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Barrie Flyers gt in limelight By BILL CURRAN Although followers were disappointed they didnt quite make it all the way and win the Allan cup again Barrie Flyers achievement in reaching the Canadian finals was undoubtedly the 1976 sports highlight in Simcoe County There were other noteworthy features to be sure but to hockey fans anyway the blyers superb effort was outstanding Before losing out to Spokane Jets for the famous hockey trophy the Flyers did capture the OHA senior title and also the Eastern Canada championship Corby Adams then club captain led the rlyers when they defeated Gatineau ordiques three games to one in the Eastern Canadian title series The attacking line of Paul Began Phil Branston and Don Pagnutti also shone along with defence stalwarts Jack Smith and Steve Sly who merited special credit As pomted out before Darryl Slys charges had the disad vantage of havmg to play all four games of the Allan cup finals in Spokane last spring when they went down to to to and to Barries Bob Baird with 34 goals and 44 assists for 78 points was the top pointgetter in the senior OHA last campaign Adams rated among the top half dozen with 23 goals and some 30 assists Gary Lyte also proved himself line sharpshooter in helping Barrie take top spot one point ahead of Thunder Bay IWins Getting more up to date the current Plyers have missed the brilliant playmaking of Corby this season but have played like potential contenders at times with the right breaks and deter mination they Just might make it all the way and regain the Allan cup captured in 1974 11 they could Win the OHA and eastern honors they would have the advantage of homes games in the Canadian championship series MAJORS DOMINATED BASEBALL ACTION Orillia Majors again held the spotlight in county baseball Circles by capturing the championship for the ninth time in the past 13 years For coach Gander Ross who had gmded the Majors to half dozen of those titles and also piloted the Orillia unior Pontiacs to the honors tWice it was an unexpected achievement because the Majors started out slowly In fact they had lost some star players from other years but graduate JUIIIOIS came along to fill the gaps Veteran slugger Pat Hennessy onetime Barrie player and pitchers Jerry Udell Brock Richardson and Peter Koehli were generally rated as standouts for the Orillia team which trimmed treemore Braves in the finals and lvy Leafs in the semifinals Udell blasted three run homer and pitched sterling ball in crushing the Braves to the tune of 15 to in one of the final games Richardson and Koehli also came through Wlth some stellar pitching Gerry Wingrove and Doug Roe were pressed into mound action at times and came through admirably for Ross Doug Howard also was of material help as coaching assistant and player Best Winning record for the league was held by Koehli who was credited With seven wms and no losses while Jim Halliday of Creemore had the lowest runs allowed average for innings pitched Dennis MacDonald of the new Newmarket entry was the leading batter With 449 average followed by Paul Robinson of Beeton 438 Al Gignac of Midland 406 Bob Burns of lvy 378 and Kerry Worrad of lottenham 373 Baseball votes of thanks are due to Davis Arnold of lvy who served his eighth year as preSident of the county league and to Reg Westbrooke ol Creemore for his 11th year as secretary STAYNER SISKINS WON CHAMPIONSHIP At Stayner sport fans conSider the achievement of their Siskins in Winning their second allOntario Junior hockey championship in three years among major county sports ac complishments of 1976 The Siskins beat out Belmont four games to three in hard tought final series One of their losses was by to score in overtime and they racked up Wins by to to to and to Creemores Rick Gowan with 68 goals and 79 aSSists was the leading scorer for the Stayner club Brian Dickey With 14 and 43 Mark Hannon With 36 and 46 and Jim Halliday with 36 and 43 were other top marksmen in the records Bill Priddle scored 29 With 19 aSSists Rick Hannon had 21 and 27 and Wolf Jungkind had 15 goals and 26 asststs to rank as other leading goalgetters of the team native of Collingwood Claire Alexander had