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Page 24 THE HERALD Wednesday January 24 1990 Ontario Hockey League AllStar game Bennett to skate with starstudded lineup Georgetowns Adam Bennett will be skating in elite company when he dons the blades this coming Tuesday as a of the On tario Hockey League AllStars who challenge the stars of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in the fifth annual Chrysler Challenge Cup game The game will be played out of Cornwalls Civic Complex starting time 7 and will be broad cast by The Sports Network The team was selected by a com composed of Sam McMaster of the Sudbury Wolves Dave Draper of the Dukes of Hamilton and coach Dick Todd of the Peterborough Petes Todd got the nod as team mentor for guiding the Petes to last seasons championship Bennett the and 215pound for the Wolves should feel relatively comfortable in the allstar surroundings Aside from having his own clubs general manager McMaster on hand Bennett will be joined by Sudbury teammate Paul DiPietro the OHLs current scorer Through league games DiPietro had scored goals and added assists for scoring points He should take some of the heat off the allstar squads rearguard echelon Sudbury might have solidified their Memorial Cup aspirations with a recent acquisition Sudbury landed from Cornwall Royals The 19- year old centre apparently demanded a trade and through games had netted goals and 53 assists for 79 points He stands third in OHL scoring The Wolves gave up forward Darren Bell Marcus Middleton 17 and a sixth round pick in the 1990 draft to get The all stars quite literally boast a star studded lineup in eluding Mike of the Peter borough Petes and Eric Lindros of the Oshawa Generals also an OHL all star last season captained the national junior team to the recent world championship in Finland Oft injured over the past two seasons has been on a scor ing spree since his return from Finland On Jan 11 he scored all four goals as the Petes bowed to Memorial Cup host team Dukes of Hamilton He collected a pair of assists the next night against Lon don and recorded a hat trick against Owen Sound as Peter borough played a gruelling three games m three nights In a five game stretch he scored 13 goals The consensus No pick in this springs National Hockey League entry draft Ricci is currently in fifth place in the OHL scoring der by with goals and 39 assists for 76 points being named to the all star team is another matter altogether A number of people have questioned his selection but what the critics didnt know was that executives from the the QMJHL and the Western Hockey League had agreed that all members of Canadas national junior team gain automatic entry into the respective leagues all star teams The Western League allstar game was played Tuesday evening at the Coliseum in Lindros the 16 year old phenomenon stunned the major junior hockey world last spring by refusing to report to Ste Marie Greyhounds which had plucked him out of the midget draft after had led St Michaels Buzzers to the Ontario Junior championship took his hockey wares to Detroit and suited up with the Tier Compuware squad but the OHL realized that a player of his stature had to grace Canadian major junior ponds The league changed its bylaw which had stated a midget draft pick could not be traded for a year midget draft picks can now be traded within a limited Jan 1 Jan period and Lindros ended up with Generals a team he had expressed an interest in ages ago Aside from Ricci and the OHL all stars boast a number of other notable players Centre Jason Cirone represen ting Cornwall Royals was a third round NHL entry pick of Win Jets right wing Mike Craig representing Oshawa was a 1989 second round pick of Minnesota North Stars right wing Steven Rice representing Kitchener was a first round entry pick of New York Rangers and defenceman Paul Holden representing London was a second round 1988 entry pick of Los Angeles Kings The leads the Chrysler Cup series 3 1 and won last year s game the Forum in As I See It Colin Gibson Sports Editor Gretzky just might have found Torontos SkyDome outbid the his with Ayr Raiders Los Angeles Coliseum for the however as he had two goals and rights to stage WrestlemanJa VI on two assists in his first game April This year test wont be any easier for the OHL all stars as the Quebec team features Stephane of Victoriaville who was brilliant in goal for the Canadian junior world champions Fiset who stands tall and weighs pounds was a 1988 se cond round NHL entry draft pick of Quebec The Georgetown Youth Soccer Club continues to hold its winter soccer school every Sunday at Georgetown District High School gymnasiums one and two The sessions run from Ham until 5pm every Sunday through May Coaches are welcome to attend and further information on the winter soccer school can be obtain ed by contacting George Barnes Bill Harrison McNeily or Paul 877 2692 Ticket prices are reported to be nearly as high as the roof The high level seats will start at 35 while ringside seats could cost as much as Seems to me that April Fools Day is an date to pick for the Grunt and Groan buf foons especially at those ticket prices As I see it anyway StUl with major junior hockey most recent rankings by the Cana dian Hockey League give short shrift to teams The top team in the country as ranked is the Kamloops Blazers The Ottawa are ranked fourth the Belleville Bulls are ranked fifth the Kingston are ranked sixth the London Knights are ranked eighth and the Sudbury Wolves are rank edlOth Its tough living m the shadow of a legend especially when that legend is your brother and is still adding to the folklore concerning his hockey feats Just ask Keith Keith years old and drafted three years ago out of major junior hockey by Buffalo Sabres might be advised to make out a calling card with the logo Have hockey stick will travel He was never able to catch on with the Sabres and most recently Buffalo reassigned Gretzky to Ayr Raiders in Scotland of the British hockey league He had been playing with Phoenix of the Inter national Hockey League and in games had six goals and six assists He began this season with a Fin nish second division team and had two goals and 1 1 assists in 15 games Heritage tickets still available The 13th Annual Georgetown Hockey Heritage Council awards din ner will be staged Monday March 12 at Holy Cross auditorium Maple Ave Georgetown The recipient of the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Award is long time sportsman and tireless behind the scenes worker Roy Ward Ron MacLean sportscaster for the CBC production Hockey Night in Canada will act as Master of Ceremonies and preside over the gala af fair The reception at Holy Cross auditorium has been scheduled for m with the dinner to follow at 7 p m The award ceremony honoring Roy Ward will follow immediately after the dinner Tickets to the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Council awards dinner are in short supply according to dinner chairman Dave Kent ner still are available Ticket prices range from for 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