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r the aton free press thursday january 57th 1966 rvr rtt pounding the sports beat tanners edge fergus 64 here fri c tricounty hockey teams had a novel way of supporting jtiinor hockey vtck fhcy staited playoffs by the lime tin- week is over some teams aiv join tcihe on the oirtsidelookine in others will be continuing the hunt lor a title for the live acton teams iu the tricounty hockey association playoffs will be a test of how much knowledge the kids have ab sorbed how well theyve practiced and how well the puck bounces for thcmr- sport hockey in cluded youve got to have luck as well as skill for that some coaches carry a xabblts foot although as the scoffer asks whats so lucky about a rabbit whos lost a toot there are other ways or placating the fates you can neglect to shave avoid black cats throw salt over your shoulder or keep wood handy in case you might want to touch it it it doubt very much if the local coaches and -managers- will relv on these dodges to take a win home i if rav boys play as well as they did in hcsieler last friday well lake milton in the first round said novice coach barry inscoe we tied the game up in the last six seconds with jhe goalkeeper off for an extra forward the novices start their best of three series in milton next monday returning here wednesday pee wee coach gord flicker and manager bill morrison felt they should have come out belter than a lie in their first playoff with milton monday but thev brought home a split alter an overtime session bantam coach harold townsley and maiiifger herb dodds engineered an upset when the acton club took oraigevllle in the first gam of their bestoflhrec in the duffcrin centre all eyes will be on the midgets when they open the play offs against hespeler here on friday theyve been the most suc cessful acton team in the tricounty finishing up the schedule whitewashing orangeville and preston when the midgets feel like playing hockey theres few clubs in the province any better as their appearances in tournaments testify itll be the job of cocoaches herb jobb apd ed owen to get the boys up for this one with help from doc harkley who doubles as manager of the team if the acton kids eliminate hespeler then theyll meet their old nemesis milton there was a move afoot to have the milton teams elevated into a minor since the town is well past the 6000 irnark but the county towners have influence in high places theyll stay in b commented acton minor hockey head harkley they shoved us up into b quick enough when acton passed the 4000 mark juvenile coach howie leader and manager dave hunter were disappointed their club lost a 40 decision to milton in the playoff opener monday but the acton team has been having its troubles since the season opened the lions club agreed to sppnsor them when 18 boys signified they wanted to play hockey for the game monday coach leader had eight men to manipulate hardly enough for a practice let alone a playoff game nevertheless the acton team made a good impression rgive me that team and another line said- milton manager bill rowney and ill bring home a championship two weeks ago the regular goalkeeper moved out of town arid steve gov took his place steve was edged 32 by orangeville in his first net appearance the lions had only one line plus a willi four lxgulars missing from the lineup actim tanners more than had their hands lull quelling fergus fivers ft4 friday night in woaa int u hockey at ihecommunily centre coach junior beaumont took a regular turn on the ice to make up- for captain blake inglis and gary oxper silling out one game suspensions and the absence of doug evans and geity ingjjs fergus was at full strength in cluding veteran bob dobbie pricket t peerless thanks to a spectacular twine tending job front- goalie don pri cket t fivers led 20 at the end of the first period tanners fired four straight goals in the second stanza- on jack langdon who replaced the ailing iprickett fer gus came back to tje it up in the third period but the acton dlub wrapped it up with another pair of counters to chalk up their 10th win of the season against four fosses and a tie the tanners threw everything but the kitchen sink at pricket i in ihe first period peppering him from every angle but the ailing fergus netminder stopped them all ihe had to retire how ever at fhe end of the period in favor of jack langdojjl i couldnt take another per iod of that said prickett acton fans were glad to see tuesday gwen tvler 6 mae dtimarsh 4 i mae wilds 2 ethel holmes 0 1855 kent- 117 don mckfnzie improved play well ian hes man on the bench so most of the club played almost the entire game the stlffer playoff pace tired the acton club monday but they had