Recreatio OYULE 71 MAIN ST. S. eae Lon ENTRANCE OFF REAR 873-244 em nD» &Sk] i Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, S: : NORTHEND SALES SERVICE LEASING HWY. #25 & 401 878-4137 MILTON eptember 29, 1993 = Page 21 Raiders come close to taking two By Mike Zrostek Other than a couple of minor lapses that led to Brampton” goals’ in Saturday’s 5-4 loss at home, the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders had a productive weekend, coming back Sunday to defeat Royal York 6-4'in Mimico in the opening weekend of the newly formed Provincial. Juhior A League. With discipline a major concern of head coach Gary Ford, Raiders played as if they got the message and may have won Saturday’s game if not for a couple of bad bounces. The Raiders and Capitals exchanged great scoring chances in the opening peri- od as the play went end to Raider defense got caught many times pinching in, leaving Stinnett to fend for himself on 2 and 3-on-1’s. Ford was obviously not pleased with the numerous breaks the Capitals had, “We told them not to pinch in the game, maybe the problem is between the ears and not the legs. Stinnett tus in their for the first od.” After Brampton opened thé scoring mid way through the period on a power play goal from Caps sniper Ryan Foster, who ended up with five points, the Raiders replied with just under two minutes left in the period. After taking a pass from Ryan Brown, Trevor Brandt found himself on a break- away and hit the post after beating Capital goalie Dave 0. A hustling Will North was there to put the rebound in to tie the game as the line of North, Brandt and Brown played strong combining on the night for eight points. Raiders took their first ‘4 \ lead of the night 42 seconds in as Brown buried a pass from North in the slot home for a Raider 2-1 lead. Although a high scoring game was expected, both goalies had other ideas, continually stoning the Opposition. Until the 9:26 mark of the second, that is, when the game broke wide open as the teams combined for six goals in eight min- utes. Brampton scored two goals in a seven second span, the first coming on the power play on a harmless looking point shot that made it’s way through Stinnett’s legs. Then, off a face-off, Steve Rand lifted a shot past Stinnett in the top left hand corner for a 3-2 Caps lead. Roberts replied 39 sec- onds later on a blast from inside the blue line that nicked a Brampton defense- man and found its way in. The Raiders then made it 4-3 at 15:57 on Brandt’s first goal of the season as the puck just squeezed past Caps goalie Franco after a nice set-up from Brown and Jason Parks. Just as it appeared the Raiders were in control of the game, the Caps came right back to tie things on a long shot from the point that went through a screened Stinnett. at goal that may have taken some steam out of the Raiders because 38 seconds later the pinching cost the Raiders as Brampton scored the eventual winner on a bang-bang 2-on-1 pass play in front of the net. Trevor Brandt was the Raiders first star with a goal and two assists, Paul Stinnett was the second star with key stops throughout the game. The third star was Brandt’s line-mate, Will North who had-a goal and assist. Fans were no doubt happy Saturday to learn that Trevor Elinesky has signed with the Raiders and this paid dividends on Sunday night. Elinesky scored once and assisted twice while line- mate Ian Ellis netted a hat trick and an assist to lead the Raiders to their first win of the year over North York. It was a chippy affair as 28 minor penalties were handed out to both teams while North York racked up a total of 75 penalty min- utes to Georgetown’s 41. The Raiders jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one peri- od on goals by Doug Sheppard and two from Ellis — one coming on the power play that looked a lit- tle sluggish Saturday. Both teams scored one in the second, the Raider goal by Elinesky with Ellis and Kris Arro assisting, Royal York scored 2:30 of into the. third before Sheppard would score his second of the game from Brent Ford giving the Raiders a 5-3 lead. Ellis put the game out of reach scoring his third of the game with 1:48 left assisted by Arro. North York scored 22 seconds later but goaltender Nick Montessano and the defense held the Rangers in check to Preserve the win. The Raiders are now 1-1 early in the season and have a stretch coming up where they will face the top teams in the West division. Burlington is the opposi- tion Saturday at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena, game time 7:30p.m. Raiders than see the Hamilton Kilty B’s for the first time as they travel to Hamilton Tuesday Oct. 5. Tense time in Inter County By Alex Tough It is down to the wire in the Inter County Soccer League. The playoff Cup finals are set~for this evening (Wednesday) at Cedarvale. Second division league winners, Eagles, face off against second place Caledon at 6:45 p.m.