good season in the NHL With loronto Leafs while Beetons John Gould shone with Vancouver Canucks Another Beeton boy Jim Rutherfoin starred in guarding the nets for Pittsburgh to mention few county natives who did well in pro hockey ranks EUROPEAN TRIPS FOR HOCKEY TEAMS European trips for Barrie Orillia and Midland hockey teams made during 1976 were also leading topic of conversation among hockey fans The latest trip was made by Midland midgets who are cur rently playing games at Stockholm Goteborg and other Swedish Cities Last spring Barrie Orillia and Midland Oldtimers tplayeis 35 years or over partiCipated in an international hockey tour nament in Holland where they made creditable showings During the trip negotiations were started for another overseas hockey tournament which Will be held in SWitzertand this coming March With Barrie Orillia and Midland teams again partiCipating Turning to curling Ed Luterback of Georgian College skip ped Jim Adam Lyle Johnston and Jerry Udell in helping to bring the GovernorGenerals trophy to Simcoe County The other winning foursome in this doublerink provmc1al curling championship competition included Larry Wills Dave Cowan Bill Dickey and Gary McGillvary Denney rink wins Division playoff SlROUD Bob Denneys rink from the Barrie Curling Club has made it up the first step of the long climb to the British Consols Ontario curling championship in playoff game Wednesday meet Will include clubs from the Toronto Hamilton and St Catharines areas Barrie and Bradford met Wednesday morning With Bradford defeating Barrie 08 and forcmg the playoff game at the Stroud Curling Club Denney defeated Peter Davy of Bradford 98 and won the Zone 10A championship Barrie Will now go on to play Russ Howards rink from Midland Winners of the Zone 10B championship The best two out of three playdown Will beheld in Elmvalelan8 Winners of DiVision 10 Will play DiVisions 11 and 12 in lillsonburg in March lhat In the afternoon Barrie turned thescorearound 1n the morning game the Barrie team included Denney skip Gary Maw vice John Johnston second and Gerry Heels lead In the afternoon Dennis Campbell replaced Maw Members of the Bradford rink were Davy skip Bill Bcn nett Vice Bernie Swaile sc cond and Doug Itennell lead Two games are decided by onegoal margin IHORNION One goal was the difference in two games of the Oldtimers Hockey League played here earlier this week Gifford Old Boys got by Gordon Real Estate 87 while Dykstra Brothers nipped Pauleyanna Sports 32 In other play Sharks downed Sears Sabres 94 Al lhompson scored three goals to pace the Gifford Old Boys lwo goals apiece were recorded by Jake White and Roy Atkinson Gary Masters had the other Ron Ellis had pair for Gorlt don With Neil Webb John lomlinson Jim Mctjann Jim Burke and Gary Manuel adding one goal each Gifford needed four goals in the third period for thc Wlll Each club sat out 18 minutes in penalties Albert Vecnslras goal at 044 of the third period stood as the Winner for Dykstra Brothers Jerry Van Leuscn scored once in the first and second period for Dykstra liiii Burns and Paul Lanzorotta answered for Pauleyaiina Stu McKenzie struck for three goals to lead Sharks at tack against Sears Ed ltosar had two goals With ltalpli Larin Bill llibbits Harry Bryan and Brian tardy chipp inginsmgles Bill Lapp With two Greg McKnight and lony Adriaans scored for Sears Sharks led 42 after period and 53 at ter two tlllt What the crowd of 1972 Witnessed Wednesday night at the Barrie Arena was one team whipping another in every sense of the word Prague Selects used their superior passing skating and shooting skills to easin defeat Barrie lltlyers 2H and sweep twogaine exhibition series With the Ontario llockey Association tOllAt Senior league tllll llie wui was the third in as many games for the Selects Since opening North American tour with 270 Win over the Nova Scotia oyagcurs ol the American Hockey League on Sunday ltlycrs lost ILL Monday There was jllSI no stopping the Selects tedncsday at least not the way lilycrs IIllI the checking game cx pcctcd from the division leading ltlyers inst never materialized As result Selects beefed by several members of the Czechos lovakian team which par tictpated in the Canada