Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 8, 1978, p. 16

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Page THE IK Wednesday February a Sailors end the Raiders streak with a 96 win atAlcott arena A strange thing happened a I Arena on Friday night Something that has not hap in months The Georgetown Chrysler Raiders lost a hockey game The Port Colborne Sailors came and unceremoniously dumped the Raiders with or the faithful looking on The last time the Raiders loat a game was an November when the Thorold Athletics defeated them Since that time the Raiders have been on a tear not suffering a defeat in their last nine games The Raiders were missing two of their top players or the Port Colborne game with Mario MacDonold and winger Steve in Montreal on business Greg Hooper handled the chores and although he let nine of shots get past him Raider general manager Jack Handy said he should be faulted for the- Gregg did nol ploy a bad game Handy said On a few of the goals he was screened and a couple of others were deflected right in front of him The defensemen wen backing right into him It was penalties that enabled the Sailors lo take a first period lead First Bob went off and Sailors Mike Soucic opened the Later In the period Colin Gordon took a holding penalty and Bob Courage made it for the Sailnri The Sudors also look two penalties in he first period but he Raiders were unable to capitalize on either power play Georgetown the Sailors 11 Sin that firsf period but Port goaltender Hob Stewart them off the scon shell It did not take the Raiders long to gel on track in the middle frame the ptnod only 1 old Doug Tate brought the to within one on an unassisted goal The score stayed that way until the mark when the Sailors Dave Groulx scored Only la seconds later late scored his second goal who was chosen Raider of the Month for January and Bill earning assists The visitors then scored two goals within a 1 span to break the game wide open Both goals were stored by With only seconds left lo play in the period Tom brought the back within two on a play up bj rookie Larry Peterson gimt whin tin another goal the period this turn was Mike the Raiders right back and only alter had stored Art Webster put out iw on feed from Gordon w is marksman igam Jl of the period hi be scored the lenders r play goal of he tvi Tom Gilbert earned inc hi wirt going to pull anothtr one out of ire llol ltd it up itl snond Hob mil Hill up isslsts flu tying it Mark lompk ted bi li stored what prosed with lotion off str slushing hi pumped two in before rang scored the first the gun finished Hit scoring Webster wis stashing at of the thru point Itad o Iht place Dundas ilnnts who they pi i thru wore urns Mi inwlult thin is dog fight of slindings Hit In third pint holding point Ind on Iht bold two point leui ir the Senior basketball Rebs consolation winners The George town high school senior basketball Rebels were held to only points in their first defeat in league play o Perdue who scored The Perdue defense had Georgetown baffled as the Rebels were able score only two points in the first quarter and seven In the first half The Rebels could do much better in the third quarter when they scored only five points It appeared they were beginning to the Perdue defense in the final quarter when scored points but it was too little and much late Doug Lamb handled more than half the Rebel scoring as he pumped in points Norm Ibukt had six and Bill Rivers had the other two Lamb was also he Rebel leading re bounder with four The Rebels faired much belter on the weekend when they took the consolation title at Ihe loumamenl held in Orangevillc Georgetown was knocked out of the championship round by Central Peel of Brampton In the first game in tht consolation the Rebels came up against Ihe Slayner Buckeyes and won the Lamb was again his team lop gunner in this garni as he scored points Seniors dressed Junior Steve Keshck for the touma ment and the mosc pu oil with Ihe big center being a top scorer against with 8 Bill Rivers and Myron who was previously known as Norm each had six points Todd three and Rob and Rob Rivers stored two Lamb was the leading rebounder with seven and had five In the final gome the Rebels went up against Acton and took win Ki slick had to senior game by this and hi ltd all scorers by pumping in IB points had mm and Lamb seven junior guard Turner chipped in with six and Hatcher Hill Rivers and Todd chipped In with four each Lamb was again leading Rebel off the boards he pulled down rebounds and had tight The Rebels n in hi final teams wen tied a threequarters at tach big Campers nip Brampton The North Sports Novices came out of stump Sunday de- fiat Brampton I It was big win for hi Campcra who been themselves since they lost the final in the Stnyner tournament The Campers warmed up for the Brampton garni pre day when Ihey win pitted mothers and friends in an exhibition They showed no mercy in defeating heir moms 101 Brampton controlled play in the first jxnod but were kept off by the goallendcrs who were red hot Brampton opened the scor with gone in the middle frame Joey Mi ddn ugh from rise is tin However