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Joe Farrell started in the nets but was replaced in the third period by Rob Vandervelde. Farrell played especially well but became a little jittery when two of our own players helped King City by putting the puck in their own net. RICHMOND HILL â€" Sunday mor- ning Tournaments Inc. held one of its many meetings which are most necessary for the preparation of a midget hockey tournament, the size and calibre of ours. The tournament is only a little over eight weeks away. That’s almost tomorrow considering the amount of work that has to be done in preparation. Once again this year we are faced with the problem of billeting the players of 12 teams. That is almost 200 boys and very close to 100 homes. The local team con- tinues to improve its positional play and is getting at least 50 per cent of the territorial play. RICHMOND HILL â€" The King City Midgets downed Richmond Hill Minor Midget 11's by 5-1 which saw the Hill team outlucked on a number of good opportunities or by shooting too soon. Canvass billets To solve this problem, Sterling Reid has formed a committee to conduct a canvass of our billets of past years, and they will be calling many other homes as well. When you are called, please try to help us out in this matter of extending your hospitality to the boys from out of town. It is a very interesting and wor- thwhile experience. Even better, why not volunteer your home and call Sterling Reid at 887â€"5393 or Tour- naments Inc. at 884-9384. We really would appreciate it. Big tourney This year is the 10th anniversary of THORNHILL â€" Thornhill Fisher Sports Atoms played hard against Aurora Sunday in a losing cause losing 3-2 despite outshooting the opposition 16-14. Aurora opened the scoring and took a 1-0 lead into the second before Thornhill Magna midgets take two RICHMOND HILL â€" Magna Midgets won their fifth and sixth league games in a row by defeating both Orillia and Newmarket over the past weekâ€"end. On Saturday Orillia, Magna‘s old nemesis, came to town and were defeated 6-3. Magna lead all the way and were never in danger as Orillia scored two goals in the final. few minutes. Fisher Sports lose 3-2 Midget tourney looming Exca va ting 0 var R0 tary b y 5-3 Hill midgets lose 8-4 â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday. January 12, 1977 Is he or isn’t he making the save? Beats us. But it does say here that Tom Hughes Excavating goalie Brant Chatfield is By Bob Reeves R05 Vandervelde was excellent in goal but was hindered by the absence Richmond Hill bounced back despite carrying only 10 skaters due to injuries and sickness and having to play 50 minutes of stop-time hockey. Richmond Hill‘s only goal was by Tom Stubbs on a good three-way passing attack from Jack Cross and Nick Assisi. Ouch Oshawa 6. Richmond Hill 2. This was an exhibition match with the Hillers running into a real buzz saw against a much larger club who prac- tically ran them out of the rink in the first period. Leading Magna were Jim Burnet with two goals and two assists, Jim Wood with two goals and one assist and Mark Gossman with two goals. Other assists went to Guenter Bauer and Danny Girard. The game in Newmarket was hard fought with Magna coming out on the long end of a 3-1 score. Scoring for Magna were Doug Anderson, Brad O’Hara How's your vision here? By the same token all of our players and teams in house league also provide a most interesting brand of hockey and they too need support. Every Saturday I would love to see the attendance for these games increase by leaps and bounds before then. The players, coaches and Managers of these teams represent your town. They play fine entertaining hockey and I know they would more than welcome your support. Our town teams play Mondays, Fridays, Saturday and Sunday so come on out and be a booster. Play-offs At present we are into the second half of our hockey season and facing up to the on-rushing OMHA playoffs which are only three weeks away. the Midget Tournament and it will be a very special week in the way of celebration. So remember, if you can help, please call one of the numbers I have given, You; assistance will be greatly ap- preciated. 32 teams All 32 teams have been chosen along with the stand-by teams and the calibre is really high. In the weeks to come there will be lots more news passed along in “The Liberal” to help keep you informed. The third peribd saW Thornhill having .chance after chance only to shoot right into the Aurora goalie’s pads. bounced back on a goal by John Hollings unassisted and then one by Ian Crebbin assisted by “Digger” Smith. Richmond Hill’s only goal resulted from some strong forechecking which resulted in Jack Cross scoring from Mike Smith. 