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THE ERA Newmarket Aurora Keswick Wed Dm 1975 Second Section Injuries hurt as Flyers tie Nats lose to Rangers shot Toronto Nationals a twoman advantage midway through the third period to allow the Nats to come from a 31 deficit in Thursdays Provincial Jr A hockey deadlock Scott had taken an interference call at the mark and then Steve Thompson dragged a Nats player down only is seconds later to give the visitors the advantage The Nats grabbed markers with the advantage in seconds on goals by Jim Chappell and George Kot- Chappells tally walk in untouched from the blue line and he flipped it past Flyer Hal Hake on the left side Newmarket coach Bill was disappointed with Thompson for making what he termed a stupid mistake Thompson who is a good checker was a little over- exuberant on that occasion He didnt have lo jump the guy like second period appeared shaky in the contest but he did make some impressive saves Weatherall was lost by the Flyers when he stopped a hard Slap shot from slightly inside the blue line on the face mask The puck hit Weatherall on the right eye opening of the mask His eye started to hemorrhage and he will be out for about three The loss of may mean that Dave Perry will be recalled by the Flyers The first frame ended in a scoreless tie but both squads had some good chances The Nats were kept off the scoresheet by some good work by Flyer while the Flyers test chance was stymied When Nats Paul Hales hauled Flyer Terry Agnew to the ice on have taken a lead at the mark when Steve Payne shovelled the puck past Nats on eye hospitalized Dan but the whistle had been blown when the referee lost sight of the puck The shots in the opening frame were slightly misleading as the Nats came up with an 5 advantage Toronto did control a great deal of the stanza but both teams had more chances than the shots would indicate Nationals opened the scoring early in the second frame when Currie stole the puck from Rick Humes at the Flyer blue line and beat Weatherall on the left side Flyers tied it up on Craig Chandlers first goal at the 1231 mark and came back with quick goals by Rick Bince and Jim two minutes later Chandlers power play marker was set up on a good play by Steve Novis and Agnew took a Nats player off the puck in the corner and left the puck for Novis Novis came to the side of the net and dumped it to Chandler who was left alone All Chandler had to do was drive it home grabbed the rebound of a Humes point shot and easily around the Nats net- minder for the Flyers second tally was given an assist on the play as well Only 24 seconds later was set up for the Flyers third marker when Steve Payne was able to tie up both Nats defence men at the blue line and leave the puck for The treman finished the play on a breakaway by lifting the puck over Albins left shoulder on a backhand shot The Nats took the lead after the two power play tallies had front of the Flyer net and Thompson was able to make amends for his second period penally by scoring the lying marker with 136 remaining in the game Agnew and Alexander were given assists on the play Newmarket coaches Brian Million and were disappointed with the tic Some people call it mental lapses but I call it stupid mistakes said while Million explained We gave it away three times before they got their fourth goal Schmidt gets shutout Bantams blank Aurora against Aurora while Swain potted the only Newmarket marker against Arts Variety major atoms lost Ihcir last three games Knight scored both Newmarket goals while Cook and were given assists in loss to Aurora In an exhibition contest Courts and potted markers in a losing cause as Newmarket was dumped by Oak Ridges Elliott was given an shutout from Robert Schmidt as they blasted Aurora in Ontario Minor Hockey Association action on Thursday and Cutting paced the Newmarket attack with two goals apiece while singles went to MacDonald Ferguson and Ross Ferguson set up four oilier goals while collected two assists and Brown Fitzgerald and Culling had an assist each On Friday Cutting blasted two markers and and Fitzgerald dumped single tallies as the Cash and Carry squad downed Assists went to Ferguson Brown Ross and Cutting Rippie connected for two goals and Ken Wright Pollock and added singles as the CBM major midgets edged on Friday The Quaker Hill Schickendanz Brothers novices chalked up their third shutout