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OMHA semifinal Firefighters cooled by a hot Petrolia team three ended in a tic in Petrolia and it looked as if Acton could win one of the next two games they would force a game Bantam Firefighter Tim Baker move out at his season In the Friday contest losing On Sunday they fell in net In an attempt to block a shot off the stick of shooter Pat 1 eliminating themselves from contention Bantam Verbeeck during game four of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association captain Tim Ferguson attempts to get a stick on the shot bantam playoffs Acton played one of their poorest games of the Rick Smith stands his ground It all over for Acton Bantam Firefighters hockey team dropped two straight games at the hands of last ice week to eliminate them The game the from a chance at fighters were looking to an Ontario Minor Hockey win was game four in Association champion Milton The game was ship scheduled for Milton dropping first time at the Com gome of the best of five Centre became series the Fire- impossible to obtain with fighters came back he Centennial Atom strong recording an easy tournament having all a 2 win and giving the lee ime booked The local supporters hope contest must be con they could topple their one of the worst competition performances by the It was not to be so easy year for the Acton bide Game Petrolia scored six times over the first two periods later and the two teams in recording an win played scoreless the re- facing elimination the mainderof theway eight irefightera fought hard minutes of regulation but ran out of legs over time and ten minutes the final 15 minutes as overtime to keep the they allowed series tied three unanswered goals Coach Sieve Marshall WEDNESDAY MARCH 28 1979 Hundred and Fourth Year No 39 Second Section lo cop the series and the right lo move to the OMHA finals against Stouifville in game three in Petrolia a tie the b got on the board first with a goal by Tim Evans at from McArthur and Rick Petrolia fought back with two goals within seconds to take 1 lead and then with only three seconds remaining in the opening period fired a third marker Acton picked away at not plersed with his teams performance over Ihe first two periods of the contest bui felt they had played good hockey over the final frame and the overtime period In the first two periods they did not dump Hit puck in and said Marshall and thai means so much to our Game four of the series spelled disaster for Ihe local as every thing they did turned Into a Petrolia scoring The Firefighters the lead getting lhcmselves X J t MS evening having to fight to keep control of nuck Acton lone goal came earl in third period as Tim Evans slipped a shot under goal tender Jeff Simpson to break his shut out at the end of the second frame and a second from Duval it of the final from For the first time since he gumc five minute mark Acton took the lead McArthur found the net from Tim Evans and Vtr Brad Manes evened he count a minute and a half Bowmanville cops Acton eliminated in An overtime goal gave he tour championship in the Acton Centennial Atom Tournament on the weekend The Bowmanville side topped with a by Mark in extra time wrap up the crown Acton played some area fans eon their best hockey as they fought hard in an attempt lo reach the final falling short when two talc third period goals sidelined them from further play J Acton came from behind lu defeat Milton in the first round and then entertained Ihe fans with some exciting hockey as they edged Stoney Creek 10 lo advance to the semi finals topped the consolation crown with a win over Thorold damp One In the first clash of the tournament served notice that they would be contenders as they scored a win over Cambridge Gait All the scoring came in the first period of the contest as built up a 30 lead over the first four minutes before allowing Cam bridge on the board Milch paced the side with three while Terry scored both for Cambridge dame Two Chris Harper provided steady for as the defending champions topped The loss was blessing in disguise for Mho continued on in the consolation take the Slouffville counted once in the first twice in the second and again in final period Kevin was the only skater to pick up Iwo points Game Three Creek scored first and then fell behind before coming on like to record a win over Kitchener Two goals in the final seconds of the first period Kitchener a l lead but Creek look offence storming back with four goals in the second frame recording the win Mcfadden scored twice for Stoney Creek with counting a goal and an assist for Kitchener our big third period gave an opportunity to move into the champ ionship round Pour third period goals gave Acton a J win over rival Milton Brad paced Acton with a pair of goals while singles went to Steven Wagner Kevin and Scott David Jansen and Mitchell counted two assists each with adding a single The only gome of the tournament that had to be decided by shots on eoaIs had nip on shots after the teams had sawed off at three goals each scored first then allowed to tic score in the second ev a a frame jumped up two in the third frame hut allowed two goals in the last five minutes including one with only seven seconds left lo force overtime Game Six Three goals within a minute and a half lifted to a win over Barric counted the game first goal early in the game but three