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NHL hopes still alive for Adam Bennett By STEVEN Hopes of playing In the National Hockey League are still alive for Georgetowns Adam Bennett now a rookie with In dianapolis Ice of the International Hockey League Twentyyearold Bennett a for mer with Georgetown Geminis Junior B was Chicagos first round pick in the 1989 NHL Junior entry draft Despite what he felt was a suc cessful training camp with the Hawks this fall he was sent down to Indianapolis I was very pleased with my per formance during training camp said Bennett during a telephone in terview last week from his home in Indianapolis 1 accomplished the goals I set for myself Bennett explained that near he end of training camp Sut ter a member of Chicagos coaching staff expressed a high opinion of Adams performance in training camp and said that if he continued to play as well with the Ice Chicago would have no choice but to call him up during the season Bennett said he had a strong start with Ice but has been struggling lately and worries about his chan ces of getting ice time with the NHL club this season I havent been able to get the points 1 was able to last year in Junior A he played with the Sud bury Wolves I havent been getting as much playing time as I would like and am not being used on the very much said Ben nett Bennett however isnt the only one struggling His team is only two games over 500 and a single game ahead of last place Milwaukee In the East Division Were a very young team there are eight rookies including me ex plained Adam one of the highlights of Bennetts season so far came Adam Bennett while he while he was sitting out a game This happened to be when legendary Russian goaltender Vladislav Tretiak was visiting In dianapolis When I first noticed him In the stands I had remembered that he had said hello to me and other teammates on other but I wasnt sure if I should sit with him said Ben nett After some thought I figured I wasnt going to get a chance like this very often so I sat down beside him and introduced myself What followed was one of the most enjoyable evenings of hockey in his life according to Bennett Tretiak shared stories of his hockey career as well as life In Russia with Adam during the game and signed a hockey stick for him Bennetts training schedule is similar to most young players striving to break into the NHL scene He spends one to two hours each morning with hockey practice which is followed by conditioning in the weight room The team plays two or three games weekly and a lot of time is spent travelling on buses In his spare time Adam takes a psychology course at Indiana University Bennett is determined to regain his form and help his team improve in the second half of the season He explained he expects to return to Chicago training camp next fall and prove himself capable of playing It has been said that hockey players must both struggle and shine to achieve maturity and greatness Adam Bennett has proven himself before and in the coming months Georgetown and Chicago alike will watch closely for him to shine once again Tuesday December 24 1991 Page ALL POSTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE 9aaa9pm EXCEPT PRIORITY POST ill vounci itd Downtown Georgetown 8772761 STEVEN Herald Sports Top Athletes Burns Col Ladies Basketball Rec News SPORT SHORTS 25th Annual midget tourney The Georgetown Minor Hockey Associations Anniversary Midget Tournament will be held at Gordon Memorial Arena Dec 29 and and Jan 2nd through to the 5th The upcoming tournament will feature 16 teams and eight AAA teams Anniversary ceremonies will take place prior to the official opening game featuring the Georgetown Sunny Acre Midgets and Actons team Atom Sabres lose 43 The Acton Construction Atom Sabres played the perfect hosts to Dec Acton leading with less than a minute remaining allowed Elora to score twice to steal a victory Scoring for Acton were Matt Bodin a goal and an assist Kyle Artem a goal and an assist Scott Monaghan a goal and an assist and Chris an assist Journeying into Kitchener the Sabres proved they had right stuff to bounce back by hustling to a victory A solid team effort was given by all Scoring for Acton were Derek Lockerbie one goal Paul Withers one goal and an assist Kyle Artem one goal Jeff Newman one goal Chris two assists and Ryan Young three assists Hurricane Midgets ensure playoff birth Raider forward lan Ellis takes down a win over Burlington Saturday evening Herald Cougar chasing down the puck during Georgetowns Photo by Steven Raiders drop Cougars 42 Raider newcomer Pat Tessadn gave Georgetown fans an early Christmas present Saturday evening with a third penod shot that proved to be the game winning goal in the Chrysler Raiders vic tory over the Burlington Cougars During last years Christmas break Raider fans had little to cheer about their home team were stationed near the bottom of the Central Junior west division This year the Raiders have proven themselves against the big teams and are sitting pretty in third place with wins 9 losses and 4 ties Saturdays contest started out very slowly Georgetown was unable to get many shots on net but held tight on defence Georgetown netmirider Giurleo put for- yet another outstanding par in goal for the Raiders stopping about two dozens shots The Raiders were first on the scoreboard at of the first when Trevor Brandt tucked one under Burlingtons goalie Tom Viola assisted on the goal The Raiders scored first again in the second period when Steve Weishar netted one at with passes coming from Mike Wilson and Lewis Georgetowns defence began to get sloppy shortly after allowing Burlingtons Joey and Kevin Ryan to chalk up to quick goals and tie the score Going into the final period with the score tied at 2 Georgetowns Giurleo knew it was up to him to hold of Cougar attacks and hold them off he did stopping over half a dozen good scoring chances for Burlington Pat netted the game winner with the pass coming from John at Burlingtons frustration came to a boil with five minutes left in the game when Cougar Mark Gordon began to exchange fists with Raider Peter Perrone who faired well despite being the only one with his helmet and shirt off Each received five minute fighting penalties and a game misconduct Burlington pulled their goalie with just under a minute remaining in a last ditch attempt to score a tie but got caught in their own end and Scott lifted one past Burlington defenders at to secure the win The Raiders return to action Friday evening at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena when the meet at 8 pm and Saturday pm they face off agalnstOakville The AAA Midget Hurricanes en sured their hold on a playoff position last week with two wins over Chinguacousy but dropped a decision to first place Hamilton Friday night In Hamilton the home team struck first with a goal less than a minute into the game The line of Jim Jamie JanJevich and Mike then took over as they scored four unanswered goals three by and a single McPhail After that could not find the marker and Hamilton back with four goals of their own to win the game The home and home series with Chinguacousy brought the scoring touch out for the Hurricanes as they registered 62 and wins The fr2 win saw ODriscoll and Randy Bond fire a pair of goals with Ken Kosz- wika and Mark Limn adding single markers At home Sunday evening Kosz- wika scored a pair single tallies were added by Matt Downs Mark Lunn Mitch Robinson and Jake Mashinter The Hurricanes next game is in the Georgetown Tournament start December 30 when they face Wex- fordRatderBandClilnguacousy