-in tillating game. Caledon had the mark of Eagles during regular season play and hope to meet the challenge Meanwhile, Eagles are looking to prove that the season form is. not quite correct. We shall see, won’t we? In the first divi- sion league winners, Meteor will meet third place Meadowvale in the final game of the season, at 8:45 p.m. No doubt; Meteor are a what promises to be a scin- , Soccer Strong side, who are filled with talent and strength with Meadowvale also a strong team, with all their players out. Last week, Meteor saw off the Mariner challenge with an emphatic 4-1 victo- ry. Yet the turning point may have been when a Mariner attack ended with a shot off the post and the immediate reply was ‘a Meteor shot off the post into the net. This semi-final was a sporting contest throughout full of good football and honest chal- lenges. The second match saw Meadowvale defeat a shorthanded Merseyside by 3-2:after: going “ahead: by 2=~ 0. Questions have been raised about the Merseyside squad and will be dealt with later by the league execu- tive. Nevertheless, a fine match worthy of the occa- sion. Eagles destroyed Falcons by 5-0 to open the second division semi-finals. Three early goals almost sealed the win and a comfortable win in the end was fine. United put up a spirited dis- play against Caledon before going down 1-3. Both final matches should be entertaining with football uppermost from all four teams. The Knock out Challenge cup final is also to be played off later, between Merseyside and Blazers. The date is not yet set Georgetown Chrysler (located at 336 Guelph week-old son Dylan were pleased to sign a 3-1 Raiders Junior A hockey team ing an 18-year tradition of. sponsorship. Street) new owner Paul Auty, and his 12- ‘year contract with G general manager and president Finn Poulstrup, continu- Photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW eorgetown Chrysler Georgetown Minor Hockey Association launches major fundraisin It’s all about having fun! It’s all about supporting thers! ! 4 It’s all about winning Prizes!!! Georgetown Minor Hockey Association is about to launch one of its largest fundraising events in past years. Together with the Toronto Maple Leafs, The Special Olympics of Halton and M & M Pro- Sports, the event is being run to raise money for the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association and the Special Olympics. Here’s how it works, Each hockey player will be asked to sell one or more books of Scratch Tickets. For every book sold, $4 will be donated by Panda to the Special Olympics in. our region. The ticket price will be stated by the scratch of the Leaf in the front of each book. They range from:a free ticket up to $2.25 each. With each ticket sold there is a coupon for $3 off atM &M Hurricanes fall just short The Minor Novice Halton Hurricanes opened the sea- son with a nice comeback effort. only to fall a little short losing to Brampton 6-4 last Saturday in a game played in Brampton. Down 5-1, the Hurricanes made a comeback making the game close before Brampton scored the clinch- ing goal to put the game out f reach. Tyler ‘McBride scored two goals while Timoth Jasperson and Peter Schultz added singles. Tom. Gilmore, Adam Kemp, Danny Syuert and Tyler Czuba assisted on the goals. 3 Next action is this Saturday against Niagara Falls in-Carlisle. Pro-Sports on a minimum $15 Purchase. When people buy a ticket they are _ supporting Georgetown Minor Ho¢key and The Special Olympics of Halton. They also get a chance to win one of 12 Prizes from a day with the Maple Leafs, a gift certificate from the Leaf Store or a print of Pat’s Garage. Draw date will be Jan. 9 at Gordon Alcott Memorial Are! na. Now for the good stuff!! The players who sell the most tickets will get to pick their own prize from one of the fabulous prizes available. Here’s what they can win: g program Free hockey for a year (basic registration), Bauer 3000 skates, an autographed Doug Gilmour Jersey, hockey gloves, hockey helmet, shoul- der pads, hockey sticks, num- Most tickets will have their pick of one of these great, prizes. Prizes will be on display at M.& M Pro Sports and at Alcott Arena. It’s all about having fun! It’s all about supporting others!! It’s all about winning Prizes!!!