more than their share of play with a little luck they might have tied the series last night their determination to carry on in spite of a lack of numbers reflects the teams deter mination but both the coach and manager are asking whats wrong with boys of juvenile age in town dont they want to play hockey it beat bits the tanners were due to play in durham sunday but snow cancelled the game all ihe snow was in this area however so durham officials checked with police to see if there was that much snow down here thcy thought the tanners were trying to squirm out of playing since they had only three or four inches of the white stuff league iff m tricounty teams busy with playoffs playoffs for all actons l-tri- county teams start this week and by the time this is read some ql the acton teams could have elim inated or been eliminated by an other team the novices pee wees and juveniles drew milton as their opponents in the first round the bantams drew orangeville as their antagonists in the first round while the midgets most successful of the acton clubs will face hespeler in another two out of three friday for midgets first game for the midget club will be in acton friday night at 7 pm prior to the intermediate hockey game the contest was scheduled at this spot to draw at tention to minor hockey week fans will have a chance to see both games if they wish much attention will be focus ed on the acton midget entry in the playoffs they wound up ahead of georgetown preston orangeville and hespeler in the group and they stand a good chance of taking the group crown theyre coached by herb jobb and ed owen and managed bv garnet doc harkley him go if he played that when hes sick- said one think of what hed do when alright erase deficit in the second period it didnt take long tor ihe tanners to er ase the two goal deficit fergus built up on goals by jefferson and readyhough hanild towns- lev broke the egg when his angle shot hit langdons slick and made a wierd bounce into the net don mckenzie tied the score at the 1030 mark on a play with townsley and farrelly then in the space of a minute and 15 seconds howie evans hit for two quick goals to put the tanners up two dan arbic set up the first marker and the scc ond was scored on relays from jim cunningham and townsley fergus cut the margin to one when ozzie ihayser caught the tanners sleeping and at the 332 mark of the third period clark pollock tied the game up again dan arbic one of best on a play with perkins anil ken- dyhniigli townsley tops harold townsiley along with mckenzie and howie evans top hand for ihe tanners drilled his second goafol llie night at 647 hi win the game fred kent tier and mckenzie assisted insur ance was added at ihe 14 minute mark when defenseman murray marchmenls high shot hit the tat gel dan arbic assisted townsley had to be assisted from the ice when he was hurt in the third period but he was able to rejoin the club before the chapter ended bob dobbie back in the fer gus lineup made a big improve ment in the visitors but he had some differences with referees millie and reid which tacked a 10 minute misconduct onlo a mi nor penalty he served in the late minutes of the second period coach junior beaumont spot- led himself effectively through ihe contest and could havc-pick- ed up a coupleofgoafls his shots were just off the corners fl ml period f g jefferson oh perkins 108 t readyhough warper dobbie pens farrelly tippen ner seconctperlod a townsley a mckenzie townsley farrelly a h evans arbic a if evans cunningham townsley f harper cook pens baxter townsjey bie minor and misconduct ner third period f pollock perkins v readyhough a townsley mckenzie kentner a marchmenl arbic pens baxter officials ralph millie barncv refcl acton j sweeney goal f kentner m marchment j cun ningham defense j farrelly h townsley d mckenzie jr beau mont e baxter d arbic t hai nes h evans forwards fergus d prickett j langdon goal j readvhough g jeflerh son r tippen c pollock ii perkins b dobbie o harper p cook j mcca1e g abbott g larmer g nolan n leis g watt 1241 1356 1509 dob- ken t- 332 647 14 00 monday 19 ab irwin 5 jack mcgcachie 4 frunk von wyck 4 meb blow 4 at kirkness 3 lome doberthein i 2 ethel holmes 2 waller dubois t sinew wen 8 2 bill dumarsh 2 mae dumarsli 7tc fi manes 4 leii ioyou 3 bunk holmes 3 rill tbih 2 gord cooper 0 monday 911 allan ellerbv 4 jim graham 4 wesbeatty 4 dick lee 4 gord mccutcheon 4 bruce cargill 4 mick holmes 2 don macmillan 2 ted tvler jr 2 ken marchmenl 0 tuesday 79 andrew nolan 6 dr t f moore 5 len lovell 3 gord coop er 3 dr a j buchanan 3 bunk holmes 3 jack ridley 2alex zbeetnoff 2 claude qook2 chest- er anderson i tuesday 911 ted tyler sr 6 bill totb 4 bern van fleet 4 rev a ii me- kenzie 4 john buchman 