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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, February 2,1994 Women Battle for Hockey Crown by Brad Kelly This weekend's Ontario Women's Women's Hockey Association Senior 'AA' Provincial Championship provides provides a couple of interesting scenarios scenarios for two local players. Sarah Couch, of the favoured Toronto Toronto Aeros, and Sommer West, of the Toronto Junior Aeros, are in agreement that their teams have something to prove. One team, the Aeros, hope to use the tournament to dispel the whispers whispers that their best playing days have since past. s$3ÉiÉ . ; ' V ■/ •> V/ 1 *" ' Sommer West At the other end of the scale, the Junior Aeros are hoping to use the championships as a springboard to prove that they are legitimate contenders contenders for the provincial crown. Six of the top women's teams in Ontario will meet in this weekend's provincial championships, which will begin on Saturday; and continue continue through to the championship game on Sunday afternoon. All games will be played at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. In addition to the two Toronto teams, the Mississauga Chiefs, Hamilton Golden Hawks, Scarborough Scarborough Firefighters, and Scarborough Sting comprise the teams in the two- day tournament. The Aeros are the defending provincial provincial and national champions, and have compiled a league record of 19-1 this year. Four of their players attended the selection camp for Canada's Canada's National team. But, as this veteran team with players aged from 18-30 approaches the provincial finals, they are anything anything but over-confident. "Most of us are nervous," said Couch, who has seen the bulk of the work in goal for the team this year. "The Aeros have always been the dominant team. Some people are saying that the players are getting older, and it's just a matter of time before age kicks in." Looking to dethrone the defending defending champions are the Junior Aeros, considered by many as the upstart team. Their oldest player is only 21, while at 15, West is the youngest on the club. Although only in its first year, the team has done surprisingly well, and is ranked number two heading into the tournament. "We have really pushed ourselves ourselves this year," said West, a grade 10 student at Bowmanville High School. "We have been called the kids of the league all year, so we have really pushed to do our best and prove everyone wrong." The winning team will represent Ontario at the National Women's Hockey Championships in Winni-. peg, Manitoba, in March. Both Toronto teams are grouped in the 'A' pool with Mississauga, while the 'B' pool contains both Scarborough teams, along with Hamilton. The most important game for the Junior Aeros will be their first of the tournament when they face Mississauga. Mississauga. The winner of that game will likely cross-over to play a team from the other pool in Sunday morning's morning's semis. "We'll be ready for it," predicted predicted West in describing the importance importance of getting off to a quick start. The two Toronto teams, in what could be a preview to Sunday afternoon's afternoon's final, will play their round robin game against each other at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday night. The top team from Pool 'A' will play the second place team in Pool 'B' in one semi-final on Sunday, while the other game will match the top team in Pool 'B', against the second place team in Pool 'A'. The championship final is scheduled scheduled for 1:55 p.m. on Sunday. In six previous meetings this season season between the two Toronto rivals, the senior team has won four times. But, in a winner-take-all tournament format like the one this weekend, anything can happen. If everything goes according to script, both Couch and West envi sion their teams advancing to Sunday Sunday afternoon's final. "I hope it will be that way because because it would be a good, intense game," said Couch, who played last year for the Bowmanville Jr. C Eagles. Eagles. "Anyone can win, so you can't count too far ahead." "I think our team will be the team to beat, along with the Aeros," predicted West. "We will be competitive competitive because we are starting to gel together and are doing much better." better." Another local team that