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Entering the elimination round of the Silver Stick Hockey Tournament in Newmarket, Midland Indusmin Minor Ban- tams defeated Bolton's Minor Bantams 2-1 last Thursday. Bolton took an early 1- 0 lead at 4:57 of the opening period. The lead stood up until the second frame when Midland's Greg Lalonde stole the puck at the Bolton blueline and tied the score 1-1 unassisted. Early in the final frame, while enjoying a man advantage, Lalonde controlling the play deep in the Bolton end, passed to Chris Walser at the point who relayed to Bill Mitchell whose low shot from the blueline scored. Steve Duncan's work in the Midland net was a major factor in the win. Only seven penalties were called in the game. Midland lost Chris Kelly when he broke his wrist and Brent Macey who left the game witha cracked collarbone. In the championship game, Midland came up against St. Benedict from Toronto who had a 44-3 record in regular season play. The opening period saw wide open play as St. Benedict took the lead twice only to have Midland's Bill Mitchell, unassisted and Ted French from John Richardson tie the game. In the second frame, Midland went ahead 5-4 on goals by Jesse Perreault from Mitchell and French, Greg Lalonde from Sean Best and Jamie Peden and Mitchell, unassisted. The final period saw Midland take a 7-4 lead as French from Mitchell and Shane Nichols from Scott Bales padded their lead. St. Benedict scored in the last two minutes came too little and too late as Midland went on to win 7-5 and move into the Grand Cham- pionship game. In the Grand Championship game, Midland met Toronto Pirates of the MTHL, who were the con- solation winners. Although controlling the play, Midland's only goal of the first period was scored by John Richardson from John Brophey at the 1:43 mark. In the second frame, Richardson notched his _-second marker, assisted by George Gunther and Jesse Perreault. In the final frame again saw Midland in complete command as they closed out the scoring with Chris Walser, unassisted and Bill Mitchell from Sean Lunnie netting the goals. Midland took four out of 21 penalty minutes in the game. Steve Duncan earned the 4-0 shutout. The tournament was a particularly _ pleasing experience for the Midland team as it was the first time this year they have competed against a group of minor bantam teams.~ The tournament victory was the result of their fine team play, and was only marred by the injuries suffered by Kelly and Macey. The next game for Indusmin will be in eae on Friday, Jan. Elmvale Silver Stick finalists DOUG Pikes Elmvale Brown's Red and White Foodmaster Peewees continued their quest for the Silver Stick Championship with two more victories on Thursday, Dec. 27, in Wasaga Beach. At noon they took on the Fergus peewees and completely dominated the game in an 11-1 win. They controlled the puck from the opening whistle and relentlessly charged in over the Fergus blueline. The only goal allowed, late in the second period, with Elmvale holding on 8-0 lead, was probably due to stiffness from lack of action on the Centennials winners over Essa 80's Midland Stoneleigh Centennials travelled to Barrie on Sunday to take on Essa and came out 7-4 winners in the game. part of the Elmvale netminder, Paul Dempster. Shots on goa were 41-5 in favour of Elmvyale. Robby Conn played his usual all-out game and connected five times. Dpue Beardsall, also witha five point game, collected a jat-trick and two assists. Chris Jacobs and Jason Tapscott each had a goal and an assist eCont. on P17 ee Cents were o by TED WATSON Midland Stoneleigh Centennial coach Ross McConnell was not too impressed with his pre-Christmas gift this year as his hockey team managed only two points out of three games. On Wednesday, Dec. 19 they travelled to Oro where they were completely out-played by the 77's losing 12-6. Six Midland players each scored a goal. Doug Barber and Dary] Belcourt in the first, Owen Quilty and Wilson Cowan in the second and Al Whidden and John Walter in the third. Dave Gillespie and Jim Greenside with hat- tricks each led the Oro attack. On Friday, Dec. 21, the Stoneleigh crew came out with a 9-7 win over Essa. Daryl Belcourt with the hat-trick, Chad Wiebe with two and singles by John Johnson, Shawn Davy, John Witzke and Marlon Gieseler were the Midland scorers. Dan Garagan with a pair, Don Brown, Ron Motz, Steve Dane, Andy Walton and Rob Symes scored for Essa. Pete Newburn in the Cents goal faced a total of 46 shots while Essa goalies David Nash and Tom Luck stopped 36 Midland shots. On Sunday, Dec. 23, Midland went to Parry Sound and started the game the way their last meeting (Dec. 2) ended when Midland won 11- Je Doug Barber scored at 1.37 from Shawn Davy and brother Dave. At 4.51 Al Whidden, assisted by Drew Varley scored, then at 7.22 Doug Barber, with his second, assisted by Shawn Davy and Dean Marcellus made it 3-0 before Todd Beasley scored for Shamrocks. With five minutes to go in the opening period, Chris Lemieux was injured in a goal- mouth melee and was repeal by Pete Newburn. Shots by Midland were 19 and by Parry Sound 15. The second period was all Parry Sound as they scored four unanswered goals and outshot Midland 23-5 to lead 5-3 after two periods. : In the third period, Parry Sound scored two ° more while Dave Barber (unassisted) got Midland's last goal to make the final score Parry Sound 7, Midland 4----~ Midland's next game is to-night in Hunt- sville and then on to Essa on Sunday. Hockey players raising money for charity The Canadian Paraplegic Association and the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf, an- nounced today that 480,000 pledge sheets have been distributed to minor hockey teams across Canada to participate in the Ford "Three Star Challenge."' The Ford "Three Star Challenge" asks each minor hockey player to collect pledges based on the number of goals that his team will score during their first three league games between Jan. 1 and Jan. 19. This is the largest fund raising project ever attempted by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association with a potential of raising' millions of dollars for charity over the next few years. Half of the pledges collected will stay with the player's team that collects them, for team projects, the other half will be divided equally between the Canadian Paraplegic Association and the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf to assist persons--with spinal cord injuries and hearing disabilities. In addition, that team may be one of the fifteen teams from across Canada who will win a weekend with the Maple Leafs in Toronto in 5 regional selections if it: Page 10, Wednesday, January 2, 1985 (A) Scores the most goals in the three league games. (B) Collects the most money in miedeee: (C) Is selected in a draw from participating teams in their region, Winning teams and two coaches will be flown to Toronto on Friday, March 1st. They will attend a hockey clinic presented by the Professional Hockey Alumni Members, skate on Maple Leaf Gardens ice, watch the Leafs practice, then the Islanders practice, visit the~ Hockey Hall of Fame and attend the Leaf- Islander game Saturday March 2. Then, they will have breakfast with the Maple Leafs on Sunday morning. For sure, it will be a weekend that any young hockey player in Canada will never forget. i The Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited has completely funded this program to allow 100 per cent of the monies collected to go to the three above mentioned organizations. Complete details for the "Three Star Challenge"' are available for coaches at your local Ford or Mercury dealer. Teams can collect pledges up until January 19, 1985.