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Page THE HERALD Wednesday October 1989 AVAILABLE COPY Raiders doubled by Oakville By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sport Editor Georgetown Buick Raiders dropped their second straight Central Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season game to the Oakville Blades Saturday night at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena and a disappointed but not disheartened Peter Sturgeon has decided to go back to the basics The Raiders dropped their seasonopener 84 StreetsvlUe Derbys and despite Saturday nights loss the Raider coach can see some light at the end of the tun nel and its not necessarily a train I saw an improvement in play tonight over the Streetsvllle game Sturgeon said but not everyone came to play tonight Some guys will have to be hungrier if they want to play on this team We have young guys on the team that area t used to the kind of intensity you need to win in this league noted Sturgeon We have got to improve both our mental and physical toughness and get back to the basics Although two losses to open regular season play are hard to take Sturgeon pointed out that the Raiders dldn exactly fire out of the starting blocks last year either The team sported a woeful record after six games last year then ran off a ninegame unbeaten streak to bounce back into the hunt for league laurels Raider players can expect con tact positional play puck move and conditioning drills this week in for a pair of games this v The Raiders and Blades clashed twice in pre season exhibition games with Georgetown claiming an home ice win then dropping a decision in Oakville The teams were by no means strangers to each other in other words The problem Saturday night at Gordon Memorial Arena was that the Blades took ad vantage of their knowledge of the Raiders to work on the home team s weaknesses while the Raiders seemed content to just plug away with no game plan dent Oakville led 2 after the first and 5 3 after minutes of play The difference in the game to this point was that the Blades were able to hem the Raiders in their own end and wait for the Raiders to make mistakes which they did Raider forwards waiting for breakouts too many times forget where their man was and Oakville at times was allowed to swarm through the Georgetown zone Curtis Green who played the whole game in the Raider nets fac ed 15 shots in the second period alone and allowed three goals The Raiders managed just 10 shots on goal in the second Despite the twogoal twoperiod disadvantage the Raiders carried the play for the bulk of the third period buy couldn finish off scor chances With just over seven minutes left in the game Oakville took the steam out of the Raiders on a power play goal by Shawn Ingham The final nail in the coffin was the result of another Raider mistake Oakville enjoyed a man ad vantage situation and Fother was parked at the side of the Raider net where he corralled an errant clearing pass to put the game out of reach Raider mentor Sturgeon wasnt totally down on his team and felt that Kevin Dance with four Jason Stewart and Rob gave good accountings of themselves Sturgeon also hinted however that this weekend play might mark the make or break point for a number of players An airlift openly sug but roster changes definite ly seem to be in the offing Raider goaltender Gren faced 34 shots but have to shoulder all the blame for Oakville s six goals All too often Oakville players were allowed to set up house by the Georgetown crease where they pounced on rebounds that should have been swatted away by an alert defence Jim English Kevin Burrows and Brent scored for the Raiders and as mentioned Kevin Dance notched three assists tor Oakville Peter Romeo mat ched Shawn s pair with singles going to John Dude Darren Hunter Raiders fired 29 shots at Oakville netminderClen William Raiders took 21 penalties in eluding a major Ke in Dance took 11 penalties in eluding a major to Morgan Morgan also received a game misconduct Raiders pay return visit to then host Milton Merchants Saturday night 7 at Gordon Memorial Arena The night contest against Milton should prove in teresting for hometown fans as the Raiders dropped Milton twice in preseason exhibition games by scores of 64 and and to anyone who took in the games it is clear there is no love lost between the two area teams Halloween swimming Join us for a haunting good time at both the Acton and Georgetown pools on Saturday October 28 from 2 to p Prizes will be awarded for best