4 marg aret tolh 3 fyfe siimerville 2 don timmings 2 harvev lavertv 1 vic pat rick jl ladies afternoon curling monday eve cooper 6 willu hcwil 2 eleanor gov 2 margaret tolh 2- added features old timer visit minor hockey officials have aclud more features for the an nual visit of the national hockey league old timers to acton on friday february 18 in addition to the starstudded exhibition between nhx old- timers and t tanne there will lie iityke hockey exhibition he- tween periods acton figure skat- iny club will perform many of their numners and a couple of lucky draws will be thrown in as well i or- atpair of tidtets for an nlhl game and another fr a wrisi watch and mantel clock former recreation director jim cashurn has agreed lo come over fiim london id help referee the old timer game novice pull goalkeeper tie up game in hespeler acton novices pulled an upset friday night when ihcy tied hes peler 55 right in their own rink the hespeler club has lost only two games and lied one this sea son and had never been beaten or tied at home with only 10 players acton out- skated and outplayed their hosts holding a 43 edge going into the final stanza but hespeler count ed two quick goals within two minutes to go ahead 54 in the final 20 coach barry inscoe pulled goal ie terry holmes for an extra for ward in the last minute when hespeler drew a high penalty at 1937 withth in their end the move paid divi dends sticking monday in the scramble for the puck it was passed back lo glen mc kenzie on ihe point he lifted a high backhander which bounced in front of the hespeler goalie and bounced over his pad into the net there were only six sec onds left lo play so the teams ended up 55 ihe second lie this season lor acton with the goalie on the bench sieve mclntvre scored three goals lor ihe acton squad billy mcgilloway one and paul daley had two assists the acton club meets milton in ihe o mi la playoffs starling ian 31st in milton anil laceoff returns to acton next wednesday lor the second game third game if necessary will be in milton three games this week sundays dense snowfall pre vented the tanners from jour neying to durham for a sched uled contest but they have an other date with the huskies next tuesday in the north on top of games thursday and friday this week thursday tonight the acton club makes the trip to hespel er for another match with the jviic maes who currently lead ihe league in their last appear ance there the tanners brought an overtime win home friday night the tanners en tertain orangeville dufferlns at the community centre buffer- ins beat acton the last time they were here both clubs will be anxious for a victory duf ferlns to keep in playoff conten tion and the tanners to reap revenge for ihe loss they suffer ed in the last meeting midgets shut out orangeville preston goalkeeper paul cooper regis tered two shutouts as acton midgets blanked orangeville 10 here last wednesday night and applied the whitewash brush to preston here on sunday by a 20 score only goal of the orangeville encounter was scored by ken maltby assisted by ken owens barrie elliott drilled the first- i acton goal sunday against presi ton with help from ken maltbv then ken owens registered as sisted by jim burden and lloyd smallwood two to widen the gap by bantams win first pfayoff in overtime bob andrews scored an over time goal to give acton fire fighter bantams a 43 victory in the first game of the om ha playoffs in orangeville monday night insurance due save with state farms low insurance rates for careful drivers see me george e drumm 42 langstone cres georgetown ont 8776148 state farm mutual autouoaill imumkct dokmkt canadian head office scarboro ont indusfrial hockey duet i cyci atom brampton 2 weston 2 brampton goals were scored by ricky baginski from steve papil- lon and jim hurley and john scnuts shot nitmbcr two assisted by david morris jeff townsley and kentkcnl- ner each scored an unassisted marker for weston the games lone penally was served by jeff townsley acton 1 brampton 0 john mccutcheon bagged the only goal of the game to give ac- ion the win steve brunelle of the winners and kent kentner of the losers served penalties pis weston 15 acton 5 brampton 4 novice st kltts 7 niagara falls 1 barry fisher scored two goals and collected three assists as st kitts thumped niagara peter hargrave also potted two goals and assisted on one while john the first from- van fleet and then van fleet scored a solo cleveland 8 springfield 3 brendan irwin scored three goals for a hat trick in the cleve land victory dale fisher bagged i wo counters and assisted on two garth taylor drilled a pair and terry rosell scored one and helped on one other assists went to dave pink mike pope and green- for