Cup series louiid room to manoeuvre which led to goals going into the Barrie net Flycrs couldnt skate Willi the rested Czechoslovakian crew Wednesday They couldnt contain the pinpoint passes or slow down the fast bicakiiigSelccts The final result came as no surprise to coach Stainislcv Neveslcy After the game he told reporters that he knew his club would play better Selects had time to rest and prepare for this game licsaid lhc conditions wercnt right for Mondays game ad dcd Nevesely Selects loiiiid their flight out of Halifax Cook loss knocks club from tourney ilTIIItILI vStalti Barrie Allan ook Itlttltllts were knocked out of tlic annual tlio Silver Stick lIliniInation hockey tournament cdncsday follow ing hit loss to cw market The win pits cwinarkcl against liilli tor llic Illlllt AA titlc tonight at the tin lownslnp titllllllltllt tcniic beginningal lth in tollingwood takes on lcn ctang at ltl in the mat ol the Illftill wtli tho lll ttic final of IllltllIiIlltIlIl1ltt ilitlp in start The larric wiiiarltit game opened with tltiiiy ot goals Illiccwcri sci ml willim span of Zlit scconds two by Newiiiarkct ltcg tll 11 seconds apart cwiiizirkct iiiiiipcd into it lead at the end of tlic Illi period Dave ampbcll started in net for tarric but was replaced before the end ol the first period lohntollinstookoycr litts finished the game with law goals lcviii Saunders IIOHK and lxcn iiglit wcic tlic ttIIltl scorers for New iiiaikct lad IIoalc liin iaydcn and irch ainplicll corcd for Bar rie ln otlitl LttllltS tcdncsday lllinuilc dctczilcd IIIOII it then lost an exhibition gami to taiiadian ItiltcS ltasc Borden IItthlItIIi toppcd Slioiid ind Midland nccdcd oycitiiiic to ififczitt ll loidin ti Ti to Will ttic tiiisionconsolation Itlllll ltitctiic continues to lead lliiixwilc ilc scorcd tliicc goaiiliit IIlittll Novice title won by Bolton ilIIIIII Iltiltoi ltVlttS took 31 decision min licaycr ton here ttIlltStIiljt to win the Paul Smith lciiioiid liopli in the tlio Minor llockcy sociation tirst llti icc toiiiiia iiient lhc trophy named for tch tilyearon tariic oils defcnccman and Itllllltl illlv playcr who was killed iIi tn lober in larni accidciil After stolt It Illl pciiod Mike lc llIIOllIl til liolton titat glizilic Stcuii ltidkc viii ti breakaway whitt ifttilltill lhilip laiicitci was oi lIlt icc for tripping lat ltiiolt iii and Mark Mancussistcd Stcyc aidclli made less than 20 seconds latci on blast from right itin llitIl lrilitilcd past lliatm ltiiaii Bttlcc and Scott liidlij it sistcd Hcaycrtoii caiiic that to within goal when captain Brian Iitclicl went in itoni on BOII DICNNICYS rink from the Barrie iirliiig tlub won the llivisioii 10A curling championship Wednesday at tlic Stroud ttirliiigI tliili by ltlifllt anc tilsoii wliilc tradlcy was in tlic box tor trip ping Lancastci and Sliani llciddicw iflSI ltic Ull iciiiaiiicd it un til lct ullogli pill the game away witlil 37 left in thc final pciiod scoring on shorthand cd breakaway wliilc ttaiiiiiiiilc litiii taniplwll sat out two lllllltllt toi tltt checking liitolchi iiid lanc £llslttl lItill wa top performer in goal for toltoii lllélklllt lIlIIIItItllls ltlttI Ift iS Iittfttlitill pcppcrcd film with shots llizikc was It ttltI Itii ltic lillllittllltllt wic licld in iOllllllltIltitl witli ttic sccoiid an iiiial tlro linor llockcy Asso riatioii Silyci Stick liockcy totii nament lol iItlUlltit Itillllx IIHIIIIgt participated in tlic Illsl Ititilllliltltllt wliicli Ilfllttl liicsilay tiiiiic lIsw ick loit Icir and tho wcic tlic tllIltI clubs iniohcd dclculiiig Bradford 08 The morning team included Dcii iicy knccling and standing from the left taiy law delayed subsequently miss ed their connection in Mon treat It was hectic day with Selects arriving at the Barrie Arena one hour before game time headache was the way the Selects coach summed up Mondays actiVities lt was refreshed Prague club which skated out before one of the largest if not the largest crowd of the season to watch hockey game at the Barrie Arena this year Nevesely said he was ere peeling tightchecking game from the Myers and was little surprised when lltlyers went oiil and tried to outskatetheSclccts It worked for few moments in thc opcning period as