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THE HERALD April I IK Page I RAIDERS ROUT CLAIM CANADIAN CROWN Joe Ens captures series MVP award with key goals The Georgetown Chrysler Raiders became the first team from the Ontario Hockey Association to ever win the Inter mediate A national championship when bounced the Kangaroos 1 last Sun day In displaying some of their charac tenstic aggressive play which propelled them to a three game sweep for the Canadian Intermediate Hardy Cup finals the Raiders ended a dream which spanned over years Raider captain Sieve Lynn series perhaps echoed the sent many bis cohorts he said 1 m to see these guys go They were good I glad In British Columbia for the Cheered on by around 1 fans In each of the three games Friday Saturday and Sunday the Raiders left the ice after the third gome knowing thai wain I Cup victory welldeserved Ice bags and wrapped knees discolored weld and bruises provided backdrop to the Raider dressing room after winning the Hardy Cup championship A Canadian championship series against some of the best hockey players in the nation doesn come easy Kudrasovs and Ray are both lined up for knee operations after last Sunday win In the third game of the Raiders three game sweep over the Kangaroos There were others who also played hurt Then there were others who spurred live team on vocally but were hurt too bad to walk without the aid of crutches or canes Peter Sturgeon and Rick each added untold strength to the Georgetown team ENS MVP Joe Ens proved his worth to the team when he scored Georgetown overtime goal in the second game of the series Ens proved a nonslop display of hustle and persistence while on the ice and he rightly deserved Ihe series MVP award But in the end it was the team as a whole woo rallied together to fill in the gaps left behind by Sturgeon and Gerry Inglis The Georgetown Chrysler Raider coach maided pro visional well disciplined hockey club which enabled him the tremendous amount talent recruited by the general manager Dive The McFadyen Cook and line had been taking some criticism by the coach but they came up big In the aeries for the Raiders captain Steve Lyon said Goaltender Wayne Wood kept the Raiders going In the third and final game and the steadiness Steve Lyon paved the way to the first Hardy Cup championship team But there were many reasons for the victory over who were generally considered inferior to physical and fast skating team from The home Ice advantage cannot be underestimated as a factor In the win Most Raider observers admit that Georgetown held all the aces when It came to fan support and knowledge of its own Ice surface PEAKED WELL The team peaked at the right time for the series although It was never tested until that championship played Tlmmlns prepared the Raiders for a quickened hockey style with a more physically pounding pace An excellent coach general manager and executive provided the team with the knowledge resources and expertise to recruit discipline and utilise the player strength An seemed gelt for Georgetown In the playoffs The acquisition of Flyer veteran Jack Smith in retrospect was an outstanding move because of his experience on the It Is ironic that one time worried the Balder team builders the most half way through the season but when the final tally in it a toughnosed rearguard lineup that frustrated Cap and the Kangaroos the most A solid offensive often awesome forward lineup was expected but the play of John Winder and John Saunders was one of ibe pleasant In the latter half of the The big guns proved they wanted to play Hardy Cup hockey A perfect blend of veterans and rookies put Georgetown on tbebockey map of Canada As club president Bob Hooper says This year the guys wanted In win This Cor a lot of the players their last shot the toughest team they play to become champions North Stars were recognlied by Haider play ers and the coach as Ihe toughest competition the Raiders faced on their way to the Hardy Cup Even after losing Peter Sturgeon In the Timmins series then Rick in the Cap round the Georgetown squad had better talent than Raider captain Lyon said WORKED HARD Everyone worked really hard and everyone played as hard as the next player Lyon said anyone when why the team t exclude talk about he said the fast and elusive forward who won the playoff Most Valuable Player award for his standout efforts through out the scries Ens can be credited with breaking backs of the Quesnel Kangaroos in the second game when he scored in overtime to give his team a 3 victory John Cook had tied the score at with seconds left in the third period In the second game lo allow Ens the chance to put the game away in the first 10 minutes of Before Gary Ford put the Raiders on the sen reheard In the second period of the second game the Kangaroos had taken a commanding lead capitalizing on Raider penalties LAST FIGHT The final game was marr by a third period fight which saw the Kangaroos empty their bench and their goaltender leave his crease yelled abusive language at the visiting British team and