will be highlighted at this weekend's championships championships is the Junior House League team from Newcastle, who will be playing an exhibition game against Colbome on Saturday at 12:10 p.m. s About the Terry Kelly (centre) a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Maple Leafs, was the guest speaker at the weekly Bowmanville Rotary Club meeting that was held at The Hying Dutchman Hotel last Thursday afternoon. Terry spoke on the history of the Toronto franchise, as well as his association with the Chairman of the Board for the Leafs, Steve Stavro. Flanking Terry in the above photo are Ro- tarians Garnet Rickard (left), and A1 Strike. Sarah Couch Youth Bowling League Scores SPORTS CORD SHOW SAT., FEB. 5 Bowmanville Recreation Complex Location: Hwy. 2, Bowmanville fExit 401 at Waverley Rd.J Time; 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. FREE ADMISSION Next Shows: Sun., Feb. 13 ffliax Community Centre! ■ Sat,, Feb. 19 fBowmanville Recreation Centre! C905J 7284456 « I Senior Division -- Canadian 20, Haley 19, Westlake 18, Flintoff 17, Vickery 16, Langley 14, Pearson 10, Welsh 10, Break 9, Carpenter 7 High singles - Jeff Pearson 299, 250, Chris Canadian 281, 248, Jason Vickery 244, 210, Shawn Pappas 220, 213, Todd Langley 217, Kelley Flintoff Flintoff 214, Mark Stephen 210, Dave Bair 207, Rob Toutant 205 High triples -- C. Canadian 709, J. Pearson 705, J. Vickery 624, S. Pappas Pappas 617 Junior Division Ross 21, Burtch 21, Vickery 21, Tait 18, Peldiak 16, Checkers Variety And Hooper's in Close Contest On Saturday, January 29, Checkers played a close match against Hooper's. Hooper's. Checkers lit up the scoreboard first on a goal by Jeff Collins, assisted by Kevin Stonehousc and Geoffrey Neuman. Neuman. Hooper's came back in the second second period with two goals to make it 2-1. Checkers then tied the game back up halfway through the second period with a goal by Alan Robb, from Joel Tymchuk and Scott W cst lake. Both teams had some good chances in the third period, but were stopped by some hot goaltcnding. This was a tight match that ended in a 2-2 tie. Thanks to all four goalies who kept their teams in the game. Checkers players, coaching staff, and parents would like to wish a speedy recovery to teammate Gcrrit Van Dyke who broke his foot in an exhibition game on January 18. Hope we sec you in the playoffs, Gcrrit! 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Welsh 515 Bantam Division -- Rebels 24, Raiders 23, Bulldogs 19, Spares 17, Winners 17, Blue Jays 14, Strike Force 14, Champs 13, Aces 13, Mighty Ducks 5, Strikers 5, Headpins 4 High singles -- Kim Hellam 245, Tommy Lucas 183, Adam Goswell 181,178, Terri Flintoff 180, Kyle Milner Milner 172, Matthew Hossack 160, Shannon Shannon Darch 156 High triples - K. Hellam 566, T. Flintoff 481, A. Goswell 480, K. Milner Milner 471, M. Hossack 445, A. Henning 44L T. Lucas 438, P. Tennant 410 Tyke Division -- Hossack 16.5, Walton 15, VanHcuvelcn 15, James 13, Marchant 11.5, Ross 11, Fowler 10, Greenley 9, McDougall 5, Perry 5, Stacey 5, Prior 4 High singles -- Michael Hossack 161, Cassie Greenley 144, Stephanie VanHcuvelcn 127, Shawna Pcny 1 126, Jason Walton 117 High doubles - M. Hossack 275, C. Greenley 264, S. VanHcuvelcn 225, J. Walton 219, S. Perry 213, D. Norrish211. OronoSki Jumper Places Second in Nat. Championship Orono's Jeremy Blackburn continues continues to improve by leaps and bounds amongst Canada's ski jumping jumping fraternity. At the recently-completed Canadian Canadian Championships that were held in Thunder Bay, the 18-ycar-old finished finished second overall. His combined placings of second in the 120 metre Big Hill Championship Championship event, and third in the 90 metre metre jump, left him just behind Canadian Canadian champion John Lockycr. I-Ic will now leave for Europe on February 26, where he will represent represent Canada at competitions in Austria Austria and Germany. Blackburn is hoping to reach his peak for the 1995 World Championships, Championships, which will be held on his home course at Thunder Bay. by Brad Kelly As though it happened only yesterday, yesterday, Terry Kelly can vividly recall recall accompanying his father down to the comer of Church and Carlton Streets in Toronto to watch his very first Maple Leafs hockey game. The Boston Brains were the