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It‘s a game of Russian Rou- letteâ€"spin the chamber and listen for the click â€" as eight Provincial Junior “A” hockey teams hit the playoff trail this week. “Anyone of the eight clubs could pull off an upset and that includes us if we get hot." summarized Richmond Hill Rams' Coach Karl Brim- blecombe on the eve of his team's best-of-seven series with the Wexford Raiders. The Rams opened at Wexford Wednesday night and play their second game tonight (Thursday) at the Richmond Hill Arena at 8 pm. Then it's back to Wex- ford Saturday night for the third game with the fourth slated for Richmond Hill Tuesday night of next week at 8 pm. “It’s a whole new season and we're ready," commented Coach Brimblecombe as he dismissed the Rams' less- than-impressive final few games of the regular sche- dule which culminated in an 11-2 loss to Weston Friday night and Sunday‘s 9-4 drub- bing at the hands of North Bay. The Rams finished in sixth place. Barrie came up with a 3-2 win 'over the Hillers Sunday as Goalie Doug Macklin stopped 40 of the 43 shots fired at him. Killing off seven penalties hunt the local team as it slowed down their momentum. The Ram's first goal was an unassisted effort by Andrew Don while killing off a penalty. Lock- “Those last eight games don’t mean a thing." contin- ued Brimblecombe, “except for the fact it gave .us an opportunity to rest our key players who have been dog- ged by injuries most of the season. The players and their pa- rents thank Coach Bill Carr Junior and Manager Mike Mazzuoa for .the time and ef- fort they ‘have put into this team. “A” Perry Hill Industries man- aged a 1-0 victory over New- market in a closeâ€"checking game. Gwillam fired a shot from a bad angle for the only goal midway through the first period. The puck bounced off a leg into the net. The lone penalty was against the Rams. FULL STRENGTH “This will be the first time we've been at full strength this s_eason. We've been miss- ing four or five players a game recently and while this has meant a less than best showing on the win sheet it has helped us get back into shape," said Brimblecombe. He's predicting a rough, tough and “exciting season with Wexford. They play it rough and \ve'like to play it rough with them. “I couldn't have picked a team I'd rather open with than Wexford except maybe Aurora." said Brimblecombe. "We like to play those teams and we‘ve established quite a rivalry with them over the years." ANYONE CAN WIN Coach Brimblecombe is serious when he figures that anyone of the eight teams could skate away with all the baubles. "There's not too much dif- ference between any of the squads." he said. “I think you're going to see some up- sets because there is really no single team that is a pow- erhouse. Don Fawcett and Gord Stan- way shared goa‘lten-ding in tihs tournament and bot'h played well. A _ _ ‘ Orillia handed Richmond Hill a 5-1 defeat. Stevens got the only goals unassisted in this last game of the regular schedule. Rams Meet Wexford In “Rough” Series In the third game Rich- mond Hill bowed 6-1 to Emma-lea in the finals of the consolation series. Their only goal was scored by Doug Rae who was helped by Steven. “We could take it all our- selves if we get hot," he con- cluded. In the second game Rich- mond Hill defeated Aurora 3-2. Their goals were scored by Stevens assisted by Noble and Kennedy assisted by Derrick Baker. Stevens got the third goal unassisted. 26 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 14, 1974 In the first game they were defeated 3-1 by Mark- ham. Richmond Hill’s goal was scored by Mark Stevens assisted by Davtid Noble and James Kennedly. MINOR. PEEWEE Wilson Ni'blett lost to Barrie 3-2 and are now out of OMHA playdowns, Scor- ing for the Hill were David Allen aided by Danny Hen- derson and Doug Jones un- assisted. MINOR ATOM “A” ’Dhe Lazenby Pillrollers played their best hockey of the season in the Newmarket Minor Atom Tournament February 10. Hill Ousts Aurora And Orillia The Rams will be obvi- ously looking for a lot of scoring punch from their high-scoring line of Mike Hartman. Dave “Digger” Pillroller Minor Atoms Reach 'onsolation Finals At Newmarket Mr. Transmission Juveniles started into their playoffs last Sunday without t'h-me of their palyers. In the first period Barrie eamed' two goals which went unanswe- red. In the second Barrie got three more and Richmond Hill finally, poked in one by Scott Davies from Kevin Brill‘in‘ger and a second by