springfield orourke scor ed the first from john brown tim coles shot number two from graham frasor and eraser notch ed number three i rum charlie kuiken pts baltimore 12 i ones by clair voyant j last period flurries foe both i the cyclones and ihe dusters paid oil on sunday evening as i they swept to exciting victories in acton industrial league hock- 1 ev action stu macdonald fired three mar kers to pace the cyclones to a 75 win over the bushwhackers don ducky harris chipped in with a pair of goals and fred dunn and bruce lambert each tallied once harris earned two assists and dunn macdonald and larry porte each had single helpers jim macdonald scored twice and noel rowsall gord mason and ruddy giis tlolmes notch ed the other bushwhacker cuun- dusters notch wins lers roy hawkins wayne shep- herd ron mellon and holmes had an assist each denny dings one denis gibbons twine bender with less than four minutes left in the game nudged the dusters lo a 43 victory over the rovals gary ritchie continued to be the hottest scorer in the league with two goals and an assist and red pttitlips scored once and assisted twice for the winners single helpers went lo rickv henderson brian mccrisiall and jeff mclar- i top ten scorers g a harrv phillips 17 8 gary ritchie 10 ii stu macdonald 9 9 ron mjillon 7 10 fred andrews 14 3 jim macdonald 6 9 wayne sheppard ii 4 garv masales 7 6 bob dovle 10 3 ruddy holmes 5 pis 25 21 18 18 17 15 15 13 13 13 another first for acton hair cutting by appointment at leading goalkeeper- doug black had two goals lor the royals and ed hilliardvhad one with doug viekery and fbw ie leader assist ipg cleveland rochester springfield bantam 10 4 rochester scored once and helped twice steve marshall drilled line buffalo 5 pittsburg 4 wayne deforest rallied in four goals lor the bisonsas they shad- fasl patvd p wc0 acl was ed pittsburg gord lasby scored featured monday evening when ihe milton kinsmen battjed with acton in the opening game of the kinsmen acton deadlock first game of playoffs bob sheppard john leafherland andv williams wayne casmorc league standings w l t dusters 4 3 3 cyclones 4 4 2 rovals 4 4 2 bushwhackers 4 5 1 statistics do not include first two games of the season ga 37 40 54 64 pts ii 10 10 9 the norms barber shop and assisted on one and peter swims counter made it seven charlie mccrae got the lone niagara goal from garv cope- iand hamilton 4 oshawa 0 death nagged two goals andan assist schuts drilled one and helped on another and bernie tavior did tihe same as hamilton blanked oshawa jim mclntvre also picked up an assist pis hamilton 9 oshawa 9 st kitts 7- niagara falls 2 pee wee baltimore 2 rochester 2 the winner in the last minute ol he game as well as assisting on v- three of deforests goals o rourke helped on the winner and on another of waynes for pittsburg simpson scored i pair of goals assisted on one jack irwin and david ctibning- hani baged one apiece with ir- viin also collecting an assist as did harrv brown and drydale tun penalties went to kowall and cooper pijlsburj llershev butlalo ptv 3 3 midget montreal 7 toronto 1 rickey rust lired three goalv home and dae ryder blasted two in the habs onesided victory three goals of the evening lo lie the count richard murray and bob walters earned assists scores again- in the second stanza merry scored again this time on passes from jim robertson and fraser mackay and then joe mccarthy potted a relay from dave heipel to give milton a 31 lead brad timbers and riny schuts each counted within two minutes to tie the score again in the final stana it wasmjlton that had to fight back as boh krol put acton in front harold merrys third goal of the game at first of 905 on passes from richard mur ray and jim robertson made it j 44 iderson collecting one helper idiece im obertson got milton start- t t ied on the right foot in the over- john dowding scored the lone session hc n r4 torontogoalonasoloetfort harod merrv and pts best of three tricounty b semi finals after regulation time and a 10 minute overtime period how ever not much had been settled as the teams fought to a 55 deadlock second game in the series will be played tonight wednesday in acton with the third game lor saturday in milton neither team held a lead for too long as pete morrison put acton in iront in the first period and harold m rrv scored hi hugh geopge mcphail got a goal and j bryan dunn and perkinsscored rts marshall at 205 but mike an assist for baltimore with mur- one apiece bob waller and john montreal 7 field scored for acton while mil ray shooting the second marker i mcgeachie assisted on two goals feats 5 i ton was a man short lo lie tin for rochester john snow fired each with robinson 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