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Sabres need help Acton Sabres president Bob has asked that anyone who would be Interested in helping the hockey team function next season either as an executive or a committee member attend a meeting at the Community Centre booster room on Wednesday February at Playoffs begin Teams from the Ontario Minor Hockey Association are preparing to meet the comp etition as they battle forjPntano championships The playoffs for tho young pucks began last week as the teams vie for the right to move further than their own league The playoff structure has the teams of Minor classification meeting other A centres in play oft action while Major teams will tackle BB squads That a complete turn around from last year when the minor clubs tackled the centres and the Major A The reason for the change is the way teams were entered Last season the Acton Minor Hockey Association entered their teams as first and second which meant that a good first year player could have played on their major club and a poorer major player not capable of making the top team could play for the minor or B squad This season Acton Minor Hockey decided they would enter their clubs Major Minor The change makes little difference as most clubs will meet the same teams as they did the year previous although the personnel may be varied Other centres competing with Acton in A classification in the preliminary round Include Orange lie Fergus Woolwich and Hespelcr That will make it tough for last year Ontario Zone champion Minor Atoms as Majors They fought hard last year to advance from their own league and this year the competition seems tougher The grouping of the WaterlooWellington league is not as competitive as only Acton and Fergus compete for the right to advance past their league With only the two teams the Aclon squads have a good chance of advancing The bets for advancement should be the Pee wees and Bantams Both those are near the tops of their respective leagues with Fergus closer to the bottom To all teams involved in playoff action good luck and let bring home an Ontario champion ship or two Broadcasting B Former Sports Editor of the Aclon Free Press Georgetown Independent and Kitchener Waterloo Newsday Denis Gibbons can be heard broadcasting Brampton Junior B hockey games for CHIC radio in Brampton The Sabres are In Brampton on February Former Sabre Former Acton Sabre Chris Costcllo has been doing quite well with his hockey since leaving the Sabres to Join the Derbys during Actonsfirstycarof hockey Chris has been toiling the last two seasons for the Dixie Beehives of the Provincial Junior A league Recently Costcllo was named to the western allstar team of that league OMHA Over the next few weeks the teams from the Acton Minor Hockey Association will be playing in Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs From time to time the Initials OMHA may be seen in the paper with no explanation It stands for Hockey Association Atoms tough on defense Acton Hockey Moms Minor Atoms arc gaining respect in lington league action as a tough defensive team In their last two games the atoms have scored 1G goals and given up none The first of the two wins was a one sided at fair with the Hockey Moms walking over Fer gus to the tunc of and then in a barn burner edged Hespelcr 10 Peter Corgill led the scoring with two goals and three ass is Is fired a match ing pair of goals and as while Paul Kil patrick added one goal and three assists David fired the only hat trick for the Hockey Moms Jason 0 Nell ac counted for one goal and two assists Mike Baker Chris Rogers Doug McKnight and Toth Hill each fired one goal and helped on another Tom Athcrton added a pair of goals while Sean Fitzger ald counted two helpers Kirk McNabb added an assist The next contest was not as easy for the atoms as they travelled to to meet a club they had beaten only Recusation WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31 1979 Hundred and Fourth YearNo Second Section Top Oak Ridges Sabres win squeaker fall to Flyers The Acton Sabres modest unbeaten streak came to an end on the weekend but not before they had managed their ninth win of the season to bring their total to points for the season The Sabres were on the road this week and recor dedntlght2 1 win in Oak Ridges before meeting up with what might be con side red one of the hottest clubs of late the Milton Flyers dropping a 3 decision The win does not help the Sabres position but it slops a last place finish in the Central Ontario Junior League for the first time three sea The Sabres hove a total of points in this season nine more than the torn placed Georgetown Gemini and remain four polnls behind the Barnc Colts with seven games remaining on their schedule including matches with Streets Brampton George town and Onllia the four clubs the Sabres have failed to take a point from this season It was a reminder of the Dixie game a year ago said Sabres general manager Bill Campbell of the Oak Ridges affair It was a real goal tenders battle It was a year ago that the Sabres upset the second placed Dixie Bee Hives with a clean hard hitting and skating encounter according to Campbell with Jerry Kofsky of Oak Ridges and Sabres Kent stealing the spotlight It had to be Kent best game since his first year said Campbell He must have slopped at least five break a ways over the final half of the contest The Sabres scored first at the mark of the opening frame as Bob found the target from Denis Chir and Brad Buchanan The Sabres regained the lead with only seconds remaining in the period as Paul Sal vis burg scored what would be the winner from Mark Schinkel and Matt Lam Struggle The next night the Sabres were on the road again this time Ihc trip was to Milton were they found themselves after a night previous It took the Sabres two periods to get loosened up and when they did it was too late The Sabres scored all three of their goals in the third period as they doubled their shot total Milton scored first on a effort with Kelly sitting In the sin bin serving a hooking penally The Myers extended their lead with seconds remaining in the period The second frame was all Flyers as they the Sabres and added four more goals to their totals Bill Camp bell credited the Flyers hustle and the Sabres tired leg3 for the second period score They beat us to the puck con stantly he said In the third frame the Sabres came to life with a pair of powerplay goats and an even strength marker Don fired the first counter to end any hopes of Milton shut out at the