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THEHERALD Wednesday GEMINI GEMS It a tired and overworked cliche but somehow this time of year It ays lo be appropriate Tfro playoffs arc the start of a whole new season And so It has been and Is the Georgetown Gemini is they tempt boldly go where no Gemini learn has gone before The Gems are currently enmeshed In a quarter final playoff struggle with the Haiders as he first step in their attempt to claim a Central Junior hockey league championship If they should accomplish the task and a difficult one It will be It will mark the first time In the Gemini s II history they have been able to advance past Central loop play In the years of their existence the Georgetown organization has had more than its share of and downs In their inaugural there was great for optimism to round the newly formed Georgetown Gemini Despite being a new entry the Gems finished a phenomenal third In the Central league with a record of 19 wins 14 losses and three tics for points In the opening round of the playoffs Ihcy upset Dixie but lhn lost In a double round robin scries with and Brampton held to determine the league finalists Not bad for a new club The Gems continued to hold a tain degree of respectability subsequent two seasons finishing fifth In 197677 and sixth in 1977 However they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs both years From there things started to go somewhat downhill In the same season the Derbies went on to win the Sutherland Cup the Gems finish a miserable lzih and missed the playoffs Wrap The Georgetown Gemini arc no strangrri to playoff hockey having made it lo play llmei In their II seasons Rut Ihli year a finish In regular play they ire struggling against ihe Vaugbnn In a even quarterfinal scries dropping Ihe fin I or the Gen In front of hii Herald photo The fallowing season they were seventh and made a token ap pearance against Burlington before being ousted four games were ninth missing the playoffs The following season hard as may be to Delicti the Gemini the closest they ever have to winning league title under Ihc coaching of Jules Itusslani What was surprising about it was of the set Here Mike goes down to a loose puck during action Sunday In Vaughan the Tact that they finished seventh in the regular schedule The upstart Gems had a record of wins losses and six ties heading into post season play but beat Oak lie and then the Burlington Cougars before finally bowing to in the In the 198304 season the Gemini finished a healthy fourth but were dispersed in the quarterfinals by Ml mi In the 138485 and seasons tic Georgetown squad made Ihe playoffs but were eliminated in the first round both years All of which brings us up to the present day This year the lcmini finished regular schedule with a record of 19 wins losses and six lies good for points and fourth place in the eight team loop That could termed respectable However anyone who was of the betting persunsion may want to take into account Ihc learn record over last half of season before any wagers After reaching the midway point of the season the Gems had a record of seven wins 12 losses and two ties Since that point they rolled to wins just three losses and four tics But there more Two of the Gems losses in the se cond half of season came on the last weekend or regular season play On Georgetown tost to Oak lie in a that ultimate ly had no bearing on the final dings The following night they lost to Burlington in what was in the true sense or the word a nothing Anyone wanting to take a title approach lo predicting the for tunes of the Georgetown Gemini In this years post season play certainly want keep that In mind when coming up projection On the other hand however one want to forget season when a fourth place regular season finish meant nothing after the Gems were put out in the first Only lime will tell the Gemini strong finish in the regular schedule con be parlayed into their firstever lea gue cna p After all playoffs arc indeed of a whole new season The road to the Sutherland Cup Petrie earns honor as High Life Player Mlmico Georgetown Milton Burlington Noblclon in Central Champion Metro Toronto Champi Golden Horseshoe Champion Western Champion Midwestern Champion Dion J Junior B Champion Petm has been named the winner of he Carling Miller High Life Player of the Year Award The Georgetown Gemini winger accumulated a total of points over the season based on threestar selections conducted after each regular home season game Team captain Wayne Morrow was In second with 17 points white Rod McCIurc was third with Bill Hawkins who chaired the committee for the program made the announcement last week after final tallies were totalled In the balloting for Player of the Month honors throughout he McCIurc was the winner for Ihc month of November and shared the award with Morrow for month of December Petrie was winner Tor January while War ren Hart won the honor for February Petrie will bo presented with the Miller High Life Award at tnc 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