opposition opposition on that particular winter's eve. Viewing the game from a pair of seats in the reds, Kelly can still recount how the first goal of the game was scored. At the time, those seats in the reds that he and his father occupied sold for a paltry $2. ' 'Little did I know that sometime later on, I would have a little something something to do with those tickets.' ' Kelly was referring to his position position as one of seven members of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club. Speaking to members of the Bowmanville Rotary Club at their weekly meeting last Thursday, Kelly Kelly recounted how he was appointed to the Board of Directors. I [He also took the gathering on a ; trip} down memory lane, describing the formative years of one of Canada's Canada's most storied franchises. It was back in 1928 when Conn Smythe and a group of interested investors investors purchased the Toronto St. Patrick's hockey team, later changing changing the nickname to Maple Leafs. In its infancy, the team's sweaters sweaters sported green and white colours. The change to blue and white was made under the orders of Smythe, who at one time coached the University University of Toronto Varsity Blues, and admired their colours. Triple F Bowling League Results Ron Bonsma 9, John Rozema 8, Peter Flonk 8, Harry Ehrct 8, Gordon De Jager 7, Piet Glasbergcn 7, Minnie Kaldeway 5, Dirk Van Abbema 5, Jake Dykstra 5, Nel Van Abbema 4, Geoff Sikma 4, Melle Rozema 2 High single ladies - Sally Rozema 240 High single men -- John Buma 245 High triple ladies -- Hotly Vandcr- Gaast 644 High triple men -- John Buma 643 High average ladies - Hotty Van- dcrGaast 189 High average men -- John Buma 211 Two years later, Smythe proposed proposed a list of potential sites on which to build a new arena. With the help of the T. Eaton Company, the comer of Church and Carlton Streets was deemed appropriate. On May 1 of 1932, the first shovel shovel was put into the ground. Only fivc-and-a-half months later, Maple Leaf Gardens was erected. Over their history, the Maple Leafs have reached the Stanley Cup finals 21 times, second only to the Montreal Canadiens. Toronto's 13 Stanley Cup victories victories have come under three nicknames nicknames - Arenas (1918), St. Pats (1922), and Maple Leafs (1932, 42, 45,47-49,51,62-64,67). But the past success of the hockey hockey team seemed to be lost during the turbulent times of the 1970's and '80's under the direction of the late Harold Ballard. "Harold once took a picture of the Queen down to add more seats," remembered Kelly. "When he was asked why he did it, he shot back by asking if (the Queen) had paid for. reserve tickets." When Steve Stavro took over the hockey club as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, he appointed Kelly, along with five others, to a position with the Board of Directors. "It's a thrill to be involved with the Maple Leafs," said Kelly. "It's like having died and gone to heaven forme." Kelly, who has been associated with Stavro for 38 years, describes his friend as a "hands-on" person. 1 Stavro, who built his reputation for putting a respectable product on the shelves of his Knob Hill Farms outlets, outlets, is determined to do the same on the ice with the Maple Leafs. During the first meeting under i the new Board of Directors in April of 1991, Stavro outlined the objectives objectives that he wanted to see the hock- ■ ey club accomplish. First, he wanted to see the team become competitive and produce a : winning record, then set their sights on first place. The next step is to ' take a run at winning the Stanley Cup. Fielding questions from Rotary Club members, Kelly said Pat Bums 0 is "the man who will lead us" to a Stanley Cup. As for Toronto's need' for another scoring centre, general - manager Cliff Fletcher has informed - the board that he has discussed ob- , taining Peter Nedved of the Vancouver Vancouver Canucks, but the price is too'[ high. As for the prospects of a new are- j na, and the possibility of sharing a j building' with Toronto's proposedi NBA franchise, Kelly slated thafi "the Maple Leafs don't wish to be tenants in any building." And, in response to the question*' people ask him most frequently, Terry Kelly he pulled out a date book with a yearly calendar. 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