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he examiner Thunday Feb 979 1A Annual tourny ends happily With three of the home teams already out of the running there wasnt much hope Barrie would have champion at the fifth annual Barrie Minor Hockey Tournament ivitan Minor Bantams still in the hunt after first round play fell to Burlington iii the second round and left the title chase to the visiting teams Eventually Kitchener made it to the minor Bantams final and took home the trophy defeating llamilton Ht Although Barrie teams made their exits from the festivities qtiickly there were no com plaints and nearly all of the comments heard in the Barrie arena Sunday about the 64 team extravaganza were positive In the midget final Hamilton Huskies overpowered Kit ehener Kavaliers 52 in rous ing game championship game loronto defeated ttawas Nepcan Raiders +2 in the minor petWee final and Peter borough minor atoms ended year of frustration till 31 Win over iagara Falls In consolation play liramp toii shut out St atliariiies for the midget trophy Welland downed leterlxirough It in the minor bantam division and North Bay blanked Niagara Falls Hi for the minor peeyyee crown The only team limit the lnited States to adxaiiee to final round play as the ltlllltil atom team from Wliezittield The trip as north it Wlieatfield edged Waterloo llllll lllflllllltllllltillltlllgtltlli Surely one ot the iiiost salts Were number one Hamilton players mob their goaltender after win ning the minor midget championship at the Barrie Minor Hockey Association tournament on the weekend Hamilton overpowered Kitchener Kavaliers 52 with an explosive attack Kitchener changed goaltenders with the score 4l but it was too late to stop the hungry Hamilton Huskies club Examiner Photo Examiner Photo fying ms of the day went to the leterborough minor atoms who avenged loss earlier this year by defeating Niagara Falls In five trips to the champion ship final of tournaments around the province leter borough had not won single ti tle Sundays loss ended that frustration and to make it douth pleasant Dan Maloney Harrie native and member of Toronto Maple Leafs was on hand to present the champion ship trophy Honorary tournament chair man Maloney presided over the final games as an NHL star and former Barrie minor hockey player Three of the home teams from the Barrie Minor Hockey Association lost their opening games and suffered eliminav tion Bell anada Midgets Wln ners of the Waterloo Invitar tional earlier in the season fell to Hamilton Huskies eventual tournament champions 93 after slipping past Whitby on the first goal tic breaker rule in 37 game Friday ivitan minor bantams defeated Welland if to enter Saturdays play but lost to Burl ingtonflvl In the iiiiiior peenee llVlSltill taidinal asli and taiiy shut iut llamiltoii 20 to enter the se oiid round but lost to eventual Wlltlltl loioiito lted Wings by the saiiieseore lohn llllh construction minor atoms earned their second round ippearaiice heating Hiaiiiptoii but then lost to Hamilton Thats nice hardware The Captain of the Hamilton Huskies accepts the tournament championship trophy following his teams win over Kitchener Borries Bell Canada minor midgets were defeated in the second round of the l6team minor midget division tournament