the Saint John Warriors recently charged There is with that Is being paid a week to play hockey whose have tie lueditig with the club all season would last seven years but It been until the last three or four years hat there has been a big importation of players to teams for this purpose For Instance the first New Brunswick team to win the Hardy Cup were lhe Alpines In and they did It completely with local players The following year the Tigers took all the marbles wilh only an import and Saint John won in 1973 with comp lete local team But by lhe lime Moncton wenl all the way in plenty of imports were on the scene lhe Tigers of last year Canadian Amateur Hockey Association rules or late teams actually encourage imports An intermediate team can have four branch branch transfer on their roster for a given season and players who have trans the first year dered imports the following season if they are still In the same province they pi ill the previous year Rev Father Paul who Is coach of the Frederic on Chevies one of the ew teams thai charged with paying players and has the worst record of the province s nine Intermediate learns feels that ultimately Imports will be the ruination of hockey at the intermediate A level In the long run if the importing of players continues I foresee the end of our inter mediate leagues This import thing is just a short term endeavor I m sure on the part of some and eventually these teams with big payrolls will be gone but so will the teams thnt don pay because they will find It too difficult to compete he slid The is perhaps prime example of what is getting it The Cipitals came into just last year and that Ic bust the money from local merchants to operate the team it common knowledge lhat weollhy businessman Gagnon bank rolls the team The Capitals have local players on their roster and or each game airlifts a play over miles from another community In the in the playoffs they plan to fly in two or three players from the Montreal area How long Gagnon will continue to pour money into his team Is a question that has been asked many times but he has made it clear thai the Cup is bis aim Tigers reprc sent the other extreme The Tigers who from all indlca lions don have near as heavy payroll as the Capitals arc into their continuous sea sin of operation and according to their general manager Francois do not have any problems More than half the team Is made up of The team is mmunity owned with a hard working and active executive const sing money The biggest endeavor being a five- day beer garden In the turn which reportedly nets close to annually Most of the other Inlermed late teams accused of paying players function In the same manner but without the a live beer garden The province has Iwo Inter mediate leagues one In the South and one In the North with an Interlocking schedule between the two and are the teams to beat in their respective leagues both having already clinched regular sea son pennants and awaiting the playoffs where they are odds on favorite to meet or the title again Although the Tigers won the Hardy Cup last year is a Blight favorite for provln honors this season largely on the basis that they ted CampbeUton twice this year in interlocking play The scores were 1 and The provincial champion will Join host as the teams in the Eastern Canada Hardy Cup April it the AHken Centre According to Hockey Commissioner Pierre thij may well be the last year lhat intermediate hockey will be known here in its present orm as he too is concerned with the trend World Champion squash player will perform at open house ill nit would lo have been The of lhe ic learn in question Is John Gallant and he shrugs off such suggestions We pay our players expenses for gam that all he said illaiit refused to disclose what ihi expenses for players ire and most claim Hit of the Shediae teim is well looked after In illy But M Gallant is by no me ins unique A number of other tcims in the are also guilty of paying their player Georgetown Raiders got glimpse of whit its like In New Brunswick list when faced Tigers in Canada Inlermed late A in 1 1 at Campbell on There were all kinds of com minis reaching the of Raiders is lo what kind of Tiger plajers were git I the ting ltd l den thai w is not possible for them do the thing because man good players that we might have in our area are playing senior hockey in Ontario The lure of course la the Hardy Cup emblematic of Canadian Intermediate hockey supremacy The trophy has been won by teams five limes In the The Georgetown will hold an open house this coming Saturday February IB and Heather Ihi squash player will be the Tea lured performer for the evening segment of the There will free admission to the afternoon segment or both children and adults Into the nine acre club located at Armstrong Avenue In Georgetown There will an open house at which the facilities the club offers and the game of squash will be introduced lo lhe public There will also be a fun fitness test for all ages two quarter final matches under years division of the On Inrio Junior Squash Cham a display of the club proposed expansion cross country skiing and light refreshments the evening segment which Is Just or a lulls there will bo a admission prlci Mrs McKay who Is the most successful competitor In all of squash will play two exhibition matches during the evening first she will go against Boyd and both of Georgetown latcr on she will ploy her husband McKay The squash champion is a native Australian who moved to Toronto In 1B75 She Is an amazing athlete who has lost only two matches In her entire career Those losses came in and 1962 That a right folks she t lost In years Chris Everett would even be