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TlUi Wednesday Page ONLY 3400 PER WEEK 1989 HONDA CIVIC Georgetown Gualph St Hwy 7 LOW COST Georgetown LEASING SALES SERVICE 81 8 Sports and I Recreation COLIN Herald Sports honor DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too vounci 1 itd Downtown Georgetown 8772761 Obstacles to be overcome GOALTENDER CURTIS GREEN might be justified in feeling a bit shellshocked following the two most recent losses of the Georgetown Buick Raiders Green might hate hail just cause in suing his mates for nonsupport following the 121 thrashing by Brampton Capitals last Thursda Dec Saturday night at home against Burlington Green turned aside shots but the Raiders dropped a decision Herald photo by Donna Kell Bennett returned to Wolves National camp good experience By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Adam Bennetts dream of representing his country in inter national competition has been on hold for the time being The 18yearold 206pound with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League had been one of players including 12 rearguards invited to attend Canadas national junior hockey teams training camp staged in Ottawa from Dec 12 through last Sunday He was told last Friday by na tional team head coach Guy Char- ron that he wouldnt be on the man roster which will compete in the world junior hockey tourna ment scheduled for Helsinki Finland Dec 26Jan4 Major Bantams They team Canada manage were very good about it when they told me said Bennett in a telephone interview from Sud bury They said they were pleas ed with my play in camp but because of the larger ice surfaces in Europe they were going to go with more mobile Im more of a bump and grind kind of player In one way Im disappointed continued Bennett but in another way Im not I thought I played Weil and the camp was a great learning experience It was an honor to be invited and pla alongside such talented hockey I learned a few things thai Ill be able to put to good use In a way though Im also glad to be coming back to Sudbury Wolves in M M undefeated During the past week Georgetown and Pro Sports Major Bantams went undefeated On Dec Georgetown travelled to Streetsville During the first period Streetsville did all the scor ing First goal coming at of the first and last goal coming at 242 and from there on it was all Georgetown Jake got Georgetown on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal which turned out to be one of his three goals At 1141 of the second period Steve Wright got Georgetown one more goat closer to the leading Streetsville At Jake tied the game up with his second of the evening After Streetsville had taken the lead Shawn Curry tied it up at of the third Three minutes later Steve Wright gave Georgetown the lead Tim was another goal scorer for Georgetown as Curry and Mashinter scored additional goals final score was for Georgetown Saturday Georgetown travelled to to play the top team After falling behind in the first period Chris Barrow got Georgetown on the scoreboard at After falling behind again Jake tied the game at 22 Then at of the second Mark Laird scored to put Georgetown in the lead Then at Derek added to Georgetowns lead After Ching came within one Chris Barrow put the game out of reach with his second of the night With 423 remaining in the third Ching got another goal but with remaining Dustin Thompson scored the final goal as Georgetown won Sunday afternoon second place Burlington visited Georgetown At the end of the first period Georgetown was behind but then at of the second Shawn scored for Georgetown Then a minute later Burlington ad ded to the lead At Ken Kosziwka scored for Georgetown At of the third Tim scored the first of his two goals With remaining Tim scored the final goal which tied the game at The players and coaching staff of the M and Pro Sport Major Ban tams would like to take this op portunity to wish- everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year Next home game 1990 regular Ontario Hockey League play Wolves are presently in third place in the Emms Division of the OHL just two points behind secondplace Kitchener and just seven points behind division- leading London Bennett will suit up for the Wolves in their game against Niagara Falls Thursday night tomorrow then spend time Christmas with his family here in Georgetown Defencemen named to the Cana dian team roster include- Patrice Laval Titans Kevin Haller Pats Jason Herter University of North Dakota Stewart Seat tie WHL Plavsic Peoria and Dan Cornell University Ironically also cut from the team Canada roster was left winger Scott Thornton a Toronto Maple Leafs draft choice who plays for Belleville Bulls of the OHL Last Jan The Hockey News published rankings of the top junior players in Canada and Ben nett was ranked second behind Thornton All in all its been quite a year for Bennett Bennett was drafted in the first round last spring by the NHLs Chicago but he has yet to ink a professional contract with the team My agent Anton Thun based out of Toronto handling things with the Blackhawks said Ben nett But right now Im not play ing hockey to please the Hawks I have a job to do here in Sudbury and Ill let my performances do the talking Im concentrating on my junior hockey career