Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 18, 1979, p. 37

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THE HERALD Wednesday April IB Page Raiders take big victory in game three The Georgetown Raiders took a giant step towards earning a spot at the Eastern Canadian Championships with a decisive win at home over the Port Elgin In the series third game The win which gave the Raiders three game to one lead was very important as the fourth and fifth games were both slated to be played up north alter Port Elgin earned the extra home game in the scries with a win in a flip of the coin Had the Raiders failed to win the third game they would have been forced to take cither the fourth or fifth games In Port Elgin to stay ahead in the series PERIOD In this scries the Raiders are showing themselves to be a very strong second was no different In this game as the Raiders scored five goals in the second per to two by the It was the difference In the game The got on the board first six minutes Into the first when Dean Symons their leading scorer in the regular season beat McDuffe The Raiders Bill Currie was off serving a tripping penalty when the goal was scored Midway through the first frame the Raiders got that goal back when Peter Sturg eon connected from Currie and Juri It too came on the power play Before the first penod was out the Sunocos tallied their second power play goal with Rick Ens being the marks man As previously mentioned it was all Raiders in second period With only gone in the period Tom Daley who has been nothing short of great throughout the playoffs tall icd from captain Ray and Steve Blundy and It was all tied up Less than a minute later the Raiders went ahead for the first time in the contest with Archie Chase playing an excellent aggressive game scoring from Doug BLAIR GONE That goal was enough for J Blair in Port Elgin He was replaced by Scott It d1 not take long for the Raider snipers to take ad vantage of having the inexp erienced in the net Big beat Scott with the ft st shot fired at him Tonelli up the play Scott made several good saves after that goal and Port Elgin got back Into the game midway through the frame with captain Bill Buck ton and Jim McKinnon scoring exactly one minute However the Raiders sco red two more less than a minute apart soon after- awards to give them a two- goal lead Sturgeon got the first one with Tonelli and Colin don feeding him and then the Raider captain earned his fourth assist of the night on Daley marker COAST The Raiders seemed to coast in the third period a ploy which almost them a game In he southern final against the Thorold Scharf got the Sunocos back to within one goal early in the third period with his teams third power play goal of the game The gome turned into light checking duel and was slower than either of the first two games Peter McDuffe was again strong when he had to be In theRaidernet and with good support from his defense- men he kept the at With Just over five minutes remaining to be played Brad scored his firstever goal as a Raider and his club had an insurance marker and Blundy set him up The Raiders were still short handed for the game as both Ray Evans Steve No vis John Boyce and Pat Maloncy all missed the game Kellys LEISURE MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS pool labia Showroom Sale SIZE REG SALE SAVE JR CONCORD slate NEVADA slate 925 SIERRA slate 965 PRICES INCLUDE DELIVERY INSTALLATION Complete Accessory Packages Available 20 Off all Accessories Balls Cues Scoreboards Covers Rakes Lights etc Ray has great position on the John action in game three which the Raiders won Georgetown native led his team to two victories up north but the Raiders wrapped up the series in six here Saturday Herald photo 334GuelphStHwy7 GEORGETOWN Financing Available We Deliver Fri pm SatS6pm VISIT OUR SHOWROOM DEMONSTRATION SAT AP8I1 NOON TO 4 PM Youre ahead on a

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