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" Gloom \VLOUGH One Key? This combination was good‘ enough to be the second best‘ in the 12-team loop this season. trailing only the powerful! Markham Sealers in this dew partment. Richmond Hill finished a sol~ id second in the 12 team loop with 70 points off 33 wins. seven losses. and four ties. Wexford . finished a shaky sixth with 45 points on 20 wins. 19 losses and five ties. They lost their final two games. The Rams outscored them 247 goals to 206 and allowed 141 goals to Wexford's 210. But playoffs can be a differ- ent story. It's a new season. 'They start even. METRO JUNIOR "B" I And Coach Brimblecombe hopes this will be one of his big advantages against the dang- erous Wexford Red Raiders. "We're hoping we will have the strength in this department. But. you never can tell in a short series. You go out there and work for that first big goal," he says. The Rams' figure to have one of the best lines in the league in the persons of Steve Colp, Daryl Rice and Craig Terry. They’re the heavy guns offens- fively. POLY/WI. frames Brimblecombe has injured}333 defenseman Kevin Healey back'sm- in the line-up. But his effect-iM" iveness won't be known until hei312 gets into combat. Also on then> T limp are Paul Terry and Neilfihas‘ Patterson. “let In Rice and Barnett they have two of the best pen- alty killers in the business. This is an especlally vital asset in the playoffs. Defensively they may be hurting both injury-wise and experienceâ€"wise. A possible key to the whole defense could be young Billy Stephenson who has matured to a great extent during the sea- son. He. along with the steady play of Bob Labelle. could make the difference as the play- offs go alonrzi Rams Cnach Brimblecombe looks to goaltending to he the decisive factor in all of the playoff games. “You stress defensive play when you hit the play- offs.” he said. “You look for the big breaks and try to strike hard." Safety/with chwion HARDUTE Goalkeeping Big Factor‘ Playoffs: Brimblecombel ..... A VOL. 95, NO. 36. The best-of-seven series opened Tuesday night in Richmond Hill and continues tonight (Wednesday) at 8 pm in Stouffville. The third game is slated for Stouffville Saturday night at 8:30 pm and Sunday night at 8 pm in Richmond Hill. If a fifth game is necessary it will be played in Richmond Hill Tues- day night. , Goaltending will win it all. That‘s the feeling of Richmond Hill Rams Coach Karl Brimblecombe as his squad collides head- on with Wexford Red Raiders in the “B” series of the Metro Junior “B” playoffs. But they‘re dangerous the rest of the way too â€" with tellows like Alex Plrus. John Barnett, Bill and Dick Weber who can put the puck In the net on any given occasion. Wayne Stokes is also an important cog in the rugged depart- ment. Brimblecombe expects a rough Needle“ to say. Brlmbleâ€" comhe thinks he has the ideal twosome to give his team the edge most of the way. That twosome beinz Gary Carr and Gordon This is where your goal- tender comes In. "He's got to make the big saves for you when those moves come your way." Woolnough. fogefher with Bummerâ€"4| M “MN! 0' oust SECQN D SECTION BRADDOCK OPTICAL Richmond Heights Centre Richmond Hill 884-6881 By FRED SIMPSON Stew Smith led all shooters last week with an 854 triple. Earl Freeland followed close behind with 850 which included the high 350 singles of the night. 7 SPORTS Single games over 300 were scored by Keith Saunders with 333. Bruno Pezzin 329. Stew Smith 320. Ralph Reid and Joe Mulzet 316 and Fred Hartwick 312. Markham Richmond Hill Weston Dixie Toronto Wexford Aurora Scarboro North York St. Michael's Downsview Whitby-Ajax The race for the high average has developed into a real scrap between Norm Roberts and Ian Cameron. Just seven piné are separating them. The new series will morrow (Friday) with cutive requesting that lar bowlers come out your teams. Roberts still holds top Spot Mario Forlani by a slim margin over Can1eron.lJim Burnett and Both have 255. Meanwhile. Garyjon the only tally Palmer hangs in the race at Hans G 251- RiflP'G Fl. The third series ended Fri’ day night of last week with The Go Aways finishing in first with 37 points. Second olace went to The Penguin; with 31 points. Hogan‘s Heroes finished third with 28 points. Reg Simmons was the tops for the men with 739 (236. 