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the HERALD ScneriticAiLJ ports and and Recreation For 30 Years We Have Delivered Till- I Wednesday OHA champion Raiders were the toast of the town They were the toast of Georgetown Twenty years ago they knew local fame and celebrity that few smalltown hockey teams can boast They were the Georgetown Raiders and during one magic hockey season they were the hottest Junior ticket in Ontario We were big celebrities mused Kent Robinson a member of that 196B squad that skated to the all Ontario championship Fans would Invite guys off the team over to their houses for Sunday dinner Once my brother Paul and I were asked by a fan If we would attend his daughter eleventh birthday party Robinson relived some of those fond hockey memories last week as a delegation from the Raiders prepared to help usher in a new chapter of Georgetown hockey Former players and members of the executive were on hand at Arena last Friday night as the J r Raiders put the finishing touch on a transformation that began last sum After officially adopting the trad Georgetown hockey moniker last summer after 11 years as the Gemini the B squad unveiled Its new red and black uniforms prior to Friday faceoff with Capitals Robinson Jr C champion Raiders are just one of the title- winning teams from Georgetown vaunted hockey past that the current version of the Raiders hope to emulate We would ve been competitive In the A league said Robin son We had an excellent hockey Indeed so strong were the Jr Raiders that they played an game against the old OKA Jr A Hamilton Red Wings during the campaign The Hamilton squad featured future tike Rick Smith Rene Leclerc Ed Ha town Danny Lawson and Pete The Raiders played games that season losing only six After away with first place in the old Suburban Jr C Hockey League with a slate the Raiders set their sights on a provincial pionshlp was pretty well a certainty that whoever won that league would win the Ontario title said Robin son attesting to the high calibre of play In the suburban loop After beating and A ax in the preliminary rounds the Raiders dispatched of longtime rival Milton in the league championship finals and it was off to f nd Ontario gold Dresden JJuntsvjlle and New Hamburgh fell In succession and when the last puck had been shot Georgetown stood as the cream of the crop of C hockey teams In On We were a well balanced team said Robinson We had good scor and a good defence Teams real ly key on one guy Robinson s brother Paul led the Class of Several of he tram members from the Georgetown Haiders who claimed the provincial championship In were on hand Friday to help the new Raiders celebrate Colors at the Arena row from left are Frank King me Gerry Inglji aid Harold the back row are players goal John Quae In defence Dove defence and Kent ilohtnton ward Herald photo I Fred The magic of Mario a sight to behold R Pauls Call Paul Ed tar Mario Lcmieux is the best hockey player in the w today How dolknow that I saw him play In Maple Leaf Gardens last week and believe me Mario is the best Okay okay So being a bit facetious I mean after all l The Great One oka Hollywood Wayne still king of the NHL Who am I to utter hockey blasphemy against the pride and joy of waiter and Phyllis and all of beautiful Brentford Well I still convinced Mario Is now the best After pouncing upon a pair of Leal tickets hat came my fortunate way last Wednesday afternoon I hurried down to Hogtown W witness the Magnificent Mario In all his dor hucksters shouting Park here on ly bucks What a deal Instead find a back street off Jarvls mind the working women now and dump It behind a high rise Once inside the still aweinspiring confines of the House that Hal built I managed to avoid the equally myriad hucksters of Leaf trinkets more expensive than the parking spots but much less valuable Quelling a nosebleed as ascended to my seat among the real fans 1 in the grays settled back to watch Mario in action For starters the guy gels about 59 minutes of Ice time penalty killing double shifts regular shifts you name it Mario does it He has that Esposlio like reach that deceiving Mahovllch like stride and a touch around the net that eludes description Call It simp ly Mario Magic The big guy picked up a goal and three assists during his stop in TO and the Leafs even managed to win much to the delight and relief of John Whatever number wonts in Pitt the Penguin owners should RAIDER Chuck Lorcto was the recipient of the Miller High Life Player of the month for October Referee Andre who came under fire three weeks agi from Milton coach Gary Ford In the aftermath of a suspended game in Miltdn which saw the Merchants unable to complete the contest when several of their players