quick before the period ended put control Game Set en In one of only two mismatches of the entire tournament the eventual champions from Bowmanville ma nil a to the tune of Jumped to an early lead but Thorold got themselves back into the victory hunt with one of their own at 13 mark of the opening frame came back with six swered goals to give them the easy win and the right to advance in the championship round Peter Hughes fired four for while Mark Ilickey added three tight After a slow start Niagara on the Lake found their potential and the net as they skated lo a win over Hanover Niagara scored the first two goals of the game but Hanover came back with a single before first period ended Seven straight Niagara goals over the last two periods produced what would be the last one sided battle of the event ume Nine did Heir bit for anti regional govern men in the game of second round notion at the atom tourney as they lopped Cambridge to advance to the lion semi finals All scoring came in the first half of the contest as counted twice in the first and then again early in the second Andy Stephenson scored two for dome Ten The defending champions from met their match in a second round game with who reached the tourna final topped ville 52 after a quick start had a lead before was able to find the range in the middle of the second frame Three first period goals was the margin of victory as Kitchener sknled to a win over Milton Jason paced Kitchener with a goal and Game Twelve Aelon played heads up exciting hockey their second round match with Creek It was to be one of the most ex citing games of the week end as the home town side scored a thrilling The lone goal of the contest came off ihe stick of Steven Hubbard with David Jansen assisting Acton goal lending combination of Mike and Brent Connors played standout hockey as foiled numerous Creek chances Game Thirteen A goal at 2 of the overtime period gave the right to ad vancc in consolation play as they topped Beams ville It was s second overtime defeat in as many games The teams exchanged goals with holding the lead each time Game I Orangevillc looked as if Ihey would advance to semi final play after the first period of their match with but a strong comeback over the final two periods enabled Sallfleet a 43 held a 20 lead after the first frame but Saltflcet led after the second Hanover rebounded from a shellacking in first game to hang tough in second round action although falling to Thorold 1 Thorold held a lead heading into the final frame but a Hanover goal at the midway point of the period set he stage for a thrilling ending and a last minute goat by Tigroid Game Sixteen looked as if they had met their match early in the second round Niagara on scored twice in the first four minutes to give the crowd the impression that a cake walk was hut had other ideas Bowmanville evened Ihe count by the third minute of the second period and the two teams exchanged a pair of goals until broke things open with remaining in the second period scoring four times for in victory Seventeen was case of loo loo lnle for Kit as they fought back over the final period from a J deficit only fall J got a pur of Ton wink was in all three for Kitchener with a I and wo assists dame Eighteen Acton fans were in full to walk off force as their team pre- the consolation final with pared to do battle with a win over but had little Three unanswered first to cheer about until the period markers proved to mark of the second he the difference as period held Thorold It look only scoreless until the seven seven seconds to quiet minute mark of the Ihe partisan Acton second crowd as off the faceoff they broke in beating Ac I on goal tender Mike Ormsby Things got worse before they got better Two goals later Acton started to come back Steven Hubbard fired the first Acton goal and then Kevin Lobsinger pulled to Aelon to within one An outstanding individual effort by Scott evened the count with seven minutes remaining and it looked as if Acton would main tain their pressure penalties within one minute cost the locals dearly as two goals put into final Game Nineteen A goal late in the second period gave a 2 edge and physcological advantage as they scored a win over Borne The goal with seconds remaining the second period lifted Thorold to two more goals before had regained their direction dame Twenty Two goals enabled to Bruce Milker paced Ihe remain in the hunt for the attack wilh two tournament crown as and two assists they win over GameTwcntv Two Saltflcet The two shots scored labelled at the early and then added a 1 resulted in goals and second late in the middle looked is if the final stanza before tallying would the one sided pair over the final ten kind but were credited wilh assists got he goal hick the period mid point an early end for I irefighlers starting goaltender Tim Baker and the first bit of play off action for back Sup Bruce Shannon Shannon a minor bantam brought the crowd to their feet giving them something cheer about as minute puckstopper handled several poml blank Pctrollia beat Shannon once in the final eight minutes as a low slap shot caught the corner of the nel pro- ducme an could not keep the pace sending Ihe Acton fans allowing the Unionville who had made the jour side to get back into the to Milton home in contest with a pair of disbelief their own markers before Ihe game of the Ihe opening frame