244. 259). George Stepanous had 735 I288. 207. 240): Bill White 673 1210. 257. 206). The leaders in total pinfall for the President's Trophy are The Go Aways with 60702. In second place are Roger’s Re- jects with 60091. The Penguins trail in third with 59568. On the season record the' Rams and the Raiders don't compare. Standings: York S i m c 0 e Sports 5: Team Six. 4; .Hall‘s Fuel 4; YBC Seniors 3: F. Engel's Gulf 3: Powell Fencing 3: ABC N0. 3. 3: ABC N0. 2, 2; South Simcoe court Lanes 2 “I think it, could go either way." he said. “We didn‘t win against the Rams during the regular season. But most of the games were decided in the final period. We have some good players. a well-balanced squad." Methe also has a couple of x excellent Junior "A" players. Al Avery scored 65 points for Oshawa last season and Greg Magurie was up with the Mai-lies this season. other top ones are Jlm LeBarr, John Har- ris, and Laurie Rawn. “If we. can put it all together we could win it," states Methe. He also looks for a fairly rugged series because "the play- offs are always that way in "B" hockey. You play the man. An added factor is the small ice surface of the StouffVille arena. You don't get much skating room so you naturally have more body contact." Shirley Price led the with 641 (204, 208. 229). Gordier had 629 (185. 219‘ Shirley Reisenweber 612 171 999) Raiders‘ General Manager Earl Methe (who served in that capacity for two years with the Rams) looks for a tight series. “They have a number of big, individual stars." said Brimble- combe. “We just hope they stay as individuals." and ready series with the Raiders mm RESULTS METRO JUNIOR ‘ Final Standings ABC MEN’S MAJOR anes 2: ABC No. ABC BOWLING RESULTS RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1972 Sports ‘V L T Pt] 37 4 3 77 33 7 4 7O 26 14 4 56 23 17 4 50 21 17 6 48 20 19 5 45 17 20 7 41 19 22 3 41 18 21 5 41 13 25 6 32 6 36 2 14 4 35 5 13 the ladies 229). Pam begin to- the exe- all regu- Support 207 223 215 256 362 Allen (219 Rams 4. Aces 1 Brian Cates led the Rams to victory with a goal and an asâ€" sist. Robbie McKenzie, Ken- neth Large and Michael Smith accounted for the other coun- ters and Paul Beckwith came up with a helper: Bob‘s Boys 7 1 Barrow’s Insurance 3 ‘ Bob's scoring honors were shared by Kevin Main and Mike West with a pair each. Cyril Steenson. Carl d’Antimo and David Allen with singletons. In the assist department. David Allennollected two. Cameron Moss. Main, Andrew Myers and Adrian Steenson one each. For Barrow’s it was Andrew Don and David Corless with unassisted goals and Steven Ir- win who was set up by Tyrone Burkhard and David Nixon NOVICES Gary Carvin garnered a goal and a helper for Bumble and Tony Lapointe an assist. Allencourt Pharmacy 3 Walker Insurance 0 Matthew Zurich scored twice for Walkers with aid from Tony Makohin and Gerry Lawior. Kinnear Pontiac 3 Fred's Towing 2 Doug McKenzie came through with two goals and Bryan Buch- an with one for Kinnears' win. Gary Boyle contributed two as- sists and Mike Barnett one. Matt Knights and Troy Mit- chell each had a goal and an assist for Fred‘s with Ricky Hall also earning an assist. Gonnley Sand & Gravel 9 Charlton Hardware 0 Russell Thornhill clicked for two goals and an assist for Gorâ€" mley. with Mike O‘Donnell add- ing two goals. Kevin Kernohan and Doug McLean a goal each, Doug Eldridge a goal and two assists. Russell Thompson and Alastair Duncan a goal and an assist each, Steve Goutzioulis two assists, John McCullough, Danny Gooley. Blair Abbott. Chris Hishon and Mark Radke one assist each. Dan’s Essa 2 Rumble Transport 2 Scott Bartlett and Joey Far- rell each came up with a coun- ter and a helper for Dan's with David Purvis getting an assist point. "Bobby Petroff tipped the puck into the net for Aces with- out help. Zenon Byblow and Doug Walton were the marksmen for Kings with James Gwillam con- tributing a helper. TYKES Hans Gulf 6 Rice's Flowers 0 Dean Capotosto was credited with two goals and an assist for Hans. Danny Petroff got a goal and two helpers. Randy Tinsley. Mike O'Hara and Gun- ther Bauer 3 goal each. Robert Thomson. Phillip McLaughlin an assist each. Sheppard & Gill Lumber 3 York Simcoe Sports 2 Bulging the twine for S&G were