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B4 â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, Jan. 7. 1976 Ridges atom kings grand ghqmps Happy days, the boys won it! That final game saw John Lalonde getting the only Oak Ridges goal from Frank Rossi. Billy MacArthur was in goal for Oak Ridges. The Oak Ridges T & J Commercial Cleaners‘ Atom Kings came within one goal of winning the grand chamâ€" pionship at the Acton minor hockey tournament Dec. 26, 27 and 28. They were edged out 2-1 by Beam- sville in sudden death overtime after having won their first two games by 8-0 over New Hamburg and 4â€"3 over Merriton. by Neil Wilson with three goals. Frank Rosse got a goal and four Garner Collister got the other goal assists while Garner Collister and Neil plus an assist. Wilson got a goal and assist. Other assists went to Robert Sanders, Steven Arnold got the other goal. Steven Arnold, Mike Millard, George Assists to Mike Millard, Mark Margerum, and Michel Vanderploeg. Millard and Robert Sanders. I am happy to report that Ray Floyd and his Minor Bantam Tournaments Inc. team won the Milton tournament over the holidays. By Bob Reeves Well, here it 1976, and we are off on the second half of our hockey season. The opening game against New Hamburg saw Lalonde leading the way with four goals and an assist followed by Neil Wilson with three goals. It’s always great to win any tour- nament but to carry off a win against Triple A teams is even greater: Also over the holidays Len Campbell and four of his juvenile players took the York Simcoe AA all star team to Dundas to play the Tri County AAA all stars. so congratulations to ’the team and the coaching staff and good luck in the balance of the year. Good game Unfortunately they lost by a 10-5 score but Len reports that it was a good game and that the hospitality was great. Hill soccer teams back from sunshine Some of our midgets’were on that team so congratulations to the York Simcoe Midgets. â€" At the same time the York Slmcoe Midget AA all stars beat Tri County AAA all stars 5-2 in Maple. In the second game the Lions doubled the score on the Coral Gables club from Florida by 4 goals to This was an ex- ceptionally fine per- formance considering their three-month layoff. The third game saw the Lions (angle with the Red Rockets from Annandale. While no chamâ€" pionships were won the playing abilities of the minor atom Richvale Lions and minor mosquito Gamma Foundry and the conduct and appearance of the boys both on and off the playing field drew considerable praise from tournament organizers and spectators. Great start 0n the soccer field the minor atoms (nine years) opened with a 5-0 blanking of their hosts. North Dade Optimist Club. Record Shop boys downShfiinemldsn Highly satisfying was the opinion of local minor soccer association of- ficials following the return of two Richmond Hill minor soccer teams from the International Orange Bowl tournament in Miami. Florida. over the Christmas holidays. Doing it the easy way in this Richmond Hill minor house league action Saturday are You know sometime! town By Jane Stel 4 for lalande Lose by 2-l This was an excellent game with the Hillers a little unfortunate to lose by 2â€"1 with the winning goal coming from a penalty kick. The Annandale club went, on to win the championship without conceding another goal as they defeated Oakville, Ontario, in the finali Hill wins 9-2 The minor mosquitos (11 years) had a similar experience as the younger boys opened with an impressive 9-2 victory over North Dade Optimist Club. This was followed by a 3~1 win over Cutler Ridge, Florida. The third game saw the Gamma Foundry boys blanked 3-0 by a strong, well-disciplined team from Boie, Maryland. 0ver80teams Over 80 teams par- ticipated in the tour- nament the calibre of the play was exceptionally high. Virginia Unfortunately. no Canadian teams were able to win a cham- pionship even though Ontario Cup champion Wexford was included in theline-up. There's nothing like lying down on the job if it works Neil Wilson and Lalonde each scored twice against Merriton with both adâ€" ding assists. MacArthur was the goaltender. Glen McKenzie got the shutout In regular league action the Kings edged by Richmond Hill 4-3 with Lalonde getting three goals and Van- derploeg the other one. The Little Kings literally bombed Oro 10-0 with Lalonde rapping in six big goals and adding an assist. A‘ssistvs to Mark Millard, Neil