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Kruk steals spotlight in Sabres 83 win Sabres rookie Steve Kruk the spotlight Community Centre Saturday night as he completed his first game leading Acton to their fir si win of ihe an victory over he Thorn- hill In the week the Sabres played hockey losing 102 the Brampton Chevys The pressure was on the Sabres first year before the two teams took to the ice for the confrontation Sabres number one net minder Rob was Involved In a car accident en route to the arena The mishap left alone with no back up and unsure of his abil ities In Junior B com He hod played ten Now I know what is meant when some people say that the Montreal Canadiens are in a league by them selves It isn t just on the hockey rink I was in Montreal on October with a trip organized by Acton Travel and although I am not a Montreal Canadien fan I respect how well their organization is run One member of our group Ron bad a special invitation to meet Jean game night Ron and I figured that he would say hello maybe give him an autographed team picture or something and send him on his way I learned in a hurry that the treat hockey team just operate like that Ron visited the dressing room received mementos of the trip and was ushered to his seat by a mem of the Forum on request of Beliveau The dealing between Ron and the Canadiens was entirely first class I must say I was impressed with the organization not to mention their hockey club The Montreal Expos were a con tender for the baseball crown this sea son but they don bat as well as the Canadiens do The most impressive thing about the way the Montreal Canadiens played hockey was the way they picked up passes out of midair All night long the would fire rink wide passes at belt level and very dom was it that the receiving players couldn knock it down with their sticks Again impressed The trip was a good time for all involved Forty four people started out from Acton and we picked three more up Cornwall Former Acton resident Bill hitch hiked from Perth to Cornwall to catch the bus while a Cornwall resident Berme Razzy and his wife friends of Larry and Pat Taillefer also joined the trip played a lot of lacrosse at one time and apparently met up with Punch The two I am told had a disagreement but straightened things out in a hurry It just so happened that the weekend we were Montreal the Toronto were at Olympic Stadium to play the Alouettes The game was not the best but Olympic Stadium was more than worth the price of admission There is no way to describe the building You have to see it to believe it You could be sitting in the worst possible seat in the million dollar cement masterpiece and still have as good a view as the guy sitting down in the lower tiers In all it was a good weekend for the majority of the crew on board For anti Montreal fans it was a weekend where both the Alouettes and the Canadiens turned up winners The Als came from behind to defeat the sinking while the Habs handled the New York Rangers 54 There were two special present at the Acton Industrial Fastball League banquet and dance on Satur day night One of the team captains of the past season Darryl is moving out west and was presented with a ball autographed by all members of his championship Van Welding team and the other team captains To Darryl and his family the best of luck and may he never strike out again unless he moves back to the area The other presentation was to lly Cleaner pitcher Chuck Peavoy was not in attendance but his team members gave him a special tro phy for his work over the season The award resembled a donkey s back end and was inscribed simply To Chuck Peavoy from Family Cleaners minutes prior lo the Saturday night contest Neither Bremner or Sabre forward Ned Anderson were seriously hurt in the car accident although Anderson may be out of the lineup for two to four weeks recovering from cuts and bruises Goaltender skated with the team at practice on Mon day but a badly bruised knee should keep him of the net for at least a week was Glenn Murray who paced the Acton win over the as he picked up a five point night on three goals and a pair of assists After a scoreless first period Ihe Sabres things rolling early In the second stanza as Barry found the net from Brad Buchanan and Sean Doyle The Sabres fired second goal within a minute of the start of the period as Murray con nected from Pat Fung and Jamie Vlckery got one back a snort time later but was Glenn Murray who kept Ihe Sabres going The high scoring defenceman netted his second tally from Jamie Vickery lo reinstate the locals Iwo goal margin and then added his third straight from and Barry Trood before the were able to the score sheet again with only 1 remaining in the frame The Sabres were not happy taking a two goal lead to the dressing room and it was Roy who added the Sabres fifth second period mar from Murray and Pat Fung only seconds after the tally The Sabres added lo Iheir lead in Ihe third period picking up goals from Miller and Lance Dexter before