Chris Bedford with two and Jim Wood with one. As- sists went to David Draper. Ken Woods and David O‘Connell. Nationals 2. Kings 2 Mark Lockerbie and Michael Mansbridge split the scoring for Nationals with a goal and an assist each. Braddoek Optical 2 Consumers Gas 2 Denting the twine for Brad- docks were Mark Kernohan un- assisted and Jack Cross from Kernohan. Consumers' goalgetters were Richard Vermeulen from John Noble and Jack Vantol all on his own. \ Counting for York were Steve Smalley from Richard Barker and Brian Casey and Mark Dailey from Paul Mashinter and Andy Beckwith. Shields Footwear 6 Street Construction 2 Unassisted goals by Brett Rogers. Ed Rayner and Ron Ab- ernethy contributed to Shields victory. Single scoring efforts were registered by Craig Bum- field from Gerry Legere. Rob Aitchison from Greg Hender‘ son and Abernethy. and Legere from Dan McVeigh and Dale Strang. Firing the Street markers were Brett. McMaster aided by PEEWEES 110CKEY RESULTS - K’- w’ \‘H - B“ In u I [ Due to the fact that my son 5 “VICE was one of the referees. I felt it 11 Tony my duty to check into the situa- LB‘VIOI‘. tion. On checking it out I found a Pasflthat the injury was accidental I think the person who wrote last week's letter entitled "O lder Referees Needed” should have had enough back- bone to sign his name and not just sign as a “Concerned Parent". Getting one marker each for the TV men were David Earl and Mike Briscoe with an as- sist from Roy Pike. Rotary Club 7 Murphy’s Real Estate 4 A hat trick by Jeff Bowden and single counters by Donald Campbell. Bruce Noble, Bob Adams and Davis Chepelsky added up to a decisive win for Rotary. Noble also collected two assist points. Campbell. Chepelsky, Peter Van den Berg“ and Ted Bartlett one assist each. DEFENDS YOUNG REFEREES Dear Mr. Sports Editor: Tony‘s goals came from thei sticks of Doug Lewis with two! Kevin Bryan. Rick Girard and; Paul Brown. Girard and Ray' Roberts were awarded two ’as-J sist points each. Bob Hogg. Brown. Bryan one each. Hodglns Bros. Hardware 4 Dynes Jewellers 3 } Hodgins‘ goals were potted . by Tim Cameron. Richard Thompson. Roh Frater and. Wayne McCartney with Mark Nelson coming up with three; helpers. Frater, McCartney and. Thompson with one each. Scoring for Dynes were Drego Minchello, Steve Bowers and Glen Doyle with Alan Bar- nett contributing help on the latter. MINOR BANTAM (February 24) Simms Construction 5 Richmond Hill TV 2 Simms‘ goals were shared by Gord Bedwell who got two. Zenio Ferrone. Bob Putnam and Mike Woolnough. Bedwell, Woolnough and Putnam also col- lected an assist point each. sparkplug for Reliable in this contest with two goals and an assist. Chris Patterson and David Bourque accounted for the other tallies and Wayne Henderson (with two) and John Petronski helped. Stephen Ostep and Richard Kern were the marksmen for Stephensons with assist points going to Ron 'Brownley. Jamie MacDonald. Mike Palmer and Paul Bulzer. Surf Marine 2 CFGM 2 Randy Sutton and Peter Smith sank the puck for the Surfers with Allan Basinger and Michael Head picking up assist points. Scoring for CFGM were Steve Gooderham and Phillip Tearne with aid from Stephen Wilson, Bob Hoult and Douglas Law. (February 23) MIDGETS Bowden Lumber 2 CMR 1 Counting for Bowdens were Jim Sinfield and Tod Price Kyle Chatfield also had a hat trick and an assist for Mur- phy's with Bob Sommerville be- I think the “young referees" should be encouraged and not condemned. Regardless of age, no referee is perfect. an assist. Brian Smith and BANTAMS Steve White with a goal each. Reliable Jim Dunkley, and Doug Barton Stephens with assists. Randy H Peter Boyd Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd. announces a special sale of 5 brand new full sized Chevrolets These 5 full size Chevrolets are over and above our regular stock of new cars and are serviced and ready for immediate delivery. If you are interested in purchasing a brand new. full sized Chevrolet or similar type of car this \ieek, then drop by and take advantage of this special sale. Remember this sale begins sharp at 9:30 am this Saturday morning and will continue only until these 5 automobiles are sold. CHEVROLET - OLDSMOBILE LTD. KING CITY By BOB ROSS JR. PETER BOYD These are factory fresh automobiles that include 1 