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SrPTtMBLR One Hundred and Year No 11 Second Sect on J Jr B teams ready to dethrone Derbys TfaU week the Free Press and be Champion have pooled thetr re sources to present a preview of the teams that will vie for he Central Ontario Junior League title The defending champion Ontario Champion Derby will be vying for their fourth straight championship other squads attempting to knock them The other teams In the Central Ontario loop hove Ihclr eyes set on Streets Derbys The have an enviable record among all provincial B teams advene the Ontario finals the past three years and winning it ail last year knocking off St Catharines In four consecutive games to take the trophy However he won be as strong this year They lost quite a few players to overage and other teams and will start the season with just seven returnees The loss of players ever seem to hurt the Coach Tom Barrett who has taken the reins for the past 11 years seems to have more contacts in sports than many Major A teams and he has always managed to come up with players he needs Coming back In an effort to repeat us pro champions are goalie Williams Doug Trimble and Ray and forwards Bob Darling Graham Hall Sieve Wlcklumy and Steve The bruisers have dampened their image and lost many of their brawlers from last year Making Ihe team this year is Misslssauga native Mark who completed a term with Richmond Hill Rams of Provincial Junior A Streetsville plays their home games on most Tuesday nights including a Boxing Day bash with Milton Flyers COUOAKI It will be a rebuilding year for the Burlington Cougars after coming as close as any to dethroning the powerful Streetsville Derbys lost season The Cougars will have an almost new line up as they head Into the campaign with only five players from last years squad currently inked Even the coach Phil Cameron ranks The Cougars lost several key players at the end of the last season Including possibly the best one the league Todd Pearson has departed the Cougar cage to attend the University of New Hampshire while Mitch Lovelock has recclveda hockey scholarship at Cornell Other key players the Cougars will miss this year include the team leading scorer of the last year Mike Carr and Mike Kin near The pair along with Bob Dolman went overage last year Also missing from the Cougar den at this point in time are Mark LI I Ion lobizo and Ron Krochuk is in the camp of the Kit Rangers with Niagara Palls and Krochuk the Platers The coach of this year a edition Phil Cameron is not new to Burlington In 1974- the 32 year old officer held the reins of Burlington Midgets Cameron has also had Junior A experience coaching Ihe Moncton Beavers In New Brunswick a Tier Two league Returning to the Burlington lineup this season arc Rob Rose Jim Cochrane Rob McConnell Steve Crocker and John We will be comers year say Mc we may not start out fast but we have a good coach and we II be there at the end of the year Central Ontario Junior Hockey league begin action this week In the hope knocking off the and winning the league crown Pictured here are the Acton Sabres and Milton Flyers in a game last season Former Oakvitle Blades player and last year assistant coach hand at the helm of Junior B Blades this season played for the Blades as a midget a few years ago and has returned to help a different capacity He replaces Eric Smith The Blades who finished alone in third spot last season 13 points ahead of the fourth place finisher and 18 points out of second have their work cut out for them this season with as many as Id of last seasons regulars cither going overage or looking to make other clubs ihe Blades lost only three players Bill Barnes Mike McElroy and Frank Car nevate to overage last year Came vale wound up the Central Ontario as the league a leadinK point getter Two other players from last year squad Mike Richmond and Grant GUIam ire working out with the McMaster Hockey Team while Reg has inked with the Markam Waxers of the Tier Two Junior A league Despite the players Blades will lose this year they must still be considered a con tender Eight players with Junior B exper ience will be in the lineup including six former Blades We will have a young fast skating club says Walker Oak Ridges Dynes The Oak Ridges Dynes can only be termed a team in a constant state of transition It seems the only constants on the team are coach Peter and manager Bill who are back for their fourth years as a tandem Despite finishing fourth in their first season in he league Dynes expect to start the year