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NHL referee Bruce Hood roasted Everybody likes to give the summed up they should referee what for right have sent the whole damn Everybody did Friday thing night when the Milton Opti Hoods a nice guy but hes mists sponsored a Celebrity been giving our team Roast which featured two Toronto the biggest D solid hours of all hockey fans hosing we have ever had The favorite sport other night we were leading Boston which was a fluke Subject of all the abuse was and I said to Harold Ballard it Miltons own Bruce Hood the looked like it was In the bag number one referee In the Harold says Oh no you see NHL system And though he the look on Hood Later was soundly and thoroughly roasted by a group of experts In the field he accepted the Jibes in the spirit in which they were delivered then turned the tables and pro ceeded to roast all the roasters The whole night was in fun and a crowd of over en joyed the fund raising stag at Roma Hall Optimists set up the night to help raise funds toward the Youth Centre planned in Brian Best Park and the night accom plished Its purpose Undoubtedly the star of the night was the venerable King Clancy who admits to being but proved the Isnt gone He spent half an hour on the platform roasting Hood and Hoods boss NHL Scotty Mor rison and took the oppor tunity to level a few good natural blasts at other of ficials In the crowd Clancy won a standing ovation for his performance which alone was worth the admission After a lifetime of playing coaching refereeing and managing hockey Clancy reminisced about his own early days In hockey ad he might have made the occasional mistake as a referee but then grinned Thank God we didnt have the video replay in those days He said he for a game but today the refs work for a couple of years and theyre on easy street Looking at a table full of gag gifts purportedly sent by Hood friends in the NHL Clancy spied a half a toilet seat that was supposed to have come from Boston and colls Hood a brand new name of Hood smuggling Gerilol every game said The King Into his hotel rooms and He closed with a plea to officials at training camp Hood If you referee any of timing him with a calendar the playoff games give us a chance will you Dave Hodge and Bob Gold- ham of Hockey Night In Canada were among the roasters Hodge noted Dave Tiger Williams and Brian instead of a stop watch followed Then in serious ness Morrison said he is delighted to have a guy of his calibre on the staff Every time I pick up The Champion I see a picture of Gerltol and a em blazoned with Loose Bruce Hoods brother Murray of Milton known as Milton best refereebaiter proved why he has earned the title Murray revealed that while Bruce was a member of the Lions Club he refused to work on any Canadian National Institute for the Blind campaigns claiming It would be a conflict of in teres Dooney Evans who coached Bruce in his early days in hockey and Doug Vaughan who played hockey with Bruce In the 1950s Joined In the roast with tales of those early days Fellow NHL Ron Wicks a friend for over years had a good closing line Bruce always says when ho dies everybody in town will show up at the funeral I have always said give the people what they want and theyll show up Bruce had words of praise and some cutting remarks about all the speakers in his wrap up address And he thanked the Optimists for sponsoring the night and wished them well on the Youth Centre project Hood said he hoped the club would establish a Milton Sports Hall of Fame at the Centre and offered to serve on the committee Optimist Gord Hull organized the evening with help from the entire club Draws were held for a cash prize and five at Ron Wicks won of the 100 prizes and promptly donated It to the Youth Centre Fund The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 5 1978 B3 Germans in Miton Members and players of the games In Ontario and West German National Quebec Hockey team made a stop in Milton Friday The West Germans were here as guests of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and C1HA and are on tour playing exhibition Their last stop before re turning home was at the Steeles Ave restaurant and Bruce Hood who was roasted Friday night at the Optimist Clubs Fund raising event was on hand to make a short visit to meet the Germans Atoms hit snag on run to zone title Acton major atoms one win away from bringing home a zone OMHA pionshtp found out Saturday their opponents from are not going to be as easy to beat as they might have thought as the southern