ended scries marked a definite The two teams played improvement for the scoreless hockey over the as they next two periods forcing attempted prolong the overtime to decide the scries winner scored what was Final score to be their inly goal of the Union game the 1 mark of the period as carried the play to Pclrohn Hob Vermeulen scored the goal from and Mark Duval on a power- play evened the count before the frame had ended as they began to play more to their own style of hockey Pelrolia in the period 104 but in the second frame It was all Petrolia Acton Tim Baker made stops on shots thai were labelled for corners as he kept the Fire fighters In the contest with a hope they could pull off the win As a re flection of Baker performance in the second stanza there was no scoring despite he fact that levelled IB shots at him while Aelon fired only two at opposition net The score remained tied at counted two early in the third period that away Ihe win Acton pressed trying to get back In the but goal tender Jeff Simpson was equal to any blast The home side added an insurance marker into empty Acton net with j9 seconds remaining to produce the 4 1 final score The learn has nothing In be ashamed or said a proud Steve Marshall of his hockey team They worked hard all year and gave it a hell of a try They were beaten by good team Marshall had good reason to be proud of his lenm facts back up the statement that Petro lia was a good hockey team The tcam that eliminated Acton in five games are three times Minor Hockey Association champions In the some cam won the all Ontario minor wee A title In 197877 Ihey captured the major pecwee crown and last year as minor ban lams they took the Ontario A title This they are looking for A three man break assistant liaison and Mike Knight follow Hughes captain Peter Hughes breaks in past the Union looking for a rebound copped the title ville defense during the final of the Centennial with a 3 overtime win won the consolation Tournament oil the weekend Toros Kelly crown with a victory over Milton Minor Alomgoaltender David Dillon covers up on a loose puck at the side of the net before Acton Brad Dcmonc found the handle and teammates came back from a I deficit over the final period to record a s3 win that put them in the round the tourney Later in the day the locals topped Creek 10 in a thrilling contest and advance to the semi were they were by Halton Hills ice rent costs as high as any in region by Murray Varying ice rental rates four municipalities make direct comparisons diffi cult However it is clear new rates for next fall place Hills in the position of fighting it out with two much larger centres Oak ville and Burlington for the most expensive ice in the region rates are much lower A check around Halton shows each municipality uses different formulas for ice rentals Recently Hills council quietly passed new rates for next Spetember These in creases put the costs for the Acton Sabres and industrial hockey at an hour at the Com Centre However the town also wants 10 per cent of the gate for I- rlday and evenings This will la inly have a bearing on the Sabres if they keep playing on Friday nights In Georgetown the Haiders G town Industrial Hot and Gemini will pay 44 an hour for Ice at the Alcott arena and at Memorial House league hockey rep hockey and figure skating will be 30 at the Acton Community Centre and Memorial arenas while an hour will be charged at Gordon Alcolt in Georgetown Hates in Milton arc substantially lower Prime time lo Monday to Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday is going up an hour to This rate applies equally to the Junior B Flyers Inter mediate B Tridents minor hockey and figure skating However minor sports don I really pay that rate since the town rebates them 20 an hour In addition the try and take a chunk of the Flyers or Tridents gates Rates in Milton went down to 25 an hour during the day and for preschoolers All of these rates will be in effect next season has not insli tuted new rate changes as yet for next season The most expensive of Oakville rink rates Is an hour for both the Junior Blades and minor hockey or figure skating The current Blades rate is only slightly higher than here but t take any of the gate The rale for minor hockey and figure skating is much higher but like Milton minor sports receives a in the form of a grant based on the number of children in their registration fees and hours of use In Burlington adult groups currently pay 40 an hour and the Junior B Cougars 35 hour It costs minor hockey and figure skating an hour These rates go up May 1 to 46 flat rate for all groups Burlington now charges 10 on hour for open air artificial ice rinks and that rate goes to 15 an hour May 1 As in case of Oakville and Milton minor sports rates in Burlington are reduced substantially by municipal the groups In Hills grants of 1 per child registered were given out In recent years this year none of the groups have heard if they will receive a grant and tic since they were warned in 1978 likely would appear that If there are no grants forB minor hockey and figure skating ice costs here will be as high possibly higher than in and Burlington considerably higher thnnl in Milton Ice rates for teams here are almost a high as Burlington ana and just a little above Milton But with the 10 per cent of the gate tacked on total ice costs here undoubtedly will be highest in