Tom Lamb from Bill Dysart. In the third Barrie got one more goal and Richmond Hill got another by Dan McPhee from Tom Sanlon. The final more was Barrie 6, Richmond Hill 3. Dunkley and Steve Glover. Hartman has been the big triggerman all season with his in excess-ofâ€"SO-goals and he’ll have Dunkley and Glov- er doing the digging fdr him. The return of Glover from an early season injury has been particularly beneficial for the line. Another line that will have to come up with considerable scoring punch as well as heavy - hitting will be the “crunch” line of Dave Stuart, Ernie Takeuchi and Rick “Reach for your Guns" Feb- bo. ' The remaining games of this best of three series will be olayedv in Barrie Wednesday Stuart has turned out to be a nifty playmaker in his first season with the Rams and Takeuchi and Febbo are also able to put the puck in the nets as well? as play rugged hockey, Febbo, in particular. could be a key figure in what‘s expected to be a rough series. Brimblecombe's third line will feature local players Jim Clementa and Jim Graham along with veteran Bob Ban- gay who will also have to contribute their share if the Rams' playoff hopes are ex- pected to soar. The Rams will be partic- ularly strong on defence with that section headed by the two-man combination of Jack Guest and Billy Stephenson who rank with any other twosome in the league. A second corps will be Al Potts and Bennie Pedersen who recently skated off with the club's rookie-ofâ€"the-year a w a r d. The defensive corps will be rounded out by Jim Raffey and Steve Morrison. Another key place for the Rams will be in goal which has been shared this season by Brian Stankiewicz and Doug Brumwell. The third game was played here Wednesday night with the fourth and fifth (if ne- cessary) in Orian on the 14th and 17th. JUVENILES Kisko scored again in the second from Albert Delfa-bro. Dale Strang from Dave :Mat- chett and Delfabro from Chris DeGeer rounded out the scoring in the third. In the second game at Orillia. Saturday, the score was the same 7-1 in favor of Orillia. Dave Baker got the Rams. only goal on assistby Strang and Bishop. Friday Orillia defeated Travelways 7-1 in the first of a best of 'five series in the York-Simcoe playoffs to determine the team which will proceed in Ontario play- downs. The Rams’ only goal was scored by DeGeer un- assisted lalte in the third period. Travelways defeated West Rouge February 4 6-2. Paul Kisko netted the first local goal from Dave Baker, followed by a goal by Ron Abernet'hy from Dan Mc- Veigh and Steve Bishop. Then McVeigh scored from Randy Martin. Goal win prabably'te'u {fié story for most of the teams in the usually tight-checking playoffs. This pair will have to come up with the big saves if the Rays hope to go all the way. Vaughan North York Wexford Aurora Seneca Richmond H North Bay Dixie Weston Markham Whitby The opening playoffs will pair first place Vaughan Na- tionals with North Bay; Sen- eca against Aurora Tigers; Dixie and North York. erbie led a two on one rus'h late in the game. His drive was stopped by the Barrie goalie, but D’Antimo was moving in from the opposite side and fired “the rebound home. The team's Last game of the schedule will be played at home Friday at 7 pm against Barrie. BANTAM Vaughan 44 North York 44 Wexford 44 Aurora 44 Seneca 43 Richmond H. 44 North Bay 44 Dixie 44 Weston 44 Markham 43 Whitby 44 Downsview 44 Sunday’s Results 27 26 26 24 23 19 21 18 13 13 11 4 12 11 12 12 11 16 19 20 24 24 28 36 Vaughan 7, Aurora 5 North Bay 4, Markham 1 pmmqm$wwmm4w 59 59 56 55 47 46 42 33 32 12 North Bay 9, Richmond Hill 4 Whitby 6. Dixie 6 Weston 9. Seneca 4 PROVINCIAL JUNIOR A NIFTY PLAYMAKER 99 65 55 55 57689 947 446 642 733 632 527 412 WINS GOLD MEDAL Richard Hopson was select- ed first star of the game and received a gold medal. Brian Kellett was picked/as second star and received a silver medal. Team Captain, Tony Robinson accepted the Roger Cournoyer Trophy on behalf of his teammates. Richmond Hill opened the tournament with a 4â€"0 win over Pointe Aux Trembles with goals going to Van Der Weyde from Berseth; Rob Wallingford from Steve Hodg- ins and Kerry Minor; Tony Robinson from Wallingford and Minor from Hopson. The game's end was mar- red by fans throwing debris on the ice. Goalscorers were Steve Hodgins (Wallingford, Robin- son); Mike Gallaugher (Wayne Court); Wallingford (Robin- son); McCullough (Brian Kel- lett); Kellett (Court, Hopson); ford at 4:26 and Arnie Van Der Weyde scoring at 4:51 to finish