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PAGE 26, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMER 27, 1989 .................................. Donaldson beicomes ;~.a leader Now in his third year with the j7jr Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League, Whitby's Craig Donaldson is boping for a pro- À ~ductive year both to belp bis team and to be drafted by the NHL this year. The 19-year-old defenceman is epcing to be drafted this year, atogh he is unsure in what round. «Some teams have shown an interest in me," says Donaldson, who hopes to go to a teain that is developing such as Vancouver. "Teams like Edmonton and A' Y Montreal are just too deep in talent," says Donaldson, one of INTERNATIONAL skating stars CBS Television and to be shown in five tbree-year veterans return- Canaa'sEliabeh Mnle Noembe. Witb an ara rsi- ing he Generals this year. such as BeaasEiaehMne Ã"embr htyadae ei ing one of the oldest playefls (at left in photo above) performed at dents made up the .400-member at 19, Donaldspn accepts the Iroquois Pak Sept. l and 1U for the audience for, each of three perfor- responsibility of leadership now Ice Stas' Ho11ywood Revue taped by mances over the two days. tbrust upon hum. Peter Tomblin.Free Press photos «You have to lead by example. If you practice bard the younger players will practice bard." Last' year, Donaldson had 14 goals and 42 assists for 56 points in 66 games. In bis rookie year he bad 42 points. He is setting a goal of a point a game this year, but, more impor- tantly he wants tbe team to win. "if the team is winning and we bave a good offenoe then I won't be required up front and M'I lay more defensively. The first thing is to help the team win and then you worry about your own stats." But Donaldson expects to get bis share of chances at the net, especially late in the season, when offenoes rely on defence- men to be the fourth man in a rush. Donaldson also wants to work on areas of the gaine required to tone bis skills wben he gets a chance to play in the National Hockey League. *- The one area on which bie will focus is control of the pace of the game "I have a lot more confidence ... *,, '. now after two years. A defence- man can control the pace of the game'by knowing wben to hold' on to the puck and when to pass it off. Henryendsoeingstra The smile oh bead coach Pat Pucknell's face told the story. After more than a year witbout a win, Henry Street High Scbool's senior football team pDut together a solid defensive eort to defeat Uxbridge 6-0 Iast Thursday. Henry's senior teain was winless in seven gaines lest year. The junior team also won last week, by a score of 14-8. Henry got their ]one toucb- down on a short run by Mike Thom. But the toucbdown was set up by the running of James Good- nck wbo carried the bail down to the Uxbridge four-yard line before leaving the game with an ij He returned a play later. i«. threw early an d foroed their inebackers back then we ran the bail. In four-down foot- ball you bave to be able to run the bal," said Pucknell. After finisbing last year's sea- son witb only 12 players, Henry had 36 players dressed for Iast Thursday's gaine. "We had- some injuries. anid. some guys walked off the teain lest year. But this is a different teani. "They are mostly rookies, grade 11s, we only have five grade 13s,; said Pucknell. One of those players returning from last year's squad is quarter- back Reg Grant who was not called on often to throw the bal aLrainst Uxbridge. -qI knew we were going to win a few bail gaines this year. We bave a great defense. It s great to get that first win out of the way," said Pucknell. SOCCER CITY Celebrity game part of opening Acelebrity soccer game, to include two inembers of the Iron Maiden rock group, will be part of opening ceremonies for Soccer City on Sunray St. in Whitby on Saturday. Joe TiIley of CFTO will be master of ceremonies for the openng tbat gets underway at about 10:30 a.m. with a gaine between local celebrities and meinbers of, the Scarborough United Ladies League. Celebri- ties include Brian Budd, twice -world. .soccer, Sup)erstar..,he& tinies ABC Superstar and tbree- time Canadian Superstar; Gord Miller, scbooi coordinator for the Ontario Soccer Association; Ray Clark, OFA chief coach; Gord Sweetzer, former Toronto bliz- zard player; the MTV soccer broadcaster; John Fitzgerald Toronto Blizzard and national teani director and host of the Kicks prograrn; John DeBenedic- tis, director of Ontario section; Ray Perkins, sales manager for Roots Canada; and representa- -tives of local media. '. . T'he officiai opening will be held at 11:30 a.ni., and will include representatives of vani- ous levels of goverrment. At noon, an oldtimers' soccer tournanient begins, with money raised to go to Whitby General Hospital. Bookings for the facility bave been "quite good" thus far, says Cobie Stimming, one of the part- ners in the venture. Regular indoor soccer seasons beginQect. 4 for sone*leuigueà. - "I also want to work on taking quick shots at the net and not gve opposing players a chance to While not a big at 170 lbs (the average defenceman in the OHL is 190 lbs.), Donaldson still plays the body. 'You have to play the body to be a good defenceman today.» He expects opposing players to E ay a lot of extra attention to im this year, knocking hum off the puck wben tbey get tbe opportunity and taking runs at him as often as tbey can. But Donaldson is prepared for the extra attention, noting that it will be the rookies wbo will want to show they can play in the OHL. "Ill be prepared for that." As for the Generais, Donaldson notes the teain is young, witb a new bead coach, Rick Cornac- chia. "Every teain should. tbink they bave a shot at the Memorial Cup. We sbould bave a good playoff run this year," says Donaldson. Oshawa opened their season with a loss to Peterborough iast week. Peterborough returned to Oshawa lest Sunday with Osh- awa winning 8-3. CRAIG DONALDSON r Whitby Iroquois soccer ATOM semi-flnal sept. 18 Man. Jug City 6 Enzo Chiarello 3 Chris Reud 2 Chriu Rutherford Shutout - Christian King Whit. Auto W. 2 D. Farquharson 2 Brook Kinsmen 3 David Wishrt 2 Cullen Scanmeli Shutout - Hiro Taguchi King Thor Burg. 4 A. Jobariputra 2 Kristian Wiesiolek David Morrison Shutout - Mfike Parrott James Fountain Owssco Volk O Checkar's Var. 1 George Mayer Whit. Clhii Phar. o Gentle. Choice O Leatg coenf Brian Crilly 23 David orison 22 Enizo hiarello 20 Paul Finnie 14 David arquharson 13 Toiy Chiarello 12 JaaonVhiplick il Steven Race 11 Tiro Fennessy 10 MarcummPyne 10 -Chris Rtheford 10