neighbors took a 0 decision In Milton to bring the series count to l In favor of Acton Miltons goals went to Glen Houston and Tim Pollen one We were said manager Bob But for the It would have been a higher score Milton dominated the game They came out and checked They and backchecked he added Paul Rowan spent the whole game shadowing Mike Hudson as he did In the two teams second matchup but was more effective this lime holding the speedy winger to only two or three breakaways in the game Nearly 200 Acton Tans made the trip down to Milton to watch the game and the stands could be packed to night for the fourth game being played at m in the arena VARIED EXPRESSIONS were captured on guest of honor Bruce Hood Miltons NHL referee at the celebrity roast in his honor at Roma Hall Friday night His reaction to roasts from fellow hockey officials ranged from bemused grins to outright hilarity Hood gave Tiger Williams a penalty the game was tied and the Boston guys came over and shook Hood hand he shouted accompanied by great guffaws of laughter I told Ballard I was coming up here tonight and he said I should menUon the Tlcats he tossed In followed by the longest and loudest boos of the night Turning to Morrison he gave him a public lesson in faceoffs Claiming the lines men especially Leon Stickle of Milton are too slow in handling Clancy said Morrison should tell them to just drop the puck The game will start he added Leafs manager Jim Gregory arrived during Clancys eulogy Gregory program but Harold Ballard fellow Leon Stickle of took the Leafs to Florida for a Milton He rapped Hood holiday and Ihey couldnt solidly for five minutes come Id like to thank ending with the admonition Ballard tor taking the Leafs that if you keep using to Florida so we could hear Grecian Formula and you King he said have two good linesmen out Former commanding there with you you could last of the Lome Scots another half a year Col Art Kemp of There were Jokes about Brampton was on the referees trying to earn free program to tell of Hood green fees at the golf course exploits with the Lome Scots when former New York Pipe Band where Hood was Ranger Vic Hadfield once a once the bass drummer The goals a year man and now stories centred around the a golf course owner rose to band trip to Scotland to play speak in the Edinburgh Tattoo in Morrison said it was untrue thar Hood is he number one ref He is the second best everybody else is tied for hockey wars number one he Joked Tales scat some Doug New York represented the players at the roast Goldham brought gifts from compatriots In the half a toilet mouthwash Acton represented in Halton B finals Three Acton pairs will be Shirley and Lisa representing the Acton High Near took a second plnce in School in Halton B Bod- the ladies doubles category finals Thursday losing to the eventual winners at the High School because of Georgetown three games their performances in the The only loss Bruce East Halton meet yesterday and Mike Morris suffered was at the school to the top mens doubles team j ex in the tourney from White m Oaks They beat out Oakvllle Cook will be competing in aigoto fint5h Mri mixed doubles event on the Defames p to away from making It in the finish They lost to George- adje3 own In three games but lo3 cose to the Acton pair of Col wlnner leen Crimless and Barry oakvilleTrafalgar hp Coach Joan Morris was right to move on Club winners Winners of the Acton Minor Hockey club draw week of March 25 are as follows no Cook no ley no McPhall no 163 J McDonald no 104 War wick and no 29 J Shad bo It Winners of the Acton Minor Hockey club draw week of April l are as follows no J Connor no G no Shelling ton no 1G3 J McDonald no 10 D Black and no J Hig gins thrilled with the way they all played especially the ones who tried singles events which ore less popular among the local players than the doubles ffi FRflNKOTFORDSare OR WEEKENDS tmsone BEACH ofmr HANDLES THEM ALL all around si itching and do chock on other fully Ihcrasncooiej ruled trousers styling PQIyC slant looks on hangar bell tor Ji it hold- DOWNTOWN ACTON mm REMNANT Select from 100 UNBELIEVABLE VALUES dontmtssH SnmgiupKiGSH Come tar Ben CARPET KING flooring 310 STEELES MILTON DEB JAMES put up a good fight before bowing 2117 to the eventual winner of the Ladies Doubles event yesterday HALTON HILLS RECREATION PARKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES COACHING COURSES FOR SPRING 1978 In conjunction with the National Coaching Development Program Coach 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