Georgetown w is determined lo out their losing and the third period took ostr With seconds gum in the framt Mark Moody on i feed from Sean Finn tied garni up Less thin a minute after that goal Jamie connected on the inning Mark set up lilt play added an insurant goal with just under seven minutes gone urn id the The standout for George town in the game was Mood Not only did he score he initial goal but also coach double shifted day He was filling in for the Terry Dixon i his Sports around MM til brum 1st hlkli junior sinior I ill i In urn ij mi si nils look Mir I 47 tht Senior Mi Hi Mi lun i or storing wink Jul nihil ind Gnjg both in Minis and Itkr lid with Tin Ill 111Kb mail olknst I f- rid th Mid mil imtior from it IJ I lis Ml lilies took tin urn iht Junior dim Glin lid Hit s id in lluir hoop Ji o Chris I It leh nidi in on six Mill Musi inslopsiirrw is Inn Tin lid M n Km sbtd J it tin Ihi Chapman may become a Raider hi ton is It am is doing Hi wants lost i As he season quickly young team two in in i imp draws to a for Acton old mil sets pi iing In ipm in Sabres it is a for Have still of good mosl likely to look over tin stars lift of Junior in Milton year and also id to hi lo lp r Ins future team mimlxrs direct pi ins lo of Junior hockey as with his He is in i season he will be too old for to telling i in this classification from turn miles of skill lilts ISO Dave who leads the Sal re ind predicts Im tier things for holds offense in both assists and within five position of goals that it is whin Ihi gains some somi thing that might prist sometimes frustrating to in probltms playing for a team with a win in plans lo be around Itels Ik gels no m loss record of However in five years lo sit bow pnvilegis ind is lied other tarn munbir irsefbo looking Major Atoms move on in taking three straight Tbe Acton Sabre Dave Chapman fa in his final year of junior hockey He that next year he would like lo play in this area either with the Milton an Intermediate team or the Georgetown Raiders The Construction Major Atoms wrapped up M II A Qualifying Round a gainst by taking convincing victories by scores the last Georgetown showed right off tin opening wlilstli were determined lo win by scoring the sines goal only seconds Into Ihe first game Before that firs game was Georgetown hod tallied four limes before the Goalgetlcrs for the Major Atoms in that first game were Wayne Morrow from Smith and Mlkt John Barclay with and David Montague earning the assists Shown Coffey on a solo and Morrow again from Todd Cull had several good scoring chances In the game Stephen Roy them to the one mark The leaders for Georgetown In game were who played strong both offensively and defensively and Morrow who led ihe attack and checked tenaciously throughout the irs lalliitl for opuitd storing in the g inn but ir first It id wis shortlivid is town lo ton only 35 stconds iflcrwirds was by Stephen M irtolini who lilt stymied in as hi madi in end to end rush and belt Rob for I own wire Morrow Smith linen ijednslnngg is he recorded Iwo ilso up many Dundas with phys His fellow tlcftp slvcSItphen Turner played cffeclivcg ime by throwing out few crunching llychitks In Iht third Inck in Georgetown the I- irefightcrs werjl out determined to end ihe series in the minimum bout of games The line of Morrow O firlcn and Smith scored all of s goals Morrow was again big shooter as he scorcdlhchat irlck two and has a single Smith and O had three assists each and Morrow set up two goals only other player to scores heel assist Georgetown scored first In Lakers defeat Hawks The Lakers the Hawks In linn Wednesday night Gail Robinson lit leagues leading scorer hoop Corrine Vonderwttrinu adding eight and Bonnie Brut on playing a strong defensive game the Hawks Gloria Sinclair scored eight In second game action the Celtics and Knlcks tied The Celtics with only a players were very strong defensively Lynda Smith Jerry Murphy scored eight apiece Marie Simony and Jackie Sargent scored points each hard free In while and Tom Daley find themselves on In of the Port net on Friday night during their loss their backs Being shoved into the net is Colin Gordon while Tom i iht Sailors The Sailor goalie Rob Stewart holds onto the puck Gilbert circles the Gems fight Brampton to draw need a win to clinch sixth spot Lilly pleased wilh I 1aul He look mm a young should be a leader the Iwo players will be ready for against Ihe tonight Mark falby was dressed for Brampton saw limited icllon is can clinch i ploy spot tonight if cm ft it the Cougars here Their two games are against Beehives Dixie on ind Milton flyers at Arena on Saturd of tin firsl period with Hit 1 in I Rob impboll mil infrntt i Jim iris Dunn Jus turn is men ing tin pruperU to It i inuiuli ifttr tli Hints Brampton sum rtdto bruit J in insK id tlumpini il il in Att bis it mi Ilu Guns wi rt In i innini w is off i hi ill Thi indid with team his it Hit iiiisriiiiniciilii J id I r mil positive ispecls in tin pi lop his Hi Hit Cans an mill I ike tin in in Gems stage comeback but take win bid the fill is four goals in Ihi final period wen enough to overcome who took a in Streetsville last scored two goals in