Halloween bathing suit To Dos This Fall Fall Adult Programs Sign up now for one of these ex citing new programs For more information see our Fall and Winter Brochure pages to 14 or call 268 BRING YOUR TRANSMISSION TROUBLES TO US DEAL DIRECT WITH US AND SA NO MIDDLEMAN- Front Wheel Wheel Drive Experts TRANSMISSION TUNEUP SPECIAL Service Includes Clean sump and pan New pan gasket New trans filter New trans Hold Adjust band Foreign Domestic A Light Truck Transmission Specialists AUT0MASTER TRANSMISSION 877 6904 Georgetown Pontiac Buick Raiders had problems penetrating Oakville Blades net area In Saturday Cental Ontario Junior B Hockey League game at Junior hockey Gordon Memorial Arena Oakville won the game the Raiders second successive loss of their young regular season Herald Photo Sabres nipped in exhibition By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Preseason exhibition game play ended on a sour note for the Acton Tait Realty Sabres as the local squad dropped a hard fought decision to New Hamburg in a game played Friday evening in New Hamburg The loss left the Sabres with a 3 preseason exhibition game record heading into 198990 Mid Ontano Junior C Hockey League play this Friday against Alhston The penalty marred loss was frustrating to Sabres coach Ken Steen there is no real flow to the game so accurate assessments of borderline Acton hopefuls left up in New Hamburg was rapped with 13 minors four major and five game misconducts The Sabres were dinged with minors three major penalties and four game Paul Jd Jasper irk Brommersirm and Craig were the Sabre players ushered the ice For Steen however the game did hive some spots I thought we showed a lot of guts in battling back in the third from a deficit and goaltender Jim played an excellent game said Steen The team has size and hustle and we should do well when we get into our own arena Acton Com Centre with the smaller ice surface Acton was behind 2 after the first period and after the second period New Hamburg moved in front early in the third period but to the Sabres credit the team rallied to narrow the gap to 54 then the Sabres just ran out of time N0N CONTACT SPORT KIDS TO JOIN ONLY EVERYONE wins crests EVERYONE plays every week until May 1990 FREE INSTRUCTION by Champions Masters EVERYONE takes part in for trophies EVERYONE has a chance to win provincial and national honour gold silver bronze medals EVERYONE inc parents attend FREE Annual Bowling Awards Banquet JOIN NOW REALTY Bob Gagnon continued his steller play for Acton by netting a pair of goals Craig Cullen and Ian Ellis notched singles Paul collected two assists For New Hamburg Brad scored twice with Dan Henry Zieler and singles worked a per and a in the nets faced shots and allowed three goals Dean Bower took over in nets in the middle of the second period and faced shots while allowing two Practice sessions this week at Gordon Memorial Arena will be devoted to the basics then the Sabres take their show on the road Their first regularly Mid Ontario Junior Hockey league tilt is scheduled for in against the Hornets then Wednesday Oct 1 the Sabres journey to The Sabres regular season homeopenei is scheduled for Oct at the Community Centre against always tough Teens in Action Do yuu like getting tofetl your lends for sports ind fun times Well if you do and you are free on Tuesday evenings for the next weeks then Teens in Action is definitely the group for you We always have lots of fun whether we are casually playing Basketbill Volleyball etc or Pictionary and Balderdash or going to the movies When Halloween comes around we are certain to out do ourselves with a totally creepy event So why not drop in at the Robert Little Gvm i ext lay October 10th from to J 00 p You can pay a 2 drop in fee or up ft the whole session for a mere for weeks with extia costs for son e events So why not come out on Tuesday and see whit s going on or call or during office hours Teens In Action Is sponsored by Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department The North Halton YMCA and The Ministry of Recreation Tourism GEORGETOWN MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION REP TRYOUTS ALL TRY OUTS at Gordon Alcott Arena ALL PLAYERS must be registered with the before going on the ice 7 YEAR OLD SELECTS Saturday September 30th 4 00 5 30 p Friday October 6th 30 5 30 p m Saturday October 7th 4 00 5 15 p BANTAM Sunday October 1 st Saturday October 7th 5 00 30 30 00 JUVENILE Sunday October 1st Thursday October 5th Saturday October 7th 8 0010 00 p m 008 30 p 5 00 p