it out. The Legion scored their final three goals in less than a minute to win the round 8-3. They then outscored Corn- wall 7-5. YORK SIMCOE The Carling Open qualify- ing rounds were concluded January 27 with the follow- ing results: It was off to Orillia Febru- ary 9 to start the second series of OMHA playdowns which Tournaments won 4-3. Orillia started the game off with a bang scoring within 10 seconds, Phil Wood tied it up from Peter Halliday and Stevie Madden. Jamie Gropp In the women's section it was Diane Ingram winning with a 30-game total of 7,690 followed by Flo Peirce with 7,342 and Sue Wise with 6,865. These three bowlers earned the right to participate in the singles and team events. Rounding out the women's team are Sue Buck with 6,851, Betty Wolfreys 6,825, and Ev Jones 6,803. In the men's division it was Ernie Hughes leading all qualifiers with a 7,850 total 7,751. Gary Lahoda with 7,612 also qualified to bowl in the singles. Filling out the men’s team along with Hughes, Parker and Lahoda are: Dave Alex- ander 7,559, Rick Linsey 7,573 and Don Barker 7,533. The mixed team. which is comprised of three women and four men, has Marg Cow- an, Barb Magee and F10 Blanchard bowling along with Tom Horton, A1 Snow, Ron Armstrong and Tom Butler. They then took the third and final game ,of a series with Aurora 3-2 winning the first OMHA rounds February 6, Blair Lewis put a beauty away unassisted. Good Ole Woodsy netted the other two, assists going to Frank Nigro and Tommy Peden (2). The Carling Open Ontario finals are being held at Sportsman’s Bowl, Guelph. April 11, 12 and 13. The YSBA would like to wish the best of good luck to the teams representing our zone in the finals. They journeyed to Don Mills February 5 to play a very sharp hockey club. the Don Mills Flyers and lost 5-1. Phil Wood from Blair Lewis and Stan Norman put away the greenmen’s only tally. Stephen Price did a fine job in the net holding the score down. Tournaments Inc. had a busy, busy week. Legion Midgets Win and Saturday. MINOR BANTAM "A" (Continued from Page 16) 8:30 pm - 1 am BALL ROOM BLACK HAWK INN LIVE ENTERTAINMENT TICKET SALES LIMITED 100 - GIRLS 100 - MEN Tickets Available: Reception Desk, Tickets Black Hawk Inn, 83.50 per 383 Yonge St. N., Richmond Hill person SINGLES DANCE FRIDAY 9% FEBRUARY 22nd Scorers: Wallingford (Rob- inson); Oakley (Van Der Weyde, Berseth); Hodgins (Wallingford. Robinson); Ber- seth (Oakley, McCullough). John Oakley (Kellett. Van der Weyde); Jeff Miller (Court. Hopson). Friday they shut out St. Therese 3-0 with Wallingford scoring from Robinson; Oak- ley from Van Der Weyde and Kellett; and Robinson from Miller and Berseth. They then downed Cha- teauguay 4-2 to pave the way for the Drummondville con- tests. |l|lllmull“ll“lll“lllllllllllllllllllll“ll“l1“\llllllllllll\llll\llll\l’ Tournaments Inc. will meet Thomhill in the next round of the OMHA playdowns â€" probably this weekend. utmu1mmmm11m1ummmmlum1mllmmmuuummmw Lions Beat Barrie For the first time in 10 years Richmond Hill Péewee Lions have beaten Barrie in All-Ontario OMHA playoffs. NEWMARKET: Council‘ should consider building a new fire hall this year, ac- cording to Regional Council- lor Ray Twinney. Delivery of a new 86-foot combination aerial and pumper truck is expected in April and the town has nowhere to put it, as it won’t fit into either of the existing firehalls because added one from Danny Gir- ard and Orillia tied the score. Wood from Peden made it 3-2 and Orillia tied it up. With 58 seconds left Woods did it again this time from Nigro. Stephen Bowers skated his legs off killing penalties and Dino Capotosto in the net wound up with a sore thumb from some of the hard tslap- shots he stopped. Tournaments eliminated Orillia in two straight games February 10 as they defeated the team from the north 3-0, in spite of penalties which saw them with. four men in the box at once and Goalie Price thrown out of the game for protesting what he thought was a bad call. Cap- otosto donned the goalie equipment and continued to bar the door to Orillia. The goals were sunk by Nigro from Nye, Peden from Woods and Nigro from Lewis. First OMHA Round After a 5-0 loss to Barrie February 1, the Lions roared back to defeat their erst- while nemesis in the first round of the playoffs, by taking the second game 4-2 February 4 and the third and final game of the round 3-2 February 6. In the second game the Hill goals were scored by Richard Hughes with two, one while playing short- handed, David