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GUY LAFLEUR best player Ieff Beuo diyes home under the tag of Iidhurst catcher Bob Ichlcync with the gameending run Sunday at the New Lowell fastball tournament Beuo se cond baseman for Iinising IIIIIL1I which made up the Edenvale entry in the eightteam tournament cracked lIIlIAStOIIIIL tnplc in the ninth inning which BOSTON tCP Throughout the history of the National Hockey League Montreal Canadiens have been at or near the top of the heap The Canadiens continued their winning tradition in the 197677 season skating to recordbreaking 60812 year and capping it Saturday night with their 20th Stanley up win Jacques Leinaires second goal of the game at 432 of the first overtime period gave Montreal 21 victory over the plucky Boston Brains and to sweep of their lwsHifsevcn final Many people have talked about keys to Montreals suc cess Some have singled out the defence trio of Larry Robinson Guy Lapointe and Serge Savard while others have praised the line of Guy Lafleur Lamaire and Steve Shutt Some have mentionned the goaltending of Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque although Larocque was idle in the playoffs despite the act he played just as well as Dryden during the regular season We play in very demanding atmosphere said Dryden who allowed goal just past the midway point of the first period to Bostons Bobby Schmautz in the series final and then held the Bruins scoreless the rest of the way VERY DEMANDING We have management that is very demanding and we have fans who are very demanding Most of all we have ourselves and we are very demanding on our selves Sure we had slumps like every other team has slum ps But ours are less noticeable Not everybody slumps at once We had times during the past year when Shutt wasnt scoring or Lafleur wanst scoring We had times when Lapointe or Savard or Itobin son were injured or not playing well Other guys would come in and fill in on the job and do it well The depth was indeed big reason Montreal did as well as it did during the regular season but lot of credit has to go to coach Scotty Bowman for keeping them working hard and motivated as they breezed through the regular schedule The Canadiens did not run into any severe hardships un til the semifinal set against the Islanders which they won in six games When you have talent that works hard it usually wins over hard work said Robinson who is likely to win the Norris Trophy as the leagues best defenceman WORKED HARD Over the 80game schedule we excuse the ex pression sweated lot It is very gratifying to know at the end that all we had given out and the bumps and tied the game Bezzo gambled on throw to first for forceout and won to give Iiiicsing the 76 victory and the $150 first place prie money Holly had win Her New Lowell to win the 830 consolation prile Examiner lhoto Randy McDonald Dramatic win by Minesing at New Lowell tournament Kids make skeptics believe NEW LOWELL Staffi They were looked upon as bunch of kids playing in mans tournament They were welcomed in to help fill out the eighttcam roster of the first annual New Lowell fastball tournament and maybe just maybe they might win game or two Well the Itliiiesing midgets with little help from the battery tandem of pitcher John McNahb and catcher Jerry Maw both junior players made believers of the skeptics Sunday by winning the grand championship Mintsing which entcrod as team from Ildenvalc couldnt Conrad strikes NEW LOWELL tStaflr Minesing needed dramatic ninthinning rally to nip Midhurst 743 in the champion ship final of the New Lowell fastball tournament Sunday and Holly needed pitcher ltan dy onrad to Win the consola Barrie City club wins major tourney Barrie captured the labatts Harbourfront Trophy Saturday in the Second Annual Saracens Spring Itugby lournament by beating the Toronto Buc caneers litIt in the champion ship garnc Brian Gilbertson scored try midway through the second half to help Barrictity to the ti tle Bob Lambe scored iwo penalty kicks one of them 33 yard boot Barrie reached the finals by beating London 126 and by whipping Stoney tireek ion in at IIastvicw Arena pm Minor Iiockcy Association sports calendar liOSSIC 7pm Orillia vs Yanch Heating ltykei it trillia vs Barrie Iavmg inoVicei Orillia vs Wakcling Iexaco tbantaini IIOKIJY pm Barrie Arena annual meeting Barrie elimination play earlier in the day It was very hard fought final but ll was worth it because the trophy is just superb John Butcher presi dent of the Barrie ltugby TlIih said It was Very well run tour naincnt with lot of good tough connxtition he added Iliglit teams took part in the oneday affair Saracen Buc cancers and Lions clubs from Toronto Barrie Burlington London Stoncy treek and Mississauga have squeezed Midhurst out of the $151 firstplace prize money more dramatically than if script had been written for the game Jeff Bezzo dove safely across hoiiic plate in the bottom of the last inning to snap tall draw His gamble won the tourna ment but it was his hit which outI3 tion final Tonrad struck out 13 New Lowell batters to back 72 victory It was the second win of the tournament for onrad Holly was knocked out of the championship round in the first game against lhclpston on tournament ruling The final score was 22 tie with the win ner diclared as the team leav ing the most men on base Ihclpston had nine runners left compared to seven by Hol ly The same rule gave vic tory to Minesing over