with as few as seven returning players II not unusual for Oak Ridges to make changes explained Woloski We ve always gained when we ve made changes and we re not going to stop this year The changes are unusual In that the squad lost just two players to over age The Dynes also completed a deal with Provincial Junior A member Richmond Hill Rams which brought the Hills top shooter Phil Wood over to Oak Ridges So far the squad has encountered trouble signing the talented youngster but Woloski Is confident he can get his name on a card Dynes lost one player to the draft Star Craig was picked up by Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major A League As things stand now Oak will start the season with returnees David in goal and skaters Andre Damme John Murphy highscoring Errol Carl Taylor and Glenn Wright The squad has a variety of youth and experience on the squad I think we move up In the standings be cause of more balance on defence and a stronger offence added Orillia Travelways The Orillia opened the season Monday night in Thornhill with nine re turnees from last year Despite the early starting the squad had not settled on a starting lineup and may make further changes within the next few weeks As a result manager Don Dale was reluctant to name his players preferring to wait until later in the year to settle on a starting lineup If what you ve got t improve he explained then you got to adapt One player who wont be back Is high- scoring Bruce McDonough He took a full scholarship at University in the US have a new coach in the per son of Mike Grube who coached the provincial champion juvenile team last year which finished fifth last year Is working on its defensive record which 11 hopes will help the team move up the ladder Perhaps the key returning player is goal tender Bob Morley who will anchor the defence The nucleus of new players will be com prised of midget and Juvenile players within the Minor hockey association- training camps An unusual feature surrounding the is the cams owner Brampton Minor Hockey sponsors and runs this team with the Idea that the Brampton boys arc given lop chances on making the club According to Dickson the plan works The Chevys finished In sixth spot last season three point out of fourth with 14 regulars for Brampton This season the Chevys have already signed local boys with 10 coming from last years squad and four midget graduates On defence the Chevys will have three players returning Rob Parkinson Randy Hunt and will all return to the lineup with graduating midget Jim filling out a fourth defensive position Dan MacDonald Mike Bncs and all star John return up front for the B ramp Ion squad with Rob Montgomery Jim and Ralph Kelly adding power from the midget squad The Chevys exhibition season has been on up and down affair splitting home and home scries with St Michaels North York and Seneca It may be too early to tell but the Bramp ton conceding anything in cluding first place to the Streetevtlle his season The Chvya have a new coach this year like many of the Central League teams but according to team president Dave Dickson he is unlike Brampton coaches of the past Ken Will is a year old school teacher who believes in summer workouts and active A gentle youTh coupled with a of experience highlight the Milton I lyersas they try to rise back and be a dominant force in the league once again After storming through the league and advancing to the finals for two consecutive years the Flyers fell to seventh last year In what could only be termed a disappointing year The Flyers may star I the season with as many as 1 players from last year although the final roster will not be made up until later this week Key returnees arc goal tender Mike Shepherd defencemen Mike Murray Tod Sheppard Joe O Grady and Joe Todd and forwards Eric Ellison Jim Court Brett Pal Dave Marty Venner and Paul McCann Flyers had high hopes for midget Joe but has played well with the Toronto Marlles and even if he doesn t crack the Marlies lineup will probably play with Markham Waxers in Provincial Junior A In goal Flyers still have to decide be tween midgets Eric and Rob the most acrobatic of the nctminding trio seems to have the inside shot if he wants It On defence Flyers have signed big hulk ing Jay who played all his hockey in Pennsylvania starting skating when he was just and shows weaknesses with the blades He stands six foot five and weighs lbs Flyers have also signed Blair Phillips from last year s midget team for the blue- line For the first time since the 60s Flyers will operate the