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as btrv 107 lhheikarrie anminer Saturday March 26 1977 QQUNTY SPORTS Billy Burtch paced winners By BILL lRRAN ormer Barrie hockey player Billy Burtch has been bask ing in the sports limelight at the neighboring city of Orillia Since he led the Lake ouchiching Oldtimers in scoring points to play major role in the team winning its division of the international hockey tournament in Switzerland Barrie redit Union Oldtimers and Georgian Bay were other teams from the county which made the same trip and came up with creditable records But the club piloted bv Blake ren in Orillia turned out to be the surprise of the tournament They won all five games and returned home with handsome international hockey trophy In view of the fact that Barrie downed them twice in pre tournament exhibition contests the Orillia sweep was somewhat astrounding Bill Burtch himself probably ex plained ll best when he commented Our team didiit hit top form tiiitil he arrived in Switzerland Then everything went fine and we just kept on winning Hill agreed with teammates that super goaltending by Bob Shropshire was tremendous help Burtch himself scored fotir goals and was credited with five assists to lead the team in scoring points He was closely followed by Gary Kennedy with five and three and another exBarrie Flyer in George Ford with four and four In the semifinal against Nova Scotia Twin Cities Burtch and Kennedy notched two goals each with Ford bagging the other Ford Kennedy and Dale Rolfe fired the counters when tiiillia downed Nanaimo British olumbians to in the final Rangy Max Richardson who played with Barrie cltibs for years exhibited the large trophy received in Switzerland at an tirilha reception at which he was roundly cheered Each player also was giy en gold medallion COMMENTS REFLECT ENTHISIASM It was an exciting finish to an interesting hockey season stiiniiicd tip Hurtch referring to the fineshowingof the team lll the Swiss tournament It was little toughter getting into shape but einoyed it as iiiticli as when used to play senior dininiut forward with Barries memorable ltH leinotial cup tinahsts Whit Mousseau agreed It was quite trip he remarked in commenting on the pictures tiltt scenery of the So iss hills as well as the hockey success The scenery was magnificent but we didnt have inuch time tor skiing interjected ieorge Ford who is frequent yisitoi to Horseshoe Valley and Mount St Louis ski hills in this arca we were too busy with hockey It was satisfac tion to in our diy ision of the tournament lttllticcttttiti lack llyckman said was happy to play on illltlliLl team Forward lim Shropshire was equally en tlitisiastic iyell remember the trip fora long time we enr ioyed it exen more than otir isil to Holland last year His older brother Hob hose brilliance in goal was prais ed by teammates defenceman Bill Barrett and trainer ltzi lclioiald all commented on the excitement over the liizliia Etitt wcre pleased to be able to bring home the trophy said lcry grinning with the satisfaction he tll iitttslj til toacli rcn pointed out at the reception for the ltltiiS in iiillm The boys titStH lot of credit and have right to feel cland They were at their best for the games which really counted Slltil FLMVALIC OHA TEAM Ilat iiimyale sport tans reviewing standout hockey oi hc pas frequently referred to the ltit37titt Mcr iii which Harry Adams piloted to the provincial ltl rci mediat it finds lt ho for some untimely iniuries this village team oodld litt twin till champions that eventful year tvt1llttttllltiltlltfl Herton four games to two in the ittilJtitl Raj iottptinals toquahfy tor thetiHA playoffs in iiic ronp semi finals they polished off Stayner Lions hict in row while Recton was taking Midland Ihc Mcr chairs finished tirs in the regular league standing laccd bf itll scoring aces as tarl Fdwards leltl Smith Stu McKinic and the MacDonald twins the Adams led squad eannnated larry Sound Shamrocks in thc first tiHA playott round Then they downed lictons eastern league winners ill hard fought series lotir wins to three with ant thci gainc finishing in irall draw llic put this nocd fIliiiyalc club into the finals against litirham Huskas here they won the first two games lhcn iniiiros and unioiunate breaks hampered the team which Listtitltilli lttliltllllt ltut the superb goal tending of Lou tiary and lien Turner and tinc dctcnsivc displays of Stan Ritchie Homer Barrett and Leight ii Smith are still well itltlllliltl by sports tan in thc film Flats area The team won 32 games lost our and cd lotir that cventlul