Harrie contained the txcclis Ill their own end and managed number of Ilttl lILII WAS IIIII Slllt ll guest at Barrie ltaccwa NttIlltstIZt The four year old pacer was lcttntl naincd harness Iioisc of the year on the Oh good scoring drives including one goal which was called back It was all Selects game after that They opened 31 lead in the first period and lead 52 after two before scor ing three straight goals in the third period Milos Kupec had two goals for the Selects with Jan Hrbaty Milos Novak Fran tisek Joun Moroslav Miklosowc Petr Brdicka selected the outstanding player of the game for the Selects and Jan Suchy each adding one goal apiece Paul Regan Bob Baird and Phil Branston scored for Bar rie Selects weltoilcd machine moved in harmony while lflyers appeared disorganiz ed and not as keen as in Mon days game Prague moved the puck well wasting few shots and farm Jockey Club Circuit He was also named agedpacer of the year Jambo Dancer led the field for the featured eighth race the Jambo Dancer Pace Kent Baker HARNESS IIORSE OF THE YEAR Top pacer driver honored Bofi tiarncr ot Barrie co 4iltl of Jambo Dancer and owiici ol the tliiccyeaiolt pactr had busy after noon wcdnesday at Barrie Raceway tiaiiitr was trackside when the ltaccway officially honored laiiilio Dancers selection as ttic liarncss horse of the year on IIIt tintario Iockcy Itil t1r ciiit Minutes later he was back in tlic wiiinci lltIt to lie colt graliilatcd on the sixth straight win by at Barrie liticcwa Iaintio lli11cl fouryear old pactr owned by and loliii Johnston and Gerry fleets tn the afternoon Den nis aiiipbcll replaced Maw tlilxaniiiicr IIlOItll Stables of Barrie under Garner and Roger Giften of Minesing was Joined by Kent Baker of Barrie who was named the non driving trainer of the year Baker was on hand to receive special token from Earl Howe Jr general manager of the Raceway at the close of the sixth racedwlicaled to Baker Jambo Dancer paraded the field for the start of the featured Jambo Dancer Pace in lhceighth Jambo Dancer was purchas ed onc year ago for 350000 This Refreshed Selects whip Flyers 83 bothering pair of Barrie goaltenders all night Con trary to Mondays game when the Selects scored three goals of questionable nature all eight scored last night were good goals Hrbaty rifled low shot by blyers goaltender Hon Pat terson at 306 of the first period after taking pass to side of the Barrie net Regan tied the game with Barrie man short one minute later Selects kept movmg the puck in front of Patterson until Novak could whip drive off the post Joun let go quick drive from the blueline that beat Patterson cleanly With Just 21 seconds remaining in the period Patterson played key role in holding the score down Monday He was re placed by Bruce Jackson at left brought more honor to Barrie when he was named the nondrivmg trainer of the year Mr Baker conditioned Jambo Dancer for owners Bob Garner third from left season he earned over $100000 for his owners Jambo Dancer was also nam ed the aged pacer of the year The stallion established records at Mohawk Garden City Race ways this season as well as set ting attendance marks at Hull Quebec Ottawa and London Ont Raceway opened its first of threeweek matinee program on Wednesdays lhe Raceway is scheduled to shut down Jan 15 to April 1977 to allow for renovations of Grandstand Barrie Raceway Results WIZIIIII lstt ond Iarc He 50 Iltgtl 1I7tl25ll220 III ll I0 60 Ml AII II 30 IIMI 101 ltllt ZlandliXIL 00 Jiidtond lace IIIt so IISSJAi ll 00 5H0 380 Ittllil SI ILI 29401010 ILMAtl 810 IIMI IIILI ILlAt HI and fl SIIKJ IlII Ilriltond Trot Illc I50 IKINI It IIMt IN 20310230 MItiIIIMMtII 430270 IN AN Ht 50 IIAIIi 51 Ti uhU III 3mtl451lll7tl Ilhtond Iiicc1ii36tli MAlitilILSMIIJ 500 IItIlI 350 lllIj3 HUN IIZIII 300 llILt In It 70 IIMI 2104 Ilit II It and SIII 30 3th Fond laie HP 8600 Vt II MIIll 00 I0 40 Midgets lose in YSMHL play Richmond ltill scored three straight goals in the second period to Wipe out 21 lead by the Slcssor aiid leriard ln surance minor midgets lues day in ork Simcoc Minor League Play at the Barrie Arena liiii Wood opened the scoring for ltichmond llill Willi goal in the first period Steve aldwell and Barry Kell gave the lead to Barrie