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Says Pat The Acton Free Press Wednesday January European hockey has arrived SABRES JOHN SHEPPABD missed a golden scoring Central league sharpshooters He leads the league In goals opportunity when he broke in all alone on Stayner goalie against average Graham and Bob Krul of Acton watch Barry Corby in Friday nights game here Corby who is for a possible rebound The visiting Siskins won the game hidden from the camera has been more than visible to South Photo by Gibbons Double defeat sweeps series from sinking Sabres Stayner Siskins have swept a home and home South Central Junior series from Acton Sabres dropping the locals into a fifth place tie with Schomberg Siskins who are now undefeated in five games scored four unanswered third period goals to dump Sabres here Friday night then posted a shutout win in Monday night Captain Don Parker- a slick spearheaded the win Friday night by scoring two goals and setting up three others Greg Conn who spent last season with the Junior Owen Sound Greys bagged a hat trick In Monday nights Good start George McPhalls s wellplaced wrist shot into the Siskin cage got Sabres off on the right foot night but bounced back to take the lead on goals by Wayne Parker Jim Bell and Hornet Terry Gowan Underdogs steal spotlight Underdog teams stole the spotlight Sunday night as the Acton Industrial Hockey league race tightened up to the point where now only six points separate the six teams Centre engineered the biggest upset of the night stopping a six game Unknowns undefeated streak with a 32 victory Ken Auto tied league- leading Nielsen Clothing 22 and Heller surprised Blow Press with a standoff In the other games Redhot by Ray Smith helped the fired up team hold Unknowns to Just two goals one each by Eric Stone ana John Tallica two Mike Miller tallied the first two goals and hard working Gerry Van fired the winner midway through the final period A third period goal by Fred Buchanan saved Nielsen a from defeat against the improving Ken Auto squad Gord Mason scored In the first period for the clothiers League scoring leader Dan and BUI Golden Jet Coon were the Ken Auto snipers Sponsor shines Team sponsor Ron Heller figured in all four of his leather workers goals He scored two and set up two others Ray and Ron Schmidt also counted for Heller s who received excellent from Jim Cyril King Jim McDonald and John Goy scored for Blow Press Dale Fisher connected twice in the second period for Acton before Don Parker scored for giving Siskins a lead heading into Ihe final frame Fisher scored his first goal at the mark and was given credit for the second a shot from the point by Randy Coker which deflected in off a Siskin defender Don Parker Jack Stephens Rick Coker and Terry walker were the third period Stayner marksmen Two of the goals came In a space of six seconds when Sabre goalie Rick Bonnette blew a long drive from the centre ice area Backhander John Snow backhanded home his 12th goal of the season for Acton Pete Morrison collected a pair of Sabre assists Randy John Sheppard and Randy picked up one apiece League leaders defeat Sabres Bradford Vasey skated to a win over Acton Sabres in South Central Junior action in Bradford last Wednesday night Don Stevens staked Bradford to a lead with a paw of goals In the first six minutes of the game A shot from the point by Sabre rearguard Brad Timbers skipped past Vasey goalie John Mukelaar at the 11 minute mark reducing the score to 21 Pete Morrison and John Snow assisted on the goal which was scared with Bradford shorthand Andy scored for Bradford early in the second period but Sabres bounced back mostly corn By Bob Mac Arthur This week will see the end of the first club draw of the season There has been some juggling of games to make room for extra games and activities but the games were mostly all plajed Playoffs will start next week Saturday there was an invitational mixed spiel at the dub A full quota of rinks paled Two 10 end games were played In the first draw the winner was the team skipped by Dubois with points Second went to the Van Gooien rink of the Guelph Curling Club They had paints Third prize was taken by another local fink skipped by Ron In the second draw top rink was by Tony Stapleton They had a total of points Second place went to the Pinkneyrink of Erin They earned ii points nurd place went to the J total of points The ladies section are planning an open Valentine spiel for the club It will be held Wednesday February 14 Noticed that some of the local curlers do not fraternize with the out of town teams that they curl with This to my way of thinking not the way to win friends and influence people If the visitors are to be made welcome surely the local curler can spend some tune with them when they come off the ice Hockey coaching clinic at Hillsburgh Sunday Hockey coaches or persons interested in coaching someday arc invited to attend a hockey coaches clinic conducted by O A technical director Hon Smith in the Hills burgh arena this Sunday morning January at 10 30 Included in the three hour clinic will be a demonstration of effective practice drills and proper use of ice space two films on basic skills and a discussion on the controversial aspects of coaching such as dealing with referees and parents Registration fee is 1 and all who attended will receive a hockey coaching manual Smith who still plays with the Senior A Gait Hornets has conducted similar clinics for the OHA throughout Ontario since October He has also played hockey at the minor pro college and international levels JUNIOR D HOCKEY ACTON SABRES BRADFORD VASEYS AT THE ACTON ARENA FRIDAY JAN Caroline Flower Garden Centre West Acton South Hiqhw Cut Flowers Potted Plants Funeral Arrangements Corsages Etc AFTERNOONS DURING WINTER MONTHS Always a good supply of FRESH CUT FLOWERS FLOWERS ANYWHERE- Caroline Flower Garden Centre Acton Two Miles West of Acton South Side of Highway Phone 853 National Hockey League teams would do well to return