Thornhill added final goal with only 3 remaining Barry Trood and John assisted on the Miller goal while Denis and Duffy helped on Dexter The Sabres final goal came with less than three minutes remaining as Pal Fung found the range from Murray and Jamie Coach Fred Buchanan was pleased with the per formance of his defence In the contest In absence the defense realized they had lo get out said Buchanan They moved quickly Buchanan had praise for Kruk Glenn Murray Pal Fung and Bob Allsop following the win Allsop played his best game of the year said Buchanan According lo Buchanan rode the pine the last half of the Brampton confrontation and a long talk before the Thornhill match seemed to produce good results Kruk stopped Thorn shots in the game while Acton fired Thornhill Sieve The Brampton game was a rough house match for ihe Sabres the league second least penalized team heading into the game A total of four major penalties were called In the contest close to the number the Sabres had picked up In their first nine matches The Sabres played it close for the first two periods in Brampton but the Ihird period was one coach Buchanan and his learn would probably like lo forget about fired six unanswered goals in the period In eluding two efforts as they turned a close contest into a walk away The Sabres fell behind early in the game but Nell Anderson closed the gap with only nine sec onds remaining In the opening frame from Pat Fung and Bob Allsop Brampton came back wilh a pair of tallies in the early half of the mid dle stanza before Pal Fung s solo shorlhanded effort gave the locals new life It was as close as they came before the six goal barage They slunk said Buchanan Every body forgot about checking and passing They looked worse than a good pec- wee learn The Sabres added 52 minutes lo their penally total in the game while Brampton was handed Buchanan Is awaiting the return match with the Chevys the community Centre Saturday 30 m He feels his squad may be enough with 103 setback that they will come out fired up Last night Tuesday the Sabres were lo make it Iwo in a row as Ihey travelled lo Friday Ihey meet the league leading Burlington Cougars in Burlington He went lliat a way I or mould tc chance end lost Acton Sabres Glenn Murra 2i beat in a race It blue line picked up the puck and fired It into the empty is Horn net Tor three fiooli us ihe locals picked up their flml win tHai ihrni Milton out of cellar Second Sect on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 One Hu d and fin 17 It was a night to remember for Hab fan by Robin It was a seven hour bus trip to Montreal for Ron but It was worth every minute of it for the staunch Montreal Tan Ron realized not one but two 1 dreams on the trip which was arranged by Acton Travel Forty seven people headed an the expedition see the Canadiens battle the New York Rangers Ron has been a fan since he was six 24yearsago dream became a reality Ron accompanied by former NHL great Jean Beliveau moved into Montreal Canadian dressing room In Ihe room Ihere wercn t just a few of Ihe team players but per cent of the crew of the defend Stanley Cup Champions All were beg to dress for lhat nights game Later on evening Ron realized second dream that of meeting the voice of the Montreal Danny Gallivan a lifelong idol Ron has been dubbed The Voice of Acton having looked after arena announcements for some years and is still often called upon for tournaments Ron has been one of the area strongest supporters since he began following the team They were the first team I can remember watch on TV he says I think their uniform caught my eye I have been a fan ever since When Ron and chauffeur Roy Spear stepped Into Hab den Roy was an the trip helping get around in his wheelchair he was In seventh heaven The whole string of events had been planned for the avid fan through Jean Acton Travel president Rick Bonnelte put the gears in motion with a letter lo explaining Rons in with hockey and his devotion as a fan Eighteen years ago Ron met Rocket Richard received confirmation from before the trip began that Ron was to meet him at Forum employee entrance at on game night After a short talk between and Ron they headed off to the dressing room Brian Engblom was the first Hab to say hello says Ron but he t the only player who spoke to him We went around the room and met all the players there Ron was most impressed with Cunadiemi allstar Larry Robinson and They seemed be the friendliest players says Ron His most prized memento of the trip came from Robinson who presented the Acton sportsman with one of his own official hockey sticks which was a main conversation piece the rest of the trip They made you feel like you were one of Ihe ly says Ron One or Ihc newest Canadiens Dennis Herron met Ron with a Glad to meet you sir Ron will long remember being colled sir Along with Ihe stick from Robinson Ron received many other tokens to remember his weekend Canadiens gave him autographed photos of all the players a personally autographed pennant a calendar a