early in the second period With Mark tossinan t2 and John Burnett combining to take the game from the minor midgets Barrie now has record of seven Wins and live losses which is good enough for first place Slessor and leriards next game is tonight against Newmarket ltmlilt Slltlllr 550 300 WEESAM 70 Mr 16275 fAAt 11 and $2680 61h fond Trot Mlle $500 Ijl IIUILN 70 50 50 ll JAMES 340 40 Ill NNI SltAII 300 Ier 23 InkH IUIt Ind 451 Ill 7th ond Pace Mile E600 KIIYA IItlIIIJ 12 50 430 90 MUNILSI AVEIIIA 320 280 DAIHNI IlllltIiIJHl IO 00 IIMI IGIIS IJA 10 and $46 00 Hill lnnd Pace Mlle 8900 JIl 3902I0220 SAINIHLHS IKIIIIJUII I0 30 Vt Ll 270 Mr 23I5 IAMIOK Band £5 50 0th ond Iace Mlle 550 AHMBHUIAKIS 30 40 70 HILL HAIILIJS 690 40 lll FASHIth 260 flME 1035 EMUIUH land 73MB 30 100i Fond Pace Mile 00 MISS AItlltlltl 1700 II 30 60 SIIlAIISIAIIIAN 210 40 SIKIJAIISAIIN 400 IIMIJ 22325 PIAItllt ItIlithSIIII It AIIIJNIIANtIJ I015 IIAINIIIJ $52674 0ro peewees eliminated WASAGA BEACH Oro Gull Rock Marina peewees were knocked out of the Silver Stick elimination tournament at Wasaga Beach earlier this week following 32 overtime loss to Staynei All the scoring took place in the first period With Dean Clark and Greg Blight handling the duties for Oro Oro won the first game of the tournament with 53 deCision over Alliston MARTIN ONROT PRESENTS DAN HILL IN CONCERT AT GEORGIAN COLLEGE ASA1JAN 15 1977 830 PM TICKETS 500 ADVANCE 600 AT THE DOOR AVAILABLE AT SAMS AND RECORDS ON WHEELS 1137 of the second period with Selects leading 52 Jackson has been pro tected by Lindsay Lancers of the OHA Senior League The game was chippy with each side collecting nine mlnor penalties The closest thing to fight was in the se cond period between Flyers Flyers had permission to use Bob Monteith and Joun Jackson as backup goal It was quickly brought tender under control He went in cold and shutout the Selects for the re NOT It ga mainder of the period before three straight markers evad ed him in the final period Selects goaltender Jar oslav Jagr repaid Flyers for 53 loss last December when Czechoslovakian team first visited Barrie That was the only loss for the Czechs club Jagr stopped all but three of the 33 shots aimed his way by Barrie while Selects fired 38 at the two Barrie goalies Nevesely commented af selected as the top player for the Flyers in Wednesdays game Wayne Carleton played an aggressive game and had goal taken from him when Jagr stuck pad in front of shot off breakaway Nevesely thought Mondays game was rougher He said he was sur prised Flyers didnt come out hitting and thought they played much more ag gressive game Monday Selects are in Brantford terwards that Barries tonight to face the Alex goaltendingwasnotassharp anders of the Senior as it had been Monday League Earl Rowe was present to offically pass on the con gratulations of the Raceway and race fans Examiner Photo and Roger Giften who was not present Wednesday Charlie Lawson of Orange Ville has handled the driving duties all season The Hon COOPS KNOCKED FROM TOURNEY BURLINGTON Barrie CoOps Major Midgets bowed out of the ninth annual Burlington Golden Horseshoe lour nament but not before leaving their mark Welland nipped CoOps 21 Wednesday to eliminateBarrie from further tournament play It was tough way to go but CoOps were JUSI unable to beat Welland goalie Doug Cawthoune CoOps outshot their opponents 1815 with 11 of those shots coming in the second period All the scoring was in the se cond period Barries Doug Shedden ended scoreless game with his goal at the 17 mark Mark Snieder tied the game with Mike Pott netting the eventual Winner at6217 All three goals were scored With each team playing four aSide CoOps pressed in the third looking for the tie but were unable to crack the wall thrown up by the Wetland goaltender Next game for Barrie is Jan at the Barrie Arena Gardens against touring club from Sweden which defeated Cobourg 53 Wednesday The loss to Welland was only the third in 21 games to date this season for Barrie SPORTS CALENDAR HOCKEY atOro Arena finals Silver Stick Elimination tournament 530 pm Division pm DivisionA 830 pm Division AA They Come From All Over Simcoe County T9 L933 Fem BARBIE DRIVE CAR 7266474 43 Essa Rd Barrie