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Tha Free Press Thuisday Doc 1978 Colts Blades Thunderbirds Sabres streak at longest three more losses brings of season total to nine Acton Sabres suffered three straight losses this week to produce the team longest winless streak of the season After showing a definite promise by downing the Burlington Cougars a month ago before a home crowd the Sabres have dropped nine straight decisions The previous season high was seven at which lime they snapped the streak at the mercy of the Thornhlll This time it was the other The Streetsville Derbys starting today Thursday will once again try to outdo their arch rival Stratford Cullitons The Derbys are in Kingston trying to bring home the gold at the Ontario Winter Games The toughest fight for Streetsville is expected from the Cullitons two time Ontario and Winter Games Champions For the past two seasons the Cullitons have downed the Derbys in the Ontario finals and two years ago in the game s final There will be six teams Bramalea Blues A Ottawa South Canadians Thessalon Flyers Stratford Cullitons and the Streetsville vying for the crown The tournament will work as a round robin with the Derbys Flyers and A s making up one division and Blues Canadians and Cullitons composing on the other The first place team in each division will tangle with the second place finisher of the opposite The winners will meet for the gold and silver while the losers of the semi finals will challenge for the bronze Despite what area people think of the Derbys we must wish them good luck and hope they can bring the gold to the Central Ontario Junior B League After ten weeks of industrial hockey action at the community centre on Sunday nights the Family Cleaners sponsored team is still undefeated The team s captain Ed Hilher is walking away with the scoring title scoring goals while assisting on others His nearest competition stands in Van Fleet with 20 points It should take some miraculous work on the part of Van Fleet to overtake Hilher even if Ed were to sit on the sidelines for the remaining games Van Fleet is averaging two points a game If he continued at that pace he would wind up the season with one point ahead of Hilher points total today The chances of somebody catching Family for first place are just about as remote Blow Press is presently two games back of the first place Cleaners and get the opportunity for revenge only once the final week of the season The unsportsmanlike incidents have decreased in the league this year and the teams are sticking to a little more hockey instead of the rough stuff Last year the league handed in the neighborhood of to 14 misconduct penalties through the regular season compared to only four or five at this point in time Acton Sabres top point getter Jeff Shields is slowly falling off the pace in the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey league scoring race Shields fifteenth in the league standing leads the Sabres in scoring with 12 goals and 29 assists for points League leading scorer Frank of added four points Saturday night to bring his totals to goals and assists for points Mark Litton of Burlington is second with goals and 29 assists ExSabre Paul has goals and 14 assists for eighth spot overall way around the Sabres once again had a chance to end their streak against Thornhlll but this time the Thunder birds soared to a win Since the loss the Sabres have fallen to the Barrie Colts by a count and The loss to Barrie was the first time the Colts have beat the Sabres in three tries and could prove costly for the Sabres Barrio who ahead of the Sabres battling for the last playoff spot moved five points ahead with the win If had been able to come up with the victory they would have been just one point behind and three out of a play off position win keeps them at the head of the large group battling for playoff positions three through six In the three games of the week the Sabres found trouble in filling the lineup card with it the most 14 dressing for a game Paul Salvisburg missed the first pair of contests due to work commitments Kelly missed ail three games to vacation in Florida and Jeff Shields was absent from the contest to travel home for Christmas Added lo the list were Scott Malcolm who suffered a back Injury against and Drew who suffered a broken hand in Georgetown and may be out for the rest of the season netted the twine first in the Thornhlll contest as Neil Anderson found the range from Bob Altsop and Kelly Shaw before the mid way point of the first period come back with a goal at II while Anderson was off serving a tripping penalty The look the lead for keeps with I remaining in the opening frame Thornhlll with their second goal jumped up by two al the 35 second mark of the second only to have Jeff Shields tally from Glenn Murray seconds later The added three more before Die period ended to take a commanding lead into the dressing room The Sabres came out flying in the final frame throwing 19 shots at John Morns in the net Morns was equal to the task as the Sabres managed only one goal that off the stick of from Kelly Shaw and Jeff Shields with 16 seconds left lo play Thorn hill managed only one shot at Hob in the Acton net over the final minutes In