juvenile team which will be coached by former Flyer Rod Gooding The Flyers will be able to draw as many players as they like from the learn throughout the year without signing the players to Junior B cards This is seen as a big advantage when injuries and suspensions cripple the Flyers as hey usually do during the year One player who impressed the Flyers day night was 19yearold Mono Bujold from Haileybury who has more moves than Allied Van Lines Flyers general manager Vero Gooding said he was eager to sign the smoothskating centre but had not inked his name on a player card yet Thunderbirds Backed by an experienced defence will start the season with a youthful array of forwards and a young goalie Thunderbirds who placed eighth last year have 10 players returning from Ihe season They lost two of belter players to Major Junior A team High scoring centre man Curl Pearson only was selected by Generals while budding John Morris also 17 has become the starling net minder for Toronto We re going to have a better skating team this year said Thunderbirds coach Morns who is back for his second season behind the bench We re going to lot of mistakes but the experienced defence Mill cover up some of the forwards errors Anchoring the defence will be the pair of Browning and Mark Wiltshire Brown ing a liveyear member is the sur member of Ihe squads first Wiltshire 17 was drafted by Windsor Spitfires Junior A but chose to re turn to Youth will also take the form of three midget aged players on the forward lines Bill played last year with Toronto lied Wms Murray Downs midgets and Rob Humphries also was In goal Thunderbirds are going again wilh youth Seventeen year old Dan Hartley was termed a real find by Morns He ployed last year in outlaw Scarboro Hockey Association plays its home games Sunday nigh Is Colts were also helped by the decision of star player Sieve to slay with despite beiiij drifted by Aurora of Provincial Junior A A couple of have been added In Ihe blueline corps Johnson who played with Junior and Mark Junior I an welcomed ions to ihe detenu oils will be a new coach dory McMillan who played professional hockey in minor leagues will be behind bench He formerly of the now demised International Hockey League and also in Barm minor hockey oils play i games nights JUNIOR ShASON I A P Slreelsvillc Derbys 120 BO Burlington Cougars 4 277 Blades 204 Oak Ridges Dynes 7 Travelways 20 Brampton Chevys 20 4 211 204 Flyers 16 37 Thornhill birds 14 ISO 233 Dixie BecHlvcs 14 24 205 227 34 Colls 15 Sabres 3 170 286 Georgetown Gemini 149 Sabres as one of few returning forwards Jamie who started last season with the Sabres had reported to camp only recently while several other local players have ravelled elsewhere The Sabres who according to coach Buchanan are looking for some size to bolster their line up have signed two members of last years Ontario AAA Juvenile final sis from Bramotca lo help In Iheir Pat Fung Is louled as the Sabres Dave Chapman Central Ontario leader in 197677 Linemule Greg is the other member of the team the Sabres The Sabres arc looking lo and Joe for recruits this season Changes over Ihe past year have allowed players to play for the Acton team without being classed imports The change In Ihe ruling makes possible for the Sabres loplckupsomelateJunior A cuts The Sabres will need some outstanding play if have start this season as well as Ihey did lasl year Af ler games last year the Acton learn was undefeated and surprising the league This time around they ill be hard pressed unless they can acquire Iht Junior A lalcnl they feci Is coming Iheir way before their league opener in night ACTON Dixie dropped to ninth spot and out of playoff contention last season scoring 14 wins in 44 games and arc looking to move back up the ladder this time around Norm who coached the BeeHives to surprising second place finish two years ago is back at the helm after a The could be a contender this lime around losing no players to overage Although the team has lost the services of Okpysh and Rob to Junior A Doug Brown to the University of Western Ontario and Chris Boucher to the A Aurora Tigers will have a basic resemblance to the team that finished last year One player who joined Beeif Ives at the end of last season and should help them in the new year is former Derby Les Smith McMahon who Is starting his third year with the BeeHives is hoping his club can finish in the middleof the pace this ime out The were involved in a couple of exhibition matches wilh Henry Carr before bearing down against St Michael of the