season ti Pearsall scores to help Ottawa llll1 lil lltllSS in points power plat Loéil bf Ron in more game for the Wolves who now trail forced at least one The tanadians tied the score guaj lit the tn st pciiod Friday kept Sadhtirj alive iii their tiltiyotl the Wolves played to deadlock with Kingston tiiidins in tiiitario Hockcj Association ilatoi lun ior play Ottawa tifl dtmipcd Satill Stc lare ircyhouiids Tit in thc other scnn final SttltS in the Lcydti liiyi ion llayolt games resume Sun day with Kingston at Stidbitry and tittawzi in Saul Sic Marie hithcfLinin linisionStfath arinc Footip visit Windsor Spitfires and London Killgltl trawl to mett loronto Marl hortc lht tic in Kingstontht lltSl point in thc eight point series siiiiis 1s iii the second period when cap aiii lony Mcchniy got his sixth goal of tlic StlltS on breakaway The clubs played through scoreless third period Kingston held 222i edge in shots before sellout crowd of llilyl Also at home Ottawa won thc opening game of that semifinal flflitlrlitillll playoff outshooting the Greyhounds 32727 and taking period leads of iirti lead tittawa got goals from War ren Holmes Hob Smith Stew Marciigerc loiii Mcfioiicll Shant lcarsall lioug Wilson and Kim Higgins Flyers whipped 114 by older players KfiSltlI tztrliosloyakia lion lill llycrs coin plaincd hittci oti the use of over age player by their oppo iitiit lVrida atlcr taking an it tbcating at the hands of ybcr iii the second round of tin Vla dislay lrolak Memorial hockey tournaincnt The defeat knocked the ana diaii midget champions otit of Sports Siincoi tfounty championships Sunday Izts HarrieArciia Kingston bestof livetiMHA semi finali It lfilelw Oro leads series BROOM 230 ItLlei at the Barrie oiiiitry lub lilttitiMlHLL at Lefroy Arena liiiiisfil Mens liroomball League tournament runs through SUNDAY lltKltIY at Strond Arena championship games of novice atoni petwee tournament at 330 443 ti in respectively tarric Arena if needed Kingstown lownship VSfilfftll major bantaiiis ititi piiitiro Arena Maple vstiro luvenilcs LllLdfifltiy Arena championship game of Innisfii Mens Hroomball League touriitiiiicnt medal contention in the eight tcam touinaiiiciit won last year by algary Spurs The Flycrs lost their opening game 62 to Kosice on Thursday Weve played poorly in our last two games and Im not try ing to find excuses but object to playing against older players who have more maturity and strength than our kids said Don Mills coach Don Booth alendar Kinsmen atoms MAI 3fLll 7Vz v4 till sti tltiSlIT Stce Rin heard of the Raiiic oops Major lidgets just missed Come up flat on second pcioil breakaway against loionio titioiials goaltender Stew Kinin at sWWmWwzwfiwc the Richmond Hill Interna tional lournaiiieiit loroiito won the game tel eliminating CoOps shaded 63 by to fall by tournament wayside My Sttilil ll SKIS lIxaiiiinei Sports llltl thllltili lllll aii toop lior lnlgets picked bad time to ttilltt up cold as they his ii11 filtrllilHlllU tiontlat the tichinond Hill in tcrnaional Alltliltl iltttlxt lotirnaincid Friday The loss knocked littlllt out ot ttirthtrtournament play The team inst came up Ilat and that all tinre to it said coach litl iy liatiici nist had tin intstoititnc ot it happeningtotistoday ccifaitily cotiid llitt played littl iddcd lianicls lhat ltltlll wrisn is ltititl as tho loroiito loros who wc litt catherin flit3tilllltitllltlt iarric lli llllih ii 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lap tittili tttliltil of initaiin tiltti ptwo lttc tioiii iliiL lilvllIl Lit it or lfit tiiiiii frnall put iiitliiialiliitt ii tin cioitl piipid to cap play lititl fuicddcn illti fitl inclltifu lllillAlll ltliilttl vitlllflltt ilttt Jiial ltJitl AIlli pattialli sticcniil lo llttlll Tournament has grown RH llltit llll itittit in op Major Midgets have entered thc Richmond Hill lnteina tional louriniiicnt eytry year since it started in litv lhey have the distinction ol being the only doublc inner oi the tournament They won lilt championship in littittand liTI Sincl ltiil the tournament has littilllt ti regular 51 team scycn day event After this yearscompctitiontitititiniidget hockey players will have taken part and attendance at the tournament will have exceeded lltitioti lhc totn tianicid organi cd lti t1il ajo by the filth liltititl fflli Alttiiil fltit kt Association and the intirhaii Legion Sun thcn it ha grown inn oiic ot the top midget loin natiitiit in tlicpioyiiit lhe toiiinaniciit ltd llllll tor piofc vltillttf liolt key scouts licnia lotin Vyayne liillon fa litillltllt and Mike lal iiiatcci wcic leyt Il lit playcra