CAPRICE 4-DOOR HARDTOP 1 IMPALA 2-DOOR HARDTOP 2 BEL AIR 2-DOOR HARDTOPS 1 BISCAYNE 4-DOOR SEDAN ANNOUNCING (Em 111121731 Who yells at the referees more than I do? But nobody is perfect. Steve Berezowskj had two goals and Frank Weber had one for the Village with Kerry Ket- tridge and Berezowski earning assist points. Reliable Marine & Sport 4 Stephenson Construction 2 Randy Hughes-Guest was the sparkplug for Reliable in this contest with two goals and an assist. Chris Patterson and: David Bourque accounted for‘ the other tallies and Wayne Henderson (with two) and John Petronski helped. Little Fords 8 Village Pizza 3 Greg Woloski came up with a hat trick and an assist to pace Little‘s to this win. Bill Dysart, Dieter Kramer and Bob Bon- nell added one goal each. with Kramer and Bonnell each also having two assists. Surf Marine 2 CFGM 2 Randy Sutton and Peter Smith sank the puck for the Surfers with Allan Basinger and Michael Head picking up assist points. Scoring for CFGM were Steve Gooderham and Phillip Tearne with aid from Stephen Wilson, Bob Hoult and Douglas Law. (February 23) MIDGETS Counting for Bowdens were Jim Sinfield and Tod Price with Larry Lalonde lending 35'- sistance on the latter’s goal. Doug Condy was helped by Tom Taylor on CMR's lone en- Doug Condy Tom Taylor on try. HOCKEY WEXFORD VS. RAMS SUN” MARCH 5 If needed Adults $1.50, Students 75¢ TUES., MARCH 7 Metro Junior “B” Time: 8 11.111. RICHMOND HILL NEW ARENA PLAYOFFS James Mabley, 147 Norfolk Avenue, Richmond Hill. 301 :a- g§- /_ By FRED SIMPSON é‘275%// Wexford Red Raider General Manager Earl Methe was inclined to shake his head in a “it's a small world. isn't it” fashion. Well he might. Prior to this season Earl was concentrating all his energies on getting the Rich- mond Hill Rams into the playoffs as manager of that club. But it was no go in three or four seasons of trying. Now he's in the playoffs but with the Red Raid- ers who are in the midst of a ding-dong battle with the Rams in the Metro Junior “B” hockey playoffs. Yes, it's a small world. Slightly screwy, too. The series opened Tuesday night in Richmond Hill, will continue tonight (Wednesday) in Wexford at 8 pm. The third game goes again in Wexford at 8:30 Saturday night and back to Richmond Hill Sunday night at 8 pm. If a fifth game (it's a best- ofâ€"seyen) is necessary it will be played in Richmond Hill Tuesday night. “I think we‘ll be giving the Rams a good battle,” was the wav Earl put it. “It should be a 50-50 prop- osition. We have a fairly balanced club and our games have all been close with the Rams although we've ended up losing so far." The Raiders will have some pretty good horses going for them including former Junior “A” bodies in the persons of Al Avery and Greg Maguire. Avery scored 65 points for Oshawa in “A” last season so take it from there. The word all season has been that the Raiders were a much better club on paper than they’ve shown on ice. They’ve been inclined to hurt themselves with unnecessary penalties at the wrong time. There have also been some doubts about whether their goal- tending' is all what it should be. The Rams have been strong in the latter de- partment with Gary Carr and Gordie Woolnough being the second-best minders in the league trail- ing only Markham. RUGGED SERIES You can look for a rugged battle especially since the Raiders play their home games out of the band- box expanses of Stouffville Arena. There just ain’t much room to skate. Richmond Hill has a well-balanced squad with one really big line in the persons of Daryl Rice, Steve Colp and Craig Terry. They’re the scorers. They’ve also got the ruggedness to match any team in the likes of Bill and Dick Weber and Wayne Stokes. Rams’ Coach Karl Brimblecombe thinks goal- tending will tell the tale in all of the playoff games with the best team being the one with the best goalies. He thinks he’s got the best in the league. Rice will undoubtedly play a major role in the offensive and defensive strategy of the Rams. Rice, along with John Barnett, is a master penalty-killer and this is what will likely be the key to winning the (Continued on Page 12) Ford recently completed a European market study to determine how many households would have a car in 1980. 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