couple of books and an auto graphed souvenir mini stick I haled to leave commented Ron They made you feel like one of the family I could have chatted all day Ron appreciates what Rick and Jean did for him on the trip They must get thousands of requests for things 1 ke that says Ron They can accommodate them all I glad I was one of the fortunate ones Ron met another gentleman associated with the organization after leaving the dressing area to watch the game Breweries of Canada Limited Vice President John met Ron by accident As a result he was made a gift of Canadien cuff links and a promise that a Canadien ring would be mailed tohim For Ron McKnight it was a weekend to remem Ron says he can tthnk of anything that will top his weekend in Montreal and It will take quite a feat lo remove the dressing room from his mind Ron is now waiting for the next Acton Travel trip to see the He wouldn miss it for the world Oh yes Ron sow a good hockey game too Acton Ron enjoyed a weekend 1 Canadiens skated to a win over the New York Ireal recently where fan a Rangers in the battle between last year s Stanley rare opportunity to visit Ihe Montreal dressing Cup finalists That put the icing on the cake to a room lo meet players While walling in Ihe lobby successful weekend for Ron Ron dubbed Ihe of Acton got another rill when he met Ihe voice of the Danny Gallivan slopped hello autotroph a pennant and for a picture before heading to hi Hockey in Canada broadianllnf post PeelHaltons mark finale for cross country team Acton High School cross country season came lo an end last Wednesday wilh ihe Peel champio nships at Kelso Con serve lion Area near Milton Despite having a good season the Acton team was not able to place any qualifiers in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Champions hips As a team placed fifth at the Peel Halton event with a total of 1274 points As usual it was Georgetown which dominated the meet capturing first place finishes in divisions to take both the girls and boys team as well as the overall crown Georgetown amassed 149 combined helped by a perfect one through four finish in the junior girls race Chinguacodsy of Peel placed second at the meet with points and Milton third with clink for beginners veterans like Ry Graham took few was fourth pointers from Fred Archibald even before the clink got Thenit overall with 11DB and lnwWfthhMttiii he only five schools thai entered complete teams in each event Acton top finisher was Heather Thatcher In the junior girls event Heather placed sixth al the meet two weeks ago and ninth last for metre race Kim Thomas of won the event in 11 min Other Acton finishers in the race were Sue Sheila Johnson G5lh and Cathy Grandy Sharon Cook was the lop placer for the senior girls team placing Laurie Early crossed the finish line 54li and Cindy Brill In the midget girls event Jeanne ran a strong race for ihc Red- Its easy for thee tab is this weekend Malcolm to Gems Scolt Malcolm could become Ihe sixth graduate of Minor Hock logo elsewhere to play his hockey this season Malcolm is looking to the George town Gemini as a possible place to play if his release can be obtained Two other Acton former line- mate Dave and Tom Ryan are presently on that teams roster Wade is another minor grad who flew ihc Sabres coop He is tolling with the Shamrocks a Junior affiliate to the Platers while Bruce McPhail and Todd Mclnlyre chose the Caledon Junior C Flyers as iheir home club Lack of communication seems lo be he biggest problem between Acton and Georgetown in getting the Malcolm deal settled An apparent meeting between the two sides failed to materialize on Sunday Georgetown assistant coach Chris Milne is looking forward lo the poss of having Malcolm in a sweater needing a minor release before he can join the Gems Malcolm toiled for Mount Hamilton Junior A s last season returned to the Sabres and was rel eased from there to play house league hockey according to Milne He been carrying his or release around for a year say Mine It is apparent thai Malcolm has no Interest in playing for Ihe Sabres There is another says Milne He can sit out the remainder of season and join us next year as an over age juvenile Milne hopes lhat the Acton system won lei things go that far Acton Minor president Bruce Car gill is also hoping 11 won I go thai far He Is hoping Ihc whole dealing can be cleaned up within the few days men placing overall Like close behind Geison in si position her Acton fin included Judy Vilrkek Allsop Wilt and Karen Brill Glen was one of lop finishers amongst Ihc Acton boys the run placing from over starters In the junior field Acton finishers were Gord Glenn Norman 84 Don lOlsi Mike Ashley lllth and Dave Mitchell 1 For Ihe midgcl boys 11 was Handy Laver across the finish line for Acton placing over all in race Rick was close behind Laver finishing while wat 61 si and Kick 1 Russell Allen was firs member of the Acton s senior learn finish the 7 700 metre race Russell crossed Ihe finish line in 29th spol ahead of brother Rob who placed