1-1 tie Richmond Hill 1. Schomberg 1. A real thriller in league play action with everyone playing excellent hockey on the Richmond Hill squad and outskating the opposition all the way. of two Richmond Hill defencement. Scoring for Richmond Hill was Shawn McKenzie from Tom Stubbs; and Jack Cross from Jack Vantol and Rick Gerber. Magna’s record is now 10 wins, 5 losses and 2 ties. They are now in the middle of a three way fight for first place with Barrie and Thomhill. The goaltender was Brian Casey. who played a steady game. He lost his shut-out in the final five minutes. and Andy Beckwith. Assists went to Jim Wood, Doug Anderson, Guenter Bauer and Dale Banton. making the save “with luck“. Unable to believe it himself is Allencourt Pharmacy attacker Brian Close (3) who is sweeping in Shawn Parker had a goal and one assist; J. Gerber, two assists; P. Smith, G. Wright, assists each. Oak Ridges 5. Hespeler 2. Tony Roffey and Karl Taylor led the offensive with two goals apiece. The juveniles from Oak Ridges took the grand championship by downing Hespeler 5-2, New Hamburg 14-1, Milton 6-2 and Dunnville 8-14 Oak Ridges 14. New Hamburg 1. Taylor fired in four big goals in this one and added three assists. Wilton had three goals and two assists; Smith, two goals, four assists; Clague, two goals and two assists; Roffey. one and two: Gerber. one And that’s just what the Oak Ridges Lions Club Juveniles did do in the Orangeville tournament. Win it. In no uncertain terms. OAK RIDGES â€" When a hockey team outscores its opposition by 33 goals to 6 they should win a tournament. they serve up a most entertaining hour or two of hockey. Fund raising Plans now are under way by the Ladies Auxiliary for our next fund- raising activities so we can keep our financial heads above water. The meeting was chaired by RHBA president Len McLean and included a cross-section of familiar names on the area ball scene. I am not certain as yet just what shape these will take but I shall cer- tainly keep you posted each week in this column and on Channel 10. So make a Object: ‘The proceeds will go toward paying for the cost of renovations to the main diamond at the Town Park. A meeting of local fastball minds last week headed by members of the Rich- mond Hill Ball Association decided on the dates of a Senior A Fastball Tournament in the town. Come July 22, 23 and 24 an eight-team roundrobin tournament will be held at the town park. RICHMOND HILL â€" The snow may be snowing and the wind blowing but Also don‘t get your chin stuck in it. Mar; Softball is just around the corner Never mind what one. ’Ridges juves blast foe 4 for Taylor hill minor hockey (Snow)ba// chatter... Oak Ridges 8, Dunnville 1. Tony Roffey led the assault troops in this one with three goals and two assists while Paul Smith had two goals and singles to J. Gerber (also two assists). G. Wright, Bruce Wilton. Karl Taylor had three assists with others going to D. Griffith, Ti Clague, Shawn Parker. Other scorers: Roffey two and two; Winter, two and one; Gerber, one and three; Wright, one and one; Wilton, one goal. Taylor and Clague and Hoffey gets 3 League action saw Oak Ridges bombing Wood- bridge 10-1 with Smith showing the way with three goals and three assists. Oak Ridges 6. Milton 2. Taylor had two goals; Roffey, one and two; Smith, one and two, G. Wright, one and one; Griffith, one goal; Clague, two assists and Wilton one. and one. Griffith had two assists and Winter one. to get a closer look at the scene. No matter, the Allencourt boys had the better vision in the long run by 7-3. Bomb And that’s it for this week. Keep the billeting in mind. We’ll see you all at the arena. Tom Graham has done a fine job in organizing these functions and we hope it will be well attended. If you are in- terested, or know someone who is, give Tom a call at 884-2437. It’s a fine, fine session. Past years have seen Mary operate an intermediate team. Coach of the juniors will be Ron MacInnis, assistant, Moe Williamson. For further in- formation call Mary at 884-7620 or Ron at 884-3248. point of watching both. Coaching clinic One of the most important events of our hockey season will be held next Sunday at the arena. This is the Level 2 \Coaches’ Clinic sponsored by the OHA and the CAHA. The session is especially being held for prospective pitchers to “get