and with another year still to go maybe Ill make the national team next year Earlier this hockey season Ben nett was selected and he is one of Sud burys top pointgetters Prior to leaving for the national camp he was the second leading Sudbury Wolves scorer with 31 points on goals and assists With the situation out of his hands and the national junior training camp now just a fond memory Bennett can concentrate on the immediate task at hand Namely contributing to a Sudbury Wolves Memorial Cup triumph Raiders drop two By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Georgetown Haiders pride not to mention the teams record suffered a pair of blows in the squads two most recent Central Ontario Junior Hockey League West Divi sion outings Brampton Capitals hung a 121 thumping on the Raiders in a game played last Thursday Dec 14 in Brampton while Burlington Cougars skated to a win over the hometown crew Saturday night at Gordon Memorial Arena Raider coach Peter Sturgeon doesnt to offer excuses but he feels there are valid reasons for the Raiders continuing misfor tunes We knew the start we would be going with a young team and thai we would take our lumps Then the affiliation with Owen Sound Platers formerlj Platers of the Onlario Hocke League was discontinued because they wanted to affiliate with junior team in their home base of Owen Sound slated Sturgeon We lost a potential pool because of the loss of the affiliation with Owen Sound continued Sturgeon and maybe our guys lost a little bit of incentive as well As well pointed Sturgeon some veteran players didnt come through as we thought they would have so we have struggled there have been major obstacles But I still have faith in our guys and right now we are concen trating on two main areas said Sturgeon Number one is effort all the lime every shift every and every game The cond area were working on is con tinuing with a positive attitude We have to believe that things will im prove Around this time last year Raiders had just recorded a three- point week and were solidly in fourth place in the leagues West Division standings with points just a single point behind fourth- place and six points ahead of fifthplace Blades The losses this past week to Brampton Capitals and Burlington Cougars drops the Raiders season record to 320 and last place in the West Division standings 10 points behind sixthplace Brampton Sturgeon has already wiped the slate on the 121 loss to Brampton We were totally flat said Sturgeon in an understatement The whole team we were just not ourselves from the nets on out Curtis Green worked the whole game againsl Brampton in the Raiders nets while Brent Presswood off passes from Chris Lazarowff and Marty Savoy scored the lone Georgetown goal Consistency game in and game out has been a another Raider shortcoming this year and it ap peared a totally different outfit that challenged the West Divisions thirdplace Cougars on Saturday evening This time the Raiders came to play The first period ended in a scoreless tie and the contest was knotted at 1 1 after minutes of pi a Burlington turned on the after burners in the third period to the Raiders and claim the hardearned 52 win Green once again worked a full 60 minutes in the Raiders nets and put in some outstanding work making saves to but for his counterpart in the Burlington net John Williamson and Adam Hagen were the Raiders marksmen against Burlington with Brent Presswood and Chris drawing assists The Raiders next home game is Thursday Dec 28 and it will be Kids night at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena The Raiders and the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association in cooperation with area merchants are handing out free admission tickets to children Along with the ticket stub is a lucky number and prizes will be handed out to the children in attendance Raiders will host Streetsville Derbys in the pm scheduled start Sunny Acres Farms Lights go out in third period A third period collapse handed Sunny Acres Farms major midgets hockey team only their third loss of the season Sunday afternoon at Gordon Memorial Arena as topped the locals As is their habit Sunny Acres started out slowly and fell behind 10 after the first period Four Georgetown second period goals with but a single reply from appeared to give Sunny Acres Farms a comfortable lead heading into the third period normally the time when the Sunny Acres squad puts away the opposition turned the tables however on Sunday by scoring four times while blanking Georgetown to skate away with the 64 win The loss dropped Sunny Acres Farms season record to still the class of their Tri County division Jim English Mark Lorito Brad and Rob Lang shared in the Georgetown scoring Rob Boyle had a pair of assists while single helpers went to English Lorito Jake and Rich Bond Peter Downs manned the pipes for Sunny Acres Farms against Chinguacousy Sunny Acres Farms had a game Monday evening in at press time the score was not available The game against marked Sunny Acres Farms last league contest leading up to play in the annual Georgetown Minor Hockey Association midget tournament scheduled for Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Jan Georgetown opens tournament play Jan with an 8 game scheduled against Waterloo