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Bulletin Sabres forfeit series Sabres sandwich in victory Acton hockey umbo bat come to an abrupt end aa e la Oraagevllle I ail algal at which repre sentative at the team decided to forfeit the prtaeat qnartertteal with rather an order rem convener BUI Chutta to play the fourth game the act Ice la Bradford tomght Wednesday The order followed a data fay Cborch that all teams had agreed to have completed by March was to bare started to last Wed- bat Ice waa not available there the series opener was switched to Acton night Second and third games were played Saturday and Monday Bights bat the f was not scheduled tmUl this Friday March pen Acton since community centre fee Is booked tonight and tomorrow night Stayner Wd a llead fat games the best at five affair Meanwhile the leagues other Bradford playoff was agreed Jamming four games Into five nights Bradford won the aeries by winning In Schomberg Sunday Fergus leads Alltstu M la best of even and could wind that series with a in tonight Wednesday There Is no way we would have agreed to play Bradford Then he was talking about arranging time Sbelburne for a fifth game Thursday night Sabre president Kerwtn told the Free Pren It would have cost us over to the team to the two games and the only people wed have Girls lose final match Burlington M M Robinson defeated Acton High junior girls three games to none In the final game the HCAC volleyball schedule here last week A school badminton tournament is in full swing this week and coach Bruce Andrews hopes to begin Indoor workouts soon for the soccer team then would be who made the trip I dont think either team properly understood that ho original schedule was agreed upon by everyone play the first game of a five semltlnal series in Bradford tonight The teams will also play Thursday Saturday Moaday and Wed nesday to have the aeries completed within a week Coach Bill has called a meeting for Friday at the community Jo discuss the sudden turn Acton Wodnoiday February Acton Sabres sandwiched a win on lea Saturday night In between two Siskin victories to at least one more In their best of five South Central Junior D quarterfinal series Siskins relied on unbelievably good by Jr Ber Murray Lowe to stool tho first game of the set here Friday night In a game that produced 104 minutes in penalties In the third game In Stayner Monday night Siskins fired shots at Sabre goalie Rick end recorded on easy victory Lowe kept Sabres off the until the 1319 mark of third period of Fridays series opener before Brad Timbers past three Siskin defenders and fired a shot right along the Ice corner of the cage Randy Coker assisted on the play Rick Dave Don Parker Jim Bell Greg Conn and ferry Gowan scored for Stayner Sabres started many dangerous rushes but failed to pass the puck In situations that necessitated It Saturday night in Stayner Sabres forecheeked their hosts right Into the Ice to gain their first win against the Siskins all year Mick Bonnette was beaten up SUPERB GOALTENDING by Murray Lowe at the Stayner Siskins ruined Acton Sabres chances of winning the first game of the South Central Junior D group quarterfinals here Friday night Lowe pulled off at least a dozen big saves like this one on Sabre sharpshooter Johnny Snow as Stayner won the series Siskin winger Rick Coker reaches out to try to stop Snow as Ted Harmer moves in from the right for possible rebound Sabres upset Stayner 4 on Stayner Ice Saturday night but lost the third game in Monday night Fourth game Is slated for the community centre Friday night at Photo by D Gibbons three time champs of Legion tournament Milton Sunday afternoon to win their third Acton Legion house league tournament championship Centreville won the Inaugural event in 1970 repeated as champions in and made it to the finals before losing to Hlllsburgh last year True to form the championship gome was a spine tlngler all the way Glen Craven scored the winning goal for with less than three minutes to play Mark Curtis kept Milton in the with excellent the first two periods Bill Goencz scored two goals and Handy MacDonald netted one for Milton Centreville eliminated Lome Park 31 and Preston 32 to earn the right to play In the championship game Milton playing in the tournament for the first time knocked off Borrle and then edged a stubborn Acton team in the semifinals The local Legion peewees provided one of the biggest tournament surprises whipping New Hamburg In the first round and nipping a tough squad in the second round Gordon Scott Dave Rick WIdmont Nick and Bob Hudson scored for Acton in the win over New Hamburg Barry Billings converted passes from Nick Humenluk and Rick Into a goal with less than four minutes to play to Legion playoff schedule Legion Minor Hockey house league playoffs get underway at the community centre Saturday A complete schedule of games Is listed below Two games total goals quarterfinals Tidewater vs Cleveland Baltimore vs Richmond Springfield vs Rochester NOVICE Exhibition games 920 London vs St Kitts 1020 Hamilton vs Niagara Falls Round robin to begin March 10 ATOM Two games total goals quarterfinals 1120 Weston vs Welland St Thomas vs Dude 100 Brampton vs Guelph BANTAM Exhibition games Quebec vs Winnipeg Ottawa vs Alberta Round robin series to begin March bring Acton victory against Steve Trotter netted the first Acton goal with help from Steve Tremllls Mike Nlcholls was the lone marksman in the exciting game against Milton Randy Mac- Donald scored twice for Milton Goalies duel For two periods the game was a tough duel between Mark Curtis of Milton and Ac tons Paul Bo wen There was no scoring until the third period Bowen allowed only five goals In three games for the Acton team which was coached by Bruce Sears and managed by Jim Mitchell Competition was keen In most of the games Nine of the contests were decided by a margin of two goals or less and one the tournament opener between Hespeler and Georgetown ended in a tie Hespeler won the game on penalty shots taken after the final