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Page Wednesday January Raiders move into leagues top spot Herald Georgetown Raiders moicd first place in the Intermediate A standings with over the Dirndls chants at Arcm list The Haiders mi got lent is this lime Mario M icDonald turned in stalwart performance The humesidc did not hike long to Bit the Tom lfi second- in ejmc with his Steve and Hay tuns tin pari of the Haider iblnl Ihi Raiders wire enjoying 1 nun power when tin son sink the puck it his moved in iloni on He l it on his fin piriod III took i pi s from mated in on the Mi ri hunt nit tin I vans scored with only seconds left to go He fired a bound from an Art Webster shot past Merchant goalie Mike Clarke tied the game at the 1 mark of the middle frame as Steve tallied from Greg Clause and Dill was his best In period is the Merc fired shots at him vcr they wen unable to puck pisl him for the of 1 Peterson put lhl it the in mirk of tin pi nod his firs two gulls Assist on pin Juri Kudn ind who In be in in a slump since he won tin liiulirlhyirof Month ml forth tuber very close lo tying the scon with two minutes left period They broke away break but excel Hi is foiled on his lent defensive play by thi first sh CI irki but In Haiders stopped in their tracks Right after piny llic pinned tin Merchants in their own zone The persistent forcchcekiiig paid off for the as Tom Gilbert scored with onl I left on the clink Then were no isslstsuw phy hut the rem lining four iliplijcda in goal The second period also fe it ured only of the ami Webster squared off jgainst Aglor and the look decision as the Merchant had retreat slimmed it pa ink Another tin part of It 111 llu Neil threw i blind pass ij piriod into the slot The puck wis Wigtown Hie puck in up Clause and the zone ind were speedy Merchant glided in Miring visitors when He with Ihe nude a nifty move and put the puck past MucDonald to icon 5 The Merchants tried to get close to Raiders but ihcy were kept at bay by 3J shots in the tine as to for Clarke conch Junior Tib belts Cotton at centre for the game Tin big stripping looked able at the pivot and he also lost the great majority of the he took However the did hive some positive is the hardhitting kip the Mirchints the two teams being almost equal In calibre and don t be surprised if they square off against one another for the league championship Although here were goils scored In the game il was actually defense oriented Both tinms took six minors as well as the two mijors handed out to Webster The win gives the Haiders a one point lead over However the Merchants have three games in hand The two squads pljy one another four more times this season and those meetings should decide who lakes the league pennant The Raiders w 111 to main lain their winning ways when meet the Port Colbnrnc a Arena this Gems fall to Braves blueline ltd out from played a and Coich Hon Dixon he hid lire for three Joe South in play tin whole 11 injury in seen Mark is throw 11 out if the Limi fir being llu aggressor in 1 in the third period Bull Met ri turned to Ihi lineup fir the ems yet so pi nlt w shifts with Joyce They then to in tin rami i 1 in licikon goal Doug who his been nil hot lately in illy put the on ill in the fr inn on went to and Chris Milne The Braves pul the game Willi two goals in the second period The scorers win Beckon Ha Mont ford said wen hind ploy in their first games but II pick up the pace after played a bout 10 games Dixon and w pie with the s working deleiisen both wly till him of the knit injury Tost slid he lit dot The Gem pie We id i few chances in I if the puck wis the outcome may lur been different Tost id i he game rani his second goal lines on a pi John Kr ickon linn lompk 10 mike wis irk of tin rant and Grig 0 will their iinslthi Drives Ann 1 After surpnstd that pi is well isle did against Hurling Ion Dixon hi is also try me his defensive by moving forward Mirly ln Bantams win five straight to take Hespeler tourney Jem ml llu tin fins for thtir in the org fori will tiny I Br 12 1 Dixon s ml 1 Miller did better Miller m in lirid in the past fen weeks handled the lor the Tin Br took Ml lead the first period pi lie the lems or go back for Jay in the wn Industrial 1 If the pl wiUilhi ems liny will to phy fur the out 1111 Mite nil a back injur tin flu tonight nut One em who back for tonight ihartilt who has quit Three cage games on Friday Ik Gems captain may move on Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship Thrifty Dinner Sale Buy one at the regular price of 159 If then is a sadder scene than a hockey dressing room filled with seven and eight year old players who have just lost a big game then I veyttloscett The Georgetown North Hal ton Sports Camp Novice Heps had Just lost the final in Ihe Tournament to by score The fact that the team beat Orillio In the opening game The fact the team beat 2 to get the final was also forgotten All that remembered by the seven and eight year olds was the loss to Chinguacousy The job of lifting the spirits of these youngsters certainly was not an envied position However it had to be done by somebody Hon Webster whose son Mike plays on the team and who on the executive of the Georgetown District Minor Hockey Association was the first to speak lo the youngsters He told them that their performance in the tournament was one of most courageous he had ever seen In all his years in hockey He also reminded boys that they had done exceedingly well in the tournament Conch Charlie then took over and he told the boys that had done much better than they had been expected to do Georgetown had to play against lenmfl from much bigger centres such as Brampton and Mlaslssfluga in hud shown his during the game All season has switched his halfway through the gumes ind given Ills equal amount of Ice time Here he was in the final of a tnurnamt could have diverted from game plan he has used all season to win the big one However the did not Halfway through the game he switched goalies every player on the bench saw equal amount of ice tlmt The young hockey players however had nothing to think about other thi loss fairness their coach had shown them did not really matter That they nt as far us they did in tournament did not really miller If had lost in game against the hurt probably would not have been as deep What Webster and had to say was not going be heeded by the boys right after the loss They might think about two hours Iwo days or two weeks later when the hurl had subsided but not right after the big loss Do not however expect to sec the boys on Novice team walking around gloomy forever One thing I have learned from observing my nieces and nephews and other youngsters Is that ihey have short memories Tho loss to will more than be forgotten after the Novices win their next game fried 1 1 1 mist hi I hi IO I LUBEIT GEORGETOWNS 1st DRIVEIN Jo l DRIVETHRU 1 LUBRICATION CENTRE No Appointment Necessary Most Cars Minutes LUBEIT 1 Thrifty Dinner Coupon J sill IttOI ION 1 it 1 1 nidi it mm 111 1 nun it 1 I 59 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