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Page M THE Wefeeafey 17 it Raiders cut six cards remain Georgetown Raiders cut six of their players last Wed nesday to meet the Intermed iate A leagues limit As of midnight Wednesday ho Rai ders had to have only 31 player cards in their possession The Raiders began the sea son with player cards and had used of them as of last Monday The team had to send nine cards back to the OHA last week Three of the cards the Raiders tent back are The other six cards were those of John Brian McBratney Bill Masters Pierre Jr Gary Bard- en and Neil Cotton MILD SURPRISES The mild surprises in that group were Masters and Borden as I hey were act ive member of the team has yet to suit up regular season games this years McBratney played in only a few games before he returned to Flint Michigan where he bad played pro for several years Cotton left the team early In the Raiders the three unsigned cards left and any of those can be used to sign the six players Ihey cut so the careers of those players with the team may not be over The final decisions on who to cut were made by conch Gerry Inglls after he consulted general manager Jack Handy and members of the executive The coach said the decisions on who to let go did not come easily The coach said he had to leave himself with at least a Acton tigers beat Patterson The Acton Tigers claimed their first ictory In two years over Georgetowns Insulation by a 64 score in action Monday The Tigers had to come back from a deficit to lake the victory over their arch rivals Georgetowns Rob Paton pened the scoring for the Ti gers on an unassisted effort The Insulators then came back with three straight goals two in the first and one in second ScoringweraS Harris from Bill and Wells Ken Norman from Walter buck le and Howie Comfoot from buckle The Tigers were not to be denied however as they bounc ed back with five in a row Four came before second period was over Tim Gilford unassisted Ken from Wayne Hill and Don Rick Stewart from Kin Sim kin Wayne Munro from Glen Ferguson and Gilford and be were the scorers Dybel second goal came after Insulators had pulled Jim Walker In favor of a sixth at I acker The Georgetown and District Minor Hockey Association an that the annual PHOTO DAYS will be January and Each boy and girl playing House League Hockey with the G D M A will receive team photo and an Individual photo Ihey are with their team at the lime the pictures reminds oil parents and players to be at the arenas in ample lime so that there will be no delays few unsigned cards because he feels he needs a couple of solid defenseman and a good for ward to be a legitimate cont ender for the Hardy Cup If wo had a couple of more defenscmen and a good for ward who could play centre and the wing we would be tough beat coach said The Raiders have until Feb ruary 10 sign players After that date the only players who can pick up must be affiliates The coach said ihe club has been in contact with who served as Raider captain until personal reasons forced him reium to Flint Wove talked to Brain Ingh said But now hes GOO miles away and it is tough to play defense for us while hes there CONTACTED The team has also been in contact with Lunn who has played most of his hockey In New Brunswick The tough forward has registered in a helicopter course in and it would be impossible for him to make a firm commit merit lo the Raiders Infills said he decided to cut Cotton a mainstay In the Raider defense because the big walked out on he As far as Im concerned Neil signed under the pretense that be would be as a fillin because of his other committments said When he walked out after being benched it was his ion and when a guy quits as far as Im concerned hes gone Cotton left Ihe team between periods in a game because he fell Inglls had unfairly bench The coach said that cut ling Masters who has been the teams backup throughout the season was a very hard decision Billy has been very faithful and hes a great kid but I had to go with the goalies who I thought could get us first place coach said Of six players cut the most likely to return may be Masters One of the reasons he was cut was because he picked up a twogame suspension in his last outing in Fort Erie Masters Is not eligible to play even if resigned January BUSY Mario MacDonald who was teams number one net minder last year has had heavy work committments his year and has been unable to make it to most of the games He still has a 10day to Montreal on his work schedule and also a couple of weekend Jaunts so team may be have lo resign Masters lo backup Peter McDuffe Inglls said he cut who played under him In Milton last year because he was not adjusting well to Intermediate hockey Pierre came out late and its been a big Jump from Junior to Intermediate A for him the coach said Harden is another player out of Junior B and he has been having his trouble holding his own in Intermed iate He hosn I come along the way we expected him to said His job has forced him to miss a lot of practise and many games After the cuts the Raiders have IS players left on thdr roster and the coach said he would like I sign three more League standings Colhngwood IS 1 Port Elgin 14 Owen Sound 10 13 1 Team IS Georgetown Thorold 12 in Erie 77 1S1 10 January Georgetown a Fort Erie January to January 12 3atColImgwoodS port Eric at Georgetown 18 January 14 Thorold at Owen Sound HONDA CIVIC A VERY POPULAR CAR ITS YOURS FOR IKS Automatics BAZ MOTORS LTD salt sttvlc topi Sales and Service st Georgetown HH USUI We repair all makes of automatic and standard transmissions Towing Budget Research Road We offer Economy and Integrity Hey Kids Win McDonalds Gift Certificates and Watches GET YOUR CRAYONS AND FELT MARKERS GOING TO WIN GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR DELICIOUS FOOD AT MCDONALDS ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED ON ORIGINALITY AND EACH MONTH THERE WILL BE A DRAW FOR A UNIQUE RONALD MCDONALD WATCH ENTER AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE ADDRESS TELEPHONE AGE Watch this space for weekly winners in the coloring 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