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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 4, 1979, p. 26

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THE HERALD Wednesday July mi Exciting game ends in deadlock In one Ihe most exciting games of Hit year the Georgetown senior hockey team lied their visitors from Sweden In a game played at Arena t riday night The game featured all the excitement of the George town Raiders international games against Yugoslavia and Austria The missing ingredient was the electricity added by 1 fans There were only at the arena Friday night The fans who did make It out saw a icry hard fnughl battle between the two teams with the outcome in doubt until the buzzer ran TOP PLAY- It They ilso one of the young players in Sweden his best Stefan treated the In great show Sweden although they nit full tench almost with two lines with occasionally le shifted is over Swedish cinch Telterimn slid go win every game RYDERS TV TOSHIBA I QUASAR Alt more Serving Georgetown MOORE PARK PLAZA and we approached this one no differently Georgetown coach Nell Cotton used his whole lineup or the first two periods and went with two lines in the third Georgetown came out fly in the first period and had several chances to open the scoring Larssosn made two great glove saves in the early going to keep Georgetown off the A I though Georgetown had the belter scoring chances the game play was fairly even the first half of the first period Sweden got on the board first when Stolen beat Georgetown Bennic Beckett Persson and 1isenbiesserset up With just less than two minutes remaining in the fist period went up with Stefan Person scoring his first of the night from Per and Goran Eriksson I- It did not take Georgetown much of the second period to gel back to within one goal seconds gone Bob Dean put them on the board on a play slI up by Dive went up by two again just over two minutes later got his second from Stefan son and Goran Friksson Georgetown tied the before the second period was over Mark Hamilton scored the second Georgetown goal Tom Simpson the tallied by from John Thorpe and Bill Wheeler Throughout tie first two minutes of play a standout for Georgetown was Fish Chips or our Chinese Cuisine IIOUKS Mi lulu InTllllrsrtjv Hi i m tulip I nil Asnunh iin pi IJnniijIiiHpm Telephone 8512060 PASS MOM GAS STATIONS YOU SAVE AT WILL BE YOUR OWN AT MOTORS WE CARE BAZ MOTORS LTD Herb stopped by Kenneth Lamson from in during the senior hockey game Saturday In an The it I colt Arena decide a winner the two club tight to another Herald photo ton one the minor midgets The Swedes like their who played earlier hid to be tired in this They too the six hour bus ride from the morning To add to their fatigue wis the fact the coach only went with two lines However they came out in the third period and played their hearts out Tht George town players who had been tenacious throughout the contest also cum out flying for third period shootout Stefan scored the classiest and prettiest goal of the night in the frame to put the Swedes front The winger showed great puck control in curing two Swedes and then he snapped shot by Beckett set him on his way Dan Reynolds eot George town back even when scored with left in the gime Wheeler and captain Herb set up the that goal opened the is within the next three minutes four more goals were scored Mark scored at the mirk to put the in front tor the first time in tht contest Dean and Kevin Thompson set up the goil Stefan completed ins hat trick less than minute later and the visitors were back in front and him up Less than a minute after the Pcrsson goal jumped ahead again in the seesaw battle as scored from Lars Berg and Thomas Georgetown earned the draw with showing on the clock as Reynolds got his second of the game with Kewley being the playmnk Meeting a Most Player for the Swedes was not too difficult Stefan son controlled the play in every shift he took On the Georgetown side Reynolds was chosen the MVP The- little winder had three points and they all came in third period when the game was up for grabs Beckett although he was beaten six times played a very strong game in the Georgetown net He played a leaving big rebounds the Georgetown players sco red several of there goals being gien a second chance considering neither of the two teams were in the middle of their season It was an exceptional game It was very elean game with referees John Wright and Wendell Brown allowing the players to play hockey There were only five minors handed out in the game with three of them going to Georgetown The winner the series will be decided this Friday night The game will go after Die Junior game winch begins at m very good icrobalic It Young Hamilton very strong game though in cases he wis much smaller thin ihe nt fiemg him il never him from mug the corners to gel the puck After the game said most of his phyers were very nervous before the game They an awful of butterflies the But the The Swedes played more of a North American brand of hockey than many of the fans expected They took the body in on many occasions and fired the puck quickly Per son one lerj European tactic He vcrj often behind his when Ins team was in possession of the puck to receive a pass when he already had a full head of steam SOI ID GAME The Swedish Kenneth played played a solid game but the Georgetown forwards were able to exploit one glaring Keeping busy The Swedish athletes their contingent visiting Georgetown at present will be very busy bunch before head for home on July They will he at several landmarks throughout the province including Niagara Falls nnd he Hockey Hall of I- imc The pub is welcome to go on of the with the athletes Interested parlies can contact a member of the Sweden committee They are Ken Adams Millie Adams John Clark Gloria Cull Fred Harrison Karen Harrison Alex Tough Tumor June Wilde Phil Winer or Dave Here is the itinerary for the Swedes including ihe activities which hove already taken place since they last Saturday SATURDAY JUNE Two hockey games Opening ceremonies 7 p Gordon Aran Booster Club SUNDAY JUI Two soccer games 1 pm Bar to follow games MONDAY JULYS Joml practices Gordon Arena 10 a m Tour of Cooper Cinndi Ltd Depart Gordon Alcott Arena 10 a steel tour Tower Hockey Hall of Tame Ontario Place I lizard Soccer game THURSDAY JULYS Joint practices Gordon Arena 10 am JULY Open Day Two International Hockey games Gordon Alcott Arena 7 Booster Club Continued on page

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