to slick passing and skating game made famous by the Cook brothers and now a feature of European hockey s one opinion expressed by former OHA Pat Patterson of Norval in a recent interview with this paper Well known as a referee of intermediate hockej games In the North area during the Iatterfcon later the top arbiter and was sub sequently delegated by the CAHA to represent Canada on inter national hockey junkets Among his excursions were trips to Prague Czechoslovakia and to Stockholm Sweden tor the World Championships Canadians have always believed the tame Is ours Pat Now at least three uropean countries have taken our enme and Improved on It from spectator point of view says he sees no pattern in today pro hockey He believes that the present tune Junior A Is a belter spectacle On the other hand he Is not too to NHI players for the of today s belli the proi themselves feel they have to expect certain degree of rough ploy by more than 10 or the very fact they re paid panics a year he explains handsome salaries he says of Czechoslovakia Nor he think the pros ore one of two referees who handled entirely to blame tor the the exciting eighth game of the now apparent tries for example is employed with their second power play goal Dale Fisher was Ihe marksman John Snow and Ted Harmer drew assists Goats by Kovacs and Andy Purmals later in the period made the score heading Into the third Shots on goal were even 14 apiece in the final frame with each team connecting once Stevens completed a hat trick with an unassisted goal for Bradford and Gary cashed in Dale Fisher pass for the Sabres Bradford received 15 of the game penalties Sabres were plagued by hard luck around the Stayner net One fan counted four times Sabre shots hit the goalpost Siskins served 15 of the game minor penalties but gave up only one power play goal Excellent defensive work by and Angus York who played the first half of the season with the Junior B Milton Flyers prevented Sabres from scoring Sets record Barry Corby the league s top goalie stymied Sabres in Monday night Acton their hosts Corby became the first goalie In the two year history of the league to record two shutouts in a season Don Parker Jim Bell and Brian Dickey complemented Greg Conn hat trick with single for PAT PATTERSON I uropean referees he explains are held in much more respect by fans on the continent and their decisions arc more often than not considered to be linul Many of them are businessmen They don t minor hockey leagues There s no ioung do try lo imitate the pros but there a any rough stuff by his country government as in engineer In Pat opinion llatja and of Sweden did in excellent job in the developing in minor hockey the series looked as close to onus should be on the coaches of Canadian officials as any who the teams to control he stifle Much of the credit for the rapid improvement of European hockey Pat insists go to International Ice Hockey federation president Bunny who he describes as one of the finest gentlemen I ever hud to work with in hockey that description may surprise a lot of Canadians who ore customed to hearing the con president name taken in vain for his alleged harassment of teams representing this country in international competition Int admits provides great fodder for newspapermen with his controversial comments but he also feels Bunny was unjustly accused of forcing the Can id I an National team to with from international piny in Secret meeting had already cast the deciding vote the previous summer to allow Canada to use nine reinstated pros In the World Championships he recalls Canada was still In by January before a separate meeting of representatives of Ice Hockey of the Soviet Union Sweden Czechoslovakia Finland and Last Germany was held voted solidly against the Canadian proposal claiming Ihey t play aealast pros because of Olympic regulations It became politics situation It all political where ver you over there he says Still Put disagreed with the decision to withdraw the Canadian team from the tournament was a year when the were revamping their I think we could have beaten them without the pros Our earn had already won a two out of three exhibition series against the New York Ran he explains Moved out Political Involvement caused Put some concern during his visit to rogue in 1969 It was at the same time the beat the Russians in the Stockholm tournament he recalls The Czech people went wild with celebration but the moved tanks into the city lo settle things down We got out in hurry He remembers another oc casion when a Soviet referee tarried the championship trophy into hotel lobby following his country victory Nevertheless Pat has many more fond memories of his with international hockey and the friends he made in I I hockey is becoming a spectacle believe Ihey have pro leagues over there within years he Now retired ft hockey wars I it is president of his own firm Chemical but he maintains his interest in the Offences provoked to the Team Canada Soviet Union hockey series Pat expresses Ihe opinion that many the alleged Canada were provoked by the kicking of some Soviet He feels what ired to Ik a vicious cross check delivered to one Soviet by Phil was not without provocation Jean Paul irise was severely criticized for threatening a referee with his hockey stick In the eighth of the series hi dots not condone that type of behaviour Pat points out that a similar incident involving a member of the Canadian National team In the I J World Championships drew tor lens media attention I at Instructed re f s proud to have been part the contingent which provided instruction for the pair in thur early years as referees He still corresponds with them and officials he helped develop and fans will remember were the choice of officials over run I a Joseph Kompalla of West Germany to work the final game Who would win if another similar series were arranged I think you could flip a coin either way on the outcome says Pat I 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