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North York Canadiens win Bantam tournament North York Canadiens took home the grand championship trophy from Georgetown 3lst Annual Bantam Tournament on Saturday after defeating 51 The road to the final game wasnt an easy one for either team with Canadiens needing triple overtime to defeat Hurricanes 32 in the A division final Ajax also required triple overtime for their B division final to win by the same score Of the three local teams in the tournament Georgetown Acton and Hurricanes advanc ed the furthest defeating Hamilton 53 in their divisional Bern final before losing to the eventual grand champions in the next game Acton qualified for the playoffs with a 1 1 round robin record but lost in the division semifinal round to Salt Fleet Georgetown tied Acton in round robin play but lost its two other games and failed to qualify for the playoffs D Division Salt Fleet which eliminated Acton from the semi final round was in turn dropped by Kin cardine which had advanced by beating C Division Owen Sound advanced as far as the grand championship semi finals by defeating all of its rivals They first took out Guelph 72 and then narrowly defeated Woolwich Division Ajax qualified for the touma meet s runnerup trophy by winn ing its division with a win over York and a 32 triple overtime win against Hill crest A Division The pullout by Buffalo after going undefeated in round robin play allowed Brampton to qualify for the semi finals but they fell prey to North York Canadiens in the divisional semi final Halton defeated Hamilton before losing 32 in triple over time to Canadiens Grand Championships North York blanked Owen Sound 30 and Ajax echoed that with a 30 victory of their own over Kincardine in the grand championship semifinals to set the stage for the final game North York didn have much trouble as they emerged with a win Award Winners Congratulatory letter from the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation to referee Gerry Perkins for receiving this years Hockey Heritage Award Red and Jean Trophy for most sport player of the tourna ment to Halton Hurricane player Hike Rusk Host Outstanding Goalie Trophy to Ajax Village player Hark Kennedy Host Con genial Referee Award to Brian Peavoy Rusty Skate Award most graceful and ungraceful falls during tournament to David Frost Coach of the touma ment award to Ajax Village coach Eric Barnes Grand Cham RunnerUp Trophy to Ajax Village Grand Champion ship Trophy to North York Cana diens Tournament chairman applauds organizers After months of preparation and weeks of worry Dave Curry Georgetown Minor Hockey Association Bantam Tourna ment chairman said he especial enjoyed seeing each day of the event play itself out Curry said this was the 31st year of the tournament which has become a focal point of the association As a result he said his goal as chairman was to get teams signed up to play he got 30 and make the week long fair run as smoothly as possible I think we were very sue cessful this year We had a lot of people watching most of the games and many of the coaches and parents of the other teams told me they were impressed with how things were organized Curry said one of the things he did to help attract teams was pro vide the easiest possible playing schedule for them especially for those coming from a greater distance away I spent a lot of time on the schedule with some teams not playing their first game until the third day of the tournament This allowed a few to get their round robin games out of the way faster and be able to know if they would be continuing or not While Curry said he put in a lot of time and effort he was not about to take all the credit ting out that many people from the area toiled along with him We certainly had some ex help a lot more of it com ing from people who hadn done it before making it much more a community event The Hockey Heritage Council made a big too They gave the tourna ment its start and it was great to see them back in it again Curry and some other GMHA members also wanted to thank the following people in particular for their help Bob Tost Del Beaumont Larry White Doug Harlow Bob Webster Bill Richardson Mike Fry Ron Kavanaugh John Bill Stencite Bud James Rene Mar tin Shell and Gerry Perkins The chairman said he has no regrets about how the touma ment went though he would have tried to advertise the approach of the event a little more ag by putting up posters in store windows to help remind the public One thing was Buffalo withdrawing from the tourna ment after playing their round robin games Our schedule con flicted with their state champion ships and they pulled out It s pretty tough running a ment at this time of the year since there seem to be a lot of things going on for other people Jason Allison of the Grand Championship winning team North York did more than his fair share of work in helping propel his teammates the silverware Jason selected Most Valuable Player as the list Annual Georgetown International Ban turn Hockey Tournament wrapped up last Saturday at Gordon Alcotl Memorial Arena Pictured above presenting Jason his award is Hal Pells President of the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association Herald photo Acton Sabres goaltender comes up with a big save agalnBt a Salt Fleet player who came flying down the slot Salt Fleet won the D division semi final game advancing to the divisional finals of the Georgetown Bantam Tournament at Alcott Arena on Saturday Robert DIVISIONAL SEMI FINALS A Division North York 4 Brampton 5 Hamilton 3 Division Owen Sound 7- Guelph 2 Woolwich Leamington 5 B Division Ajax YorkO HillcrestlO Gloucester 3 D Division Kincardine 4 Oshawa Salt Fleet 5 Acton 2 DIVISIONAL FINALS North York 3 Halton Owen Sound Woolwich 5 GRAND CHAMPION GRAND SEMI FINALS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL North York Owen Sound 0 North York 5