each of the three ptriodi to take viclory Handy Strong and Graeme Hall scored in the first period and Jim and Jim Baker tallied in Ihe sctond for the In the final period put he ahead the mark of rami At the mark with the the Gems finally got things rolling Chris Milne scored with Doug flames and Joe South earning the assists Less than n minute later Tim from Milne At the 31 mark the Gems got a goal from Bloke to narrow the gap to two Paul set up the goat Strong put an end to the Gem when he scored with only I left In the period Turner scored his second goal of the night from Milne and South to make final It was the Gem power play which waa strong In the team a previous game against the Dixie Beehives that retain cost them the game look minor penalties compared just eight for the Gems However Ihe Gems managed to scon Just once while enjoying manpower advantage and lie thai by scoring a goal There were some positive aspects for the Gems Milne came up with a big of gome which he has not done In quite awhile Also the Gems showed plenty of character by not letting the run them out of the rink after taking a lead Brad Miller was in the Gem net and stopped 31 of shoes directed his way and Hick the league leading goalie stopped of shots at him Terry Turner who was sold to the by the Gems did not dress for the game The leagues leading goalgcttcr George Chandler also was out of action The league leading point getter Baker was dressed for the game and he had three assists as well as his goal to close In on the point record of set by Nclhcrloy of Ihe Mohawks in 1974 Gems were missing Paul and Bill Allison Paul was serving the first of a suspension ho received In the final minute of Beehive game good read hi Sue feature on Dave Chapman that the Acton Sabre star plans to stay in this area once his career is through Chapman Is a truly gifted hockey player who has also displayed that he has a lot of heart by giving it his all in every game although the Sabres have recorded only three victories Chapman says that year he would like to play wilh the Intermediate A Chrysler Raiders or the Intermediate B Milton Tridents he a welcome addition on either of those Row about he the Georgetown Gemini s Doug Barnes who is also going overage after this season forming two thirds of a line the Raiders next year They could be another Tom Daley Ray Evans Raider manager Jack Handy said that bath Ihe junior aged players ore on Ihe Raider list which would that that club gets first crack at them Divesfother Bruce for w has done with the Sabres this year Although hi a cellar dwell club there has been no turmoil on the team Dove says thai he thinks the Sabres will be a team o etmtend with in about five years If the spirit which prevails on team now is present five years from rrow Dave s prophecy may just come true The elder Chapman has not been at all discouraged with his team a record and he says be wants to be behind the bench next year Word has come from Handy that there will be Quebec entry in A H A championships be played atFrcdericlon New Brunswick commencing April 11 However that there not be an entry from that province In the championships Because there is no entry from Nova Scotia It will mean lhat both the A champions and Northern On I irio Hockey Champions will make Ihe trip to There will be eight teams competing in the tour and I twill be run in around robin format The Holders certainly have lo be favored to be Ihe A representatives However Handy says that the Thorold Athletics will be a tough team In the playoffs Handy says have made a few strong additions to their lineup recently They will pay Georgetown a Friday and It should prove to be a very interesting mat The Raiders could meet the Athletics first round of the playoffs Handy also reports tickets for the Raider Jugoslav match are selling very well He figures ap proximately DO per cent or the tickets are gone He says ha there ore only 40 to childrens lleketsleft TickcLi for the dinner ore also going fast and Handy figures hat should be a sellout as well The Georgetown Gemini Doug Barnes ruined it for the almost soldo crowd at Brampton Century Gardens on Sunday night His goal late In the third period which gave he Gems a lie with Brampton sent the or so fans at the game home gloomy The crowd at the game was really much as boo any of their young warriors The man behind the public address system at the really goofed though With three seconds left on the clock and In the Gems Eonehothankcdthsfana for their support this season He bid the fans a food farewell because as he said There Is no possibility of the Chevy Logans making playoffs so his will be the last game here this season in inc Logan are still alive in the bunt for the sixth and float playoff spot Had though they ended up a tie that still have a slight chance of sneaking Into he They have two games left and need a win and a tie If the Gems lose their remaining three games to mate the playoffs I don know where the people running public address system at Century Gardens get their but they may find having to make toe Ug if Chevy Logan end up in sixth place

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