were tossed out of the match handled the day game Some Interesting numbers also made their debut along with the new Raider uniforms last weekend While 13 Kevin Dance 33 Rob Doucette Brent 77 Bryan Gendron and Brown have been seen more com in the NHL in the past few years and si may be a bit less familiar Kelly Foster Is wearing number and Rod who also favors inspirational messages on his sticks carries number Haiders visit Burlington on Friday before hosting Strcetsville Derbys at Arena on Saturday loop in storing 1968 with 47 goals and assists a id played on a high scoring line with Bruit McMwlcn and bill Poul was runn ng from behind the net before Wayne ever ej it says Kent Another hat shooting line had Ron Lane and Hay skating w tl Terry nephew of torn Toronto Maple Leaf star Tony A strong defence led by Phil stood up In Front of one wo punch made up Fred and Brian One couldn t play at home because he gat too nervous laughed Robinson So we always knew who wos play in goal As talented as the 19fiB were Robinson says the cement of the unit was provided by Gerry lies the best coach I ever played for stated Robinson He knew how to get 110 per cent from every guy Inglis was also a master of psychological warfare Favorite Inglis tricks according to Robinson Included wearing home sweaters on the road and thus tore the home team to change and taking thi enemy team end for start of the game after warming up In the opposite end Once he sent me to centre ice far the not anthem In Milton whili the rest of the team stayed on the bench recounted Robinson Boy did that get the fans riled up Robinson was the selfconfessed team fighter I was a fighter he said I used my own rules and I fought when and where win ted to The burly known as Bear once instigated a near riot during a rood gome in We were losing and I went out and took out their centre recalled Robinson with a devilish grin Then 1 fought their and coach They got four guys kicked out the cops came to the rink and we ended up winning Playing an exciting brand of hockey quickly endeared the Raiders to the local hockey fans Robinson remembers filling Memorial Arena Tor playoff games and having crowds still lined up out to Street They d be hang front the rafters said Robin son Wed get out to games Once the fire marshal had to close off the crowd Robinson said another key ingre dient in the team success was the Raiders togetherness We were a family he said Saturday before a Sunday garni d go over the to drink pop and watch TV We d dn t party before games or even with the girlfriends Then on Sunday night after a game the whole team would go to a movie together In Toronto and do a bit of hooting and holler ing On one occasion the entire team stormed a hospital to liberate a fallen comrade Brad Johnson broke his ankle In recalled Robinson After the game we fort our bus driver to take us to the hospital and we all trooped In The nurses told us we t go in but we Just sold Oh yeah watch us and we went In and took Johnson But like all good things the Raiders saga would soon come to a close The squad missed the playoffs the next year as age limits left only two veterans in lineup The following year the Suburban league folded As for and his team mat is several of Raiders left their marks In other parts of the hockey world Most of the guys arc still around said Robinson Why I vc Robinson brother Paul had a brief stint with the Petes broken cheekbone ended his competitive playing days Paul went on lo become the first per son In Ontario to have his name In scribed on the OHA Jr C pionshlp trophy as both a player and coach after he guided Eagles the title Kent Robinson fondly recalled Ihe final game in the championship series whin the Raiders dusted New Hamburgh Memorial Arena Robinson missed the game but was back in time to enjoy the team fire truck ride through a euphoric Georgetown I was at a graduation ceremony In Toronto recalls Robinson I phoned back between periods and got updates on score Ural it was 1 when it was I left for Georgetown after that inside THIS SECTION SPORTS Holy B2 Scoreboard B2 Mighty midgets Georgetown spikes fourth title Jr Rebels dynasty dyno rulers volleyball title the Georgetown Rebels would certainly qualify as a dynasty Rebels gunned down the Pearson Patriots in three straight games Take that Rebel Junior llalton final at asserted volleyball Peter their county volleyball domination with a threegame sweep of Pearson to claim an unprecedented fourth title Herald photo pikes the ball outstretched hands Pearson Patriot during last since Everyone ployed well said ecstatic coach Bob McKay the match We served well and didn let them run Pearson highest point run in fact come In the third game after Georgetown won the first two