Wilson, and Carl Koteff. MacArthur was in goal. Pat on back Incidentally, a pat on the back to Tom Stubbs who scored his first goal in that game for this season and thanks to Bolton for their fine display of sport- smanship. Jim Cade and his peewees playéd well in tough company winning two of Last Friday they travelled to Bolton in a freezing rain storm and only six players were able to make it. In the spirit of true sportsmanship Bolton loaned the team their third string goal tender â€" a red headed, freckle faced kid as Tom put it â€" and Black‘s Bantams went on to win with so few players. The holidays also saw the Lions Peewee tournament played here and it was won by the Oshawa team who walked off with the title rather handily. representative hockey can get too serious and it was great to hear from Tom Graham about an incident that took place the other night with our bantam second team in Bolton. As a result, Jim Stewart and Tom had Nick Assisi, Jack Vantal, Tom Stubbs, Dean Logan, Mike Smith and Jerry Lawlor available and no goalie. Kings over Hill Kings bomb 0m As a result of the performances of the teams in the tournament, invitiations have been extended to the local minor soccer association to participate in a number of major tournaments in 1976 including Mexico. Virginia, Washington and Arizona. The association would like to express its ap- preciation to all those parents, friends and local businessmen who con- tributed to the success of this venture. However, this makes the Richmond Hill per- formances even more impressive.‘ 0n the sécial side the boys were entertained royally by their Florida hosts. For their part the Rich- mond Hill boys presented their hosts with Eskimo carvings and arranged for flowers to be delivered to each of their ‘host mothers‘ the day following their departure. See Disney World One of the big thrills for the boys (and adults alike) was the visit to Disney World Dec. 30 before flying back to Toronto. these members of the Baymar Sports and Kinsmen teams. David Palmer of the Silver Stick - Bantam A battling Oak Ridges Tates Bay Development Ltd., team got as far as the grand championship game in the Silver Stick tournament at Wasaga Beach before bowing 8-2 to Honeywood. Goaltenders were McKenzie and MacArthur. Ken Clague and John Metcalfe got the Oak Ridges goals in this one with assists each to Bill Carswell and Mark Smith. richmond hill ‘ minor hockey, Carpenters tie Unionville 6-6 Enroute to the grand championship game the Tates team edged Thornbury 4-2 with goals going to Rick Greenslade (plus an assist), John Cummins, Danny The Richmond Hill Epic Realty Bantam As have been losing some tough games lately but that doesn’t include a fine 3-3 tie against Oakville’s Triple A team Saturday. Richmond Hill Cadillac Baif' Peewees bused to Oro Jan. 3 only to meet a strong opposition resulting in a 6-2 loss. Hard skating and excellent goaltending featured the two hour marathon with Richmond Hill‘s Ted Inch and Rick Warren particularly standing out. minor hockey their three games It was a wEll run tournament and our thanks goes to the Lions and their staff for a fine job. Both goals for the Hill were scored by Carl Epic realty bantams losing close ones but also tie 3-3 Scoring for Epic’s were David Plaxton, Richard Hughes, and Murphy. Assists to Inch. Bartlett, two, Joslin and Hughes. The Richmond Hill Peewee B Carpenters tied Unionville 6-6 in a game Tuesday of last week with Mark Lockerbie scoring twice with John Palmer picking up two assists along with one for Bobby Petroff. Humorous note A humorous note was struck during post game comments when Don Plaxton, father of David, said in- structions should be given to his son that the idea is “to put the puck in the net.” The comment was prompted because son David missed a wide open net with only 24 seconds to go in the game. (He hit the post), Baif peewees lose b y 6-2 to 0m team oak ridges Playoffs coming up Last Sunday morning saw the first of Paul Thomas scored Comn-Iented coach Hughes. “It's not An ’almost’ D‘Antimo with Warren Nye picking up both assists. Sunday saw the Baif crew tying Don Mills North Stars 2-2 in an exhibition game with the third Richmond Hill goal with assists to James Gwillam and Brian Cates, Friday saw the car- penters lose a close H) game to Bolton who scored at 9:31 of the first period and hung on for the rest of the game. Kinsmen is shown making a save and Jason Maxey