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Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, March 24, 1993— Page 11 NORTHEND ER SALES SERVICE LEASING HWY. #25 & 401 878-4137 MILTON Georgetown Branch 120 Royal Canadian Legion president Bob’ McNeilly performed the ceremonial face- off prior to the Grand Championship game Sunday evening at the Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena as the 33rd annual Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament wrapped-up. Favored Detroit Little ere made short work of the Rideau-St. Lawrence Kings in the championship final, handily winning 8- HHTW photo Detroit wins Grand Championship By Mike Zrostek Things went as expected at the finals of the 33rd annual Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament wrap-up day Sunday as the favored Detroit Little Caesars defeated the Rideau-St. Lawrence Kings 8-2 to capture the Grand Championship. Little Caesars emerged as the A Division (AAA) champs and bumped off C Division champion Walden in a Grand Championship semifinal. Rideau-St. Lawrence won B Division then beat D Division champs Trenton 7-1 in the tourna- ment’s other Grand Championship semifinal. Detroit, playing their third game of the day, looked sluggish in the first five minutes as Rideau took an early lead on a point blank shot from the slot that found the top cor- er. It was looking good early for Rideau until with just 1:39 left in the opening period, a poor clearing | Bryan Lewis, the NHL’s director of officiating and a Georgetown res- ident, took time out to chat with Halton Hills This Week reporter Mike Zrostek prior to refereeing a game in the 33rd annual Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament. attempt resulted in a Detroit goal with three seconds left as the Little Caesars made it 2-1 on a nice indi- vidual rush by Kimu Mau’u. Detroit came out flying in the second and scored 17 seconds in on a soft goal that found it’s way threw the legs of the Rideau goalie. That goal dictated the period as Detroit added three more while limiting Rideau to one. Thanks in part to some strong Detroit goal- tending they left the second with a commanding 6-2 lead. Rideau didn’t have anything left in the final period and the disci- plined Detroit squad, who played a tight-checking style throughout the tournament, kept Rideau in check while adding two soft goals making the final 8-2. Kimu Mau’ was named Most Valuable Player for Detroit with two goals and two assists. Other Detroit markers came from Ryan Zoller, Jason Reibling, Josh Carter, Jimmy Mroz, James Patterson and Chris Lebar, Stephen Moore was the MVP for Rideau-St. Lawr Scoring for Rideau St. Lawrence in the Grand Championship match were Scott Ferguson and Stephen Moor re. James Patterson of Detroit was named the tournament MVP. There was plenty of silverware handed out following the Grand Championship final at the 33rd annual Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament which wrapped-up: this past Sunday at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena. Gary McNiven of the Georgetown Bodanis Raiders received the Jean and Red Asseltine ae for exemplifying hockey skills, leadership and good sportsmanship during the tourna- Gary McNiven wins Asseltine trophy ment. tournament’s Most Valuable Goaltender trophy, the Georgetown Referee’s Association trophy, went to Keith Cousineau who helped his Walden bantam mates capture the C Division championship. James Patterson of the champi- on Detroit Little Caesars captured the Georgetown Minor Hockey Tournament Committee trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament, while Bill Arnold of the finalist Rideau-St. Lawrence Kings won coach of the tourna- ment honors as selected by the Seas tournament commit- oe Paul Fendley Memorial Trophy given to the individual who has made the greatest contri- bution to the Georgetown Referees Association was presented to Peter ey. The winner of the Rusty Skate Award went to David Frost. es} Bodanis Raiders lose heartbreaker The. Georgetown Bodanis Raiders lost a heartbreaker in the semifinal game of the Division C playoffs Sunday in the 33rd annual Georgetown Bantam International Hockey ine ire losing 5-4-in overtime to Walder The Bodanis Raiders, who were filling in for the Colombus team who cancelled, qualified for the playoffs in their division by defeat- ing Kingston, Clearwater and Windsor to advance to the semifi- nal game. After a scoreless first period the Raiders struck mid-way throu; e second on a goal by Paul Sandifer with David Boere and Marc Boucher. The Raiders made it 2-0 when Boere popped one in again near the mid-point of the period with Boucher and Jeff Hewitt assisting. Brad Spears made it 3-0 with an unassisted goal and it appeared Georgetown was on it’s way. Walden came back, as they did throughout the game, with two quick goals making it 3-2 after two periods of play. Georgetown opened up another two-goal lead when. Marc Boucher got his third point of the game giv- ing Georgetown a 4-2 lead. It appeared the Raiders were on their way but with 3:21 left in the third, Walden cut the lead when Mike Robinson scored. Less than a minute later Walden tied it up send- ing the game into overtime. Unfortunately it wasn’t ‘meant to be for the Bodanis Raiders as Walden scored with 1:13 left in overtime for the win. The Walden bantams went on to lose to eventual tournament Grand Champion Detroit Little Caesars, 9- 1 in a Grand Championship round semifinal game. The other two local hopefuls in the tournament, the Halton AAA Hurricanes. and Georgetown Marketplace bantams, didn’t make it out of their individual groups. James Patterson, of the 33rd annual Georgetown International > Bantam Hi -y Tournament Grand Champion Detroit Little received the Georgetown Minor Hockey Tournament Committee tro- phy as tourney Most Valuable Player from tournament chairman, David Curry. HHTW pl hoto Detroit Little Caésare? iantedas Tom Grant, accepted the Bob Goldham Memorial trophy for the Grand Championship winning team Sunday from Town of Halton Hills Mayor, Russ Miller. : x HHTW photo