Metro Toronto Junior B league The BeeHives managed a tie In he first meeting of the two clubs but dropped a match the next time around Dixie took the first game of a home and home with the Acton Sabres with a rematch In Dixie slated for lost Saturday night Barrie Colts Bame Colts have added five players from last years Ontario finalist major midget team to their returning players in their effort to improve over the tenthplace finish last year The midget squad went five games with eventual champion Richmond Hill They are blessed with several talented players which have easily made the jump to Junior B We have the earn settled down said manager Jim Short We re going to be a respectable team this year and a force to be reckoned with Among the key returning players are two goalies Dune Brunei and Dave Campbell which should shore up Colls woeful defensive record Last year for the first time in three sons Sabres escaped the base menl or the Central Ontario Junior league finishing a total of nine points ahead of last placed Georgetown The Sabres head into their new season with very few returning Paul and Malt Lambert were the only Sabres lo go overage at end of last season but several others have at Junior A camps and have yet lo return lo Ihe Kelly McArlhur a year old spent two seasons in Acton before heading the Provincial A circuit He has been signed to toil Iht Markam Waxers this season Two other players still to return lo Paul Henderson and Drew Gareau were still in the A major teams while he teams leading scorer of last year Glenn Murray and Wade were still with Ihe Platers This is Ihe first year the Sabres will start Junior season wilh the coach wound up the previous yeir back behind the Aclon bench trying to im prove on their nine win and three lie record of year Returning to the Sabres fold this year in elude defense men Brad Buchanan Bob Allsopnnd Charbonncou In goal the Sabres will retain the services of one of the league s lop performers of last season in Neil Anderson returns to the GEORGETOWN Georgetown emmi are hoping a number ill ice moves made during the spring and summer will produce a belter product on the this winter The Gem front office has five new faces who are aiming lo gel the club which finished dead lasl in the team Central Junior It last winter Into Ihe piayofh The first ehunge came in the spring when Bob moved Inlo the president a chair after Bob Thompson declined a third term went searching for a new bench boss replace Hal tame up with a young rookie coach Tom Daley i well known to Georgetown fans as a big prolific scorer with Ihe Intermediate A Raiders The new and coach dipped inlo pasl tn find an excellent ass is Ian I Milne Milne skated with Gems first three seasons of operation before joining Raiders winter A student of Ihe game Milne will continue playing with Ihe Raiders as well as helping lies working on it a first priority Richard Thomas former coach of the North York Rangers a new resident of Georgetown will also be on hand once the eampa starts help tutor Ihe young Back for another try are Iheclub leading scorer Andy Broad bent his Itnemales Marty Power and Steve Crossman Tony and Bob Mc Landless forwards Mike McMcnemy and Greg Thompson and goalie Brad Miller As for newcomers the club has inked Dave McGilloway of Georgetown midget Bob Dean and defence man Mike from Durham Sabre dates Date vs Team Friday October vs Streetsville Saturday OcloberGvs Dixie Saturday October 13 vs Oak Ridges Saturday October 20 vs Saturday October vs Thornhill Saturday November 3 vs Bra Ion Saturday November Barrie Wednesday November 14 vs Georgetown Saturday November Burlington Saturday Saturday December 1 vs Saturday December 8 V3 Millon Wednesday Deccmberi2vs Saturday Brampton Saturday December22vs Dixie December 28 Georgetown Saturday January ISdOvs Oak Ridges January tsvs Saturday January I9vs Barrie Saturday January26vs Milton Saturday February Saturday February vs Dale in Town Saturday Seplcmber29inOnllia Sunday SoptemberMin Georgetown Friday Milton Thursday October 18 in Monday Ridges Thursday October 25 in Brampton Tuesday Thornhill Friday November2 in Burlington Tuesday Tuesday November in Thursday Dixie Monday December3inOakltidges Thursday December In Dixie Sunday December 9 in Brampton Sunday Dcccmber23inThornhiII Saturday December29inOrillla two in Saturday January in Burlington Sunday January in Streetsville Sunday January in Georgetown Thursday January in llirrle February Km All Sabre home homes are for to m with match with Dixie Game time for that contest is pm till I hi I