looks on. Baymar won the game Steven Ha'rris played a DeGeer. aand Tim Parker‘s Steve Nolan got two assists. James Cummins and John Metcalfe and Ken Clague scored the other goals. Rick Carswell drew two assists and Cummins one. A great effort by the Little Kings. They they decisioned Oro 6â€"4 led by Mark Smith with two goals and two assists followed by Greenslade with a goal and an assist. League Bantam C action saw the Kings downing Maple 4-1 led by Greenslade with two goals and two assists. Danny DeGeer had a goal and Steve Nolan a goal and an assist. Single assists went to Ken Clague, Bill Carswell, Cummins, and Mark Smith. Russ Horner scored for Maple from Dale Line and Bob Bayley. easy to shoot on an open net and hit goalpost." It was Maple’s first defeat of the season. Battle evenly A Dec. 30 game saw a short-handed Epic Realty team hosting Orillia and battling them evenly for two periods only to have the latter team come up with three goals to win by 4-1. The scorfng combination for Epics was Bartlett from Hughes and O‘Sullivan. A Dec. 21 game against the same Orillia team saw a real battle which saw them tied 2â€"2 until the last three minutes. They lost 4-2. this year’s coaches and managers meeting at the arena. Many and varied topics were discussed and aired and it’s on to the second half of the season. Richmond Hill goals were by McVeigh from Hughes and Josling; O‘Sullivan from Plaxton and Hughes. Richmond Hill hosted Barrie on Dec. 22 and it seemed neither team wanted to win. The Hillers had most of the play but Barrie got two quick goals with less than two minutes to go to win 3-1. Jack Cross scored, for Epic from Richard Hughes, and David Plaxton. You know I still continue to be im- pressed at the way these men work together and with OMHA playoffs coming up, I know that the teams will give good accounts of themselves. And that’s it for this week â€" a bit short perhaps â€"â€" but more next week. Until then come on out to the arena and enjoy some Happy Hockey! Dawn Maple 4-1 A great effort strong game in goal for Richmond Hill. Beat Sharon 5-] It was a different story Sunday as Richmond Hill beat Sharon 5â€"1 while outshooting them 2014. Brian Cates picked up the hat trick while playing a strong game at Doug MacLean and Paul Beckwith doing the scoring. Coach Jim Cade was pleased with the team’s effort and “hopes this will be a good omen for the balance of the season.” Another peewee game saw Bob’s Bottom and Up shutting out Dynes Jewellers 2-0 with Adam Cox scoring from Bryan Cox and 16; and John Hughes from Kevin Lee. Novice By Bob Ross The Record Shop peewee team defeated Shields Footwear 4-2 in Rich- mond Hill Minor House League action last week with goals going to Brian Arnold, Don Earl, Fred Simpson and Paul 0hlis. Bobby Petroff scored both goals for the losers with assists to David Kenny and Robin Russell. Assists to Robert Apenis, two, Wayne Langdon. Jim Madden got Baif‘s lone goal from Tod Sears and Andy Field. Assists to Neil Moreland, Ohlis, Don Earl, Kevin Robin, Brian Arnold and Doug Walton. Jack Woods scored twice for Rice's with Eddie Iafona and Claudio Favero getting the other ones. Assists to Jim Waterhouse, Tom Kirisit, two. Dan’s E2550 5. Baif 1. Keith Ball got two goals for the winners with the others going to Mike Goldsmith and Scott Nirenberski. Barrow‘s Insurance 4. Rice’s Flowers 4. Billy Easton led Barrow‘s with two goals and two assists with Tony Marinelli also scoring two goals. Assists to Renato M and Mike McCleave. Barrow's Insurance 6. Baif 3. Tony Marinelli and Mike McCleave got two goals apiece for the winners with Billy Easton and Ben Carbone scoring the others. Assists to Steve Rumble. Easton, two, Mark Quellette, McCleave and Steve Roackarts. Robert Strang got two goals for Baif plus an assist with the other going to Andy Rockarts, two, and Lorne Scriver. Charlton Hardware 5. Dan‘s E1550 0. Brian Hull chipped in with three goals with Barry Monroe sinking two. Assists to Mark Ellison, Brian Newbeck, and Frank Paolino. Tony G. got the shutout. Rice‘s Flowers 2. Fred's Towing 0. Tom Kirisit and Tim Row scored with an assist to Claudio Favero. Gord Stanway picked up the shutout. Baymar Sports 3, Kinsmen 0. Robbi Jackma got two goals for Baymar assisted on one by Steven Treppo. Blair Aubie got an unassisted goal. Minor Peewee The Bob‘s Bottoms Peewees decisioned Record Shop 5-2 in Dec. 20 house league action with Adam Cox leading