Plaxton and Danny Smith. Picking up assists were Hugh Kerr, Tom Reaume, Dan Smith and Joel Reeves. Ricky Warren was great in goal. The whéle team starred in the last two games of this In the third game back in Barrie Ted Inch played well in goal. Scoring for the Hill were 'Scott Bartlett from Danny O’Sullivan, Plaxton from Bartlett with Bartlett getting the winner, his second goal of the game, assisted by Plaxton. it is Hill’s Binkley Speedskater Too Greg had four firsts and a third in the senior “B” division. He’s a member of the Richmond Hill Speedskat- ing Club as well as the Richmond Hill Athletic Club. In his first competition in mass-start speedskating, 19-year-old Greg won four out of five races he par- ticipated in at the K-W Sertona International Out- doors Speedskating Champ- ionships at Kitchener on the weekend. He had times of 1.28.2 in the 800 metre; 21.6 in the 200 metre; and 6.40.4 in the lengthy 3,000 metre. Track star turned speed- skater Greg Binkley of Richmond Hill is at it again. too long It doesn’t look much like a golfer’s paradise right now but the above scene is Summit Golf and Country Club on Yonge Street North in Richmond Hill. But it is a skier’s paradise for some 2,000 members of the Toronto Ski Club on weekends and has been since 1927. A typical scene is the one showing the ski tow with a panoramic backdrop on the Were-Greats Vs. Never-Greats NHL Old-Timers For Charity Especially Fireman Blair Robson who observes that he must have “stopped at least two shots last year" while tending net against the same Old-Timers. The final score? Old-Timers 15, Firemen 8. Adds Mr. Robson: “The only humiliating thing about it all was when their goalâ€" keeper stickhandled up the ice and scored. He fooled me with a low shot." Line-up for the firemen will be as follows: Goal, Robson. Defense will comprise Dave Olsen and Dave Bagley plus Bruce Buchanan with a complement of policemen as yet un-named (at press- time). The up-front lines will see centreman Larry Shieir be- tween Jim Lawson and Len “Doc” Krystolovich (he's there in case of an emerg- ency); Gary Charity between Bruce Thompson (good soft- ball player). and Barry Pol- lard. Coach of the team is Gerry McMullen who has a perfect record in these epic battles. No wins. \l\lll\\11l\il1lllll\\\l\l\ll\\\\llll\\l\l\l\“m\\\\\ll\\l\\l\“lmmmlm Picking up their usual lumps will be the local fire-boys who claim they don’t mind it a bit. The only winner of the game, besides the NHL Old-Timers, will be the charitable fund of the Knights of Columbus and El Shamaly Shrine Club. The game starts at 8 pm at the Richmond Hill Arena. The well and favorably known sporting event is the St. James-Assiniboia “AA” Hockey Tournament. It’ll be the former-greats against the never- greats Monday night when the NHL Old-Timers crash head-on with members of the Richmond Hill Firemen bolstered by the strong arm of the York Regional Police Force. Wilson - Niblett Minor PeeWees, Tournaments Inc. Minor Bantams and the Legion Midgets will be competing in a tournament in Winnipeg from April 10 to 14. At least three Richmond Hill Hockey teams will have an extended season this yearâ€"until mid-April. FIREMEN'S LINE-UP IFRONT END ALIGNMENTS WW2.” .n.n_.n "Irv-In . .nnnnvunnn INCLUDING SHOES ‘ (WHEEL CYLINDERS & BRAKE CABLES EXTRA IF NECESSARY) Open Tues.& Thurs. Evgs. til 8P.M. BRAKE JOBS: Three Teams To Winnipeg RH.le DRUM BRAKES RICHMOND HILL CHRYSLER DODGE lTD. 395 Yonge St. N. Richmond Hill 834.8118 889-1915 No Golfing Here, Now At Our Summit Ski Paradise SAVE ON SERVICE 4 8. 6 cylinderSlO.95 . v v, ....... Y I-. - . 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Lm itooo Inn-n nun" m uuun $9.95 FIFTH YEAR This will be the fifth successive year that the Knights of Columbus and El Shamaly Shrine Club of Richmond Hill are sponsor- ing a "Fun and Hockey Night" in Richmond Hill for the purpose of raising funds to support their charitable work. Tickets are available from Richmond Hill Shriners, Knights of Columbus, Fire Fighters, York Regional Po- lice and at the arena door on the night of the event. The Shriners sponsor the Crippled Children and Burns Hospital; the KC's, Mentally Retarded. Arthritic Society. INTERMISSION SHOW The intermission show will include participation of various shrine units and the lucky draw for the Gruen watch door prize along with other prizes. There will be a refresh- ment bar available from 7 Admission is $2 per per- son. 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