lrenfcl This game also ended in two all draw with Mincsing stran ding six runners compared to the folir by lrcnfel Barrie upset New Lowell 1311 in other first round action Saturday Barrie needed 11 run flurry in the second inning to hold off the New Lowell club in the doubleround knockout tournament IiIISlLTS liirst Itound lhelpson Ilolly Midhurst Minesingt Hdcnvale tMinesing midgets Ihelpson Barrie lit New Lowell 11 SIXONI ItOllNI Minesing Holly Midhurst It Ihelpson SEMIIINAI Irenfel New Lowell Edenvale Barrie ONSOLAIION FINAL Holly New Lowell IIAMIIONSIIII Minising midgets Midhurst Tournament ruling saved the lay Midhurst reached McNain for two of thicr 11 hits in the nine inning game in the third inning one of which was homer by Barry Maw which pushed Midliuist into an early 2olead The lead was shortlived as Minising came back in their share of the inning to tie the game helped by Midlilirst er mr and tworun single by Dan nyLuck Midhurst put together four straight hits in the fourth to take over the lead but in the filth misjudged ball on line shot by Bczzo cleared the bases Beuo included to give Minesing 573 lead IIE AGAIN Midhurst tied the game in the sixth on rapid sequence of Minising errors which resulted in two unearned runs coming home Midhurst appeared to he in position to win the deciding game when Al Harris scored in the ninth inning Ilarris coach with the lellluisl club was the hero of the second game for Midhursl raceway SAII IIIIAY Finit clm pace mile 3500 VItiItEStENllt IIIiISS Alt BUY JIMMY illSIl Itlfi Illllt II Jia EXAtIOIi iiand $437 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out on hard liner to shortstop Ihil Stein gard but lamic McLean singled to bring Beuo to the plate for the fifth time in the game lIis only hit had been the thrcelrun homer in the fifth thanks to error on the part of the cen treficldcr Biwo drilled triple to left cciitre to score McLean and tie the game Danny Luck was up next and his infield grounder was easy pickings at first Bcz Io waited until the throw went to first before streaking for home He dove under the tag for the game ending rtin results Sixth Illl pace mile Slot LANtIIIiS ll tSl Nt llilrlt MAlt ttiN KIIILY Time oozri IIXAtltllt Sand $10 on Seventh coiiil pare milc tion It lNANtiIII Iii iltl It 10 it It IIiOlILL IliliINKlCIi ti7o 4m MAtlii IIltI ICE Ho Time o7 IIXAIOII fl and $14171 Eighth pref No pace iiillc SITno SAUNDERS MONIY II Ml Ii 90 IllINICYS tlIItISSI litio 51o IIYAIIItA Itto lift IIXAItIt tand ti 3m so Ninth coiid price mile moo IIltIICEIIII IIIlilillt IIAN SIIIAI IAINIICIi Time 20 ilfi IIXAIOIi ti and Mill Tenth chn price mile 8500 MOOIIIILANIYS LEIA IAIs IIIill SIJA JERSEY IJIIIJ Time 11125 EXAUIOIi It and 7380 till 430 00 fi fit It It It 40 till ti ll 90 ii 70 00 II 70 II 50 fi 40 390 3430 1020 380 bruises we received werent fornothing thought Boston did good job They worked hardthey did their best Sometimes and it has been proven in the past when you give your best it isnt always enough It was not enough for the Bruins who felt they played as well as possible against the Canadiens We were in every game even the game we lost 73 to open the series said Bruins coach Don Cherry thought we outplayed them in the second game We held them to only 19 shots in both the second and third games and there are not many teams who have done that Not too many people spo figured we would win our division let alone get into the Stanley Cup finals This team is going to get better cant see the Canadiens get ting any better They are as good now as they ever will mli CLUB IS YOUNG But the fact is that the Canadiens are young club Lafleur the NHLs leading scorer this season is only 25 and linemate Shutt is just 25 Robinson isjust 25 Lapoin te is 29 and Savard is 31 and they are likely to be around few more years We are young team said Lafleur who was voted as the top performer in the playoffs and the best player in the final series We have players who the axamlner have gained experience That experience is important to know what the other guy is going to do on the ice We worked hard to win the Stanley Cup We worked hard in practice all year and in the games Winning it in close game like we did tonight makes it even nicer Today the Canadiens will have victory parade through the streets of down town Montreal and then they can do what ever hockey players do in the offseason Ill tell you one thing said Lapointe Im glad we won this Im glad this is over Its been long year Im not putting on my Skates again until September Monday May 16 1977 SCOTTY BOWMAN coach of the year Injuries drain Hustlers chances at national volleyball finals The lfeterIicino Hustlers junior womens volleyball team finished cighth at the national junior volleyball champion ships in Ottawa this weekend but injuries played key role in their lackluster performance Terry Brown one of the key players on this years team rcinjurcd her elbow early in the tournament and later Mickey liuscdale sprained her ankle to put the team in deep hole As has been the case all season the Hustlers took only seven players to thc tournar mcnt so when the injuries hit it left the team in trouble Without injuries think we could have finished very strong fifth Sue Straugh coach of the team said Quebec put Barrie in hole right from the start by beating them 1112 1771 in the opening match of the tournament Fri day lnivcisity of British olum bia tiBtV and Ilclhousic University of Nova Seotia both