Teams from 18 different towns competed in the two day began at Saturday morning All competitors received crests and ail were treated to meals served by the Branch 197 Ladles Auxiliary In the Legion auditorium Chairman pleased Tournament chairman Alan Hall was pleased with the sportsmanship shown by visiting teams and the cooperation of Branch members that helped make the tournament a success The Legion Minor Hockey Association may stage an even bigger tournament for Actons Centennial nest year James New Hamburg was the lucky winner of a bond in the tournament draw Robbie Artendale of received a new wrist watch for selling the most tickets and John Van Sam of won himself a free week at the hockey school in a special draw for competitors Bell a popular centre with Acton Tanners Intermediate club coached the Milton team to the finals A complete list of tournament scores follows TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD park StreeUville 1 Erin twice in the first four minutes of the game but after that he was practically unbeatable as he kicked up Stayner drives Acton led 32 at end of the first period and 52 at the end of the second The line of Dale Fisher Gary and Pete Morrison ac counted for all but two of the Sabre goals Morrison potted a pair of goals while Fisher collected a goal and three assists and a goal and two assists Ted and Johnny Snow were the other Acton marksmen Don Parker connected twice and Dave Calder and Jim Bell counted once each for Stayner Terry Brian Dickey and Ted Dwyer paced the Siskin attack with two goals apiece in Monday nights game Kevin Mclnnls Blair Gordon Rick and Jack Stephens shot single goals Pete Morrison and Johnny Snow netted the Sabre goals Assists went to Gary Turkosi George McPhall and BUI McGllioway scored on three shots from the centre Ice area during the game started out playing the same kind of hockey In the first period as we did Saturday night coach BUI said Rick let three soft shots by him but he he was exhausted He stopped 55 shots and made a lot of saves on sure goals Ted played an outstanding gome Friday night and Acton fans felt Bobby played perhaps his finest game of the year In Stayner Saturday Terry of Stayner was the best player on the Ice In Fridays game Lucky winner Jean 27 John St Port Credit was the lucky winner of in the Acton Minor Baseball Associations monthly draw for February Seller of the lucky ticket was Susan Lee West- cot Acton Midgets need win tonight Acton CFAW must win at the community centre tonight Wednesday in order to stay alive In the midget playoffs NlagaroontheIake edged the locals 3 In Virgil Friday night to take a 21 lead in games in the best of series An Acton win tonight would force a fifth and deciding garde In Virgil Friday night The lead seesawed back and forth in Fridays game and Niagara finally netted the winning goal in the third period John McAdam Charlie and Terry Holmes were the Acton marksmen Midget manager Ken Marshall was critical of the work of the Niagara district referees appointed for the game Well need better Wednesday but our guys are up for this game and theyll give It their best shot he said Winner of the series advances to the OMHA midget quarter- finals against the winner of the Maryi series ousts firefighters Acton Firelighters bantams were whitewashed frfl In Fergus Thursday night and thus eliminated from the Waterloo- Wellington league plnyoffs In three straight gomes Firefighters travel to to play in a tournament this weekend They will then play exhibition games until the week of the Georgetown International bantam tournament March 1724 club winners in last weeks club draw were Mc- G Usher ambert D Nose worthy and Gibbons v A Centennial ACTON CENTENNIAL COMMISSION Presents Hockey at its best CPGA Golf Pros Including Dave Creighton Andy Bathgate Versus Acton Tanner OldTimers At The ACTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FRIDAY MARCH 23rd AT 830 PM TOURNAMENT chairman Alan Hail presented the handsome championshiptrophy to the captain following their win over Milton Centreville has won the Legion tournament three out of the four years it has been in existence Photo by D Gibbons League MVP stars for Blow Press Named the leagues MVP in a vote of players List week John proceeded to prove he deserved the award by scoring four goals and setting up two others as the Acton Industrial hockey league pennant winners Blow Press trounced Nielsens Clothing Sunday right Bob Andrews a contender for the MVP award and Dan who shared the regular season scoring with Goy fired hat tricks to lead Kens Auto to a surprising win over the Unknowns in the first game of the other semifinal series The best of three sets continue this night at the community centre Govs llnematea Jim McDonald and Dan PapUko also bad big sewing nights McDonald courted two goals and two assists contributed fle potted a pair of Blow Press goals and Jake McKenxie earned two assists Cord Mason spoiled the shutout of Blow Press goalie Ray Smith when he connected on a pass from Ron Mellon in the third period Kens Auto spotted the Unknowns a pair of first period goals by John and Denis Gibbons then bounced back toscore seven tiroes before Jack netted the third marker Gary Kelley with a goal and three assists and Bill Coon with two assists also played well for the pressmen Nominees for the MVP award were John of Blow Press John Kavanaugh of the Unknowns Craig Weldon Nielsens Clothing Bob Andrews of Kens Auto Jim of Hellers and Ray Stull of Centre ACTON MENS Snowmobile Races OVER in CASH and TROPHIES Over in prize money In trophies WIDE OPEN CROSS COUNTRY RACES Sttarday March 3rd Classes 1st Prize 1st Priie Trophy 2nd 2nd Prize Trophy 3rd Sa4y Much Oval Racing on Fairy Lake 1st Prize 1st Prize Trophy 2nd Prize 2nd Prize Trophy 3rd Prize 400 Registration from Blast off tint 106 pjn The Acton Mens Club Wish You All A Safe and Prosperous Fun Filled Weekend This Ad Sponsored By Dominion Hotel Acton HOMESTEAD FURNITURE IS EXPANDING Everything 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