which hayc played lll thetotnnaincnt lhcy ciit on to play in the National Iloclcy ltiilll the point it it Lti of lhc scciiiid pttiiid iiiitlit powerplay had car llttl the ftdlll for flit iitsl lo games but fell apart last night The to op had numerous man power adyantagcs iii the second period but iailid to tlpllitllt on thcopportunities They had two man ad aiitzige toi two minutes of the second period and this time it paid itt when Slicddcii scored or lilltlit tioiii iii closc Ktlltiitl restored loiontos laec goal load early in the third pcriod lltll he moved in on ltinihy and picked the tar ttilliti on ptllttl lll shot liannl decided Mutiiby had had ciiotiifh for one night and ieplatwvi ban ytith laul lzick vttll ftilliilttt filt llflt ltittililti glidl The mom oatHired when liiiit li4liiti tiiltff till lilt first shot igiiiist cold ickson inaki midway thioiightiictinai period hidditi co tlia one back htt lii ktitiikitl til shot from the point with twii minutes left ill the l£tltil hot it £ttlSttf toolittlitooljitiloitliiftiops liicy surprised me by tist pliin ordinary hockcy he Gateway is Harrie from further coiiipeti tion Examiner Photo Scott Ilaskiiisi oronto said Something they did threw me off strike and Im stilltryingtofigureitottt We didnt get my bounces tonight and we got lot of penalties at an iiiopportutic time Shedden was top man for Harrie with two goals and an assist bttt Daniels has been him play iiiticli better He played good game but the whole team was flat for the game and werent skating the way they can he said Ac tually were better skating team than they are Were noriiitilly third period club We scored three third period goals to beat the loros but the legs just werent tliiretoiiight loroiito otitsiiot Harrie 2ft throughout the game before close to ltioti fans at the Rich tiioiid Hill Arena hi other games yesterday uinwall defeated the loronio ltlties Stidbtiry blanked litirliiigton It ti lictroit downed Richmond Hill ti Welland bcat St tathttriiies Leyack dumped Kingston and Hamiltonstoppedlhornhillltl lotirnanicnt continues throughSiinday in Oshawa for deciding contest llic dt idiiig game of lhc tin fario liizor Hockey ssociatioii iiii final series between misc contractors minor irrdifict of lLiitic iiid tishayta is iiiida in tisliawa at to in fiitii forced the cxtra Iitllllllt win week at the lttltd Ell tillittl tn liIl iiiii haltway opcncd the scoring Ill the second period on goal liali ltiitht only to have tiuliziw tic thc lllltt niinitttes liiltt fry Johnston liroke the tie early in the third period with ttshawa again coming back to even thingsin lcriy Kcough shoved Harrie in front once more btit itli one second left tishawa scored to ptit the game iii to oyertiiiic tarrtc caiiic ottt skating in thc oyertiinc and at titi3 iregg Lawson fired home the winninggoal Kirk Summers played steady game in net for Harrie preventing further tishawa scoringattempts Sports Flyers nipped in Bran tford by 43 score ItltANIFURDBarrie Fly ers lost their Second game on ltrantford ice Friday to fall behind 21 in the bestofseven Ontario Hockey Association Senior League final Alexanders squeezed 43 win from Barrie before 2551 fans The fourth game will be played at the Barrie Arena Wednesday The game was in contrast to the two opening highscoring wideopen affairs The teams were tied 22 going into the third period when Brantford went ahead on goals by Bob Roselle and Fred Speck Flyers kcpt applying pressure with goal by Les Burgess at 1704 It was Hurgess second goal of the game Defenceman Steve Sly scored the other Harrie goal Roselle led the Alexanders with two goals with lack llgers gettingthcotber Hrantford otitsliot Barrie 3827 The Flyers took Bit of the 4tipcnalty minutesassessed Tickets for Wednesdays 830 in game at the Harrie Arena will be sold daily at the Arenas box office between Siaiii to Ti in Tickets can also be picked up during Flyers practice session Monday bctwccn it Both in Senior playoff Senior tliiial series Alexanders l2 Harrie iarrie Alexanders Alexanders Harrie lpcoiiiiiig gamcs Wednesday it Stop in liitlllt Arena Sunday pm Hrantford April it to iariic April it iii lrantford Elimination tournament round today Today is elimination day at the Stroud Minor Hockey lour llilllltlll for novice atom and lttttltillll The tournament begins weeding out the teams heading to Sundays consolation and championshiprounds IlllliYSRIISlleS oyice Sharon It tho ewmaikct It Rarricl chroy Nobletonl Stroiid ishawa ltilllw obletoii llccloii King tity it Lofroy liundalk Royal Nationals ti Kingston Township t3 Stroud old water ttiroti leew