envious of that record She her husband arc the proftsstonals at the Toronto Squash Club evening events will culminate with another display of the clubs proposed expansion and a social and bar at the lounge The Giorgetown racquet club is a nonprofit facility owned on i share basis by its members Last fall the members agreed In principal lo expand the facilities to In elude two inter national squash courts one to Include a spectator galleryl a women change and locker room and more lounge and activity space Final approval of the ixpanslon is expected soon and the construction is expected lo begin in the summer The club is hoping to add to Its membership and plications will be Judged on a first come first serve basis Club members will be on hand to explain financial and other details of the proposed family memberships Harrison is recognized for 50 years in hockey the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders the com paid tribute to a m in who has been on the seine in this for approxi mutely 50 years If you goto in Haider ami or practice you will be sure the same fice Jnck Ham has not missed i Haider Rime or practice this at the Heritage Hockey Dinner Harrison wus acknowledged for his work with the Haiders For most of his years he has served as a Raider trainer This year he Is helping out Reg who Is the head Raider trainer Willnm pub lisher of The Hills Herald presented Harrison with a photograph The photo- of Harrison which Is inches by inches will hang at Gordon Memorial Danny Commy trainer Boston Bruins and also the head of all National Hockey league trainers also present Harrison with a present on behalf of his association Apparently the Raiders plan to give special presentations to other people like the one to Harrison at future Hockey Heritage Dinners Is people like Jack Harrison who have made hockey the success It is In Georgetown Province wide entries in bantam tournament Major Bantams Win Series Opener 42 The Stationery Major Bantams won their opener here against Owen Sound with a convincing victory Mark Shearer opened the scaring an unassisted goal at the 19 mark of the first period Dave and Bab Dean made It with an unassisted goal each during the second period Lance Douce I ended the sco ring for Georgetown on a slick pass from Brad McMeekin the mark of the third Georgetown played good solid basic hockey and Keith Ledger was consistent bet ween the posts when he was needed The team will play their second gome of the three out of Ive series In Sound Feb Their next home game will be at the new arena Feb IP p Hal Ion Hills biggest annul sporting event will shortly be taking place in Georgetown and with the support of local residents it is bound to be another great success The International Ban Hockey Tournament gets under iy on Saturday March IB and continues through to and Including Saturday March except for Sunday March All preliminary games will lake place at the Georgetown Memorial Arena and he fl nals on March will be played at the Gordon Arena Play starts a m and continues until about to p dally This ye tourmment has so far attracted 1H ions for the 44 available pin cos and among those accepted are all last years winners Belleville Burlington manvllle friends from Copper Cliff London Peter borough Riverside Port Col borne Lindsay and Delhi will again be participating The international flavour is added by teams from the Stales such as Michigan Stars Royal Oak and Paddock Pools From the local area Brampton Milton Acton of course George town will all be well repre sented Among some of the new comers will be teams from Sudbury St Thomss Sturgeon Falls Borden and Mln Preparations for this year tournament started early last Fall and the organisational pace has been picking up since tha lime The Georgetown Referees Assoclatiqn under the very capable leadership of Jerry Perkins are gearing Ihcms elves for heavy duty Catering for the hungry hordes will be well supervised by Jessie Hayes and finding bit lets for our hockey guests Is the task of plcanor Help Is still needed in our catering department new billets are always In demand If you can offer your services in either of these areas please contact the supervisors or the writer For the time In the Continued on Page Turner suspended in 41 Gem loss The Georgetown Gemini dropped a decision to lhe Beehives In Dixie on Thurs day One Georgetown fan who ventured to the game said it was horrible contest Both teams were awful the Tan said The game meant nothing either club Dixie was assured of a second place showing lho Gems had sixth spot wrap ped up The Gems did suffer a blow aside from the loss of the gome when talented forward Tim Turner received a game misconduct after arguing lo vigorously with one of the linesmen and lhe referee The game misconduct car an automatic suspension The tint of the suspension was served on Saturday when the Gems host the Milton Flyers It was however the Gems last game of the regular season There fore the second game would have to be served during playoffs which began last night Gem general manager Bob Tost said team has the option of buying back the suspension Of course Tost will lakeodvantageof situation by paying the It would cost to have the second game of the suspension bought back Turner who has been of Gem sparkplugs In the lineup against the Streets Is worth every cent of lho Dixie scored two goals in each of lhe second and third periods to take the victory Their scorers were Stove with two Mark Palmer Dave The lone Gem goal came on a power play In the second Janet Shepherd IrK and Leslie practice tor the pun period South tallied from Paul Allison and Doug Barnes Is being hosted for the first time by the Figure Oik