of the season by downing Bolton 40 this week Craig Johnston and David hove been outstanding between the pipes midgets had a win and a loss i last two games downing Aurora and losing to Bince and Humes miss third against Rangers r- JP lead to lose 42 to the North York Rangers in Provincial Jr A hockey action here on Friday night Steve Payne and Danny Palmer had given the Flyers the twogoal margin by the second period but the Rangers The Rangers seemed lo play only as well as they had to in the dull contest to emerge victorious over the hapless Flyers juveniles played a steady game He played not bad at all ex plained Flyer coach Brian brilliant goaitending by Flyers Hal Hake Hake who had come Top Steve Thompson pots his fourth goal of the season to lift the Newmarket Flyers to a deadlock with the Toronto Nationals on Thursday night at the Newmarket Community Centre Dan Scott waits for a possible rebound In the background Above In firstperiod action it appeared as If Steve Payne had given the Flyers an early lead but the referee called It back because the whistle hud blown Jim was also in the play Aurora juveniles undefeated record stretched to 1 2 wins the marksmen In regular season play Barrie shut the home town Variety atoms 2 Pete Halt Steve Ruby and Mike Macoun potted singles as the Hans Motors minor tied Dorset Park in an exhibition contest On Sunday blasted two goals to pace Newmarket Boyds Transport major peewees couldnt muster a tally this week as they lost to juveniles got markers from Smith Weddei and Stupar to edge and then downed In league play Weddei potted a hat trick in a losing cause as the juveniles were edged by Thompson and Smith connected for single tallies to complete the Newmarket scoring to wins no losses and a tic by winning their last three Ontario Minor Hockey Association Contests Against Sharon the Aurora club took a victory on goals by Scott Coultei Ba Manfred Wolf Tom Mitchell John and Pete Killoran potted the Sharon markers Aurora came up with a win over as came up with a hat trick and Coulter two goals Hob Burton rounded the scoring with a single Aurora dumped Newmarket connected for two and Wolf blasted a single in the win Newmarket scorers were Willi i Mike and Cliff In minor bantam action Paul Hamilton dumped both Aurora markers in a losing cause as Aurora Travel Centre was thumped 52 by Richmond Hill on Saturday On Friday night Aurora Travel was shut out by on Saturday Ron Grimmer netted all three Aurora markers with assists going to David Campbell and John In an exhibition contest edged the Aurora major midgets 76 on Wednesday Danny Joyce and Gary I paced the Aurora attack with two goals and one assist each while Doug had one goal and two assists and Ron Butler polled single and set up another marker Dave Scott Wayne Smit John DeForest and Chris Sheppard were all credited with an assist apiece in the contest On Thursday Aurora got shutout goaitending from Dave Caiverly as the major midgets dropped Newmarket Joyce Rick Vandcrloo and Butler were the marksmen while assists went to with two and Sheppard On Saturday the Aurora squad met Newmarket again in an exhibition contest and came away with an win Joyce with two goals and one assist Vanderloo with two markers Scott Smlt and with one goal and one assist apiece with one goal and two assists and Warren Barnes and John McKagtic with one assist each were the Aurora Allstars allowed to play girls shinny coaches quit bury Newmarket hockey league quit in the middle of a game Sunday night in protest over the use of all stars Six girls from the Legion bantam all stars were allowed to play in the senior house league games despite the objections of the two coaches They ap parently felt that the all stars were getting double ice time and were taking playing time away from house league players But a league spokesman said the six players were getting little action in the all star league and their ap pearance in house league did not affect the ice time of the regulnr players The spokesman questioned the decision of the coaches to leave the bench in the middle of a game The 10 players were left without a coach and a volunteer eluding two scoreless Tynan Toyota blanked Upper Canada on a goal by Susan from Susan and Susan Sheffield JD Smith came back and knocked off Tynan in a later contest In the highest scoring game of the season blasted Tynan Goal scorers were led by Diane Sharp