mark Drew Gareau and Kelly McArthur Four minutes Inter the three players combined again This time Drew was the marks man with and McArthur helping McArthur added his third assist of the contest with remaining as he set up Brad Buchanan with a powerplay marker The Sabres return home Friday night to host the Burlington Cougars and decide the season winner between thetwoclubs In previous meetings between the two squads this season the Sabres have man aged a tie and a win The Cougirs have countered with a win The rubber game of the scries begins at the Community Centre Shorts The Sabres lost the services of Matt Lambert over the final two frames of the Milton maleh He took tight stitches to close on the bridge of his nose In addition Glenn Murray was forced to retire for Ihe evening with i horse lcavmj the club with only three I- Neil Anderson played at what Bill Campbell considered quarter speed due to a c ha rile The Sabres have two games to be rescheduled One is with the bottom iced Georgetown Gemini and the other with the earn on tho oilier end of the pole the Streetsville Both games must be played within the next couple of Lions continue run for league honors Gary Wilson right checks his line while doing a little ice fishing on Fairy Lake Gary and Ate Ward enjoy fishing the lake during the winter months about as much as Vetrlcck did watching the fishermen bore through the ice Gary and said the Ice Is approximately IB inches thick where they break through with their lines Acton Lions continued their run for first place In Waterloo- Wellington league action last week with wins over and In exhibition play the Lions disposed of Milton travelled through bad weather last Wednesday to meet up with the leagueleading Lions and came away from goinc home with tic Paul found the net with lib rem lining from Randy and Vince to give the win Orangeville opened the scoring in the first minute of play only to il low Acton to come back down the ice off the face off and tie the store Jim Richard netted the with assistance from Brad regainco the lead before the period ended and earned that margin into the last fuur m mules of the second when Circuit tied things up for Ihe second lime from Da nastier The Lions took the kail for first time as the second period drew to i close as Jim found the net for second time in th Orangeville forced the tame lo go to the wire with a goal just under half nay through the frame setting up the Cargiil winner It took the 1 ions period to moving in I the locil lids fell behind by the i 1 mark Bruce the Lions on track with goal at from Civiero and Paul Cargill It took the Acton team seconds after he first marker to net the tyim Chris Hicks netted twine with help from Jim Richard gave Acton the lead with the only toil of the second rime from Stan Smith Cargill extended tin lead to two Irnm Brad MaePherson before allowing Fergus of the game vo fired the insurance marker with seconds left on the next day the pee- travelled to Milton lor in exhibition match with Milton Selects and came home 3 Coverdale fired pur for Acton with Ircnzo Civiero netting other Paul Cargill a pair of helpers singles going to Jim Bruce Canary Vince Young autograph seekers plentiful at TigersNHL Odtimers charity match once in Ihc past two sea sons Hill fired the game only goal at the games mldpolnt from Kirk and routOT Acton Junior continued their fine play this week by downing The team top point getleroftheyear Martin was limited to 14 points as coach Rick McArthur elected lo go with his bench Bob McClure led the point parade with 21 followed closely by Rob with 500 Club Doris Townsley name keeps coming up In the Acton Minor Hockey Club draw Mrs Town name came up for the third time this season Other winners included Beverly Miller J Ryan Thompson and Carter Young autograph with the Heart Fund for Tigers as they seekers were plentiful at Tigers of the Players like Andy dropped an 8 decision the Community Centre on Wellington Non Bathgate Keith The Oldtimers were up Friday night as the NHL Contact League in and Wolly old tricks Oldtimers hit the ice to do chanty benefit for Stanowski were loo much throughout Ihe contest as they used illegal sticks plays and tactics for the fans pleasure Their hockey was also entertaining as they had the industrial Tigers skating in circles as they passed the puck with authority and control The Tigers hit first Wayne found the net behind Wayne M out ton with help from Wayne Hill and Carl Reed That goal came at the second mark and although it came early it didn t look like Tigers would run away with the contest The came back at the minute mark as Ivan Irwin scored from Sid Smith The Tigers regained only two minutes later for what would be the last time in the con lest is Don Balrd scored from Terrv Cole Cal Gardiner tied the game for the from and Andy Bathgate before Ike pul the NHLers up from Pete Conicher and Andre just before the period s end show of puck handling and control as they toyed with the Tigers scoring five unanswered goals Hugh Bolton scored twice for the Oldtimers over the middle 21 minutes with Sid Smith Bob Will and Pete Conacher ing singles In the final frame the Tigers got one back as Glen Ferguson scored from Trav ind Tim Clifford Coach Mike Lalande a pic with the way lice We pliy I 11 had lots of fun a made a little money for chanty even I soaked said Ijil The soiked wis of Ihc tricks bucket to wcifh lie pposiiion down ere outclassed by the 1 feels Ins pi is well is can if could play the wiy tcims in their own Rogue could ilk away with things The wis one of the highlights if the contest is the Timers got superb efforts Fuller and Sim Kruk tht game shots on goal Acton he shots that plentiful the Tigers goallenders were impressive in stopping numerous point blank drives off the slicks in ill about fans were it the arena to witch the old favorites and the Tigers About ST will bo sent to the fund according I alonde lilonde had special thinks the new owners J and Sports Ray rnham and Bob r thtlr help with ticket salts felt that the help in selling tickets tun ed the event from f Andy Bathgate proved to be one of the favorites the autograph at the Hockey Night In Canada Brian Mac Far showed the Acton Hugh Bolton and Ivan Irwin The showed the Tigers a Community Centre Friday night as the NHL Old timers and the Acton Tiger met In Tigers B that he could handle a puck and hi ways that thlngortwonbout puck handling In scoring an easy 3 win Proceed a charity game others t Wayne Munro looks on with NHLers of the event will goto the Heart Fund