Ihrev litter on to the ice The Kangaroos were down 1 the time of the Two f rst period goals by Joe and Steve Lyon unassisted power effort gave IhL Haiders an early 1 lead in final The Georgetown team en advanced on a pretty short handed effort by who In alone and pumped a shot past Dan Mussel J glove side Gary scored with 17 seconds rcmaimr Ice the victory for Georgetown Raiders In the first game of the Hardy Cup final Georgetown outplayed their opponents in the first two periods and took a lead Ron scored in the opening period on a goal from Juri and Sieve Lyon Gary on a power play effort in the second period for a goal assisted by Bill ton and John Saunders A by Gary fall itu to the Ice surprised Dan Mussel Goals by players Ken and Terry Shaw in the first 10 minutes of II third period narrowed the margin to but with six Ron wound up and scored a goal assisted by Joe and Gary Ford Coach Gerry who has been with the almost as long as the national trophy said Wc tried to win this for so many years This team has a lot of depth Top scorers in Ihe final series were Gary Ron and Joe Ens who each had Iw goals and tu assists in three games Gary Mc had two goals in the The Hardy Cup win signals the end of an era for the Georgetown team many of whom have expressed a desire to step down from competitive mediate A hockey Hon Twin No 1HI challenges Tor the puck in front Quesnel Dan In the first game of the Canadian Intermediate A in which Georgetown won In a three game sweep Thanks to the play of two goals in and the entire team who never played less the Raiders claimed llllc to the Hardy Cup In Ihe rlghlllntet Kangaroos Dick Marsh look of disappointment his team a tough defence and a band of aggressive forward tor It the first national title la hockey They alio made history by becoming first team from the lo win Hardy Cup In its year Teams GM sizes up unsung heroes A total team effort by the Georgetown Chrysler Raid gave them the title they deserved as Canadian Inter mediate A champions Each player contributed in their own special way to bringing the Hardy Cup lo Georgetown The following is a player by player assessment the Georgetown hockey club as seen through the eyes of the team general manager Dave Kentner Roy Is a very special person because it was he who convinced mc In June of 1979 that Georgetown had lo win Ihe Hardy Cup He won it for us a guy who led the team in scoring for three years but also suffered every frustration he has class and d gully DOUG AG What a set of a Is he has Doug had the frustrations of an airlift for another but he stuck through it ail He had two shutouts this year and Is a great goallendcr A great game in Thunder Bay WAYNF WOOD Wayne d everything I asked him to do His very name and actions other players JOHN WINDER It was doubtful the would comeback but Playoffs face money crisis Economic hardships ed by the prohibitive costs of playing playoff hockey away from home could bring an end to coast to coast Inter mediate A Hardy Cup competition Paul of the says Intermediate and Senior teams are In trouble when they reach national playoffs because of the coats of travelling and the time taken away from their work The result is a CATCH situation Delparte explains become a beat of seven series would make more money for the participating teams but the players can afford to take a week off Seven games is really needed to make the national playoffs profitable he says Last year Ihe Hardy Cup finals re for around by the who had to pick up the remaining costs However Delparte says Ihe are having their own economic woes lately and might not be able lo help make ends meet in the future At the moment there Is no report about Ihe profitability of the championships played in Georgetown this past weekend A round robin tournament such as played last year in Thunder Bay for the Allan Senior A Cup creates pro blems for a national pionthlp series because it involve problems with play not being available for tournament at the parti Delparte says Perhaps the answer is to Just play for a regional Hardy Cup champions Sept Isles Mlneura La Toque Powell River Bathurst Alpines Campbell ton Tigers Saint John Mooseheada Warroad Lakers Monclon Bears Em run Panthers Ca mpbell ton Tigers George Mohawks Monet on Hawks Lakers Islanders Georgetown Raiders he did and bingo won a fourth spot on the defensive STEVE I VON Steve represents the play ing heart of the team The team dldn sign until he did JOHN COOK John worked odd hours because he is a fireman but ho did everything you could ask him lo do BILL HAMILTON He did the job GAR I They called him Cinderella because ho when he gets the chance stuck with the club and fought well In the crunch SCOTT The coaches ability him with the other Ihrec centres helped him when Kessell was hurt He filled in capably JURIKUDRAbOVS Juri is the old pro at A true leader and an inspiration in his altitude He played with a damaged The Erin flush He has a great future if he wants to try semi pro hockey or stay with the Raiders JOLENS The MVP In the Hordy Cup finals is exactly what he