by scores of 157 and In game three Pearson fought back from a deficit to force a tie with four straight points But thats alt the Rebels would give their visitors as pulled out the stops and cruised to a 1511 We got a scouting report on Pearson and went to work early said McKay We never had to worry about our offence all our kids like to hit the ball and we had no problems on defence Georgetown took away Pear son spiking game and forced the visitors to go to the tip early We figured they would get frustrated if the hits didn come and we knew if we could keep hot we could win it said McKay We got hero on our spiking ability said Pearson coach Jim Mitchell But they took It away from us so we had to tip We Just never got We knew they attacked from the middle but they attacked everywhere It s a shocker we hadn t tost all year McKay cited his setters Chris Cambouris and Mike Bosman as being key cogs In the Georgetown machine Holy smokes I don t know where we d be without them he said The Junior mentor also praised John Jlckling Peter Gomboci and John John was really pumped said McKay As for next season McKay says losing four players three of them starters From the cham p squad Cambouris Gomboci and Nick Var will all move up the ladder to senior volleyball With a strong bench McKay figures to be right back In the hunt or Halton gold next year and a fifth straight county crown Its rewarding when you can get the kids to play to their potential he said Back for next year a run will be joke Mashinler Adam Dave Lawrence Grant Cox John Katsilieris Derek El lard John Cruise and Greg Dobbin New uniforms sharp Raiders not as Jr B s drop two on weekend The uniforms were different but the results bore on eerie similarity to some of last year as the Georgetown Raiders suffered a pair of home Ice losses last weekend Raiders unveiled their new red and black outfits on Friday at Alcott Arena but the Central Ontario Jr B league west division leading Capitals took little notice in gaining win On Saturday It was turn to be unimpress ed with the new duds as the Blades earned a close 7 victory It been a bumpy ride bock down to earth for the Raiders who have now lost three straight home games after ending a nine- game unbeaten streak two weeks ago Last weekend losses dropped the Raiders back into third spot in the western division with an record for points three back of second Burlington and three ahead place Although the Raiders ore proving they re a much Improved contender after last s sixth place debacle coach Peter Sturgeon was not taking last weeks slide lightly We got to get back to basics sold Sturgeon We vc got to bear down Everybody has got to play together vantage of that RAIDERS On Saturday Raiders led after minutes despite serving IB minutes in minor penalties tied it at In the second period and Georgetown 1 In the third Mark Pries Chris Lee Ciglcn Travis Cole Chuck and Brent fired goals for Georgetown while Brown had two assists JP Latour Kelly Foster Travis Cole Chuck Loreto Don Cruise Chris Lee Trent Cull and Kevin Dance had solo assists Todd King blocked drives and the Raiders directed at Blades Glen Williams After a start left Georgetown leading after 20 minutes the Raiders broke down in their and allowed Etobicokc to battle back narrowed the gap to for Georgetown after two periods before exploding for a fivegoal third period with Raiders replying only Travis Cole turned the true hat trick for Georgetown netting three goals in succession after having scored once earlier in the game to end the night with four goals Brown Kevin Dance and Trent Cull scored the other Raider goals Chuck Loreto had three assists Shannon Storr and Don Cruise had two apiece and single helpers were earned by Travis Ccle Greg J Dea Brown Kelly Foster and Rod and dcfci breakdowns turned out to be the nemesis or the Raiders last weekend On Saturday Raiders took minutes In minor penalties over the first two periods while I don t like to complain about of but that was pathetic said Sturgeon As soon as we hit the lec there were penalties called on us You ve got to let the kids play the game Kevin Dance Chris Lee JP and Bryan Gendron were all given the gate with misconducts In Saturday toss toOakvllIc But on Friday it was defensive problems that plogued the Raiders end Sturgeon was no less blunt about the situation We broke down in our own end he said We had pro blems getting the puck out You ve got to give credit to Etobicokc because a good club will take ad Rising Capital The puck blurs aver the shoulder provides a leaping screen dor of Georgetown Raider Friday 107 Raider Ion at Todd King as Ft obi coke Nick Alcott Arena Herald photo SPORTS I Alex on darts Bronze Chargers B4 High school report B4 ENTERTAtotMBNT HoUywoorJWto