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is stanley cup up for grabs see actonb2 sports classified second section a metroland community newspaper swimmer wins three gold medalsb2 wednesday may 7 1986 soccers best come to town north stars had better attitude this year by kelly connelly sports editor stouffville boy and resident nhler keith acton is back in town the former montreal canadien now minnesota north star arrived home earlier this week too early for his liking acton and his minnesota teammates were knocked out of first round playoffs by the determined st louis blues blues coachmagician jacques demers would later orchestrate the same ko against the toronto maples leafs first round knockouts are never easy to take the tribune called keith acton on sunday at his minneapolis residence to find out what happened tribune did you think youd be playing golf this early acton its too cold to play golf in stouffville chucklethe nhl is getting to be a real competitive league now all the best teams are out you dont get yourself ready for that but it can happen it was really disappointing for our team in the sense that from feb 1 until the end of the season we were the third best team overall in the whole league when you get yourself playing at that level for the last two months you begin to have high expectations of what you can do in the playoffs when you go out like we did its a lot more disappointing then if you had 50 points overall during the regular season tribune in december the stars were 741 and after the allstar break you were 1991 you were doing so great then what happened was it injuries or not the right chemistry on the bench acton because of league rules draft picks and protection lists if teams are well managed youre going to have a very competitive league which the nhl has now i think in hockey youre going to see the same things as in baseball and football its going to be very hard to win two years in a row i think youre going to see different teams in the finals in the nhl almost every year now and a different winner every year tribune are you saying the montreal new york islander and edmonton dynasties are a thing of the past acton i dont think youll ever see that again tribune will there be some major trades in minnesota before next season do you need some bigger grinders to help out the smaller skill players acton thats hard to say im not that close to the general manager to know but just guessing i dont think there will be a lot of changes on our team for the simple fact there isnt much movement in the nhl to get something good you have to give up something to strengthen yourself in one place you have to weaken yourself somewhere else minnesota is not exactly overpowered in any one position where we can afford to weaken ourselves tribune the team had a lot of coaching changes over the past few years is rookie skipper lome henning a breath of fresh air acton people have always said that minnesota has a great team on paper they have all kinds of talent and if thats true which it is then why arent they winning its got to be attitude i think lome henning installed some things in our team this year that have never existed since i came here he taught us that hockey should be a major priority in our lives with the exception of our families we have to dedicate ourselves to our profession and have a lot of desire henning initiated an atmosphere like that here maybe that was one of the biggest reasons why we did so well in the second half of the season i think in years to come youre going to see a great team here tribune the best offence is a good twoway defence is that the henning philosophy or do all coaches want that acton a team like st louis or montreal are very good defensive teams but henning has us playing very disciplined and with a real system in our own end once we moved the play to the neutral zone he allowed us to be more creative and more offensive minded but cer tainly if youre going to win or loseit starts in your own end tribune a story in the hotkey news this season described you as follows keith acton who would earlier get down on himself when he was scored upon played better o verall this season with what seemed to be an improved positive attitude how do you react to that acton well for sure our whole team had a much better attitude this year we had a coach who was from a winning organization and he knew what it took to win tribune you collected 58 points this season the same as last year except you scored six more goals are you happy with the way youre playing acton a lot of people base hockey players on statistics which is really not true players are used different ways and in different situa tions bob gainey has never scored more than 50 points in a year but there isnt a team that wouldnt love to have him tribune what about yourself acton well there are always areas you think you could have done better in during the season overall in the role that i was put in penaltykilling i feel pretty good about myself but anytime your team isnt successful in the playoffs you have to look at yourself and say there must be something more i could have done tribune what areas would you like to improve on acton thats a tough question it depends on how youre used and what your role is i was used as a penaltykiller most of the year at christmas time our penaltykilling was 18th in the league by the end of the year we ended up in 6th or 7th place which was quite an improve ment so i feel pretty good about that i think i have the ability to do more offensively maybe its a confidence factor tribune what advice would you give a stouffville youngster who wants to play in the nhl someday acton hockey is very competitive there are thousands and thousands of kids who want to play in the nhl and there are only 450 jobs when it comes down to ability in most cases a lot of kids are see actonb2 d warn stouffville tots love kids gym sixteen soccer teams including one from brazil are scheduled to be in stouffville for the robbie inter national soccer tournament in june it will be the largest turnout of international teams to hit the town represent the fourth occasion stouffville has hosted a robbie divi sion and coincide with canadas first ever participation in the world cup the under14 peewee boys visit ing stouffville for the june 2830 robbie comprise teams from the united states brazil and ontario the stouffville panthers who won their fourth straight york re gion cup last september and the awsome stouffville