their arms in shape but anyone interested in playing junior ball this season is welcome,” states Mary. Mary Williamson of the newly- founded Richmond Hill Girls Junior Softball team has announced that a “arm warm-up” practice session will be held next Monday from 7 pm. to 10 pm. at the 16th Avenue Public Schools gym in Richvale. York Regional Towing 3. Richmond Hill I (exhibition). For York it was Rick Greenslade with a goal; Dan DeGeer, goal and two assists; Thor Chornobaj, one and one. Gord Fournier got the lone Richmond Hill goal. Oak Ridges T & J Commercial Cleaners 8, 0ro 1. Robert Sanders had two goals and an assist; Steven Arnold, one and one; David Koteff, one and one; Jeff Harris, one and one; Frank Rossi, one and one; Jeff Mitchell, one and one; Peter Beck, one goal; Mike Kalkanis, one assist. Bantam two assists with singles eagh_to Parker and Topp. saw: Atoms Junior Gals oak ridges minor hockey / Other OMHA act'ibn Cleaners Photo by Hogg 4 for Gilchrist Oak Ridges Gormley Sand and Gravel 6, Oak Ridges Club 99, 1. Scott Richardson and Carl Koteff had two goals apiece with singles to Carl Barry and Greg Harris. Assists to Guy Leforge, two, and Tim Stevenson, Sean Heavener. and Robert Muzzin. Sean Rheeder got the lone goal for Club 99. Mark Spensley and Bob Smith played great in goal. House League â€" Peewee Doane Hall 7, W P Motors 4. Rodney Gilchrist led the parade again with four goals and an assist followed by brother Randy with two Hat-trick Greenslade York Regional Towing 6. Schomberg 1. Green- slade led the way again with three goals and an assist; James Cummins, one goal; Dan Degeer, one goal; Fred MacAr- thur, one goal;Ihor Chornobaj, three assists; Rick Harris, two assists. Sanders win Bowden 7. Baif 5. For Bowden, J. Cross had two goals with assists to R. Nelson. two, and S. Young; T. Stubbs from S. Young and G. Gentry; D. Kane from D. Vennard and Cross; R. Nelson For Kent’s, Jim Woods had two with assists to Pete Tipold, two, and John Burnett; Chris Arbuckle unassisted; and Burnett from Jim Woods and Pete Tipold. For Bob's it was Neil Smith with two from Tim Rowe and Marco Ramunno; Steve Rumble from Neil Smith and Paul Rigon. Midget Little‘s Ford 6. Kent Clothes 4. For Little's, Dave O‘Connell two from Peter Martin and Duane Robertson; Mark Gossman unassisted; Robertson from Dave O’Connell; Glen Fehiley from Dan Girard; Adriano Marinelli from Rick Vermeulen. Allencourt 1. Galaxy 1. Steven Lennox scored for Allencourt while Greg Moore did the job for Galaxy. Peewee Dynes 4, Bob's Bottoms 3. Ken Lennox fired in two goals for Dynes with assists to Mark Ellison and S. Rockharts; Ellison unassisted; Pat Morra from Tom Kirisit and John Osmond. For Allencourt it was Brian Close with two goals and assists to James Barry. two. and Rob Stel. Scott Massey also got two with assists to Barry, two and Brian Close. Barry rounded out his four assists night with a goal from Rob Stel and Sean Forhan. Richmond Heights Hardware 3, Kinnear Pontiac 0, For Richmond it was Paul Christenon from Kelly Thorpe; Brian Winch from John Reme and Craig Stevenson; and Reme from Ralph Durston. Braddock Optical 2. Tom Hughes Excavating 0. For Braddock, Shawn Gallaugher from Todd Lawrence: Ralph Seybold from Dough Chaffe. Braddock won by default. Novice llilltown 4, Jakma 1;. Brian Hunt fired home four goals for the winners with assists to Jason Trenton, two. Bill Fallis and Scott Young. For Jakma. Daniel Jansen, two; and David Repath unassisted. Bob‘s Boys 7. City Wide 1. Ttodd Savoye got {our goals with assists to Blair Aubie and Richard Atkinson. Robbie Shorrock from Brian McKenna; Richard Atkinson from Savoye; and Brian McKenna unassisted. Derek DiBattista scored for City Wide. For Rotary it was Wayne Girard. Adrian Steenson and Doug MacLean. all unassisted. Other minor bantam results: Assists on his goals went to Tyrone Burkhard. two, and Paul Thomas. Also scoring were Kevin Robin. Troy Mit- chell and Mark Lockerbie with assists to Jim Barton and Troy Mitchell. Risi and (‘0. 