the way with three goals and two assists. centre Dairy Queen 2, Michaelangelo 3. Brian Hunt led the winners with two goals with Howard Burns picking up one plus an assist. Craig Cairns was also credited with an assist. Fred’s Towing 5. Charlton Hardware 1. Brian Dunnett led the winners with three goals with Ken Lennox scoring the other two. Assists to Ken Lennox, two, Paul Rigon, two, and Ralph Coppola. Charlton’s lone goal was scored by Russ Waterhouse from Dave Bialkowski. The other goals went to Bruce Morrison and Bryan Cox. Drawing assists were Brian Chittenden, two. Andy Chapman. Mark Lockerbie and Bobby Petroff each scored goals while Brian Cox and Paul Olis each draw a pair of assists. Petroff got one. Greg 'Anderson played a strong game in goal. Donald Earl and Jim Bob's Boys 3, City Wide 0. David Repath scored unassisted as did Martin Engel, Martin Devlin, and Charles Pick. Mite richmond hill house league 3 goals for Dunnett 2 and 2 far Easton 3 for Brian Hull Bob’s win 3-0 Barraw’s win The same Hill crew downed Sharon in a Dec. 26 game by 5-3 with Donald Earl leading the way with two goals with singles going to Scott Pipher, Adam Cox, and Paul Thomas. Barton also played a good game. Dynes Jewellers 6. Shields Footwear 5. Greg Pearson and Jamie Gwillam led the way with two goals apiece with the others going to Mike Wientjes and Scott Pipher. Assists to Kevin Spencer. Stephen Taalman, David Kenny, Robin Russell, and Mark Lockerbie. Assists to Wayne Girard, Jamie Gwillam. Bob Genoa, Jim Barton, two. Mark Lockerbie fired home three goals in a losing cause with the others going to Bobby Petroff and Darrel Bynoe. For Richmond Heights it was Brant Chatfield. Mark Muller and Mike Ray Kinrrear 4. Consumers 1. Chris Saul scored twice for Kinnear with James Barry and Kevin Cull scoring the other g0” lac/ms with 3 goals Bob's Bottoms & Up 5. Shields Footwear 3. For Bob’s it was Bryan Cox from Adam Cox; Harold Thornhill from John Hughes and No.11 (no name); No. 11 from John Hughes and Thornhill; and Bruce Morrison from Roland Dandy; Andy Cox from Dandy and Bryan Cox. Eric‘s 3. Richmond Heights 3. Todd Sears scored all three goals for the winners. scoring Martin Fox scored twice for the losers Peter DelGrasso getting one. Assists to Mark Crowe, two, Bobby Petroff and Stephen Taalman. Assists to Jim Barton, Mark Hayward, two; Thomas, Scott Pipher and Jamie Gwillam, two. Fred Simpson scored two goals for the losers unassisted with Kevin Robin getting the other one which was also unassisted. Novice ‘ City Wide Rent-all 4. Galaxy Restaurant 1. Christopher DePiero fired in three goals and added an assist with Michael Hubrick getting the other one. Consumers 2. Braddock 2. Shawn Dodds and Scott Boyle scored for Consumers with aSSists to Boyle and Tim Vantol. Norman Creasor scored both goals for Braddock with assists to Mike Van Kemp and Brian Close. Richmond Heights 2. Allencourt 1. Kevin Rowe and Mike Ray scored for the winners with Stephen Reswick replying for Aliencourt from Jim Formentio Allencourt 7. Braddock 3. Gus Zachos pumped home three goals for Allen~ court with Jim Formenton sinking two and singles to Scott Massey and Stephen Reswick. Chris Broughton picked up two assists with single assists to Stephen Reswick and Dennis Ruttberg. Assists to Alexander, Brian McKenna, two; Christopher Dewar, Patrick Mulcahy, and Bobby Davis. Atom Richmond Heights 2. Allencourt 1. Kevin Rowe and Mike Ray scored for the winners with Stephen Reswick replying for Allencourt from Jim Formenton‘ Eric's 2. Kinnear 1. Todd Sears and Frank Silori scored for Eric’s with David Wales drawing an assist. Kevin Cull scored the lone goal for Kinnear. Dynes Jewellers 5. Record Shop 3. Jamie Gwillam wheeled home three goals for the winners with Paul Thomas checking in with two. Dane Fleiner rapped in thf'ee goals {or Braddock Assists went to Terry Greenfield, Vincent Wong. Patrick Engel scored unassisted for Galaxy. Bob's Boys 8. Allencourt 0. Sean McKenna whipped home three goals for Bob‘s Boys with Joel Gentle getting two with singles to Bobby Davis, Richard Atkinson, and Danny Alexander. For Record Shop it was Kevin Robin scoring from Don Earl and Steve Irwin ifrom Kevin Robin and Paul Ohlis. I-Iat trick for Gwillam 3 for Make/ma 3 for lockerbie 3 for Todd Assists to Thomas, Earl, Kevin Robbin, Pipher, James Gwillam. Petroff and Dave Kenny. Adam Cox and Harold Thornhill played strong games. (Photo by H099)