the game he Sabres the Thunder birds 1022 The Sabres their opponents again in this time by a margin but again came out on the bottom end of a decision jumped up in the first period before the Sabres got untracked and played the Colts even Mark Schinkel was the first Sabre to find Ihe net from Paul Henderson and Bob All sop at the midway point of the second period That goal pulled the Sabres to one as were getting the opportunities Colts in the second A Colts goal at the seven minute mark of the last period put the game out of the Sabres reach Kelly Shaw added a power play effort at the midway point of the final frame from Shields and Malt Lambert counted one with five minutes remaining from Henderson and Schinkel to finish the scoring The Colts tallied twice in he last ten minutes to match efforts of the Sabres Despite scoring two power play goals In the final frame the Sabres must have a belter percentage of powerplay goals Barnc took minutes in minor penalties lomparcd to for Sabres Coach Buchanan was disappointed with the losses to and feeling his club had played both and should have come winners We are to play better he said and with i few wins we can catch that final piny off spot he Satires only home game of the week it looked as il it was going to be more like i football Rami in the first five minutes as look early 1 leid tallied three limes in the opening four minutes and it looked as if the Sabre skilcrs dressed for the would be no contest r The first shot the Sabres took Ian Roberts in the net eame from Wide Vicker as he faked out the rifled a shut into the lower from the Kell Shaw and Brad man assisted DREW GAREAU Out for season Ihe Sabres pulled wilhin one shortly afler as Glenn Murray tried duplicate the Viekery shot He stepped over lie let go catch he lower corner just is ickcr had done Brad assisted Murray counter tied tin game with five minutes rem lining in he opening frame Hob up ins third assist of the A short handed goal by Oak gave them a brief lead before Wade tallied Ihe tying marker from Neil Anderson and Kelly Shaw as period came to a close That was all for he Sabres as Ian Roberts settled down held the off the over he final two frames tallied once in the second frame three more in the shows the Sabres outshooting Oakville by the wide margin of although Fred Buchanan questions thai bis Sabres fired that many times at The Sabres hosted their eross town rival Georgetown Gemini las night in hopes of regaining some of their winning form The scheduled for the Community Centre for night has been cancelled as the vie for the gold medal at the Ontario Winter Games Saturday nigh I the Sabres are in Orillla Their next home game is January when Brampton will be he visitors SABHL SHORTS In absence of oil the players coach Buchanan was forced to use on the forward line for the game Murray is back on the Sabres blueline after moving up to the forward line for several games Buchanan feels he plays better hockey from the defensive Noil used an method olivine up hi opposition in front of he net on Mirk Schinkel in unidentified Hie III lite look for Hie loose puck Blades won took phv lojivrlhe Blades lime to set up In zone The trims scored four n i in the first period and lied down for the tiled daw In Him to score an win II Sabres Country Skiing Skiing Is fast beiomlng one of anuria most articles which will be Bern popular winter The Association of Nordic Joan Morris and son Cross Ski Instructors have distributed a series of This is Ihe first in a scries articles on cross country skiing from the Associalion of Ski Instructors the Association of Nordic Ski Instructors is national associalion developed to standardize improve cross country instruction in Canada Now into its third season of operation has 1 150 registered members winter in addition to helping you in CANSI can assist you through its column SKI COUNTRY Throughout the season CANSI will present brief bl weekly glimpses of all aspects of North America a fastest growing winter sport Cross country skiing is easily learned lis merely extension of basic walking running movements hut on snow using poles and skis Develop your own program or Join with friends two three times per week in sessions of minutes These sessions should Include mixture of walking and Jogging warm up and warm Ihe Pre periodicals down exercises such as leg two of the local enthusiasts stretching arm and trunk rotations increase length distance and energy use during sessions Avoid hard sprinting and running slowly Buy good running shoes sufficiently cushioned to lessen the pounding of jogging Shoes to dollars should be warm and considered as a long term investment for season or wo of conditioning When running avoid if possible cement of asphalt surfaces Instead select sandy or soft earth Pre Season II Conditioning Once you spent a week or two walking Jogging and stretching try using a pair of poles during exercise sessions use of poles will develop your skiing muscles accustom you to some of Ihe techniques used while touring and contribute Improved balance Adjust your pole straps to suit bare hand or wearing or a thin glove Adjustable straps always give you control of the poles Poles should be used as if on snow Handles must rest between vour thumb and on page 12