royals under 16 are also competing in the tourna ment which annually raises money for cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy panther coach alfons rubbens said his black cats will be up against some quality international players but wont have the home field advantage that usually comes with hosting a competition the fields will be as strange to us as to the visiting teams he said two of the three fields selected for robbie action are brand new pitch es located beside the recreation complex that have never been used an anxious rubbens walked the sdss girl leaps to 1st camille rutherford wont budge when it comes to occupying first place in long jump competition the stouffville secondary student leaped to first spot for the second time in two weeks at the georgian bay secondary school gbssa in door track and field meet april 22 the senior division competitor was also first in the york region meet a week prior other highlights yvonne sem- lacher 3rd in high jump wally barbour 4th in 50m hurdles liz sled 6th in 50m hurdles and long jump linda hachey 6th in 1500m mary sled 3rd in long jump and 6th in 50m hurdles and rob mccon- nell 6th in 400m fields last thursday morning and noted there are no goal posts and the grass must be properly rolled and watered to be ready for the june tournament the whitchurchstouffville soc cer club has opted not to practise on the fields until may 24 by which time they hope the ground will be in good shape sahl players awarded there were a lot of firsttime awards at the sunday amateur mens hockey league sahl ban quet friday night at cedar beach park the remax north stars were the first team in eight years to finish in first place and win the a division playoff championship lou capitelli was the first sahl player to receive a special award forthe man with the most manners during hockey games he set an example for others to follow said sahl referee- in chief wayne nugent it was also the first time the sahl honored two goalies dean boland and john boyd for their premier skills between the pipes enough firsttimers heres a run down of other award winners stouffville travel captured the b division championship bill corner received the high excellence award for player ability dave boyd cop ped the scoring championship ken may won mvp for his fourgoal spurt in the a final and goalie gary williams collected mvp for his two shutouts in four b division playoff games next years executive on the sahl includes bob mckinnon president don giffen vice- president henry stevens 1st vice- president and bruce gribbon treasurer draft night for next years teams and the election of a new secretary is may 30 at the new are na special thanks to jim wagg and his recreation committee for orga nizing the banquet night wsililhil 1 1 br iv rti j i li fthcv c o theres a new gymnastics program for kids as young as sixmonths in sign their kids up for the monday morning and tuesday evening scs- stouffvillc the classes started two weeks ago and judging by the smile sions the program runs at the recreation complex and summitview on threeyearold heather mcmanus face exercise is a lot of fun public school call 6406527 for more information mary anne mcmanus and son michael 1 look on parents can still kelly connelly by kelly connelly smalltime wrestling promoters are real flybynight indi viduals no one knows that better than stouffville resident george cow ley for weeks he has been trying to track down a rather unusual looking character known as the canadian wild man a small town wrestling promoter the two men made a verbal gentlemens agreement many months ago to set up a wrestling card for stouff villes new recrea tion complex the event slated for this month was to be a fun draiser to help out betz pools oldtimers hockey team and youth sports programs he quoted me a 2000 card and i jumped at it said cowley who pointed out the deal was made in a back room during a wrest ling event in markham for a flat fee the canadian wild man who also goes by the name dave mckigney told cowley he would come into town construct the ring and supply the wrestlers and tag teams but that was seven months ago cowley hadnt heard from him since and was getting a little anxious i realize smalltime wrestling promotion isnt recognized by the better business bureau quipped the stouffville hockey player these guys are carnival types they all travel together theyre little flybynight performers who roll into town and then theyre gone so what happened to the canadian wild man cowley said the promoter was spotted in downtown toronto at the st lawrence market about a month ago putting on a wrestling card and during the past year wrestlings famed gurus like hulk hogan the sheik and angelo king kong mosca have attracted much media attention and a strong fan following all the more reason cowley was anxious to get a wrestling night for stouffville it would be a quick moneymaker for town sports great enter tainment for youngsters and a less greasy alternative to the ex hausting fundraising hamburger weekends at the ballpark said cowley he suspected the 2000 quote would be outdated now thanks to wrestlings surge in popularity in an effort to find someone else cowley called maple leaf gardens for names of other small town promoters harold ballards workers remained tightlipped as if cowley wanted phone numbers of al capones relatives the tribune contacted a print shop in uxbridge where the cana dian wild man drops by on occasion to have his wrestling posters printed hes got a big scraggily beard and long hair said the shop foreman hes about 59 180lbs big across the shoulder- sand he wrestles a bear enough said cowley vowed to continue his search for the rather unorthodoxlooking promoter sure enough the canadian wild mans partner mark aho walked into the tribune yesterday with a wrestling poster for stouffville the chase is over for cowley the big night is may 21 8 pm at the recreation complex angelo mosca joey war eagle the sheik and the estranged canadian wild man will be there interesting characters indeed the kids should love it quote of the week in the role that i was put in and the way i was used i feel pretty good about myself but anytime your team isn t successful in the playoffs you have to look at yourself and say there must be something more i could have done minnesota north star and stouffville resident keith acton assesses his penaltykilling role and offensive prowess after the st louis blues eliminated his team in nhl first round playoffs