cci oldw titci ltracebiidge llramalea Strotid it tho Lctroy ti tiames continue through to it in today and resume at 830 in Sunday lianipionship round begin at 330 in tt illlCNlllCl GAME hi hilt Foster Hewitt gave the worlds first hockey broad cast by describing the game from telephone booth in stalled in the penalty box akville lead ain Reid peers through screen of lirooiiis as his sweepers start to lad the way for his shot against St atliarines Oakville advances to GovernorGenerals finals Friday at the ltarrie ountry liib Oakyille won the doublerink competition of the divisional Hover littlritlltltllS playoffs to advance into the finals in Toronto today The Wood stock rinks combined to defeat the ookstowii en tries of Doug Brown and John Owen to advance to the Lucas event which is in Toronto today Winners of Divisions ti Hi It and met for the daylong coiiipetilioii Friday Examiner lliotoi Hrantford but it enough trimmed Barrie Flyers 42 to LES BURGESS counted take lead in the bestof two goals against the Braiit seven Ontario Hockey ford Alexanders Friday in Association Senior League final Fourth game is in Barrie Wednesday wasnt as the Alexanders SPORTS SHORTS Ellis atoms win zone crown When the John Ellis onstruction minor atoms skated off the ice at Eastview arena Friday they were the zone cham pions of the York Simcoe Minor Hockey League The film club blanked Owen Sound 20 to sweep the best iffth final Mike McLaughlin snapped scoreless game itli goal with 703 remaining in the third period Scott Metcalf clinched the win with two seconds left in the game with goal into an empty net Barrie goaltender Billy udmore picked up the shutout The young netminder also ended the season by helping set tip Metcalfes goal Harrie outscored their opponents 83 including 32 over time win in the first game Ellis cltib will be participating in hockey tournament in St rectsyille April SnoVoyageurs plan social night Harrie SimVoyageurs have dance planned for April at the Stroud tommunity entre to raise funds for club opera tions which include the maintenanceof trails Dress is Stilllrftillttttl and the event starts at ti am ost is Stti couple for members and $12 couple for ittillvlntiileIS Tickets are available at the flooror at 7269MB Legion hockey playoffs today Harrie Legion Minor Hockey League wraps tip its league schedule with playoff program today at the Barrie Arena Junior playoffs are at followed by the and lllSltill showdowns of the Western Leagueat 230 pm The Senior league final between Sault Ste Marie and Windsor is at pm At in its Milwaukee meeting Spokane for the Alll title while the NHL playoff game is at pm between Trail and Montreal Final game of the day is at tt pm when lycoons play an exhibit ion game team to be announccdi Giffen looking for third win tiiffcn Farm Equipment major bantams are hopeful of finishing their Mll semifinal series against Kingston Township this weekend Last weekend Harrie beat Kingston tHi and it to take 20 lead in their bestgtofvfive series The third game is slated for Saturday at the Eastview Arena Starting time is 845 pm If fourth game is necessary it will be played Sunday at 345 pm at the Barrie Arena Oro against Maple on Sunday tiro Partridge Juveniles could take firm grip on their playoff series with Maple Sunday night ro meets Maple in the second game of bcstoffive York Siincoe Minor Hockey League division final beginning at 830 p111 The Examiner carried story Friday which stated that the game would be played tonight It should have read Sun day not Saturday Third game of the series is also at the iro Township Com munity entre Monday at Tzittt Rotary back in playoff scene Rotary Major peewees incct Kingston Township today in the second game of the bestroffive inntario Minor Hockey Association OMllAi semifinal The series is tied with todays game at the Eastview Arena at 645 pm Third games is slated for the Barrie Arena Sunday at 45 pin His Hers holding slim lead His Hers hold slim lead in the Wednesday Night Mixed Howling League The club has threepoint lead over Roadrunners Bob Burke and George Reed hold the high average with 205 Mary Tweedle has 202 average Tim Gallinger recorded the high single this week with his 254 Alex Tweedle had 246 Elsie laiii led the ladies with 252 while Rita arta hit 245 Murray Drake recorded the hiin triple of 658 with Alex Needle second at tititt Elsie lain had 632 with Sheila Dob son bowling 625 His Hers leads the league with 60 points followed by Roadrunners 57in Alley Cats 5613 Christies 55in Agguvators 45 Happy Bang 41 Team Tannery 36 Lucky Strikes 24 and Gutter Snipers t9