swept Barrie in two straight games in opening round play to give Barrie an US record after the first day Saturday they beat the tawa Icifiecs and Alberta in straight games to tinish in fourth posit ion in their pool In playoff for fiftli place Barrie met the Toronto Metro ilobals losing 138 1315 131 In the next round they met Ottawa Bytown and lost 1015 1571 913 leaving Barrie mired deep in eighth place out of 12 teams The competition was very strong in our pool Straugh said Three of the four teams in our pool made it to the semi finals of the tournament so thats some indication of what we were up against Second shutout by City club while Blues fight for draw nillTIt ity and the Barrie ty Blues maintained their unbeaten streaks in their respective divisions of the Ncwmarkct and District Soccer League Saturday Barrie ity did it at home heating ollmgwood Ito at Eastwew Secondary School in division one play while the Blurs moved into Richvale to tie their hosts in division two The win by Barrie ity was the second shutout by the clubs defence in as many games The defence played tight game especially in the first half whcn Barrie had to battle gusty wind and sinking sunset ollingwood played some good ball at midfield but were unable to capitalizc on their scoring opmrtunitics tarric goaltender lctc Dawson was able to handle the scoring threatshy ollingwood Steve Knight lcd Barrie with two goals His first came at the 20 minute mark of the first half when his hard boot skidded throuin the legs of the toll ingwood goalie Knight got the second goal Blues tie Richvale ItltHVALE Barrie Blues came away with their second tie in as many starts in the sc cond division of the Ncwmarkct and District Soccer League Blues went to Richvale Sat ur day and came away with draw despite being hurt by in juries which left the Blues shorthanded Richvale scored first ands although Barrie pressed was unable to connect for the equalizer until late in the game bad clearance by the Itichvalc goaltender was head ed home by Steve Patterson to give Barrie one point from the game Blues open play in the Itichardson up preliminary round Saturday their op ponents is unknown at this time Docherty picked top midget boy Eastview Secondary School came away with their share of medals at track and field meet in North Bay on the weekend Glen Docherty finished first in three events to be named the outstanding midget boy at the meet He set meet record in the 100 meters and the 200 meters and also finished first in the 400 meters Lynn Stessor set meet record in the senior girls 100 meters and Tracey Twittchel set meet record in the senior girlsshotput Lacrosse schedule Barrie Minor Lacrosse Association kicks off the 1977 season in the Iluronia Minor Lacrosse Association IIMLA with threegame stand at borne tonight Teams from Orillia will pro vide the opposition at the Eastview Arena beginning at pm with tyke game followed at pm wit the novice game with 9pm bantam fixture Blues opened new season against Nottawasaga two weeks ago finishing the game tied 171 after Barrie was awarded free shot from thc ittIyeard line which right fullback Iaul Delaney placid perfect cross kick to the left post where Knight as waiting to head ball llOlllt tollingwmd Illlitl Bar rick attack in the second half despite Barrie having the ad vantage of the wind It was at the midway mark of the half when ICasy Patterson headed cross kick from Law into the ollmgwood nct led ollins at leftback and Mike Veale at centrehalf also turned in good games for Bar rie Barric in is on the road Saturday to rangeville for in contest Next home fixture for the first division ity club is May 28 against Iiichmond l7II Jonquiere Quebec won the tournament Manitoba was se cond UBC finished in third spot and Delhousie University of Nova Seotia finished fourth The tournament concluded the season for the team but Mickey Fusedale Ellanna McKendry May Koot and Marg Neizbrzycki are still hoping to land position on the Ontario team when practice begins June 25 Blues going under ST LOUIS fAPt The Post Iispatch says owners of the fi nanciallytroubled St Louis Blues are prepared to file for bankruptcy on behalf of the Na tional Hockey League franchise within the next few weeks but Blues spokesman termed the story totally inaccurate Owner Sidney Salomon Jr citing health problems said two weeks ago that he and his son Sidney Salomon III were making every effort possible to sell the club But the newspaper says the team so far has found no takers and it soon may have to file for bankruptcy It adds that the Blues have been unable to close deal with prospective buyers because of unfavorable mort gage conditions on The Arena and St Louiss 512percent amusement tax sports hall of fame She may be one of the younger golfers in the province but shes always top contender when it comes to tournament play She played in Barrie last summer during the Ontario Ladies Amateur golf champion strips Ilcr past performances include winning the Junior Ladies Championship in 1973 and 74 If you think you know who it is then send your name address and phone number to Sports Iiall of fame The Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ont MM 476 Ms Mary Mclrinden correctly identified James Iliint as our sports celebrity last May Weekly winner is determined by draw from all correct answers done publishing day before new weekly contest starts Contest winners will receive rugby sweater courtesy of Georgian Sports