6. Allencourt Pharmacy 5. Glen Dimpfel was the big gun with five goals with Ritchie Pierce getting the other one unassisted. Assists also went to Brian Wookey with two and Wayne Miles. ' For Allencourt it was Brian Close nhill fired home two goals as the D & D Excavator minor bantams downed Rotary Club 5â€"3 in Richmond Hill house league hockey last week. For Brian's it was Bruce Morrison scoring from Mike Wintjes and David Ezechiels. Atoms Regional Sports 4. Brian's Shell 1. Donald Earl scored twice for Regional with assists to Ralph Banks. Steve Irwin, and Rob Russell. Other goals went to Ralph Baker from Steve Irwin: and Rob Russell unassisted. RICHMOND HILL â€" Harold Thor 5 for Dimpfe/ Savoye hot 4 for Hunt 2 for Earl 2 for Cross Kent's lose By Bob Ross Jr RICHMOND HILL â€" Richmond Hill Cadillac- Baif Peewees netted five goals against Orillia Saturday in Orillia. Doane Hall now has nine wins and no losses. Midget â€" Juvenile White Cap wins White Cap Pools 4, Oak Ridges Ellis Don 1. Rick Lusk got two goals for the winners with the others going to Randy Bullock and John Vanderploeg. Assists to Randy Bullock, Unfortunately, Orillia came through with seven. and one for John Douse. Mike Gray and Tony Dave Dalton got two assists with singles to Steve Ostertag, Jeff Smith, and Karl Clayton. For W P it was Jim Lazenby chalking up two goals and an assist. Mareck Kaszwba had a goal and Matt Hazjan, goal and two assist. Cadillac- Baif boys lose by 7-5 City Wide 2. Allencourt 1. Derek DiBattista scored for City Wide from Mike Nelson; and Nelson from DiBattista. Jason Steele got the lone goal for Allencourt from Steven Lenâ€" nox Galaxy 4. Jakma 0. Stuart Anderson scored two goals for Galaxy with an assist to David Nicol; Nicol got one unassisted; Greg Moore had two from David Nicol and Stuart Anderson. Allencourt Pharmacy 7. Tom Hughes Excavating 2. Brian Close led the way with. four goals with assists to Scott Massey. two, Darrin Grodzinski two. Scott Massey also had two goals with an assist to Close Darrin Grodzinski scored unassisted. For Tom Hughes it was Pat Engel scoring twice with an assist to Stephen Byer; and Vito Scalasi from Engel. Novice Bob‘s Boys 7. llilltown I. Ttodd Savoye rapped home six goals with an assist to Dino Buffon on one of them. Brian McKenna got the other one unassisted. Patrick Dickinson scored for Hilltown from Scott Young. Risi & (‘0. 3. Richmond Heights Hardware 2. For Risi, Glen Dimpfel unassisted: Ritchie Pierce from Grant Padley and Jamie McKee; Padley from McKee. John Randona scored both goals for Richmond from Billy Welychka and Brian Winch. Braddock Optical 9, Kinnear Optical 0. Todd Lawrence led the way with three goals with assists to Shawn Gallaugher. Mike Hubrick. David McKee. and Ralph Seybold. Seybold had two from David McKee, two, and Doug Chaffe; Larry Walton from Shawn Gallaugher; Mike Hubrick from Lawrence; Gallaugher unassisted; Tom Sutton from Seybold. from G‘ Gentry; Young from Cross; Gentry from Cross and Stubbs. For Baif. Ar McGregor. two; G. Bauer from V. O'Hara: N. Murphy from G. Bauer. Murphy also drew an assist. Minor Pee-wee Dynes. Robert Apenis had two goals with assists to Renato Minuti. two, John Osmond and Ken Lennox; Mark Ellison from Lennox; Pat Morra from Mark Ellison and Joey Collett. For Baif it was Tony Veitch, two, assists to Stephen Mom and Scottie Ross: Scott Stephenson from Jim Corrick and Peter Wegman, Stephen Moro from Ross‘ Peewee Shield‘s 4. Dynes 4. For Shield’s. Alan Jones unassisted: Brian, Hull from Mark ()uellette; Russ Waterhouse from Alan Jones and Derek Veitch; Mark Tulloch from Jack Woods and Peter Massey. Charlton 5. Baif 4. Geof Johnston got two goals for Charlton from Steven Riswick: David Buker, Stephen Riswick and Glenn Goadsby scored unassisted. Rice‘s 5. Barrows 4. Dave Fleiner led the way for Rice's with three goals assisted on one by Brian Delville. The other two goals went to Robert Hawes and Todd Sears. Mr. Transmission 3, Bob’s Bottoms 2. Dave Wright had two goals for Tran- smission with an assist to Chris Reynolds: Jim Flett from Dave Bialkowski. Bill Easton and Derek Roemer scored for Bob‘s. Atom For Barrow’s it was Donny Wilson from George Karvouniaus; John Lyndall from Allan Bales; Karvouniaus from Norman Creasor; Stephen Quigg from Donny Wilson and Kevin Cull. richmond hill‘ house Ieagug Lawrence gets 3 Ha tâ€"trick F/e/ner Baif edged 6 for Savoye 4 for Close 2 for Wright Ellis Don Con- struction 5, Schickedanz 2. For Ellis it was Glenn Martin unassisted; Doug Jones from Glen Martin and Rick Vanderlinden; Doug Jones from Glenn Martin and Merv Den- smore; Rick Van- derlinden from Martin; Doug Jones from Steve McKinnoni Andy Gibb scored both goals for Schickedanz. David Leuschner came up with an unassisted backhand goal during the second period and Ken Jensen from Gary Sutherland; and Mark Joslin from Ken Jenson did the scoring. 4-4 tie Ceccacci. Excellent team work by Whitecap plus some superb net minding by John Fowler. Randy Koteff got the lone goal for Ellis Don from Dave Forrester.