with three Others went to Stick- wood Angie Stevens and Cindy Hooey In allstar action Colonial Chev Olds girls peewee team skated to a win last week in an exhibition hockey game with a Sharon novice boys club Elaine was outstanding for Colonial with a threegoal effort Singles went to Ruth Elliot and Tina Woodrow Sharons marker was scored by Martin Harding in peewee house league action shut out Mr Transmision Phiona MeFee was a standout in the nets for Halpern Debbie Patrick not ched the only goal Newmarket Legion bantam girl all stars played one of their best games of the season last week in a win over Pytlik was a snapy three goal sniper two of them unassisted Tracy Ansll was in on one of her goals Other marksmen were from Michele Moody assisted by Kathy Dawson on a power play and Donna Bray from Nancy also on a power play some crilicism from the brass In the past month easy goals seemed to Doug received an eye Injury from a slap shot on Thursday evening Rick also injured his shoulder in the Thursday night contest and prevented the rearguard to perform to his ability against the Hangers on evening He sat out the third period Rick Humes hurt his ankle in the Hanger game and also York Royals The injuries limited the Flyer lineup against the Itmgtis so four players are i to be ailed up from its Milton Jr It affiliate as Newmarket continues its har dest portion of the schedule Two straight wins Aurora dumps Aax Barclay connected for three goals and assisted on two others as the Aurora Tigers won their second straight Provincial Jr A hockey Im really pleased The club really played fantastic said an ecstatic Tiger coach Bill after the game The Aurora club was down by a margin at one point in the second period but we just poured it on explained The Tigers came back with six straight markers put the home town Ajax Knob Hill Farms club in a hole called back in the third period The game featured an all- Aurora line as Manfred Wolf and Scott Coulter were called from the Aurora juveniles to bolster the tiger lineup They were teamed with Craig Chapman Although the trio didnt hit the they played a hell of a game said Paul Foley was a big for the Tigers assisting on all but one of the Paul Cappucclo with one goal and three assists Danny Atkinson with a marker and two assists and Mark Connelly with one assist rounded the Tiger scoring Ajax the visiting Tigers in the close fast- skating contest but good Aurora passing produced some real three way goals explained could not explain why his club has all of a sudden put everything together We had our tug the other night Maybe that helped Sharon atoms win Bradford dropped pressive record of two wins and a lie in their last three Ontario Minor Hockey Association contests as they bombed Bradford on Dec 6 deadlocked 55 with Richvala on Dec 7 and edged Bradford 21 on Friday Andy led the Sharon attack on Dec with two goals while Gary Young Gibson Keith Jeff Craig Walker and Darryl notched singles in the win over Bradford potted a hat trick against Richvale while and Gibson rounded the scoring in the tie Murrell set up four of the Sharon markers notched a single in the win against Bradford and Bruce pocketed the other Dennis paced the Materials atoms to a win and a tie in their last two games with two goals in each contest On Dec 6 Dennis potted both markers as the Materials squad tied Bolton On Dec Randy Dennis and Mike Arbour blasted two goals apiece and Ken added a single as Sharon bombed Ed Madeley and Roberts both pocketed hat tricks as the Proctor and rocked Bradford on Dec Randy potted a single lo round the scoring On Thursday Proctor and got goals from and Steve Walker to edge The squad werent their last two On Dee 7 Doug Hoover 1 Wallace and Gary Taylor one goal apiece to allow Sharon to deadlock with Richmond Hill s t In bantam action goats by That same night the Flamingo Homes bantam B squad were going down to a defeat at the hands of Union Joey Killoran Mike Ellis and Rick Bingham potted the Bingham and Bill Byei bantam club were edged by on Dec On Thursday Paul Marshall paced the Flamingo Homes team to a win with a three- goal performance Steve with two and Ellis concluded Sharon scoring The midget club got two goals from Scott Thomas and Dave as they defeated Bradford 51 on Dec Keith got the other Sharon marker The Longhorn Inn juveniles lost their last two contests to and 73 against Wood- Peter Killoran potted the