deserves He came up with some big goals GARY MeFADYFN He was Ihe most improved player from last season who picked right up from last year he injured his ankle at the J of the year Gary soared r ght to the top and got goals for us BON TWISS Ron was a big gun with last year but was asked to help the defence and move from forward lion He sacrificed the leadership What more can you ask of a player A great playoff round FORD Gary has the heart of a lion He was hoping for last year to be his lost year He wanted the Hardy Cup and came out smelling like a Young bowlers win world championship 0 through w venge ance lost Saturday April 17 They won the World Bantam Championship which is limited to learns In all day affair The team of Barry Mc Lean Chris Michael McElroy Ian Vint and Brian Bell led by Master Lane set new record high or twogame They will have their nan engraved on the loll inch global trophy The only other time this trophy was won by George town was in with the team members being Kevin Harrison Alan David Rick and Garry Richardson some of whom arc now making a name for themselves In the Young Adult Bowlers Assoc iation Money Tour The bantam girls team from Georgetown particip ating In the girls section of this tournament although they bowled more than SCO pins over their league aver age failed to catch the Master Wendy Chaplin con of Christine Tracy Boll Tammy Swilzer Kotiack and Judy Dave rockets to first p finish GDHS boys sweep gymnastics meet John Thorpe had an excellent performance for hU recovering from injury He plated second overall it the Peel Halloa torn petition list week Herald photo by ByHARALDBRANSCH Herald Correspondent The boys sties team had the pleosart task of Janitor at duy Hilton Peel gymnast meet they cleaned Both the Junior and senior boys teams easily won their respective divisions as each learn placed at least one member in the lop three In each event and a clean sweep of the lop three places was attained on several pieces of apparatus All the members of both teams arc eligible to compete at next week OPS A A provincial finals M BOOTLr MUST I Leading the senior team to victory Dave Bootle I an incredible feat of a having the winning routine on every piece of first place In the senior all round A score of earned a first on the pommel horse and won him the j vault Scores of and a were needed for him to win the rings high bar parallel bars and floor In the all round Bootle a sum of points of a possible sixty Despite an injury which should have prevented him from competing John Thorpe placed second over all with a total of points He shadowed he pla second in high bar and rings and also placed third on the pommel horse and in the top six on floor vaultandporallelbars last year all round champion commented that he thought winning all six was really great but unexpected since he wasn t sure how his counterpart Mike Lasaco had progressed At his biggest competition will be Steve Abare and he says that whoever has a good day could Like all round title He confidently sold about seniors re going win He is equally tic about the Juniors WILSON AlLBOUD Wilson was also an all round competitor An overall score of 1 points which was a career high was paced by a score of on the rings Other highs were turned in by Steve on vault Keith Mc Lough tin on floor and Scott Ball on pommels all with second place In their event After arriving a mere three minutes before his Steve Brown turned in a 9 2 on rings giving him third and providing Rebels with the top three the Also competing while injured was bean who earned an 15 on the rings The juniors did equally as well faced by second place all round by James Or in and the fourth place all round by Kevin Kotanl the entire team turned in personal best performances The Juniors played havoc the competition when they earned the three placing In the floor event rings placedtwoonlhe vault and Building for a total of overall points Jim earned a on vault 9 05 on rings on floor 7 on pommelhorse 4 on high bar and on parallel bars His first place on the pommels was a full three points better than his prevl career best behind Kevin Kolani summed up J is points in the oil round This was accomplished wllh on the rings and vault on floor on and on high bar and para tie barn respectively Firsts on rings and floor were his beat of the season A major contributor to th junior effort waa Scott Kline and his two firsts and a second In only four events Scores of on the vault and on the parallel bars material and a 9 30 was short of first place on the rings which waa won by Kotanl Other peak performance of season came from the third place standings of Glenn Edwards on lings Brian Kemp on vault and Mike O Btien on floor Chris Schirm and Brady Ferguson were considered outstanding In their special tie Overall the Rebels have won Ihe senior title for the third straight year and the junior title for the first year Coach Kolani and Russet said they were extremely pleased that their six month season payed oft so well for them For it his first year that both the senior and Junior teams