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October Page Whats happened to the Raiders What looked tike was going be another good season or the defending champion Raiders has sudd turned sour in their first week of regular season play Over the weekend they what could have amounted six points for them Friday tlicy tost four points to ie in Barr and two off the ice in a protest of the previous Fridays game against Bar Saturday night they lost two more points by losinj to Colling wood Flyers Raiders So things arc going wrong said coach Sieve following the team loss lo Ship builders Saturday night Poor awful and other jectivc can only best how the team Is play We have too many good hockey players to be playing like that However he team is off to a characteristic Last season they lost their first few outings and still finished first in the leiguc something they have never done before Still he current situation seem to have caused any visible concern lo he Raider coach In fact quite the reverse is so He to be optimistic If things are falling apart this reporter queried then I better gel out of here said shuffling the remark off wonder mean I that such a question could possibly come to mind Touch t come over We have lo shake It the losses off Friday Ihey Owen Sound Greys at a team who t alt that strong list year but who ore about 15 per cent belter this year with some new talent says general manager nold Shaw It will mean at leist three more games before ihc Raid can get back lo where Ihey should be now If so they will also have to meet and beat and Port before Ihey can regain he lost six points LOS Ice lo Barrio arc the result of a win the proceeding Friday here over The Flyers filed a protest the following Sunday chiming thai he Raiders been given permission by the to play John Cook and Hick who just happen to have gotten four points In the game night the OH agreed and awarded the win and the two points In the other half of he battle wild the Raid losl another two points because they bent the in heir home Just as everyone hid pre dicted a week before this garni would be different in The only t hints- that re sembled the game here in Georgetown were lha too was opening home dale schedule and as happen here the won There no protest from either side It was a simple case that beat them at their own game hockey They showed more of what j former ir I dam should look like than the week before when they look like a former senior learn forced drop class of into intermedial ranks They them and that is the name of lie game The Raiders are learning that it is not how you play game but how you get the two coach Paul Regan who just happens lo be a on learn got fired up or the game and led the attack with ihe f two goals of The rst as an goal the first pe beat Haider goalie ihe mark lie got his second just 5 into Policeman Bob Elinesky is back he next The didn slop ere They put it to the Ha dors again at It il on a goal by Bob Bruce found the net for Ihc Hud with a shot that beat goal Grint Cole at the 17 mirk and Mara assisted Hay craft another for Bar rle al H7 The infamous John Cook and flick Kessel teamed up to get the Raiders started in J Ihc ird period with Cook gelling a shot into the net on 1 pass from who got from Steve Flyer I gol his second at tie final before Walker got the sixth for irrie at Colin Gordon replied for Georgetown at IT with assists going to Rick and Gary Ford Gordon tot his setond for the Raiders mirk of the game with the help of Peter and John fioyee Not an slart between tl two clubs but one that is assured to bring some hockey to both arenas when they meet Saturday it was a gntltenders battle Raider Peter Shipbuilder Hon Patterson Both men stood il ground and refused to give in the shooters Unfortunately for their was some give in his The Raiders were short some bodies and added workload on the rest of the learn showed and proved to be jut too much for on season team who has already shown their opponent some of what they have The Raidirs got off to pretty good in the first period and seemed to have advantage although was no scoring in period In the second they fell behind three toals Bill Calvert of the Shipbuild era notched tl first goal of lie game at 24 of mi idle of the game Coll ntwood came seconds Inter when Us beat a sprawl mg and flamboyant The third period was much the as the second only the Shipbuilders wen in better control and the Raiders looked like rialicd It and hey played accordingly Just the final period Calvert Then wis Wayne King who made it nothing tor team Ihe j oh mark John Cook ruined I shutout effort with the I of Bruce t Ihon and Garj Ford Ian rounded out the games scoring with l o left in game he took puck in unassisted and I m sorry lor the people who to pay he S3 or K50 or alcver they paid to see said We hunch of spectators out there ion git The coach d d agree thai his made a difference in ft credit for bravery Bob llnisky got into his r I game or the Haiders lowing some necessary id muscle on the team Raiders The Haiders must Ret back Irntk fast The league is year and every point is going count thai point at the end of the year that most teams wish they had earlier The Haiders have heart says As a Hast year I never dwelled on games after but now as a coach I stay awake II think about it tomorrow